More than thirty miles northeast of the city of Rome, some farmers were busy in the farmland for their estate owners. However, they were basically half-in-one, and seemed to be busy, but they were chatting in a low voice.

Most of the supervisors with hand whips turned a blind eye because their manor who lived in the city of Rome had not contacted the manor for a long time. However, the news of the turbulent city in the city of Rome had already reached this place, so they could not be sure who the manor belonged to at the moment.

Suddenly, these busy people in the fields heard a strange rustling sound. They looked up and found a scene that shocked them. Thousands of fully armed Roman soldiers rode a bird with a height of five feet high on their backs, running on the avenue. The rings of their bodies emitted a dazzling metallic luster under the sunlight, rushing past the road like a torrent of iron armor.

Most slaves who had never had the Apennines or even the manor did not know this thing. But a black lienn from the southern part of the Aphilica Desert exclaimed: "Ostrich, this is an ostrich, I saw it when I was a child. Seeing it reminded me of the hometown full of prairie..." A supervisor next to him murmured: "Look at this, the throne of the Roman emperor is still from Alexander. I wonder if our boss was in the right team in this great turmoil in Rome?"

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Nearly a hundred miles northeast of the city of Rome, in a huge military camp next to the small town of Perugia, there were also huge troops rushing out of the military camp, heading towards Florence in the northwest.

This large legion of Perugia was originally subordinate to a faction represented by the chief veteran Geus. However, Geus' faction of Perugia was different from other forces and was distributed relatively scattered. In addition to the legion of Perugia, the Mauritalia province in North Africa and the far Spanish province across the sea from Mauritalia were also part of the sphere of influence of this faction. Now Geus has fled to Far Spain, far away from this place, thousands of miles of sea routes and hundreds of miles of land routes. Therefore, this large legion of Perugia has become an isolated army that can only seek blessings.

Its control range is small and medium-sized towns and manors within a radius of fifty miles centered on Perugia. It is difficult to support these 20,000 troops in such a large area. Moreover, it is only a hundred miles away from the city of Rome, and there are also plains around it, so there is no danger to guard.

The chief general of the Perugia Legion also knew that this place was not a place for a long time, but could not find a good place. Just when he was in Jiaozuo, the news that the rebels from the Gaul province of Shannan occupied the northern plains of the Central Mountains and moved south along the valley between Bologna and Florence reached him.

He immediately decided to drive the army to the vicinity of Florence. No matter what the purpose of the army of Shannan Gaul went south, he had reason to do so. If the other party wanted to attack Rome, then he would assist the other party in capturing Florence and join forces with the other party to attack Rome. If the other party just wanted to occupy Florence, a strategic location located in the key to defend Alexander, then he could also reopen his base in the adjacent places of Florence. This would also give himself a way out. In the future, if he encountered a critical moment, he could retreat along the valley to the north of the central mountain range and even to Shannan Gaul.

However, the main general led an army of 20,000 to leave the barracks. After only 20 miles of land, the scout who was exploring the way forward had already returned to Malay to report: "Reported, there were small traces of enemy cavalry fifteen miles ahead! There were about ten cavalry!"

The main general didn't care. He thought it was just the scout who encountered the light cavalry patrol of a nearby public security legion. He said carelessly: "Get out a cavalry team from the First Legion and kill them! The army continues to advance, and don't be disturbed by this little thing."

But not long after, another cavalry with blood-stained orders came to report: "Report! A large number of enemy troops appeared in front of us, and our cavalry team was attacked by the opponent's large number of war cavalry, and almost wiped out the entire army."

The general's heart skipped a beat and asked anxiously: "How many people did they come? Is it a security army or a regular army?"

The messenger said while wiping the blood and sweat stains on his face: "Report to the general, I don't know how many people are. But when the opponent's large cavalry surrounded us, they sent countless flags and rolling dust. Look at their war horses, equipment and weapons, it is impossible for them to be public security legions. Their war horses, people and horses are all wearing excellent chain mail! It was only after my brothers rushed to the death that I could break through and intercept me to report the news."

The main general thought it was impossible. In the entire Apennine Peninsula, except for the regular field legion loyal to Alexander, there are only guards. But now the guard legion in the city of Rome should go to Florence to intercept the troops from Shannan Gaul, how could it be that there is still the intention to attack itself? In addition, even if they guessed that I would go to Florence to threaten their rear and send troops to intercept them. It would not be so fast.

But he had no time to think too much, because he had seen the eagle flag with red and white background with golden patterns exposed in the flying dust in the distance. "Let the array! Get ready to fight!" The general ordered loudly. When most of his 20,000 troops were placed in a huge military formation on this flat and sparsely vegetated wasteland, the other party also stopped moving and immediately arranged military formations not far away!

The dust was flying in the air, and the main general of the Perugia Army discovered that there were many ostrichs mixed in the soldiers who were deploying troops. These ostrich were being driven to the rear of the opponent's army, and the small number of soldiers driving the ostrich were actually riding the ostrich! The main general then suddenly realized why the other party came so quickly.

Soon, the main general was relieved of his ups and downs. Because he found that the opponent's troops were far smaller than him. Compared with the huge army formation that was eight or nine miles wide, the opponent's square formation group, which was at most two miles wide, seemed very small.

The main general couldn't help but sneer in his heart, even if you can guess my intention, it's a pity that the troops are too small, so he can only draw so many people to intercept my army. Even if your troops are sophisticated, they can only die in front of my army. Thinking of this, he waved his hand with confidence and said, "Transfer our military orders and attack the whole army. Encircle and annihilate them all!"

One of his commanders quickly reminded: "Our baggage team to pull the ballista is still in the rear army and has not followed. Should we wait for them?"

The main general said disapprovingly: "What are you waiting for? We are at least four or five times their troops, so what other crossbows should we set up? That would take too much time. Attack now, we will avoid the night of dreams. Besides, the other party does not seem to have set up crossbows."

It is not unreasonable for him to be so confident that he can encircle Douglas's troops. According to common sense on the battlefield, after the two military formations with huge differences in strength and wide width collided together, the army formation would soon wrap the opponent up like a giant python, and completely "digest" the opponent within an hour.
Chapter completed!