Saint Qin Batu

Chapter 476 The End of Rome

"Kill! Push the Qin people off the city wall!"

On the city wall, Anthony roared, his body was already covered in blood.On the arm, there is also a trace of being scratched by the arrow.

However, on the high ladder, the Qin army pouring down seemed to be inexhaustible.One died, and another soon took his place.

Moreover, on the not too spacious city wall, the spears used by the Romans were much shorter than the spears used by the Qin people.Compared with the round shields of the Romans, the square shields of the Qin people cannot be compared in terms of protection.

The icy spear and the rock-solid shield formed a wall like thorns, crushing towards the Romans.

"boom!"

With a loud noise, the city gate poured with bronze finally shattered in front of Qin Jun's huge siege vehicle.Not only that, but there was also a huge crack in the city wall connecting the city gate.

The loud noise completely annihilated the last hope in Anthony's heart.

In Ctesiphon, the Roman army has been replenished over the past few months, and nearly 30.However, Anthony knew very well that the combat effectiveness of these supplementary troops could not be compared with his former subordinates at all.

Rome is big, and, compared to Rome in another world, has a larger population.

However, among these populations, real Roman citizens accounted for less than half.

In the Roman Republic under slavery, without citizenship, there was no power.Even if wealth is obtained, it will soon be plundered.

Therefore, it is conceivable that in Rome, the contradiction between citizens and non-citizens is almost irreconcilable.

As for Ctesiphon, almost one-third of the 30 Roman army was non-citizens.

Before the Qin army had not used all its strength to attack the city, these non-citizen troops would still defend under his oppression, but now that he has lost power, it is lucky that these 10 people can not turn against each other.

"General! Let's retreat!"

Beside Anthony, several soldiers dragged Anthony tightly and walked westward.

The east, as the main attacker of the Qin army, has completely fallen.But the south and north were not breached.However, everyone knows that sooner or later.

As for the street fighting with the Qin army after the city was broken.That would be impossible. The disadvantage in numbers made Qin Jun only need to block the main streets, and they didn't even have a chance to leave.

The sound of killing is getting closer.There was another loud bang, and Anthony knew that the gate to the north was also broken.

"Let our people withdraw from the city as soon as possible, to the west, to Damascus!" The loud noise made Anthony's thoughts clearer.

"Let those slaves block the Qin people!" Before leaving, Anthony added another sentence.

"What if they don't want to?"

"Then use their corpses to block the city gate!"

Somewhat distraught, Anthony turned on a horse led by a servant, and rushed towards the west without hesitation.

"Your Majesty, the Romans are starting to retreat to the west!" Han Xin, who was stained with blood on his armor, said with a slight bow to Bai Qi.

"Strike with the tail!"

"Here!"

The distance from Ctesiphon to Damascus is not short, and it would take more than a month under normal marching.

However, fortunately, almost all the Roman soldiers who escaped were elite.In addition, along the way, Anthony kept people one after another to rely on the cities along the way.Finally, the chasing team was delayed.

"Damascus!" On the loess, the Roman army, who had fled hard for nearly a month, couldn't help cheering.

"Enter the city!" The disheartened Anthony also breathed a sigh of relief, and he didn't even have time to think about why no one in the city came out to respond.

"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!"

However, just as they reached the gate of the city, the gate that was originally wide open was suddenly closed.Immediately afterwards, a dense rain of arrows fell from the sky.

Anthony, who walked first, was the first to suffer.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

A cavalry force of less than [-] people, divided into two parts, rushed towards them from the south and north.

Without a unified command, the defeated Roman officers gave the order to retreat almost immediately.

They didn't know how many Qin troops came from the south and north. Under conditioned reflex, the 10 Roman army had to run east again.Although, there are more Qin troops waiting for them in the east.

Wang Jian and Bai Qi were born and died together, and they have a natural tacit understanding.

Facing the powerful Romans, neither Bai Qi nor Wang Jian wanted to push the Romans to a dead end.

Driving away the Romans like driving sheep was a joint decision between the two of them with a tacit understanding.

Not to mention the main force of Rome, there was already a turbulent wave in the city of Rome, which was defeated on the front line.

"Immediately organize all citizens over the age of 15, we need to hurry up and train an army!" In the palace, the chief consul said a little excitedly.

"Seconded!"

"Seconded!"

This time, the Senate unexpectedly agreed with all of them.Even, the speed of voting is much faster than before.

"Consul!"

Just when the consul breathed a sigh of relief and was about to announce the decree immediately.A Roman soldier, however, rushed in in a somewhat chaotic manner.

"What's wrong?" The consul looked at his subordinates, obviously a little displeased.

"Outside Syracuse, a large number of Qin ships were found!" The soldiers didn't care whether their chief was angry.Hastily said his own information.

The soldier's words shocked everyone present at the same time.

"How many?" A senior member of the Senate immediately stood up and asked.

"At least hundreds of ships!"

"Hundreds of ships..." The palace suddenly fell into silence.

"It seems that we can only do our best!" The consul said with a deep worry in his eyes.

Qin's merchant ships are very large, and each time they bring a lot of Qin's goods.However, although Qin's merchant ships are much better than those of Rome, Rome also has its own fleet.

However, compared with the terrifying number of Qin State's hundreds of ships, it is much less.

"It's impossible to fight the Qin people on the sea. We can only go along the coast so that the Qin people can't go ashore. Or give them a blow after they land!"

A veteran who seemed to be five or sixty years old stood up and shouted at everyone at the same time: "The Qin people are about to arrive in our city of Rome. At this time, everyone, don't hesitate any longer. Take out everything you have. Go! Otherwise, when the Qin people go ashore, our family and our wealth will all be destroyed!"

"I can surrender my guard!"

"My family still has a lot of weapons!"

"..."

The elders, who were in danger, finally stopped cherishing themselves.He began to take out all his family assets.

Even if the Qin army on land was unimpeded all the way, it would take at least several months to arrive.However, the Qin fleet at sea was already under their noses.

(End of this chapter)