After several battles, Pompey and Crassus finally managed to surround the queen and Spartacus and others in the city of Hyperion.
The battle seemed to be won.
None of the other barbarian city-states around dared to send troops to help Hebron.
However, Pompey and Crassus always felt something was wrong.
"Crassus. I've thought about it for many days and finally figured out what's unreasonable." Pompey said.
"Oh? Tell me quickly. I always feel something is strange, but I can't figure out what I have overlooked?" Crassus asked.
"The unreasonable thing is that our encirclement is not that solid. There are too many places to hide in this jungle! The queen and her army are actually fully capable of escaping from our encirclement at any time!" Pompey said.
"Yes! You're right. They are all barbarian warriors, very adapted to the forest! They can obviously escape, so why are they still holding on? What are they holding on to?"
After being enlightened by Pompey, Crassus also figured it out.
"I don't know either! Anyway, this matter is not as simple as it seems. You and I should be careful and be prepared to retreat at any time. If you find any problems, retreat to the sea immediately!" Pompey said.
"What about Spartacus? If we let him run away, will the elders let us go after we return?" Crassus hesitated.
"Senate? Who do they think they are? Whoever controls the army has the say! As long as our military strength remains, no one can do anything to us! Not even Caesar! The Gallic Legion he has is only a few hundred thousand men. We have a full million! As long as we join hands, Rome will be ours one day!" Pompey laughed.
Hearing this straightforward statement, Crassus also laughed.
Since successfully suppressing the Spartacus uprising, the two have controlled more than half of Rome's military power.
Capturing Spartacus would certainly greatly increase the prestige of the two men and directly make them the two consuls!
Even if Spartacus cannot be captured, with the support of the army, in time, the positions of the two consuls will still be held by two people!
"Report! Urgent military information!"
The guards opened the tent and walked in, breaking the two men's self-absorption.
"Fifty kilometers to the east, there is a large army of two to three million people advancing towards us. According to the investigation, it is Hybrean's ally Stobi who is sending troops to support us!" the guard said loudly.
Hebrew has powerful allies!
Send out two to three million troops at once!
Upon hearing this, Pompey and Crassus' faces changed color.
No wonder Queen Hebron was so arrogant, yet so calm after being surrounded. It turns out she has a backer!
But what country is this Stobi? Why have I never heard of it?
As the core of the civilized world, the Romans were also familiar with the name of the Greek power.
To the south of the Greek mainland, there are many powerful countries.
Sparta, Athens, Argos, Corinth, Achaia, Boeotia, Sassen, Olympia..., each of them is someone you can't afford to mess with.
Therefore, when they discovered that part of the rebel army was heading south, Pompey and Crassus did not send troops to pursue them.
However, to the north of the Greek mainland, there are few powerful nations, mostly barbarian tribes. Apart from Macedonia, the other nations are not well-known.
Where did this Stoby come from?
They actually have such a strong military force!
In this case, can this war still be fought?
Wouldn't it be safer to withdraw the troops earlier?
"Where is Stobi and what is his background? Have you found out?" Pompey asked.
"Reporting to the commander. According to what we know, Stobi was originally Macedonia's northern neighbor. It recently united a bunch of small city-states and won the war with Macedonia. It is on the verge of replacing Macedonia and dominating the north." The guard replied.
Macedonia's neighbor!
Under his command are the coalition forces of a bunch of small city-states!
After hearing these two important pieces of information, Pompey and Crassus felt slightly relieved.
Since it is a neighboring country of Macedonia, it takes at least 2,000 kilometers to get here.
A long journey must be quite tiring.
Moreover, their familiarity with this jungle battlefield was certainly not as good as that of the Roman legions who had been fighting here for more than a month.
On the other hand, Stobi itself is not strong, it is just a union of a large number of small city-states.
Such a mob, though numerous, would not be strong in combat effectiveness.
As long as the tactics are right, the enemy's core can be defeated in one battle. This mob will naturally scatter and flee.
The Roman Legion dominates the Apennines!
Coming to the Greek mainland, even if we don’t dare to fight against first-rate powers, we will definitely not be afraid of facing the coalition forces of third-rate countries!
If we retreat without fighting just because third-rate countries form a coalition.
For Pompey and Crassus, the loss of reputation was enormous!
They both wanted to be Roman consuls!
How can we show an image of being timid and cowardly?
"For decades, Rome has managed its army well. Even if our army's combat effectiveness cannot match that of the iron-blooded warriors of Sparta, it is definitely above that of the third-rate Greek city-state army! We can fight this battle!" Crassus said carefully.
"That's right! The Greek heavy infantry legion isn't suited for jungle combat. On the contrary, after this period of adaptation, our Roman swordsmen and archers have become increasingly adept at jungle warfare. I think we can choose this battlefield here, and it would be best if our army formed its formation like this..."
Pompey was better at controlling details. Following Crassus' words, he began to point and comment on the small sand table in the tent.
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