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There is no escape!

Facing the blocked port, the skeleton pirates were like a group of trapped beasts, struggling but helpless.

From April 26th to 27th, the Great Battle of Crete lasted for a whole day and night. The final result ended with the pirates fleeing hastily. Twelve pirate ships chasing Greek merchant ships finally escaped.

, there were only the three outermost single-masted small ships. As for the first seven large ships that rushed into the port, two were rammed and sunk, and the remaining five were captured by the Qin army.

In terms of personnel, the pirate leader Greer was killed by Lei in a fight and died in the sea. Although there was also the word "Thunder" in his name, Dong Lei clearly defeated Xi Lei. Greer's body sank to the bottom of the sea and became a fish.

As for the other pirates, more than 600 people died and 56 surrendered. From this number, it can be seen that the skeleton pirates are indeed extremely ferocious. When faced with a desperate situation,

It can also trap an animal and still fight.

On the Qin army's side, Lei Fei's ship was overwhelmed and sank in the harbor. The remaining warships were not seriously damaged and could still be used after some repairs. Of course, the repair process would take at least one day.

In terms of military losses, the Qin army lost 266 people and injured 318 in this battle. This number was much higher than that of the pirates. Of course, this was mainly because the Qin army was

For the sake of the victor.

Naval battles are no better than land battles. Once they fail, except for the lucky escape from the battlefield by ship, the remaining defeated soldiers will have no choice but to surrender or die in the sea together with the sunken battleship.

"The invincible skeleton pirates were defeated, and they were locked up and beaten, with almost no power to fight back?" Dikar leaned on a stone beside the pier with trembling hands, staring blankly at the burning sea.

, everything that just happened, he couldn't believe it.

When did the Qin Navy become so powerful? This time last year, they had just formed an army in Troy Port, and that guy Gemisius and the students from Lyceum Academy were also helping to supervise the construction of warships.

The Romans also had triremes, which was nothing unusual, but why did the Qin army exert such great power once they used them?

What shocked Dikar was the unknown thing that could produce a huge explosion and shock wave. The overwhelming explosion could kill and injure people in an instant. Compared with a single crossbow, this mysterious weapon that could explode could kill people.

The strength has doubled several times.

Gan Yong's ship has docked.

After heaving a sigh of relief, he didn't care about counting the results of the battle, and shouted eagerly: "General Lei Bei of the third ship, have you seen it?"

The soldiers on the left and right all lowered their heads and were speechless. At this time, the battlefield was still in chaos. There were countless corpses floating on the sea. It was difficult to tell who was coming from who. But just now. Gan Yong clearly saw that the third ship was

The head was raised high, and then the entire battleship sank into the sea in an extremely tragic manner, and all the people on the ship did not know whether they were alive or dead.

"General. General Lei may have jumped into the sea. Just now, my subordinates saw pirates boarding his ship——!" After a long time, the captain finally landed on the shore and reported softly.

"Jump into the sea, hurry up and find him." Gan Yong said angrily. Lei Fei is a rising star in the Qin army, and his ability is also quite outstanding. Naturally, Gan Yong does not want the generals among his subordinates to be damaged in this battle.

Lei was lying on the wooden board. The injuries under his ribs and the massive blood loss made his body feel dizzy, as if he was being pressed down by a thousand kilograms of weight.

If it had been dragged on like this, Lei Qui's life would have been in danger. Fortunately, at this time, the war on the sea was almost over, and Lei Qui's body began to drift toward the shore with the ocean currents.

"Look, who is that?" A Qin soldier who was responsible for salvaging the floating corpse shouted loudly. Then he used the spear in his hand to poke Lei's stiff body.

Lei Yue's body rose and fell, and when he was being pulled and sinking, the salty warm seawater of the Mediterranean Sea flowed into his throat, making him almost breathless.

"Cough cough——!" The suffocation caused Lei to cough violently, and it was his slight cough that saved his life.

"Hurry, he's still alive, this brother is still alive!" The soldier who salvaged the ship shouted in surprise. He couldn't take a closer look, and he didn't expect that the person he rescued would be a big shot, the commander of the third ship.

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Dongyang City.

The residence of the governor Huan Chu.

The whole night was brightly illuminated. Since the Qin Navy went to war, Li Yuan had moved forward and moved his base camp from Xin'an City to Dongyang area. If Lu Jia, Jia Yi and others had not tried to dissuade him, he would have thought of boarding in person.

ship and fight with the navy officers.

"It's cold at high places, how much better it would be on the battlefield!" Li Yuan paced back and forth in the meeting hall. In a side hall on one side, staff officers at all levels were nervously making statistics and reporting the latest battle situation.

"Your Majesty, General Gan Yong reported that our fleet has set off and no abnormalities were found in the Crete area!"

"Report, the Roman fleet is still in the Pella area, and there is no sign of heading eastward. The pirate fleet has taken the bait and is chasing the Greek merchant ships."

"Report, our fleet was engaged in a fierce battle with the enemy at the port. The third ship was shot and capsized, the second ship was damaged and withdrew from the battle, the second enemy ship sank, and the remaining ships are in fierce battle."

The battle situation reported back from the front made Li Yuan restless. The naval battle was no better than the land battle. For the Qin army, this was a battle in an unfamiliar battlefield environment.

"Report, Your Majesty, a great victory, our navy has completely wiped out the pirate fleet, the enemy chieftain Greer has been crowned, and there is not a single skeleton fleet left!" Just when Li Yuan was feeling uneasy, Huan Chu strode in with a silk letter in his hand.

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"Total annihilation of the pirate fleet, are you serious about this?" Li Yuan was surprised and asked. Not only him, but also Lu Jia, Jia Yi and other civil servants on the left and right also looked over.

Huan Chu waved his hand excitedly and said: "Your Majesty, it is absolutely true. General Gan set up an ambush in the Gulf of Crete, and the pirate fleet entered the bay. Our army closed the door and beat the dogs. How happy!"

As Huan Chu spoke, he presented the battle report from the front. Li Yuan took it and looked at it, only to see a few lines of Gan Yong's scrawled handwriting. He simply reported the losses of both sides, including the losses of the Qin army.

Although it wasn't serious, Li Yuan's serious injury still made Li Yuan feel nervous.

"General Huan, please report to Gan Yong immediately. When he returns to the army in triumph, I will personally go to the military port to pick them up and welcome back our warriors from Great Qin." Li Yuan said solemnly.

The Qin Navy.

The battle became famous all over the world.

The result of the Great Battle of Crete was like a wind with wings, blowing across the entire Mediterranean. In Egypt, the descendants of the ancient civilization opened their mouths one by one and could hardly believe this fact; in Carthage,

The consul Hannibal, who had regained power, was thoughtful; in Rome, Scipio, who had been in power for less than three months, stared at the naval commander Crassus in front of him with a gloomy face, and anger was about to burst out from the bottom of his heart.

"General Crassus, is your fleet still at Pella? Such a big thing happened in Crete, and you actually told me that you didn't know about it. Are you eating shit?"

"Subordinate, subordinate——!" Crassus murmured a few times, trying to defend himself.

"What else can you say? Does that idiot Greer think that the Greek merchant ships are so easy to attack? He has no brains. Are you Crassus a pig too?" Scipio was furious.

"Grand Consul, the Qin people just won by chance this time. According to the pirates who came back, Greer also tried his best, and no less than five Qin ships were sunk." Crassus wiped the cold sweat from his head, his fat body shaking.

Shaking, he said.

"It's useless what you said. The Qin people won. This is the most important thing. Next, Carthage, Greece, Egypt and other nations that are hostile to us will turn to the Qin people even more. The situation of our great Rome will be

It has become very difficult, so for the glory of Rome, the hegemony of the sea must not be left aside." Scipio said sternly, the majesty of the superior emanating, making Crassus, an old subordinate, stay silent.

Profiting from the domestic power struggle and successfully expelling the Fabian forces, Scipio was very high-spirited, but he also knew that this power base was still fragile. If he did not make achievements in the military, the conservative forces in the Senate would come back.

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Crassus wiped his sweat and ordered to retreat, and angrily went down to rectify the naval fleet, trying to win back the city. Scipio's anger put him under great pressure. To be honest, Greer had informed him before attacking.

But Crassus only thought it was an ordinary pirate robbery and did not take it seriously.

The destruction of the Grell pirate fleet was like cutting off an arm of the Romans. Originally, Scipio used Grell's power to plunder merchant ships secretly. Even if the merchants had objections to this kind of business without capital,

, and did not dare to single it out openly. But now, when the Qin people appear on the east coast of the Mediterranean with a strong posture, whether the merchants will listen to Rome still needs further consideration.

What worries Scipio is not just the sea. In the Balkans, the Gallic Legion of Peterius is also having a hard time. The Thracians who once surrendered to Rome have recently shown signs of recurrence. Adhesilia

Needless to say, this coward used the reputation of the Qin army to actively promote the power of Qin to his compatriots in Rome. At the same time, a young hero emerged among the Thracian warriors - Spartacus.

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This ordinary soldier in the Battle of Constantinople quickly grew into an excellent general after just one year of training by the Qin army. His acumen and courage made the high-ranking general who faced him stand out.

General Lu suffered repeated setbacks, and holding the border became an elusive dream.

In the Sava River Basin, Spartacus led two thousand Thracian warriors to break through the natural chasm, leaving the Gauls behind. Their surprise attack suddenly cut off the connection between the main force of the Gallic Army in Pella and the front.
Chapter completed!