"Please just trust me, Your Majesty."
After speaking, Animusfia bowed deeply to Nero.
The content of Boudica's letter is simple, but very important.
In the letter, Boudica first elaborated on the battle situation and the losses of the legion in recent days since her appearance.
He is worthy of being the first general that players can unlock in later "Sid Meier's Civilization 6". Boudica, who is good at defending positions, established a position in a hurry like a pass, blocking the United Empire from Gaul. Province and overland access to the Alps to attack Rome.
Soldier casualties and the use of logistical equipment were also controlled within acceptable limits.
What surprised Animusfia even more was that Boudica also found several other followers in the natural world.
Among them, there were actually Lu Bu, Lu Fengxian, whom he was familiar with, and Jing Ke, who went to death to assassinate the Qin Dynasty and left behind a masterpiece of wind and water.
Although Animusfiya was a little worried about whether the great man Fengxian could live in depression for a long time, at the moment, having one more person with this kind of fighting power was obviously better than one person with less power.
To be honest, it is magical enough that Boudica, who was humiliated and finally executed with her daughter, could work for Rome.
It is no longer so absurd to believe that Lu Bu will serve for Nero.
Maybe Lu Bu who was on the White Gate Tower at that time really intended to work for Prime Minister Cao.
Meng Huo was captured seven times before he could return to his heart, and maybe Lu Bu also needed to sacrifice a few more adopted fathers to be truly loyal.
But the news Boudica sent back was not all good news.
Enemy troops not only came from Gaul and Germania behind the Alps, but there were also troops from the United Empire coming from Macedonia in the east.
Fortunately, relying on the cover of the Apennine Mountains and the Alps, Boudicca firmly controlled the enemy forces on the southern Gaul line.
However, the recent offensive has gradually become a mere formality, so Boudica speculated that the enemy troops may have divided their forces elsewhere. The actual situation Jing Ke saw was also consistent with her guess.
However, he was not too familiar with the surrounding areas of the Mediterranean, and it was difficult for Boudica, who was still learning, to guess the specific movements and purposes of the enemy.
"Hmm, Governor, where do you think the group of rebels calling themselves the [United Empire] will go?"
"It's actually a no-brainer."
Animusfia waved her index finger, and a standard European map made of magic and obtained through later satellite mapping was displayed in front of him.
However, since the Earth is an irregular pear-shaped sphere that is wide at the equator and flat at the poles, the surface of the Earth is an unflattenable surface. Using any mathematical method to perform this conversion will produce errors and deformations.
All maps are actually projections of the Earth.
Animusfia chose the Mercator projection, which is the most common and has the largest error.
In modern times, people have the most intuitive understanding of the earth, and most of the games in famous Swedish game companies come from this picture.
But the Mercator projection dramatically stretched the earth's poles to the same width as the equator, which directly led to the emergence of Greenland, a giant island larger than the Australian continent, and Canada and Russia, which are hopelessly large.
This kind of error will also be reflected in the Mediterranean Sea at higher latitudes, but it will not be too outrageous.
For this era, having a map with such accuracy is of great strategic value.
"Isn't this the province of Sicily...is this...Rome? Is this a map of Rome?"
Nero, who admired the territory of his empire all day long, recognized Rome much better than others, and he recognized the protagonist of the map description at a glance.
Just like most modern people can accurately draw the rough national boundaries of their country.
But in this era of less than a hundred years AD, beings with such knowledge of geography can be regarded as rare talents.
"Exactly that, Your Majesty."
Animusfia nodded and said that she was already manipulating the map composed of magic power.
"If this is where General Boudica and the others are stationed————"
The northern part of the Italian peninsula is suddenly highlighted on an aerial map.
"Then what Jing Ke saw should be like this."
The area of later France to the west of the Alps also lit up. A red arrow made a circuitous exit from the Alps, and then went straight to the southeast.
The direction pointed by the arrow is the Tyrrhenian Sea connecting Sardinia, Corsica, Gaul and Rome.
"....Are you saying that they will attack Rome from the sea? This is not good...Yu's navy, like other legions stationed outside, has all lost contact."
"With only this distance, I'm afraid they have landed now. Caligula... Your Majesty's uncle probably used this method to bypass the defense line and directly attack Rome. However, due to the restrictions of warships , the other side doesn’t have many troops that can be transported to Rome in one go, which can be considered a good thing.”
Animusfia smiled.
"How can you, Governor, laugh when something like this happens! The enemy is already close to Rome! But we don't even know where the other party is!"
Nero anxiously asked Animusfia, who was still confident.
"This is because the time and route of the other party's actions are exactly what I expected, Your Majesty."
Animusfia said confidently.
"Are you saying that you knew this would be the case?"
"That's right, Your Majesty."
Animusfia looked towards the northwest.
"Early in the early days of the establishment of the legion, I asked the remaining but well-trained city guards to conduct reconnaissance along the northwest coastline of Rome. If the opponent made any moves, now would be the time for me to receive the battle report."
As if to confirm Animusfia's words, a soldier on horseback galloped over from outside the training ground.
"Report————! Traces of enemy troops have been found in the Pisa area in the north!"
"Look."
Animusfia smiled and said to Nero.
"They're coming."
Then Animusfia stood on the high platform and took a few steps forward, shouting an order to the First Romagna Legion in the training ground:
"The whole army is ready to go! The enemy is in Pisa!"
Nero stared at him silently from behind Animusfia, his emerald eyes shining with a unique light.
After giving the order, Animusfia turned to look at Nero.
"I will accompany the army in this battle. Although the battlefield is chaotic, it is undoubtedly safer to stay by my side. For your Majesty's safety, can you go with me in this battle?"
Faced with Animusfia's request, Nero nodded without hesitation.
"Hmm!"
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After resting for half a day, Caesar and his army had just climbed over a hill, but another hill appeared in front of them, but it seemed as if they had done nothing.
The rugged mountainous terrain of Rome itself was a great obstacle to his heavily armed soldiers.
In addition, Octavian's navy had no time to transport livestock such as mules and horses here, so all the equipment of the soldiers had to be borne by the "Marius's mules" themselves.
It has a great impact on the speed of marching.
Fortunately, Caesar's destination, Florence, was already in sight.
Although there was no time to capture Rome, as long as he took the nearest inland city as a second springboard, Caesar could gradually expand his advantage with his crushing force.
You can also stock up on equipment and food in Florence to prepare for a protracted battle.
"Not far ahead is the Roman Avenue! Don't give up, just hold on for a few more steps!"
Caesar encouraged his soldiers.
Dragging his fat and huge body, Caesar walked at the forefront.
The moment he finished speaking, an overwhelming rain of arrows poured down from the top of the high ground.
