"Tell the soldiers that we have an advantage in night battles. Besides, it will be dawn in one hour. As long as you don't panic, no one is our opponent." Sima Ji put on his heavy armor and sat down and was about to walk out of the mansion. Suddenly, he turned to Ataya and said, "Take good care for yourself!"

This night was generally very fair for both sides against each other. Everyone was equal before the darkness. The Roman legion had fleet support in the river, and Sima Ji also had cities as a support. Of course, the disadvantages existed. The Jin army did not dare to get too much warships close to the Roman fleet. There would be many heavy weapons on it if nothing unexpected happened.

It is also not easy for the Roman legion to come down. You should know that the Roman legion is mainly infantry and is good at turtle shell formations that rely heavily on cooperation. In such an environment at night, it is several times more difficult to advance the tortoise shell formation than during the day.

So until dawn, the battle between the two sides was in a stage of heavy thunder and low rain. It was said that they could fight night battles, but in the dark, both sides showed caution rather than courage.

Facing the Roman Empire that was rampant in the Western world, Sima Ji did not dare to be arrogant. Although it was not right to favor the past and the present, it also depends on the specific situation. The Roman legion could practice the formation of the tortoise shell formation with both flexibility and attack. It is not worse than the army in the era of cold weapons. The only difference is that the weapons in this era are not powerful, so the Roman legion relies on giant shields.

As for the Longque Camp, in terms of weapons, the Longque Camp has a long-distance weapon with a powerful crossbow and a dragonque ring-headed sword at a close range! It has a half-body armor and its defense is excellent! It can be said that it far exceeds the protection of the Roman legion soldiers.

The Roman legion threw guns, of course, it could also be used as a spear, and a short sword was used at close range. Their shields were very large, exactly the same as the army in the west. In this way, until dawn, when they seemed to have fought for a night, no one died at all.

As the night receded, both sides knew that the real war was coming, and Roman soldiers began to assemble within the range of long-range weapons on the warship and came down with huge shields like signs.

Sima Ji was very dissatisfied with the Romans' act of gathering arrays under his nose, but there were not many ways to do so. If this was in the territory of the Great Jin Dynasty, he had many ways to stop the other party. First of all, the Roman fleet would not be able to enter the Nile River. Although he was not a smart person, he had used the Tie Lock Hengjiang trick so many people, how could he not learn it?

But there is not much iron in Alexandria for him to build iron chains. He can't melt the armor on the soldiers, right? If the conditions are limited, we can only wait and see.

"Let's array!" Zhou Rong gave the order, all the soldiers of the Longque Camp immediately set off their formation, their red robes were bright and eye-catching, and they still played the role of leading the entire army, facing the Roman legion on the river bank.

"For the glory of Rome, attack!" The commanders of the major legions of the Roman Legion shouted loudly, taking the lead in launching the attack, and the entire tortoise shell formation slowly advanced! This was exactly the same as when Murong Han faced Constantius, but Sima Ji was not Murong Han. Strictly speaking, the Dragon Crown Camp on his side was the real European canned food. The Roman Legion was at best light infantry, and most of its protective ability came from the giant shield in their hands.

Of course, it cannot be just relying on his own Jin army. It is difficult for the King of Yan to train these Jin soldiers. Let them shed blood and sacrifice for the Kingdom of Christ? Constantius had just brought up a wave of hatred. Now the revenge of Christians is rising, and Sima Ji is directly used by this Roman army that came from the sea.

A wave of holy war resounded in Alexandria. Whoever opposes is an apostate, he must go to hell. Even among Christians, many people are afraid of death, but these fearful people dare not speak in this atmosphere and are directly swept into the voices of seeking revenge and holy war.

Now 30,000 to 40,000 Christians have been pulled into the battlefield. Like their church members in the west, they are still fighting against the Roman legion, "For the glory of the kingdom of Christ, they will fight to the death with the Romans. God bless us..."

Holy war, holy war, holy war! The crusaders holding various weapons supported the momentum of the Jin army, but for many Jin army soldiers, this group of religious madmen was a bit too noisy.

"Arrowman, calculate the distance and wind direction! The army retreated a hundred steps and first gave the battlefield to the Crusaders and the Roman Legion." These were actually two different orders. The distance from the Roman warship is still too close now. Although the half-body armor protection is high, for individual weapons at that time, the weapons on the warships were definitely not listed.

If there is anything that the Jin army has made the King of Yan proud now, the first thing is to enforce orders. No matter what environment it is in, they are never panic. It is like turning the offense and defense into a finger and arm, which is even stronger than the benchmark Roman legion of this era.

"Jaberlin ready! Let it go..." The commanders of the major legions stood under the Roman eagle flag. With a command, the Roman soldiers in front row raised the javelins in their hands! With a loud noise breaking through the air, javelins came out from their hands!

The crusad soldiers who faced the Roman legion were directly covered by dense javelins. Countless javelins penetrated the shields and penetrated the chests of the crusad soldiers. Some of them even penetrated the bodies of two soldiers at once!

In this moment, hundreds of Crusaders turned into corpses and became nutrients for the fertile land of the Nile.

"It seems that the Mediterranean is still too calm. According to my experience in Youzhou, I thought that the Roman soldiers would have to be weak for a while. It seems that they have more experience at sea than us." Sima Ji, who put down the telescope, said a little regretful. As for the unlucky man who was nailed to death by a javelin, the King of Yan did not see it. What was he, an outsider concerned about the regular Roman army and his rebellion?

Sima Ji didn't know that the Roman legions under Galerius had very high combat effectiveness. They had lived along the Danube River for a long time and were responsible for dealing with the Germanic tribes in the north. Compared with the Danube, the Mediterranean was actually just a big lake. These Roman legions that defended the German tribes were drawn by Galerius, which was considered to have invested a lot.

Of course, the retreating Jin army was not idle. These students still did not learn the essence of the Yan King's military strategy. Friends were surrounded as if they were as mountains. After a certain distance, they hid behind the crusade soldiers and began to cover them with bows and arrows. They flew away from the bowstrings and quickly caused a heavy rain. Many Romans were caught off guard and were shot behind the shields, causing some trouble to the steadily advancing Romans.

This made Galerius, who was also watching the battle, frowned slightly. He did not know that he had always had a bad reputation in the eyes of Christians, and was directly overtaken by Constantius' cross on the Western Front. Now Christians must fight for their own destiny, and once the Roman legion wins, they will not be able to survive.

Galerius only knew, why was Christians so stupid that they actually gave foreign troops a shield? Of course, this only strengthened his desire to eradicate Christian hearts in the future. Galerius's dislike of Christians is consistent.

"Let the Germans get off the ship, hurry up!" Galerius suppressed the anger in his heart, told himself that as a general who had been through a long battle formation, he must remain calm, and lowered his voice to the compassionate servant beside him and ordered.

That's right, Galerius brought the Germans this time. The relationship between Rome and German was just like the relationship between the Great Jin and the Xianbei. When there was no big trouble in China, the Roman Empire was still very useful to speak to the German tribe.

Galerius's move was like Sima Ji considered that the melee between the kings in China was inevitable a few years ago. When he thought of the Xianbei people eating melons and watching operas outside the frontier, he felt very uncomfortable. Anyway, the domestic civil war was destined to kill many people, so it would be better to take the opportunity to bring the Xianbei people in and consume them. Even if he had to fight the orthodox tough battles by himself, it might be a little bit.

Now that we change it, Galerius's considerations are almost the same. The Roman Empire's army was only half of that of the Great Jin Dynasty. Mobilizing the Roman legions along the Danube to head south was equivalent to giving the back to the Germans. This was obviously too risky.

Anyway, the Roman Empire also had a tradition of hiring other tribes. Galerius directly signed an agreement with the German tribe north of the Danube and hired 30,000 Germanic troops to fight. Whether the death of Christians or Germans was a good thing for the Roman Empire.

Now the Roman legion has arrived and has gained a foothold, so that the Germans with less discipline can be given a certain amount of space. With Galerius' order conveyed, a group of pale and tall figures appeared on the Roman warships that had already landed. Although these Germans were here in Egypt for the first time, they were not afraid of the scene in front of them, but were eager to try it.

These Germans took the giant axe and long sword in their hands and jumped off the warship one by one. Their golden hair drifted in the wind and gathered together unruly.

There were even many people pointing at the Roman legion that was placing the tortoise shell formation to show their courage. Soon, rows of Germans had already emerged from all over the place like a craze, entering the battlefield with a strong sense of oppression, and appeared from behind the Roman Tortoise shell formation.

The sudden appearance of this army and the Romans was very different. Even many Egyptians did not know where the army was, just as many people from Jiangdong might have heard of the Xianbei people, but they did not know what the other party looked like.

When there was a change in the battlefield, someone immediately reported it to him. Sima Ji quickly raised his telescope and looked at the sudden appearance of the troops. He could tell at a glance that this army was not a Roman appearance, and his hair color was different.
Chapter completed!