AWB Page 837
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The defense of Naples is very perfect. In history, it helped the Roman Empire resist the attack of the powerful Hannibal, and finally won the victory.
Attacking Naples was a bold and challenging move.
The Romans did not think that Xu Ding and other hundreds of insurgents dared to attack stones with eggs.
Even the insiders of the rebel army were shocked and worried about Xu Ding's crazy move.
But only Soros was in high spirits and high spirits.
By taking Naples he can capture ships, and he can build a navy.
No need to think too much, as long as he has money, he is not afraid that he will not be able to recruit adventurers in Naples.
So he tried his best to describe the goodness of Naples, and actively made suggestions and contributed his wisdom.
This is why Xu Ding promoted such a pirate-born leader to be a centurion.
"Commander, we can't attack this city by force. We have to sneak in first, grasp the specific situation in the city, respond inside and outside and take down the city gate." Soros added his lips and said:
"At that time, I will be able to raise a group of people when I activate the previous relationship. Once we do it, they will seize the ships and control the coast. In this way, the Roman defenders in the city will not be able to escape. The whole of Naples will be ours."
Xu Ding nodded slightly, thought for a while and said: "Okay! I will go in with you to investigate the situation in the city later, and Meng Yu, Huobi and Meng Duo will be in charge here, and you, Vila Tuoli, will be responsible for taking people there. Monitor the surrounding movements, especially the main road, and once you find the traces of the Roman army, immediately join most of them and hide."
Four people said: "It's the commander!"
Soros panicked a little, and said, "Commander, you don't have to go in, it's too dangerous. It's not good if the Romans in the city recognize you."
Xu Ding patted Soros on the shoulder, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, I know how to change faces. Most people won't recognize me. Don't worry about it, we'll go into the city later."
Xu Ding used a lot of strength in this slap, and Soros felt that his whole body was going to collapse.
The pain was so bad that he could only forcefully grit his teeth and smile, not daring to make a sound.
Alexander Qin, a pervert, throws a hippopotamus with a lift, and his strength is so powerful that no one can match it.
He can now feel the pain of the elders in the Senate at that time.
A little pretense is nothing to Xu Ding.
You must know that in a big man, it is normal for a husband to draw eyebrows and eyes for his wife, and to touch his lips and comb his long hair.
Xu Ding, who came from a later generation, is even more knowledgeable and skilled. It is not difficult to use some Western cosmetics that were seized earlier to carry out simple cross-dressing.
Although the Romans did not believe that Xu Ding and other rebels dared to attack Naples, the defenders still routinely set up checkpoints at the gates of the city.
Soon it was the turn of Xu Ding and the others, and the defenders stopped them and asked, "Where did you come from? What are you doing entering the city? Show me the pass card!"
The businessman played by Soros replied with a shy smile: "My lord, we came from the north, so we bought some slaves and were going to send them to the city of Rome.
But people there said my slaves were not good, so I decided not to send them to Naples to try my luck. "
The soldier who questioned him nodded slightly, and there were indeed more than 20 slaves behind Soros.
Of course, this is a real gladiator slave, the real thing, so he can't help but believe it.
But after looking at him, he took another look at Xu Ding who was accompanying him, which made Soros very nervous.
In the end, the man said to Soros: "No, there are too few of you, you won't have any underwear left this trip."
So many 20 slaves were sent all the way from the north by land, and they couldn't even subsidize their meals.
Soros said with a bitter face: "Who says it's not? Originally, I had three or four hundred slaves, but I blamed these guys. I was walking on the road, and suddenly a rebel army came out from behind. A rebel army said to liberate Rome and free all slaves, and then robbed me.
The slaves took the opportunity to escape one after another. I waited for the rebel army to escape to the northeast before I caught more than 20 slaves who hadn't finished running.
Hey, I'm going to find someone to reason with, I'm out of luck. "
"Hahaha, you actually ran into that rebel army, tsk tsk, it would be good if you survived to reach our Naples, you wouldn't even lose your pass card like this." The guards all laughed when they heard it, And also relaxed the god level.
The above said not to be afraid of [-], but just in case. In order to prevent the rebels from coming over, they still have to check the posts and check the people entering the city.
Now it seems that the rebels were very cunning and went over the mountains to the northeast. No wonder there was no news suddenly.
Since they won't come here, the defenders naturally don't have to worry about a war, and they don't have to work so hard, of course they all laughed.
"You're really right, that's all there is to it, but luckily I didn't lose it." Soros patted the purse proudly, with a crisp sound.
Then he took out two gold coins and handed them to the other party, saying: "I am relieved when I come to Naples. This time I want to have a good drink and go to the gambling house to have a good time. This man is dead, and the money is kept." What's the use, I can see it through."
"You're right. Your life is gone. What's the use of saving money? I wish you good luck. I hope you can win all the money from Naples when you leave the city." release.
Money can turn ghosts around, both East and West are right.
Everyone entered the city smoothly, and Soros took Xu Ding and others to arrange a stay, and then contacted his old acquaintances.
As a former Mediterranean pirate, he valued information the most, and there were many familiar people in the city.
Soros left with a few people to find his target, while Xu Ding took other people to inquire about the situation in the city, and observe the structure and geography of the entire city by the way.
After dark, Soros came back to join Xu Ding.
He still said confidently: "Commander, the matter is settled. I have contacted everyone who can be contacted. As long as we do it tomorrow, they will take advantage of the chaos to rob the rich in the city and buy us time. This is what I learned from them." The distribution map of the Roman army that I got in my hand."
Xu Ding took over the simply drawn map, and the information on it was more detailed than what he had inquired about.
But he didn't speak for a long time, Soros said: "In order to prevent them from cheating, the commander will give me a few people tomorrow, and I will watch the pier. If we fail to attack the city, at least there must be a ship that can safely send us out of Naples." .
If it succeeds, we need ships even more, and we can use ships to go east along the coast, bypass the strait with Sicily, and go to the east coast.
You must know that those people are very greedy. If no one controls them, they will plunder all the ships. "
"Okay! Just do as you said, I believe you, you are good at water warfare, you have an advantage in controlling the boat, and you know how to communicate with them." Xu Ding nodded and instructed:
"But I want you to remember that you are now a centurion, and in the future you will be a thousand commander, a captain, and a legion commander. You must have confidence in our cause. Being a pirate has a future. I have experienced painful feelings in this regard. Think carefully about how to expand our navy after this battle. I really hope that you can build an invincible and invincible army that will make the Roman navy look everywhere. Tooth troops."
Soros was slightly taken aback, and then replied: "Don't worry, Commander, we fought all the way from the Colosseum and then from Rome, where can I go if I don't follow you, you are the invincible commander-in-chief, naturally you will lead us to brilliant."
"Hmm! It's good that you understand, take a good rest!" Xu Ding agreed, and this time he patted Soros on the shoulder lightly and left.
Soros stared at Xu Ding's back for a long time, showing complicated eyes.
Finally, Soros looked up at the unclear starry sky, and said in a voice that only he could hear clearly: "The Roman Empire is like the sun, we are not even stars, dim and lightless, is there really a chance to become a moon-like existence? Maybe, we are too small...!"
Waking up the next day, Xu Ding first sent people out of the city to continue the army that Meng Yu was waiting for.
On this side, the people contacted by Soros quietly sent excellent weapons. Because of Shicheng, the Roman-style weapons they seized did not dare to bring into the city, because they would be easily exposed.
So you need to arm yourself through Soros after entering the city.