It is normal to train troops, but in the face of the threat from the Roman legion, this is something that must be done.

It is normal to hold a complaint meeting. If you want to gather the cohesion of so many people, this is also something that must be done.

As for contacting pirates, in everyone's opinion, it should be for the preparations to go to sea to other places.

But in Li Xiang's heart, he never thought of leaving the rich peninsula.

There are hundreds of thousands of people now.

Where can I afford to support so many people outside the peninsula? And how many boats can pirates have and how many people can they transport.

The only purpose of contacting pirates is to add pressure to Crassus who is chasing behind him.

That's right, the one who is responsible for the extermination of the rebels is no longer Grebo, who has been defeated in succession, but has been replaced by Crasso, the richest man in Rome and is determined to achieve success.

Li Xiang contacted the pirates to stimulate Crasso, who wanted to achieve success, and lengthen his supply line.

Almost the southern part of the peninsula was destroyed by the rebels, and several legions led by Crasso could not get supplies at all, and could only be transported from the increasingly distant city of Rome.

Of course, sea transportation is also possible, but Rome's navy is not strong, and the places where it can dock and large-scale transportation were deliberately destroyed by Li Xiang.

As for the final wait, Crassus is also waiting.

His plan was very simple, which was to follow the example of the Western Chu king in China more than a hundred years ago, and fight against the decisive battle.

The Roman legion on the outside could not be drawn in a short time, and he could not be drawn in the face of pressure from various barbarians.

The several legions following Crassus were all the mobile power that Rome could mobilize.

Once they are destroyed, the city of Rome will be in the true sense of emptiness and powerlessness.

Li Xiang’s mission is to destroy Rome. Only by capturing the city of Rome can it be considered to destroy Rome!

If you want to capture the city of Rome, you have to destroy the field troops inside and outside the city first.

Crassus was extremely proud. He believed that with the huge strength of the five Roman legions around him, it was enough to eliminate the rebels.

After learning that the rebels were parked by the sea, they immediately pursued quickly regardless of the difficulties in logistics supply, forcing them to march, for fear that the rebels would go to sea by boat and make the credit they received would be lost.

As the richest man in Rome, Crassus was neither short of money nor enjoyment. Money was just a number to him, and it was the kind of person who was not interested in money.

As one of the three giants, Crassus is not short of power, and he is basically the top member of Rome.

With his wealth, it is completely easy to be elected as a consul.

Rome was a republic at this time, not the Roman Empire of Octavian later.

The only thing Crassus needed was to win himself a large-scale triumphal ceremony that would be remembered in history books through victory.

Simply put, it is about saving face.

Despite the fatigue of the soldiers and the forced marching of falling behind and losing personnel, the Roman legion led by Crasso finally caught up with the rebels near Taranto.

"I don't quite understand why I need to burn the food?"

Spartacus looked at the mountains of food that were about to be burned not far away, and could not control his anger and shock. "Are you crazy?"

“I’m in a very good state of mind.”

Li Xiang lit the torch in his hand and walked towards Liangshan, "This is a tactic!"

If Li Xiang had not been winning battles all the way before, Spartacus would definitely have to take him down now, and he would have to take action even if he couldn't win.

"Tell me what kind of tactics it is." Spartacus and everyone around him were anxious. "If you burn the food, we will starve to death!"

Looking around, Li Xiang simply ran all the way to the top of the mountain made of grain.

He took a deep breath, "Everyone! The Romans have arrived, a full five legions! Now they block the road to the north, and behind us is the sea!"

"Although the peninsula is large, we have no way out."

"We've had a good meal before, and we'll have to fight the Roman Legion next."

Li Xiang's tone was getting higher and higher, comparable to a tweeter. "What should I do if I lose? All of these foods became the trophy of the Romans! Are you willing to make these foods the trophy of the Romans?"

Someone immediately spoke out against it, "But what if we win? There will be no food to eat at that time."

"have!"

He pointed at the man, "If we win, we can seize the supplies from the Romans, and of course we have food to eat."

"Everyone listened, this battle can only win but not lose! You can continue to eat if you win. If you lose, you can't survive as a prisoner! Because the Romans would never use their food to feed the prisoners!"

"If you want to survive and win, then fight hard and defeat the Romans!"

"Think about the hatred between you and the Romans, pick up the dagger and shield to go to the battlefield~~~"

After saying that, Li Xiang did not hesitate to pour the torch in his hand on the mountain of Greek fire and olive oil.

The raging flames swallowed up food and the fear of the rebels.

In other words, there must be some people who are afraid of escaping, but more people recall the hatred at the complaint meeting after being cut off from their backs and retreats, and began to hypnotize themselves to fight the Romans desperately.

"You chose to stay here before to cut off everyone's retreat now and let everyone fight to the death." Spartacus looked at Li Xiang who was walking over with a very complicated look, "You are so cruel."

"fart!"

Li Xiang immediately scolded, "The Romans are the ones who really force them to go to a dead end, not me. And I just give them a chance to choose, a chance to die as slaves and poor people, or to pick up the dagger shield to win hope of life."

"Did you have your wife by your side and start turning around to be the Virgin?" Li Xiang stared at him. "Don't motivate them to fight to the death, do you think you can win?"

Those were five regular Roman legions, plus auxiliary mercenaries and other sizes of at least 50,000 or 60,000.

Of course, this amount of troops is not worth mentioning in China, but in Rome, it is almost all field mobile legions.

The mobs fought against elite legions of this size, even though they had made so much preparations before, it was still Alexander.

The only possibility of victory is to inspire these rebel troops to fight to the death.

From setting the battlefield in this Jedi to burning the food stocks now, it is all for this.

Spartacus shook his head, "The Romans marched and chased after him, and they definitely didn't have much supplies..."

Li Xiang stepped forward and lowered his voice, "Only one-third of the stored food burned here. Most of the food, I had asked Cres to hide with his people. After winning, I took it out and said it was seized from the Romans. Moreover, I contacted me before

When the pirates were not doing anything, they had already set an arrangement to get food for them to transport food at high prices. We have obtained so much wealth and jewelry that we can't eat or drink, of course, it is used to exchange food."

Spartacus' expression at this moment was so wonderful.

He just stared at Li Xiang stupidly for a long time, and finally thousands of words turned into a sigh.

"You are the messenger of the gods, and that's absolutely right. No one can do better than you except the messenger of the gods."

‘I don’t believe in God, I only believe in myself.’

Li Xiang's smile remained unchanged, but he didn't agree with it in his heart, "Even in a world where there are really gods, I think so. I'm just a stronger creature."

The large-scale decisive battle was carried out with the burning mountains of grain as the background.

Li Xiang himself did not have that great ability to command a battle of this scale, so he naturally assigned command to those who stood out.

According to the prior plan, they led their respective military formations and pressed towards Crasso layer by layer according to the arrangement.

The tactical aspect is exactly the same as when he defeated Grebeau in Pompeii.

The difference is that the number of people now is much larger than that at that time, and after training, complaints, and a large number of captured weapons and equipment, the combat effectiveness has been significantly improved.

More importantly, Li Xiang's previous actions of burning food cut off the retreat and also inspired their courage.

Behind them is the sea, and they have no way out!

When forced into a dead end, rabbits will bite people, let alone these rebels holding weapons.

The battle process was very dull, and Crassus, who was full of confidence, easily defeated one military formation after another, mainly old and weak in the early stage.

He also mocked his subordinates for being so weak that killing them was a waste of time.

The only thing that made him feel a little uneasy was that the rebel army had a strong fighting will, and even the elderly and weak had to take a bite even if they died.

As time passed, when the sun was already in the sky, Crasso's face disappeared.

Several Roman legions took turns to fight, but it was difficult to have a real chance to breathe and fix it.

Because there were too many rebels, so many of them were so rushing from all directions that they were about to swallow everything like huge waves.

As time goes by, the consequences of forced pursuit begin to appear.

The soldiers of the Roman Legion began to lose their energy and their casualties gradually increased.

These soldiers are indeed elite, but even if they are covered in iron, how many nails can they be made?

Almost continuous combat, the pressure on physical and mental factors is naturally increasing.

In the afternoon, the Roman legion, whose troops were used to the limit, finally gradually began to collapse in the face of the endless rebel army.

Li Xiang said that Crassu brought 50,000 or 60,000 people, not that many.

The result of the forced marching was that only a little over 50,000 people came to the battlefield.

They were very tired and went directly to the battlefield without much rest when they came.

As the intensity of the war continued to increase, more and more military formations were mainly young and strong, and casualties in various units also rose sharply.

The casualties of a certain brigade reached its limit, and the remaining people began to collapse.
To be continued...