This battle gave the Roman legions a great sense of frustration. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

As soon as the battle was settled, the final casualty rate of the 20,000 combat strength of the Hasara City Guards was as high as more than 10,000 soldiers! Among them, 5,000 were killed in battle, and more than 6,000 soldiers were shot or shot with crossbow arrows, although they were not fatal, but they were all seriously wounded, and the best of them had lost their combat effectiveness.

However, in this battle, the number of enemy troops was far lower than that of the Roman legions. In other words, the enemy defeated the Roman legions with less, and defeated them.

Giles couldn't accept such an outcome, and neither could Niski.

"General Gilles, we must attack again!" Niski reddened, the Harasa City Guards lost more than half! He is also responsible for this huge casualty rate, and he wants to reverse the outcome whenever he has the opportunity. What's more, Niski's Hasara City Guards rarely encountered such a situation, and if he didn't manage to change it and become an eternal fact, he would probably become a handle for him to be laughed at forever.

When Gilles heard this, he was stunned. Unexpectedly, at this moment, the attitudes of the two would be subtly reversed from each other. On the battlefield just now, it was Giles who was ruthless, it was Giles who advocated that the attack should not be retreated, and it was Giles who desperately rushed forward regardless of the consequences, but now, it was Niski who advocated attacking, and Giles was actually already sinking his fighting spirit because of the heavy losses of his direct legion - almost all the army was wiped out.

So, how could Gilles not be able to understand Niski's inner resentment at this moment? Seeing the perseverance in Niski's eyes, Giles seemed to have a response in his heart, and gradually regained his fighting spirit again. Yes, he was not willing to return with a big defeat.

As for Niski, of course, he also has his own considerations, and in order to satisfy his own interests, he needs results. Although the first battle between the Roman legions and the blade of Zihada had such a large casualty rate, when Niski saw Giles on the battlefield, he seemed to vaguely understand that as a general or commander, sometimes, there is really no need for a woman's kindness, as the so-called, a general will succeed in ten thousand bones, this has always been the case in wars, anyway, so many soldiers have been sacrificed, guilt and frustration, let alone appear at this time, rather than carrying a heavy burden in his heart, it is better to make a comeback, if he can turn defeat into victory, then everything can be calmed down.

What's more, as long as the Qihada Blade is destroyed, Hasara City will be one of the biggest bandits from now on, even if 10,000 soldiers have died, they may be able to make up for their merits and have a chance to escape. Otherwise, even if Julius Caesar, the king of Rome, wanted him to die to apologize, he would not even be able to come up with a reason to at least argue for himself!

On the other side, Giles, after thinking about it solemnly, finally made a decision, he supported Niski's idea, and this was the last chance they could fight for themselves.

"We must attack again! No one can stop the Roman legions! The Roman legions are invincible!" Gilles also showed a determined look in his eyes, and he roared with great ambition, as if he was approving Niski and encouraging himself.

After a while, the Roman soldiers were reorganized and went up the mountain again. Gilles and Niski stayed where they were, waiting for the news of the battle ahead.

"Report, there is no one on the mountain. Finally, while Gilles and Niski were about to see through them, news came back from the hill position - a herald who had been in charge of delivering battle reports on the battlefield rushed back from his position on the hill to report to Gilles what they had discovered.

In fact, when the newly formed Roman army went up the mountain again, Giles and Niski waited at the bottom of the mountain for the sound of war to come from the mountain, but in the end, it was the silence on the mountain and the herald in front of them.

There had been no sound of the enemy attacking their Roman legions on the hill, and both Gilles and Niski had secretly felt that something was wrong, and the arrival of the herald confirmed their fears. This annoyed Gilleston.

"Whoever takes the head of the bandit leader Qihada, I will personally reward him with a hundred coins. Giles shouted.

Niski was on the sidelines, but he couldn't digest the news, and looked depressed: "Why did they run so fast......

Suddenly, another soldier rushed to the two generals and said, "Reinforcements from the city of Hasara have arrived. ”

Giles and Niski were taken aback when they heard this, and they seemed to be hit by five thunders at once, and hurriedly asked, "Who led the troops?"

"General Don Quixote, who led ten thousand Roman soldiers, arrived on fast horses. The soldier replied.

I'm afraid that the arrival of Don Quixote will be the moment of conviction for both of them, and Gilles and Niski look at each other, knowing this very well.

Moreover, Don Quixote came on a fast horse, I am afraid that he will soon be at their side, time is urgent, and they must make a decision as soon as possible.

Niski thought about it carefully, and suddenly a flash of inspiration, his eyes turned, he walked to Gilles's side, and whispered in his ear: "General Gilles, I have a way to reduce our guilt. ”

"What's the solution?" asked Gilles, as if he had touched a life-saving straw.

"Immediately announced to the whole army that Qihada was dead, saying that we had successfully killed Qihada and killed and injured most of the bandits of Qihada's Blade, and only a few bandits took the opportunity to escape. Niski still deliberately lowered his voice to say this strategy to Gilles, but he still made sure that Gilles heard every word clearly.

"This ......" Gilles' pupils dilated in surprise when he heard this, but then he also understood, so he was silent and thought for a while.

It's not that Gilles doesn't understand that Niski's strategy is nothing more than to make Zihada forcibly recognized as dead in public opinion. In fact, it is estimated that in the entire Roman Empire, there may not be anyone who knows Zihada, or has seen the real person of Qihada, so they can be so opportunistic and choose one person to replace him among the corpses of bandits who died in the valley.

Anyway, no one in the Roman Empire would sneak into the enemy camp or ask the enemy directly if Zihada was indeed dead.

"If you don't object, so be it...... Time is tight. Niski saw that Gilles didn't speak, and suddenly became a little anxious, so he couldn't help but urge Gilles.

Gilles nodded yes, for now, it seems that this method is the only way to work, because General Don Quixote will arrive soon, and time is short, so there is no need to think about it. Seeing this, Niski immediately found his own soldiers and got to work.

In a short time, the news of the killing of Zihada Blade, the leader of the bandit gang, spread throughout the valley. Not only that, but in order to make the effect more realistic, and also to keep it secret, the Roman soldiers who pursued Zihada also all evacuated the hill where the camp of the Zihada Blade was located.

This reaction of the Giles Legion, Zihada they were puzzled and couldn't think clearly. Later, after finding a safe place, they inquired again, and they forcibly "died" Zihada. Now on the wanted list of the Roman Empire's Hasara City, Zihada is off the list.

The news spread not only in the city of Hasara, but also in the ears of Zihada. When Zihada heard the news, he couldn't help laughing.

Giles's intentions for doing this, Zihada guessed it clearly, but it was just to escape the responsibility of losing the battle on the battlefield, and they took it to deceive the superiors and conceal the subordinates.

Zihada was not an official of the Roman Empire, and there was no need to pay attention to them, so he had to fight them over the lips. However, if Zihada had not come forward to clarify the joke, the entire Roman Empire, especially the city of Hasara, would have believed the news. In other words, the Blade of Zihada has no deterrent effect on Hasara City.

Of course, it's a pity, and it's not a pity to care about this trivial loss at the moment, after all, people are really not dead, even if there are more rumors, they can't be buried alive. What's more, Qihada's own team, after experiencing this battle, has indeed reduced most of its combat effectiveness, and it is not suitable to make too much movement at the moment, so it is best to find a safe place to rest the whole army, as well as replenish ammunition and so on.

Thinking of this, Zihada felt that he should also thank the Roman legions for the solid "handmade tent" that the Blade of Zihada had unintentionally built, and with the "wholehearted help" of the Roman Empire, the Blade of Zihada could hide for a long time to recover.

Summing up the battle, Zihada considered himself tactically victorious in ambushing the Roman legions in the valley, and their casualties amounted to one to twenty. Strategically, however, there was no victory.

Originally, Qihada wanted to use delaying tactics to disrupt the supply chain of the Roman legions arranged by the Roman Empire in the city of Hashara, and at the same time create chaos to achieve the purpose of delaying the Roman legions to intervene in the Western Regions, but after this battle, the hard-hit Qihada Blade may not be able to strike again before resting. Therefore, these goals cannot be achieved for the time being. In addition, under the deception and deception of Gilles, I am afraid that Octavian, the Grand Prince of the Roman Empire, will believe that there is indeed no threat in the city of Hashara because he believes the lies made up by Gilles. Once Octavian, the Grand Prince of the Roman Empire, was convinced of this, the Roman legions would also enter the Western Regions early in the near future.

Encirclement and counter-encirclement and suppression, there is no winner, and there is no loser.

After some careful consideration, Zihada decided to send someone back to the Mountain Eagle base. On the one hand, replenish ammunition, and on the other hand, ask Wei Zhouquan what his troops should do next. Of course, Zihada will also report some of the intelligence information he got in the Hasala area to the Shanying base. At present, according to the information obtained by Zihada, the city of Hasara will become a logistics base for the Roman legions to attack the Western Regions and the surrounding areas. Zihada preferred to remain in the Hasara area, disrupting the logistical supply lines of the Roman legions.

The Roman legions attacked the Blue Kingdom of Lou in the Western Regions, and if nothing else, the next one was Anhua City. Nowadays, in the Western Regions and the surrounding countries and cities, who still does not know about Anhua City? If the Romans were a little careful, they would be able to get the news of Anhua City from the mouths of some merchants. The Romans didn't have to guess to know that the last time they ambushed their army in the city of Dila and robbed them of their booty was the city of Anwar.

Zihada is very confident in the defense of Anhua City. He believed that the Roman legions would definitely attack the city of Anwar. Moreover, once the Roman legions attacked Anhua City, it would definitely turn into a long siege and defense battle. In this way, it is very important for Zihada to destroy the logistical supply lines of the Roman legions.

Zihada's report was quickly sent back to the Shanying base.

In the Shanying base, Wei Zhouquan is not in the base, he and Zhao Zhan are leading their own troops, and they are destroying the alliance forces of the countries and creating some trouble for the coalition forces attacking Lou Lan Kingdom.

In this regard, the person in charge who stayed behind could not judge when Wei Zhouquan and them would return, so they forwarded the information and reported it to China by telegram. After five hours of transit, and compilation, the telegram was presented in duplicate on the desks in the Cabinet Office and in the palace study.

Yi Xingchen, the emperor of the Xinghua Empire, and Eli and other cabinet ministers discussed and reached an agreement based on the daily briefing of Anhua City in the Western Regions and the briefing of Shanying Base.

Yi Xingchen replied with a telegram in the name of the emperor and the cabinet. It was agreed that Zihada should remain in the Hasara area and that sabotage operations behind enemy lines should be carried out in any way feasible, and that the Mountain Eagle base was ordered to meet the ammunition needs of the Zihada forces.

"Your Majesty, I propose to establish a bullet production factory in Anhua City, as well as a gun repair factory. Eli said.

"Can you guarantee the stability of Anhua City?" Yi Xingchen asked rhetorically.

Eli was stunned when he heard this, in his heart, there was never a concept of a rebellion of the people, and it was completely a suggestion given from the idea of improving the combat effectiveness of Anhua City.

Yi Xingchen said: "Anhua City is too far away from the empire, and most of the residents in Anhua City are immigrants from the Western Regions, and the empire cannot guarantee their loyalty. At present, the empire has adopted two means of economic support and arms control for Anhua City. Economic support aside, you also know the importance of trade in the Western Regions. I'm talking about arms control, and the empire is using the control of weapons to prevent Anhua City from getting bigger. The factories in the hinterland of the empire can continue to provide weapons and equipment to Anhua City and improve Anhua City's combat effectiveness, but it will not give Anhua City the ability to make weapons on its own. ”

"Unless the empire is strong enough to control the entire Western Regions, and the empire is industrialized, and there are enough talents, modern factories will be established outside the empire. Yi Xingchen said again.

Eli thanked Yi Xingchen for explaining to him, and said, "Your Majesty Xie has solved your doubts, and the minister understands!" However, he did not retreat, but continued: "At present, the situation in the Western Regions is changing, and there is a trend of becoming more and more serious, and I suggest that the Ministry of Defense send 10,000 more riflemen to Anhua City. (To be continued.) )