On the lonely and desolate desert plateau, a ruined earthen city appeared in the distance, and in the distance, the mountains were dotted with silver, and the oncoming north wind seemed to bring a trace of the eternal ice and snow chill on the high mountains.

"This is Lijing?" Nanying reined in his horse, and there was a trace of doubt in his heart. Even from a long distance, he could tell that there was no life at all in that earthen city.

"General, it should be said that this is what outsiders think is Lijing, and it is also a ruined Lijing!" Titus rode to the side of the Southern Eagle and said with a smile, "I mentioned to the general before that at first this was just a cover for us to settle the descendants of the Gauls and Celts, and then although we were temporarily attached to the Northern Huns, we were also dissatisfied with their cruel and unkind methods, and successively took in some Ding Ling people who had been oppressed by it for a long time, and moved here together, which can be regarded as adding a cover for our hidden door...... Later, due to the Han-Qiang War and famine, we temporarily abandoned this place! ”

"Hidden portal?" Nan Ying was surprised, "So, the real Lijing City has another place?" ”

"Of course! Otherwise, we would not have been able to thrive in this foreign land for 200 years! Titus raised his whip in his hand, "General, look, deep in those mountains is our real Lijing City!" ”

Nan Ying followed his pointing and looked at him, and couldn't help but be taken aback, "Qilian Mountain!" ”

"Don't be surprised, General!" There was a hint of bitterness in Titus's words, but there was also a bit of pride: "If it weren't for such a deep and continuous mountain cover, how could tens of thousands of people of our clan survive to this day?" And without such harsh and difficult natural conditions, how could our warriors have honed enough will and physique? ”

"You're right!" Nanying was silent for a long time before sighing, "There is a poem that says, how can you get the fragrance of plum blossoms without a cold heart?" The First Legion has been sharpening its sword for 200 years in this bitter cold place, and it will surely regain its glory! ”

"Thank you, General, for your comfort! But it's a coincidence! Titus was happy when he heard this, nodded and said with a smile, "We in Rome also have a famous saying: "We in Rome also have a famous saying that fire alchemy trains people in desperate situations, and people's beliefs can adapt to all the harsh environments in the world!" ”

"Poetry is good poetry! The sentence is a quatrain! Ma Yunluo rode his horse and galloped, and his awe-inspiring jade face was like the arrogant ice and snow on the high mountain in the distance, "But the big war is coming, and we must make a decision immediately...... Since Lijing City is far away in the mountains, how can our army deal with the enemy in front of them? ”

Nanying heard the worry in her words, and smiled bitterly at Titus, "Your Excellency, Commander, General Ma has spoken the general's mind. The Hun cavalry behind us is only two days away, so we can't lead them into the mountains, can we? Also, what about the support of your army that you mentioned earlier? ”

"Please rest assured, the Great General, everything is under our control!" Titus was confident and said, "All the military supplies are hidden in front of you in this deserted city of Lijing, and we will rely on this city to fight a battle of attack and defense...... And the rest of the 1st Army will arrive in a day later at the latest! ”

"Since you have decided to cooperate with our army, why do you want to divide your army?" Ma Yunluo sneered, "It seems that the legion commander's previous concerns were not small!" ”

"General Ma is to blame!" Titus smiled awkwardly, "When it comes to the survival of displaced people like us, there is always a little left behind...... But as you can see, after listening to the generous speech of His Excellency the General, if I have two hearts, the first one who does not agree will be all the officers and men of the First Legion! ”

"That's it! The heart of defense is indispensable! Nanying smiled and stretched out his hand to nod Ma Yunluo, "Now, we are friends with General Titus!" It's brothers who fight side by side! ”

"What the general said is true!" Titus perked up: "In this battle, please allow our First Army to take the lead!" ”

Nanying was about to nod his head, when he suddenly heard the sound of horses' hooves, and a ranger officer galloped from behind him, and before he got closer, he shouted loudly, "General, the Huns seem to have mastered the accurate movements of our army, and they suddenly accelerated their march and are directly rushing towards Lijing......"

"Calculate in time!" He gasped for two breaths before saying, "One day at most!" ”

"What?" The three of them changed color at the same time.

"Oh no!" Ma Yunluo said with a solemn expression: "Not only has the time we arranged greatly shortened, but I am afraid that the reinforcements of the First Legion will not be able to count on it...... Once the cavalry of the Huchuquan brothers is thrown away again, our army's chances of victory will be greatly reduced! ”

"How is this possible?" And Titus's face turned pale in disbelief, "Could it be that there are people in the First Legion who collaborate with the enemy?" ”

"Don't jump to conclusions just yet!" Nanying secretly praised Titus for his objectivity and sensitivity in his heart, but said lightly, "Maybe it is your troop movement that has aroused the suspicion of the Huns, after all, you have been friends and enemies for so many years, and it is difficult to keep them completely secret!" Just as you were able to receive information from the Huns about our army...... What's more! ”

His face suddenly became gloomy, "The news may not have leaked from the First Legion!" ”

In the splattering of blood, Hu Chuquan angrily pulled out the long knife that had penetrated deep into the opponent, and kicked the corpse in front of him into the air.

"A bunch of rubbish!" He glared at the blood-red eyes and swept towards the silent subordinate generals, "There is a traitor hidden around me, I don't know ...... He even asked him to send the news out! You will wash away this shame with your blood and your lives! ”

"Spare your life!" Several generals knelt down together and touched their heads to the ground.

"Dare to beg for mercy!" Hu Chuquan shouted violently and raised the long knife in his hand.

"Stop!" When the curtain was lifted, Yu Fuluo hurriedly rushed in, grabbed Hu Chuquan's wrist, and said sharply, "The big war is coming, do you want to kill your own people first?" Confused! ”

"Brother!" Hu Chuquan gasped, "The little brother has just returned for a day, and he was actually spied on by a traitor to spy on such a secret military situation, what kind of face did he have to see the general?" ”

"So, you're really...... Faint! Yu Fuluo's cold gaze fell on Hu Chuquan's face, which made him suddenly sober up, "Knowing that the situation is serious, the first thing we need to do is to investigate the movements of the Marquis of Subu Gudu and respond as soon as possible, how can we still have the heart to kill people here to vent our anger?" ”

"I hope that the traitor has not eavesdropped on all the contents of our military discussion, and I hope that our pursuers will be able to catch up with the messenger sent by the traitor......" Hu Chuquan's face turned pale, and he said incoherently, "Otherwise, if the news of the general's trip to Lijing is known by the Marquis of Subu Gudu......"

He suddenly closed his mouth, for he could no longer imagine the grave consequences.

"Two adults, something is wrong!" A Hun general rushed into the tent, "his subordinates chased the hoof prints of the traitor messenger all the way, but saw that he had entered the camp of the Marquis of Xubu Gudu, and only half an hour later, the army of the Marquis of Xubu Gudu pulled out the camp and went straight to the northwest!" ”

"Miserable!" The two brothers shouted together, "It's really going to Lijing!" ”

"The general is our benefactor, and he is our backer!" Yu Fuluo stared at Hu Chuquan fiercely, "And now, we are ashamed of the general...... What are you still doing in a daze? Go and give the order! ”

Hu Chuquan's pale face flashed an abnormal flush, and his whole body tensed up with anger, humiliation, and panic, and he suddenly rushed out of the tent.

"I want 5,000 of the bravest soldiers, one man and two horses, with only weapons and three days' rations!" His frantic roar shook the entire camp, "Set off in a moment, quick!" ”

Soon, in the chaotic screams of Hehe, Hu Chuquan took the lead, and behind him a stream of Hun cavalry poured out of the camp like a tide, and the sound of hooves drove towards the northwest direction like thunder, leaving nearly 10,000 Hun soldiers in the camp looking at each other, and they didn't know why.

"What are you doing standing stupidly!" "The vanguard has been mobilized, and we are the back...... All moving! ”

Nanying Zhuo stood on top of the dilapidated and dilapidated castle tower of Lijing City, staring into the distance. Although this earthen city that had been abandoned for many years was no more than a foot high, he could still faintly see the dust gradually rising in the distance...... After nearly ten hours of intense preparation and long waiting, the 20,000-strong army of the Marquis of Subu finally arrived.

Sharp eagle whistles, long horns, and the sound of Roman legions' alarm bells sounded at the same time, signaling that the time for a decisive battle had finally arrived.

In the sound of uniform footsteps, 3,000 Roman infantry lined up in a dense defensive formation, slowly moving forward from under the city, and 3,000 shields were raised at the same time, forming an impermeable shield wall. They would be the first line of defense against the Hun cavalry.

Behind the infantry, nearly 4,000 cavalry of the Xiliang Army and the Black Eagle Guard cavalry were spreading out from both flanks, and when the Hun cavalry was blocked from attacking the infantry phalanx, they would launch a fierce and ruthless cavalry attack.

On the city wall, nearly 1,000 soldiers of the forbidden army of the former Han army gently put their feather arrows on the bowstring, and they will provide long-range support for the infantry group under the city, and try their best to kill and wound the enemy troops who broke through the infantry phalanx, creating favorable conditions for the cavalry to charge.

This is a temporary alliance with the same hatred and hatred, this is a common struggle for life and death, and it is also the first collision of civilizations and wisdom between the East and the West in thousands of years. The powerful army of the Han Dynasty, a powerful country in the East, and the elite army of the Roman Empire, which was the first in the Roman Empire across Asia and Europe, crossed thousands of mountains and rivers in order to achieve freedom and victory, waiting for a hundred years, and was about to complete a side-by-side battle that will go down in history.

Nanying suddenly had a shock and emotion that seemed to come from the depths of his soul, he had never been as confident as he was at this moment, a kind of confidence that would surely rewrite history! He will no longer hesitate between the real and the unreal, will no longer hesitate the direction of history, and will not be afraid of all kinds of unpredictable consequences...... At this moment, he just wants to live up to the belief of a warrior, move forward bravely, and let go of the fight!

He gently drew his eagle knife and watched the distant dust gradually approach, when he suddenly heard the rustling of footsteps behind him. He turned his head and saw Titus, Pulcher and his brothers, and his woman...... All of them stood straight, and their faces were full of fighting spirit.

"General!" Titus and Pulcher looked at each other and knelt down on one knee at the same time, "We are with you, please order!" ”

"General!" The generals of the Han army saluted together: "Always follow the general!" ”

"Hanyang!" Ma Yunluo showed a bright smile like a flower, "Give the order!" ”

"Good!" Nanying closed his eyes, as if he had heard the neighing of the war horse and the earth-shattering horn, as well as the sound of killing. He took a deep breath and suddenly raised his knife over his head, "Brothers! For the sake of life! For glory! For the sake of the robe around us, we fight! ”

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