At the sound of the horn, the Hun cavalry attacked again, and they still seemed to be in a chaotic formation, but there was a vague tacit understanding.

In the second assault, a large number of Hun cavalry finally showed their skills in horse archery. In the absence of stirrups, they constantly threw a covering rain of arrows, nailing the shield walls of the Roman tortoiseshell array to a dense line. Although limited by the crudeness of the equipment and the balance of the horse, it is completely unable to reach the range and accuracy of the Bohai Navy, but it reflects the proficiency of the Bohai Navy.

Just as they were about to make contact with the five tortoiseshell formations, the horns sounded again, and all the Hun cavalry suddenly split into two, and went in a roundabout way on the left and right sides, without stepping into the hinterland of the tortoiseshell formation for half a step. This caught the Roman legions off guard, and before they could make a correct assessment of the next move, the Hun cavalry once again began to surprise the Romans with a novel tactic.

Throughout the roundabout, the Huns on the periphery continued to bend their bows and shoot, forcing the Romans to shrink behind the shields. And the Huns, who were close to the tortoiseshell array, threw a noose from afar. Most of the lassoes did not serve any purpose in the face of the impregnable shield wall, but a few lassoes were extremely accurate in entrapping the spears of the Roman soldiers stretched out diagonally, and even the entire shield with slight gaps exposed.

The Huns let out a smug laugh and controlled the horses to continue to accelerate. Under the huge pull, the Roman soldiers let out a burst of exclamations, spears flew out of their hands, and even people with shields were pulled out of the shield array. Faced with the sudden gap in the shield array, the Huns lost no time in shooting arrows, and the Roman legions finally suffered casualties since the beginning of the war, and they are gradually increasing.

"Don't mess around! Stabilize the formation and restore the shield wall! "Titus, who was in the central shield formation, was not directly attacked, but he was able to figure out the situation from the successive announcements from the other formations.

He was shocked in his heart, the Roman tortoiseshell formation focused on defense, attack power and mobility were weaknesses, if the Hun cavalry was ordered to tear the defense line repeatedly with this method of warfare, the tortoiseshell array would eventually collapse in the case of difficult counterattack.

"Spear!" At the roar of Titus, the layers of protective shields of the tortoiseshell array suddenly opened, and a Roman soldier threw a spear in his hand, nailing a famous Hun cavalryman and horse to the ground. But at the same time, the Huns' arrows also took advantage of the gap to reflect, causing some casualties to the Roman army formation that opened the portal.

The thunderous sound of horses' hooves sounded, Ma Yunluo, Hua Xiong, and Hu Che'er each led a thousand cavalry to kill from behind the Roman legions like a whirlwind, first striking with a rain of arrows, and then rushing straight into the enemy formation, scattering the thousands of Hun cavalry cruising around the tortoiseshell array in an instant. However, because the cavalry of the Han army attacked directly from under Licheng, although the surprise soldiers were outstanding, after all, the charging distance was not enough, and it did not form an amazing impact.

Although the Hun cavalry suffered heavy losses, they did not disperse, but began to fight with the Han cavalry fiercely. In the splatters of blood, swaths of the Huns crashed under their horses, but the number of casualties of the Han cavalry also rose rapidly.

In a series of loud cheers, the outermost two of the five tortoiseshell formations were separated, and nearly a thousand Roman soldiers regrouped into hundreds of small shield formations with the most basic structure of the common tent squad, and quickly joined the battle group.

In the midst of the chaos, the Han cavalry and the Huns were in full swing, and once the Roman soldiers joined, the whole situation immediately changed. They are a team of several people, each other with a big shield as a cover, spears, short swords combined with the near and far combination, and then cooperate with the nearby Han cavalry up and down to attack, the Huns take care of one and the other, immediately some can not parry, often avoid the Han cavalry as the head of the knife, is about to counterattack, but was killed by the Roman soldiers in the oblique stab out of a spear off the horse.

"Well played!" At the head of the city, Nan Ying's eyes brightened and applauded: "Look! This is the power of infantry and cavalry cooperation! ”

"However, our army is too small after all!" Pulcher beside him was worried: "Look, general! The Huns in the distance are gathering the next wave of cavalry again! ”

"If you can't crack the tactics of the Huns! Our army's shield array will eventually be broken by the enemy! He was a little nervous and said, "You can't continue to let the general's wife resist the enemy head-on, right?" ”

"It's not hard!" Nan Ying stared at the battle situation in the distance with blazing eyes, and a sneer flashed on his lips: "Order!" The whole army retreated! The Roman legions lined up along the walls, and the cavalry protected the wings! ”

"What?" Pulcher almost scratched his head: "General, our army still occupies the initiative at present, and once it retreats, it will definitely lose its previous advantage!" Moreover, our cavalry will not lose room for impact! ”

"You're stupid!" Nan Yingtou didn't reply: "As long as the Roman legions are lined up with their backs, they will have to take a look, what else can the Huns' lasso do?" ”

"All archers, prepare to cover!" He finally turned around and yelled, "What are you doing in a daze? Execute! ”

"I see!" Under the wave of the military flag, Pulcher watched the Han cavalry retreat like a tide, and the Roman shield array slowly retreated towards the direction of the city wall, and then came back to his senses: "The Huns finally found the flaws in our army, and the entire army has also made corresponding adjustments!" However, the general's move made them lose their chance again! ”

"It's just that, in this way, you can only do it hard!" Nan Ying sighed: "If this city is stronger and taller, Ben will not expect any reinforcements at all, and he can directly win a big battle!" ”

"The general is right, this city is too short, and the Huns' cavalry and archery skills are really powerful!" Pulcher also smiled bitterly: "If they are allowed to attack the city, they can even suppress our city with a rain of arrows!" ”

"Look! The Huns were not fools either! Nan Ying's eyes froze: "They didn't take advantage of the situation to pursue, but began to regroup!" ”

In the distance, the Huns began to line up again, and the rows of cavalry were almost endless. In the previous engagement, they had lost at least 2,000 men, but it had little effect on their strength and morale.

"Ready!" Nan Ying slowly drew his knife: "The city gate is the key!" If the shield array can hold the city gate, it will be difficult for the enemy army to play to the advantage! ”

His gaze fell deeply on Pulcher's face: "The Roman soldiers are the main force, their losses will not be small, you have to be mentally prepared!" ”

"Yes! I understand it below! Pulcher felt a pain in his heart, but said resolutely: "The Roman legions will defend the city gates!" Until the last soldier! Please rest assured, General! ”

After a short adjustment of forces, the Huns once again launched a fierce attack on the Roman legions lined up in the city. There are no tricks and tricks, and there is no way for the warring parties to retreat, but to shake the hard and start wave after wave of sacrifice and death.

The shield array of the Romans was cut off layer by layer at a speed visible to the naked eye, and the Huns braved the rain of arrows to suffer heavy casualties, and in some areas where the battle was raging, the corpses of men and horses were piled up waist-high.

In order to regain the disadvantage, the Han cavalry had repeatedly dispatched and attacked the most powerful places of the Huns from time to time, buying precious time for the precarious Roman shield array to regroup. However, anyone can see that the strength of the Han cavalry is also decreasing, and the manpower and horsepower have reached the end of the crossbow, and their results are also declining.

Hua Xiong and Hu Che'er had already suffered more than a dozen knife wounds and arrow wounds, but they still fought to the death, and were finally forcibly brought back by the Black Eagle Guard of the Southern Hawk faction, and even Ma Chao was hit by an arrow in the back, almost dying on the spot.

As night fell, the Huns finally retreated.

"The casualties are out! Our army lost about three thousand dead in battle, and the most serious thing is that almost all the rest were wounded! Gao Tong had a calm face: "Although the enemy's losses are at least twice that of our army, they still maintain a fresh force of about 5,000 people and have not participated in the battle. ”

"One wrong step! Step by step! Pulcher remorsefully said, "If I had transferred all the main forces of the Roman legions to this place in advance, how could I be so passive?" ”

"It's useless to say this, it's better to be practical!" Nanying looked at the little fire of the Hun camp in the distance, and said expressionlessly: "What are the Huns thinking?" ”

"Of course, it's to recuperate and recharge, and annihilate our army tomorrow!" Ma Yunluo was stunned and said: "Han Yang, the reason why the Huns attacked during the day at the expense of death and injury is also for a quick victory....... the Yufuluo brothers are their big trouble!" ”

"This Beard Bone Duhou, Ben Jiang just pulled the Yu Fu Luo brothers with his hand, and he actually hates Ben Jiang so much!" Nan Ying stretched out his hand to prop up the female wall, thoughtful: "Yunluo is right! The Huns must be hurrying to rest and recuperate at the moment, they are neither good at night fighting, nor good at attacking cities! Tomorrow at sunrise, we will fight to the death to destroy us before the Ivro brothers arrive! ”

"So....... what are we waiting for!" He turned around like a whirlwind and said viciously, "Since they are coming to attack tomorrow, Ben will attack them first tonight!" ”

"What?" Everyone screamed in horror.

Pulcher opened his mouth wide: "General! Just now, General Qualcomm also said that our soldiers are wounded and urgently need medical treatment and rest. ”

"I hope the Huns think the same way as you! Well, Ben's operation tonight is at least half successful! Nanying patted him on the shoulder: "Don't worry! Ben will not go to die in a desperate battle, but to disturb the enemy! If we can keep the enemy awake at night, at least we can hold out tomorrow for a longer time! Once the Roman legions and the Huvro brothers arrived, the situation would take a turn for the worse! ”

"Hanyang has a good plan!" Ma Yunluo's eyes lit up: "Since I went to attack the camp to disturb the enemy, there is no need for many people!" I'll personally go and select a thousand of the less injured elites to go with you! ”

"Do you need a thousand people?" Nan Ying shrugged his shoulders: "Qualcomm, pick a hundred Black Eagle Guards, bring the 'gifts', and go back to the old business with Ben General!" Other brothers, heal and recuperate! ”

"Only take a hundred people to get back to the old business?" Gao Tong was stunned and said: "General, the last general understands what you mean, but our army is in a hurry, and all the equipment and baggage are lost in Chang'an, where is the gift you said at this moment?" ”

"Alas! Why don't you understand? Nanying nodded at Pulcher: "Mr. Pulcher has prepared so many logistics supplies here, will he not have that kind of thing?" ”

"What do I have?" Pulcher said blankly; "Also, what do you mean by going back to the old business?"

Only Ma Yunluo covered her mouth and chuckled: "It's a good thing to say!" It's nothing more than murder and arson! ”

"Set fire?" Pulcher finally understood, and couldn't help but scream: "It turned out that he was going to burn down the enemy camp!" My fire oil pipe is enough! ”

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