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"It's the Tenth Legion!"

It was Meng Yu who replied, and he brought hundreds of horsemen to monitor the Roman army in the rear, providing vigilance for the infantry in the army.

So he knew best what was going on with the Roman pursuers behind.

"The Tenth Legion! It seems that the Romans also did not want us to go deep into the Sabbath, for fear that we would cooperate with the Sabbaths and so on. A standing legion chased after him alone, the intention was obvious, Xu Ding thought for a while and said:

"It's okay, now you are all in the city, unless the Romans really want to fight Hatra, but if they really want to fight us, they are not afraid of them, because we are strong and strong, and we have the local advantage of the caliph."

As he spoke, Xu Xiang introduced the caliphate to everyone.

Although the caliph was a captive, Xu Ding did not despise him and gave him full respect.

The caliph said: "It is a pleasure to meet you, you are all Qin's fierce generals, and I hope that we can cooperate happily with each other." ”

Reluctantly, Harry found that he could only be more generous.

Meng Yu, Goodsby, and Soros got acquainted with the caliph one by one.

The three of them were equally curious about the owner of the city of Hatra.

This guy was captured and was still appreciated by his own commander, and it seems that he is also a ruthless person.

There were some things that the caliph should not hear, so when he entered the mansion, the caliph went to attend to his business, and Xu Ding chatted with several henchmen about other matters.

During the conversation, he said: "Commander, you didn't put the caliph under house arrest and let him follow him, so don't let them know the secrets of our cavalry." ”

It was the cavalry that advanced the city, and the cavalry that followed Xu Ding was all cavalry, and the caliph must have also seen the equipment of the cavalry.

This is definitely a treasure for the Sabbatarians, who are mainly cavalry.

So the shop is worried.

He is insecure by nature and is wary of all safety hazards, so he often likes to give opinions and opinions the most.

Xu Ding said: "I took the caliph with me, first, I want to fully release the goodwill, we are not the enemy of the rest, I hope to cooperate with them, if he is placed under house arrest, then there is no rest in the city of Hattra who will believe us."

The Sabbaths in other cities are even less likely to believe us.

Second, it is impossible for the secrets of our cavalry to be hidden forever, and from the moment my cavalry entered the city, there were no secrets, so it was better to let the caliph see it and let him explore it.

Then he will allow us to be stationed here for the time being, and provide us with food and grass.

Third, I found that the Resting Empire was far less powerful than I thought, on the contrary, it was very fragile and very weak, and if I wanted to have the strength to confront the Roman Empire, I had to strengthen the military strength of the Resting Empire. ”

After talking to the caliph, Xu Ding learned about the basic political system of rest, which was a loosely allied empire.

The ability to concentrate on big things is limited.

Although it can be stronger than a while, it will not be able to prosper for a long time, and it is easy to disintegrate and fall apart.

A Sabbatical Empire that is too weak does not fit his plan to fish in troubled waters.

Therefore, Xu Dingcai relieved the caliph to follow him and let him steal the teacher to learn equipment technology.

Now that the saddle and stirrup were invented, there was nothing they could do to stop him from spreading.

Anyway, in the future, the Great Han Dynasty will definitely not expect to have an advantage in this regard, and when it reaches a certain stage, the way of war will be another form, so Xu Ding is not so constrained.

"I see, we're being too conservative." After thinking about it, he felt that Xu Ding's words were also very reasonable, so he didn't talk about it.

After the three of them finished talking, they went down to arrange the army, and Xu Ding had the caliph called.

After sitting down, Xu Ding asked: "General Caliph, the Tenth Legion of the Romans will be here in half a day, if the Romans attack the city, will there be reinforcements from the Winter Capital?" ”

The caliph said: "General Qin, when you arrived, I sent a message to the winter capital Ctesiphon, and they should send a force of troops to support us, but now that I have received the rebel army, I don't know what Ctesiphon's side will think." ”

Whether His Majesty the Emperor of the Winter Capital was willing to fight the Romans for the sake of the rebels, the Caliph was not sure.

It stands to reason that the current emperor Vologasis V was also an ambitious careerist, who rebelled against his father and ascended to the throne, and then instigated the rebellion of the Roman vassal states of Osroina and Aditya Bena in 193, and was also a master who wanted to make trouble.

The appearance of the rebel army should be in his interest.

It's just that the rebel army appeared in the territory of the Resting Empire and captured the city of Hatra, what the caliph could not judge what the emperor would think.

Xu Dingdao: "I believe that even if there is no army from Your Majesty the Emperor, Hatra will be fine, and now I want to negotiate a deal with the caliph, I don't know if you are interested?" ”

"What kind of deal?" The caliph asked.

Xu Dingdao: "With me, you should also see the special nature of our cavalry, don't hide it from you, the reason why our cavalry is strong is that it should be equipped with saddles and horse pedals, so it is very convenient to fight, and the combat effectiveness is much higher than that of the average strong soldier."

That's why my cavalry can win against yours. ”

It turned out that the two things were called saddles and stirrups, and the caliph was relieved.

Needless to say, as an old and spicy knight, the caliph had already discovered the special features of the rebel cavalry, but there were still some things that he had not figured out thoroughly.

Now that Xu Ding said it, his lord became whiter, but he was also confused.

What exactly does Alexander Qin want to do.

Xu Ding said with a smile: "In order to show the sincerity of our army, I can teach you these two things, I believe that with these things, Hatra's cavalry combat effectiveness will undergo earth-shaking changes and become the strongest cavalry team in the entire rest." ”

Originally, Hatra's troops were very strong, and if the combat effectiveness of the cavalry was on the next level, then ......

The caliph's heart throbbed.

Who doesn't want to be stronger, who doesn't want to expand their territory.

Especially his side plug, the desire for strength is the strongest.

Even if nothing else, in order to protect Hatra from being conquered by someone else such as Rome in the future, he and Hatra will have to become stronger.

"I wonder what we Hatra can do more for the rebels?" Asking this sentence is basically a stroke, and the caliph acquiesces in receiving this benefit, and reciprocates it with a peach.

As a nobleman, I understand this truth better.

Alexander Qin can't say this for no reason.

Xu Dingdao: "I hope that through the Hartra as a link, I can connect the friendship with the rest of the country, in the future, our army is in the north, and you are in the south to deal with the Roman Empire together, and together we can unite against our greatest enemy." ”

Alliance, if it was previously the caliphate scoffed.

What qualifications does the rebel army in Rome have, but I don't dare to think so now, the rebel army is still very strong.

There are 20,000 people, which is a force to be reckoned with.

One south and one north against the Romans doesn't seem to count.

So the caliph asked dryly: "General Qin, I believe that we will have a chance to cooperate, and I also hope that our friendship will last forever, and I will explain everything to the imperial side." ”

In the afternoon, the 10th legion of the Roman standing army appeared outside the city of Hatra.

Seeing Hatra City, the commander of the Tenth Legion silently paid attention for a long time, and then waved his hand and said, "Set up camp!" ”

The Tenth Legion was not afraid of the Sabbaths going out of the city to attack, and camped as if no one was around.

The Caliphate is good at defending the city, not good at attacking, if they dare to go out of the city, the Tenth Legion will give them a look.

Xu Ding was not idle and bored to go out of the city to attack the Tenth Army, and there was a city guard to go to the counterpart.

Nothing was said all night, and the next day the Eleventh Army and two additional corps, including Armenia, arrived.

The two combined legions of the Roman army, which were fully staffed, gathered a total of about 20,000 horses.

It doesn't sound like a lot of people.

After all, the rebel army also has 20,000 horses, but the difference between the two is not half a star.

The two combined legions had two standing legions of the Roman Empire, which were very strong in combat and carried the most sophisticated weapons.

Soon the Romans sent emissaries demanding that the Hatra side hand over the rebel army, otherwise they would threaten to attack the city.

The caliph decisively refused.

"Your Excellency the Caliph, you really want to be our Roman enemy, and you will drag the Resting Empire into the quagmire of war, you can think about it." The messenger said politely.

The caliph snorted coldly: "You and I are enemies, you are now invading our country, and it should be you who want to drag into the quagmire of war, I heard that the emperor of your country is still exterminating the rebels in the west, and your army is coming to invade our country at this time, is it not a good time." ”

"Again, we are not invading your country, but just to pursue a group of rebels, please hand over the rebels in your city, take the rebel Alexander Qin, we will withdraw our troops immediately, otherwise we will exterminate the bandits in the west and break through the cities of peace." The messenger still haughtily threatened.

The caliph's face was like frost, and he slapped the table and said angrily: "Come, kill him, throw his head out of the city, and tell the Romans that we have no rebels in Hatra, and we have never seen rebels nearby, we only see the invading enemy." ”

"You ......" The messenger was so shocked that he was knocked unconscious and dragged down by the guards in the hall just as he wanted to speak, and then his head was cut off and thrown out of the city.

The Romans outside the city were furious when they saw them.

The commanders of the 10th and 11th legions immediately made the same decision and immediately attacked the city.

The two armies did not have a subordinate relationship, and the purpose was only to encircle and destroy the rebel army, and it was a kind of overstepping to pursue them into the country of rest.

In addition, without logistical support, it is impossible to besiege the city here for a long time.

Therefore, we must fight quickly, fight if we can, and leave if we can't.

In this way, I can finally explain to the city of Rome.

"General Caliph, you know best how to defend Hatra, and now the northern city will be handed over to you, and I believe you will not let us down." Seeing that the Romans were about to attack, Xu Ding handed back control of the northern city to the caliph.

The caliph said: "Don't worry, General Qin, our caliphate has never disappointed Hatra, let alone the empire, but if necessary, I hope to get the support of the rebel army at that time, there are many people and strength, so it will be easier to fight." ”

It's no problem to take over the northern city, you can't let us fight against the Romans, and watch the tiger fight on our own to preserve our strength.

You brought the trouble to you, so don't be too kind.

Xu Ding smiled: "Don't worry, I will send someone to learn from the caliphate, if we need to make a move, we will not be stingy." ”

After speaking, Xu Ding said to Meng Yu again: "You have all taken care of the footmen, learn from the caliphate, we will also have a big city in the future, and we also need to attack and hold on, this is a good opportunity, don't miss it." ”

Meng Yu should naturally return to the goods than the goods.

Then the Roman army began to attack, and there were many siege equipment, including trebuchets, which showed that the purpose of the pursuit was not simple.

However, the two standing legions did not move, but first went up to a secondary legion to storm Hatra.

The stone bullet swept into the air and smashed in, and the goods that followed the city Bibi and Meng Yu experienced the taste of being bombarded with stone bullets for the first time.

However, the caliph and others saw it and were not surprised.

He commanded his subordinates to counterattack and evade in an orderly manner.

Thus began an offensive and defensive battle.

Xu Ding is not at the north gate, but at the south gate.

The south gate is what he focuses on preventing and controlling, if the caliph is too famous, and Hatra is accidentally captured by the Romans, with the south gate in hand, everything is easy to operate.

Just over an hour later, Meng Yu and the people of the comparison came to spread the word, and the Roman siege stopped.

"Stopped fighting so soon?" Xu Ding didn't know the reason for not watching at the north gate, so he came to the north gate with his troops.

When the caliph saw Xu Ding, he said with a hearty smile: "General Qin, the Romans have been repulsed, if nothing else, they will have to withdraw their troops tomorrow." ”

"Oh! Why is the caliph so sure? Xu Ding glanced outside the city, the Romans were also quite desperate in attacking the city, there were not many dead and wounded, and the corpses were piled up layer by layer.

The caliph smiled proudly: "General Qin doesn't know, the Romans used two combined legions, but they didn't send enough commanders, so they can't attack my Hatra for a long time, and once the siege fails, it won't continue."

They can lose the subordinate legions, but they can't lose the standing legions, and if the two corps commanders don't want to be responsible, they will have to retreat, and you see that after they retreated, the troops made some adjustments, and in our experience, they were a sign that they were ready to retreat. ”

Dealing with the Romans for a long time, the Hatra was more experienced, so the caliph was more confident.

Meng Yu then whispered to Xu Ding about the battle just now, saying that the Romans only used two subsidiary legions to attack one by one, and the two standing legions only feinted and sprinted, and finally retreated.

The caliphate's command counterattack did quite well, and it was difficult to defeat them even if they attacked head-on.

Learning to defend the city, but also discovering the flaws of the other party, in case of war in the Rest Empire one day, what if there is a war in the Empire?

Therefore, Bibi and Meng Yu both looked at it seriously just now, and they had a lot of ideas in their heads.