Chapter 703: The Death of Chuan Pu (2-in-1)
"Kill!"
When this legion was fully attacked and killed by the naval army, it gave up the flank, and Xu Ding took advantage of the situation with the cavalry, directly cut off the entire legion, and then attacked the middle and, constantly rushing and strangled.
Outside the body, the flesh and blood were blurred, and the Roman soldiers of this army avoided one after another, directly breaking off the line with the legion commander.
However, the Roman army's foot combat was indeed powerful.
Soros had the advantage in numbers, and with a small number of trebuchets to deter, he was still beaten through by the rushing side and rushed out, and fled west across the Luz River with a small number of men.
Of course, Soros was not much disappointed, and still commanded the troops to the east, plugging the leak, and harvesting the lives of the Roman soldiers of this subsidiary legion for the sake of stopping.
Xu Ding rushed back and forth in the east several times, broke the various brigades of this Roman soldier, and then handed over the task of destroying the remnants of the enemy to Soros's sailors, and then led the cavalry to pursue the commander who had just fled.
The cavalry wanted to chase, and in a short time they caught up, shooting arrows from behind, constantly tearing and biting.
The corps commander's already small number of soldiers quickly dwindled, and in the end he died under Xu Ding's arrows.
Killed the legion commander, Xu Ding was not chasing, and turned back, at this time, the battle on Soros's side was also coming to an end, and small groups of routs were being pursued everywhere.
"Commander, please surrender, not only did our army fail to stop the subsidiary legion of Chuanpu, but this one almost let go." Soros was a little indebted and ran to plead guilty.
Xu Dingdao: "Non-war crimes, you are the water army should have fought on the water, and it is actually difficult to transfer to the land, Chuanpu can't run, Kavala is in our hands, and he is still meat on the board." ”
After speaking, Xu Ding patted his shoulder again, pointed to the devastated battlefield and said: "Clean up the battlefield, collect the wounded, count the casualties, and wait for us to go to Kavala." ”
"It's the commander!"
In the end, the navy was counted, and the casualties were as high as about 3,000, which was no less than the Roman army.
The real wounded enemy is 1,000, and the self-damage is 800.
However, except for Soros who sighed a little, he was not surprised by this result.
The combat effectiveness of the naval army was originally poor, and in addition to the Roman army's dying struggle to break through, there was a small explosion in combat effectiveness.
The casualties of the navy were only about 3,000, but in fact, the battle was very good.
Of course, much of the credit for the destruction of this Roman legion was due to the assistance of cavalry and trebuchets.
Leaving the wounded soldiers and supplies, Xu Ding and the others immediately headed towards Kavala.
At this time, Kawapu and the others fled back to Kavala, but when they arrived at the castle, they were immediately entertained by a rain of arrows and rolling stones.
At this time, Chuanpu and others learned that Kavala had lost its position and was taken by the rebels.
"What should the patriarch do?"
Nearby, with the exception of Kavala, which leads west to central Macedonia, only the sea route remains.
To the north is the mountains, and there is no road at all.
Chuan Pu said: "Siege, immediately attack the city, take Kavala for me." ”
"Siege! Siege now! "The commanders and deputy commanders immediately gave the order to prepare for the siege.
Of course, it is impossible to storm the city directly, at least you have to cut some wood, make a crash wood or a ladder.
After a little work, these rudimentary siege tools were finally ready, and the Romans immediately launched a siege war.
The defenders on the east of the city were also prepared, and they also launched a fierce counterattack when they saw the enemy troops rushing like a tide under the city.
Various means of defending the city also beckoned the Roman army under the city to come over.
"Up! Throw a gun at me, I can't beat Vakara, we're all going to die, ...... quickly"
The officers of the Roman army were constantly drinking and beating chicken blood.
This was really useful for the Roman army, which had to take Kavala in order to survive less.
Therefore, the Roman army showed extraordinary will and ferocious combat effectiveness, and rushed to the city, completely ignoring the arrows and rolling stones from the city, and only focused on throwing your light javelin into the wall.
Wounded and killed the defenders of the city.
Therefore, this offensive and defensive battle was quite fierce, if it weren't for the infantry generals who followed Xu Ding all the way to supervise the battle, maybe Soros's naval army retreated to the city comfortably and lost the city wall.
Half an hour was a very long time, and the attacking side was tormented and anxious.
The defending side also gritted its teeth and insisted little by little, the wounded soldiers were constantly carried down, and people under the city continued to be replenished, replacing batch after batch, and dying batch after batch.
Half an hour is like visiting the eighteenth layer of hell, and I can't stand the thought of giving up at any time.
And the castle Chuanpu and others are still continuing to attack and work hard to output.
The corpses, sassal wood, and rolling stones under the city were stacked layer after layer, and the higher and higher they were.
The gates also crumbled as if they could be smashed open at the next impact, but they were often interrupted, and Roman officials had to send in batches of soldiers to take over.
"Boom!"
At last the gates were slammed open, and half of the gates fell crookedly.
As soon as the city gate opened, all the Roman soldiers were even more excited.
Chuan Pu and the others also smiled and let out a long sigh.
Kavala was finally captured, and the small fate was saved.
"Kill!" The earth-shattering roar continued to emanate from the mouths of the Roman soldiers, and the defenders of the city turned pale and retreated towards the docks as they fought.
Of course, some of them did not evacuate in a hurry, so they could only give up dealing with the Roman army outside the city, and instead held the city wall, fighting with the Roman army for control of the female wall.
Therefore, the defenders of these cities are also at the time of despair and bravery.
The current situation is very unfavorable for them, and the only way to survive is to fight desperately against the Roman army that is trying to get up to the wall.
The retaliation of the Romans was strong, and surrendering them would not be pardoned and treated kindly.
Instead, they will be crucified and fed to crows.
"Puff ......!" It's another bloody battle, flesh and melee combat, tearing and killing non-stop.
The torment at this moment is even more fatal, there is no hope, there is no future, I don't know how to persevere, I can only instinctively fight back.
Little by little, the Roman army came up, and of course they paid a lot of price, and at this time they were smashed by the defenders of the city with rolling stones, and there were more casualties than outside the city.
Moreover, the Roman army could not be used for a while, and there was nowhere to hide if they wanted to.
The battle felt that there was no suspense in the scriptures, and as long as the remnants of the city were cleared, Kavala returned to the embrace of the Great Roman Empire.
Don't be afraid of the rebels.
But sometimes that's it, the more you don't want to see something, the more something will happen.
To the east, the sound of rumbling horses' hooves smashing the ground made the faces of Chuanpu and the others outside the city change greatly.
Turning his head, he saw the fluttering rebel warrior cavalry hunting and hunting.
The iron cavalry that came like a rolling stream quickly approached.
Then, before the men and horses arrived, Alexander Qin's roar came like rolling thunder, and the cavalry behind followed suit.
Putting away the binoculars, Xu Ding accelerated his horse, just now he saw the situation of the city gate, the city gate was broken by the Roman army, but there were still banners and soldiers of the rebel army at the head of the city.
This shows that in the future of the city, he is still in a hurry, so he desperately whips the horse and raises the speed of the horse to the fastest.
Chuan Pu and the others didn't know that Xu Ding had extravagantly used a rudimentary telescope from the captured treasures to see the situation here, but he knew that if he didn't enter the city, he might be swept and killed by the cavalry of the rebel army who rushed over, so he hurriedly urged the horse into the city.
A group of Roman soldiers also followed, although the city had not yet been completely captured at this time, and there were still many rebels in the city, and it was not safe.
But Yijing didn't have time to think about it, and going into the city was the key.
After Chuanpu and the others entered the city, they immediately arranged a detachment to line up under the city cave, and the narrow city cave shields and spears were against the ground, forming a human-shaped city gate.
As soon as the formation was set, Xu Ding led the cavalry to kill, three arrows were fired in succession, and the three Roman soldiers in the city cave let out a miserable howl, Xu Ding did not slow down, and still rushed over.
The Roman soldiers stabbed their spears and shields.
"Boom!" With a bang, Xu Ding's mount crashed into the formation of Roman soldiers under the cave, and suddenly the horse died, and a group of Roman soldiers fell.
And Xu Ding jumped down just before Yimiao, landed in front of the city cave and flipped a heel fight, then quickly got up, jumped with a gun, and walked to the side of the Roman soldier like a ghost.
Spears were waved, and the Roman soldiers in the cave were stabbed to death one by one.
In the blink of an eye, Xu Ding was killed, and the ground was a wail.
Xu Ding then continued to attack and rush, and the Roman generals who tried to intercept him were also stabbed to death.
Dance left and right, stab and block quickly, and Xu Ding will not enter the realm of no one.
At this time, the cavalry outside the city rushed in one after another, and the war horses collided, killing the Roman soldiers on the road to the same crying father and mother, unable to resist.
The Roman soldiers had no choice but to retreat into the city, but the rebel cavalry did not stop and continued to pursue along the main road.
Xu Ding did not pursue, but continued to stab towards the female wall, picking up all the Romans who were in front of him.
"Commander!"
The soldiers who insisted on the city saw Xu Ding, and they were excited and felt happy and comforted.
They survived, and the timely appearance of the commander saved them.
"Okay, now is not the time to speak, follow me to pursue the remnants of Rome, and kill enough today." Xu Ding gave this group of soldiers who were sticking to the city a positive look, and then put away their guns and went down the female wall, and a group of people followed, holding as if they had drunk the Fountain of Immortality all of a sudden and had infinite strength.
Where did Chuan Pu and the others dare to stay in the city, they went out of the West City in one go, and they went to the end of the world without looking back.
But they were no faster than Xu Ding's cavalry.
If you fight hard with Xu Ding in the city, there may still be hope of winning, and even if you can't win, it will hurt Xu Ding's cavalry.
After all, the city is not suitable for cavalry combat.
Outside the city, it was a paradise for cavalry.
But Chuanpu and the others were fighting with no intention, and they wanted to run for their lives, who would be a fool and leave a blockade for a while.
In the end, they are a subsidiary army, and there is still a big gap between them and the standing army.
And Chuanpu was also a general, just a veteran who was born in Guizhou and has been active in the Roman Empire.
So soon Xu Ding's cavalry chased out.
At this time, the pursuit is the most favorite thing for the cavalry to do, and without the power to counterattack, you can reap the battle merits and heads if you catch up.
The battle for Kavala was soon over, the smoke cleared, and the city was in shambles, with the smell of blood filling the city.
In this battle, another subsidiary army led by Chuan Pu was eliminated, and Soros's naval army lost more than 2,000 people, and more than 1,000 were lightly and seriously wounded.
It was also a tragic battle, even if it was a possession of a city, and the battle damage was also extremely high.
This is the most obvious manifestation of the quality of the army.
However, those who survive the battle will eventually become elites.
Although the navy has lost half of it, it has also grown.
The next day, the cavalry who pursued Chuanpu and others returned one after another, and brought back Chuanpu's head, Xu Ding looked at it and let people hang it on the dock of Nancheng.
The navy left for the north one step ahead of schedule, and Xu Ding took the tired cavalry to Komotini.
Two days later, the Roman army's sailors arrived in Kavala, saw the head of Chuanpu, and were silent for a long time before landing to receive Kavala.
However, he did not go north, but waited for a new commander and new instructions from the city of Rome.
Arriving in the city of Komotini, Xu Ding, knowing that Hubby and the Thracians attacked the Roman army led by the Thracian governor.
In general, the attacking force was divided into two parts, and the rebel army led the rebel army to attack the city of Polis, which was an important pass city of Thrace in the coastal direction, and the capture of this place would directly threaten the security of the Thracian capital, and at the same time open the last line of defense for attacking Byzantium.
So the Thracian governor put the main forces of the Eighth Army here.
However, when he arrived here, he did not attack the city, but was busy building siege equipment, making it look like waiting for the arrival of the army.
Comparing this provided the Thracians with good support and helped them divert most of the troops from the province.
Therefore, the main forces of the Thracians crossed the mountain region to the north, which they were most familiar with, and it was easy to bypass the warning in the direction of the province, and then kill the gold and silver mines.
The governor of the province of Serese, who received the news, could not help but be shocked, not knowing where the rebel army had come from so many troops, let alone how they had entered the hinterland.
For this reason, he hurriedly transferred his troops north to exterminate the Thracians who had entered the army and ensure that the gold and silver mines were not lost.
At one time, he thought that the rebel army on the southern front should be a disguise, not the main force of the rebel army, but just a conspiracy to deliberately trick him into transferring the main force to the south.
It's just that he didn't know that the main force of the uprising was really here, and when he saw that the Eighth Army was transferred, he immediately launched an attack on Polis.
Under the bombardment of super trebuchets and other small trebuchets, the walls of Boris were quickly crushed, and Carbby quickly captured the pass with 4,000 foot soldiers.
After taking this place, the ratio of goods was like a bamboo, and it continued to advance eastward, and expanded the army all the way to recruit people to liberate slaves and serfs, expanding the main army from 4,000 to 6,000.
"Report! The commander-in-chief, General Carby, had taken Polis, and was advancing all the way to the south of the Thracian province, and was now approaching the coast of Marmara.
General Carrot sent me to ask the commander-in-chief, whether we should go north to assist the Thracians, first destroy the Thracian Eighth Army, establish a foothold in Thrace, and attack the other provinces, or continue to attack Byzantium in the northeast direction, and cross the strait directly to the east. "The cronies of the shop ran back to report on the situation on the front line.
Xu Ding waved his hand and asked people to take them down to rest, and then asked Meng Yu and Soros, "What do you think?" ”