Chapter 243: Burning the Enemy Camp (Part II)
The firelight reflected the sky red, countless figures ran under the rising black smoke, and the fire in the camp on the other side of the Golden River was burning fiercely, pulling the world into a hell of fire and killing. A large number of auxiliaries frantically climbed up the fence, and when they tried to jump, the arrows swooped through their chests, screaming, falling into the trench, or hanging on the fence.
Some of the figures escaped the catastrophe, jumped into the trench, ran down the tunnel, and then climbed up, biting their lips in horror and not daring to make a sound, and ran desperately towards the dark field, and soon were caught up by the wolf riders of the squad and shot to the ground.
"The proud and warlike Romans can be beaten like this...... Stephanie muttered as she bit her lip, looking at the camp under the burning firelight, the proud eagle banner was swallowed by the flames and fell, and the corner of her eyes looked at the figure of the big horse named Jueying from time to time.
On the hillside not far away, the white wolf flag stood there, Li Ke, the leader of the wolf cavalry guard battalion, rode a horse with a mace to guard the surroundings, the night wind stroked the plush on the collar armor, Gongsun Zhi continued to issue various orders to the heralds under his command, and his eyes occasionally looked indifferently at the scene of chasing and killing in the field, and finally his eyes were fixed on the east of the Roman camp.
"The military formation of the Great Qin people does have merit, but it can only be fought in the west." After passing out an order, he talked about Rome to Zhao Yun, Dian Wei and other generals beside him, and grinned: "Rome attaches great importance to infantry, and most of the cavalry rely on barbarian cavalry to defend the wings, and sometimes it will be used as a surprise soldier to cut the enemy's rear to achieve tactical goals. β
Zhao Yun squinted his eyes and looked at it for a while, and nodded: "The phalanx, the big shield, and the throwing spear are really good for advancement, but it's a pity that the throwing distance is too short, and the foot soldiers with the big shield are too stiff and slow, the Huns, Xianbei are good at riding and shooting, flexible and changeable, if you really want to fight, you only need to entangle the two cavalry of the Great Qin people, and then send light cavalry to attack and harass the opponent's formation, stretch and drag the front forward, and the foot soldiers can only be tired of running, or it won't be long before there will be a rout." β
The generals looked to the east of the camp, and the encirclement of the safari had been completed.
Crowded, pushing each other poured out of the drawbridge, and some were squeezed down the trench and climbed up again, falling back with arrows in their heads. The light cavalry of Xianbei and Xiongnu galloped back and forth in layers, forming a moving semicircle to block the exit, and the pace of stomping on the ground stepped out, and the moment someone rushed forward, the neck, chest and even the iron helmet were nailed into the arrow, the corpse fell down, and the surrounding voices were still shouting, "Don't stop, line up the tortoiseshell formation, and set up a formation to cover the companions behind." β
In the voice of Freitensis's screams, several centurions with hundreds of people holding large shields, trampled on many of their comrades who had been killed by arrows, and came to the field, one shield after another in their hands to cover their bodies in it, and slowly advanced like an airtight wind, occasionally a crack was opened, and the spear was thrown from the hands of the Roman soldiers, knocking a running enemy off his horse, and then, the opponent returned fire with a rain of arrows, crackling and nailing to one shield after another, bounced away, or pierced on the shield, Rarely, the unlucky Roman soldiers were crucified by arrows that inadvertently plunged into the crevices and pounced from under their shields.
More Roman soldiers, thousands of whom rushed across the drawbridge and followed the tortoiseshell array, rushed out wildly, shouting and roaring into the field, and gradually stabilized the formation.
Suo Nu frowned in the distance and looked at the strange array that covered the shield from the left and right, and even the upper part of the shield, and the arrows rarely could penetrate it, he looked at the wolf flag on the other side of the hillside, gritted his teeth and raised his hand: "Break up that strange formation." β
The trumpet sounded.
The Xianbei cavalry, divided into hundreds, raised their heads and drank the spirits, let out a 'ho-ho' roar, slapped their mounts, raised their spears and rushed towards the Roman tortoiseshell array, and on the other side, the Southern Huns also sent cavalry to make a ramming temptation.
Aulus glanced behind the crack in his shield and roared, "Here comes the cavalry of the Selius, set up their gunsβ" The sound fell, and in each array, the shield and shield cracked, and a heavy spear with a short handle stretched out, and the originally smooth and long array suddenly resembled a hedgehog, covered with spear tips.
The Xianbei and Hun cavalry, who were originally preparing to charge, were so frightened that they quickly pulled the reins and deflected the direction, ran out of the arc left and right, and spared back.
"Go and inform the great leader of Gongsun, we can't bite this bone." Qubei, who also encountered this problem, also sent a fast horse towards the side of the hill.
The moment the Romans made a change, Gongsun Zhi on the hillside had already seen it, and when the Xianbei and Xiongnu heralds had not yet come, he tilted his head on horseback: "It seems that the slaves and the Hun still have selfish intentions, and after going back, it is inevitable to let Guan Ning and Bing Yuan go to these two places to open more Sinicization handouts." β
β.β¦β¦ You can't even do it well as a hunting dog. Immediately, he raised his hand: "It's time for you to get on, the people of Daqin and Qubei will see how my Han cavalry fights." β
"Yes!"
Zhao Yun, Hua Xiong, Dian Wei and others gave up, and immediately returned to the cavalry array under their command, Li Ke rode forward two steps forward, pulled his bow and shot an arrow into the sky, the entire hillside was agitated, and the cavalry phalanx spread out in a slaughter, and the horse's hooves roared out like thunder, and rushed straight down towards the battlefield where they were fighting.
Arrows shot into the sky.
Qubei and Suo Nu glanced up in different directions and gave an order: "Shrink the formation and move back." β
The earth seemed to shake violently in the darkness, behind the shield, Aulus glanced through the gap, behind the drawbridge, Freitensis stopped the order he was about to give, turned his head, and looked into the darkness, something spread undulating and rushing, sweeping like a tide.
"What else is there for the Cylius...... Let the horses come! He thought, and then, with his eyes constricted, his scalp tingling, he turned around the horse's head, and swung his sword and shouted, "Turn around, stop themβ"
The range of the firelight, a galloping horse's head was exposed, and then ...... A ...... Ten horses...... 100 horses...... Thousands of cavalry advanced into the field of vision of the dusk firelight, looking down from the sky, dense, the white wolf Yicong who galloped at the front end was a recruit, not used for a charge, ran for a while, and suddenly separated left and right to bypass the forward, revealing two hundred horsemen in the middle of the black pressure.
The iron chain rattled and flew in the air, the cavalry on the left and right caught it, buckled it on the special saddle, forming two horses and a chain, and the selected war horses violently churned the horse's hooves, shaking the armor leaves covering it with a rattling sound, and the ironclad knight on horseback set up an iron spear, like a huge wave with the power to crush everything.
Hua Xiong rode in front alone, pressed the iron helmet that covered his face, revealing his fierce eyes, and took the tiger's mouth knife from the side of the horse: "Mountain-"
"Broken!"
Beneath the tortoiseshell shield array, Aulus's eyes widened to see that this was a heavy ride he had never seen before. Rome was not without such cavalry, but there had never been an army so armed to the teeth, and with the chains and large blades of cavalry and cavalry, it is hard to imagine what would happen if they were to be scuttled into a crowd...... At this moment, he missed his mother a little.
"Steadyβ"
He gritted his teeth and clenched the shield in his hand, even the hand axe was thrown under his feet, his legs tensed and struggled into the mud, the soldiers behind him pushed him tightly, and the tortoiseshell array at the forefront shrank in a circle, tightly clinging, and the short spear stabbed out.
The heavy cavalry that had split into the field had already made a charge, and the iron hooves rolled and spread, and Freitensis gritted his teeth, staring at the fighting front, almost opening his mouth wide and roaring, countless eyes on the drawbridge stared at this scene.
"Ahh
Behind the shield, Aulus had clearly seen the enemy's war horse, screaming hysterically and blushing.
In the next second, the iron rider rushed like a tide, forming an impact-
In the firelight, the loud sound of the angry waves hitting the reef exploded between heaven and earth, the short spear rubbed sparks on the iron armor, and then snapped, and the huge weight of the high-speed sprint hit the shields one by one, and then shattered and flew, like a mountain collapsing, the war horse tripped and the knight flew in the air, and smashed down the frightened figure below, and someone's body turned into minced meat directly under the iron armor, and the blood slowly flowed out of the gap.
More than a dozen heavy horses in the front row crashed into the tortoiseshell array, the human figure and the fragments of the shield flew in the sky, the war horse fell and tossed its hooves and struggled in the collapsed array, and more Roman soldiers were directly slapped out from behind the shield by the overwhelming force at the moment of impact, and squeezed and rolled together with their companions in the rear.
The huge sense of oppression brought by the heavy cavalry made people tremble, and the scales of the entire battlefield had been tilted down, even though there were still three tortoiseshell formations in the rear, but in the face of such a destructive force, all the Roman soldiers hiding behind their shields no longer felt hopeful.
The wolf howls in the night.
The white wolf rushed up from the detour and began to chase the scattered Roman infantry and began to slaughter, Zhao Yun directly picked up a few soldiers, and a shaky centurion rushed over with a weapon, his eyes were just staring at the figure behind the drawbridge, and he raised his hand to shoot the rushing figure to death.
With his feet between the belly of the horse, he moved, like a hunting wolf locking on to his prey, and launched a momentum with his spear, and two Roman soldiers rushed over, wanting to stop him, raising his hand and snorting two shots over, and the forehead of the Roman soldier holding a short sword was instantly poked open, and he fell to the ground on his back.
The moment he pulled out the gun, he saw Hua Xiong and said in a cold voice: "He's mine!" Without waiting for the other party to reply, the horse's hooves galloped, slammed into the crowd, rushed onto the drawbridge, and the crowd pushed and shoved weapons and shields, and all of them were swept out like rag dolls, and fell down to the left and right trenches.
"Ahh
As the commander of the legion, Freitensis was not only experienced in combat, but also had personal bravery, and at this time there was no way back, he raised his sword and charged at the Cylius general, launched a roar, and slashed.
Phew-
The gold and iron intersected, and the sword blade could be on the handle of the gun, Zhao Yun snorted coldly with an expressionless face, his hand trembled slightly, and he used his second force, shaking the sword blade away for a moment.
The body of the gun made a phoenix roar in the air.
The knot struck Fritensis on the waist, and he was "Ah! With a bang, the whole person was beaten from the horse, hit the camp gate, and the wooden pillar fell into the dust, and when it fell, the cold light stabbed into his shoulder, and his feet hung off the ground, nailed to it, and screamed in pain.
"It's over...... Great Qin people. Zhao Yun tilted his head, and his eyes were cold and indifferent.
Looking down from the sky, the corpses of people were almost piled up under the pursuit of the cavalry on the ground, the mutilated shields, scattered weapons covered the field of vision, the viscous blood overflowed, some people still wanted to get up and resist the chopping, and then they were poked to death with spears by several new soldiers passing by, Olus struggled to crawl out from under a war horse, his right hand was broken, he hung weakly, his face was full of blood, blurred his vision, and he staggered along, watching many figures who should have gone back to their hometown together fall on the land of the East.
"We lost ......"
He fell to his knees and spoke.
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July, midsummer.
The night in Chang'an was cloudy, as if rain was about to fall, and the electric light occasionally flickered in the dark sky, and there was a faint sound of thunder coming from afar.
Ren Hongchang was dressed in a thin gauze robe, standing on the building barefoot, looking at the sky for a moment, and commanded the female guard behind him: "Didn't Wei Qi say that there should be movement?" Why hasn't there been any news for so long? β
"He just came, and he was outside the door."
"Why didn't you notify me?" Ren Hongchang's extremely beautiful face, his thin eyebrows furrowed slightly, and the female guard behind him shrank back in fright.
The woman then smiled again, faded the tulle, and turned to the screen: "Go and tell him to wait for me in the side room." β
"Yes!"
The guard bowed his head and stepped back. When the elegant young man heard the words of the female guard, he frowned, brushed his sleeves and left: "I came to discuss with her about moving east with His Majesty, how can I be so rude." β
The indignant figure took two steps and stopped.
Wei Qi slammed his fist on the guardrail, and suddenly turned around and walked into the side room next to him.