A thin stream of rain fell on the eyes of the looking up, and the Parthians who turned back fell on the last shovel of earth in the moat of Ctesiphon, and soon the young Parthians who had been forcibly conscripted began to gather and wait for their release home.

Under the city walls, there are human figures near and far, Roman soldiers and cavalry wielding whips, driving the young and strong to gather, and on the city, the archers hired by the barbarians are running quickly, and the feather arrows are colliding in the quiver, and after handing over posts with their companions, they vigilantly look at the continuous military camp of the Selius outside the city.

Gerius sat on a chair, looked at the Parthian youths gathered below, his full beard trembled slightly, and said something else: "What are the Cylius thinking when their army is so large that they don't attack the city for several days?" Then, he raised his hand and took a short spear from the guard, aimed at the dense crowd below, and threw it violently.

A submissive Parthian man, walking outside the crowd, with a sudden pain in his back, threw himself forward, slammed into the body of his compatriot in front of him, and the tip of the spear with broken flesh poked out of his chest, and swallowed his breath in a panicked scream.

Gerius clenched his cheeks, and while puffing out, he said in a low voice: "Kill them all, and push the corpses into the moat." ”

Since receiving the emperor's edict for nearly a month, Tessiphon has been built into a city that is difficult to capture, ballistas, barbarian archers, and even a large number of rocks have been excavated, carved into stone bullets and transported to the city, and the city has been fully prepared, but the other party has such a large number of troops, and there is no sign of attack for several days, which makes him feel a kind of strength, but a punch is as uncomfortable as a punch.

The heart-rending scream, buzzing up the city wall, Gaieus just glanced at it, the dark red blood and corpses under the city were intertwined into a tragic picture, the soldiers holding short swords, one by one cut the throats of the undead and mended the knives, he sat back in his chair and said to the generals who followed behind him: "The Cylius must be observing this city, they are looking for a place to attack, what has happened to those eastern cavalry outside?" Can they see the logistics? ”

In the past few days, in the face of the strange Cylius, the generals in the army have taken a conservative posture, but they are not lazy, and they can see groups of cavalry everywhere in their vision.

"The scouts couldn't get out of the city, there were their cavalry everywhere, and of the fifty cavalry sent out before, only one escaped with seven arrows stuck in his body, and died not long after. The cavalry of the Cylius is like not having to sleep, not having to dismount, and they have their men watching over us, day and night. Among the several generals, the officer in charge of the barbarian cavalry approached the commander of the legion and whispered: "Before they died, the soldiers who came back said that they had encountered one or two Kushan cavalry in addition to the cavalry of the Serius, and even saw a figure wearing Greek armor......

"Greece is gone...... It should be that Dawan, which is located under the Pamir Plateau, was conquered by the Celeus, and Kushan ...... "Gairus looked at the wailing below and was quiet, tens of thousands of people were only a moment under the efficient killing of three thousand Roman soldiers, and the corpses were being pushed down the moat one by one, and his eyes turned to the wolf banner in the distant wilderness, and the hoarse voice squeezed out his throat with difficulty: "...... Guishan seems to have really surrendered under the iron hooves of the other party, that is to say, I will face Parthia, Guishan, and Dawan, And the most powerful Cylius? ”

The rough palm slapped on his knee with a snap, and the experienced legionnaire laughed: "The commander of the Cylius heard that he is a young man, he has the armies of four countries, and has such a large number of subordinates, and he does not dare to step forward in front of the cover of a small Tessie, which shows that he is afraid of us, afraid of our invincible record, generals, the eagle will always fly in the sky, overlooking these prey running in the field!" ”

At this word of encouragement, the 100 centurions, who were surrounded by ten phalanxes of infantry and had the right to command, glanced at each other slightly, and responded heavily, although they were not afraid of sacrifice in this battle, but they were not optimistic that their side had any hope of victory. Gaieus turned his back to them, in fact, he himself knew that the victory rate of this battle was almost low, as a legion commander, a general who followed His Majesty Severus to raise troops, honor always came first, and he was not allowed to retreat.

It was already noon when he went down to the city wall, and the drizzle was still falling, and he was eating the sacrificial cakes distributed by the army, which were baked with flour mixed with cheese, eggs and honey, and were ideal as dry food for the march, after which the deputy commander of the regiment walked into his lounge: "General, the people have been selected, and you can leave in the afternoon, but there are enemy cavalry everywhere outside......."

"This kind of weather is the best, before the Cylius have begun to really attack the city, always try, and hand over all the information here to the Fifth Legion, as long as they can open up the battlefield west of Ctesiphon and the Euphrates, and divert the attention of the Celeus, this battle may still be necessary."

Gaieus put down the sacrificial bread and stood in front of the parchment map, his fingertips circled a large circle: "As long as we delay for a month, we can achieve a roundabout strategic purpose for the legions of the other provinces, and surround the Cyrius at Ctesiphon, and if necessary, abandon this city, let them in, and we will go out, and the attack and defense will be exchanged, and they will be finished." ”

Outside, the rain was rattling.

The white-haired legion commander stared at the various strategic symbols marked on it and sighed: "...... this is just a deduction on the map, we ...... Too little is known about the Eastern Legion. ”

"They don't know much about us, either."

Gaieus looked at the rain curtain hanging under the eaves, frowned, and said in a low voice: "........ I always feel that they know Rome. ”

In the same sky, the rain fell on the tent, with the sound of human words sliding to the ground, seeping into the soil, and then being trampled by the patrolling soles of the feet to make deep footprints, in the middle of the tent, the Roman legion of the Roman army that had invaded the Han realm, Marcus was thirty-five years old this year, his mouth was full of shaggy beard, sunken eyes, and his tall nose looked out of place with the oriental face in the tent, the only thing that was the same was his fluent Chinese.

"The Roman legions had eight men in each tent, and these eight were the common tent squads, and the ten tent teams were hundreds, commanded by the centurion, who was usually at the front with the flag bearer, and the armor was easy to identify. The infantry brigade consisted of six centurions, with the first to fifth teams doubling their strength and under the unified command of the centurions of the first brigade. ”

"Excluding the barbarian cavalry, the legion usually has only about one hundred and twenty scouts, which belong to this legion permanently, and are not under the command of other legions."

Gongsun Zhi was draped in a big hat, closed his eyes and gently tapped on the table, and as the words over there stopped, he asked softly: "What about the brute horseman, and what about the archers?" ”

"..... these barbarians are all hired, and each legion employs a different number of people, and they are skilled in horsemanship and archery."

The generals on the left and right sides of the tent all laughed, and first of all, the Huns' Ah Hun slapped their thighs: "Can they compare with the steppe warriors who grew up on horseback and played with bows and arrows as children?" "For Marcus's words, not only the Huns were unhappy, but Xianbei, Wuhuan's Shan Yu, Kuguini and Lou Ban also looked at the former Great Qin people over there with the same gaze.

"Okay, I'll make it difficult for him."

Gongsun Zhi raised his hand, and the three of them who were quite unhappy stopped their voices, he opened his eyes and looked at Markuus, and said with a smile: "After so many years, you are close to your hometown, what do you think in your heart?" ”

"In the words of the Han Dynasty, there is some homesickness."

"Haha, you've learned Sinology well over the years." Gongsun Zhi asked people to pour him a drink: "Then do you miss home?" ”

More than a dozen eyes looked at the Great Qin people over there.

Marcus's skilful hands lifted the two small ears of the coffin: "Xie Dudu gives wine." He drank it all in one gulp, wiped the wine stains from his beard, and said: "Actually, I don't think too much, in Rome, a low-class soldier like me needs thirty years on the battlefield to get citizenship, and thirty years ..... may have died long ago." ”

From the captives to the full-time construction of various civilian and military fortifications in the northern land of the Han Border, he was promoted from the soldiers to manage the auxiliary army of 3,000 people, and over the years, he also married a woman in Wuhuan, and gave birth to several children, the eldest of them were more than five years old, before the expedition, the woman stood at the door of the house with tears in her eyes and looked at his picture, at this time, in retrospect, the Han Dynasty in the East, where was his home.

…… And Rome, it seems that there is nothing to remember and nostalgia.

The meeting in the military tent lasted until the afternoon, and the rain did not have the slightest intention of abating, and soon after, someone came in and whispered a few words in Gongsun Zhi's ear, and when the generals looked over, he summoned the two of them: "There is a movement of soldiers and horses gathering at the west gate of Tai Xifeng, and someone may want to break through." ”

"The wolf king can rest assured, he will never let a man or a horse go out of half a mile."

Gongsun Zhi waved his hand, leaned forward, and smiled at the corner of his mouth: "No, let some of it go." Then looking at the seats on the other side, Sun Ce and Zhou Yu glanced at each other, got up together, and arched their hands: "Don't worry, the governor is ready, and he can leave at any time." ”

The two received the military order, returned to the camp to gather the Jiangdong cavalry, and the ration of a force of 5,000 foot soldiers, broke away from the Chinese camp, and mixed with the cavalry in the field.

In the misty field, Geerus re-stood on the city wall, under his field of vision, hundreds of cavalry gathered at the west gate were nervously preparing, and soon, the city gate opened, this group of people gritted their teeth and shouted, and rushed out, and the rangers of Xianbei, Wuhuan, Xiongnu, Guishan, and Dawan on the field were like beasts that smelled blood, swarming, and different squads and the Roman cavalry that rushed out of the city broke out of a small area of battle from time to time, chasing and killing on one side, running on the other side, and occasionally pulling their bows and firing back. In the midst of continuous encirclement and interception, in the end, several cavalry were lucky enough to shake off the pursuit and pass west, south, or northwest.

And in this continuous pursuit, a Han Dynasty army that was not too large quietly slipped past Tai Xifeng's field of vision and went around the back.

- Hide from the sky and the sea.