Chapter 584: Fierce Battle 1
Unexpectedly, in the short first contact, the Huns' army retreated in disarray before it could touch the shield of the first Roman army, which meant that the first contact battle was over.
For the rest of the day, the Huns did not attack again. Luga, as the defender, also ordered the soldiers to rest and wait to see if Attila had any new ways to attack.
"You've made me feel angry like never before, Flavies. Luga! Attila's voice was low, her fists clenched, and the maids around her did not dare to take even half a step closer.
At this time, on Attila's side, he was also angry because of the frustration of the attack, after all, the unique geographical location of Hot Springs, his attack was restrained, and he couldn't open the formation and fight Luga fiercely.
Looking at the well-defended Roman army, Attila became more and more angry, how could he tolerate his opponent actually looking at his own jokes, in Thrace, although the same field army fought hard, it had never made a fool of itself, and this time it was defeated without even touching the person opposite, which was a resounding slap in the face to his honor. If you want not to spread it out and make the world laugh, then you must completely wipe out the Thracian field army in front of you here!
"Odystes." Attila called softly.
Odystes hurriedly stepped forward and stood respectfully behind Attila, "My king, what commands?" ”
"You are a Roman nobleman and have received a very strict education."
"As you say, Attila." Odystes nodded repeatedly, and then said, "I have received a very professional education, and the people who have educated me are all famous scholars in Pannonia, and as you know, Pannonia has always been a place rich in Augustus. ”
"I'm afraid your Excellency can't become Augustus!" Attila quipped, "Many Romans, especially the nobles of the Senate, hate you to the core. ”
Odeses said, "That's because they are obsessed, and I've made the right choice." ”
"Haha, Odeses, you're really good at talking!" Attila laughed and said, "Then let me ask you, here, there was also a war hundreds of years ago. ”
"Yes, Xerxes king of Persia, and Leonidas, king of Sparta."
"Now, how similar it is then." Attila looked up at the stars above him, and now everything had changed, at least the night sky and the stars above him were still the same.
"Attila, what do you mean?" Puzzled, Odeses asked.
"I mean, Xerxes attacked, Leonidas defended, and now, I'm attacking, Flavis. Luga defends, history is always strikingly similar! ”
"No, you're wrong, Attila!" Odystes interrupted Attila's thoughts and said bluntly, "You are different from Xerxes! ”
"Oh?" Attila suddenly felt that the topic was interesting, turned to look at Odeses, and asked, "Why do you say that?" ”
"Xerxes is cruel and cowardly, brave and unscrupulous, he will only sit on his magnificent throne and command others to die!" Odystes looked at Attila and said, "But you are different, my king, you are merciful, calm, measured, brave and resourceful, you are the first soldier on the battlefield, and you can always win the loyalty of the soldiers......"
"Okay, okay," Attila hurriedly stretched out his hand to interrupt Odeses and smiled, "It's undeniable, Odes, you really said you moved me!" So now it seems, I mean, if it were the same as the war. ”
"Even at a terrible price, my king!" Odystes clenched his fists and said, "Victory will be ours!" ”
"Hopefully as you say, or better! But now, I need a weapon that will make them tremble and miserable! Attila muttered to herself, looking back at the crockpot on the table behind her, wondering what had been hit inside. Although it looked unremarkable, seeing it, Attila seemed to have hope, and I saw him inadvertently show a sneer.
That night, the lights were dark, and both sides were very cautious, and there was only one road between them that could pass, so both sides stared at the pitch black in front of them for fear that the enemy would attack at night.
The next morning, the Huns did not seem so anxious to attack, on the contrary, they unhurriedly regrouped their army and began a new offensive.
"Attila doesn't plan to retreat, it seems that he is still brewing a new attack." Andrew pointed to the opposite Hun formation, which was urgently mobilizing, and the defeated army regrouped in front of the formation, but behind them, the Hun archers were on standby, their arrows pointing not at the Roman formation, but at the backs of the infantry in front.
On the Roman side, the soldiers spread the barbarian soldiers who died in the battle yesterday on the ground, because this would make it difficult for the cavalry to exert their due strength on the uneven ground under them. This is also a way to limit the Huns, as long as Attila wants to continue fighting!
"Stomp, stomp..."
With heavy footsteps, Attila's army was advancing, still dominated by infantry, but this time they had a new approach, which was the vanguard of the Roman surrender army, and they used the same combat skills as Luca's army.
"Look at the betrayers." Luga muttered to himself, he was surprised at the number of these surrender troops, there were so many. Eight large field regiments were lined up, and they slowly pushed towards Luga with their shields in their hands. "I've never seen them have the courage to face the Huns head-on, and now when you point the finger at us, look at their courage, you damn bastards."
"So Luga, what are we going to do?" Andrew asked.
"Let them come!" Luga clenched his fists, "Let's see if they really want to be our enemy, if they want, then kill them all as much as possible, if they don't want to, it's not a good idea to abandon the darkness and turn to the light." ”
Strangely, however, the Roman rebels on the opposite side came to a stop less than a hundred and fifty meters away from the front of Luga's army. They waited face to face for a long time, only to see a dozen catapults appear behind them.
"Won't you, you want to use stones again?"
The soldiers said tremblingly, after yesterday's blow, the tragic situation at that time is still vivid, so they panic when they see the trebuchet. But in order to stick to the formation, they held the weapons in their hands tightly and wiped the sweat from their hands from time to time.
"Click..."
The sound of wood crashing sounded, and I saw the dozen or so trebuchets working together, and in an instant, a dozen black shadows streaked through the sky one after another, and then roared down on the Roman army.
"Defense! Defense! ”
The centurion shouted, but at that moment, the sudden flames bloomed like huge and brilliant flowers on the tortoiseshell array of Roman soldiers.
"What's going on? What's going on? Luga was stunned by the scene in front of him, only to hear a crisp sound of crockpots cracking, one after another "sparks" "blooming" among the soldiers at the forefront of Rome, countless soldiers were engulfed in flames, and the screams were endless. Suddenly a sea of fire enveloped all the soldiers of the first array, and the fighting spirit of the soldiers collapsed in an instant, and many soldiers shouted and dropped their weapons and ran into the sea with a body of flames, and those who did not have time could only be burned alive.
"Stand back! Back off! ”
The soldiers scattered, screaming and fleeing from the flames.
The smoke billowed like a curtain hanging upside down from the ground to the sky, obscuring everyone's view, and Luga could only see the Roman soldiers struggling in the flames at the bottom, their figures gradually turning into dried corpses in the flames.
"When did he learn it!" Luga gritted his teeth, and he could even feel Attila sneering on the other side of the flames and smoke.