"It is necessary to think of ways and means of settlement, the Parthians are too stubborn for their cavalry to break through."

After a day of fighting, Maximus took off his heavy armor and said resentfully. During the daytime battle, he led his troops several times into the Parthian army, and was beaten back. A people on horseback, the Parthian cavalry was even more powerful than the Gallic and Germanic cavalry. Close combat, not inferior to the Gallic cavalry, and the ability to turn back and shoot back arrows when retreating, this flexible and mobile tactic distressed the Roman generals. I can't think of a way to deal with it.

"Is there any way to lure their archers into our trap as they did in the daytime battle today?"

Crane came in and continued. During the day's fighting, he was slashed on the back of his hand by Parthian soldiers, and wrapped tightly in gauze.

"No way, Sulena is not a fool. We've fooled them once, and we won't get a chance to cheat them a second time. In the next battle, Sulena will definitely be very cautious. But it became his fetters. Because there is not much time left for him, but there is a lot of time left for us. ”

In the tent, in the light of the fire, Apis took a sip of wine and said with a smile.

"Why do you say that?"

Klein and Maximus clearly did not understand the meaning of Appis's words. A little confused, he asked.

"The reason is simple. Palicia had assembled a large army and was now heading towards Ctesiphon, the capital of Parthia. Orodus feared that he had already handed over his elite troops to Sulena's command, and the army left behind in Ctesiphon and the various towns would have no time to cope with the fierce pursuit of the Palician prince. ”

Faced with the bewildered expressions of the generals around him, Apis told the truth. This is also one of the plans and preparations for the invasion of Parthia.

"Also, Orodus' suspicion of Sulena is also one of our strengths. The longer the war dragged on, the deeper Aurodus's suspicion of Sulena, a great general who was on a foreign expedition, and in the end, as the king, Orodes might even worry about whether Sulena deliberately stayed outside, did not return to the capital, and deliberately did not hand over the right to the army. At that point, it would be possible for Orodes to force Sulena to quickly resolve the battle. Under pressure, Sulena will fight us quickly. As soon as the enemy's mentality changes, our opportunity comes. ”

Under the astonished gazes of Publius, Klein, Maximus, and others, Apis continued

"Also, our logistical supplies are abundant, and for this war, we have built a large number of military roads and grain forts. It's not very far from Armenia, so we don't have to worry about food and grass. Water is also secured. So, we have too many advantages over Sulena. ”

Standing in front of the sand table in the military tent, Apis said. At this time, much of the pre-war work showed its importance.

"We can do this, tomorrow, if Sulena has to fight again, we will meet the enemy like this......"

At night, in that small tent, Appis led several legion commanders and the core of the army to discuss tomorrow's battle and deployment......

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"For our homeland! For our wives and children and property! Offensive! Towards the positions of the Romans, attack! ”

The next day, the Parthian army, under the personal command of Sulena, again launched a fierce attack on the Roman legionary positions. The yellow sand is rolling, thousands of horses are galloping, and a small earthquake is artificially created. From a distance, it looks as if a sandstorm is approaching the Romans' red lines. Under strict military discipline, the Roman legionary infantry formed a neat and dense phalanx to meet the enemy.

On the Gobi Desert, countless javelins and arrows flew sound. Accompanied by the shouts and roars of the soldiers, the most tragic war song on the desert was formed.

On the battle line, the Roman soldier with gauze wrapped in his head rammed the Parthian light infantry in front of him with a large shield, and after knocking down the opponent, he held a short sword and pierced the enemy's throat with a sword. Thick blood poured out. Splashed red on the soldier's hands. Crane's palm, wrapped in thick gauze, still with his wounded right hand, raised his sword and stabbed into the heart of the enemy. Stab your enemies alive in pools of blood.

Publius himself once again went into battle and severed the arm of one of the Parthian infantrymen with his sword, then struck him in the chest with a shield, sending the Parthian infantry with the severed arm into the air, leaving a pool of scarlet blood.

The hot air almost boiled the blood, but the battle continued, and the sky was dark, and the yellow sand obscured the glow of the sun......

"Courage and glory, brothers, follow me, charge!"

On the flanks of the battlefield, Apis personally put on armor and went into battle to boost the morale of all the legionary cavalry. The Germanic cavalry that had followed Apis all the way down was suddenly like a chicken's blood, and they were furious, roaring and driving their horses to charge. On the dunes, the legionnaires were charging everywhere.

On the opposite side, the Parthian cavalry also attacked the flanks of the Roman legions. The archers first rained a rain of arrows, and then the remaining 4,000 Parthian ironclad cavalry rushed out. For this war, Sulena also paid his own blood. The Germanic cavalry raised their shields to ward off the rain of arrows, and then, following Appis, roared and charged at the Parthian cavalry.

The two sides were on the flanks of the battlefield, violently colliding together. A counterbalance of absolute power. The flat spears of the ironclad cavalry and the spears of the Germanic cavalry staggered past each other, and countless riders were pierced through their bodies at the moment when the horses staggered, screaming and falling off their horses, and some of them died before they could even scream.

The cavalry stabbed their spears into the opponent's body, and the heavy spear was like a demon's sword, which immediately knocked the opposite cavalry off the horse's back, and then fell to the ground fiercely, and the long cavalry spear remained in the opponent's body, and the spearhead almost penetrated the internal organs.

In the blood light, Apis, under the protection of the elite cavalry guards, rushed left and right, but in fact did not personally kill a few people, because the cavalry guards protected their commander very well. The royal banner of Apis is more of a morale-boosting effect. Of course, this also attracted an even more violent rain of arrows from the enemy archers.

The entire battlefield was covered with blood.

Whether it is an infantry battlefield or a cavalry battlefield, there is a stalemate. However, in this stalemate, many of the light infantry of the Roman legions quietly moved to both flanks.

They were light on their feet, with light spears and throwing spears in their hands. There were only those Parthian horsemen on horseback. Because at this time, they were all entangled by the Gallic cavalry and Germanic cavalry of Appis, and they fought hand-to-hand combat in place. The heavy cavalry that can't run is a mass of scrap metal. They were inferior even to the light infantry of the Roman legions in hand-to-hand combat.

The Roman light infantry, acting on orders, unwittingly entered the cavalry battlefield......