The next day, the huge Roman legions, after a sleepless night, continued to line up the shield walls and phalanxes, and the soldiers were exhausted and snoring. Due to the lack of wood in the desert, the legion could not even build a full-fledged camp in its place. The soldiers, fearing the surprise attack of the Parthian cavalry at night, had to spend the whole night in fear and uneasiness.

Crassus the Younger could not withdraw, because once the legions retreated, they would inevitably not be able to maintain this battle formation, and once the formation returned to the marching formation, the Parthian army would definitely catch up and hunt down the Roman soldiers as they had done at the Battle of Calle.

Little Crassus was in a dilemma, and he thought of writing a letter to ask someone to break out and turn to Apis. But the thought of such a face-saving situation, Apis had achieved such brilliant achievements in Egypt, and he had just set out on the expedition, and encountered such a deplorable dilemma, and withdrew his army without even a single enemy prisoner, which was even more humiliating than defeat.

The Parthian tactics of besieging but not attacking made little Crassus grit his teeth with hatred, and the soldiers of the Roman legions were even more restless, they could not rest, once they rested, maybe the enemy's arrows would shoot above your head, they were not fully surrounded, but only harassed from time to time, and when the archers and ballistas tried to counterattack, these Parthian cavalry ran far away, you know, the mobility of the cavalry is not a little better than the infantry, not to mention the heavy and cumbersome siege ballistas.

"General, the cavalry who went to fetch water last night is back......"

Just when everyone was helpless, the news came that little Crassus was even more desperate, that three hundred legionary cavalrymen who had been sent to fetch water the previous night had been shot dead by the Parthians on the bank of the river. Only a dozen people narrowly escaped. And, only one person came back to report the situation......

"They raided us at night! Without the fire, we couldn't see from what direction they were coming from. My teammates were all shot dead on the river beach, and I braved the rain of arrows to rush out......"

The cavalryman said, a pained expression on his face. He was hit by an arrow in his back, and he couldn't pull it out, and these Parthian arrows had barbs that, when pulled out, would be bloody and painful. It's like someone cut a piece of flesh out of your wound, and it is. Fortunately, the cavalry's sturdy chain mail did not pierce the arrow very deeply, so that the cavalryman could survive by chance.

"I see, you go to recuperate first, you are brave, knight. After this battle, you will have Roman citizenship and your family will have the right to settle in Rome. ”

Little Crassus swore to the encouragement of the Gallic cavalryman. However, those close to little Crassus know that it is still a question of whether he can get out alive in this battle.

'We have to try to make a breakthrough, an attack. Break through with our cavalry forces as the main force. ”

Little Crassus shouted, trying to lift the morale of the officers. But doubts soon followed.

"But our cavalry strength is limited, and if we force a breakthrough, we will only be surrounded and annihilated."

Or Celedas, first of all, the question was raised. But his question is also a problem. This is the problem that the Roman legions have always faced with the Parthians, how can a country dominated by infantry fight a country dominated by cavalry? The nature of the army was completely different, and even though the soldiers of the Roman legions were more warlike, they had to be close to the enemy.

"I have already thought about this problem, this time, our cavalry breakthrough must cooperate with the infantry, the cavalry will charge first, tear a gap, do not go deep, the infantry will follow, wait for the infantry to reach the designated position, and the cavalry will break through again, so that the two armies will cover alternately, and slowly move to the big river where we set off two days ago. Solve the water problem first, and then plan for the rest of the matter. ”

In the face of doubts, Crassus Jr. swore to explain.

"It doesn't sound good, but I'm afraid that when the time comes, the cavalry and infantry will not be able to coordinate at all. As long as this large phalanx breaks through in any place, the troops that break through will become a live target for the Parthians. Because there is no friendly protection and support from the front and left. Unless the whole army attacks, in that case, the whole formation will not be able to maintain well. ”

Adjutant Herris again disputed. It feels like they're finding fault with little Crassus, but they're not looking for fault, they're analyzing each possible situation more specifically.

"Do you think the Parthians used eagles as a means of communication? Their message could not be conveyed so quickly, and their cavalry was scattered around us, and it was impossible for us to attack from one direction and all of them would gather there. And by the time they conveyed the order to the various cavalry units, our soldiers had already managed to break through. Don't think about it so much, really take all the situations into account, then the battle will not have to be fought, we have a hundred ways to lose. ”

In the face of everyone's doubts, little Crassus can only be able to dispel public opinion. He had served under Caesar, and knew that there was no such thing as victory in war, and that there would be risks when there were opportunities, and even when Caesar was marching and fighting, it was full of dangers and challenges, and there were too many uncertainties to think about and prevent them one by one.

Finally, at dusk, the Roman legions began to break through. The Gallic cavalry of Crassus the Younger was the first to shout, and with spears and shields in hand, they charged at the Parthian cavalry that was resting. Some of the Parthian cavalry, who were still resting, were killed by the spears and swords of the Gallic cavalry. However, the movement of the Roman legionnaires was so great that soon the Parthian cavalry noticed the dust on the hills to the southwest.

A large number of Parthian cavalry soon gathered from all directions, and the captain of the archers took the opportunity to order some men to hold back the Roman cavalry and hunt down the Roman infantry brigade in large numbers.

The rain of arrows soon rained down, some poisonous and some non-venomous, but the Roman soldiers had no time to distinguish them. Waves of arrows rained down, and the Legion heavy infantry raised their shields to defend while the auxiliary archers, caught in the middle, began to counterattack.

In order to deal with the Arthian archers, Crassus the Younger strengthened the proportion of archers in the army, so that between the two groups of Roman heavy infantry there was a group of Syrian auxiliary archers, who and the Parthian cavalry archery troops exchanged fires, and the rain of arrows flew back and forth in the air. Soon, the Roman legions and Parthian archers were even more damaged, the Parthian cavalry fell some, and the Roman legionnaires also fell a third, and many of the legionary infantry's large shields were shot through, and the arms holding the shields were nailed to the wooden shields, losing their defensive role. The Parthians also paid a price, they fought against the Roman auxiliary archers, and many of them were shot off their horses by a chaotic array of arrows, or their horses were shot by a few arrows, and they could not help but jump away in pain, and threw the riders off their horses.

However, while the Roman legionary infantry was fighting hard against the Parthians, the Gallic cavalry of Crassus the Younger were soon surrounded by the Parthian cavalry because they did not receive timely support......