Surenna's siege and siege tactics annoyed Sulena, but he was never able to break the deadlock. No matter which side it is, it will not dare to pull all the legions out of the barracks and fight a decisive battle with the other side. Because, whoever gives up the camp first is equivalent to cutting off his own back road. At that time, once the camp is occupied by the other side, he will be in a very dangerous situation.

As a result, the battle could only be sporadic outbreaks, and the water intake point, the entrance to the canyon, became the site of the battle between the cavalry of both sides. Because everyone wanted to occupy the water source, everyone wanted to occupy the entrance to the gorge, but due to the large number and quality of the Parthian cavalry, the Roman legions were never able to completely occupy these two places. The Parthians, too, were unable to completely occupy the water intake point and the entrance to the canyon. Every time they fetch water, the cavalry on both sides had to be on guard, fearing that the next moment, the cavalry of the opposing side might rush in and break out.

Finally, a week later, Sulena came up with a solution, he wanted to smuggle the large army out of the camp by night, but even Sulena himself did not expect that there would be traitors in his army.

At nightfall, a slave of the Parthian army sneaked into the camp of the Roman legions and expressed his sincerity to Appis about his surrender, and in order to show his sincerity, the Parthian "traitor" provided important information.

"Sulena's order, he told the soldiers to keep quiet at night, take advantage of the night, in the early hours of the morning, to withdraw in an orderly manner, the destination is the canyon, as long as the Grand Canyon is crossed, the army is safe, he said."

"Just as we guessed."

Appis warmly received this foreign soldier who "abandoned darkness and turned to light". Although everyone knows very well in their hearts, they cannot take all the words of a traitor. But Appis, with the attitude of believing what he had rather than what he didn't, believed the information provided by the Parthian. And immediately let the soldiers prepare to attack.

"Soldiers, tonight, your task is to sneak out of the Parthian camp by the light of the moon, and shout as loudly as you can, so that the Parthians will not dare to withdraw from the camp. Because their retreat plan is carried out quietly, they will not bring torches, and at night, you will not be able to see where they are, just shout a loud threat. ”

Appis walked out of the tent and gave an account to the legionnaires who had assembled on standby.

A Roman hour later, hundreds of heavily armed legionnaires, escorted by cavalry, rushed to the outside of the Parthian camp, and shouted at the camp, making a burst of eagerness to attack. The sudden shouting of killing had a good effect on the Parthians, who were withdrawing.

It's like a group of thieves who are about to steal chickens and dogs, and they are discovered, with villagers beating gongs and drums on one side and cautious and frightened thieves on the other. The Parthian soldiers who were withdrawing panicked, thinking that the Roman army had really discovered them, and no one knew where the Roman soldiers were without the guidance of the fire......

Despite the best efforts of the Parthian officers to maintain the scene and order, many of them were running in all directions. Many took advantage of the darkness to flee the army and hide in the darkness, and the result was, of course, even more miserable than not fleeing, and those who fled were either killed by wild beasts or captured by the Roman army. Luckily, I became a savage......

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"Who revealed tonight's plans? Who is it! ”

When the withdrawal plan failed, the aged Sulena was so angry that he angrily threw his cup in the big tent and demanded that his officers check themselves and find out the traitors among the generals, even if the traitors had fled to the camp of the Roman legions, find out his brothers or his teammates.

So, for a whole night, the first half of the night was a breakthrough and a withdrawal of troops, and the second half of the night turned into a general reorganization of the whole army. The soldiers did not close their eyes all night and were exhausted.

"It's a slave, General."

In the end, the infantry commander, Lacurado, stepped forward and said that there was something wrong on his side......

"A slave? How did a slave know about our withdrawal plan? Will you return your slaves? Also, are the guards of the barracks blind? Let a big living person slip out from under your nose? If the Romans actually attacked the camp, the guards would have been wiped before they could react. ”

Sulena shouted angrily, and the audience fell silent, and no one dared to say anything.

"I will strengthen the guard and management of my subordinates, and this will not happen a second time."

Infantry Commander Racurado bowed his head sullenly, looking self-examining.

"There's no second time, Commander Lacouras. We lost a golden opportunity to withdraw, and now the Romans keep an eye on us at night. If we want to secretly withdraw from this camp, we can only have a chance to withdraw if we can defeat the Romans with all our soldiers and fight the Romans. Pray to the gods to bless this war. ”

Leaving behind the words of resentment, Sulena sent everyone down to prepare for the decisive battle against the Roman army tomorrow.

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In late autumn, in northern Syria, under a dusk sky, two armies of ancient Eurasia stand opposite each other. Sulena placed his army on a gentle slope below a high ground, with infantry in front, archers and ironclad cavalry on either flank, and on the high ground, a dense army of archers and arrows.

Appis, on the other hand, also occupies the same terrain, with his back to the high ground, a gentle slope in front of him, and then a flat loess plain.

It's just that the high ground that Apis leaned on was not as high as Sulena's, but the Roman legions had no intention of retreating. In the faces of each of the Roman soldiers, Apis saw their unwavering determination, an expression of fortitude that was not present in the civil war with Antony. They are expelling foreigners to defend their country. Even some of Antony's former subordinates, at this time, showed their loyalty to Appis, because Apis was completing Caesar's unfinished business, and it was also the business that Antony wanted to complete but could not complete to conquer the Parthians.

"Brothers, we fight, not only for ourselves, but also for Rome, a country of pride and pride. Her glory, her pride, her dignity cannot be defiled. So here we are, on the borders of the Republic, to fight against these foreign barbarians, not just for money and wealth. Victory or defeat, we will fight to the end, this is our duty and mission! ”

The yellow sand was long, and Appis rode on a white warhorse, raised his right hand and clenched it into a fist, and addressed the soldiers of the whole army.

Immediately, the legion in front of him, tens of thousands of Roman soldiers roared loudly, like a roaring river, rushing under the dusky sky, which was a long-suppressed outbreak of emotions and anger.