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Awad calmly watched the two centurions being repelled by the other side, and did not get angry, and then sent two more centurians, but this time he made some adjustments, so that they did not spread out in full force, but concentrated on attacking two of the repulsors, and did not separate, so as not to break each other. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

At Awad's request, the two centurs rushed forward under the cover of the archers and launched a fierce attack on the two horses that were close together, and they strengthened their cooperation with each other, one of the centurians defended the enemy behind the horses on both sides, and the other team of centurians launched a continuous attack on the two shes hiding behind the horses. This tactic worked very well, although the soldiers of the Destroyer Battalion had crossbows and sharp blades to help, and they were more skilled in cooperating with each other than the Sassanids, but the good tigers could not stand the wolves, and under the attack of ten times the opponent's troops, although they fought with all their might, making the Sassanids pay the price of a dozen people, but in the end they still lost two rejection horses and were forced to take a step back.

The Sassanids were in high spirits, and they called forward, and then attacked the next horse. The ten people hiding behind the rejected horse rose up to resist, and with the cover of the rejected horse, they attacked with all their might, and launched a desperate struggle with the Sassanids.

The Sassanids gritted their teeth and did not retreat, and then the next formation, the casualties also increased to more than 30 people, and because they went deep into the formation, both sides were also attacked, when attacking the third row of rejecting the horse formation, the formation of the cover on both sides has been stretched very long, and the 100-man team responsible for covering faced the fierce attack of the soldiers of the Destroyer Battalion to cope with the hard support, and the companions who attacked the front have not yet captured the third row of rejecting the horses, they can no longer support it, and there is a possibility of being surrounded by the other side in turn, so in desperation, they have to give up the third row of rejecting the horses, and retreat to the two rows of rejecting the horses that have just been captured, and at the same time sent a request for help to the Honjin.

Awad was overjoyed, and immediately sent two more cents to strengthen the attack, replacing the hundred-man team that had suffered serious losses after a bloody battle, and the Sassanid people, who had replenished the new force, greatly increased their combat strength, launched another attack, quickly took the third row of rejection horses, and advanced to the fourth formation.

Cao Zhang and Sun Shao stood on the command platform in the distance, looking at the Sassanians who had already penetrated into the interior of the horse rejection array, and frowned: "It's only been a long time, and the Sassanids have captured five rows of horse rejection one after another, can you support it?" ”

"It's my business whether I can support it or not, you don't have to worry so much." Sun Shao, who was sitting in front of the tea table, smiled calmly: "Drink tea!" It's a really interesting place in the Mediterranean, it's dry and hot in the summer, it's very uncomfortable, but it's more comfortable in the autumn and winter. Autumn soldiers on the battlefield, persuade you to drink tea! ”

Cao Zhang glanced back at him and shook his head: "I'm not used to drinking tea when the soldiers are fighting bloodily. ”

"I know you're used to leading the way, but now you'll hold it for a moment, and I'll cripple the Sassanids first, and you'll have to make a move." Sun Shao didn't mind, he added water to himself, and motioned Emily to start reading.

The crisp sound of reading was very incongruous against the background of the sound of war drums and fighting, Cao Zhangjian's eyebrows were furrowed, but he was helpless, touching his burnt beard, looking at the repulsive horse formation that was fighting in the distance.

The Sassanids attacked more and more slowly, and although they had dismantled a dozen or so horses and cleared a passage of about twenty paces, they had already invested a thousand men, and the number of seriously wounded soldiers was constantly being replaced. In order to prevent the soldiers who had penetrated deep into the position from being counter-surrounded, Awad had to continue to increase his investment, making the attack surface wider, gradually forming a triangular attack formation, so that the number of troops invested increased dramatically, and with each layer of forward attack, the rear flank he had to protect became wider and deeper, and more soldiers were needed.

After half a day of fighting, the Sassanids went fifty paces deep into the battle formation, cleared out a triangular position fifty paces deep and sixty or seventy paces wide in front of the formation, more than 1,000 soldiers fell in a pool of blood, and more than 3,000 were wounded.

Hearing the sound of the horn, Sun Shao stood up, walked to the railing, looked at it for a moment, waved his hand gently, and Zhou Yin, who had been waiting under the command platform for a long time, let out a long roar, drew his sword out of the sheath, and led two thousand reserves to quickly pass through the rejection of the horses, like mercury, and pounced on the Sassanid formation. They rushed to the Sassanids and slashed with their swords. The Sassanids fought hard for a long time, they were exhausted, and they were huddled together to gasp, where could they stop this fresh force that had been recuperating for a long time, like a wolf and a tiger, although they resisted with all their might, but they were still quickly broken through their defensive positions by Zhou Yin with his personal guards, rushing into the crowd and slashing and slashing.

The Sassanians were killed in a mess and retreated, Zhou Yin bit them tightly, followed behind and chased fiercely, and suddenly drove the Sassanids out of the horse rejection formation, and then stopped. Standing in front of the repulsion array, the two thousand soldiers of the Destruction Battalion raised their swords and howled, scolding the Sassanids with disdain.

Awad was furious, and immediately mobilized 5,000 fresh troops, and pounced on him again with murderous vigour. Zhou Yin saw it, raised the long knife, turned around and ran, and retreated to the horse rejection formation with his subordinates. While they were driving the Sassanids out of the formation, the soldiers in the formation had already completed the change of guard, replacing their companions after the battle to rest, the medics trotted the seriously wounded off the ground and went to the rear for treatment, while the lightly wounded ran happily to the medical camp with the same support, without the slightest thought of being injured.

Cao Zhang looked at the soldiers of the Destruction Battalion with a relaxed demeanor, and then looked at the Sassanid people who were thunderous, if he realized, he walked to Sun Shao and sat down, picked up the already cold tea and drank it all, and put the cup on the case with a "tom", and laughed loudly: "No wonder the king is so stable, if you use the wheel to fight, the Sassanids have spent a long time, and they were beaten back by you all of a sudden, and these people who died in front of them died in vain." ”

"Who said they died in vain? Didn't they pull out fifty or sixty rejection horses? Sun Shao glanced at him and smiled proudly: "I still have to give some sweetness, otherwise he will turn around and run, how can I fulfill my promise." ”

"Don't be too happy." Cao Zhang took Diana's cup of refilled water, and said with disdain: "At this rate, they don't need 10,000 people to get through the formation at all, until you are under the command stage." You still can't keep your promise. ”

"Really?" Sun Shao laughed, his eyes bent into a crescent moon, and he looked full of cunning: "Brother Ziwen, let's play a game of chess." ”

"Playing chess?" Cao Zhang glanced at him in surprise: "Here and now? Do you still have this Yaxing? ”

"Of course." Sun Shao beckoned, asked Emily to take a pair of golden silk nanmu chessboards, and said while cleaning up the chess pieces: "It's not interesting to just play chess, let's bet on the lottery, how about it?" ”

Cao Zhang is a good soldier, and he is also quite interested in chess, which is very similar to the art of war, between the level and Sun Shao, but it seems that playing chess at this time is a little out of place, as soon as he heard that Sun Shao still has a color head, he became interested: "How to bet?" ”

"I know you like that ranch on the eastern shore of the Caspian Sea, so you might as well bet on it." Sun Shao said while swinging the chess pieces: "If you win a game against me, I'll give you a hundred acres of pasture, okay?" ”

Cao Zhang has coveted the pasture by the Caspian Sea for a long time, but he has mentioned it many times openly and secretly, Sun Shao does not let go, he can only secretly itch, and now Sun Shao suddenly proposed to bet on that pasture, he was suddenly overjoyed, reached out and picked up a chess piece and was about to put it on the chessboard, and suddenly said vigilantly: "What if I lose?" ”

"It's simple." Sun Shao had already set up the chess pieces between speaking, stretched out his hand and pointed to the chessboard and said, "Ziwen, how many squares do you see on this chessboard?" ”

Cao Zhang glanced at it and quickly calculated: "There are thirty-two squares on your side, and there are also thirty-two squares on my side, plus the Chu River Han Realm in the middle, a total of sixty-five squares." ”

"The Chu River Han Realm is not counted, let's make up an easy number, sixty-four grids." Sun Shao said generously: "I am short of grain now, if you lose, put one grain of rice in the first grid, two grains in the second grid, four grains in the third grid, and eight grains in the fourth grid, in short, each grid is doubled, until it fills sixty-four grids." How is it? ”

"That's it?" Cao Zhang couldn't help but want to laugh, and glanced at Sun Shao uneasily: "You won't be digging a pit again, right?" ”

"What are you talking about? My conditions are clear, right? If you're willing to gamble, take your time, and if you're afraid of losing, don't fight the ranch idea. Sun Shao rolled his eyes and said a little impatiently.

Cao Zhang was hooked by that pasture, and at this time he couldn't even care about the deafening shouts of killing, he pondered it carefully, and after thinking about it, he felt that this bet was about to be cost-effective, one material and two grains of rice, even if the entire chessboard could be filled, how much could it be? Hold up 10,000 stones, and exchange 10,000 stones of rice for 100 acres of pasture, it's worth it. Cao Zhang didn't say a word, quickly set up the chess pieces, put his hands on his thighs, and said excitedly: "Guests are as you please, you invite first!" ”

"There's no hurry." Sun Shao smiled and stretched out a hand: "Let's give a high-five first, the big husband's words count, but you can't regret it." ”

"Repentance?" Cao Zhang laughed, stretched out his hand and struck Sun Shao three times in a row: "I'm still afraid that you will regret it." ”

Sun Shao smiled slightly: "Whoever repents is a bastard." ”

"Less nonsense, come on, I can't wait." Cao Zhang urged. Sun Shao didn't say much, raised his hand and pushed forward. Cao Zhang laughed, moved like the wind, and killed Sun Shao in one place.

The drums of war rumbled, and the blood and flesh were killed in the rejection array, and batch after batch of Sassanians rushed into the rejection array, killing the soldiers of the Destruction Battalion hidden in the rejection array. The soldiers of the Destroyer Battalion were not afraid, relying on the Horse Rejection Formation to launch layers of blockades, killing and injuring a large number of Sassanids. Like a wave, the men behind them kept pushing forward, replacing their comrades who had gone through a long fight, and killing the red-eyed Sassanids.

As the positions progressed, the Sassanids attacked more and more slowly, but the casualties increased rapidly, and they had to face more and more enemies, and the battle line became longer and longer. As the advance advanced into the position, the crossbow array behind the repulsion began to exert its might, and batches of crossbow arrows flew through the sky and poured over the heads of the Sassanids. The Sassanids were attacked on three sides, and they had to guard against the long arrows above their heads, and they were a little scrambling. However, they did not dare to slack off, and as soon as they stopped breathing, the Vietnamese army reserves resting after the battle would rush over like a pack of wolves, tear off a piece of flesh fiercely, and retake the position they had bought with their blood again.

A raging lion on one side and a ruthless wolf on the other, the two sides engaged in a bloody battle between the rejection of horses.

On the command platform, Sun Shao and Cao Zhang were also fighting fiercely. Cao Zhang's luck is good, he won five games in a row, 500 acres of pasture was easily obtained, Cao Zhang won the eyebrow flying color dance, he was a little embarrassed, one was soft, and Sun Shao seized the opportunity to break back a game. Cao Zhang disagreed, quickly rearranged the chess, and said repeatedly: "Come again." ”

Sun Shao did not object, and played chess again, and the two sides fought five more games, and Cao Zhang won two more games.

In the distance, there was the sound of the Sassanid retreating horn, and Cao Zhang raised his head, looked at the sky, rubbed his hands, and said, "Ah, it's almost dark." Alas, the progress of the Sassanids is not slow, and they have won more than 30% of the rejections. I said, Your Royal Highness the King of Yue, you have lost a lot this time, at most tomorrow and night, the Sassanids will be able to break through your rejection array, and I, tomorrow, I will win another thousand acres of pasture, I am a little embarrassed. ”

"Don't do it." Sun Shao asked Sima Shi to take a pen and paper and a note in duplicate, "Let's set up the note first, so that no one will regret it." ”

"Hahaha......" Cao Zhang laughed, "Whoever wants to go back on it has to ask my fist if he agrees." He took the pen, but he was not careless, first read the content written on the paper carefully, and then Long Feifeng signed his name. Sima Shi immediately poured the melted gold juice on the signature, and Cao Zhang took off the seal letter on his waist and pressed it hard. The golden juice quickly solidified, revealing a clear inscription: "Chapter of the Han Che Cavalry General".

Sima Shi took it, handed one to Cao Zhang, and put it away by himself. Cao Zhang carefully put it away, and squeezed his eyes at Sun Shao: "Thank you for your generosity, just because you are so generous, even if you can't kill more than half of the Sassanids, I will definitely attack with all my might." ”

"Ziyuan, put it away carefully." Sun Shao sighed: "This is the life-saving food I exchanged for seven hundred acres of high-quality pasture. ”

Although Sima Shi didn't know how much grain this meant, he knew that Sun Shao had never been a loser, and the more he looked like this, the more he took advantage of it, he forced a smile, carefully put away the note, and stepped aside.

"Ziwen, don't worry, we are all men who talk and count, admit gambling and accept defeat." Sun Shao patted Cao Zhang's shoulder: "I said that if you want to kill and injure more than half of the Sassanids, then you will definitely do it." You get ready, I may have to fight overnight, maybe I won't be able to wait until tomorrow, and if you react too slowly and let Awad run, don't blame me for turning my face. I don't recognize those 700 acres of pasture. ”

"Don't worry." Cao Zhang picked his chin and patted the note in his hand with a bright face: "Just rush to these seven hundred acres of pasture, I must also unscrew Awad's dog's head." How's it going, will it be down tomorrow? ”

"How did you become a gambler?" Sun Shao said dissatisfiedly: "Small gambling is pleasant, big gambling hurts the body, this is not a good habit." ”

Cao Zhang laughed and walked away. He felt that Sun Shao must be afraid of losing, and he didn't dare to gamble anymore.

Sun Shao turned around and immediately arranged for the soldiers to rest, and a group of heavy soldiers rushed into the formation, some carrying hot meals, some carrying bundles of arrows, some holding bundles of war knives, and the medical soldiers carrying stretchers, shuttling through the position, collecting the bodies of the wounded or killed soldiers, carrying them to the back of the battle for unified placement, and those who were lightly wounded were bandaged.

Although the soldiers of the Destruction Battalion fought for a day, they were full of spirits, they gulped on fragrant meals, drank the small wine they were distributed, and watched the beautiful female nurses bandage the wounded. These medical soldiers were recruited from all over the world, and they were of a variety of races, including Han Chinese, Tianzhu, Aksumite, and more Romans and Sassanids, some of whom were battalion secretaries who accompanied the army, and who were not only responsible for providing medical care but also for solving the personal problems of the soldiers, and some were purely medical personnel, the difference was only in the boat-shaped caps. Today is the scene of the battle, and all the people who came to the battle were all camp records, and it was not surprising that they were rubbed with some oil while bandaging the soldiers. They didn't care, while skillfully bandaging, they moderately laughed with the soldiers, and provoked small orgasms from time to time.

Thirty paces away, the Sassanids, who were hiding behind their shields to nibble on dry food and drink cold water, watched all this with envy, listening to the unbridled laughter of the soldiers of the Destroyer Battalion, and they could only vent their strength on the dry food and chew it viciously. Although Awad knew that the soldiers who broke the formation were already very tired, he did not dare to withdraw them, for fear that Sun Shao would be beaten out again at night, and the position that he had paid a huge price would be lost, so he could only grit his teeth and hold on, preparing to fight overnight and take the position in one go. They did not refuse horses as cover, and could only form a defensive formation with shields, taking turns to eat. At first, they only knew that the equipment could not be compared with the soldiers of the Destroyer Battalion, but now they not only smelled the aroma of food, but also heard the laughter of women, and they knew that the treatment of the Vietnamese soldiers was not only well-equipped, but also that the food and various services were not comparable to them. The more the Sassanids think about it, the more angry they become, they are also fighting with their lives, but even if they don't die and survive in the end, the benefits are very limited, and they can't take their turn at all, even if there is a reward, after layers of exploitation, it is very limited in their hands.

After this close comparison, the Sassanids were silent, munching on the dry food in their hands, waiting for the next bloody battle to begin.

On the command platform, Sima Shi clearly reported the situation to Sun Shao: "King, after a bloody battle, a total of 313 horses were broken and rejected, accounting for 30% of the total, the advance of the Sassanids penetrated 110 paces into the position, and the bottom width was about 100 paces, our army lost 1,351 people, seriously wounded 2,585 people, and the preliminary estimate was about 7,000 people killed or wounded by the other side. He paused, and then said: "King, the loss of the reserve is more than thirty percent, do you want to replenish some from the cavalry formation?" ”

"No, you don't." Sun Shao raised his head and looked at the Sassanid camp in the distance, which was brightly lit by fire, "It's time for the Sassanids to see our cavalry." ”

(To be continued)