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Awad held his breath, clenched his fists, and his heart pounded. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info He found that Ardashir was indeed clever, and it was against common sense to suddenly attack Gu Ran in advance, but it was precisely because of common sense that the Romans were unprepared and were hit by him, and thus forced Sun Shao to take risks and gave him a good chance to ambush.

The Han people are good at guarding, this has been confirmed in Axum, but if Sun Shao leaves the camp and faces 30,000 iron horsemen with an army of 10,000, will he still have a chance? Awad's heart fluttered at the thought of the Iron Cavalry ravaging the once invincible Han army, and he couldn't help but want to roar.

"Strike—" Awad roared in a voice that had almost changed his tune.

The long sound of the horn rose to the sky and was heard far away in the night.

The Sassanids, who were in ambush in the northeast of the Roman camp, saw that someone from the Han army camp had come out of the camp, and they could no longer hold back, and when they heard the horn of Awad's order to attack, they immediately let go of the reins and began to gallop their horses, which soon increased to a certain speed, and the rumbling sound of horses' hooves reached everyone's ears as clearly as a burst of thunder.

Little Gordian's ecstatic heart immediately sank to the bottom of the sea, he knew what the consequences would be, and he could guess how many people the Sassanids had ambushed against Sun Shao, who had ventured out of the camp in order to save him, and was now in great danger, or rather, he had almost no chance of surviving.

Everything is because of his carelessness, and now, the Sassanid iron cavalry has begun to launch, even if Sun Shao turns around and runs, I'm afraid it will be too late. The Sassanids had swallowed Sun Shao's army, and in turn they would have slain his two hopeless legions.

Fiasco is imminent.

Little Gordian raised his face, looked at the night sky with the stars twinkling in the east, remorseful, and held back not to shed tears, the first time he led the troops to fight, not only did he not win a big victory, but he even affected Sun Shao, is he really useless?

"General, look!" The staff beside him suddenly screamed, and little Gordian didn't bother to wipe his tears, and looked ahead along his hand, which was pitch black, and there was not even a little light. Little Goldie sank with peace of mind, and the Sassanids were really decisive, and they were thunderous as soon as they struck. But then I thought again, no, even if the Sassanid horses are fast, they won't be so fast, and those fires before the two breaths are still there, why are they extinguished now? Surely not the Sassanids had arrived, unless they were flying.

Little Gordian turned his head and looked at the staff in surprise, and the staff was puzzled: "As soon as the Sassanid horses' hooves sounded, those fires were extinguished, this ...... What's going on? ”

The two stared wide-eyed.

The Sassanids were also puzzled, and they ran their horses as fast as they could, and ran towards the fiery dragon, and they were about to run in front of them, but the fiery dragon was suddenly extinguished, that is, in the blink of an eye, and the front was lost, and only the dark night remained.

What's going on? The Sassanid knights didn't know whether to continue charging or to stop, and after such a moment of hesitation, the smooth charging formation was stagnant, and they had already rushed to the original position of the fire dragon with their usual surname.

"Boom-" There was a loud noise, and the knight who rushed to the front suddenly lost his trace, and then, another war horse behind him couldn't hold his foot, and suddenly the horse lost its front hooves, and fell to the ground at once, and the knight on horseback couldn't make any reaction, so he flew up in the clouds, flew straight out of a dozen steps, and fell heavily to the ground, and before he could make an effective evasive action, the war horse behind had rushed over, and the hooves of the big bowl stepped directly on his back.

There was a clear "click", and the knight was trampled on his spine and was devastated on the spot.

In one breath, dozens of war horses fell to the ground, the formation was chaotic, and the knights behind shouted loudly, trying their best to make the war horses jump or avoid their fallen companions, and continue to run forward.

Just when the Sassanians were in chaos, a piercing roar suddenly sounded from the camp of Sun Shao three hundred steps away, and the Sassanid people who were concentrating on making evasive actions heard it, and their souls were immediately scattered, as long as they participated in the siege of Axum, they were no strangers to this sound, this is the most powerful crossbow of the Han people, which can shoot a spear-like giant arrow out of four hundred steps, although the shooting speed is not fast, but the lethality is amazing, as long as it is shot, whether it is a person or a horse, it will definitely shoot through.

As for the Sassanids who are now in a chaotic formation, although the number of these crossbows is not much, they are deadly enough, as long as a few knights or horses in the formation are knocked down, the knights who charge with their usual surnames will fall down a large area, and the damage caused is far more terrifying than the crossbows themselves.

The Sassanids realized this, but they didn't have time to react, even if some people instinctively raised the round shield in their hands, but the Han people's crossbows could not even stop the heavily armored horses in full armor, what use could this small round shield do?

"Poof" and "poof" a few times, a few crossbows easily shot through the Sassanid knights, and the Sassanids fell to the ground with men and horses, and the knights behind were caught off guard, and one after another they tripped and fell to the ground. Although this is a flat plain with no obstacles, it is very risky to charge in the dark, and now when they encounter such interference, the Sassanids can be said to be suffering, but they have no other way but to continue to accelerate the charge, hoping to rush out of the attack range of the Han crossbow as soon as possible, and at the same time transmit the news of the alarm to the rear.

The hasty alarm signal replaced the melodious charge horn, which caused even greater panic among the Sassanids, and the generals behind did not know what was happening in front of them, and thought that the enemy was too heavily defended to be overcome, and that they had to retreat. But the army had already begun to charge, how could they easily stop, just as they hesitated, they had already rushed to the attack range of the city crossbow, and after being hit head-on, they understood what was going on with the alarm horn just now.

Unfortunately, it was already late.

The crossbows roared and shot through one knight after another, causing a big disturbance, and messing up the smooth formation of the Sassanids, in the dark night, the Sassanids couldn't see how many arrows were shooting, and even the sound of long arrows breaking through the air was drowned out by the neighing of horses, they only knew that a series of people had fallen inexplicably in front of them, and sometimes the comrades around them suddenly fell from their horses, and this invisible fear was even more terrifying, and the murderous spirit of the Sassanids turned into nothing, and all that was left was the rapidly spreading panic.

The horns of inquiries and alarms were heard one after another, and Awad was inexplicably heard, what was going on? It is said that this time it should be nine out of ten, although it is dark and he can't see the situation in front clearly, but Awad knows that there are no obstacles here that affect the charge of the war horses, and Sun Shao only has 10,000 people, even if they all come out to line up, they will definitely not be the opponent of more than 20,000 cavalry, not to mention that this is still a sneak attack?

However, although he could not see the situation ahead, he could tell from the sound of the horn that something unexpected must have happened.

What happened? Awad couldn't figure it out for a while, which made his heart go up and down, and his originally strong fighting spirit suddenly turned into worry.

Little Gordian then turned into ecstasy, no matter what was going on over there, at least from the sound of the Sassanid horns, they must have suffered a loss, and Sun Shao had the upper hand again, although he did not know how Sun Shao had the upper hand, but it was enough for him. He immediately informed the whole battalion that our allies were beating the Sassanids, that the danger had passed, and that we would be victorious as long as we held the camp.

The Roman soldiers, having heard the sound of the Sassanid trumpets, had already had a premonition, but now they heard the order of little Gordian, and their morale was greatly boosted, and they cried out for a fierce battle, and squeezed out the Sassanids, who were about to break into the camp. The Sassanids also heard the trumpet, and although they had not yet received the order to retreat, their morale had been weakened, and they had no intention of fighting, and soon withdrew from the Roman camp.

The Sassanids retreated like a tide, disappearing into darkness, and the noisy battlefield suddenly fell silent. The Romans returned to a dead silence in front of their camp, save only the heavy gasps of the bloody Roman soldiers and the cries of the centurions asking about casualties. The East was slowly quieting down, and neither the Romans nor the Sassanids could see what was going on there.

Awad hesitated, the current situation made him a little uncertain, he did not know whether to continue to attack the Romans or rush over there to check the specific situation, just as he was thinking about it, more and more torches appeared in the south, and the sound of the Roman war drums was getting closer and closer.

Reinforcements from the Romans finally arrived.

Awad did not dare to slack off, and he immediately ordered the Sassanids to withdraw from the battlefield, but instead of leaving, he lit torches, exposed the army to the Romans, and then confronted them silently. At the same time, the relevant generals were called over to inquire about the situation, and those generals couldn't figure out the situation, only knowing that this time the charge lost thousands of knights, but not even a single Han person was touched, and the fight was both incomprehensible and frustrating.

Roman reinforcements arrived, and they set up a large array near Gordian the Younger's camp and waited for them. Little Gordian did not dare to hold on to it any longer, and hurriedly went out of the camp to meet Menolopus, who led the troops. Mennoluphes inquired curiously, and then he learned that there had been a vicious battle here, and even Sun Shao was involved, but the situation on his side was even more strange.

"As soon as His Majesty the Emperor received your request for help, let me come first, and His Majesty the Emperor and the others will be able to arrive soon with a large army behind. Because I was afraid of being ambushed by the enemy, I walked a little slowly. Menoluffis smiled: "However, fortunately, the general is well commanded, and the camp is not lost." ”

"I'm ashamed, I'm ashamed." Little Gordian pointed to the Sassanids in the distance and said, "Although the Sassanids have not been able to take my camp in one go, they have no intention of withdrawing their troops, and if you are not, I am sure they will attack again." ”

"yes, it's a little strange, they all saw us, why didn't they leave?" Mennoluphes was also a little strange, "Does he want to eat me with him?" ”

"Possibly." Little Gordian nodded and said, "However, since His Majesty the Emperor has arrived, I think they will definitely retreat in the face of difficulties." After all, it's almost dawn, and we have twice as many troops. ”

Mennoluphes nodded approvingly.

Not long after, two more Roman legions arrived, and when they asked about the situation, they also felt very happy. However, they found that the Sassanids showed no sign of leaving, but were arranging their troops, as if they were ready to continue the attack. The Romans didn't dare to be careless, the Sassanids were strong, with their strength here, it was enough to fight the Romans again, could they not succeed in a sneak attack, and wanted to change to a strong attack?

Until Quintus led the army to arrive in person, the Sassanids did not retreat, but attacked again, and two thousand men roared and killed in the inky darkness before dawn. Quintus didn't have time to think about it, and immediately commanded his army to fight the Sassanids, and the silent battlefield once again resounded with shouts of killing.

Although the Sassanids suffered in front of the Han army's camp and their morale was greatly reduced, they were fearless in the face of the Romans, roaring and rushing over, the light cavalry fired around the Roman phalanx, while the heavy cavalry urged the horses to rush straight into the phalanx, trying to use the strong impact of the heavy cavalry to open the gap and break through the phalanx. Such tactics were not new, and the Romans were not surprised by them, as the Sassanids had always bullied them. Their response was a spear formation, in which rows of soldiers huddled together and stabbed the Sassanid horses with forest-like spears. Although the Sassanid horses were dressed in armor to withstand spear attacks, the knights on the horses often could not hold the belly of the horses, and were knocked off their horses by spears, and were immediately killed by the Romans.

The two sides once again engaged in a bloody fight.

Sun Shao stood on the platform in the camp, holding up his clairvoyant eyes to check, it was too far away, the sky was dark, and with the torches on both sides, he could only see some general situation, but he saw that the Roman formation was very thick, and he knew that the Roman reinforcements had arrived, and there was no need for him to go out to adventure, so he was also relieved.

"Ziyuan, what a plan." Sun Shao turned his head and praised Sima Shi with a smile. Sima Shi hurriedly said modestly: "The king has won the award, Weichen just said casually, without the king's arrangement, this plan will definitely not work." ”

"Hahaha......" Sun Shao shook his head, "Ziyuan, you, don't be like your father who only knows how to hide, young man, what can't you say?" It's okay if it's wrong, it's up to me. You see, isn't this clever plan of substituting fiction for reality a slap in the hands of the Sassanids? I see that you have a very good talent for soldiers, so don't bury yourself. ”

Sima Shi smiled and didn't say anything. Sun Shao was worried about whether to go out of the camp to rescue the Romans, and he suddenly remembered the pit that had just been dug during the day to guard against the Sassanid cavalry, so he made a suggestion that more than 100 soldiers should stand on one person at intervals of ten paces, each holding two torches, and lighting the torches in turn, making the appearance of a large army leaving the camp, and inducing the Sassanids to attack. When the Sassanids came, the soldiers jumped into the pits and hid, and at the same time extinguished the torches. The Sassanids are cavalry, and it is not easy to stop when they rush up, even if they find that there is no enemy in front of them, they can only continue to rush over, and at this time, not only these pits and the soldiers in the pits can play a certain role, but the crossbows that shoot the battalion up to 400 paces away in the big camp can also play a role, and in the dark night, as long as there is a certain amount of chaos, they can kill and injure a large number of Sassanids.

Things were just like Sima Shi, so smooth that people didn't dare to resemble them, not only delaying time and causing the Sassanids to hesitate, but also killing and wounding many Sassanids, and the price they paid was only a hundred soldiers at most.

Sima Shi was praised by Sun Shao for this, and he was very happy in his heart, this time he made meritorious service, according to Sun Shao's habit of rewarding meritorious service, he would definitely be able to get a certain reward. However, the Sima family's family education is very strict, and the education they have received since childhood is that they are happy and angry, and now although they are happy in their hearts, their faces still do not show anything. He looked at the Sassanids who attacked again, and said with some puzzlement: "The Sassanids have come to attack by surprise, and now that the sneak attack has failed, and the reinforcements of the Romans have arrived, why haven't they retreated?" Could it be that the attack will continue until dawn? ”

"I think it's a little weird, too." Sun Shao's brows locked, and suddenly he thought of something, and he couldn't help but be frightened, and raised his head to look at the direction of Taixi's closure of the city.

Sima Shi also thought of it, he looked at Sun Shao in surprise, but found that although Sun Shao was a little nervous, he was not in a hurry, and after a while, the corners of his mouth actually showed a hint of a smile and shook his head. Sima Shi didn't understand what he meant, and he didn't dare to say much, just stood quietly by Sun Shao's side.

Under Ctesiphon, just as everyone was waiting for news of the battlefield ten miles away, the eastern gate of Ctesiphon suddenly opened, and the Sassanids silently pounced on the Roman army camp outside the city. Most of the Romans rushed to the rescue of Gordian Jr., and only a few soldiers remained in the camp, although they found the Sassanids in time and sounded the war drums for the alarm, but the Sassanids rushed over and quickly broke through the Romans' camp. As soon as they rushed in, they set fires everywhere and slaughtered the Romans who had arrived in a hurry.

The Romans were terrified overnight, and before they could recover from the situation, they were mercilessly slaughtered by the Sassanids, and they had no time to line up, so they could only fight the Sassanids with their own bravery, and although the legion commander tried his best to control the situation, they were still beaten back under the sharp attacks of the Sassanids who continued to pour in.

The Sassanids rode horses and clashed back and forth in the Roman camp, constantly throwing torches at the tents, lighting one tent after another, turning the Roman camp into a sea of fire. The Romans were struggling to hold on, but when they saw the fire in the camp, their morale was even more demoralized, and they could no longer resist the attacks of the Sassanids, and soon they were defeated.

The Sassanids cheered, drove the Romans into all directions, rushed out of the ground behind the Roman camp, but suddenly turned and killed the Han army's camp. Chen Hai, who was in charge of guarding the rear camp, had already been prepared when he heard the shouts of the Roman camp, and as soon as he saw the Sassanids killed, he immediately commanded the soldiers in the camp to launch a counterattack.

The Sassanians were crazy, they braved the dense rain of arrows in the camp, launched wave after wave of attacks, Chen Hai was a little surprised, and felt that these Sassanids didn't seem to be taking the sheep by hand, and then came to take advantage of the Romans' camp.

…… Ardashir stood at the head of the city, his face gloomy, a pair of eagle-sharp eyes staring at the Han army camp in the distance, clenching his fists, slamming the city wall, and shouting in a deep voice: "Attack!" ”

The gate of the city where Tessiphon had been burned to the ground suddenly opened, and a group of heavily armored foot soldiers swarmed out, stepping on the ground that was still warm, and rushed straight to the Han army camp facing the city gate.

(To be continued)