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Ardashir was a little nervous, but more excited, so far, the other party's reaction is in his calculations, although Awad has not sent back any news, but the Romans almost poured into the nest, almost leaving an empty camp, let him hit with one blow, now the plan to flank the Han army camp has been realized as scheduled, even if it can't break through the Han army camp, kill its main general, it can be regarded as more than half of the success. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

The rest depends on whether we can achieve a satisfactory victory in this battle and burn those oil tanks of the Han army.

Ardashir stared intently at the fierce battle of the Han army camp, and instinctively clenched his fists, he had never been so nervous in all these years, except for the time when Hormiz Dagan fought to the death against the Parthian king Artaban V. On that occasion, he destroyed the army of Ardaban V in one fell swoop, and beheaded Ardaban V on the spot, officially announcing the end of the 400-year-old foundation of the Parthian Empire and the rise of Sassanid Persia.

Today, will he be able to defeat a powerful enemy again and push Sassanid Persia to a new height?

Everything depends on the outcome of today's battle.

The camp of the Han army is divided into five parts, the front is the camp of Li Yan, the protector of the Shu army, the back is the camp of Chen Hai, the right general of the Yue State Naval Division, the left is the camp of Cao Zhang, the general of the Han court chariot and cavalry, and the camp of Cao Zhi, the general of Wei, on the right is the camp of the Sheba Bedouin, the northern barbarians and the Tianzhu mercenaries led by Xiahou Rong, the Chinese army is the base camp of the crown prince Sun Feng, which is composed of the army led by the Yue general Lu Xun and the sailor Zhuge Zhi, the commander of the Red Sea, and the personal guard battalion composed of the Teutonic people is also among them. Now Chen Hai in the rear camp has fought fiercely with the Sassanids who have conquered the Roman camp, and Li Yan in the front camp is also waiting for him.

The Sassanids who rushed out of the city gate saw countless torches lit up in the Han army camp, knowing that the other party had already prepared and did not leave them a chance to sneak attack, but they ignored it, and took advantage of the night to run wildly, holding shields and swords in their hands, and rushed straight to the Han army camp. Although torches were lit at the head of the city and in the camp, the middle section of the road was still full of shadows, and the Sassanids fell to the ground from time to time, but they didn't care about these at all, and the soldiers didn't look at the fallen robes, and approached the Han camp as fast as they could.

As they approached the camp and could see the road in front of them, the Sassanids shouted in unison, raised their swords high, and lunged forward in a loose formation.

Zong Yu stood in the middle of the military formation, watching the Sassanid people outside the camp who had already entered the firing range, and suddenly shouted: "Launch!" ”

"Launch!" "Launch!" With a few shouts from near and far, the artillery crews who had already prepared raised their wooden hammers high and slammed them down. With a loud bang, the heavy counterweight sank violently, and the long connecting rod of the ballista began to slide rapidly, throwing the oil tank in the basket into the sky.

"Whoosh-" "Whoosh-" There were more than a dozen sounds in succession, and the first batch of oil cans flew through the air, flying a distance of three or four hundred steps, and smashed directly into the Sassanid formation, and several Sassanids were hit, and without even snorting, they were beaten upside down and flew up, and fell to the ground with a "boom".

"Keep going—" a thousand commanders snapped. He had participated in the battle during the day today, and knew how powerful these oil tanks were, and although their current formation was relatively loose, if they could not quickly pass through this section and meet the Han people in hand-to-hand combat, it would be a disaster to meet them.

Sure enough, as the oil tanks flew and cracked among the Sassanids one after another, and the grease inside flowed freely, rockets flew up from the Han army camp, with an ominous roar, and swooped down on the Sassanids who were running wildly. The Sassanids did not dare to slack off, and they hurriedly raised their shields, on the one hand, to guard against being shot by arrows, and on the other hand, they would rather be shot by rockets than let them ignite the grease on the ground, otherwise they would die a terrible death. They held their breath and ran with their legs drawn, staring at the rockets flying in the sky, and as soon as they found that a rocket had fallen near them, they hurriedly went up to extinguish it, delaying the fire as long as possible.

However, as the number of oil tanks and rockets increased, the fire still burned irrepressibly and spread rapidly. When the Sassanids saw this, they did not dare to slack off, and used all their strength to feed and move closer to the camp as fast as possible. They rushed wildly, and soon gathered a lot of people in front of the camp gate, quickly organized themselves, and stormed the camp gate.

Li Yan's face was calm, his serious face was illuminated by the sparks in front of him, and he looked even more gloomy, he paced back and forth on the general platform in the camp with his hands behind his back, and looked coldly at the Sassanids who were frantically attacking in front of the camp gate, and he felt a little puzzled in his heart. It stands to reason that Ardashir transferred the Romans away with a plan to attack the east and west, and then conquered the Romans' camp with superior forces, and had already achieved a great advantage. There are nearly 60,000 people in the Han army camp, and the five camps cooperate with each other, even if the Sassanids are all dispatched and bring siege equipment, they may not be able to take advantage, not to mention that now they are suddenly attacking, and they do not bring large weapons at all, can they overcome the camp with flesh and blood?

It's too short, it's too long, it's not the work of a wise man, could it be that Ardashir was stimulated by the daytime fiasco?

"Give me a hard beating." Li Yan drank coldly, waved his hand, and said to Ma Zhong. Ma Zhong nodded, waved the order flag, and conveyed Li Yan's order to the sect pre in the array. In fact, there is no need for him to say, Zongpre did not spare his hand, when the Sassanids attacked the Roman camp, Li Yan ordered to prepare, they pushed the crossbows to the front of the camp fence, and set up the ballistas, arrows and oil cans shot together, and ruthlessly ravaged the Sassanids in front of the camp. One by one, the oil tanks were broken, and one after another were ignited by rockets, and a raging fire was ignited, illuminating the front of the camp as bright as day, and the fierce figures of the Sassanids could not be hidden in the light of the fire, becoming the best targets for the crossbowmen, and with the sound of tooth-aching springs, a canopy of arrows shot out, like mowing grass, and shot row after row of Sassanids to the ground.

Li Yan is very strict in governing the army, even when he is not in charge, his subordinates never stop practicing, and their physical fitness and skills have always been maintained in a very good state. Although there was a fierce battle during the day today, but in general, their morale was still very good, and now the attack and defense have fallen one by one, and the Sassanids have taken the initiative to attack, it is when they have exerted their siege ability, and then show their strong defensive ability, with the support of the tall fence wall, they fought in an orderly and orderly manner.

The Sassanids did not have large weapons, and in the face of the Han people armed to the teeth, they could only advance with the courage of blood and the sword and round shield in their hands, trying to break through the camp gate, and pour into the camp to fight with the Han army. They huddled together, formed a circle with wooden shields to resist the sharp arrows of the Han Chinese, rushed to the camp gate, slashed with knives, kicked with their feet, and slammed their bodies into the camp gate, while the soldiers in the inner circle covered with bows and arrows. The Han soldiers blocked from inside the camp and from the barracks, and less than ten paces away, the arrows of both sides galloped and killed together.

After paying the lives of dozens of people, the Sassanids finally cut open the camp gates, and they shouted excitedly and rushed in.

"Squeeze them out!" Li Yan saw the situation at the gate of the camp, but he was not worried, and after giving an order, he set his eyes on the city of Taixi in the distance. Although he couldn't see Ardashir at the head of the city of Ctesiphon, he saw the fire on the tower, and he estimated that Ardashir should be standing at the head of the city. He glanced at the Sassanids in front of the camp, estimated the number, and felt even more suspicious, there are only 10,000 people here at most, Ardashir thinks that only 10,000 people can break through my camp? Or did he leave his most elite foot soldiers for the last killing?

The Sassanids who had not had time to rejoice long before they were greeted by a dozen ballistae in a semicircle, but not ballistae that fired oil canisters or masonry, but ballistas loaded with rows of arrows, and the murderous arrows glowed with a chilling light in the light of the torches.

"Kill!" The Sassanids had no choice but to hold their round shield in front of them to protect the vital points, while fighting for their lives.

"Shoot!" Zong Pre coldly gave the order.

"Hum-" A canopy of arrows flew out almost at the same time, and within a distance of less than ten paces, a powerful rain of arrows pierced through the Sassanid shields, knocking the Sassanids who were rushing forward with their shields, and falling on their backs.

The Sassanids fell seven or eight at once.

More than a dozen ballistas shot nearly a thousand arrows almost instantly, knocking down more than half of the Sassanids who rushed into the camp, like a thick bamboo shoot, which was stripped of its thick bamboo coat at once, leaving only the delicate bamboo shoot core. The Sassanids were stunned, and stood at the gate of the camp, not knowing whether to advance or retreat. Zong Yu did not hesitate, with a wave of his hand, the spearmen and the sword and shield hands cooperated with each other, and rushed forward, swords and spears together, slaughtering the remaining dozens of Sassanids, and re-closing the camp gate.

At the gate of the camp, rivers of blood flowed, and the Sassanids, who had been badly wounded and had not yet died, fell in pools of blood, and let out a miserable wail. The Han sergeant turned a deaf ear, stepped forward and cut off their heads one by one, and then threw the headless corpses out of the barracks and threw them into the Sassanid crowd.

The front and rear battalions fought fiercely, the left, right, and middle battalions also lit torches, and the soldiers lined up in the battalion, ready to attack. Sun Feng, accompanied by Lu Xun, ascended to the highest command platform in the camp, held his clairvoyance to check the battle between the front camp and the rear camp, and then looked at the head of the city of Ctesiphon, and then put down his clairvoyance and said with emotion: "That Greek philosopher is right, if God wants to destroy it, he must first make it crazy." I think Ardashir is really crazy, desperate to fight for his life. ”

"He doesn't fight for his life, and he doesn't have many chances." Lu Xun also put down his clairvoyance and turned his head to look at Sun Feng: "Prince, I think he seems to have something else to fear." There are 10,000 people in the front camp, and although there seem to be a lot of people in the back camp, I am afraid that there are a lot of bluff elements, at most 10,000 people, and he used 20,000 people to attack our big camp, which is no longer comparable to madness. ”

"Then what does my uncle think he has planned?" Sun Feng asked with a smile.

"Tonight, he first attacked the camp of little Gordian, lured the Romans to take the risk to rescue, and then ransacked the camp of the Romans. Lu Xun pondered for a moment, then suddenly raised his head and said: "Prince, immediately send someone to the baggage camp, I think his purpose should still be the baggage camp, where there is not only our grain and grass, but also oil tanks, which can be almost destroyed with just a few people and a fire." ”

Sun Feng nodded, "It's really possible, but I've already sent Nikolai and them over, as long as it's not the Sassanid battalion attacking in, just a few small works won't help." Yang Dezu has always been shrewd, and he will not leave any chance for the Sassanids. ”

Lu Xun smiled slightly: "Since the crown prince has already made arrangements, then I think Ardashir's chances are really not much." ”

In the baggage camp, Yang Xiu leaned comfortably on a high-backed chair, reading a book by an oil lamp, and there were a few small dishes on the table next to him, and a pot of wine was exuding an attractive aroma of wine. He praised from time to time, then took a sip of wine from his glass, and Nikolai, who had just arrived on order, hurriedly poured him wine respectfully, and the adoration in his eyes was fully revealed.

When Nikolai rushed into the baggage camp, ten Sassanid fines had been tied up by Yang Xiu's order, and the baggage camp was quiet, and there was no panic in the shadows, Yang Xiu'an drank steadily and looked at the book, as if nothing had happened outside. He looked at it for a long time, but he didn't see any flaws in those Sassanid fine works, or Yang Xiu said, you can just tear open their chests and look at them, but as soon as Nikolai ripped off those fine clothes, he saw exactly the same flame pattern.

Nikolai knew these flame patterns, they once caught a fine work, exhausted the torture and failed to ask the result, only found this fire pattern on his body, and later heard that this fire pattern is a unique tattoo of the Sassanid temple, all the most loyal Sassanid nobles, doing such fine work for three years is more meritorious than fighting in the army for three years. These people have all sworn in front of Ahura that they will never betray Sasani, of course, they don't dare, once it is verified, not only will their own lives be guaranteed, but their families will also be implicated, and the price is too great.

He didn't expect that Ardashir would send ten of these fine works to the baggage camp at once, and what he didn't expect was that none of these ten fine works were caught by Yang Xiu. He had been to the baggage camp several times, and he had met the men of the ten fine works several times, the earliest of whom must have entered the camp before Damascus, but he never found anything wrong with them. In his opinion, these Sassanid craftsmen looked like Syrians and Armenians, humble and industrious.

"My lord, how did you find out?" Nikolai asked humbly with a smiling face.

"If the heart is not right, God is not right." Yang Xiu stretched out two fingers a little arrogantly and pointed to his eyes: "Their flaws are all in the Ah Jian." ”

Nikolai is the hardest working among the thirteen knights, and he is very diligent in Chinese, and the common sayings spoken by Yang Xiu did not stop him, he blinked his eyes and quickly understood what Yang Xiu meant.

"Could it be that the king named you the head of the thirteen knights, and you are really a teachable son." Yang Xiu smiled, glanced at the Teutonic warrior who was following Nikolai, and waved his hand: "Please report back to the prince, and say that the baggage camp is safe and sound." You'd better go with these finesse, for I'm afraid your Teutonian wrath will set the oil cans on fire here. ”

Nikolai laughed, no longer delayed, and let the ten fine works be dragged out of the baggage camp and rushed to report to Sun Feng.

Sun Feng and Lu Xun looked at these ten frustrated fine works, looked at each other and smiled. Sun Feng twisted his fingers and hesitated: "Uncle, do you want to ......?"

"I think it's better to wait." Lu Xun looked at the head of the city, "Come and say Fang Chang, the opportunity now is not the best." ”

Sun Feng thought for a moment: "Okay, just listen to my uncle." ”

Ardashir stood at the head of the city, the more he looked at it, the more nervous he became, his heart couldn't help sinking, the tactics of two-way flanking attacks had been implemented, but the victory he was most looking forward to had not come, seeing that the soldiers who attacked the front battalion could no longer support it, and if he continued to fight, he was afraid that he would all be folded under the arrow array of the Han people, and there would be no chance if he did not retreat. He looked at the sky, and the east was already showing the whiteness of the fish's belly, and the night was about to pass, and the first rays of dawn were about to shine on the earth. Once the Han people find out that there are only 20,000 people outside the camp, they will definitely go out of the camp to fight back, and the people from other battalions will also participate in the action, and these 20,000 hard-working soldiers will have no chance of survival.

"Withdraw!" Ardashir gave the order somewhat reluctantly.

At last they heard the trumpet of retreat, and the Sassanids, who had been fighting hard for most of the hour, finally breathed a sigh of relief, and withdrew from the battle formation under the cover of each other, and returned to the camp. At this time, it was still very dark, and Sun Feng and the others did not go out of the camp to pursue, allowing the Sassanids to retreat. At the same time, after several unsuccessful battles against the Romans, Awad also gave up his plan to continue the attack and led the cavalry to flee far away.

It was dark, and Quintus looked at the messy camp and wanted to cry without tears. In today's battle, the biggest loss is the Romans, the little Gordian was attacked by Awad, lost nearly 3,000 men and horses, and then the two armies fought fiercely, and lost nearly 3,000 people, and now it is even worse, the battalion was actually burned by the Sassanids, and a legion left behind also lost more than half, and the total strength was lost nearly 10,000 people.

Just when everyone was frustrated, Momia appeared before them and encouraged them that although the loss was not small, we had defeated the Sassanids in a frontal battle. What is this loss, as long as the Ctesiphon is broken, these losses can be made up for exponentially, it is not terrible to lose things, as long as the army is still there, your courage is still there, we are fearless.

In just a few words, everyone was encouraged again, and Momia struck while the iron was hot, and took the initiative to ask for an order to discuss with the prince of Yue and borrow some supplies to alleviate the predicament of the Romans. The soldiers fought a bloody battle with the Sassanids, she was a woman, she could not go into battle, she was responsible for this task, who made Philip and Sun Feng brothers.

(To be continued)