Chapter 1206: A Shocking Scene
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The first legion of the Wei army, the sword warriors and the sword and shield men formed a line to press the Jin army, which was more than ten times their number, to retreat step by step, at this time the momentum of the Jin army was already the same as before, and everyone's eyes showed a look of horror, but under this fear, people had a hard insistence, they wanted to defend their homeland.
At this moment, the Jin State catapult on the inner city wall suddenly spit out a meteor, and the whistling stone bullets hit the city, and the Wei soldiers and the Jin soldiers flew into the air together. The scene was chaotic.
"! This is really ruthless!! Xiahou Yuan scolded angrily.
"Look, General!" General Zhang Zu pointed to the watchtower where Hu Zhao was.
Xiahou Yuan looked in the direction of Zhang Zu's finger and saw that the standard-bearer was conveying the order to collect troops.
Xiahou Yuan frowned, glanced at the chaotic city wall under the fire of the Jin army, and ordered: "Mingjin retreats!" ”
"No!"
As the sound of the Wei army's golden bell sounded, the officers and men of the Wei army's First Army and the rest army retreated like a flood of the ebbing tide.
When everything was quiet, the battlefield was covered with corpses, the blood decorated the whole earth with a terrible color, all kinds of destroyed siege engines were scattered on the battlefield, some were still burning, from time to time wall bricks rolled down from the place where the stone bombardment had been blown, and vultures circled in the air, as if waiting for a sumptuous dinner.
Xiahou Yuan returned to the big tent, slammed his helmet on the desk, and scolded: "Damn! It's about to take down the walls! Huang Xuan but suddenly used such a trick!? ”
Hu Zhao asked Zhang Zu beside him: "What is the loss of our army?" ”
Zhang Zu replied: "Our army has more than 15,000 casualties, including more than 9,000 casualties in the Anxi army!" ”
The Jin lost more than 30,000 men in this battle, of which nearly 20,000 were killed, most of whom died at the hands of the Wei army's First Legion.
"What about the losses of the First Army?" Hu Zhao asked.
"The First Army suffered more than 6,000 casualties, including nearly 4,000 killed!"
Hu Zhao and Xiahou Yuan couldn't help but feel a little distressed, although six thousand people didn't seem to be much, but these were the elite of a hundred battles in the Wei army, and they were the backbone of the Wei army and the foundation of combat effectiveness, any loss was a pity, and the soldiers of the First Army were not comparable to a servant army like the Sabbath Army!
"! What a loss is so much! When I capture the fortress, I'll have to scrape this bastard alive! Xiahou Yuan said fiercely.
Over the next few days, the Wei army, led by the Wei First Army, continued to storm the fortress of Khorezm, which was crumbling under the onslaught of the Wei army, but the Wei army was never able to make a decisive breakthrough. During this period, the Jin reinforcements twice desperately supported the fortress of Khorezm, but failed after paying a heavy price.
Just when the war on the Northern Front was in full swing, the war on the Western Front also entered a white-hot stage.
During the day, the Roman soldiers surrounded Qin Xifeng like the ocean, and at night the artillery fire of both sides turned the entire night sky into day.
"General, the enemy army has retreated!"
The general Zhao Tuo reported to Zhao Yunyu.
Zhao Yun is also in Qinxi Fengcheng now.
At present, there are 150,000 rebels of the Wei army and Kailunsa in Qinxi Fengcheng, and there were originally more than 180,000 people, but they have lost more than 30,000 people in these days of fighting.
Outside the city, there are more than 700,000 Roman troops, banners like clouds, the army is particularly strong, nearly 500,000 of these 700,000 troops are the regular legions of the Roman army, and Rome uses nearly half of the regular army.
Zhao Yun nodded, looking at the Roman army that receded like a flood of the ebbing tide, he couldn't help frowning, "Is there any news from Komeito?" ”
Zhao Tuo shook his head and said with some complaints: "General Xu Huang is not good at this!" I don't like to send messages to the rear! ”
Zhao Yun smiled and said: "This is Gongming's habit, and it is also his characteristic!" There are benefits to not sending messages! Sending a message may reveal their location! ”
At this time, the Assyrian governor Karensa came to Zhao Yun.
"General Zhao!" Karen performed a Roman aristocratic ritual.
Zhao Yun cupped his fists and saluted back.
"General Zhao, I heard that the war between your army and the people of the Jin Kingdom is not going well! I wonder if it's true? Karen Sa asked.
Zhao Yun's heart moved, and he smiled: "The Imperial Northern Offensive is indeed in some trouble, but I believe that there will be good news soon!" ”
Karen Sa nodded, came to the battlement, looked at the Roman military camp that stretched for more than ten miles outside the city, and said worriedly: "If the war continues like this, Qin Xifeng will not be able to hold it!" ”
Zhao Yun smiled and said: "Although the Roman army has 700,000 people, it is not easy to break through our army's defense line!" Your Excellency the Governor, what are you thinking about the advice I gave you earlier? ”
Karen Sa hesitated for a moment, and asked a little unwillingly, "Is there no other way?" ”
Zhao Yun said: "Lord Governor, if you want to win, you can't care about the gains and losses of one city and one place, otherwise you can only drink hatred!" We have had similar battles in the Central Plains, and I have already told you! ”
Karen Sa nodded slowly and sighed, "Okay then! Just follow General Zhao's advice! General Zhao, please give an order! ”
In the middle of the night, just as the Roman general Schneider was about to go to bed, the scouts suddenly broke into the tent.
"What are you doing in a hurry?" Schneider shouted exasperatedly.
The scout hurriedly replied: "General, we have found that the Wei army and the rebel army have left the city and are heading to the east!" ”
Schneider was stunned for a moment, and then Huo suddenly got up, "They're going to run away!" Order the Seventh and Eighth Legions to pursue immediately! ”
"Yes!"
At the same time, Yusuf, the general of another large battalion of the Roman army, also received a report from the scouts, and Yusuf immediately sent the Fourth Army in pursuit.
It should be noted here that the Roman army of more than 700,000 men was in fact divided into two parts, one led by the general Schneider to break through Dura Europos from the west and then reach the city of Qincifeng, and the other part led by Yusuf from the Caucasus Mountains in the north, and after defeating Artashat, marching under the city of Qinxifeng.
Such a deployment was successful in the early stage, but when the two armies arrived at the city of Qinxifeng, there was a problem, and there was a double-headed eagle situation, and it was precisely because of this that in the siege of the city in these days, the Roman army missed two excellent opportunities. The Roman emperor had left Rome to solve this problem.
The 150,000-strong Roman army pursued eastward in two parts. The Fourth Legion took a detour to the front of the other two legions.
Moments later, the Fourth Army arrived outside a grove. This forest is located on the side of the official road, and there is nothing out of the ordinary.
The Fourth Army paid no heed to the woods and continued its pursuit to the east.
Just as half of the soldiers of the Fourth Legion were walking around the woods, a dense sound of breaking the air suddenly came from the woods, and a large number of the Roman soldiers fell before they could react.
The Roman soldiers were shocked.
At this moment, the thunderous sound of horses' hooves resounded through the night sky, and countless cavalry roared out of the woods, like wolves that suddenly appeared. These cavalrymen were dressed in Wei army armor, but their appearance was somewhat different from the real Wei people, not like Han people, but like Huns, it turned out that these were the Xiongnu legions under the command of the Wei army.
Tens of thousands of Hun cavalry rushed out of the woods, divided into several arrows, and cut the unprepared Roman army into several sections.
Immediately afterwards, nearly 20,000 Hun cavalry stormed part of the Roman army.
The Hun cavalry relied on the traditional cavalry and archery skills to run around the Roman army, arrows rained down, the Romans were slapped to the ground one by one like seedlings under the rainstorm, and the screams came and went, and the Roman general was swept off his war horse by the dense arrow rain, and then his war horse was also overturned by the arrow rain.
Although the Romans were in a situation of being passively beaten, their fighting spirit was clearly still there, and they were quickly blocking the defensive formation.
The Hun cavalry did not want to wait for the Roman army to form a battle formation, brandishing their swords and shouting to rush towards the Roman army, like a storm in the desert.
The traditional shield spearmen of the Roman army hurriedly pushed to the front and let out a shout together, the momentum was not weak, but the front was a little thin.
The Fourth Roman Legion was, after all, a regular Roman legion, and was still able to rise up in an unfavorable situation.
The Hun cavalry wave slammed into the Roman army's shield spear line, the dull impact sound came and went, many Roman army shield spearmen were knocked out, and many Hun cavalry were fiercely carried down from the war horse, the scene seemed to be rapid, hot and chaotic.
The Hun cavalry broke through the Roman army's shield and spear line in one blow and rushed into the Roman army.
It was like a flood bursting into a wheat field.
The Hun cavalry galloped and killed, and the Roman army desperately tried to stabilize the line to resist the onslaught of the Hun cavalry, and behaved quite bravely.
At the same time, two other groups of Hun cavalry were storming the other two parts of the Roman army, and the fighting was quite fierce.
Thousands of Hun cavalry cut through the Roman army, and the Roman army finally appeared in a panicked scene.
The Hun cavalry that passed through the gouge immediately turned their horses' heads and attacked the rear of the Roman army.
Rushing the rear of the Roman army to pieces.
At the same time, the frontal assault of the Hun cavalry continued to storm. The fierce battle lasted more than a quarter of an hour, and the Hun cavalry finally completely broke down the defensive formation of the Roman army.
Some of the Roman troops threw away their armor and fled in a hurry, while the other part resisted desperately, and the Hun cavalry ruthlessly slaughtered the fleeing and resisting Roman troops, and there was no suspense in the war.
About half an hour later, the entire battlefield was basically quiet, and the Hun cavalry had disappeared, leaving only a desolation strewn with corpses.
Soon after, the Seventh and Eighth Legions of the Roman Army came here and were shocked by the sight in front of them! (To be continued.) )