Zhang Ren immediately ordered to step up the repair of the city wall and clean up the battlefield. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

After a round of the four walls, he returned to the office.

As soon as Zhang Yiyi returned to the office, some subordinates rushed to report: "General, today's battle losses have been counted!" ”

"How?" Zhang Ren tried his best to put on an indifferent appearance, but he still showed a tight expression.

The general said in a deep voice: "The total number of casualties of our army today is more than 9,000 people!" ”

Zhang Ren frowned.

The ministry continued: "Among them, the Sixth Army Corps suffered more than 7,000 casualties! ”

Zhang Ren gasped heavily, frowned, and said, "I just made a round trip on the city wall, and I found that the Assyrian servant army looked a little unstable!" Later, you go down and break up the Assyrian army and merge it into the Sixth Legion!" ”

"The general is worried?" The general frowned and asked.

Zhang Ren nodded.

Rutav stood on the city wall and sighed as he glanced at the Roman barracks outside the city.

An officer beside him asked puzzledly, "General, what's wrong with you?" ”

This Rutav was the commander of the Assyrian servant army, originally a general under the command of Karensa, when Karensa's subordinates rebelled, he did not rebel with him, and later withdrew to the east with the Wei army, and after the Wei army returned to Dura Europos, this loyal Assyrian was promoted to the commander of the Assyrian servant army.

The Assyrian servant army numbered 50,000 men, including five commanders, each commanding 50,000 troops, and Rutaf commanded one of them.

Rutav sighed, looked at the Roman camp outside the city, and said worriedly: "I'm a little worried? ”

The subordinates understood what Rutav meant, nodded thoughtfully, and said with great concern: "The Romans are millions of people, and we only have more than a hundred thousand!" Even if those 200,000 reinforcements arrive, we have almost no chance of winning! ”

Lu Tafu nodded and said with a wry smile: "I thought that I could enjoy the glory and wealth by taking refuge in the Wei people, but I didn't expect it!" ”

The subordinates glanced around, lowered their voices, and said, "General, we are not Wei people in the first place, and there is no need to die for Wei people!" It's better to ・・・・・・"

Rutaf's heart moved, but he shouted unhappily: "Shut up! How can I, Rutaf, be such a person! ”

Just when the offensive and defensive battle of Dura Europolos was in full swing, the main force led by Zhao Yun finally arrived on the east bank of the Camphor River, and the army under Zhao Yun included the First Legion, the Xianbei Legion and the 50,000 iron cavalry led by Ma Chao, a total of 250,000 people.

That night, a scout galloped into the Wei military camp.

"General!" Then the scout ran into the big tent and saluted.

Zhao Yun, who was discussing with the crowd, raised his head and asked, "How is the situation?" ”

The scout replied: "The offensive and defensive battle has just ended, and there are corpses on the city wall, and the battle situation is extremely tragic!" But the Romans were not able to shake the slightest! ”

Zhao Yun nodded, "How is the situation on the other side of the river?" ”

The scout replied: "The five legions of the Romans with a total of 250,000 troops are blocking the opposite side, and one of them is the second Spartan legion of the Romans!" ”

"250,000 horses, and a Spartan legion, we don't have any advantage!" Zhao Tuo frowned and looked at Zhao Yun.

Zhao Yun looked at the sand table in front of him and frowned slightly, pointed to the Camphor River, and said, "Even if we break through the enemy's defense line, I'm afraid we won't be able to relieve the siege of Dura Europos!" “

Everyone couldn't help but nod.

"Zilong, no matter what, we can't die without help!" Ma Chaodao.

Zhao Yun muttered: "It's really a bit difficult to do in this situation! ”

Ma Chao suggested: "Why don't I lead the logistics line that bypasses and attacks the enemy?" ”

Zhao Yun shook his head, "The enemy has been prepared for this for a long time!" According to the scouts' reports, the enemy built strong fortresses along the route, each with five thousand soldiers stationed! Although the Iron Cavalry is brave, it cannot break through the enemy fortress in a short time! If it cannot be broken in a short time, there is a high probability that it will fall into the encirclement of enemy troops! The risk is too great, and the gains outweigh the losses! ”

"Then simply move north and solve the 200,000 Roman troops!" Zhao Tuo suggested.

Zhao Yun's fingers moved from the Camphor River to Artasat, "Once we leave here, it will be equivalent to opening the door to the East, and the consequences will be unimaginable!" ”

Everyone couldn't help but fall silent, feeling that the situation in front of them was really a headache.

In the end, Zhao Yun and the others decided to launch a surprise attack on the Roman army in front of them.

Early the next morning, when the sun had just risen, the Roman sentinels saw tens of thousands of cavalry sweeping across the river, with a momentum like a rainbow and a murderous spirit.

The sentry was alarmed and hurriedly sounded the alarm bell.

The Roman soldiers hurriedly prepared for the battle, and the Wei army's actions were somewhat unexpected, and they originally thought that the Wei army would not dare to attack rashly under the situation that the two sides were equal in strength.

The 20,000 horsemen galloped across the river, and the section of the river they crossed was the only part of the Camphor River where they could wade across the river, which is why the Romans set up camp in this area.

After crossing the river, 20,000 iron horsemen ran along the Roman military camp on both sides and fired arrows at the Roman military camp with horse archery skills, and the Roman crossbowmen were not idle, and the arrows of both sides staggered in mid-air.

20,000 iron horsemen came to the north and south sides of the enemy camp and stopped.

Almost at the same time, a large force of the Wei army appeared on the east bank, and more than 100 catapults were pushed to the front.

When he arrived, only the figures in the Roman military camp were longing.

The Wei army's catapults began to shoot, and the stone bullets flew towards the Roman military camp with a whistling whistle, kicking up a cloud of smoke and dust, which was also mixed with the remains of the camp fence, and the scene was spectacular.

Immediately, the Romans' catapults began to return fire, but their stone projectiles flew straight to the bank of the river and fell one after another, because they placed the catapults on the earthen platform at the back of the camp, and they could not reach the current position of the Wei army.

The artillery bombardment of the Wei army lasted for half an hour, and almost the entire front of the Roman military camp was destroyed.

Zhao Yun nodded at Zhao Tuo on the side, who understood, and immediately ordered the catapult to stop the bombardment, and at the same time ordered the iron cavalry to assault.

The Wei army ordered the banner to point forward suddenly, and the 10,000-strong iron cavalry team that had been waiting impatiently for a long time shouted violently, raising a cloud of smoke and dust and roaring towards the Roman army camp, while the forward battalion of the 20,000 First Army followed closely behind.

The Romans' catapults roared angrily, and the stone bullets whistled and fell in the middle of the charging Wei army, and the Wei soldiers continued to fall, but the Wei army's charge was faster, roaring, like a tiger out of the box, these Wei elites did not care about life and death at all, in their eyes only victory and defeat and the glory of the empire, for which they were willing to sacrifice everything.

The artillery fire of the Romans failed to stop the Wei charge.

Ten thousand horsemen roared to the place where the fence had been, and by this time a legion of the Roman army had lined up in front of the battle, with the shield spearmen in front, followed by the pikemen, and then the Roman army's traditional shortsword and giant shield army.

There are two kinds of traditional armies in Rome, or special armies, one is the shield spear army represented by the Spartan army, and the other is the phalanx army with short swords and giant shields, the former is good at stabilizing the battle line against cavalry, and the latter is good at melee.

A dense rain of arrows roared from the front, and the charging Wei cavalry fell in a large area.

The iron cavalry sent out a rain of arrows with cavalry bows, and the Roman army in front fell a lot.

The iron cavalry of the Wei army, who rushed to the front, put down the cavalry bow in his hand and pulled out the barrier knife suddenly. The Romans couldn't help but feel nervous.

The Wei army's iron cavalry slammed into the Roman army line, and the whole world seemed to tremble violently, many Roman shield spearmen were knocked out, and many Wei cavalry fell off their horses.

The Wei army's iron cavalry pressed the Roman army front and rushed forward, roaring angrily, desperately waving the barrier knife in his hand, and blood was everywhere in the air. The Roman shield spearmen defended themselves with huge shields, and at the same time attacked with spears in their hands, howling and looking very crazy. The horseman stood up and let out a mournful roar, and the knight fell from his horse, and was pierced by countless spears, and the horse violently trampled the Roman soldier to the ground, and the Roman soldier was immediately reduced to flesh under countless iron hooves.

The two sides held each other for a quarter of an hour, and a group of iron cavalry broke through the Roman line from the middle section, while at the same time, the forward battalion of the 1st Army divided into two parts and launched a fierce attack on both flanks of the Roman line.

Seeing that the Roman army was about to collapse completely, the Roman army Spartan army and another main army rushed up.

The armies of both sides engaged in a magnificent and tragic melee in front of the Roman military camp.

Both sides are the elite of their respective armies, and they are unwilling to back down in the face of a strong enemy, and they are determined to fight to the end.

Just when the two sides were inseparable, the left and right battalions of the first army of the Wei army, the forward battalion and the middle battalion of the Xianbei regiment had also crossed the river.

The fighting intensified.

Just when the attention of both sides was attracted by the frontal battle, the 20,000 Wei cavalry who had crossed the river suddenly launched a fierce attack on the south and north sides of the Roman military camp.

The Roman army was caught off guard by the Wei army's iron cavalry to break through the south and north gates.

The Wei army's iron cavalry broke through the north and south gates of the Roman army in one breath and broke into the camp.

The Roman general Cartes hastily organized an army counterattack. 、

Tens of thousands of Roman soldiers shouted and rushed towards the iron cavalry that rushed into the camp, and they did not think that their tens of thousands could not withstand the charge of the opposing side. The iron knight raised a cloud of smoke and dust, and the barrier knife in his hand reflected a dazzling brilliance.

The iron cavalry rushed into the Roman army with a momentum that did not return, and many Roman soldiers were knocked out by the huge impact.

The Wei army did not stop, and continued to rush violently, and the cavalry torrent rushed through the enemy's sea of soldiers, and the scene was like two powerful waves rushing together.

Iron Hoof slammed the oncoming Roman soldier to the ground, and a human head rose into the sky with a swing of the blade; A Wei cavalry was thrown off his horse by a Roman soldier, and the two were reduced to flesh under the rolling iron hooves, and their flesh and blood could no longer be separated. (To be continued.) )