The difference in strength between the two sides is too great, Qin Dong knows that the coalition army must not be allowed to attack the city, if the leader of the coalition army, Herolius, is ruthless and attacks the city day and night, he is an infantry with only 1,000 people, and he will definitely not be able to hold the city by the coalition army in three days at most, and the only way to prevent the coalition army from attacking the city is to prevent the coalition army from using heavy siege equipment such as trebuchets and ballistas.

Although there were no siege towers in Europe at this time, which could be used to cross directly from the platform at the top of the towers to the top of the city, the siege method of using trebuchets and ballistas to carry out large-scale long-range strikes and cover the infantry to climb the city walls with ladders was also very good, and with the large-scale bombardment of ballistas and trebuchets, the casualties of the infantry during the siege were much smaller.

To prevent the coalition army from attacking the city on a large scale, there are two ways to try, the first is field warfare, this method is not used for the time being, not to mention that Qin Dong is at an absolute disadvantage in terms of troops, that is, it takes a lot of troops to defend the city, how can Qin Dong still have extra troops for field battles?

Second, it is to destroy the siege equipment of the coalition army, without the siege equipment, even if the strength of the coalition army is ten times that of Qin Dong, the coalition army may not be able to take the fortress of Razlog City, Qin Dong decided to use these two methods together and prevent the other party from attacking the city.

In the evening, Liu San came to see Qin Dong and reported: "Young master, the 1,000 reinforcements sent from Plov have arrived, and all the light and serious wounded have been sent away, and now there are a total of 2,400 troops that can be used on our side, including 800 cavalry, including your guard cavalry, and 1,600 infantry including archers and heavy infantry!" ”

"Has the new force arrived? Very good! Qin Dong was overjoyed, and he issued an order two days ago for Ma Li to send a thousand infantry from Plov as reinforcements. I didn't expect it to be here in just two days.

Qin Dongxi said: "In this way, in terms of total strength, the strength of the coalition army has shrunk from ten times that of ours to four times. It's too good to close the gap, we have 2,400 people, and the other side is four times as big as us, this gap seems to be very large, but in fact our odds are much greater! ”

Liu San said again: "Young master, I just received a report from the Second Route Army that Mu Ren has commanded the Second Route Army to attack the city all the way. Captured five towns for two days in a row, and in the early hours of this morning, they raided Hall's old nest of Kopp City, which means that Hall is now homeless. However, he himself did not know that his lair had been captured by us, and after leaving some troops to defend the city of Kopu, the army under the command of Muren continued down to the southeast, and the next target was the city of Carmen in Odoase. If the offense is shun lì. With the right strategy, the army should be able to move to the rear of the coalition forces in three days! ”

"Good!" Qin Dong was very satisfied with the speed of Muren's attack, Muren's Second Route Army totaled about 2,000 people, and if there were prisoners along the way and forced the prisoners to participate in the battle, the army in his headquarters should suffer few casualties. If his Second Route Army and Qin Dong's First Route Army flanked the coalition forces before and after, the coalition forces would definitely be defeated.

The key now is to hold out until Muren's Second Route Army arrives. And Carmen City is stuck on the way to Lazlog, so of course Qin Dong can give Mu Ren an order. Let it bypass Carmen City and directly approach the rear of the coalition army, but in this way, it is equivalent to facing the back of the Second Route Army to Odoase in Carmen City, for Odoase, Qin Dong does not dare to take it lightly, he would rather grit his teeth and hold on for a few more days, but also must let Mu Ren break through Carmen City, it is best to kill Odoase, if he can't kill it, he must drive that guy away, at least he can't let him make trouble behind his back.

Qin Dong immediately summoned a group of people to come to discuss the matter, and reported the situation to the officers, and after introducing the situation, Peteus asked: "My lord, according to the analysis of the intelligence we have obtained, it is now beneficial to us, due to the traffic situation and the speed of news transmission, the coalition army must not have received the news that we have sent the Second Route Army, and they do not know that the Second Route Army has already hit Carmen City, if your lord orders the Second Route Army to give up attacking the city of Carmen at this moment, and directly detour to the rear of the coalition army, Then we will attack back and forth, and we will inevitably be able to defeat the coalition army, but in this way, the back of the Second Route Army will be empty, and it will be easy to be attacked by Odoaser behind it. At that time, it will not be us who will flank the coalition forces in front and rear, but the coalition forces will flank the Second Route Army in front and rear! Please consider the trade-offs carefully! ”

Qin Dong thought for a long time and said: "Don't underestimate the person Odoase, he is a character, as long as there is any opportunity, he will never let it go, I know that once he has such an opportunity, he will break out, how can I give him such an opportunity?" So order Muren to continue to storm Carmen City, I can give him five days, after five days, no matter what he thinks, he must pull the Second Route Army to the rear of the coalition army, and then cooperate with us to flank the front and rear, and defeat the main force of the coalition army in one fell swoop, Liu San, immediately convey my order to Muren! ”

Liu San responded: "Yes, General!" ”

The next morning, the coalition army marched out of the camp, leaving half of the men to guard the camp, and led 1,000 and 4,000 cavalry to Lazlog, and the whole team was lined up in three neat phalanxes, with hoplites in the middle, 500 cavalry on both flanks, and siege equipment troops in the rear, transporting trebuchets and ballistas, stone bullets and other equipment and weapons.

The whole team arrived at the front of the city wall and stopped, just as Herolius ordered the army to organize the formation, the city gate in the distance suddenly opened, a group of fierce cavalry under the leadership of a silver-armored general rushed out of the city gate and galloped in the direction of the coalition army, followed by a group of three hundred hoplites, these hoplites walked in a neat pace, although the number was small, but the momentum was monstrous, the team walked over, set off bursts of smoke and dust, so not spectacular!

"Be on alert, everyone on alert!" Seeing that the city gate suddenly opened, and so many Hun cavalry and hoplites rushed out from inside, the Roman centurions at the front did not dare to be careless, and immediately ordered their subordinate officers and soldiers to be on full alert.

However, the Hun cavalry did not suddenly attack at this time, but stopped at a stone's throw from the coalition army, and then these cavalry split into two, leaving a large area in the middle, and then the hoplites who followed quickly walked to the middle open space and lined up in a neat formation, with swords and guns ready.

Qin Dong stood at the front of the team with Batu and more than a dozen escort cavalry, and when the team finished sorting out the formation, Qin Dong shouted loudly: "Qin Dong, the commander of the Hun Empire, is here, please step forward and speak to His Excellency Helorius, the commander of the 14th Legion of the Roman Empire opposite!" ”

In terms of rank, the level of the commander of the Xiongnu Empire should be equivalent to the level of the captain of the Roman Empire, the level of the commander and the commander of the army, Qin Dong's level is obviously one level lower than the level of Herolius, but after all, they belong to two countries and are different camps, and now they are the main generals of both sides, and Qin Dong is also fully qualified to invite Herolius to speak.

Helorius rode on a horse, led by a groom to the front of the middle heavy infantry phalanx, after the horse stopped, Helorius said loudly: "I am the commander of the 14th Legion of the Western Roman Empire, Helorius, Your Excellency Qin Qianfu, now we are on the battlefield, the handle of the knife is facing each other, each fighting for victory and defeat by ability, do you still want to have a relationship with me?" I remember it was as if we had never met! ”

Qin Dong smiled and said: "We really haven't met, Sir Helorius, I remember that this Lazlog seems to belong to the Eastern Roman Empire and my Hun Empire in name, and these Germanic barbarians occupy here, do not accept the king, not only do not pay taxes, but also privately set up fortress checkpoints, prevent the free passage of business travel, and collect customs duties privately, I was ordered to attack them, what does this have to do with your Western Empire?" Do you Western Empire want to meddle in your affairs, or do you insist on going to war with my Xiongnu Empire again? ”

Beforehand, Herolius had already received a clear order, not to let the Huns capture Laslog, which is a very important fortress from the northern steppe to the south, once occupied by the Huns, the Huns can go south at any time, which is very dangerous for both the Western Roman Empire and the Eastern Roman Empire, so he got the order to help the Germans hold Lazlog, and never let Lazlog fall into the hands of the Huns, but it did not say what to do if Razlog has been occupied by the Huns, What exactly he wants to do in this situation now is entirely up to him.

Helorius quickly figured out the joints, the above did not tell him what to do if the Huns had occupied Laslog, but the meaning was already very clear, Razlog could not fall into the hands of the Huns, and the above did not say that it was because the governor of Macedonia did not want to bear the responsibility for causing another war between the two countries, and if Ravenna wanted to be held accountable afterwards, he could only bear the responsibility of privately fighting with the Hun Empire alone, after thinking about this clearly, he couldn't help but feel a little sad, as a general, his fate was played by those politicians between applause, others can use it if they want, and if they want him to carry the black pot, they will carry the black pot.

However, Herolius immediately packed up his feelings, as a soldier, what he had to consider on the battlefield was not the political issue, but the question of how to win, Qin Dong on the opposite side obviously wanted to force him away with words, but how could he withdraw his troops lightly? It's all here, and if you withdraw without fighting a war, isn't it a shame to show up?

Helorius said loudly: "Captain Qin Qianfu is right, originally the war between you has nothing to do with our Western Empire, but the governor of Macedonia Province of our empire received a distress letter from the leader of Odoas, the leader of Odoyace has lived here for generations, he and his tribe are the masters here, the master here has been attacked, he has every right to ask his neighbors for help, and our empire adheres to the purpose of good-neighborliness and friendship, and has always maintained a close neighborly relationship with the leader of Odoyase, and now he is in trouble, of course our empire will send troops to rescue, Commander Qin, Lazlog was originally controlled by the leader of Odoyace, why don't you return this city to the elder Qianfu on my thin face, I will give you a round between the two sides, you settle it peacefully, what conditions does the elder of the thousand men have, I will definitely let the leader of Odoasse come over to negotiate with the elder Qianfu, until both sides are satisfied, I don't know what the commander of Qin Qianfu thinks? (To be continued......)