The remnants of the Western Romans and Gepid were defeated and fled all the way to the west, while the Qin cavalry was frantically chasing and killing behind, the infantry could not run away and could only surrender, and the cavalry had a horse to escape much more likely, so the ones who fled in the front were basically the Western Roman and Gepid cavalry, of which the Gepid cavalry accounted for the majority, and the Western Roman cavalry accounted for a minority, and the total number of people added up to only more than 10,000 horsemen, and the rest were all trapped on the battlefield and never had a chance to go back.

On October 18th, a day after the battle, more than 10,000 cavalry of Western Rome and Gerpid cavalry fled to the vicinity of Bear's Ears Mountain in northeastern Italy, but they had not eaten or drunk for a day and a night, not only people could not bear it, but also the war horses could not stand it, many knights' war horses fell to the ground and died, and many knights died of exhaustion on horseback, and the war horses followed the brigade with corpses until they came here.

Sleepy and tired, Egidious had to order a rest, and the Ghpid people also began to dismount and rest under the orders of Ardariq, they were too tired, tired and hungry, for Ardarik, he was the biggest loser in this battle, he not only lost, but also left all the Gerpid people in Dalmatia, those were some old and weak, sick and disabled, and now those people all fell into the hands of the Qin army, and I don't know how the Qin army will treat them.

Egidious looked at the defeat of his group of remnants, and his heart was like a knife for a while, thinking that the total strength of the coalition army had reached more than 100,000 horses, but now there are only more than 10,000 people, and the 60,000 heavy infantry he brought with him were all wiped out, leaving only 2,000 cavalry, what a miserable thing!

It was in the time of Egidious' grief. The cavalry general came over and saluted: "Your Excellency, the officers and soldiers are now extremely hungry, and we have no food with us. How to solve the problem of food, please ask the Governor to give me an idea! ”

Egidious then remembered the problem faced by his remnants of the army, and immediately asked, "What is this place, and how far is it from the nearest town?" ”

The cavalry general replied, "Your Excellency, this is Bear's Ears Mountain, and there are no towns around, so it is sparsely populated. The Gorizia Pass is the closest to here, but it will take at least a day to reach it, but in the current situation of our army. I'm afraid that in less than half a day, many people will die of hunger, and the war horses will also need to rest, and they will not be able to run for a while! ”

The shape shì is extremely severe. Egidious had to use his brains to solve the problem of food. After thinking about it, he gritted his teeth and ordered to kill a group of war horses, kill the horses and eat meat, only in this way can the soldiers' bodies be quickly replenished, in order to keep the soldiers fed, he also ordered the whole army to rest for half a day, during which the problem of hunger and rest needs to be solved.

The order was given, and the soldiers began to busily kill the horses and roast the meat. Then one of the guards came and reported, "Lord Governor, Lord Ardaric is here!" ”

Egidious looked. Sure enough, it was Aldaric who came, only two people with him, he got up to greet him and saluted, at this time Egidious really didn't know what to say, this battle was commanded by him, and after the collapse of the army, he was the first to abandon the army and flee, so to speak, it can be said that he suffered the Gepidians.

The two sat silently on the grass, and Egidious felt that he could not speak without speaking, so he apologized first: "I apologize to you, Leader of Ardarik, this great battle was mainly lost because of me, and your tribe suffered great losses!" ”

Aldaric blushed and said, "Hmph, is it useful to apologize?" You Western Rome is so vast and populous that tens of thousands of people are nothing! But what about my tribe? There are only 8,000 cavalry left in the 40,000 elite so far, and most of them are wounded, and there are more than 100,000 old, weak, sick and disabled in the hands of the Qin army. ”

Egidious was speechless, he could only smile bitterly, and only spoke again after a long time: "Chief of Ardaric, things have come to this point, even if you kill me, it will be useless, the key now is that we must get rid of the pursuit of the Qin cavalry, and we must also prevent them from continuing to penetrate deep into the Italian mainland, the nearest pass from here is Gorizia, so we must rush to Gorizia before the Qin cavalry catches up with us, and block them there, as for you and your army, if you don't dislike it, you can go to Gaul, I'm going to set aside a piece of land for you to recuperate, you see? ”

Ararik thought to himself that without the support of his people, would these 8,000 cavalry survive? But if you don't go to Gaul, will you be able to wait here for death? If you think about it carefully, now you can only do what Egidious said, block the pursuit of the Qin cavalry in Gorizia, and then go to Gaul to settle down.

What Aldaric didn't understand was the loss of his clansmen, his eight thousand cavalry were equivalent to rootless trees and waterless pings, and if he wanted to survive, he could only become the thugs of Egidious, and he never had a chance to develop and grow, because losing his clansmen was equivalent to losing the source of soldiers, which was shallow and easy to see, but it was a pity that Aldaric did not think of this.

Aldaric agreed to Aegidius' invitation and was about to return to his army to order the killing of horses to solve the problem of food, when suddenly a cavalry ran from afar, and shouted at high speed: "Lord Governor, Lord Governor, the light cavalry of the Qin army has caught up, and it is less than ten miles away from this time!" ”

Everyone who heard this sound began to panic, and they had just stopped, and the slaughtered horse's meat had not yet been cooked, so why did the enemy come so quickly?

When the cavalry jumped off his horse, Egidious immediately asked in a loud voice, "Why did the Qin army come so quickly?" Are you lying about the military? ”

The scout cavalry took a breath and said, "Lord Governor, the Qin army's light cavalry has indeed reached ten miles away, each of them has three horses, and our army only has one horse, and the endurance of the northern horses is much stronger than our war horses, so they caught up so quickly!" ”

Hearing this, Aldaric said: "I can't escape, what he said is the truth, the cavalry of the Qin army is divided into four arms, the first is the archers, each knight is equipped with two Hun mare and a stallion, special cavalry bow, five pot arrows, the range is super long, in addition to the bow and arrow, it is also equipped with a Yanling knife, which can be used in close combat, this is their long-range high mobility troops, the most powerful combat effectiveness, known as not to die, not to smash, not to drag, not to die!" It can fight independently or in groups, even if it is thousands of miles away from the country, it can fight on its own without supplies; The second is the light cavalry, each knight is also equipped with three war horses, an ordinary riding bow, two pots of arrows, and an extremely sharp war knife called the horse chopping knife, which has no less mobility than the archer cavalry, mainly used to contain and chase the enemy, and fight with the enemy in close combat; The third is the heavy cavalry, in which the knights and horses are fully armoured and accompanied by two horses, a tall Arabian horse for battlefield sprints, a horse that is tended by a special groom for carrying armor and equipment, and the fourth is a crossbow cavalry, equipped with a crossbow and a goose sword. The main role is to carry out long-range strikes in large groups, and it can also be used to hunt down enemy troops alone or in small groups in pursuit battles. Now that the light cavalry of the Qin army has caught up, and our war horses are too tired to run, the only way now is to go up the mountain to arrange defenses, and then quickly send people to Gorizia for help."

Egidious listened to Ardarric's words, weighed it and ordered: "Heiguoer, you take fifty men, each with three horses, and quickly go to Gorizia for help, and ask their lord to send troops to rescue!" ”

"Yes, Lord Governor!"

The Qin light cavalry really came, the first to chase over was a group of reconnaissance cavalry, followed by a battalion of light cavalry, about a thousand horses, Egidious originally wanted to take advantage of the small number of Qin light cavalry, and just arrived, ready to take the opportunity to hit them a rubbing hand, but unfortunately the enemy they encountered was not an ordinary army at all, he was like a wolf pack on the grassland, the enemy was strong, they retreated for the time being, the enemy did not move, they just watched nearby, waiting for the opportunity, the enemy retreated, they started to chase and kill, in short, This enemy is too cunning, Egidious has no choice at all, and in desperation, he can only order the whole army to lead the horse to Bears Ears Mountain to arrange a defense on the spot, and then wait for reinforcements.

The Qin army reconnaissance cavalry saw that the remnants of the coalition army were all up the mountain, and immediately reported to the rear, and then a large force of Qin cavalry rushed over, but they did not attack the mountain, but kept wandering not far from the mountain, and a large force of cavalry also began to camp not far from the mountain, and they were not afraid of the remnants of the coalition army on the mountain rushing down, because it was impossible, there was no road on the mountain, there were weeds and shrubs everywhere, and it was difficult to lead the horse up the mountain, and it was even more impossible to ride a horse in the west mountain.

After a large number of Qin troops arrived one after another, the small Bear's Ears Mountain was soon surrounded by water, and the leading general Su He rode a horse to observe at the bottom of the mountain, and the deputy general next to him asked: "General, when will the attack begin?" ”

Su He observed with a telescope for a while and said: "Don't worry, surround him for three or five days first, starve them and then talk about them, and when they slaughter the horses, we will do it again!" ”

The adjutant general worried: "It's only a day's journey from Gorizia, and if they send a messenger for help, Gorizia's reinforcements will ......."

Su He turned his head and asked, "Do they dare to send reinforcements?" How many of them can we give to slaughter? The only way they can stop us is to hold it out! ”

The adjutant general bowed his head: "The last general understands, go and give the order immediately!" ”

The reason why Su He besieged the remnants of the coalition army here so unscrupulously was because he knew that the current Western Roman Empire was already sunset, and the Great Qin Empire was powerful, and the warlords from all over the Western Roman Empire had troops and were self-respecting, and they only wanted to preserve their own strength. On the other hand, the remnants of the siege coalition led to the defenders of Gorizia, which was called the siege point reinforcements, and if another army was sent to suddenly enter the city and occupy the pass when the defenders of Gorizia left and the city was empty, then the northern gate of Italy would be completely opened. (To be continued......)