On May 24, 463 AD, the leader of the Ostrogoths tribe Dio Demir arrived at the Shamaz Pass with 30,000 troops, including 10,000 cavalry and 20,000 infantry, compared to the Visigoths who had already established the Visigothic kingdom in Gaul, the Ostrogoths mixed too badly, of course, if the Ostrogoths did not betray the Huns back then, maybe they would have mixed well now, but this qiē did not regret taking the medicine, Dio Demir knew very well that since he had betrayed the Huns, it was impossible to choose to surrender again, Even if he wants to be attached, I'm afraid that the current Great Qin Empire will not accept it, the Ostrogoths and Gepid have become mortal enemies with the Great Qin Empire, and this hatred is inherited from the era of the Xiongnu Empire, and it is impossible to resolve it lightly.

After completely controlling Illyria, Diordemir freed up his hands to deal with the 21st Army of the Western Empire that was abandoned in Shamaz Pass, White Tiger Pass, and Osiyek Pass, and when he learned that Qin Dong was leading the army to attack Osiyek Pass, he could no longer be calm, he knew that he had to take the White Tiger Pass before Qin Dong, and if it really didn't work, he must also take down Shamac first, so that he could block the Qindong army in the north, otherwise once the Qindong army captured the Shamaz Pass, Then Illyria will be a piece of fat in the mouth of the Great Qin Empire.

The dust was raised when the 10,000 cavalry stopped at the Shamac Pass, and the 20,000 foot soldiers in the back followed, and the patrol soldiers of the 3rd Wing of the 21st Regiment of the Western Roman Empire on the Shamatz wall immediately fell into a panic, but soon restored order, because the guard General Eric had received an order from the White Tiger Pass yesterday afternoon, and McLean ordered him to be vigilant against the Ostrogoths in the north. Dior Demir may lead his army to Beishan to seize the pass at any time, so that he can raise the level of combat readiness, so that these soldiers on duty can restore order so quickly.

"General. The Ostrogoths called! "Eric was patrolling the streets when a soldier came running up to him to report it.

"What? The Ostrogoths came so quickly? Eric was taken aback, even though he had given the order to raise his combat readiness level, when he really didn't believe that the Ostrogoths would lead their troops north so quickly.

After steady, he waved his hand; "Let's go, go to the wall!"

Hurrying to the gate tower, Eric looked down. Oh, my God! There are at least five legions under the city, and with such a large number of troops under the city, it is no wonder that the soldiers are trembling with fear. You must know that he has only one wing in his hand, more than 600 people, if the Ostrogoths attack the city in an all-out way, I am afraid that his wing will not be able to withstand two rounds, and the whole army will be destroyed, and the city will be destroyed!

Take a deep breath. Eric said to the deputy wing captain beside him, "Order." The whole team is divided into two parts, the first part includes the first to the 300th team is now all on the city wall, the second part includes the 400th to 600 people as the reserve, once the first part can not withstand it, the second part will be replaced by the city wall, you go to lead the reserve, and now I command it here! ”

"Understood!" The deputy wing immediately turned around and gave the order, and soon all the troops of the three centurians went up to the city wall. There were more than 300 people in total, just enough to guard all parts of the city wall. Since the Shamatz Pass is in the rear, it is much less dangerous than the Osijek and White Tiger Pass in front, so McLean only deployed a wing here, which is indeed a little weak in terms of troops, but who would not have thought that the enemy would attack from the rear.

Under the city.

When all the Ostrogoths had arrived, Diodmir rode to the front of the formation, a stone's throw from the walls.

Diordemir looked at the situation on the city wall, and saw that the defenders of the Western Roman Empire had already been on guard, so he gave up the plan to attack at the first time, and now the attack was useless, he turned his head to look at a Roman behind him, waved his hand, and motioned him to step forward and shout to the city tower.

Seeing this, the Roman immediately rode forward and ran into the range of the bow and arrow on the tower, and did not stop shouting until he was less than thirty meters away from the city gate: "General Erac, I am Logan of the Doge's Palace, do you remember me?" ”

Erak on the tower of the city said coldly: "You surrendered to the Ostrogoths? ”

Logan heard this: "What can you do without surrendering?" General, you are a military general, and I am just a thin clerk who can't even lift a sword, what can I resist? Wilberteus (Governor) that bastard took all the tax treasures of the Doge's Mansion and went away on a boat, leaving behind us powerless little shrimps, General, you and I are poor abandoned people, should I still lose my life for the bastard who abandoned me? General, surrender, the chief of Diodmir assures me that as long as the general surrenders, you and your men will be treated preferentially, and it has come to this point, unless the general wants to take all the soldiers to die for the empire that abandoned us, surrendering to the chief of Diodmir is the only way for the general to live now, and the only way for all the soldiers on the city wall to live! ”

Eric exclaimed, "It's impossible to get me to surrender, and you don't want to take this city until I die!" ”

Diodmir, who was in front of the army formation under the city, was very anxious, he learned that Qin Dong was leading the army to attack the Osiyek Pass four days ago, and he didn't know if the Great Qin army had captured Osijek, or whether it had captured the White Tiger Pass, if the Great Qin army had not broken through the White Tiger Pass, then he still had a great hope of taking Shamats, but quickly, he would take Shamats before the Qin army took the White Tiger Pass, but if the Qin army had already taken the White Tiger Pass, He had only one day to take Shamat before the Qin army arrived, because the White Tiger Pass was only half a day's journey from Shamats.

Diodmir said to the centurion beside him: "Go and tell him, give the guards on the opposite wall two hours to consider, if the gates are not opened and surrender after two hours, we will attack the city!" ”

"Yes, Chief!"

After relaying Diodmir's words to Eric, Rogan turned around and returned to the same place, and Diordemir immediately ordered to camp in the rear, and the entire army quickly withdrew to the rear. Suddenly, countless smoke and dust rose again between heaven and earth, and the Ostrogoths had not been trained in strict military formations. The whole team was a mess when they retreated, but they ran very fast, and if there was a large force of cavalry in the pass, they could take advantage of the situation to chase and kill, but unfortunately Eric only had infantry under his command and no cavalry.

Seeing that the Ostrogoths had withdrawn to camp a few miles away, the deep wrinkles on Eric's forehead did not decrease, but increased. Because in two hours the Ostrogoths will be in siege.

After thinking about it for a while, Eric immediately said to his henchman slave soldiers beside him: "You now ride a fast horse to the White Tiger Pass to report to General McLean that the Ostrogoths have begun to knock on the pass, please send reinforcements quickly." Otherwise, it won't last a day! ”

"Yes, General!"

Two hours later, when the Ostrogoths saw that Eric, the defender of Shamatz, had not yet opened the gates and surrendered, Diodmir immediately ordered a large army to attack the city. More than a dozen ladders were lifted. A large number of savage Ostrogoths with swords and shields shouted and rushed to the city wall, in order to save their lives, the Ostrogoths used shields to form a shield array on the top of their heads to block the stones and boiling water thrown from the city wall, the shield can prevent the stones, but can not prevent the leakage of boiling water, many Ostrogoths were scalded by the boiling water and screamed and roared, but these still could not stop the Ostrogoths from attacking the city frantically.

Diodemir apparently knew the situation of the forces in the Schamatz Pass, so he ordered the army to attack the city continuously. The siege of the city changed batch after batch, but the siege never stopped. He knew very well that he would either take Shamatz in one fell swoop, or he would have to drag it out until tomorrow.

In one afternoon, half of Eric's men were killed, and this was because the Ostrogoths lacked siege equipment, if the Ostrogoths had siege equipment from the Western Roman Empire or the Great Qin Empire, I was afraid that Eric would not be able to hold out for an afternoon and the Shamatz Pass would be lost.

In the evening, seeing that his men were suffering heavy casualties and that most of them were tired, Diodmir ordered the whole army to retreat to dinner, and the defenders under Eric's command on the walls of Shamac were given a respite.

The defenders had hastily eaten dinner, and after a preliminary count, Eric found that he had less than three hundred men capable of fighting, and that more than a hundred of them were wounded, and he had to pray that the night would never pass, for after dawn the Ostrogoths would attack again.

But it backfired, just when Eric thought that he could have a good night's rest tonight, Diordemir under the city once again ordered the well-fed tribesmen to attack the city overnight, which almost made Eric feel desperate, his soldiers urgently needed to rest, but the Ostrogoths attacked the city overnight, but they were afraid that the Shamatz Pass would not be able to hold!

Just when the Ostrogoths attacked under the city wall, the weather suddenly changed, the wind was blowing, the heavy rain came in an instant, the Ostrogoths' plan to attack the city overnight came to naught, after the heavy rain fell, the siege ladder was very slippery, and the soldiers could not climb up at all.

"Alas!" Diordemir had to order the besieging army to return to camp and recuperate, waiting for tomorrow when the rain stopped.

Late at night, the guards who had been sent to White Tiger Pass to ask for help returned, and Eric immediately summoned him, and immediately asked, "How is it?" Did General McLean send reinforcements? Why are you the only one who came back? What about reinforcements? ”

The guard took out a roll of white silk from his bosom and handed it to Eric: "General, the legion chief said that the reinforcements will arrive at about eight o'clock tomorrow morning at the earliest, if you really can't resist the attack of the Ostrogoths, the general can do what you order!" ”

"Oh?" Eric immediately took the white silk and spread it out to take a look, his face immediately changed, and he sighed for a long time and waved his hand to let the guards out.

Early the next morning, when the rain had stopped, and when the Ostrogoths had eaten breakfast, and Diodemir was about to give the order for an immediate siege, a centurion ran into the tent from outside and said: "Chief, something is wrong, go outside and see!" ”

When Dior Demir and the generals rushed to the city of Shamats and saw that the banner of the 21st Army of the Western Roman Empire hanging above the city was gone, and it was replaced by the wolf flag of the Great Qin Empire, his face changed greatly, but he didn't expect that Shamatz fell into the hands of the Great Qin Empire overnight, so that is to say, now the city of Shamatz must be full of Great Qin troops, if the iron cavalry of Great Qin is out of the city at this time, then ......

Thinking of this, Dior Demir's face instantly turned pale, and he immediately turned around and ran, shouting as he rode his horse: "Quickly order the whole army to evacuate quickly!" (To be continued......)