Batra shook her head, "No! ”

Pointing to the joint camp of the Wei army outside the city, he said, "You see that their camp is arranged like an iron bucket!" It's almost impossible to sneak attack! ”

"However, for such second-rate troops, we may be able to break through their direction!"

Batra interrupted his generals and said, "I understand what you mean! But what if it can't be broken? ”

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Batra said in a deep voice: ", then it is very likely to be counterattacked by the other party's strong counterattack, and at that time, whether our army can hold the city is a question!" ”

The general said with some regret: "Then we will defend the city like this?" ”

Batra nodded, "At least that's all there is to it!" If nothing else, go down and do as I tell you." "Yes!"

In the middle of the night, more than 100 black-clothed people quietly came to the north gate under the cover of night, and at the same time, 50,000 Wei troops were already lurking in a night not far from the north of the city.

These more than 100 black-clothed people are very athletic, each of them is dressed in black suits, carrying equipment such as obstacle knives, lock hooks and crossbows, such outfits are very eye-catching in this era, they are one of the secret troops of the Wei army, the Jinyi Guard Force, which was transferred from Chang'an to the Western Regions not long ago, and they failed to catch up with the war with the Jin people that ended not long ago.

These Jinyi Guards are not the same as the Jinyi Guards currently lurking in Shangjing, the Roman imperial capital, the former has been stationed in Chang'an, while the latter has been lurking in Shangjing for quite some time.

The Jinyi guards stopped for a moment under the city gate, waiting for the patrols on the city wall to pass, and then a dozen soldiers immediately carefully threw the lock hook on the city wall, and the lock hook made only a slight sound on the wall brick.

At this moment, however, torches suddenly erupted on the city walls, and someone shouted in Roman: "There are people outside the city!" There are people outside the city!! Immediately, countless torches quickly surged in this direction.

The Jinyi guards under the city wall immediately took off their crossbows and pointed them at the city wall, and they would shoot whenever someone showed their heads on the wall.

A moment later, a rain of arrows roared out from the city wall, but not against the Jinyi guards under the city wall, but against the 50,000 troops lurking in the night outside the city.

Almost at the same time, a dense rain of arrows flew out of the night outside the city and swept over the city walls, only to see a dozen Roman soldiers screaming and falling from the walls.

Immediately, the figures in the night outside the city retreated quickly in the direction of the Wei army camp outside the city.

At that moment, the Romans shouted from the walls, "Here are the hooks!" There are people under the city!! ”

Hundreds of Roman soldiers poked their heads out of the walls with torches.

A dense rain of arrows roared up from beneath the city, and dozens of Roman soldiers screamed and fell to the city walls.

"Quick! Smash these hateful Wei people to death with sasswood and rolling stones!! One of the generals shouted.

Hundreds of Roman soldiers then pushed the rolling stones and sassalwood to the edge of the wall.

At this time, the commander of the Jinyi Guard waved his hand to the back, and more than 100 soldiers immediately quickly retreated into the night outside the city, holding their crossbows against the city wall.

At the same time, a dense rain of arrows suddenly flew out from the place where the Wei army had been lurking before, and flew straight towards the city wall, and in the blink of an eye, a large number of Roman soldiers who were about to push the rolling stones and sassalwood off the city wall fell.

The Roman soldiers on the city walls subconsciously leaned down. The Roman generals reacted and shouted, "Shoot me, archers!" Hurry up and hurry up!! ”

The archer reacted and hurriedly released arrows at the place where there were figures moving in the night, and then there seemed to be a few muffled grunts in the night.

After several rounds of arrows from the archers, there was no movement in the night outside the city.

The archers looked at each other, and someone asked, "Are they dead or have they run away?" ”

A person next to him guessed: "It should have run away!" ”

The Roman generals couldn't help but be a little annoyed.

At this moment, Batra, surrounded by a group of soldiers, came to this part of the city wall that had been attacked by surprise.

"General!" The general saluted.

Batra glanced at the nearly hundred corpses on the city wall, then looked out of the city, frowned and asked, "What's the matter?" ”

The general hurriedly replied: "The Wei people attacked just now, and we have already repelled it!" ”

Batra nodded, glanced at the hook that was still hanging on the city wall, and frowned: "It seems that the vigilance needs to be strengthened!" The order goes down, starting today, three sentries must be placed on the city wall every ten meters, and the number of patrols must be doubled! ”

"Yes!"

The Wei army retreated to the camp, and everyone looked a little depressed.

A moment later, Ma Chao and Jiang Tai entered Cao Cao's big tent. At this time, the lights of Cao Cao's tent were still on.

"Your Majesty!" The two hugged their fists.

Cao Cao raised his head, saw the two of them looking depressed and depressed, and asked with a smile, "What?" Failed? ”

The two knelt down together and said, "Please punish Your Majesty!" ”

Cao Cao put down the paperwork in his hand, walked to the tent, helped the two of them, and patted the dust on their bodies, this casual action made the two of them feel very excited.

"It's okay! I just wanted to give tonight's raid a try, and I didn't expect much!! ”

Cao Cao smiled and glanced at the two generals, "You guys have worked hard too!" Go down and rest! ”

"Yes!" The two clenched their fists and agreed and withdrew from the big tent.

Cao Cao came to the sand table, which was made improvised and reflected the topography of the city of Ekbatana and its surroundings in front of him.

Cao Cao looked at the sand table in front of him and frowned: "It seems that we can only attack!" ”

Cao Cao called Zhang Liao.

"Your Majesty, what do you command?" Zhang Liao asked with his fists clenched.

Cao Cao asked, "Wen Yuan, how many doors do we have in our hands?" ”

Zhang Liao replied: "There are more than 300 catapults!" The rest of the catapults, including the twelve Shenwei cannons, remained in the northern defense line! ”

Cao Cao nodded, and pondered, "I guess there must not be many catapults from the Romans!" Otherwise, it will be difficult for them to cross the boundless sea of sand! Early tomorrow morning, concentrate all the catapults on the front and bombard them with all your might, destroying their catapults as soon as possible! "Yes!!"

"Alright, it's okay! Wen Yuan, go down to do errands, and rest early when you're done! ”

"Yes!" Zhang Liao respectfully agreed and withdrew from the big tent.

As soon as it was dawn the next day, the war drums of the Wei army sounded like thunder.

The Roman sentry, who was drowsy, was suddenly awakened, and looked out of the city, his face changed, and he saw that the black 'sea' was surging and the earth trembled slightly by the sound of neat footsteps.

A moment later, Batra, who received the news, was on the tower of the city gate, surrounded by several generals and a group of personal soldiers.

At this time, the Wei army was still in formation, and the formation of nearly 200,000 troops was extremely oppressive.

Batra observed the formation of the Wei army and couldn't help but feel a little strange, "Strange! Their position is not conducive to offense, but to defense! What did the emperor of Wei want to do? ”

A moment later, the Wei army was arrayed, and at the front of the entire army array were several rows of tower shield men, followed by strong crossbowmen, and the cavalry was arranged on both flanks. Such a formation is completely a defensive formation.

"Your Majesty, it's all ready!" Zhang Liaoyu reports.

Cao Cao nodded, "Let's start!" ”

"No!"

Immediately, the Wei army's large array cracked several gates, and hundreds of catapults were pushed out with a bang.

Seeing this scene, Batra immediately realized Cao Cao's plan, and hurriedly ordered: "Order all the soldiers to retreat under the city wall!" Catapults are ready to shoot! The cavalry is ready to attack! ”

"Yes!"

The Roman soldiers on the walls of the city rushed down the city in an orderly manner, while the catapults were ready to shoot.

When the Wei army's catapult was only a mile and a half away from the city wall, the Roman catapults began to shoot, and the stone projectiles whistled and fell into the Wei army's artillery array, stirring up dust in the sky, and some catapults were directly hit, shattering into countless pieces and flying in the sky.

The Wei artillery team immediately stopped advancing and began to prepare in the opponent's catapults, while some sergeants used the wooden planks prepared in advance to fence each catapult, which was to reduce the lethal effect of the opponent's catapults.

Fortunately, catapults in this era were very limited, otherwise they would not have had any effect at all.

Hundreds of Wei catapults began to return fire, and the barrage went straight to the artillery charge on the Romans' walls.

The two sides bombarded each other like this, and the stone bullets flew staggered between the two sides, like a meteor shower, falling into their respective positions, only to see the wreckage and corpses flying with the smoke and dust in the sky.

The artillery battle lasted for nearly half an hour, and the artillery positions on the Roman city walls had basically been destroyed, and a few remaining catapults were still insisting on firing, while the Wei army also lost more than 70 catapults, more than 20 more than the other side, mainly because the Roman catapult position was condescendingly occupied.

"Bombard the opponent's walls with the main fire!" Cao Cao ordered.

Immediately, nearly 200 catapults began to bombard the walls of Ekbatana.

The stone bullets smashed like hail on a section of the city wall, crackling loudly, and dust and stones flew all over the sky, which was thrilling. After this rain of bullets, part of the bricks on the city wall collapsed.

The sentry in charge of observing the movements of the Wei army rushed back to Batra, who was behind a section of the city wall, and not only him, but almost all the troops who had been on the city wall were hiding behind the wall.

The sentinel reported urgently; "General, the enemy is attacking the city wall, I'm afraid the city wall won't last long!!"

Batra frowned, and ordered to one of the generals beside him: "Togo, immediately lead the cavalry to attack!" Be sure to destroy their catapults!! ”

"Yes!" The warrior, Togo, promised his promise.

The gates of the city slammed open, and 20,000 Roman cavalry rushed out, armed with spears and scarlet cloaks, but also majestic.

The command banner in the Wei army's array immediately danced rapidly, and then the 30,000 cavalry on both wings shouted violently, broke out, and attacked the Roman cavalry from the left and right. (To be continued.) )