Early the next morning, when Barhan and his men were observing the camp of the Eastern Romans from the distant sand dunes, the Eastern Romans had already built a high, fortified camp by the lake, and from time to time Eastern Roman soldiers patrolled back and forth with weapons on the stake walls of the camp.

Behind the camp was the lake, some eunuchs were fishing, the maids were washing clothes, some women were cooking food, and from the side of the lake some cavalry were galloping towards the camp on horseback, and the horses of those cavalry were hanging some prey, which seemed to be hunting in the woods in the oasis.

"Looks like Anastasia wants to spend time with us here!" Balhan said, handing the telescope to Hans.

Hans observed for a while and asked, "General, what shall we do?" ”

"What to do? Hey, salad! Balhan sneered: "Send a battalion to ambush in the oasis, as long as the Eastern Romans enter the oasis to look for food, attack immediately!" I'd like to see how long their food lasts! In addition, we don't have much food and water here, and another battalion is sent out to find food, and the nearby oases and towns are all places where we look for food, and the drinking water is taken by this lake, and we can drink enough water for five days, and then throw a few more animal carcasses into the lake, and I will let them drink the water from this lake, and they will drink vigorously if they are not afraid of the plague! ”

Hans was worried, "General, isn't it too vicious to throw animal carcasses in the lake?" Once the plague breaks out, I'm afraid it will be difficult to control it, if we want to achieve our goal, we will definitely have to fight them in the end, as long as there is contact, we may be infected with the plague. The plague is terrible, and if we bring the plague back to the Empire, it will be a terrible crime. Please think again, general! ”

Balhan thought about it and found that this was really a problem, the plague thing is indeed too terrible, once the plague breaks out, the number of deaths will definitely exceed anyone's imagination, this is all common sense, Balhan has experienced this kind of thing twice. Of course, he knew the terrible nature of the plague, and finally decided to abandon his plan to release the carrion of animals in the lake.

"Well, let's not put the carrion of animals in the lake. In addition to restricting their access to the oasis to hunt in terms of food, we can't let them stay comfortably in the camp and send cavalry to harass them outside the camp continuously! ”

Hans saluted with a sigh of relief: "Yes, General! ”

Ever since Balhan sent cavalry to harass the outskirts of the Eastern Roman camp. The Eastern Romans in the camp were left to rest in peace. The Praetorian Guards were fine, especially those maids and eunuchs, none of them had ever experienced war, let alone seen a large-scale cavalry galloping, once a cavalry came to harass, those court maids and eunuchs were scared.

Being harassed so much that he couldn't stand it, and in a fit of rage, the captain of a Praetorian Guard wing in the camp disobeyed Anastasia's order not to attack, and led his own wing to open the camp and fight with the cavalry of the Great Qin Empire who came to harass him. But when the harassing cavalry of the Great Qin Empire saw someone coming out of the camp, they immediately turned around and ran, and the captain of the Praetorian Guard immediately led his cavalry to pursue.

Anastasias, who was in the tent, heard the movement and came out and asked loudly, "What's the matter?" What's going on? ”

The captain of the guard ran over and shouted, "General." Captain Holland Centurion couldn't stand the harassment of the enemy, and in a fit of rage, he opened the gate of the camp and led his cavalry in pursuit! ”

Hearing this, Anastasias's face changed, and he immediately said: "Go and chase him back, pass on my order, and let him withdraw immediately, if not, military law will be engaged!" No, it's too late, so I'll order the first wing to follow me out of the village to meet Holland's headquarters, and the other wings will stay in the camp."

"Yes, General!"

But it was said that the captain of the Holland Wing led his own wing of nearly six hundred cavalry to pursue the harassing cavalry of the Great Qin Empire along the way, and he didn't know how long he had been chasing, at this time the terrain suddenly changed, he and his wing entered a dune basin, he realized that something was wrong, and immediately stopped his horse to observe, the natural vigilance of the soldiers made him become cautious, and after thinking about it, he immediately said loudly: "Don't chase, order everyone to turn around and return!" ”

At this moment, a large number of cavalry appeared from the dunes on both sides, and these cavalrymen were dressed in Saracen clothing like the cavalry who had harassed the camp in advance, and the guards beside Holland exclaimed: "Captain, you see, we are surrounded! ”

Hearing this, Holland turned his head and looked left and right, his face changed drastically, but he reacted quickly, and immediately said: "Quick, break out with me!" ”

At this time, the sand dunes basin was already flying in the sky, and a large number of cavalry galloped up a large area of sand and dust, and the basin fell into darkness, and it was soon impossible to see what it looked like inside.

"Want to run? It's not that easy! Barhan rode on horseback and beat his palms with a whip, and said loudly: "Order the rear to Lao Tzu to block their retreat, don't let them run!" The other divisions are surrounded on all sides and start attacking! ”

"Yes, General!"

The sound of the desolate horn sounded, which was the signal of the order to attack, and the commanders of the various departments immediately rushed towards Holland's headquarters with their men and horses, and Balhan's iron cavalry rushed down from the sand dunes on both sides, with a natural condescending momentum, which brought out the speed of the cavalry's sprint.

After the attack was launched, the overwhelming sand and dust poured into the basin from all sides, the momentum was extremely huge, and Holland, who was riding his horse to break through, took the time to turn his head and saw the Saracens in white clothes rushing down from the sand dunes on both sides, his face changed drastically, and he whipped the war horse hard, trying to make the war horse speed up again, but the speed of the war horse was already the fastest.

"Boom—"

The cavalry lying in ambush on both sides finally rushed down, directly into the second half of the Holland cavalry wing, which was breaking through with all its might, while the cavalry on both sides near the mouth of the basin continued to charge downward, if they could not rush out before they completed the encirclement, I am afraid that there would be no chance to escape.

Holland was lying on horseback, he held the reins in his left hand, and held the big sword in his right hand, and the ambushed cavalry had not completely rushed down, so he began to draw his bow and shoot arrows on the dune slope, and waves of arrows were overwhelmingly shot down, Holland felt that the cavalry around him was shot off the horse one by one, but he didn't dare to stop, he knew that once he stopped, he was afraid that he would never be able to leave.

Finally rushed to the mouth of the basin, and at the moment of life and death, Holland burst out with powerful potential, he brandished his great sword, and let out a loud roar: "Death to those who stand in my way!" ”

This loud roar really frightened a few ambushes blocking the mouth of the basin, under timidity, the movement slowed down, Holland rushed over and waved a few big swords in a row, and several ambushes in front of him were cut off their horses, he rushed out of the encirclement first, and some of his subordinates behind him also slashed left and right, and rushed out after him.

The sound of drums and horns constantly came from the sand dunes, and this kind of battlefield music made people's blood boil at such a time, making people have no sense of fear, and the cavalry of the Great Qin Empire fought bravely, constantly slashing and killing the Janissaries of the Eastern Roman Empire who were besieged.

Not long after Holland broke out of the encirclement, he turned back to find that there were less than 200 cavalry still behind him, but there were still a large number of enemy cavalry chasing after him, and they were shooting arrows while pursuing, and his cavalry was being shot off their horses one by one.

"Damn, damn it, why don't you give us bows and arrows? Why does the enemy have bows and arrows and we don't? Holland kept cursing as he rode away, as if this was the only way to alleviate the huge psychological burden of his men's constant deaths.

"Hurry up, run!" Holland called out to his subordinates behind him as he beat his horse.

Suddenly, Holland saw a large number of cavalry in front of him, he felt a chill in his heart, it was over, there were chasing soldiers behind, there was no way forward, just when he gave up, he found that a large number of cavalry appeared in front of him were his own people, then he was overjoyed, and shouted: "Guys, our reinforcements have arrived, we have been saved, work hard, work hard!" ”

As Anastasias personally came to meet with the First Wing, the cavalry of the Great Qin Empire, who was pursuing behind, began to speed up their pursuit, hoping to kill all the Roman cavalry who tried to flee back before the Roman reinforcements arrived.

On the sand dunes, the Balhan Tong Guò telescope saw a large number of Eastern Roman Janissaries coming in front of them to meet the remnants of the defeated soldiers who tried to flee back, it seemed that this time it could only go so far, put down the telescope and said: "Order, Mingjin collects the troops and returns to the camp!" ”

Hans also felt that it was a pity, although it was possible to have a decisive battle with Anastasias at this time, but both he and Balhan thought that there was no need for this, which would increase their own casualties, and it would be better to kill a thousand enemies and lose eight hundred, so he promised: "Yes, General!" ”

As the sound of gold sounded, the cavalry of the pursuing Great Qin Empire immediately stopped and turned back, and Holland, who was desperately fleeing, and the remnants of his men were truly safe at this time.

After returning to the camp, Holland sadly found that his wing, which had originally numbered nearly 600 cavalry, now had less than 76 cavalry left.

"General, it was my unauthorized pursuit that led our army to lose nearly five hundred cavalry, my wing has been completely disabled, general, it's all my fault, please kill me!" Holland threw himself on his knees in front of Anastasia and cried loudly.

Holland's mistake is related to disobeying Anastasia's military order, which is a very strict crime, generally those who disobey the military order will be beheaded, and the main general will only maintain the strict military discipline if he kills the person who disobeys the military order, otherwise he will not be able to control the army, but the situation at this time is different, and several other wing captains stand up one by one to intercede for Holland.

Anastasias refused anyone's plea, and immediately ordered Holland to be dragged out and hanged, knowing very well that in such a situation only by maintaining strict military discipline could he control this army, otherwise everyone would disobey the military orders like Holland, and I am afraid that it would not be long before they were all wiped out! (To be continued......)