While the clouds were gathering over the Red Sea, three regular Roman legions reinforcing Assyria from the west finally entered the territory of Dura Europos, but were blocked by the Wei army on the hill to the west of the city. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

In addition to nearly 50,000 soldiers of the Eighth Army, the army defending the hill also had 10,000 iron cavalry.

Such a force should be enough to resist the 150,000 Roman army, but 50,000 of the 150,000 Roman army were the Fifth Spartan Legion.

The battle began, and the two ordinary legions of the Roman army took turns to attack the Wei line, and the sound of killing shook the sky, and the boulders fired by the catapults on both sides staggered in mid-air.

The fierce battle lasted for a whole day, and the Roman army still failed to break through the Wei army's front, but the Wei army's situation was not very good, and the casualties of 50,000 soldiers of the Eighth Army reached nearly 10,000! At the same time, the battle on the main battlefield was also in full swing, and the attack troops with the Western Regions Alliance Army and the Western Regions Army as the main force continued to set off a wave of attacks, and the attack wave slapped on the city wall like a wave, and then broke into countless splashes and retreated, and then another wave of attack surged up.

Night fell, and the battlefield on both sides fell silent.

The battlefield suddenly became silent, in stark contrast to the bustling and fiery scene not long ago.

The cold moonlight hung high in the sky, and the faint moonlight sprinkled on the battlefield, but there was no sense of poetry, but it made people feel creepy.

The battlefield was still filled with wolf smoke, and the corpses of soldiers on both sides were layered on top of each other, and the color of blood was particularly strange in the moonlight.

The Great Tent of the Wei Army.

Zhao Yun was thinking about something in front of the sand table, and at this time, he was the only one in the big tent, and the other generals were busy.

Ma Chao walked in from the outside.

"Zilong!" Ma Chao called.

Zhao Yun raised his head, glanced at Ma Chao, and then continued to look at the sand table in front of him, and asked, "Meng Qi, is there something wrong?" ”

Ma Chao smiled: "It's nothing! I just want to talk to you about private matters! ”

Zhao Yun was stunned for a moment, raised his head, stood up straight, and said with a smile: "Say it!" I don't know how to handle household chores, though! You've got the wrong person! It can't be a quarrel between the two of them, right? ”

Ma Chao shook his head and picked at his head a little embarrassedly, "That's it!" Tao'er is five years old, and I want him to study in the academy in the capital! However, I don't have any property in the capital, and I don't have any friends! I'm embarrassed to open my mouth to Your Majesty! I had to ask Zilong if there was a way! ”

Zhao Yun said puzzledly: "Tao'er is the son of your General Ma, and it is not a problem to enter the school hall at all!" ”

The academy in Zhao Yun and Ma Chao's mouth is not an ordinary academy, but a teaching place specially set up for meritorious children, in other words, if you want to enter this academy to study, then your elders must have someone who has made enough meritorious contributions to the empire.

This special school is located on the outskirts of Chang'an, covering an extremely wide area, which can accommodate 100,000 people to study and live! Beautiful scenery and excellent facilities in all aspects! It is worth mentioning that the school rules are extremely strict, much stricter than the school attended by ordinary children! For example, if you don't pick it up at the check-in time in the morning, you will be locked up for a day!

Cao Cao's beloved daughter Cao Le was unfortunately locked up for a day when she first arrived at the school! From then on, Cao Le never dared to be late again! This is definitely the premier institution of our time.

At present, there are less than 10,000 meritorious children studying here, and Cao Cao's Cao Le and his two sons also started studying here not long ago!

Ma Chao shook his head and said, "I didn't mean that!" I mean, can Zilong help me arrange a place for Tao'er and Lingling to stay! ”

The Lingling in Ma Chao's mouth is Ma Chao's wife, that is, the woman who was saved by Ma Chao in the war, and later this woman became Ma Chao's wife and gave birth to a boy for Ma Chao, which is the Tao'er in Ma Chao's mouth.

Zhao Yun suddenly realized, "That's the case!" No problem! Fan Juan's maiden home is in Chang'an, so let's live there! ”

"Thank you!" Ma Chao said gratefully.

Zhao Yun smiled: "Thank you!" ”

In the next few days, the Roman army of three legions attacked the Gaogang position day and night, and the offensive was very fierce, and the Wei army resisted more and more difficult.

At this time, the battle against Dura Europos was still in a stalemate.

On this day, the Roman army, led by 10,000 Spartan legions, once again launched a fierce attack on the position of the Gaogang Wei army.

This Spartan army was really not simple, and it took less than half an hour to tear through the defensive line of the Eighth Army and rush into the Wei army camp. The two sides engaged in a scuffle in the barracks, and the officers and men of the Eighth Legion of the Wei Army appeared to be a little flustered, while the morale of the Spartan Legion was high.

The Spartans united in small circles and attacked the Eighth Legion of the Wei Army with their spears and shields.

The battle lasted about two quarters of an hour, and the Eighth Legion of the Wei Army was almost unable to resist, and at this time, the Romans' follow-up forces had reached the halfway point of the mountain, and if they were allowed to rush up, the Wei army front was very likely to collapse completely.

"General, the Eighth Army is almost unable to resist!" An officer covered in blood rushed to the guard Zhang Ren and said breathlessly.

Zhang Renda glanced at the fierce battlefield not far away, and resolutely ordered: "Order the Eighth Army to immediately retreat and give way to the place!" The Iron Cavalry is divided into two ways, left and right, and all attack! All catapults are ready to support! ”

"No!"

The order to retreat was given, and the Eighth Army Corps, which was struggling to resist, could no longer support it and retreated, but fortunately did not lose control. At about the same time, all the catapults on the high post fired at the Spartan army that rushed into the camp, the fire was shining, the bullet rain roared through the sky, and fell into the enemy formation, only to see the dust flying, many Spartan soldiers were lifted into the sky, and the Spartan army was in chaos.

Immediately after, 10,000 iron riders appeared in the billowing smoke.

The Spartan army was shocked when they saw this, and the generals shouted at the top of their voices, and the soldiers hurriedly regrouped.

In the blink of an eye, the storm rolled up by the iron cavalry slammed into the messy Spartan army formation, and the scene was like a storm crashing on the shore. Many of the Spartan legionnaires were knocked out by the tremendous force of the impact, and many of the Wei cavalry also fell, and the sound of the huge impact was intertwined with the screams and roars of people and the neighing of war horses.

Although the Spartan Legion is the natural nemesis of cavalry, in the case of chaotic formation, it is simply impossible to withstand the fierce onslaught of cavalry of this level.

The torrent of iron cavalry swept into the Spartan army amid today's shouts, the cold light of the barrier swords flashing, blood flying all over the sky, and the soldiers of both sides sacrificed their lives in the chaotic battle.

A Spartan legionnaire was knocked to the ground head-on by the Iron Horse, and then stepped on the chest by the Iron Horse, and he lay on the ground and desperately stabbed his spear upward, the spear pierced through the horse's belly, and fell down with a neigh.

A Spartan legionnaire flew down and threw an iron horse off his horse, riding on the warrior's body with both hands holding a spear and screaming to stab down, almost at the same time, the barrier knife in the warrior's hand pierced into the opponent's chest first, the warrior pushed away the corpse on his body, stood up, only to see several Spartan soldiers holding a huge shield and holding a spear and roaring up, he couldn't react, and was pierced through the chest by several spears at the same time, but he hugged several spears pierced into his body, blood sprayed in his mouth, and let out a heart-palpitating cry, At the same time, the barrier knife in his hand rushed into the chest of a Spartan soldier like a flash of lightning, and both of them fell down at the same time.

The fierce battle lasted for a quarter of an hour, and the scattered Spartan army finally retreated.

Seeing this, the Roman general Perit ordered a halt to the attack.

That same evening. The Great Tent of the Wei Army.

"Looking at today's posture, it will be difficult to capture the city in a short period of time!" Zhao Yun frowned.

Ma Chao nodded and asked, "Zilong, what good can you do?" ”

Zhao Yun smiled bitterly: "The methods have been used!" But it didn't work! ”

Ma Chao said with a look of annoyance: "If it is on flat ground, I will lead the iron cavalry to rush in!" But they're huddled in the middle of the city, like fucking turtles! At the end of the day, I felt a little funny.

At this time, a scout officer rushed into the big tent and reported: "General, today General Zhang Ren led the army to fight the enemy on the high post, and nearly 3,000 cavalry were killed and wounded!" In addition, there are more than 6,000 battle losses! ”

Ma Chao frowned and said, "If it goes on like this, it will last for two days at most!" Damn it! ”

Zhao Yun said to the scout: "Got it! Let's go down! ”

The scout officer answered and withdrew.

Zhao Yun pondered: "We might as well simply stop attacking the city for the time being, and instead encircle and suppress this Roman reinforcement!" ”

Ma Chao questioned: "You had this plan before, but you gave up because of the terrain west of Gaogang!" The hills and forests west of the high hill will make it impossible for us to catch their whereabouts if this army is attacked! ”

Zhao Yun frowned and nodded, "This is indeed a trouble!" ”

Zhao Yun looked at the sand table in front of him and thought about it.

After a while, Zhao Yun said: "It's better to be like this!" Since it is not convenient to attack west of Gaogang, then let's let them in! ”

"Put it in?" Ma Chao didn't understand.

Zhao Yun smiled and said, "Close the door and beat the dog!" ”

"Oh!" Ma Chao suddenly realized, gave Zhao Yun a thumbs up, and exclaimed: "Zilong, there is really you!" ”

Subsequently, Zhao Yun and Ma Chao discussed some details.

In the middle of the night, the Roman reinforcement camp.

Peritus, the main general of the Roman reinforcements, still did not rest, looking at the marching map in front of him and thinking.

He had a very bad feeling in his heart, but he couldn't figure out why.

The herald rushed into the big tent, "Your Excellency, Your Excellency, the Emperor's Majesty's message!" ”

The herald presents a herald to Peritt.

Perrit took the summons, read it, returned to the case and wrote a letter, handed it to the herald, and commanded: "Return it to His Majesty the Emperor!" ”

The herald took the herald with both hands, answered the promise, and withdrew from the big tent.

Early the next morning, nearly 50,000 Roman troops, including 10,000 Spartan soldiers, under the cover of catapults, attacked the Wei line on the high post again, which is not known to be the first time the Roman army charged. (To be continued.) )