Yusuf thought for a moment and ordered: "Pass the order, all armies will strictly defend the city!" Without my orders, you must not attack without permission, and those who violate it will be killed!! ”

"Yes!"

Xu Huang waited until midnight, but still did not find any signs of the Roman army in the city leaving the city. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Xu Huang felt that it was useless to stay any longer, so he ordered the army to move north.

The scouts of the Spartan Legion were the first to find out, but the commander of the Second Spartan Legion, Nerent, did not order the army to advance towards Dura Europos until near noon the next day.

Soon after, the 2nd Spartan Legion arrived in Dura Europos.

At this time, the scouts reported that they had lost the trace of the Wei army's iron cavalry.

Both Nerente and Yusuf chuckled in their hearts.

Ekbatana.

As soon as the sky was dark, the war drums of the Wei army rang out, and hundreds of thousands of Wei troops surged out of the camp, and hundreds of catapults rumbled towards the city wall.

The army lined up outside the city to fight in formation, and then hundreds of catapults attacked the city wall together, and the stone bullets flew towards the city wall to avoid the sun, crackling with a loud sound, and the smoke and dust mixed with the stumps of the human body flew all over the sky, and the scene was thrilling.

Heavy shelling continued for two quarters of an hour.

Immediately, tens of thousands of assault troops, mainly garrisons, shouted violently and rushed towards the city wall.

Since the Wei army's catapults had been suppressing the Roman army on the city wall, until the Wei army assault force was already very close to the city wall, the Roman army still did not launch a favorable resistance.

By the way, the Catapults of the Romans were all finished in these two days of fighting, but it is not known if there was anything hidden.

The Wei catapult came to a halt.

Immediately, the assault troops rushed to the city wall, and the ladders and flying hugs were put up on the city wall, and the city chariots rushed towards the city gate amid the shouts of the Wei soldiers.

At this moment, countless figures appeared on the city wall, and then rolling stones and sassal trees poured down like waterfalls! The Wei army suffered heavy casualties for a while!

Wei Jun rushed up the ladder, roaring angrily, with a desperate look on his face, and the momentum was very different from before.

After correcting nearly 100 soldiers who escaped from the battle, the blood and courage of these second- and third-rate troops were finally aroused.

The momentum of the attack of these Wei garrisons was completely different from before, and they now understood that it was far better to die honorably than to die by military law!

The Wei garrison desperately rushed to the city wall, one after another soldiers fell from the ladder under the blow of the rolling stone and wood, but this did not affect the momentum of the Wei army's attack in the slightest, the momentum of the Wei army's impact became stronger and stronger, and the city chariots kept crashing into the city gate, and the loud noise from the impact made the Roman soldiers defending the city feel more and more heavy.

At the same time, the front bezel of the flying tower suddenly opened, slammed on the wall battlement, the Wei soldiers shouted violently, rushed up the city wall from the flying tower, squeezed into the Roman army, the soldiers on both sides roared and killed each other, at such a close distance, in such a narrow space, the soldiers on both sides could not avoid it at all, only to see the cold light shining, blood flying all over the sky.

The battle lasted for a quarter of an hour, and the Wei soldiers, who had stormed the city walls through the ladders, also ascended to the top of the city.

At this time, the Wei soldiers who attacked the city by flying still failed to open the situation, and the situation everywhere was not optimistic, they did not obtain a strong bridgehead, and often a large group of soldiers rushed up the city wall fiercely from the flying tower, and then they were killed and wounded in the strict killing array of the Roman army.

Although the Wei army, which attacked the city wall through the ladder, climbed to the top of the city, it was unable to open the situation for a long time.

It is not because the soldiers of the Wei army are not brave, but because these second- and third-rate Wei soldiers have indeed limited combat quality, and they do not cooperate with each other in the slightest, and they only rely on a spirit of blood and bravery.

Ma Chao, who was immediately beside Cao Cao, frowned, and said angrily: "Why are they fighting like this? It's just a mess! ”

Cao Cao frowned and said, "It seems that we have neglected the training of these garrisons in normal times!" ”

Turning his head to the herald, he said, "Let the Eighth Army Forward Battalion attack!" ”

"No!"

Immediately, nearly 20,000 soldiers rushed towards the city wall.

The Eighth Legion charged upwards along the ladder set up by the garrison, and at the same time the crossbowmen on both sides fired at each other, only to see a rain of arrows, and a large number of crossbowmen on both sides fell.

A group of soldiers of the Eighth Legion rushed up the city wall from the flying tower and fought with the Romans, but because the Romans were in good position, the battle situation was very unfavorable to the Wei army, and the situation was the same as the previous attack by the garrison.

However, there is a difference, when the Wei army in front of them fought bloodily, the Wei army that climbed the city wall later hurriedly arranged a simple battle formation that could be used in a narrow environment, in fact, three or five soldiers were gathered back to back into one of the simplest battle units.

The Wei army attacked the Roman army with such a combat unit, and although it could not defeat the Roman army, it was also held on.

This created conditions for the follow-up troops to expand their bridgeheads.

At the same time, the soldiers in charge of storming the city gate hurriedly dragged the burning city car out of the city gate hole, and then another new city car rushed into the city gate hole and crashed into the city gate.

Just when the main force of the Wei army and the Roman army were stumbling on the east side of the city, two other Wei armies of 50,000 men each suddenly appeared outside the city gates on the south and north sides and launched a fierce attack on the south and north sides.

The Wei army pushed various siege equipment such as flying hugs and rushing carts towards the city wall.

A scout officer rushed to the Roman general Batra, who was directing the battle at the east gate, and hurriedly reported: "General, it's not good! The Wei army attacked from both the south and the north at the same time! ”

Batra frowned and asked, "How many are there?" ”

"50,000 each!"

Batra glanced at the battlefield in full swing in front of him, his brows furrowed, "I can't send reinforcements to them now!" Let them resist me! ”

"Yes!" The herald answered and hurried down.

"Your Excellency, did you send reserves to the north and south walls?" A ministry general proposed.

Batra shook her head, "No! The battle situation here is also very tense, in case the reserves go to the north and south walls, and there is a problem here, it will be a big trouble!! ”

Batra couldn't help but glance in the direction of Qin Xifeng and muttered, "I don't know how the situation is on Your Majesty's side?" ”

The forward battalion of the Eighth Army continued to storm for an hour, and the forward battalion, which suffered heavy casualties, inevitably weakened.

However, after reinforcements arrived, the offensive once again intensified.

The Wei army stormed the city wall desperately, and this momentum was not inferior to the main army of the Wei army.

Actually, there is nothing surprising about this! Although these Wei troops are only second- and third-rate troops, they all have a good foundation, and under the education of 'Mr.', they all have the desire to make contributions on the battlefield, and they all have the consciousness of being loyal to the country, and what they lack compared to the lion elite of the Wei army is only experience.

After this bloody battle, I believe that these second- and third-rate Wei troops will definitely be reborn, just like what the Sixth Army experienced.

The Roman army desperately resisted the Wei army's charge.

The soldiers on both sides were red-eyed, roaring angrily, desperately waving their blades at each other, blood splashing on the faces of the soldiers on both sides, and the consciousness of the soldiers on both sides became more and more blurred and crazy.

The fierce fighting continued until the evening, but the Wei army had no intention of a truce, and instead bombarded the city with catapults where the Romans had hit, sometimes injuring their own men by mistake.

Time passed gradually in the tragic battle between the soldiers on both sides, and before I knew it, in the middle of the night, a bright moon climbed up to the middle of the sky. On the battlefield, the torches in the hands of the soldiers on both sides illuminated the sky red, and the sound of killing shook the sky, which was mixed with the roar of catapults, the Wei army was still desperately attacking the city, the Roman army was still desperately resisting, and the soldiers on both sides looked very tired.

This scene lasted until dawn.

The exhausted Wei army finally stopped the attack and slowly retreated.

The Romans breathed a sigh of relief, some of the soldiers fainted on the spot, they were tired.

Cao Cao and the other generals returned to the tent and were silent for a moment.

Cao Cao suppressed his excitement and said, "This day and night are good!" ”

The three generals, Ma Chao, Zhang Liao, and Dian Wei, nodded heavily, and Ma Chao said appreciatively: "In terms of this momentum alone, it is not inferior to our main elite!" After this scene, these guys will definitely become the division of tigers and wolves! ”

Cao Cao frowned and said, "But the casualties on this day and night are not small!" ”

The generals couldn't help but show a gloomy color.

Cao Cao asked Zhang Liao: "Wenyuan, what are the casualties of our army?" ”

Zhang Liao replied: "The total number of dead and wounded is more than 20,000! Up and down the city, there is a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood! ”

Cao Cao nodded, "What about the Romans?" Their losses should not be small, right? ”

"The estimated number of dead and wounded is more than fifteen thousand! Many of them were caused by our army's catapults! ”

Cao Cao frowned and said, "These three Roman legions are worthy of being the main legions of Rome!" Can't give them a respite! Keep attacking me! Let's get on the troops that were not involved in yesterday's battle! ”

"No!"

The Roman army had just received the dry rations from the quartermaster, when suddenly the war drums of the Wei army outside the city sounded loudly again.

All the Roman soldiers were shocked, and the Roman soldiers on the head of the city hurriedly looked outside the city, only to see nearly 100,000 Wei troops surging in the thunderous war drums.

Batra said in a deep voice: "They don't want us to rest!" Tell all armies to prepare for battle! ”

As soon as Batra's words fell, a scout reported: "General, Wei troops have also appeared in the north and south, each with 30,000 troops!" ”

Batra frowned.

The fierce siege battle was once again in full swing, and although the scale and intensity were far less than yesterday's, the tired Roman army still felt the heavy pressure.

The battle continued until the evening, when this part of the Wei army withdrew. However, before the Roman army could catch its breath, the Wei army, which had been resting all day, launched another fierce attack on the Roman army, and the intensity of the offensive was not inferior to yesterday.

The Wei army attacked Ecbatana day and night, and the Roman army struggled to support it. (To be continued.) )