Both sides did not take the initiative to attack, but observed each other, whether it was for the guards or the Germans, from armor, weapons to battle formations, it was very fresh.

A personal guard couldn't help but say: "General Zhang, I heard that they are barbarians, they are really barbaric enough, they don't even need a bow and crossbow in battle, isn't that looking for death?" Just by a dagger and a shield? ”

Zhang Ning waved his hand: "Don't despise everyone, the general once mentioned that Rome has been established for hundreds of years, and it has developed from a small village to a large country with a land no less than my Middle Earth, and there must be some catties and two, and the general sent us to fight instead of ordinary soldiers, which has shown from the side that the enemy is difficult, and the shields and short swords that we look down on may be able to play a wonderful role in their hands."

Look at them again, the spears on their backs must be used for throwing, but according to their shape, they must not be able to throw far, only ten feet, let's not approach them for the time being, shoot them with bows and crossbows, and then strike at them! ”

"Yes!" The whole army whispered to the promise!

While Zhang Ning was arranging the combat mission, a Germanic also turned his head and said: "Chief, they Seris don't even have a shield, are they only attacking and not defending?" What's even more incredible is that everyone has a bow and arrow, can this thing shoot through our shield? In the past, the Romans attacked the Greeks, and the Greeks also brought a large number of archers, but they were thrown by the Romans with a burst of javelins, and then rushed forward to the melee battle, and drove them alive to the sea to feed the fish, I don't think we should delay, two hundred against two hundred, the number is equal, who have we Germanic people afraid of fighting alone? Settle it as soon as possible. ”

Julius thought about it, and immediately waved his stout arm covered with golden hair: "Warriors of the Germans. Offensive! ”

"Huh~~" The Germanic people screamed strangely, and the three phalanxes rushed towards the guards in two front and one backward, among which the warriors of the first two phalanxes were holding shields in one hand and carrying javelins on their shoulders in the other, and threw them as soon as the distance arrived!

In fact, the purpose of throwing javelins in the Roman phalanx is not to assassinate many enemies, the initial velocity of throwing weapons cannot be compared to arrows, and it is entirely possible for people with great strength and accurate eyesight to open up, and the purpose of throwing javelins is only to disrupt the enemy formation, and then engage in hand-to-hand combat in the hand-to-hand combat that the Romans are best at!

The battle was on the verge of breaking out, and all the spectators held their breath. Among them, Antonio was the most uneasy. The battle was provoked by him, although Wei Feng was not clear for the time being, and he also said that he wanted to stand up for the barbarians, but once his own casualties were too large. It's hard to talk about it when you're angry.

But when it comes to it, it's the most frightening. But it's Deng Yi. Ordinary people may not see anything, as an experienced leading general, Deng Yi can roughly deduce the tactics of the Germans. It is nothing more than shields to block arrows, then throw spears, and finally hand-to-hand combat, the team hanging at the end of the team is mostly used as a replacement, the tactic is simple and effective, and it is difficult to crack when the number is equal and the cavalry charge is not used.

Deng Yi compared his own Jiaozhou army, but came to a depressing conclusion, that is, at least five or six hundred people, and they had to fight to the death to resist it, which made him feel sorry for Wei Feng.

Among all the audience, the most interested is the Sassanid merchants, the Caucasian people are born with a strong spirit of expansion, for the Sasanians, due to the military alliance with the Eastern Rome, it is temporarily impossible to develop westward, the key is that the Eastern Rome can be used as a barrier to the Sasanians, to avoid fighting the Huns and barbarians who are not afraid of death, then, the Sassanid can only develop to the east, but once it crosses the green mountains, it is very likely to have a direct conflict with the Seris country in the east!

The predecessor of Sasanian is Anxi, in the east of Anxie, there was a Kushan Empire (Da Yueshi), which controlled the main routes of trade between the East and the West at that time, and now today's Sasanian like grabbing excess profits, in 90 AD, the King of Kushan asked to marry the Han princess, was rejected by Ban Chao, and then sent the deputy Wang Xie to lead an army of 70,000 to attack Chao, for a super defeat, so he sued for peace, and Guishan has since stopped in the west of the Green Ridge, until the destruction does not dare to cross half a step!

For this eastern country, it is as much as possible to be divided at the moment, but the Sassanids are still a little jealous, and want to know more, especially in military affairs, the better, so everyone is staring at it, for fear of missing the slightest detail!

The Sassanid aristocracy had great power to decide whether the emperor would rise or fall, and although they were not emperors themselves, the elected emperors had to represent their interests, and a considerable number of Sassanid merchants were servants of the magnates.

The distance of two hundred steps is not far, the Germans have rushed halfway in the blink of an eye, for the guards, the Germanic people who hold up their shields are like three thick shield walls, the big shield is about a finger's height from the ground, the Germanic people are half-bent on their waists, only showing their eyes to observe the front, almost invulnerable.

It's just that there are no flaws that can create flaws, Zhang Ning shouted: "The crossbowman lies down, and the archer throws!" ”

Among the 100 people in the front two formations on the left and right, the archers and crossbowmen accounted for half each, and the archers immediately raised their bows diagonally and threw arrows into the air, although there were only fifty arrows, the guards could not be compared with ordinary archers, and the arrows of the guards were fast and accurate!

Before the arrow fell, the sound of breaking through the air was already a great work, and Julius was startled, and called out loudly: "The shield is tilted back!" Hurry up, hurry up for Lao Tzu! ”

In fact, without waiting for his orders, the Germanic people on the left and right sides leaned their shields back a little, and their bodies shrank as much as possible, and the action was just done, and the sound of "tuk tuk tuk ~~" sounded as densely as raindrops!

Fifty arrows, twenty-five on each side of the left and right formations, all nailed to the shield, which scared Julius in the back into a cold sweat, he never expected that the Serisians' archery would be so accurate, you know, this is a projectile, and it is so far apart!

The Germans who were shot in the shield felt again, at the moment when the arrow entered the shield, they all felt that the shield surface sank, and the arm was obviously impacted, which shows that the strength attached to the arrow is strong, and even some of the shield surface has been shot through, lucky, the black arrow flashes black light above the head door, and the unlucky one is the forearm is shot, although the flesh is not deep, but the arrow shaft is on the other side of the shield, and the wound cannot be treated!

Although the strength of the guards is not as good as that of Wei Feng, it is still possible to open a strong bow of three to four stones.

When it comes to archery, the Romans, Franks and Germans are not good at archery, in Julius's view, archery is the most important for the Huns, but today it is an eye-opener, the Seris are far more accurate than the Huns!

But at the same time, a strong sense of disbelief rose in my heart, the Germanic people inherited everything from the Romans, and what they were best at was hand-to-hand combat!

Julius shouted: "Take advantage of the gap in archery, hurry up, grandma's bear, I want to see how many arrows he can shoot!" ”

As soon as these words fell, the Germans straightened their shields, and in mid-air there was another "whoosh!" The sound of breaking through the air made the Germans tilt their shields again!

Standard archers can shoot six arrows per minute, while guards can shoot ten! This means that the first batch of arrows has just hit the ground, and the latter batch of arrows has already taken off into the air, and the Germans have encountered such perverted archers!

After a tuk tuk sound, the Germans had just about to straighten their shields and run a few more steps, but the twenty or so people who were running in front of the two groups suddenly burst out into a terrible scream, and then their bodies fell heavily to the ground, and the shields and javelins did not know where to go.

It turned out that the Germans leaned their shields back slightly, and they would inevitably pull away from the ground, from the original height of one finger to the space of one or two palms, and the crossbowmen lying on the ground immediately shot, fifty short arrows, about half of which hit the Germanic people between the ankles and calves!

Two rounds of arrow rain, a round of crossbows, the guards did not even move, the Germans are still more than seventy steps away, there have been more than 20 people who have lost their combat effectiveness, the people are thunderous, although there is no national concept at that time, but outsiders and their own people are still clear, the guards are Jin people, Jin people are their own people, and the Germanic people are not my race at a glance, their hearts will be different!

All this also fell in the eyes of foreign merchants, all of them showed a frightened look on their faces, especially the Sassanid merchants were even more dumbfounded, looking like they had seen a ghost, this is not only the archery skills of the Seris are unimaginable, but also the ingenuity of the coping methods, just with archery to break the sword and shield soldiers that the Romans are proud of, the two sides have not yet handed over the short army, although such an army, although I don't know how many Seris countries have, but it is certain that as long as the number is thousands, it is enough to face the siege of nearly 10,000 troops!

As for the Germans, they were really caught in a dilemma, the arrows shot from the top of their heads could be driven deep into the shield, so that they did not dare to risk charging with their armor alone, but they could not defend themselves against the ground above their heads, and just when there was a lot of noise outside the field, the second round of crossbow arrows followed by the first round, and they knocked down about twenty people!

Looking at the grinning companions in pain, the Germanic people who survived for the time being were extremely aggrieved, and they were unable to display their superb martial arts, could it be that the whole army was wiped out today under the bow and arrow that usually did not even look at it?

Julius exclaimed angrily, "Everyone, huddle up and see how he shoots!" ”

Including the rear team as a reserve, Germain hurriedly concentrated inward, took the shield to build a turtle cover, and the inner position untied the javelin to protrude the shield, and from a distance, it looked like a shrunken hedgehog!

Marching in such a way will inevitably affect the speed, but it is still somewhat useful, and it is even ten or so steps closer in the rain of arrows!

Zhang Ning sneered: "This turtle shell is quite thick, spread out and shoot, shoot on time, Lao Tzu doesn't believe that his shell is not exposed!" ”

The guards did not set up the glaive formation, they all took out their bows and arrows and scattered to shoot, the Germans immediately increased the pressure, originally only needed to defend the front, but at this time, the four hundred and eight sides have to defend, it is inevitable that they will take care of one and lose the other, but the archery of the guards is extremely accurate, as long as the slightest gap is exposed, followed by an arrow into it!

Not long after, more than a dozen Germans were hit by arrows, most of them were shot in the shoulder and arm, although it was not fatal, but it would more or less affect the combat ability, which also made the Germanic people's chests suffocate and want to explode. (To be continued......)