Chapter 1245: Liu Bei's Redemption
The Roman phalanx soldiers were famous all over the world, and after the military advisors of Great Qin got more specific information from Zhuge Liang, they did a special study. And, under Zhuge Liang's intelligence, he learned about the transfer of Pompey's army in advance. So there was plenty of time to develop a counter-encirclement plan.
Qin Feng, the Hongwu Emperor, sacrificed himself as a bait and successfully lured Pompey, the dictator of the Roman Expeditionary Force, to the Great Plains east of Linshui. It arranged a tortoiseshell array to surround the cavalry of Emperor Hongwu.
This tortoiseshell formation does not eat bows and arrows, resists impact, and cooperates with the long-range troops in the rear, which is the best formation against the cavalry.
However, this tortoiseshell formation also has obvious shortcomings, it moves slowly, and the soldiers, like the "shrunken turtles", only know how to move forward, lack insight into the surrounding situation, and are simply unable to resist the hand-to-hand combat of the long-bladed troops.
When the Qin army appeared on all sides, the Roman long-range forces that were caught off guard were first destroyed by the devastated blows.
Since Pompey and other Roman commanders were all in command behind the formation, when the Qin army counter-encircled them, they had no soldiers and horses in front of them to protect them. Dian Wei, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and others also captured the thief and captured the king first, and attacked these Roman commanders.
Pompey, along with his commanders Demosthenes, Pericles, Protagoras and others, had no soldiers to protect them, and in order to save their lives, they panicked into battle.
The commander panicked to enter the battle to dodge, and it took a process. The battlefield changed rapidly, and in the process, the entire Roman army of 60,000 was uncommanded, like a headless fly for a while.
And the Great Qin army came with a purpose, and it had been arranged in advance, with various deputy generals and their own teams. Onslaught behind the butt of the Roman legions.
The Great Qin pikemen quickly tore apart the Roman tortoiseshell formation.
Pompey was horrified. When he was ready to dispatch the army again, he found out. The battle array on the periphery was almost completely wiped out, and without the strength to fight back, they were stabbed to death by the Great Qin pikemen layer by layer. He was shocked, "Order, the phalanx in the middle of the country will give up the tortoiseshell formation and set up a melee fish scale array!" โ
On his orders, the Roman soldiers in the center lowered their shields on their heads, and the thousand-man detachment dispersed. Re-set up the orthodox Roman hand-to-hand phalanx in units of 100 people. Holding a shield in one hand and a short sword in the other, leaving space around is conducive to the dispatch of the army and the squeezing and encircling the enemy.
However, Daqin's army had already prepared, when the Roman tortoiseshell array disappeared. The Great Qin pikemen retreated like a tide, and the crossbowmen rushed up again. Buzzing~. Xiuxiu~, the overwhelming bow and arrow, took away the lives of the Roman soldiers who had lost the protection of the tortoiseshell array. Rome had already lost its long-range forces from the beginning, and was powerless to fight back.
In the Roman formation. Liu Bei was anxious, "It's over, it's over." It's over, it's over! He shouted to Pompey; Checkmate. Withdraw quickly, and never again. I can't get out! โ
Zhuge Liang showed his feather fan and patiently waited for the opportunity to assassinate Pompey, but Pompey's dense personal soldiers, as well as Liu Bei, never had a good chance to appear.
Pompey was born in a glorious bloodline, and his ancestors were consuls, equivalent to the presidents of later generations. He was also a Roman general who could fight and dared to fight. Although he is now in a difficult situation, Emperor Hongwu is also surrounded by him. "Summoning the inner formation, kill Emperor Hongwu, charge in the inner formation, charge!"
In Pompey's opinion, as long as Emperor Hongwu is killed, even if the entire army is wiped out here, it will be a great victory.
Within a square mile, the outer circle of Rome was fighting to the death with the Qin army.
At this moment, Rome's inner circle battle formation is still a tortoiseshell formation. The reason why the Romans were still tortoiseshell formations was because they had completely surrounded Qin Feng. As long as the tortoiseshell array pushes over and squeezes it, it is a one-sided slaughter.
For Qin Feng, although he had already surrounded the Romans and had the upper hand, he was still in danger in the inner circle.
"Dismount!"
The small space is surrounded, and the horse battle is useless, but it is not conducive to dodging. Qin Feng gave an order, and the five thousand cavalry dismounted. Riding a spear in his hand, it is like a pikeman.
Qin Feng did not choose a breakthrough in one direction, but formed a battle circle with the team and took the initiative to expand it.
And what about the Romans? In the "tortoise shell" where the Romans were, only the soldiers in the first row were able to see the situation outside. The eyes of the soldiers in this first row ranged from anger to fear. They did not receive the order to change formations, and the quality of their military personnel kept them unchanged.
Qin Feng personally led the battle in the Western Battle Circle, and he rushed to the front.
There is nothing more invigorating for a soldier than to see the shadow of a leader on the front line. The morale of the Great Qin generals was high, and they were brave and fearless.
Qin Feng faced a thousand-person tortoiseshell formation, and the soldiers in the first row of the Romans opened the shield in front of him and showed the Roman short sword. It's a short sword, it's too broken. In the face of the cavalry guns of the Great Qin soldiers, they couldn't reach it at all.
The Zhenwu Taiji Spear in Qin Feng's hand pierced the chest of a Roman soldier with a single stab. He felt that the golden spear then trembled twice in succession, coming from the two Romans behind him. When he pulled it out, the Roman died forever in fear.
A large amount of blood spurted on Qin Feng's body. And around him, the cavalry spears in the hands of the Great Qin soldiers also killed the enemy on the opposite side. For a while, Qin Feng seemed to have come to the statue fountain in the square, but these statues were living people, but when they spurted blood, they also became dead people.
With a uniform thrust, in just a breath, the Qin army ate the soldiers on the first floor of Rome in the inner circle.
In the Roman formation, Liu Bei had been paying attention to the situation on Qin Feng's side, and was shocked when he saw this, "It's not good, Qin Zijin has dismounted, general!" โ
Today's shape shรฌ turned out to be the Qin army surrounding the Romans in front and back, two circles inside and outside, and the Romans in the middle of the slashers.
Liu Bei already felt bad, "General, quickly retreat!" Your Excellency the Dictator! โ
Pompey hesitated, he was calculating the strength of his troops, whether there was still a chance to kill Emperor Hongwu. However, the clarion call of the entire army in the outer circle of the Qin army shattered Pompey's last insistence.
The infantry in the outer circle of the Qin army took the initiative to retreat, and these fighters from the guerrillas completed their transformation, and they became real Qin army warriors and pillars of defending the country. As they retreated, the Great Qin cavalry was ready.
This elite cavalry force of Great Qin. will deliver the deadliest blow to the enemy. When Daqin's cavalry crashed into the Roman battle formation at high speed. Completely defeated the phalanx on which the Romans depended.
Then, the Great Qin pikemen swarmed up again. Lined up in neat formations, with uniform spurs, stabbed the Roman soldiers who had lost their battle formations. And the rear, the Great Qin crossbowmen, through the guรฒ gap, flat shot.
"The whole army retreats, retreat!" Pompey almost screamed. However, he had already lost the opportunity to withdraw his troops, and he was not chanting the glory of Rome. And the wolf bรจi fled.
History will not forget the battle of Linshui that occurred in mid-April 221 AD, when Qin Feng, the Emperor of Hongwu, severely damaged the main force of the Roman expeditionary force in Lin'an, later generations, and annihilated 70,000 enemies. The Chinese nation that has risen will never retreat to Yashan.
History will not forget the key point of this battle, the Hongwu Emperor sacrificed his life, he used himself as a bait in the case of succumbing to a disadvantage. Thus in the case of a small number of troops. Having gained complete tactical superiority, it instead surrounded and annihilated the main forces of the Roman expeditionary force.
Qin Feng, the Emperor of Hongwu, completed another battle that shocked the world by winning more with less. Many of the tactics he pioneered to fight more with less are unique. It is a victory that cannot be replicated by future generations. In the midst of adversity, Emperor Hongwu and his army showed the spirit of the Chinese nation. Dealt a heavy blow to the enemy. And after this war, the Roman conspiracy to sweep Jiangdong and ravage the interior of China was completely crushed.
The cheers of the Great Qin warriors. Resounding in the land of China. The corpse of the Romans at their feet is a symbol of their glory. Warriors. Chanting the name of Huaxia and chanting the name of Emperor Hongwu.
Qin Feng personally lifted Guan Yu and Zhang Fei with his own hands, and put his hand on their powerful arms, "As long as our Chinese nation is united together, there is no invincible enemy!" โ
"Your Majesty!" Guan Yu and Zhang Fei were very excited, at this moment, they found the ideal in their hearts and were ashamed of what they had done before.
Qin Feng stared at the east, which was the direction of Huiji County, "And Kong Ming, he has finally become my Zhuge Kong Ming of Huaxia." "The memories of the past crossed his mind," it was a hand-copied ancient "Spring and Autumn", and when I ordered someone to give it to him, I hoped that he would become a loyal and righteous person of Kuang Fu Sheji. โ
He stared at Guan Yu, "It's not a person who is loyal to a certain person's society, but a person who is loyal to my Huaxia society and the national community." Zhuge Liang did it, and you did it! โ
Since ancient times, kings only demanded allegiance to themselves, and if they did not pledge their allegiance, they would be killed, and no king had ever said such a thing as Qin Feng.
Qin Feng's selflessness touched everyone, and his selflessness won him even more supreme rights.
"Your Majesty!" Guan Yubai fell to the ground, and he actually shed tears.
"Your Majesty!" Everyone fell to the ground, their hearts stirred.
In their hearts, the Great Qin, which was established by Emperor Hongwu, is the representative of the Huaxia Society and the National Society.
"Let's go!" Qin Feng got on his horse first, and pointed the golden gun in his hand in the direction of Huiji County, "Destroy the invading enemy, let us go to the front line of rest, fight to the death with the Roman invaders, defend our country, and liberate all the races enslaved by the Romans!" โ
Let's go!
Amid the roaring sound of horses' hooves, Qin Feng led his troops and embarked on the journey again.
A day later, Pompey, Liu Bei and others, almost single-handedly, returned to the base camp.
Failed!
70,000 people died!
The whole Romans were shocked, and for a time the Romans were completely demoralized and panicked. The sound of leaving this country by boat, leaving this hell, came and went.
Pompey was mad, how could he leave. He left and went back to be put to death.
However, Pompey couldn't find a way to turn defeat into victory, and he was already crazy, venting his anger on Liu Bei.
In the middle of the big tent, Pompey kicked Liu Bei on the heel, "It's you, it's you, this qiฤ started with your brother's rebellion." You're a mole, a mole! โ
Liu Bei was frightened, having lost the protection of the Romans, he would be nothing and would be torn to pieces, he shouted: "No, I am not a traitor, I am loyal." Guan Yu and Zhang Fei don't care about my business! โ
Pompey kicked over again, and said angrily: "Do you think I don't know, Taoyuan Sanjieyi, you, to, for, I, no, know, Tao? โ
Taoyuan three righteousness, do not seek to be born in the same year, the same month and the same day, but to die in the same year, the same month and the same day, and the name of the righteousness is all over the world. And how can it be betrayed.
Liu Bei knows one thing, and Zhuge Liang also knows it very well. Liu Bei was almost unable to justify, and when he was on the line of life and death, Liu Bei suddenly remembered a battle report he saw after coming back, and immediately shouted: "The general spares his life, I have a way to break through Huiji City without spending a single soldier." With Huiji City, there is a stronghold. If you are nailed to death in Jiangdong, you can involve the power of Great Qin, and your majesty will win in peace, and we are still a great achievement! โ
For Pompey, killing Liu Bei and going back is also death, if he can take down Huiji City, he can defend the city, and he will still have a chance. He snorted coldly, looked down at Liu Bei at his feet and asked, "What way?" โ
Liu Bei hurriedly said: "Plot against Sun Quan!" โ
The Romans were stunned.
Zhuge Liang, who was watching coldly, shook the feather fan in his hand sharply, and said secretly, "It's not good." (To be continued......)