Volume 3 Spartacus Chapter 109 Besiege but not Attack

Faced with a chaotic and overwhelmed army of Varilius, the rebels would not give them time to discuss countermeasures. In the night sky, countless torches lit up on both sides of the hillside at the same time, accompanied by the loud noise of almost all the members of the rebel army.

This scene like a divine soldier descending from the sky made everyone in the mountain road below the valley suddenly scattered, and the horses couldn't stand the stimulation of this huge sound wave and firelight, and kept running wildly, making the already chaotic formation even more scattered.

It seems that only the guards around the four sides of Variliu still retain some battle defense formation. They stuck countless four or five meter-long spears diagonally into the ground and stabbed them forward, forming an impenetrable forest of steel spears.

Under the protection of this classic tactic, similar to that of the Macedonian army's sweep across Europe, Varilius and the staff officer finally felt a little comfort.

However, they were not greeted by the imaginary rebel army brigade rushing out of the mountains, but the boundless falling trees and rocks.

The Roma army was already in extremely unfavorable terrain conditions. At this time, it is difficult to make any effective countermeasures in the face of rolling stones and rolling stones and trees that are descending from a high place with potential energy at high speed.

The terrifying steel spear forest itself was prepared for the enemy troops who rushed in, but where could they stop the rolling stones that rushed down the mountain?

So the guards quickly changed their formation, abandoned their spears, and used huge shields to form a line of pedestrian shield walls, firmly protecting Varilius in the middle.

However, they still underestimated the kinetic energy of the stone, which was still extremely fast in front of them. As soon as Fang made contact, the shield defense line that seemed to be as steady as a mountain collapsed at the touch of a button.

Several soldiers behind the shield who were resisting together were thrown out at once. The stone still rolled unabated into the several lines of defense behind it, almost crushing along the way, rolling past the flesh of many soldiers.

This tragic image seemed like hell on earth to the surviving soldiers next to them. Just by looking at it, I felt powerless, and I didn't have the heart to resist.

Even though the Overseers behind them were glaring at the would-be deserters with broadswords, there were still many Roman soldiers who could not bear the instinctive fear and fled from their posts.

Frightened and angry, Varilius kept urging the original rear troops to quickly turn around and break through in reverse, so as to create enough space for their Chinese army to retreat.

But when these orders are effectively communicated to every squad of the rear cavalry. Their Chinese troops had already suffered a severe blow from the rebels.

Although the rebel army did not send a single soldier to the battle for the time being, it has now completely demoralized the entire Roman army. Especially the guards who had been mustering up their courage and sworn to guard Varilius' side.

On the one hand, I didn't see the imaginary enemy attacking. On the other hand, just dealing with this kind of rolling stone and sasswood has already made them frightened and exhausted.

It was no longer possible for them to maintain their effective defensive formations, and they could only squeeze behind them with the rest of the crowd, trying to find a way out.

Therefore, the already very dense Varilius military array was even more crowded at this time, and it was not uncomfortable to rub shoulders one after another. From time to time, there are out-of-control war horses constantly interspersed with commotion in the crowd, and it is inevitable that a few miserable people who have been trampled to death will fall under the huge hooves.

Fortunately, the team had now turned around and slowly returned the way it came, away from the wall of fire.

Varilius and the others really didn't expect that the rebels had been lying in ambush here for a long time. Unexpectedly, all his travel routes were clearly understood by the other party, and he was able to predict the direction of their actions in advance. In terms of reconnaissance work, control of the initiative on the battlefield, use of terrain, and so on, the enemy's main general is several times stronger than his own side.

Varilius was thinking about fleeing from this place at this time, and he would never rush to send troops in the future. How good it is to be the emperor of the soil on his own territory with peace of mind. However, he began to be naΓ―ve again, since the rebels had time to prepare so many rolling stones and spools in this place, how could they not be able to judge their next move.

So Varilius saw with his own eyes the cavalry units in front of the troops, one after another, shouting for Maas. The abrupt sound sounded the death knell once again on his already fragile nerves.

Immediately afterwards, they saw in the distance that the cavalry units in front of them were falling to the ground one by one. The horses in the rear also collided with them due to the sudden collapse of the team in front, and after losing control of their figures, they inevitably joined in this domino tragedy.

It turned out that in the direction they were heading, a stumbling rope had been pulled up at this time. In the darkness of the night, it was almost impossible for the cavalry to see the obstacles ahead, let alone in such a race against time to retreat. Both humans and horses have no time to pay attention to the obstacles ahead.

So with such an increase in speed, the cavalry in front fell in pieces as if they had been cut wheat. And all the troops in the rear, which were speeding up to catch up, all staged a crowded tragedy again due to inertia.

This time, the already exhausted and exhausted Roma soldiers finally couldn't help but collapse completely. It was no longer possible for them to form any effective management mechanism, and many grassroots generals themselves, including themselves, began to aimlessly search for a direction to escape.

Many people even began to flee to the mountains on both sides, and it was difficult for the entire force to form an overall and effective combat operation.

On the side of the rebel army, several generals could not resist the temptation in front of them, and they had long wanted to rush down the mountain and ruthlessly harvest the lives of these demoralized Roman soldiers.

But several of them were pressed the mountainside by Jin Zhan. So they had no choice but to enjoy the noisy drama at the bottom of the mountain, allowing the chaos to ferment and intensify on its own.

At this time, if the army is sent early to attack their military formation, although it will also have a good effect, it will allow the enemy to find a common goal to fight and fight together.

And this kind of behavior of watching the fire from across the strait, while maintaining deterrence, makes them chaotic, and they can't find a suitable direction for the assault at all, so that they can control their battle damage to the minimum.

Of course, for the Roman soldiers who dared to rush to the high ground, the soldiers in ambush on the rebel side no longer had to swallow their anger, and they opened their blades to meet the pork belly delivered to the door.

Although the Roman army noticed that their companions who had rushed into the dense forests of the highlands let out muffled grunts and screams from time to time. But at this time, they didn't want to stay in the crowd and couldn't breathe. It's still chaotic and scattered, and the girls rush in all directions and run.

As the number of people fleeing continues to increase, several dense streams of people in different directions are gradually formed. The number of rebels was already limited, and in the face of the more than 10,000 troops trapped in the valley, even if they were open to kill, it would take a lot of effort. At this time, it is even more difficult to fully contain the enemy under the impact of all directions.

Kress had reached the limit of his own patience at this time, and kept urging Jin Zhan to ask him to fight: "Jin Zhan brothers are all at this time, don't you want my cavalry troops to make a move?" ”

Ai Ligang also began to be outdone: "Yes, why don't we let our strongest mandarin duck array carry out a decapitation operation?" I've been keeping an eye on the position of the opposing general. ”

"In this chaotic situation, it's the best time to give him a one-hit kill. You see, if we let these people go out of the way, it will be difficult for us to stop it. ”

Jin Zhan saw that everyone was already eager to try and couldn't bear it, so he had to tell his plan in full.

"Ladies and gentlemen, in fact, the most important goal of our encirclement of their army this time is not to cause many effective kills, nor to behead the opponent's main general, Varilius, which is actually not of much benefit to us."

"Think for yourselves, but this Varilius, as a general on the side of Napoleus, has shown this clumsy military ability. So is he much better in this position than a new general with strong combat ability and experience? ”

"As long as we don't hurt his roots, he will still be in this position. And the group of soldiers under him, we can also let them survive. ”

"From now on, I think where our rebels pass, they will be terrified and hide far away. Besides, don't you see that they have lost their armor and abandoned their weapons, and they have also given us a large amount of valuable equipment? ”