Chapter 77 Sound East and West

Awad held his breath, clenched his fist, and his heart jumped up. He found that Ardahir was indeed smart. He suddenly attacked in advance with his usual reason, but it was also because of his usual reason that the Romans were not prepared and was hit by him, which forced Sun Shao to take risks and attack, giving him a good opportunity to ambush.

The Han people are good at guarding, which has been confirmed in Aksum, but if Sun Shao goes out of the camp and faces 30,000 iron riders with 10,000 troops, will he still have a chance? When Awad thought of the once invincible Han army, he was so angry that he couldn't help roaring.

"Attack--" Awad roared in an almost changed tone.

The long horn soared into the sky and came out far away in the night.

The Sassanids, who were ambushed in the northeast of the Roman camp, couldn't help but see someone in the Han army's camp. Hearing the horn of Awad's order to attack, they immediately let go of the reins and began to run. It quickly increased to a certain speed, and the rumbling sound of horses's hoofs was as clear as a muffled of thunder. In a person's ear.

Little Goldian's ecstatic heart immediately sank to the bottom of the sea. He knew what the consequences would be. He could also guess how many people the Sassanid were ambushed against Sun Shao. In order to save him, Sun Shao ventured out of the camp and now faced great danger, or there was almost no chance of his life.

It's all because of his careless intentions, and now, the Sassanid iron horse has begun to launch. Even if Sun Shao turned around and ran, I'm afraid it would be too late. The Sassanids swallowed Sun Shao's army and turned around to kill his two legions that had lost hope.

The fiasco is imminent.

Little Gordian raised his face and looked at the twinkling night sky of the eastern stars. He was so regretful that he resisted that he did not shed tears. The first time he led the army in the battle, he not only did not win a great victory, but also implicated Sun Shao. Is he really useless?

"General, look!" The staff beside him suddenly screamed. Little Goldian couldn't wipe his tears and looked forward along his hand. The front was dark, and there was not even a bright light. Little Gordy sank at ease, and the Sassanic people really did it decisively, and as soon as they took it, it was thunderous. But then I thought again, no, even if the Sas are fast, it won't be so fast. The fires were still there before the two breaths. Why did they go out now? It's definitely not that the Sassans have arrived, unless they are flying.

Little Goldian turned his head and looked at the staff in surprise, and the staff also looked puzzled: "As soon as the Sassanian horseshoes sounded, the fires went out. What's going on?"

The two of them stared at each other.

The Sassanians were also puzzled. They ran up the horses as fast as they could and ran for the fire dragon. They were about to run in front of them, but the fire dragon suddenly went out, that is, in the blink of an eye, they lost their trace in front of them, leaving only the dark night.

What's going on? The Sassan knights didn't know whether to continue to charge or should stop. In such a hesitation, the smooth charging formation was stagnant, and they had rushed to the original position of the fire dragon by their usual surname.

"Boom--" With a loud noise, the knight who rushed to the front suddenly disappeared. Then, another war horse behind him couldn't stop its feet, and suddenly lost its front hoof and fell to the ground. The knight on the horse's back could not react, so he flew up in the clouds and flew straight more than a dozen steps, heavy. He fell to the ground. Before he could make an effective evasion, the war horse behind him had rushed over, and the horse's hoof with the size of the bowl directly stepped on his back.

With a clear sound, the knight was trampled on his spine and was out of breath on the spot.

In one breath, dozens of horses fell to the ground, and the formation was chaotic. The knight behind shouted loudly, trying to make the horses jump or avoid the fallen companions, and continued to run forward.

Just when the Sas were in chaos, there was a harsh roar from Sun Shao's camp, 300 steps away. The Sassanians, who were concentrating on making circumventing actions, suddenly lost their souls. As long as they had participated in the siege of Axum, they were familiar with this voice. This was the strongest defense crossbow of the Han people. It can shoot a giant arrow like a spear in 400 steps. Although the shooting speed is not fast, its lethality is amazing. As long as it is shot, whether it is a man or a horse, it will definitely shoot through.

For the Sassanians who are now in a chaotic formation, although the number of these crossbows is small, they are fatal enough. As long as a few knights or horses in the formation are shot down, the knights with the usual charge will fall down, causing far more terrible damage than the city crossbow itself.

The Sassans realized this, but they didn't have time to react. Even if some people instinctively raised the round shield in their hands, the Han people couldn't even stop the armored heavy armored horse. What can this small round shield do?

"Poo" "Poo" a few times, a few crossbows easily shot through the Sassanian knights. The Sassanians fell to the ground with their horses, and the knights behind them were caught off guard and tripped to the ground one by one. Although this is a flat plain with no obstacles, it is very risky to charge in the dark. Now that they encounter such interference again, the Sassanians can be said to be suffering, but they have no other way but to continue to accelerate the charge, hoping to rush out of the Han people's defense crossbow as soon as possible. Hit the range, and send the news of the alarm to the rear.

The rapid alarm number replaced the melodious charge number, which caused greater panic among the Sassanians. The generals behind did not know what happened in front of them. They thought that the enemy's defense was too tight to attack and had to retreat. However, the army has begun to charge, and how can they stop easily? Just as they hesitated, they had rushed to the attack range of the crossbow. After being hit head-on, they realized what was going on with the alarm horn just now.

Unfortunately, it's too late.

The city crossbow roared and shot through one knight after another, causing a big disturbance and messed up the smooth formation of the Sassanians. In the dark night, the Sassanids could not see how many arrows shot, and even the sound of long arrows breaking the air was drowned by the horse hiss. They only knew that the front was inexplicable. After falling down a series of people, sometimes the comrades around him suddenly fell down from the horse. This invisible fear was even more frightening. The murderous spirit of the Sassanians turned into nothing, and all that was left was the panic that spread rapidly.

The horns of asking and calling the police came one after another, which made Awad inexplicable. What's going on? Generally speaking, it should be stable this time. Although it is night and you can't see the situation in front of you clearly, Awad knows that there are no obstacles here that affect the charge of the horses, and Sun Shao is only 10,000 people. Even if they all come out to line up, they will never be the opponents of more than 20,000 cavalry, not to mention that this is still a sneak attack. Question mark

However, although he can't see the situation ahead, he can figure it out from the sound of the horn that something unexpected must have happened.

What happened? Awad couldn't figure it out for a moment, which made his heart go up and down, and his original vigorous fighting spirit suddenly turned into worry.

Little Goldian then turned into ecstasy. No matter what was going on over there, at least it could be heard from the horn of the Sassanians. They must have suffered losses. Sun Shao had the upper hand again. Although he still doesn't know how Sun Shao had the upper hand, it was enough for him. He immediately informed the whole battalion and told all the soldiers that our allies were attacking the Sassanids. The danger was over. As long as we guarded the camp, we would win.

When the Roman soldiers heard the horns of the Sassanians, they had a little foresaw. Now when they heard the order of little Goldian, their morale was immediately boosted. They shouted a battle and squeezed out the Sassanians who were about to break through the camp. The Sassanids also heard the horn. Although they had not received the order to retreat, their morale was frustrated and they had no intention to fight. They quickly withdrew from the Roman camp.

The Sassanids retreated like a tide and disappeared into the darkness, and the noisy battlefield suddenly calmed down. The dead silence returned in front of the Roman camp, leaving only the heavy gasps of the bloody Roman soldiers and the shouts of the centurion asking about the casualties. The East also slowly calmed down. Whether the Romans or the Sassanids, they couldn't see what was going on there.

Awad was hesitant. The current situation made him a little confused. He didn't know whether to continue to attack the Romans or rush there to check the specific situation. Just as he was thinking about it, more and more torches appeared in the south, and the Roman war drums were getting closer and closer.

The Roman reinforcements finally arrived.

Awad did not dare to neglect any more. He immediately ordered the Sassanians to withdraw from the battlefield, but did not leave. Instead, he lit a torch, exposed the army to the Romans, and then quietly confronted each other. At the same time, the relevant generals were called to inquire about the situation. Those generals could not figure out the situation. They only knew that they had lost thousands of knights in this charge, but they didn't even touch a Han Chinese, which made people confused and angry.

The Roman reinforcements arrived and set up a large battle near the camp of Little Goldian. Little Gordion didn't dare to support him any more, so he hurried out of the camp to meet Menno Lufis, the leader of the army. Menno Lufis inquired curiously, and then he knew that there had been a fierce battle here, and even Sun Shao was involved, but the situation on his side was even more strange.

"His Majesty the Emperor asked me to come first as soon as he received your request for help. His Majesty the Emperor and others were behind with a large army, and they would be there soon. I walked a little slowly because I was afraid of being ambushed by the enemy. Menno Lufis smiled and said, "However, fortunately, the general has a good command, and the camp has not been lost."

"Shame on you." Little Goldian pointed to the Sassanians in the distance and said, "Although the Sassanians have not been able to take down my camp in one breath, they have no intention of withdrawing. If you don't come, I believe they will attack again."

"Yes, it's a little strange. They all saw us. Why don't you leave?" Menno Lufis was also a little strange. "Does he want to eat me with him?"

"It's possible." Little Gordian nodded and said, "However, since the emperor has arrived, they must have retreat in the face of difficulties. After all, it's almost dawn, and our strength is twice as strong as them.

Menno Lufis nodded with the same feeling.

It didn't take long, and two more Roman legions arrived. When they asked about the situation, they also felt very lucky. However, they found that the Sassanids still showed no sign of leaving. Instead, they were platooning, as if they were ready to continue to attack. The Romans did not dare to be careless. The Sassanids' combat power was strong. With their strength here, it was enough to fight with the Romans again. Couldn't they sneak up and wanted to change it to a strong attack?

Until Quintus led the army to arrive in person, the Sassanians did not retreat, but launched an attack again. The two thousand-person team roared with the ink-like darkness before dawn. Quintus didn't have time to think too much. He immediately commanded the army to kill with the Sassanians, and there was a shout of killing again on the silent battlefield.

Although the Sassanids suffered in front of the Han army's camp and their morale was demoralized, they were fearless in the face of the Romans. They roared and rushed over. The light cavalry shot around the Roman phalanx, while the heavy cavalry urged the horses to go straight to the phalanx, in an attempt to use the strong impact of heavy armored horses to open the gap and break through the phalanx. Such tactics are not new, and the Romans are not surprised by it, because the Sassanians have always bullied them like this. Their way to deal with it was the spear array. Rows of soldiers huddled together and used forest-like spears to assassinate Sasian horses. Although the Sassanid horses wore a vest to resist the assassination of the spear, the knights on the horse often couldn't hold the horse's abdomen, were knocked off by the spear, and then killed by the Romans.

The two sides fought bloodily again.

Sun Shao stood on the general's platform in the camp and looked at it. It was too far away. It was dark. With the torches of both sides, he could only see some general situation. However, he saw that the Romans' formation was very thick. Knowing that the Roman reinforcements had arrived, he did not need to go out to take risks, so he was at ease. .

"Ziyuan, it's a good plan." Sun Shao turned his head and praised Sima Shi with a smile. Sima Shi quickly said modestly, "The king is flattered. Weichen just said casually. Without the king's arrangement, this plan will definitely not be used."

"Hahaha..." Sun Shao shook his head, "Ziyuan, you, don't just know how to hide your clumsiness like your father. Young man, what can't you say? It doesn't matter if you say it wrong. It doesn't matter to me. You see, isn't this clever plan to replace the truth with falsehood a boring stick to the Sassanids? I think you are very useful for your talent. Don't bury yourself.

Sima Shi smiled and said nothing. Just now, Sun Shao was worried about whether to go out of the camp to rescue the Romans. He suddenly remembered the hole he had just dug during the day to prevent the Sassanid cavalry, so he made a suggestion to let more than a hundred soldiers stand on one person every ten steps, each holding two torches, lighting the torches in turn, making a look like a large army leaving the camp, and inducing Sassan. People launch attacks. When the Sassanids came, the soldiers jumped into the pits and hid them and trampled out the torches at the same time. The Sassanids are cavalry, and it is not easy to stop as soon as they rush up. Even if they find that there is no enemy in front of them, they can only continue to rush through. At this time, not only can these pits and soldiers in the pits play a certain role, but also the crossbow with a shooting camp up to 400 steps in the battalion can also play a role. In the night, as long as it causes a certain The chaos can kill a large number of Sassanians.

Things are just like Sima Shi. The smoothness is a little scary. It not only delayed the time and caused the hesitation of the Sassanians, but also killed and injured many Sassanids, and the price they paid was only a hundred soldiers at most.

Sima Shi was praised by Sun Shao for this. He was very happy. This time, he made contributions. According to Sun Shao's habit of meritorious deeds, he will definitely get a certain reward. However, the tutoring of the Sima family is very strict. The education he has received since he was a child is full of joy and anger. Now, although he is happy, he still shows nothing on his face. He looked at the Sassanians who launched another attack and said puzzledly, "The Sassansanians came for a sneak attack. Now the sneak attack has failed, and the Roman reinforcements have also arrived. Why haven't they retreated? Could it be continued to attack until dawn?

"I also think it's a little weird." Sun Shao frowned and suddenly thought of something. He couldn't help but be shocked and looked up at the direction of Taixi's lockdown.

Sima Shi also thought of it. He looked at Sun Shao in surprise and found that although Sun Shao was a little nervous, he was not in a hurry. After a while, he shook his head with a smile on the corners of his mouth. Sima Shi didn't understand and didn't dare to talk much. He just stood quietly beside Sun Shao.

Under the city of Taixi, just as everyone was waiting for the news of the battlefield ten miles away, the east gate of Taixi suddenly opened, and the Sassanids silently rushed to the Roman army camp outside the city. Most of the Romans rushed to rescue little Goldian, and there were only a few soldiers left in the camp. Although they found the Sassanids in time and sounded the bell drums, the Sasans rushed over regardless and quickly broke through the Romans' camp. As soon as they rushed in, they set fire everywhere and massacred the hurried Romans.

The Romans were shocked twice a night. Before they recovered from the situation, they were ruthlessly slaughtered by the Sassanids. They had no time to fight with their personal bravery and Sassanids. Although the commander tried his best to control the situation, they were still beaten under the sharp attack of the constantly influx of Sassanids. Step by step back.

The Sassanids rode horses and clashed back and forth in the Roman camp. They kept throwing torches on the tents and lit one tent after another, turning the Roman camp into a sea of fire. The Romans tried their best to maintain it. As soon as they saw the campfire, their morale was even more demoralized. They could no longer resist the attack of the Sassanids, and they were soon defeated.

With a cheer, the Sassanids drove the Romans around and rushed out of the Roman camp, but suddenly turned to the Han camp. Chen Hai, who was in charge of guarding the rear camp, had been ready when he heard the shouting of the Roman battalion. As soon as he saw the Sassanids killing, he immediately commanded the soldiers in the camp to fight back.

The Sassanids were crazy. They braved the dense rain of arrows in the camp and launched waves of attacks. Chen Hai was a little surprised and felt that these Sassanids did not seem to be in hand. After looting the Roman camp, they came to make a bargain. Looking at it, it seemed that they had come specially for the Han army camp.

... Ardahir stood at the head of the city, with a gloomy face. A pair of eagle-like sharp eyes stared at the Han army camp in the distance, clenched his fists, hit the wall fiercely, and shouted in a low voice, "Attack!"

The gate of Taixifeng, which was burned into a piece of white ground, suddenly opened, and a team of heavy armored soldiers swarmed out, stepping on the still warm land, and rushed straight to the Han army camp facing the gate.

(to be continued)