Chapter 83 Destroying the Front

Awad calmly watched the two hundred-man teams being repulsed by the other party, and was not angry. Then he sent two hundred-man teams. However, this time he made some adjustments to let them not spread out in an all-round way, but to concentrate on attacking two of them, and not to separate, so as not to break each other.

According to Awad's request, the two hundred-man team rushed up under the cover of the archers and launched a fierce attack on the two opposing horses leaning together. They strengthened their cooperation with each other. One hundred-man team defended the enemy behind the horse on both sides of the horse, and the other hundred-man team launched against the two hidden behind the horse. Continuous attack. This tactic works very well. Although the soldiers in the destruction camp have crossbows and sharp blades, and their cooperation with each other is more proficient than that of the Sassanians, the good tiger can't stand the wolves. Under the attack of ten times the opponent's strength, although they fought with all their strength and made the Sassanids pay the price of more than ten people, they finally lost two rejected horses. Forced to take a step back.

The Sassanids were in high spirits. They shouted forward and then attacked the next rejection. The ten people hiding behind the rebellious horse rose up and fought with the cover of the rebellious horse with all their strength to fight with the Sassanids.

The Sassans gritted their teeth and did not retreat. After a while, the casualties also increased to more than 30 people, and because they went deep into the battle, both sides were also attacked. When attacking the third row of the horse array, the formation of cover on both sides had been very long. The 100-man team responsible for the cover was struggling to cope with the hard support in the face of the fierce attack of the destroyer camp. The companions who attacked the attack had not yet captured the third row of rejected horses. They could no longer support it. There was a possibility of being surrounded by the other party in turn. In desperation, they had no choice but to give up the third row of rejected horses, retreat to defend the two rows of rejected horses that had just been captured, and sent out to the front for help at the same time.

Awad was overjoyed and immediately sent two more 100-man teams to strengthen the attack, replacing the 100-man team, which was seriously damaged after a bloody battle, and supplemented the Sassanid combat strength of the fresh force. He launched another attack, quickly took the third row of rejection and advanced to the fourth formation.

Cao Zhang and Sun Shao stood on the command platform in the distance, looked at the Sassanians who had penetrated into the anti-horse array, and frowned: "How long has it been since the Sassanians attacked five rows of anti-horses in succession? Can you support it?"

"It's my business whether I can support it or not. You don't have to worry so much." Sun Shao, who sat in front of the tea case, smiled calmly and said, "Drink tea! The Mediterranean Sea is really interesting. It's dry and hot in summer, very uncomfortable, but it's more comfortable in autumn and winter. In the autumn of the battlefield, I advise you to drink tea!"

Cao Zhang looked back at him and shook his head: "I'm not used to drinking tea when the soldiers are fighting in blood."

"I know that you are used to taking the lead, but now you hold it for a moment. When I cripple the Sassanids first, it's time for you to take action." Sun Shao didn't mind. He added water to himself and motioned Emily to start reading.

The crisp sound of reading was very incongruous against the sound of war drums and fighting. Cao Zhangjian frowned, but he had no choice but to touch the scorched yellow beard and looked at the rejection array in the distance.

The more the Sassanids attacked, the slower they were. Although they dismantled more than a dozen rejected horses and cleaned up the passage of about 20 steps, the troops invested had reached thousands of people, and the seriously injured soldiers were constantly replaced. In order to prevent the soldiers who went deep into the position from being surrounded, Awad had to continue to increase his investment, make the attack surface wider, and gradually formed a triangular attack formation. In this way, the number of troops invested increased sharply. For each front attack, the rear wings he wanted to protect became wider and deeper, and more soldiers were needed.

After half a day of fighting, the Sassanids went deep into the battle for fifty steps and cleared a triangular position with a depth of fifty steps and a width of sixty or seventy steps in front of the battle. More than 1,000 soldiers fell into a pool of blood, and more than 3,000 people were injured. They had to temporarily stop the attack and hold a shield. The card, back-to-back cloth into a defensive formation, sounding the horn for help, asking for instructions whether to continue to attack or withdraw from the formation.

Hearing the sound of the horn, Sun Shao stood up and walked to the railing. He stared carefully for a moment and waved his hand gently. Zhou Yin, who had been waiting for a long time under the command platform, roared, drew his knife out of the sheath, and took 2,000 reserves to quickly through the rejected horses, like mercury, and rushed to the Sasian formation. They rushed to the Sassanians and cut them with their knives. The Sassanids fought hard for half a day. They were exhausted and were huddled together to gasp. How could they stop the wolf-like new force. Although they resisted with all their strength, they were quickly broken through their defensive position by Zhou Yin's personal guards and rushed into the crowd and slashed.

The Sassanids were killed in embarrassment and retreated. Zhou Yin bit them tightly, followed them and chased them fiercely, and suddenly drove the Sassanids out of the horse-rejection, and then stopped. Standing in front of the horse-rejection, the 2,000-thousand-killed destroyer battalion soldiers raised their knives and roared, making disdainful scolding at the Sassanians who were rushing wolves.

Awad was furious and immediately transferred 5,000 fresh troops, and rushed over murderously again. Zhou Yin took a look at it, turned around and ran away with a long knife, and took his subordinates back to reject the horse array. While they drove the Sassanids out of the battle, the soldiers in the battle had completed the change of defense and replaced their companions to rest after the battle. The medical soldiers trotted and carried the seriously injured off the position to the rear for treatment, while the minor wounded ran to the medical camp happily with the same help, without thinking about the injury at all. .

Cao Zhang looked at the soldiers who destroyed the camp with a relaxed look, and then looked at the violent Sassanians. If he realized something, he went to the opposite side of Sun Shao and sat down, picked up the cold tea and drank it all. He put the cup on the case with a "boo" and laughed loudly, "No wonder the king is so stable. If you use wheels to fight, Sassanian After a long time of hard work, I was beaten back by you all of a sudden. The people who died in front of me died in vain.

"Who said they died in vain? Didn't they pull out fifty or sixty rejected horses? Sun Shao glanced at him and smiled proudly: "I still need to give some sweetness, otherwise he will turn his head and run away. How can I keep my promise?"

"Don't be happy too early." Cao Zhang took Diana's cup of water and said disdainfully, "At this speed, they don't need 10,000 people to get through the formation until you are under your command. You still can't keep your promise.

"Is it?" Sun Shao laughed, and his eyes bent into a crescent moon, looking full of cunning: "Brother Ziwen, let's play chess."

"play chess?" Cao Zhang glanced at him in surprise: "Here and now? Do you still have this Yaxing?

"Of course." Sun Shao waved his hand and asked Emily to take a pair of golden silk chessboard. While packing up the chess pieces, he said, "It's boring to just play chess. Let's bet on the lottery. How about that?"

Cao Zhang is a good soldier. He is also very interested in chess, which is very similar to the art of war. Between his level and Sun Shaobo, it seems that it is not appropriate to play chess at this time. As soon as he heard that Sun Shao still has a lottery, he became interested in it: "How to bet?"

"I know you like the ranch on the east coast of the Caspian Sea. It's better to bet on that ranch." Sun Shao said while playing chess pieces, "If you win me a game, I will give you a hundred mu of pasture, okay?"

Cao Zhang has been coveting the ranch by the sea for a long time, but he has mentioned it many times in the open and secretly. Sun Shao did not let go, and he could only itch himself secretly. Now Sun Shao suddenly proposed to bet on that ranch. He immediately became happy and reached out to pick up a chess piece and put it on the chessboard. Suddenly, he said alertly: " What if I lose?"

"It's very simple." Sun Shao had already set up the chess pieces while talking. He reached out and pointed to the chessboard and said, "Ziwen, how many grids are there on this chessboard?"

Cao Zhang glanced at it and quickly calculated: "There are thirty-two grids on your side, and my side is also thirty-two grids, plus the Chu River and Han boundary in the middle, a total of sixty-five grids."

"The Chuhe Han world doesn't matter. Let's make up an easy number, sixty-four grids." Sun Shao said generously, "I'm short of food now. If you lose, put a grain of rice in the first grid, two grains in the second grid, four grains in the third grid, and eight grains in the fourth grid. In short, each grid is doubled until sixty-four grids. How about it?"

"That's it?" Cao Zhang couldn't help laughing and looked at Sun Shao uneasantly: "You're not digging a pit again, are you?"

"What are you talking about? My conditions are very clear, right? If you are willing to gamble, hurry up. If you are afraid of losing, don't think about that ranch. Sun Shao's eyes turned and said impatiently.

Cao Zhang was hooked by the pasture. At this time, he couldn't even care about the deafening shouting. He thought about it carefully and thought about it. After thinking about it, he thought that this bet was cost-effective. How much could it be even if it was full of two grains of rice? It's worth it to trade 10,000 stones for 100 mu of pasture. Without saying anything, Cao Zhang quickly placed the chess pieces, put his hands on his thighs, and said happily, "The guest is up to you. Please go first!"

"No hurry." Sun Shao stretched out a hand with a smile: "Let's give a high-five first. The man keeps his word, but he can't go back on his word."

"Repentance?" Cao Zhang laughed and stretched out his hand and hit Sun Shao three times: "I'm afraid you will regret it."

Sun Shao smiled and said, "Whoever regrets is a bastard."

"Don't talk nonsense. Come on, I can't wait." Cao Zhang urged. Sun Shao didn't say much and raised his hand to push a pawn forward. Cao Zhang laughed, played chess like the wind, and killed Sun Shao in the same place.

The drums rumbled, and the flesh and blood were killed in the anti-horse array. Batch after batch of Sassanians rushed into the anti-horse array and killed the soldiers in the destruction camp hidden in the anti-horse array. The generals of the destruction camp were not afraid, relying on the anti-horse array to carry out layers of resistance, killing and injuring a large number of Sassanians. They were like waves, and the people behind them kept pushing forward, replacing their companions who had gone through a burst of fighting, and killing the Sassanians who had red eyes.

As the position gradually advances, the Sassanids' attack speed is getting slower and slower, but the casualties are increasing rapidly. They need to face more and more enemies, and the front is getting longer and longer. As the striker penetrated into the position, the crossbow array after the horse-rejection began to gain power, and batches of crossbow arrows flew over the sky and poured over the heads of the Sassanians. The Sassanids were attacked on three sides and had to guard against the long arrows above their heads, which was a little busy. However, they did not dare to neglect. They stopped gasping for breath. The Vietnamese reserve team, which was resting after the battle, would rush over like a group of wolves, tear off a piece of meat fiercely, and take back the position they exchanged with blood again.

One side is a furious lion, and the other side is a cold wolf. The two sides have a bloody battle between the horses.

On the command platform, Sun Shao and Cao Zhang are also fighting fiercely. Cao Zhang had good luck. He won five games in a row. Five hundred mu of pastures were easy to get. Cao Zhang was a little embarrassed when he won. He was a soft-handed, and Sun Shao seized the opportunity to break back to the game. Cao Zhang didn't think so. He quickly played chess again and said repeatedly, "Come again."

Sun Shao did not object. He played chess again. The two sides played five more games, and Cao Zhang won two more games.

The horn of the retreat of the Sassans came from afar. Cao Zhang then raised his head, looked at the sky, rubbed his hands and said, "Ah, it's getting dark. Oh, the progress of the Sassanians is not slow, and they have won more than 30% of the rejection. I said, Your Highness, you have lost a lot this time. At most, until late tomorrow, the Sassanians can break through your rejection array, and I will win another thousand mu of pasture tomorrow. I'm a little embarrassed.

"Come on, don't do this." Sun Shao asked Sima Shi to take the paper and pen and the two copies of the note. "Let's set up the note first, so that someone won't regret it."

"Hahahaha..." Cao Zhang laughed, "Who wants to go back on his word, you have to ask my fist if he agrees first." He took over the pen and was not careless. First, he read the content written on the paper carefully, and then Long Feifengwu signed his name. Sima Shi immediately poured the melted gold juice on the signature. Cao Zhang took off the seal on his waist and pressed it hard. The gold juice soon solidified, revealing a clear seal: "The Chapter of the General of the Hanche".

Sima Shi took it over, handed one to Cao Zhang, and put the other away by himself. Cao Zhang carefully put it away and squeezed his eyes at Sun Shao: "Thank you for your generosity. Even if you can't kill more than half of the Sassanians, I will attack with all my strength."

"Ziyuan, put it away carefully." Sun Shao sighed: "This is the life-saving food I exchanged for 700 mu of superior pastures."

Although Sima Shi didn't know how much grain this meant, he knew that Sun Shao was never a loser. The more he was like this, the more he took advantage of it. He suppressed his smile, carefully collected the words and retreated to one side.

"Ziwen, don't worry, we are all men who keep our word. We admit defeat in gambling." Sun Shao patted Cao Zhang on the shoulder: "I said that if you want to kill more than half of the Sassanids, you will definitely do it. Get ready. I may have to fight overnight. Maybe I can't complete the task until tomorrow. If you react too slowly and let Awad run away, don't blame me. I don't recognize the 700 mu of pasture.

"Don't worry." Cao Zhang picked up his chin and clapped the words in his hands in a good way: "Just go to this 700 mu of pasture, I must also twist off Awad's dog's head. How's it going? Will it be down tomorrow?"

"Why did you become a gambler?" Sun Shao said dissatisfiedly, "Little gambling is pleasant, big gambling hurts the body. This is not a good habit."

Cao Zhang laughed and walked away. He felt that Sun Shao must be afraid of losing and dared not gamble again.

Sun Shao turned around and immediately arranged for the soldiers to rest. A team of soldiers rushed into the array. Some carried hot food, some carried bundles of arrows, and some held bundles of knives. The medical soldiers carried stretchers and shuttled through the position to collect the remains of wounded or killed soldiers. , carry them to the rear of the battle and put them together, and those with minor injuries will be bandaged.

Although the soldiers in the vanguard camp fought hard for a day, they were in high spirits. They ate delicious food, drank the wine, and watched the beautiful female nurse bandage the wounded. These medical soldiers are recruited from all over the world. They are ethnically diverse. There are Han people, Tianzhu people, Axum people, and more Romans and Sassanids. They are soldiers. They not only provide medical services, but also responsible for solving the personal problems of soldiers. Some are purely medical staff, and the difference is only in boat hats. Up. Today is the scene of the war. It was full of camp records that came to the front. While dressing the soldiers, it was also expected that they would be oiled. They didn't care either. While dressing skillfully, they moderately teased the soldiers and provoked small ** from time to time.

Thirty steps away, the Sassanians, who hid behind the shield and nibbled dry food and drank cold water, looked at all this with envy. Listening to the unbridled laughter of the soldiers in the destruction camp, they could only vent their strength on the dry food and chew fiercely. Although Awad knew that the soldiers who broke the battle were very tired, he did not dare to withdraw them. He was afraid that he would be beaten out by Sun Shao again at night and lose the position that paid a huge price. He could only grit his teeth and hold on, ready to fight overnight, and take the position in one breath. They didn't refuse horses as cover, so they could only form a defensive formation with shields and take turns to eat. At first, they only knew that the equipment could not be compared with the soldiers in the destruction camp. Now they not only smelled the fragrance of food, but also heard the laughter of women. Only then did they know that the treatment of Vietnamese soldiers was not only well equipped, but also food and various services that they could not be compared. No wonder these people died in the war, and they were afraid that they could not be hurt. It's like. The more the Sassanians think about it, the more angry they are. They are also fighting for their lives, but even if they don't die in a great disaster and survive in the end, the benefits they get are also very limited. It's not their turn at all. Even if there is a reward, after layers of slaughter, it is also very limited to them.

After this close comparison, the Sassanids were silent. They gnawed on the dry food in their hands and waited for the beginning of the next bloody battle.

On the command platform, Sima Shi clearly reported the situation to Sun Shao: "Your Majesty, in a bloody battle, there were a total of 313 rejected horses, accounting for 30% of the total. The Sassanian forward went 110 steps deep into the position, with a width of about 100 steps. Our army lost 1,351 people and seriously injured 2,585 people. It is initially estimated that about 7,000 people were killed. He paused and said, "Your Majesty, the reserve team lost more than 30%. Do you want to add some from the cavalry?"

"No." Sun Shao raised his head and looked at the Sassanid battalion illuminated by the fire in the distance. "It's time for the Sassanids to see our cavalry."

(to be continued)