Chapter 78 Failure

Aldahir was a little nervous, but more excited. So far, the other party's reaction has been in his calculation. Although Awad has not sent back any news, the Romans almost moved, leaving an empty battalion to let him hit. Now the plan to attack the Han army camp is as Even if you can't break through the Han army camp and kill its main general, it is more than half of the success.

The rest depends on whether you can achieve satisfactory results in this tough battle and burn the oil tanks of the Han army.

Aldahir stared at the fiercely fighting Han army camp and instinctively clenched his fist. For so many years, he had never been so nervous except for the time when Hormizdagan fought with Aldaban V, the king of Parthia. That time, he destroyed Ardaban V's army and killed Ardaban V in the battle. He officially announced the end of the more than 400 years of the Parthian Empire and the rise of Sassanid Persia.

Today, can he defeat the powerful enemy again and push Sassanid Persia to a new peak?

Everything depends on the outcome of today's battle.

The Han army camp is divided into five parts. In the front is the battalion of Li Yan, the guard of the Shu army. Behind it is the camp of Chen Hai, the right general of the Yue navy. On the left is the camp of Cao Zhang, the general of Hanting, and Cao Zhi, the general of the State of Wei, and on the right is the battalion of the Shibabeduin, the northern barbarians and the Tianzhu mercenaries led by Xia Hourong. The Chinese army is The base camp of Tai Zifeng is composed of a large army led by the general Lu Xun of the State of Yue and Zhuge Zhi, the governor of the Red Sea of the division, and the pro-guard camp composed of the Teutons is also among them. Now Chen Hai of the rear camp has fought fiercely with the Sassanids who conquered the Roman camp, and Li Yan of the front camp is also ready.

The Sassans who rushed out of the gate saw countless torches lit up in the Han army's camp. They knew that the other party was ready and did not leave them with a chance to sneak attack, but they ignored it. They ran wildly at night, held up their shields and swords in their hands, and rushed straight to the Han army's camp. Although torches were lit at the head of the city and the camp, the road in the middle was still shadowy. The Sas fell to the ground from time to time, but they didn't care about it at all. The soldiers didn't look at the fallen robes and approached the Han army camp as fast as possible.

It was getting closer and closer to the camp, and gradually they could see the road in front of them. The Sassanians roared in unison, raised their swords high, and rushed forward in a loose formation.

Zong Yu stood in the military array, looking at the shadowy Sassanians outside the camp having entered the range, and suddenly roared, "Shooting!"

"Sunch!" Launch!" After a few loud shouts from near to far, the already prepared gunners raised the wooden hammer in their hands and slammed it down. With a loud bang, the heavy weight sank violently, and the long connecting rod of the crossbow began to slide quickly, throwing the oil tank in the net basket into the sky.

"Whmm--" "Whmm--" made more than a dozen sounds in a row. The first batch of oil tanks flew through the air, flew three or four hundred steps away, and directly into the Sassanid formation. Several Sas were hit. Without even humming, they were beaten upside down and fell to the ground with a "boom".

"Keep moving forward--" A thousand-year-long roared. He participated in the daytime battle today and knew that these oil tanks were powerful. Although their current formation is relatively loose, if they can't quickly meet the Han people through this area, it will be a disaster to meet them.

Sure enough, the oil tank flew and cracked one after another among the Sassanids. While the oil inside flowed freely, rockets flew up from the Han army camp, with an ominous roar, straight to the Sassansanians. The Sassanians did not dare to neglect. They quickly raised their shields. On the one hand, they were prepared to be shot by arrows, and on the other hand, they would rather be shot by rockets than let these rockets ignite grease on the ground, otherwise they would be shot to death. They held their breath and ran, staring at the rockets flying in the sky. Once they found that a rocket fell near them, they hurried up and extinguished it, trying to delay the fire.

However, with more and more oil tanks and rockets, the fire burned uncontrollably and spread rapidly. Seeing this scene, the Sassanid dare not neglect it even more. They used their strength to get closer to the camp as soon as possible. They rushed and soon gathered a lot of people in front of the camp gate. They quickly organized and attacked the camp gate.

Li Yan's face was calm, and his serious face was suddenly illuminated by the sparks in front of him, which was even more gloomy. He walked back and forth on the general stage in the camp with his hands behind his back. He looked coldly at the Sassanids who were attacking crazily in front of the camp, and he was puzzled. Logically speaking, Aldahir transferred the Romans with a plan to attack the east and west, and then conquered the Roman battalion with superior forces, which had gained a great advantage. Why didn't he get well? He actually attacked the Han army camp from the front two directions. There are nearly 60,000 people in the Han army camp, and the five battalions cooperate with each other. Even if all the Sassanians go out and bring siege equipment, they may not be able to take advantage of it. What's more, now they suddenly attack and don't bring large equipment at all. Do they have to conquer the camp with flesh and blood?

It's not the work of a wise man to be short and hit people. Was Aldashir stunned by the daytime fiasco?

"Hive me hard." Li Yan shouted coldly, waved his hand, and said to Ma Zhong. Ma Zhong nodded, waved the flag, and conveyed Li Yan's order to Zong Yu in the array. In fact, there is no need to say that Zong Zai did not leave a hand. When the Sassanids attacked the Roman camp, Li Yan ordered to prepare. They pushed the crossbows to the front of the camp gate, and then set up the crossbow cannons. The arrows and oil cans took action together to ** the Sasisans in front of the camp mercilessly. The oil tanks broke one by one, and were ignited by rockets one after another, lighting a blazing fire, illuminating the front of the camp as bright as the day. The fierce figure of the Sassanians was invisible under the firelight, becoming the best target for the archers. With the sound of the sour spring, the rain of arrows in the canopy shot out. Shoot rows of Sassanids to the ground like mowing grass.

Li Yan's army is very strict. Even when he doesn't pay the bill, his subordinates have never stopped practicing, and his physical fitness and skills have always been in a very good state. Although there was a fierce battle during the day today, in general, their morale was still very good. Now the attack and defense have been lost, and the Sassanians took the initiative to attack. It was when they played their ability to attack the city and showed their strong defensive ability. They relied on a tall fence wall. They played in an orderly and orderly manner. Order.

The Sassanids did not have large equipment. In the face of the Han people armed to their teeth, they could only move forward with the courage of blood and the swords and round shields in their hands, trying to break through the camp gate and pour into the camp to fight with the Han army. They squeezed into a group, surrounded by wooden shields to resist the sharp arrows of the Han people, rushed to the front of the camp gate, cut it with a knife, kicked it with their feet, hit it with their bodies, and bombarded the camp gate, and the soldiers in the inner circle covered it with bows and arrows. The soldiers of the Han Dynasty blocked from the camp and upstairs. Less than ten steps away, the two sides flew with arrows and fought together.

After paying the lives of dozens of people, the Sassanids finally cut open the camp gate. They shouted excitedly and poured in.

"Extrude them!" Li Yan saw the situation at the gate of the camp, but he was not worried. With a command, he turned his eyes to the city of Taixi in the distance. Although he could not see Aldahir at the head of the city, he saw the fire on the tower. It is estimated that Aldahir should be standing at the head of the city. He glanced at the Sassanians in front of the camp, estimated the numbers, and felt even more suspicious. There were only 10,000 people here at most. Aldahir felt that this 10,000 people could break through my camp? Or did he leave the most elite pedest pawn at the end for a fatal blow?

Before the Sassans who rushed into the camp could be happy, they were horrified to find that they were greeted by more than a dozen crossbow cannons surrounded by semicircles, but they were not crossbow cannons that fired oil tanks or masonry, but crossbow cannons equipped with rows of arrows. The murderous arrows emitted a chilly light under the light of the torch.

"Kill!" The Sassanid could not retreat, so they had to raise the round shield in front of them to protect the key, and at the same time, they fought for their lives to attack forward.

"Shoot!" Zong Yu gave the order coldly.

"Buzz--" A canopy of arrow flew out almost at the same time, and the distance of less than ten steps arrived in an instant. The strong arrow rain broke through the Sassanid's skin shield, overturning the Sas who rushed to the front with a shield and fell on their back.

Seven or eight Sassanids fell down at once.

More than a dozen crossbows shot nearly a thousand arrows in an instant, shooting down more than half of the Sassanians who rushed into the camp, like a thick bamboo shoot, which were suddenly stripped of the thick bamboo clothes outside, leaving only the tender bamboo shoot core. The Sassanians were stunned and stood at the gate of the camp and didn't know whether to advance or retreat. Zong Yu did not hesitate at all. With a wave of his hand, the spear hand and the knife and shield hand cooperated with each other. He rushed up, killed the remaining dozens of Sassanians and closed the camp gate again.

At the gate of the camp, there was a river of blood, and the Sassanians, who were seriously injured and not dead, fell into a pool of blood and howled miserably. The Han soldiers didn't hear it. They stepped forward one by one, cut off their heads, and then threw the headless bodies out of the camp fence and threw them into the Sassanid crowd.

The front battalion and the rear battalion fought enthusiastically, and the left battalion, the right battalion and the middle battalion also lit torches. The soldiers lined up in the camp and were ready to attack. Sun Feng, accompanied by Lu Xun, ascended to the highest command platform in the battalion. He held a thousand-mile eyes to check the war between the front and back battalions, and then looked at the head of Taixifeng. After a long time, he put down his eyes and sighed, "That Greek philosopher is right. If God wants to destroy it, he must make it crazy first. I think Aldahir is really crazy. He is desperate to fight for his life.

"He doesn't fight for his life, and he doesn't have many chances." Lu Xun also put down his eyes, turned his head and looked at Sun Feng: "Prince, I think he seems to have something else to do. There are 10,000 people in the front camp and 10,000 people in the back camp, but I'm afraid there are a lot of bluffs, at most 10,000 people. He used these two thousand people to attack our camp, which is no longer comparable to madness.

"What other plans does the uncle think he has?" Sun Feng asked with a smile.

"Tnight, he first attacked the little Goldian's camp, lured the Romans to take risks to rescue, and then looted the Romans' camp. Now he has to take an inch and attack our Han army's camp on both sides. I'm afraid it's also false and real, and there is another evil intention." Lu Xun meditated for a moment and suddenly raised and said, "Prince, send someone to the heavy camp immediately. I think his purpose should still be the heavy camp. There are not only our food and fodder, but also oil tanks, which can be almost destroyed by just a few people and a fire."

Sun Feng nodded, "This is really possible, but I have sent Nicholas and others over. As long as it is not for the Sassanian camp, it will not work with just a few details. Yang Dezu has always been shrewd. I'm sorry that he won't leave any chance for the Sassanians.

Lu Xun smiled and said, "Since the prince has an arrangement, I think there are really not many opportunities for Aldahir."

In the heavy camp, Yang Xiu leaned comfortably on the high-backed chair and read with an oil lamp. There were a few dishes on the table next to him, and a pot of wine was emitting a seductive fragrance. He praised from time to time, and then picked up the glass and took a sip of wine. Nicholas, who had just been ordered to come, hurriedly and respectfully drank wine for him, and the worship in his eyes was full of expression.

When Nicholas rushed into the heavy camp, ten sasan's works had been tied up by Yang Xiu's order. The heavy camp was quiet and there was no panic. Yang Xiu drank wine safely and read the book, as if nothing had happened outside. After looking at it for a long time, he didn't see any flaws in the Sasanne's fine works. Yang Xiu said that you can pull open their chests and have a look. As a result, as soon as Nicholas pulled off the fine clothes, he saw the same flame pattern.

Nikolay knew these flame patterns. They once caught a fine work. They used all the torture and couldn't ask the result. They only found this flame pattern on him. Later, they heard that this kind of flame pattern was a tattoo unique to the Sassanian temple. They were all the most loyal children of the Sassanian nobles. After doing such a fine work for three years, It is more meritorious than fighting in the army for three years. These people have made vows in front of Ahura that they will never betray Sasanne. Of course, they dare not. Once it is verified, they will not only save their own lives, but also their families will be implicated. The price is too high.

He didn't expect that Ardashier suddenly sent ten such fine works to the heavy camp. What he didn't expect was that all of these ten fine works were caught by Yang Xiu. He has been to the heavy camp several times, and he has seen the people in these ten works several times. The earliest one should have entered the camp before Damascus, but he never found anything wrong with these people. In his opinion, these Sassanids are similar to Syrians and Armenians, humble and diligent.

"Your Excellency, how did you find out?" Nikolay asked humbly with a smiling face.

"If the heart is not right, God is not right." Yang Xiu stretched out his two fingers arrogantly and pointed to his eyes: "Their flaws are all in A Jian."

Nicholas was the most diligent of the thirteen knights. He was still diligent in Chinese. Yang Xiu's proverbs did not stop him. He blinked his eyes and quickly understood Yang Xiu's meaning.

"Is it possible that the king named you the head of the thirteen knights? It's really a child to teach." Yang Xiu laughed, took a look at the Teutonic warriors who followed Nicholas, waved his hand and said, "Please return to the prince and say that the heavy camp is safe and sound. You'd better take these details and go quickly. I'm afraid that your Teutonic anger will ignite the oil tank here.

Nikolay laughed and no longer delayed. He asked people to leave the heavy camp with these ten details and rush to report to Sun Feng.

Sun Feng and Lu Xun looked at the ten depressed details and smiled at each other. Sun Feng twisted his fingers and hesitated, "Auntie, do you want to..."

"I think I'd better wait." Lu Xun looked at the head of the city and said, "Come and say Fang Chang, the current opportunity is not the best."

Sun Feng thought for a moment: "Well, listen to my uncle."

Aldahir stood at the top of the city. The more he looked at it, the more nervous he became. He couldn't help sinking. The two-way attack tactics had been implemented, but the victory he was most looking forward to has never come. Seeing that the soldiers who attacked the front battalion could not support it. If they continue to fight, I'm afraid they will all be under the arrows of the Han people. No more There will be no chance to withdraw. He looked at the sky. The east had shown that the fish belly was white. The night was about to pass, and the first ray of sunshine at dawn would shine on the earth. Once the Han people find that there are only 20,000 people outside the camp, they will definitely go out of the camp to fight back, and other battalions will also participate in the operation. These two thousand hard-working soldiers will have no chance to survive.

"Withdraw!" Ardahir gave the order reluctantly.

Finally, they heard the horn of retreat. The Sassanians, who had been fighting hard for more than half an hour, finally breathed a sigh of relief and covered each other to withdraw from the battle and returned to the camp. At this time, it was still very dark, and Sun Feng and others did not go out of the camp to pursue, allowing the Sassanians to retreat. At the same time, after many unsuccessful attacks on the Romans, Awad also gave up his plan to continue to attack and led the cavalry to escape far away.

It was bright, and Quintus looked at the messy camp and wanted to cry without tears. In today's battle, the biggest loss was the Romans. Little Gordian was attacked by Avad and lost nearly 3,000 people. Later, the two armies fought fiercely and lost nearly 3,000 people. Now it is even more tragic. The camp was actually burned by the Sassanians. A left-behind army also lost more than half, and the total number of troops lost nearly 10,000 people.

Just when everyone was frustrated, Momia appeared in front of them and encouraged them that although the loss was not small this time, we still defeated the Sassanids on the frontal battlefield. This loss is nothing. As long as we break through Tai Xifeng, these losses can be made up exponentially. It's not terrible to lose things. As long as the army is still there and your courage is still there, we will be fearless.

In a few words, she encouraged everyone again. Momia took advantage of the hot iron and took the initiative to ask for orders to discuss with the prince of Yue to borrow some materials to alleviate the predicament in front of the Romans. The soldiers fought bloodyly with the Sassanids. She was a woman and could not go to battle. She refused to accept this task. Who let Philip and Sun Feng be brothers?

(to be continued)