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    Chapter 148 Roman Legion

    Gordian then smiled and quickly returned the salute: "It is my honor, Gordian, to fight alongside General Xiahou." His expression was sincere and his tone was very humble, but his Chinese was a bit weak, "Xiahou"  The two words sounded like "blind monkey", which made Xia Hourong very uncomfortable.

    They immediately discussed the specific steps, and Gordian stood up to leave.  As soon as he returned to his own camp and stepped into the tent, little Gordian couldn't help but said: "Father, these Yue people are not trustworthy. They are making us fight with the Sasanians. They are fighting with us."  Picking up the bargains at the back.¡±

    Gordian glared at him: "Do you have a better way? Didn't you praise this clever plan just now?"

    Little Gordian couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed when he thought of the scene at that time: "II didn't expect that he would let us Romans be at the front, but he ran to Gudes City." Little Gordian angrily said  He said unfairly: "These Yue people are too insidious. We had a fierce battle with the Sasanians and we must have suffered a lot of losses, but they were enjoying the gains. After this battle, when we arrived at Ctesiphon, they were the strongest, so we could only  Watched it.¡±

    "That's not necessarily the case." Goldie comforted Ginwhisker, a sarcastic sneer flashed in his old eyes: "If he's not here, how we fight this battle is entirely up to us."

    When little Gordian heard this, he suddenly realized.

    Lu Xun returned to the back tent, and Luo Tong followed him in with a pile of documents. He looked at Lu Xun worriedly: "General, this battle is not easy to fight. I think not only the Romans have different intentions, but even Cui Qian and the others are not convinced. Xiahou  Although Rong won¡¯t say it, I guarantee that he has his own plans.¡±

    Lu Xun glanced at him calmly, with a faint smile on his lips: "Isn't this normal? We have our plans, and they have theirs. However, now that the enemy is facing us, I think they can still distinguish the priorities.  , if they really want to go their own way, who will benefit in the end? It¡¯s normal for the Romans to have their own ideas, but they have to think about it. Letting the Sasanians go will do more harm than good to them. He will offend us, etc.  The Sassanid breathed his last, and it was he who was the unlucky one."

    "That's what I said, but" Luo Tong hesitated, put down the document in his hand, hesitated for a moment and then said: "General, I'm not blabbering. You are the general appointed by the king and have full authority to command this battle. The Romans  Neither the people of Sheba nor Tianzhu are from Yue, they can have their own ideas, but Cui Qian is the general of Yue, and he does this with no regard for the general's face. Is this going to happen in the long run?"

    Lu Xun frowned slightly, and then said calmly: "Didn't Duke Ji chase him out? He will persuade General Cui to stop him. Although General Cui has a straighter temper, he is not ignorant of the general situation. He will not  Something happened."

    Luo Tong sighed silently and did not continue talking.

    Ardashir sent a large number of scouts to conduct reconnaissance within a hundred miles nearby, and soon discovered traces of the Romans and Bedouin.  The Romans built defensive positions on the oasis between the Great Bitter Lake and Lake Timsach in an attempt to intercept the Sasanians.

    When the Sasanian generals heard this, they all cursed. Some said that the Romans overestimated their capabilities and came to die, while others said that the Romans took advantage of the situation to rob them, but were extremely stupid. There were many ways to get to Ctesiphon from here, even if they were stuck.  What's the use of living on the nearest road? The Sasanians are fast and can go around the north shore of Lake Timsach in a circle. How can the two legs of the Romans outrun the four legs?

    Aldashir looked at the noisy tent and was silent. Just when everyone thought he would avoid the Romans and rush back to Ctesiphon as quickly as possible, Aldashir asked: "What do you think?"  Can the Romans stop us?"

    The generals shook their heads in unison. They had fought with the Romans many times and were very familiar with the Roman infantry phalanx. In front of the Sassanids, whose main force was cavalry, the infantry phalanx that the Romans once dominated the world had long been outdated.  The Sasanians were easy to fight.

    Ardashir deliberately let the generals brag for a while, and even gave a few words of guidance at the right time. Unknowingly, the frustration of those generals due to the frustration of the attack under Axum City magically disappeared, and they fought high-spirited and full of determination.  The belief in victory seemed to be able to defeat the Romans with a single move of his hand.

    "Since the Romans are here to die, why don't we defeat them? Do we still have to humiliate ourselves in front of the Romans?" Ardashir stood up and shouted murderously: "Destroy them and let them see the field battle.  Who is the real king, and then have a safe journey back to Ctesiphon."

    The generals agreed with a loud voice, and their uniform roars made people¡¯s eardrums hurt.

    The Sassanid army quickly gathered and pressed against the Roman position in a strict formation.  Gordian received the news and immediately informed Xia Hourong and asked him to do a good jobIn preparation for the response, the classic infantry square formation was arranged at the same time, ready to be ready.

    The Sassanid generals, who had been deliberately stimulated by Ardashir, were full of fighting spirit. The entire formation exuded a condescending aura. The humiliation brought about by Axum seemed to have disappeared. Now they have regained the spirit of a great army.  Qi Shen.

    When the two armies met, the Roman phalanx was like a stubborn stone, standing across the path of the Sasanians, while the Sasanians were like a hammer raised high, trying to smash all the stones in the way into powder.  This belief in victory brought about by repeated victories made most of the Roman soldiers who were novices feel suffocating pressure.  Gordian stood on the command car, looked at the turbulent formation, and sighed secretly. With such an army, how could it fight the Sasanians?  Not to mention the disparity in strength, even if the strength was equal, he was not qualified to fight a battle. After all, most of the people in the phalanx had never smelled the smell of blood except for the battle outside Byzantine City not long ago.

    In that battle, it was the Vietnamese navy that won, not the Romans.  Gordian shook his head helplessly.  Because of this, although he was unwilling to fight this battle, he had to do it reluctantly. If he just let the Sasanians pass, Lu Xun might not have time to prepare. When the Yue people were defeated, Sun Shao would only vent his anger on them.  Rome, if Rome is attacked by the Sasanians again in the future, Sun Shao will not be so easy to talk to. Not only will he not help Rome, he may also take advantage of the opportunity to attack.

    From Rome¡¯s perspective, he must fight this battle. Of course, to what extent he wants to fight is another matter.

    "The First Army and the Third Army come forward, the Second Army, the Fourth Army, and the Fifth Army are ready. The Sixth Army is on standby and let the cavalry corps protect the left wing of our army" Gordian gave the order,  The command flag soldiers waved the command flag and passed orders to each legion one by one.  After receiving the order, the commanders of each legion immediately took action.  In order to reduce his weak link, Gordian set up a formation by Lake Timsach, with the Great Lake on the right, leaving no room for the Sasanians to charge. He moved all the cavalry to the left wing for defense.  The Roman cavalry is not worth mentioning. These cavalry are mercenary groups, including Germans, Gauls, and Goths. Behind them, there are 10,000 Bedouin cavalry led by Xia Hourong ready at any time.  support.

    "Attack -" with a long roar, the Sasanians began to charge amidst the long trumpet sound. Two thousand light cavalry rushed towards the Roman infantry phalanx directly opposite. They rushed about 70 or 80 steps in front of the phalanx, turned around and fired.  The arrow in his hand then floated away, repeating itself over and over again, constantly harassing and teasing the Romans.

    The Romans at the front rushed forward. These were more than 20 young people with little combat experience. They were just the standard cannon fodder. Their mission was to entangle the enemy and continue the enemy's pace with their own blood.  , for the regular military formation behind to rush in and fight.  Unfortunately, their legs could not keep up with the opponent's horse hooves, and the attack distance of the spears in their hands could not be compared with the bows and arrows in the hands of the Sasanians. They could only watch the Sasanians come and go in a showy manner, sending bursts of  Arrows rained down on their heads.

    What they can do is to raise their shields and minimize their casualties.

    At the same time, another three thousand light cavalry rushed towards the Roman left wing, and soon fought with the Roman mercenaries.  In fact, most of these Sasanian light cavalry were also mercenaries. Most of them and the Roman mercenaries came from similar tribes. Everyone was of similar level, but the Sasanian mercenaries had an advantage in number.  However, at this moment, the Roman legions had been recuperating for a long time, and the Sasanians had come from afar, so their numerical advantage had not yet been reflected. Instead, the Roman mercenary legions had some advantages.

    Two thousand German cavalry broke out of the phalanx first and charged towards the Sasanian light cavalry.  The one who rushed to the front was the Teutonic black-haired warrior holding a spear. His long hair was scattered, and he seemed to stand up on the horse. He grabbed the horse's mane tightly with one hand and raised the spear high with the other hand.  Huh, roared loudly: "Odin¡ª¡ª"

    The nearly a hundred Teutonic knights following him had red eyes and twisted faces. Their messy hair was dancing in the wind on the bumpy horses. They held various weapons in their hands high and opened their mouths.  Baring crooked teeth, only crazy shouts could be heard from their mouths:

    "Odin¡ª¡ª"

    More than two thousand cavalry roared together and rushed into the Sassanian light cavalry like the wind.  The deafening roar even covered up the rumble of horse hooves and the sound of war drums, reaching the ears of everyone on the battlefield.

    The distance of more than a mile was reached in a blink of an eye, and the five thousand people were like two oncoming floods, crashing into each other with a bang.  The black-haired warrior held a spear in both hands, and with a flash of the spearhead, he killed two people in a row. The war horse rushed into the Sasanian formation. He roared angrily and danced the spear into a ball of flowers. Blood burst out from time to time, and Sassanids were killed one after another.  Knight Shan was knocked down by him.  Angry Teutonic Knight?? followed him closely, like a sharp sword slashing into the Sassanid's body, and everywhere it went was like soup and snow, splitting a large path in the Sasanian formation.  The opening expanded rapidly.  The two thousand cavalry behind them used them as the sharp point, like an iron awl piercing into the formation. The sharp awl point in front was the black-haired warrior who had become indistinguishable from a bloody man in a moment.

    Horses, running with all their strength, people, fighting with all their strength, a bloody battle is unfolding on the calm shores of Lake Timsach.

    Aldashir heard the roar of the Teutons from a distance. He stood up straight on the tall command vehicle, put his hands on his brows to block the rising sun, looked to the east and saw three thousand young people.  The cavalry had been divided into two parts by the opponent. One part went around to the right, preparing to turn around and charge again. The light cavalry, who was sandwiched between the Roman cavalry and the infantry phalanx, fell into an embarrassing situation of being flanked. They could only speed up.  Speed, trying to pass through the Roman formation as quickly as possible, but in front of them, there were Bedouin cavalry eyeing them eagerly.

    Ardashir frowned and waved his hand gently. Not long after, five thousand light cavalry rushed out of the formation and rushed towards the Teutons who had just passed through the formation.  The Teutonic knights who were cheering suddenly fell into a hard fight again. Although they were surrounded by enemies several times their size, they showed no fear and became more and more furious. They howled and fought with the Sasanians.

    On the front of the battlefield, the Romans had been teased by the Sassanid light cavalry. The more than two hundred infantry of the first legion were too far away from the main formation. The Sasanian light cavalry seized the opportunity and roared towards them like a burst of force.  The huge waves drowned them all at once, and in just a quarter of an hour, more than two hundred people were killed in front of the formation.

    Menofelus, the commander of the first legion, was so angry that he gritted his teeth, but he had no choice but to tightly restrain the soldiers to keep a distance from their companions in front, left and right, so as not to be divided and surrounded by the Sasanian cavalry.  The Roman soldiers half-crouched on the ground, hiding on their shields. They looked at the Sasanian cavalry in the distance who were shouting excitedly with frightened eyes, but they were helpless.

    As soon as they met, the Sasanians controlled the rhythm of the entire battlefield. They used their speed and strength advantages to continuously squeeze the Romans' space. Although Gordian moved all the cavalry to the left wing and thickened the right wing,  The formation barely blocked the Sassanid attack, but the infantry phalanx had no good way to face the Sassanid attack. They could only endure the Sassanid provocation and were unable to counterattack. After four centurions were defeated,  After the Sasanians swallowed it in one gulp, the newcomers no longer dared to attack. They began to waver under the squeeze of the Sasanians.

    Gordian promptly issued the order to form a dense formation, allowing the two square formations in front to gather together, filling the gaps left by the Third Army and the Fifth Army. The Fourth Army and the Sixth Army pressed forward together.  Sticking closely to the front formation.  Four Roman legions formed a thick human wall with a depth of twenty meters. Each Roman soldier was squeezed on the left and right by his companions. It became difficult to even wave weapons. All they could do was to point their weapons forward, in a row.  The row of spears was placed on the shoulders of the soldiers in front, and the cold spear points pointed at the sky. The soldiers in the front row used their shields to form a wall. They put their daggers on the gaps in the shields, ready to rush into the formation at any time to assassinate.  former enemy.

    Ardashir, who was about to use heavy cavalry to attack, noticed the changes in the Roman formation. He hesitated, slowly lowered his hand, and murmured: "This old fox!"

    The dense formation arranged by Gordi is different from the more dispersed phalanx commonly used by the Romans, but is closer to the previous Macedonian infantry phalanx. The soldiers are crowded together and the shields are connected to each other. Not only the light cavalry can hold  They have no choice, even if the heavy cavalry attacks, it may not be effective. Even if the heavy cavalry relies on the impact to knock over one or two rows of soldiers, it will soon become entangled, and the cavalry will be pulled off their horses if they lose their speed. By that time,  These heavy cavalry may not even be as good as an ordinary infantry.

    It seems that Gordian has already thought of a way to deal with it, and then formed this turtle formation.  Ardashir smiled bitterly, and had to admit that this was a lose-lose strategy. If the Sasanians wanted to break through this thick phalanx, they would have to pay a heavy price, and the Romans were crowded together, and their mobility was limited.  It has also been greatly restricted, and it will not be easy to change the formation.

    However, Ardashir does not want to fight Gordian now. The reason why he wants to fight here is to re-energize the morale that was frustrated under the city of Axum. Now that he has achieved this goal, facing  Facing the Romans who were passively defending, the Sasanian cavalry shouted and invited to fight, and their morale was high. They seemed to have returned to the time when they were invincible before, and they were no longer as low as they were a few days ago.  However, if it is natural to send heavy cavalry forward for a conflict, once it is frustrated, the morale that has just been inspired will be frustrated again, and it will be more serious - the defeat at the hands of the Romans is far worse than the defeat at the hands of the Yue people who dominate with their arrow formations.  Even harder for Sassan?Accept.

    Ardashir had no reason to fight Gordian head-on. He immediately ordered the heavy cavalry to change the direction of attack and instead attack the mercenary cavalry on the Roman left.  These mercenary cavalry were fighting fiercely with the Sasanian light cavalry. Although they did not have the upper hand in manpower, they fought to the death and firmly protected the Romans.

    But when the Sasanian heavy cavalry joined the battlefield, the situation immediately became one-sided.  These cavalry had only rudimentary armor. When faced with the Sasanian heavy cavalry, whose men and horses were all covered with heavy armor, the weapons in their hands could no longer function. When they cut on the Sasanian heavy armor, they only produced a stream of sparks.  , and the heavy cavalry equipped with sharp blades made of Uzi iron only need to rush forward, regardless of the opponent's reaction, they will swing the sword in their hands and chop down each enemy to the ground.

    The Roman mercenaries felt great pressure. They were squeezed back step by step and no longer had the prestige they had just now.

    The spear in the black-haired warrior's hand stabbed a heavy-armored knight, but it was unable to pierce his breastplate. Instead, the spear shaft was cut off with a knife. The heavy-armored knight uttered a contemptuous cry from his mouth hidden behind his visor.  He sneered and swung his sword towards him again.  The black-haired warrior let out a long roar, shook his arm, and half of the spear shaft struck his wrist like lightning. The heavy-armored warrior's right hand suddenly lost consciousness, and he screamed in pain. As soon as the scream came out, something on his helmet  He was slapped hard, and he suddenly felt a roar in his ears. His eyes were spinning, and he couldn't feel anything. He tilted his body, fell off the horse, and was immediately trampled to pieces by the cavalry behind him.

    The black-haired warrior threw away the spear shaft and replaced it with two heavy bronze axes. He flew left and right, blocking the swords of the Sassanians while taking advantage of the opportunity to strike at the Sassanians. His arm strength was amazing, and the two bronze axes  It was as light as nothing in his hand, but the Sasanian sword could only make a cut on the heavy bronze axe, which was not enough to cut it off. Instead, it was shocked to the point where the arm was numb. And if it was hit, even if they  Even though they were wearing heavy armor, they couldn't withstand it. They were all beaten until they vomited blood, and some were knocked off their horses.

    Behind the black-haired warrior, dozens of blood-covered Teutonic warriors also put away their flimsy swords and took out heavy weapons such as axes and hammers. Some of them fought with the Sasanians on horseback, while others jumped  Dismounted, rushed between the Sasanian horses, and struck hard on the legs of the horses.

    Several war horses had their legs broken one after another and fell to the ground whiningly. The originally smooth rolling iron flow suddenly became chaotic. Upon seeing this, the knights behind them quickly adjusted their direction to avoid being blocked by the fallen war horses.  They stretched out their spears to stab the crazy-looking Teutonic warriors, but with little effect. Although these Teutonic warriors were poorly dressed, they were agile. They jumped between the fallen horses and kept fighting back. Sassanid  Although there are many people, there is nothing that can be done against them for a while.

    The other Roman cavalry were not as brave as them. Under the attack of the Sasanian heavy cavalry, they retreated step by step. Finally, they could no longer hold on, and some turned their horses' heads and began to escape.  Seeing this, the Sassanids became more energetic. They shouted in unison and rushed forward unhurriedly.

    Behind them, there was a land covered with blood. Countless Roman mercenaries who had been injured and killed by them fell in a pool of blood, and the wailing sounds were endless.  The black-haired warrior held two bronze axes and stood proudly like a god of war surrounded by more than fifty Teutons who looked like murderous gods.

    ¡°Odin¡ª¡± he shouted, raising his axe.

    "Odin¡ª¡ª" the Teutonic warriors screamed.

    Aldashir's face became very ugly. This was the first time he saw someone who could survive the impact of his heavy armored cavalry. What made him even more angry were the Teutonic warriors beside him.  There were a dozen or so heavily armored war horses lying on the ground.  You must know that equipping a heavily armored war horse is not a cheap thing. One heavy armored soldier is worth five light cavalry. In other words, each of these Teutonic warriors killed an average of more than two Sasanian light cavalry.  .

    "Send light cavalry and shoot them to death with random arrows!" Ardashir rarely became angry on the battlefield. In an instant, he even forgot that his heavy cavalry had defeated the Roman flank, and angrily sent out five soldiers.  Hundreds of light cavalry were specially designed to deal with these dozens of Teutons.

    The light cavalry urged their horses and roared out.

    The black-haired warrior immediately noticed the danger. He shouted loudly, threw away the bronze ax in his hand, ran towards an ownerless horse, picked up a bow and a pot of arrows from the ground, and loudly reminded his companions  .  The Teutonic warriors followed his steps and looked for the ownerless horses. Those who couldn't find the horses picked up a shield in front of them, and some picked up the Sasanian spears and prepared to throw them.

    The black-haired warrior was already sitting on the horse, but instead of running away, he steadily opened his bow with three arrows on it. The corners of his mouth were slightly raised, staring at the Sasanian light cavalry that was getting closer and closer.  Just when the Sasanian light cavalry entered the 120thWhen he was about 1 step away, he released his finger on the string.

    Three long arrows roared out. The three Sasanian light cavalry running at the front had just opened their bows. Before they had time to fire, they felt a chill on their necks and flew off their horses. They were hit by those running at high speed from behind.  The horse was hit, changed direction, and then hit by a second man.

    The formation that was charging at high speed was in chaos.

    The Teutons cheered, and a dozen spears roared out.

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