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Volume 2: Set Sail Chapter 177: Making an Attack in the East and Attacking in the West

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    Chapter 177: Making a sound in the east and attacking in the west

    Awad held his breath, clenched his fists, and his heart beat rapidly.  He found that Ardashir was really smart, and it was against common sense to suddenly attack in advance. However, it was precisely because of his violation of common sense that the Romans were unprepared and were hit by him. This forced Sun Shao to take a risk and attacked.  Good chance for him to ambush.

    The Han people are good at defense, this has been proven in Aksum, but if Sun Shao leaves the camp and faces 30,000 cavalry with an army of 10,000, will he still have a chance?  When Awad thought of the iron cavalry ravaging the once invincible Han army, he was so excited that he couldn't help but want to roar.

    ¡°Attack¡ª¡± Awad roared in an almost distorted voice.

    The long sound of the horn soared into the sky and spread far in the dark night.

    The Sasanians, who were ambushing in the northeast of the Roman camp, could no longer hold back when they saw someone coming out of the Han camp. When they heard the horn sound of Awad's order to attack, they immediately let go of the reins and began to gallop.  The galloping quickly increased to a certain speed, and the rumble of horse hooves reached everyone's ears as clearly as a burst of thunder.

    Little Gordian'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 Sasanians had ambushed against Sun Shao. In order to save him, Sun Shao ventured out of the camp. Now  He was facing huge danger, or in other words, he had almost no chance of survival.

    It was all because of his carelessness, and now, the Sassanian cavalry had begun to move. Even if Sun Shao turned around and ran away, it might be too late.  The Sasanians devoured Sun Shao's army, and they would turn around and kill his two legions that had lost hope.

    Disastrous defeat is imminent.

    Little Gordian raised his face and looked at the night sky with twinkling stars in the east. He was full of regret and tried not to shed tears. It was his first time to lead an army in battle. Not only did he not win a great victory, but he also harmed Sun Shao. Could it be that  Are you really worthless?

    "General, look!" the staff beside him suddenly screamed. Little Gordian didn't bother to wipe his tears and looked forward along his hand. The front was pitch black, with not even a little light.  nor.  Little Goldie felt relieved. The Sassanids were indeed decisive and thunderous as soon as they took action.  But then I thought again, no, even if the Sasanians' horses were fast, they couldn't be this fast. The fire was still there two breaths ago, why was it extinguished now?  Certainly not the Sasanians had arrived, unless they were flying.

    Little Gordian turned his head and looked at his staff in surprise. The staff also looked puzzled: "As soon as the Sassanian horse's hooves clattered, the fire went out. This what is going on?"

    The two of them stared at each other.

    The Sasanians were also puzzled. They galloped their horses as fast as they could and ran towards the fire dragon. They were about to run in front of them, but the fire dragon was suddenly extinguished.  In the blink of an eye, there was no trace ahead, leaving only the dark night.

    How is this going?  The Sasanian knights didn't know whether to continue charging or to stop. In such a moment of hesitation, the smooth charging formation was stagnant, and they had already rushed towards the original position of the fire dragon by relying on inertia.

    "Boom -" there was a loud noise, and the knight rushing at the front suddenly disappeared. Then, another war horse behind him couldn't stop its legs, and suddenly the horse stumbled and fell to the ground.  The knight on top couldn't make any reaction, so he flew up in the clouds, flew straight for more than ten steps, and fell heavily to the ground. Before he could make an effective evasive action, the horse behind him had already rushed over.  The big horse's hooves stepped directly on his back.

    There was a clear "click" sound, and the knight's spine was trampled and he died on the spot.

    In one breath, dozens of war horses fell to the ground, and the formation was in chaos. The knights behind shouted loudly, trying their best to make the horses jump over or avoid their fallen companions, and continue running forward.

    Just when the Sasanian people were in chaos, a harsh whistle suddenly sounded from Sun Shao's camp three hundred steps away. When the Sasanian people who were concentrating on making evasive movements heard it, they were immediately shaken. Anyone who participated  Anyone who has experienced the siege of Axum is familiar with this sound. This is the most powerful city-defending crossbow of the Han people. It can shoot giant spear-like arrows four hundred steps. Although the shooting speed is not fast, its lethality is amazing. As long as  If you are shot, no matter whether it is a human or a horse, you will definitely be shot through.

    As for the Sassanid people who are now in a chaotic formation, although the number of these city-defending crossbows is not large, they are deadly enough. As long as they shoot down a few knights or horses in the formation, the knights charging behind with inertia will fall over a large area.  , the damage caused is far more terrifying than the city defense crossbow itself.

    The Sassanians realized this, but had no time to react. Even if some people instinctively raised their round shields, the Han people's city-defending crossbows could not stop their whole bodies.Even the heavily armored cavalry can't stop it, so what use is this small buckler?

    "Puff" and "puff" sounded several times, and several city-defending crossbows easily shot through the Sasanian knights. The Sasanian knights and their horses fell to the ground. The knights behind were caught off guard, and they were tripped to the ground one after another.  Although this is a flat plain with no obstacles, charging in the dark is inherently risky. Now that they encounter such interference, the Sassanids are in great distress, but they have no other option.  , they could only continue to accelerate their charge, hoping to get out of the attack range of the Han city-defending crossbows as soon as possible, and at the same time spread the alarm message to the rear.

    The urgent alarm number replaced the melodious charge number, causing greater panic among the Sasanians. The generals behind did not know what was happening in front, and thought that the enemy was too well-defended and could not be conquered, so they had to retreat.  But the army had already begun to charge, so how could they stop so easily? Just as they hesitated, they had already rushed into the attack range of the city defense crossbows. After being hit head-on, they finally understood what the alarm horn was doing.  thing.

    Unfortunately, it¡¯s too late.

    The crossbows roared towards the city, piercing the knights one after another, causing harassment from the rear commanders, and disrupting the smooth formation of the Sasanians. In the dark night, the Sasanians could not see how many arrows were shot.  Come, even the sound of long arrows piercing the air was drowned out by people shouting and neighing. They only knew that a series of people fell down in front of them inexplicably. Sometimes the comrades around them suddenly fell off their horses. This invisible fear  Even more frightening, the murderous intent of the Sasanians disappeared into nothing, leaving only the panic that spread rapidly.

    Questions and calls to the police were heard one after another, and Awad was confused. What on earth was going on?  It should be said that this time it should be a sure thing. Although it was dark and he could not see the situation clearly in front of him, Awad knew that there were no obstacles here to affect the charge of the war horses, and Sun Shao only had 10,000 people, even if they all came out to form an array.  , and will definitely not be the opponent of more than 20,000 cavalry, not to mention that this is a sneak attack?

    However, although he could not see the situation ahead, he could guess 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 him feel anxious, and his originally strong fighting spirit suddenly turned into worry.

    Little Gordian immediately became ecstatic. No matter what was going on over there, at least it could be heard from the Sasanian horns that they must have suffered a loss. Sun Shao had the upper hand again, although he was now  It¡¯s unclear how Sun Shao gained the upper hand, but it was enough for him.  He immediately reported the news to the whole camp and told all the soldiers that our allies were beating the Sasanians hard and the danger had passed. As long as we held the camp, we would win.

    When the Roman soldiers heard the sound of the Sasanian horns, they had already had some premonitions. Now that they heard Little Gordian's order, their morale was immediately boosted. They roared for battle and crowded out the Sasanians who were about to break into the camp.  Got out.  The Sasanians also heard the sound of the trumpet. Although they had not received the order to retreat, their morale was already dampened and they were unwilling to fight, so they quickly withdrew from the Roman camp.

    The Sasanians retreated like a tide and disappeared into the darkness. The noisy battlefield suddenly became silent.  Deathly silence returned in front of the Roman camp, leaving only the heavy breathing of the bloody Roman soldiers and the shouts of the centurions asking about the casualties.  The east also slowly became quiet, and neither the Romans nor the Sasanians could see clearly what was going on there.

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

    Roman reinforcements finally arrived.

    Avad did not dare to neglect any more. He immediately ordered the Sasanians to withdraw from the battlefield, but did not leave. Instead, he lit torches, exposed the army to the Romans, and then faced off quietly.  At the same time, the relevant generals were called over to inquire about the situation. Those generals could not figure out the situation. They only knew that thousands of knights were lost in this charge, but not even a Han man was encountered. The attack was both confusing and infuriating.

    Roman reinforcements arrived and set up a large formation near Gordian's camp, ready to fight.  Little Gordian didn't dare to rely on his elders anymore, so he quickly left the camp to meet Mennolufis who was leading the army.  After Mennolufis inquired curiously, he found out that there had been a fierce battle here, and even Sun Shao was involved, but the situation on his side was even weirder.

    "As soon as His Majesty the Emperor received your request for help, he asked me to come first. His Majesty the Emperor and others are leading the army behind and will arrive soon. I walked a little slowly because I was afraid of being ambushed by the enemy."  Mennolufis smiled and said: "However, fortunately the general commanded well and the camp was not lost."

      "Ashamed." Little Gordian pointed at the Sasanians in the distance and said: "Although the Sasanians failed to take down my camp in one go, they have no intention of withdrawing yet. If you don't  I believe they will attack again."

    "Yes, it's a little strange. They have seen us, why haven't they left yet?" Mennolufis was also a little strange, "Does he want to eat me too?"

    "It's possible." Little Gordian nodded and said, "However, since His Majesty the Emperor has arrived, they will definitely retreat in spite of the difficulties. After all, it's almost dawn, and our troops are twice as strong as theirs."

    Mennoluphes nodded sympathetically.

    Not long after, two more Roman legions arrived. When they asked about the situation, they felt very lucky.  However, they found that the Sasanians still showed no signs of leaving. Instead, they were arranging their troops, as if they were ready to continue the attack.  The Romans did not dare to be careless. The Sasanians were very powerful. With the strength they had here, they could fight the Romans again. Could it be that they failed in a sneak attack and wanted to change it to a forceful attack?

    Until Quintus led the army to arrive in person, the Sasanians did not retreat, but launched another attack. Two thousand-man troops roared in through the ink-like darkness before dawn.  Quintus didn't have time to think too much, and immediately commanded the army to fight with the Sasanians. The cry of killing rang out again on the silent battlefield.

    Although the Sasanians suffered a lot in front of the Han camp and their morale was low, they faced the Romans without fear. They roared and rushed over. The light cavalry fired around the Roman phalanx, while the heavy cavalry fired.  They urged their war horses to rush straight into the phalanx, trying to use the powerful impact of the heavy armored cavalry to open a gap and break through the phalanx.  Such tactics are not new, and the Romans were not surprised by this, because the Sasanians had always bullied them in this way.  Their method of dealing with them was a spear formation. Rows of soldiers crowded together and used forest-like spears to kill the Sasanian horses.  Although the Sasanian war horses were covered with vests and could withstand spear thrusts, the knights on the horses often could not clamp the horse's belly and were knocked off the horse by the spears, and were immediately killed by the Romans.

    The two sides once again started a bloody fight.

    Sun Shao stood on the general platform in the camp, holding up his clairvoyance to see. They were too far away, and the sky was dark. With the torches on both sides, he could only see some general situations, but he saw the Romans'  The formation was very strong, and I felt relieved knowing that the Roman reinforcements had arrived and there was no need for me to go out and take risks.

    "Zi Yuan, what a good plan." Sun Shao turned his head and praised Master Sima with a smile.  Master Sima hurriedly said humbly: "Your Majesty has given me a compliment. I just said it casually. Without Your Majesty's arrangement, this plan would definitely not work."

    "Hahaha" Sun Shao shook his head, "Ziyuan, don't be like your father and just hide your clumsiness. As a young man, what can't you say? It doesn't matter if you say it wrong. It doesn't matter to me. You  Look, isn¡¯t this clever trick of substituting fiction for reality a slap in the face to the Sasanians? I think you have a talent for using soldiers, so don¡¯t bury yourself.¡±

    Master Sima smiled and said nothing.  Just now, Sun Shao was worried about whether to go out to rescue the Romans. He suddenly remembered the pits he had just dug during the day to guard against the Sasanian cavalry, so he made a suggestion, asking more than a hundred soldiers to stand on them about ten paces apart.  One person, each holding two torches, lit the torches in turn, making the appearance of a large army leaving the camp, to induce the Sasanians to attack.  When the Sasanians arrived, the soldiers jumped into the pits and hid while stamping out the torches.  The Sasanians are cavalry, and they cannot stop easily once they charge. Even if they find that there is no enemy in front of them, they can only continue to charge forward. At this time, not only these pits and the soldiers in the pits can play a certain role, but also the camp  The city-defending crossbows in the Lishe camp that were 400 steps away could also play a role. In the dark, as long as a certain amount of chaos was caused, a large number of Sasanians could be killed.

    Things were just like the Sima division, which was so smooth that it was unbelievable. It not only delayed time and caused the Sasanian people to hesitate, but also killed many Sasanian people, and the price they paid was only a hundred soldiers at most.

    Sima Shi was praised by Sun Shao for this, and he was very happy. He had made meritorious service this time. According to Sun Shao's habit of rewarding meritorious service, he would definitely get a certain reward.  However, the Sima family has a very strict upbringing, and they have been taught since childhood to keep their emotions and anger hidden. Now, although they are happy in their hearts, they still don't show anything on their faces.  He looked at the Sasanians who launched another attack and said with some confusion: "The Sasanians came for a sneak attack. Now that the sneak attack has failed, Roman reinforcements have also arrived. Why don't they retreat? Could it be that they are continuing to attack?"  Can¡¯t make it until daybreak?¡±

    "I also feel a little weird." Sun Shao frowned and suddenly thought of something. He couldn't help but feel frightened. He raised his head and glanced in the direction of Taixi Fengcheng.

    Sima Shi also thought about it. He looked at Sun Shao in surprise, only to find that although Sun Shao had??Nervous, but not anxious. After a while, he shook his head with a smile on his face.  Master Sima didn't understand what he meant and didn't dare to say anything. He just stood quietly beside Sun Shao.

    Under the city of Ctesiphon, just as everyone was waiting for news about the battlefield ten miles away, the east gate of Ctesiphon suddenly opened, and the Sasanians silently rushed towards the Roman army camp outside the city.  Most of the Romans rushed to rescue little Gordian, and there were only a few soldiers left in the camp. Although they discovered the Sasanians in time and sounded the alarm drum, the Sasanians ignored them.  He rushed over and quickly broke through the Roman camp.  As soon as they rushed in, they set fire everywhere and massacred the Romans who were rushing in.

    The Romans were shocked overnight. Before these soldiers could recover from the situation, they were ruthlessly massacred by the Sasanians. They had no time to form a formation and could only rely on their personal bravery to fight the Sasanians. Although the legion commander tried his best  They controlled the situation, but under the sharp attacks of the Sasanians who continued to pour in, they were still beaten back step by step.

    The Sasanians rode horses and clashed back and forth in the Roman camp. They kept throwing torches on the tents, igniting one tent after another, turning the Roman camp into a sea of ??fire.  The Romans were struggling to hold on, but when they saw the big campfire, their morale dropped even more. They could no longer withstand the Sasanian attack, and they were quickly defeated.

    The Sasanians cheered and drove the Romans to flee in all directions. They rushed out of the back of the Roman camp, but suddenly turned and rushed towards the Han army's camp.  Chen Hai, who was responsible for guarding the rear camp, had already made preparations when he heard the killing cries from the Roman camp. As soon as he saw the Sasanians coming to kill, he immediately commanded the soldiers in the camp to launch a counterattack.

    The Sassanids were crazy. They braved the dense rain of arrows in the camp and launched wave after wave of attacks. Chen Hai was a little surprised. He felt that these Sassanids did not seem to be taking advantage of the Romans and looting the Roman camp.  I'll come back later to get some bargains. Looking at it, it seems that I came specifically for the Han army's camp.

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    Aldashir stood at the top of the city with a gloomy face. His sharp eyes like an eagle stared at the Han army camp in the distance where the shouts of killing were loud. He clenched his fists and hit the city wall hard.  He shouted in a deep voice: "Attack!"

    The city gate of Ctesiphon, which had been burned to ashes, suddenly opened, and groups of heavily armored infantry swarmed out, stepping on the still warm ground, and rushed towards the Han army camp directly opposite the city gate.

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