Chapter 605: Ashamed of the Prime Minister
Green grass covers the ground, and the army from south to north is running quickly.
In mid-June of the eighth year of Yuanxing in the Great Xia Dynasty, the Egyptian and Macedonian legions of the Sakprut Empire landed on the Central Asian Plateau on the 16th day. The Egyptian legions attacked Satila, and the Macedonian legions were far away Hasai is less than two hundred miles away.
The speed is staggering.
Perhaps they had detailed information on the terrain survey and the garrison of the Selis people, so they came here almost without stopping.
It can be said to be blatant.
The commanders-in-chief of both armies seem to know that if their troops want to make a sneak attack, it is actually very difficult to achieve success. Instead, it is better to be more powerful and advance quickly, which will give the other side a sense of urgency.
In fact, the predictions of the commanders of the two armies were accurate. Not long after they landed on the Central Asian Plateau, Zhuge Liang, who was sitting in Satila and running the grain in the rear, was vaguely aware of the luck brought by heaven and earth. Unknown, they sent scouts south to inquire.
Just in time to detect these two armies and come over.
There is nothing good to say about this. Even a civil servant like Zhuge Liang has the courage of a great Han general.
However, after this, this original tentative attack gradually began to master the opponent's tactics and army structure, such as military branches. On the other side, the commander of the Egyptian legion also had the same idea.
The wilderness resounded as a Roman cavalry of 5,000 people ran across the land. The galloping horses' hooves stirred up mud and turf. The copper faucet dragged a long red sleeve as it advanced. Float.
Boom, boom, boom...
On June 18th, south of Satila, four thousand slaves and five thousand Yuezhou troops were running through the fields and mountains and forests, divided into several groups. The soldiers and horses continued to tentatively confront the Egyptian army heading north.
Antony and Lepidus smiled at each other, raised their fists and struck each other. They dragged their red cloaks and turned to leave.
"Yes, Father. This is indeed not a funny joke."
But later, Octavian stood at the end and established the Roman Empire.
The bronze silver heron flag stands in the hands of the flag officer. A bald middle-aged man with a slightly old but round face, wearing an ancient Roman muscle breastplate and a flower crown, is sitting on a horse. Looking at the endless wilderness in the distance on my back.
This is the flag officer of the cavalry.
The crane waved his fan and immediately dispatched his troops.
He murmured, and in his slow words, his eyes looking into the distance contained fluctuations of past memories, and then he closed them dryly.
Beside Caesar is a young man with a handsome appearance. He is Caesar's adopted son Octavian. On the other side, there are two other people, both of whom Caesar brought here. , named Mark Antony, and cavalry captain Lepidus.
"Enough testing, let's attack, maybe we can rush back to Egypt and enjoy the sunshine of the inland sea!" Comparing with the intelligence from the front line, Caesar was disappointed with the performance of the Seles people.
"The Seres...I had never heard of them at that time."
However, now, everything that had ever happened was with the appearance of Caesar, and the three of them abandoned it. After the past suspicions, they stood under the banner of Yinlu again and faced the enemies ahead together.
These light cavalry only wore a piece of light armor braided with mane, and they were drawing their bows and shooting towards the Selis army that appeared in front.
It seemed as if every enemy he saw would be crushed under his feet, with mountains of bones and rivers of blood running away desperately.
“I saved Rome... overthrew the republic and restored the monarchy, even at the cost of civil war with Pompeii... I conquered the Gauls... I conquered the Celts... This Selis is nothing... …It’s really not a funny joke that I need to send troops together with Alexander of Macedonia.”
Soon, the proud eagle flag was held high in the sky and appeared in the wilderness, along with it. , and there are cavalry built according to the Roman military system of the year, but the armor and weapons of these cavalry are more outstanding than those of their time.
Behind him, heavy cavalry wearing scale armor or pierced armor wore iron helmets. Five hundred cavalry were standing across the line with extremely long spears. They were like huge waves pushing forward. On the left and right sides, there were The unarmored light cavalry are gradually separating, passing over the heavy cavalry, and heading to the front.
In the years after Caesar's assassination, the two men joined forces with Octavian to form the Roman Triumvirate.
The arrow roared into the sky, crossed a long arc, and fell into people's field of vision.
The Shengnu people with almost no formation kept retreating. The Shengnu general Anuhu kept giving orders in the Shengnu language, and sometimes he would curse in the Shengnu language, as a sign from the north of the Yan Kingdom. A general when Miyano was still there, he was already past the peak of his forties.
The enemy cavalry in the distance had begun to speed up. At this time, the surrounding slaves gradually moved closer to him, and arrows flew over from time to time.
The slave soldiers here also fought back, shooting the short spears, bows and arrows, and short axes in their hands towards the opposite side, and pierced the opponent's copper round shield.
Then, more arrows flew from the sky, splashing blood.
The governor cavalry in the raw slave army watched as several raw slave soldiers who stepped forward to fight back were shot down. They knew that the raw slave soldiers who relied on these empty bodies to have strength but little discipline could not compete with them at all. When the cavalry resisted, he raised his hand and fired the crossbow bolt, piercing the shield of the enemy cavalry. After his eyes passed over the fallen body, he turned around and shouted: "Retreat, inform your comrades in the Yuezhou Army that the enemy is "Power up!"
Whoosh——
A whistling sound filled the air, and the Governor Cavalry who was shouting suddenly widened his eyes and looked down slightly at the arrow protruding from his chest. , staggered and fell off the horse.
The nearest few slaves hurriedly rushed over and caught the governor's horse that had been hit by an arrow. They were temporarily sent to the slave army, but they would live and train with them every day. , will tell many vivid stories and teach them how to speak Chinese dialect.
He has long considered this Governor Cavalry as one of his own.
"Anaya!"
This is the meaning of 'friend' in the Shengnu language. More than a dozen Shengnu soldiers rushed to their heads with blood. After seeing the Governor Cavalry being shot, Finally, he picked up his battle ax and launched a charge towards the oncoming enemy.
“Come back!”
When Anuhu saw someone rushing up to him, he was so angry that he cursed on horseback: “Idiot!”
However, his army is now a little out of control. The raw slaves who used to serve as the army all year round are now also killing the opposite side with the recruited tribesmen.
Many people were running, throwing out short spears and short axes used for hunting prey. The heavy manpower of the slaves was so heavy that the thrown axes and short spears directly penetrated the opponent's shield. At the same time, he also shot the running horse to the ground.
Soon the light cavalry of the Egyptian Legion divided into two groups, outflanked them from the left and right, and fought against the five thousand slave soldiers.
The opponent was tall and strong, even stronger than an ordinary man in his prime. The short axes and short spears he threw were frighteningly accurate. The first dozen cavalrymen who rushed forward were knocked over in the blink of an eye. Fall off the horse.
"No need to entangle, the enemy's main force is left to the rear array, we only need to harass on both sides!" As the cavalry commander, Lepidus is the stupidest thing to do to let the light cavalry engage in close combat with these scattered barbarians. The war horse just needs to run.
When these cavalry heard the sound of the brass horn, they quickly changed their formations and distanced themselves from the barbarian servants of Selis. Behind them, a stretched infantry formation slowly advanced with steps.
It was an eagle flag flying high, and the copper ornaments on it reflected a cold light in the sun. The steady pace, the tight array, the numerous spears, shields, and short swords The swords all show the powerful combat effectiveness of this army.
This is one of the Roman armies of the Egyptian legion trained by the four Caesars.
It is much stronger than the army of his time.
In this world, this army followed Emperor Sakprut in the north and south, making up for the shortcomings in actual combat. It can be said to be one of the three powerful armies of the Sakprut Empire.
Not only that, the Egyptian Legion, in addition to these Roman-made troops, also hired barbarian horsemen from Mattia.
The combination of heavy cavalry, light cavalry and wild cavalry is almost complete, showing Caesar's tactics to the fullest.
The heavy cavalry behind the dragon's head flag formed a deterrent formation, so that the Mattians on spears, accompanied by the cover of the Roman light cavalry, launched an attack on Selis in the wilderness.
The Roman legions pushing forward, under the command of Antony, moved forward step by step, suppressing the slave soldiers and constantly retreating.
In a tight formation, with spears stabbing like a forest, the charging slave soldiers finally felt the huge sense of oppression brought by facing a military formation with strict discipline and uniform actions. After paying the price of more than 300 people, they finally felt the pressure.
The vast wilderness was soon filled with fleeing slaves. Anuhu gritted his teeth and led the slave soldiers who could ride horses, constantly entangled with the enemy's cavalry, covering the tribesmen under his command. Escape in the direction of Satira.
There were also slave soldiers who were shot down before they could escape in time. Before they were dead, their heads were beheaded by the Mattian barbarians or the Roman soldiers of the Egyptian legion with a sword. They held the heads and made hoarse, barbaric shouts. , declared the victory of this battle, then moved closer to the direction of the dragon's head flag, and continued to advance.
This battle went as quickly as it came.
The Shengnu people were killed on the battlefield, and the news sent out also caused the Yuezhou Army in the nearby mountains and forests to respond quickly. They rushed out of the mountains and forests and continued to harass Sakprut's army. But they were blocked one by one by the opponent, and hundreds of people were killed or injured.
After Anuhu safely evacuated with the fleeing slaves, several Yuezhou Army soldiers returned to the mountains and retreated towards Satila.
On the way, they inevitably fought with the Roman soldiers searching the mountains, and the number of casualties increased.
At the same time, Hasai in the east, as the rear area of Su Chen's Western Expeditionary Army, was also attacked by another army from the south.
The cooperation between the opponent's infantry and cavalry forced the small logistics town with only 20,000 garrison to give up the plan of facing off.
The Yuezhou general guarding here burned the food in the city before retreating.
However, in the field, the infantry were eventually overtaken by the cavalry known as the King's Cavalry. If Su Chen were here, he would definitely recognize that these cavalry have a typical Greek style. Wearing a green cloak, he held a long spear.
Here, the soldiers of the Yuezhou Army who were left behind rushed forward. The next second, the entire organization was hit and collapsed. The Yuezhou soldiers who were fleeing in panic were then surrounded by spears. The Macedonian infantry phalanx was almost unilaterally massacred.
This sudden battle also resulted in the direct death of a Yuezhou general, but the enemy who came over did not stop. After seeing Hasai being burned, they turned directly and rushed towards Satila past.
News of the defeat was constantly sent to Satila from two directions. Based on the intelligence, the number of Sakprut's army in the south was about 30,000.
Click to clear out everyone who can be seen in the wilderness, including the Satsuma people.
The Yuezhou Army and Shengnu people who were stationed in various places also heard about the war. Before Satila came without any orders, they seemed to smell bloody leeches swarming towards the two enemies.
For a time, the wilderness hundreds of miles south of Satila was filled with shouts and fighting.
Countless arrows and blood splashed under the blade covered the soil. They constantly charged with human lives to slow down the Egyptian army heading north. Later, they were repulsed by the opponent's cavalry again and again. The huge army The formation once again closed in on Satila step by step.
Under the bright sunshine, loud arrows and beacon fires rose into the sky.
The scouts carrying constant battle reports ran wildly in the wilderness, and were finally sent to Satila, the rear military center, and submitted to Zhuge Liang's desk.
Prime Minister Zhuge was sipping hot tea and looking through the latest intelligence in his hand. He looked straight ahead and looked quiet.
The fragrance of tea lingers.
Zhuge Liang sighed and put down the news, "There is no one to talk to."
As he spoke, he took out a token from his sleeve and placed it on the table. , looking at the word 'ginger' on it, it was specially given to Su Chen before he left Satila, and it was also what Su Chen got from Liu Chan.
Zhuge Liang felt somewhat guilty about the person behind this token, especially after learning that after his death, this half disciple inherited his mantle and stayed with him until his death in order to fulfill his last wish. Plan for Ji Han.
"I can't plan it, it's destiny."
My fingertips touched the word 'ginger' on it, Zhuge Liang said this sentence, his eyes couldn't help but get a little moist,
"Bo Yue... "
He sighed, flicked his wide sleeves, and heard a creaking sound. The door of the side room suddenly opened, and an old man with gray hair rushed out with a sword and roared.
“Zhonghui!”
The sword blade roared and slashed several times in the middle hall. Zhuge Liang, who was behind the desk over there, slowly stood up while looking at the old figure slashing with the sword, and called out softly: "Bo Yue."
Familiar voice came.
The swung Han sword suddenly hung in the air. The old man slowly turned his head and looked over there, his majestic eyes showing doubts, and his brows frowning slightly.
In an instant, the hand holding the sword was trembling slightly, as if he couldn't hold it. The Han sword suddenly slipped from the old man's hand and fell to the ground with a 'bang'.
"Prime Minister...Prime Minister..."
The old man opened his mouth slightly and murmured. Then, his voice rose higher, his old face showed a cry, and he knelt on the ground, arching his hands tremblingly.
"I am ashamed of the Prime Minister's entrustment. I failed to carry out the Prime Minister's legacy and fight against the traitors who usurped the Han Dynasty. I also lost the land of Shu."
He cried loudly to Zhuge Liang.
(End of this chapter)