Chapter 678 Xiliang!
Looking at the map on the table full of offensive and detour routes, it shows the places where the enemy and our armies have fought in the past two months.
Being distracted for a moment, the guard in the tent called Caesar twice, but he did not respond.
"Father!"
The swaying firelight shone in from the outside, and the copper silver heron flag stood at the entrance of the tent. A middle-aged man with a handsome face and a little bit old, wearing a close-fitting Muscle breastplate, holding a Roman dagger, strode into the tent.
Octavian was a tall man, the founder of the Roman Empire. From his figure alone, you could see the traces of years of military service. His face was covered with calluses from wind and rain, so he looked a little old, but his whole body revealed that With the momentum that drives thousands of troops to crush everything.
"The Seles army is still fighting with Antony. Their number has remained at around two thousand, and there is no sign of any reinforcements being mobilized."
Here, Caesar came back to his senses, He moved his eyes away and looked at the night outside the tent: "With a small army, we have been delayed until now. This Selis army is worthy of being called an opponent from top to bottom."
"Father, We can't save Anthony!"
"It's impossible to save them. Their remaining troops are like poisonous snakes lurking in the dark, coveting our movements."
The father and son said something to each other, and then fell silent again. There were not many generals in the army they could use, and Anthony was the best general, bar none.
For a long time, Caesar took a deep breath and made a decision.
"Octavian, you lead two thousand Roman warriors out to lure out their ambush!"
"Father?!"
Caesar waved his hand: "No rescue Anthony, we're going to be running out of people soon, kid."
Soon, two thousand Roman soldiers rushed out of the Egyptian legion station in the foothills and ran north.
Seventy-six miles north of where the smoke spread, another group of about 4,000 Roman soldiers started a battle with the Seles people as early as the early morning.
From morning to afternoon, the mountains from east to west were filled with teams of various teams shuttling and fighting.
The heat wave formed a vortex and brought about rotating flames, burning most of the mountain forest.
Spotted sparks rose, and the sound of fighting resounded in all directions. The two nearest mountains were wrapped in the sound of fighting, and flaming arrows kept coming and going between the two armies.
In the woods and the light and shadow of the flames, figures struck by arrows and knives kept falling down. The young Roman soldiers whose leather armor was set on fire rushed out of the woods screaming in panic.
He was then chopped down to the ground by the soldiers supervising the battle.
Fifteen feet away, at the slightly gentler terrain at the foot of the mountain, a Roman cavalry team of 500 people rushed to the rescue. Less than a quarter of an hour later, a Xiliang cavalry team of 500 people jumped out. The mountain col is coming roaring.
"Cavalry!"
The nearby Roman legionnaires shouted, and in the sound of the shouts, the running Roman cavalry seemed to deliberately lure the Selesian cavalry, and then turned around direction, the covered spear array was revealed, and they faced the Salis cavalry.
Among the Selis cavalry roaring in the night, the general at the head just raised his hand.
Arrays of running cavalry, arrows rained into the night sky, and their iron hooves poured down to break through the defenses. They stepped on the corpses on the ground and rushed towards the side of the mountain.
Following the cavalry and the fire spread, spots of fire could be seen everywhere. In the fire, soldiers from the two empires from the east and west were fighting, and they were densely intertwined around the two mountains.
The woods are burning in the night, the mountain wind is howling, and the flames are getting stronger.
The team holding torches and carrying weapons, after receiving the order, spread like a long dragon through the low mountains.
A huge flag with the word "Xiliang" standing in the darkness behind several long dragons, ringing in the mountain wind.
The noisy and boiling sound of fighting came from the distance. Dong Zhuo was riding a black horse. He looked solemnly and stared at the battlefield in the distance with ferocious eyes.
In his thick beard, there was a faint sneer at the corner of his mouth.
"Do you really think that Dong and you are spending time here because of incompetence?"
Since receiving the emperor's order, the Xiliang army was transferred back from western Analia and pounced on From the beginning of the Egyptian legion's march north, Dong Zhuo aimed to suppress the opponent's march north.
The other side may also understand the strategic purpose of the Xiliang Army. On the way north, they constantly change their marching route, either in multiple groups or by themselves, and they keep trying in central Analia and the southern part of Mondogo City, but they are all defeated by the Xiliang Army one by one. Interception. After several battles, Dong Zhuo knew very well that the barbarian generals on the opposite side were much better than him in strategy.
But in terms of tactics and ability to command troops, if he can become a big official in the barren and dangerous Xiliang, how can he lag behind others?
“Write to Guo Aduo and ask if the barbarian generals on the opposite side need help!”
“Here!”
The messenger received the order, got on his horse, and rushed into the night. Far behind the jagged first battlefield, Guo Bang was dragging his cloak and walking on a hillside. He had a grass root in his mouth and his sword on the ground. Pull.
Occasionally give a few instructions to send the order away.
"If you want to lure out my ambush...can these barbarian actions be made more concealed so that I don't notice them? There is really nothing surprising about them."
Guo Si and Li Jue Maybe their military force is not very high, but they are all Xiliang warriors who fought hard from the bottom. They have a unique way of leading troops in battle, and they can detect the slightest sign of trouble in time.
The barbarian army on the opposite side suddenly increased its troops and quickly came up with reinforcements from the flanks. This made Guo Bang frown. Both sides had fought dozens of times, and the details were almost clear. He quickly determined that the other side was fighting. What an idea.
Lure out Li Jue who was setting up an ambush, thereby disrupting the Xiliang army's deployment.
Not long after, the knight came from the rear and brought Dong Zhuo's inquiry. Guo Bang spit out the grass roots in his mouth and waved to the knight: "Go back and tell Dong Gong that these barbarians, unless needed for war, will How could I delay it until now!"
The words may be exaggerated, but the tone is still heroic.
Guo Si got on his horse and looked at the battlefield, squinting his eyes for a while: "They want to lure out the ambush, so it's better to follow their wishes. Anyway, the barbarian city in the north has been defeated, and there are no barbarians here. It’s necessary to stay.”
“Send the order!”
In the light of the surrounding torches, Guo Bang raised his hand on horseback and raised a finger: "Add two more teams to squeeze the front line. Convey my meaning to Li Zhiran, insert the battlefield at the right time, and give the enemy reinforcements a heavy blow. ”
As Guo Si’s order was issued, the waiting cavalry flew down with the order. In the distance, there were rockets rising into the night sky.
In less than a moment, the front line of the Xiliang Army located on the first mountain began to move intensively. Two teams of three hundred people crossed the battlefield and headed towards the center of the battlefield at the fastest speed. Both sides of the front line squeeze up.
At the same time.
Li Jue, who was waiting for the fighter on the right side of the battlefield, frowned and thought about it for a while after listening to the order conveyed by his commanding horse. Then he galloped forward for a few steps and then drew his sword.
"Flying Bear Army, mount up!"
In the field behind him, horses covered in harness were scratching their hooves, and soldiers wearing heavy armor turned over and made a "boom" sound.
The moment the thunderous iron hooves sounded, heading south, two thousand Roman soldiers who were rapidly reinforcing were passing through the woods, leaping out of the southern terrain and entering the southern part of the wilderness where Antony was fighting fiercely.
Octavian was riding on horseback, running with the army while reading the battle report in his hand.
“I thought I was going to fight against the heroes of this world, but in the end, it was not a fight, it was just a one-sided massacre.” Compared with Octavian, he didn’t have many grand ambitions at this moment. He only competed with Xiliang This battle with the army had worn him out of his temper.
In the darkness, an unusual sound suddenly came from him. He looked to one side of the team. The scouts he had sent out were running away frantically.
Octavian's eyelids were twitching wildly, before he could give the warning order.
In the darkness, the sound of rumbles of iron hoofs striking the ground spread.
With the firelight around them, figures were rising and falling on the horse, and the reflection of the metal formed a surging torrent, reflecting into everyone's field of vision.
A loud voice shouted: "Xiliang!"
"The Seris people..."
At the same time as Octavian murmured, the Xiliang Flying Bear Army blew the horn of charge.
The torrent of steel ran wildly, hitting the stopped two thousand Roman army formation, and hit it in the middle!
In this moment, fire, blood, mutilated limbs and flesh, and screams mixed together to tear the night apart.
(End of this chapter)