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Chapter 702 Does He Still Fight (Three in One)

"Report! Elder, the rebel general Alexander Qin was found in front of us. He led the cavalry in front of us!"

"Hmm! Alexander Qin, why didn't he withdraw?" Pu had a good feeling that it must not be for no reason that Alexander Qin stopped here suddenly to wait for his army.

One flag, one person, one army stands there.

The two affiliated legions did not dare to take half a step forward.

If anyone remembers correctly, in the battle of Kimina, Alexander Qin faced a standing army, an affiliated army, and [-] miscellaneous troops.

But just like that, he used the pitiful [-] cavalry to behead the governor, smashed and wiped out [-] miscellaneous soldiers.

This caused the loss of the Ninth Army and another subsidiary army.

The name of a person, the shadow of a tree, the two army chiefs dare not take it lightly.

When Pu came to the front line, he saw that Xu Ding was indeed leading the cavalry at the front, so he couldn't help being puzzled.

"Old Pu, you really dare to chase after him, aren't you afraid of death?" Xu Ding sneered when he saw Pu's flag moved from the position of the central army to the front team.

Pu frowned tightly. As a veteran, he was full of aura when he was about to fight, and he didn't show any anger. He hid everything secretly.

After observing for a while, Pu said: "Qin! What do you want to do?"

"Pu, I said that you can only take what I give you. If I don't give it to you, you will die. If Thessaloniki is given to you, then give it away.

If Kavala is given to you, so is it.

Now that you still want to come over, I'm not happy. Look at this place, do you think I will give it to you? "Xu Ding pointed to the surroundings, raised the corners of his mouth slightly, and the entire cavalry drew their weapons in unison, exuding a murderous aura.

What is the surrounding area?
It is surrounded by plains, flat land, and endless plain farms.

This plain stretches directly to Komotini, and is very wide.

Of course, this means that on the peninsula, the northern part of the Arctic Plain is covered with mountains, and only the coastal area has flat land, so it looks huge.

The plains are suitable for cavalry charges and are conducive to cavalry operations. They can charge straight and attack.

In short, this is a cavalry's paradise.

So Xu Ding chose the battlefield here.

"Old man, it seems that Alexander Qin wants to fight us here." A legion commander reminded.

Pu asked: "Are you sure? I heard that Alexander Qin's cavalry is very strong, equipped with special weapons, which can increase the combat effectiveness of the cavalry by several levels."

"Old man, we have never fought against Alexander Qin, so we have no way of judging, but I suggest that the army be divided into two parts, one legion in the front and one in the rear. The rear legion will first occupy the Luz River. If the predicted things happen, the whole army will not collapse." The army commander suggested.

The Luce River is not far behind, it is a small card point, and it is a necessary place to return to Kavala.

The north side flows down from the mountains, and the total length on the plain does not exceed 2 miles to reach the Great Coast.

If the Luce River is controlled by the enemy first, they will not be able to cross the river.

An accident happened and the whole army was wiped out.

Pu said: "Okay, just do as you said, the army is ready for battle, I want to see how powerful Alexander Qin is, and how powerful his cavalry is."

After the discussion, he retreated with one legion, controlled the Lusi River first, and left one legion to fight Xu Ding head-on.

This legion immediately formed an array and defended in a zigzag echelon according to the three-three system.

The most taboo thing to deal with cavalry is to stretch the horizontal and form a long snake formation. Obviously, the regiment commander from this affiliated regiment also has a lot of combat experience.

But all their actions were a joke to Xu Ding.

Xu Ding and the cavalry remained motionless, and had no intention of attacking.

Just watching from a distance, just watching quietly.

"What's the situation, why didn't the rebels attack!" In the spectrum at the back, I saw that the army in front had set up a defensive formation in an array, but Xu Ding didn't attack.

On the contrary, after a while, Xu Ding and their cavalry dismounted and sat on the ground to rest.

Then I ate dry food, drank water, talked and laughed, and relaxed.

This scene shocked the Romans.

What does it mean?
You are not going to attack, are you not going to fight?
I've taken off my trousers, so stop fighting if you don't attack.

Are you here for a field trip?

There was soon an uproar in the Roman army, and then there was talk.

After all, maintaining a formation, holding weapons, and maintaining a certain posture is also extremely exhausting.

"Legion Commander, what should we do now? If the rebels don't attack, can we rest?" asked one of the captains.

The legion commander shook his head and said: "No, don't take it lightly. The rebels may just want to confuse us in this way and let us relax our vigilance. Once we relax, they can get on their horses and charge over."

The reaction speed of the cavalry is fast, and it is easy to kill here once they get on the horse and sprint.

They should not dare to let their pawns relax.

Can time outlast anyone and anything?
Half an hour later, the Roman soldiers maintaining the formation couldn't stand it any longer, and asked for orders to rest.

The other party is resting leisurely, but they have to suffer hard.

To fight or not to fight, at least give me a happy word.

The regiment leader thought for a while and said, "Come here, go over and ask Alexander Qin whether he still fights or not. How can he be such a fool as the commander-in-chief of an army?"

A cavalry squad of this legion immediately ran forward, but Xu Ding and the others still had no intention of fighting on the ground. Instead, most of the generals held grass in their mouths and stared jokingly at the enemy cavalry cautiously approaching.

"Your Excellency Alexander Qin, our regiment commander asked me to ask you whether you are still fighting or not. If you do, please attack immediately. If you don't..."

"What if you don't fight?" Xu Ding tilted his head and picked up the longbow beside him.

The cavalry squad swallowed and said: "If you don't want to fight, please tell me something, we are all soldiers, please don't do things that insult the soldiers, whether to fight or retreat, please..."

Before he could finish his sentence, the cavalry captain was shot in the chest by an arrow. He glanced down at the arrow feathers, and then fell straight off his horse.

The other 31 riders immediately urged their horses to turn around and run back.

The army's military team and the other soldiers suddenly shook their spirits, grabbed their weapons, and prepared to fight.

The main thing is that the spectrum of the Luce River behind was fishing, and he raised his head sharply, dispelling all the sweet dreams.

"Are you going to fight?"

Spectrum asked.

The subordinate looked around and said: "It seems not, Alexander Qin shot an arrow while sitting, and his cavalry did not move."

Pu's face darkened even more.

He just sat down and shot an arrow, which startled both legions.

"Old man, our regiment commander sent me over to ask, do you want to take the initiative to attack Alexander Qin?"

Pu stood up, looked at Xu Ding's position, thought for a while and said: "No need, this may be what Alexander Qin wants to see, I guess we will take the initiative to attack, he will retreat, he must have some kind of conspiracy Wait for us."

After finishing the score, he added a sentence: "Let the soldiers rest!"

The person who sent the message came back to report to the army leader. After the army leader listened to it, he said to the captains of his opponents: "Order to rest!"

The Roman soldiers breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this.

After holding back for so long, I can finally rest.

This battle was fought really hard, and it was fought and not fought, and it was not withdrawn.

But now I can rest.

But just as they sat down on the ground with their weapons, Xu Ding on the opposite side got on his horse, and all the riders also jumped on their horses, and then beat the drums, which meant to attack.

"Quickly! Stand up quickly, line up quickly, grab the javelin, grab the shield, grab the broadsword..."

All of a sudden there was a lot of yelling and shouting, and the Roman soldiers who had just sat down and rested stood up one after another, grasped their weapons and equipment, and arranged them in an orderly manner, making all preparations for the battle.

But Xu Ding and other riders on the opposite side still didn't move, they were still chatting and laughing, discussing some interesting things one by one.

Still don't attack!
This time all the Roman soldiers wanted to curse.

After a cup of tea, Xu Ding and the others still did not attack, but dismounted again.

The legion commander had no choice but to wave his hand and say, "Rest!"

A group of Roman soldiers seemed to have been pardoned one after another, and then sat down to rest, one by one leaning their bodies, but they still held weapons in their hands, and they didn't put them all down.

Sure enough, less than a minute after they sat down, Xu Ding on the opposite side got on his horse again.

The legion commander had no choice but to order to stand up and line up.

This time the result was the same, and the rebel army still did not attack.

After another cup of tea, the head of the legion couldn't stand it any longer, he couldn't bear the torment, and waved his hand: "Rest!"

Soon the staff came over and said to the legion leader: "General, the elders have an order. If the rebel cavalry continue to play the same trick, half or a third of the troops can be alerted, and the rest can rest and recover their strength. By the way, drink some water and eat some dry food."

As soon as he finished speaking, Xu Ding and others on the opposite side mounted their horses again. The army commander said: "One, two, and three are deployed in formation, the other brigades are resting, and the cavalry guards the left and right wings of our army."

Except for the first, second, and third brigades, all other Roman soldiers shouted long live.

Finally, I can rest assured.

As the sun above the head moved bit by bit, one hour, one and a half hours, two hours passed quickly.

Xu Ding rested from time to time, mounted his horse and made an offensive posture from time to time, but the Roman army was also very vigilant against it because of the previous reasons.

After looking at the time and estimating it, Xu Ding said: "Solve personal problems, after half a cup of tea, everyone will go to battle!"

"It's the commander-in-chief!" This time, the riders who should be in the small size should go to the small size, and those who should go to the large size should go to the large size, and those who rest continue to rest, eat to replenish their physical strength, and drink water to replenish water.

Or wipe the weapon, count the arrows, check the abnormality of the horse, adjust the saddle and stirrup, etc.

Seeing the situation here, the Roman army on the opposite side whispered one by one: "It is said that Alexander Qin's rebel cavalry is the most elite existence, and the military law is strict, but why are they so slow now!"

"Yes! Didn't I hear that he is very brave and unstoppable? Why didn't he dare to attack us? Do you want to mess with us?"

"This time it won't be playing tricks again, trying to trick us!"

"I think it should be..."

This time, the Roman soldiers didn't have such a strong sense of precaution towards Xu Ding and other cavalry, and started talking and laughing.

After all, the rebels have been making fake moves all morning.

I haven't seen them really kill them.

Even Pu and other legion chiefs and deputy legion chiefs have the same attitude and viewpoint.

At this time, Pu was probably thinking that Alexander Qin played such a trick, probably wanting to delay time, trying to block them at the gate of entering the plain.

But suddenly someone pointed to the south of the coast and shouted: "Look! Look, that's..."

Pu and others heard the words and looked towards the south, only to see countless black spots on the sea gradually approaching.

Boats of different sizes make their way to the shore.

There were no flags with clearly marked flags flying on board.

"Is this our warship? The support from Rome?"

Some Roman soldiers asked, but no one around could answer him.

The generals looked at the spectrum.

Pu shook his head and said: "It's not our battle fleet, they should take a few days to reach Kavala, so it is even more impossible to appear here.",

These army chiefs and deputy army chiefs suddenly realized.

Yes, it is impossible for the navy of the Roman Empire to appear here so soon, and they will definitely hang the flag of the Roman Empire.

Now this navy does not fly a flag, so they can only be enemies.

It's the rebels.

Didn't it mean that the rebel navy went north?
They turned back again.

"Get ready! Get ready, look to the east, don't look at the sea, don't look at the sea, get up, get up, get up..."

The head of the subsidiary legion on the front, wielding a long sword, rode through the gaps between the brigades, constantly reminding.

The seven brigades that were still resting stood up one after another and hurriedly lined up.

Because Xu Ding on the opposite side really launched a charge this time.

The war horse took heavy steps, its four hooves trampled on the soft soil continuously, and the rumbling sound of sweeping was transmitted from the ground.

The Romans of this legion knew that the rebel army was really going to attack this time.

However, because of the continuous rest, they were a little uncomfortable.

The strength of the body seems to be drained a lot.

Facing the charge of the cavalry at this time, his legs were trembling a little.

"Fire the arrow!" Xu Ding rushed forward, took his bow and shot the arrow, and the riders behind him did the same.

They opened their bows one after another, and when they were only a hundred steps away from the Roman army, they suddenly shot out the arrows.

After shooting, Xu Ding drove his horses to the north, but did not directly attack the Roman legion.

The same was true for the riders behind him. After shooting their arrows, they followed Xu Ding to the north.

In this way, wave after wave of arrows shot into the Roman army.

Although the direct distance is only a short 50 meters, because of the inertia and the acceleration brought about by the high-speed march of the horses, the arrows in the hands of the rebel cavalry were still shot further.

"Stand up a shield!"

"Dong dong dong...!"

Countless arrows were fixed on the shield, but quite a few arrows got into the gaps and shot at the Roman soldiers.

Especially the last few rows.

"Damn it!" Seeing this situation, the head of the legion couldn't help cursing.

In the nearer, one's own troops can throw javelins.

In general, the killing distance of the heavy javelins of the Romans was about 20 meters, and that of the light javelins was 40 to [-] meters.

However, the rebel army just got stuck 50 meters away and turned around, which gave the Roman army no chance to project javelins. Even the light javelins with low lethality still had a wounding effective distance.

It can only be said that Xu Ding has figured out this characteristic of the Roman army and calculated it directly.

This made the Roman army quite depressed and passive.

The opponent can hit you, but you cannot hit the opponent.

The average shooting range of a bow is at least 50 meters, and 100 meters with good arm strength is also normal, and 200 meters like Xu is at least.

Therefore, the rebel army can completely use the style of the big Han light cavalry, which is to keep attacking and shooting.

Until the opponent is exhausted, of course, the premise is that the arrows brought are sufficient.

After increasing the distance to the north, Xu Ding turned back and attacked the left flank of the Roman army.

The army commander hurriedly commanded: "The three brigades on the left immediately change their defenses, and don't let the rebel cavalry charge over."

Although there were not many casualties in the wave of cavalry and shooting just now, which may be negligible for the entire legion, it gave the legion commander a new understanding.

The cavalry can still fight like this, Alexander Qin is indeed a peerless opponent, the scourge of Great Rome.

Another wave of arrows rained. This time, the three brigades on the left wing were not well coordinated, and they were not well prepared, causing more than 100 casualties at once.

But Xu Ding still didn't break the formation, and led all the riders back, and then came back to attack the riders and shoot.

Constantly weakening the morale and strength of this legion.

Mosquitoes are small but also meat, a hundred or so at a time is enough for a Roman to drink a pot.

This increased the pressure on the legion.

Of course, his pressure is not the greatest, but spectrum is.

Because just when Xu was about to launch an attack, Soros brought his naval envoys to the coast, and the big ships began to release small boats, and the medium ships or small boats went directly to the coast.

When we got to the shallows, we started to disembark and land.

Of course, there are also some strange ships with no cabins, or they were deliberately dismantled.

A trebuchet was installed on the ship, and stones were transported on the ship, and there was a supply ship behind it, which supplied stones and crewmen to the ship.

"Ready! Launch!"

These trebuchets were all made in large quantities by the artisans when they were promised in Kavala. They were all small or medium-sized, and the stones projected were not very large, but the distance was quite far.

Enough to play machine spectrum and wait for the army.

Following Soros' order, the trebuchets blasted towards the shore.

The Roman soldiers who had just lined up to fight back against the landing of the rebel army were hit or scared to dodge to both sides.

The good army formation was disrupted at once.

The trebuchets on each ship did not need to be in command, they were busy with their own work, and shot the stone bombs at the fastest speed.

Faced with the threat of stone bullets that might hit him at any time, Pu had no choice but to order his troops to withdraw to the shore and distance himself from the catapult.

At this time, Soros's navy took the opportunity to rush ashore, jumped off the ship and landed ashore.

Of course, there were also small and medium-sized warships that were dragged in along the estuary of the Luce River, accompanied by catapults, of course.

The trebuchets bombarded both sides of the Luce River, and the Roman army, which was already in a disordered formation, hid more thoroughly and moved away from the river bank.

"Old man, this is not the solution. We can't stop the rebel army from entering the inland waterway. At this speed, the rebel army will occupy the Luz River sooner or later. We have to prepare early." A deputy army commander said to Pu .

Pu's face was cloudy and uncertain. He looked at the army that was fighting with Xu Ding, and at the subordinate army that was beaten by the rebels and couldn't fight back. He finally gritted his teeth and said: "Withdraw! All withdraw across the Lusi River, Let's go back to Kavala."

"Kill!" At this time, Soros' troops landed in full force, rushing towards the Roman army on the shore in a swarm.

Soon the rebel navy and the Roman army's nearest brigade detachment fought together. The two sides fought desperately and fought into a melee.

However, a steady stream of water troops continued to join, and the number suddenly became superior, causing these Roman troops to retreat steadily.

This made Pu's determination to evacuate even greater, and the army commander and deputy army commander below had no intention of fighting, and led the troops to retreat westward.

Soon the Luce River was occupied by naval warships, and the navy officers and soldiers drove away Pu and seized control of the Luce River.

Soros also jumped off the boat, stepped on the solid ground, pointed his long sword at the Roman army in the east, and said, "Move the catapult down for me and smash them, we will destroy them..."

At the end of the troubled times, all the sailors stopped pursuing Pu, gathered on the east bank one after another, and then also formed formations, pressing towards the army left behind by Pu.

The rebel army had a slight advantage in numbers, and Xu Ding and other cavalry were attacking non-stop.

The Roman legion was attacked on both sides, and the commander had to make a new tune.

However, morale fell further, and the senators ran away, and he and his legion were surrounded by rebels.

What's ridiculous is that they were surrounded by auxiliary cavalry and water troops who were not good at land warfare.

"shoot!"

One of the trebuchets moved down counted as one, moved behind the Luo army, and then smashed stones frantically.

Soon this legion also received the same treatment just now.

After laying down dozens of pieces, the formation of the Roman army began to be chaotic.

The Roman army armed with shields and javelins was hit by flying stones and didn't know where to go.

"Attack, there is no need to defend, charge me, and fight the rebels up close..."

The legion commander finally let go of his guard and let go of his style of attack, urging his horse to charge towards the water army. Together with him, the cavalry of this legion also rushed towards Soros and the others.

Soros hurriedly commanded: "I will block the formation, the trebuchet will continue, the archers will shoot arrows, the spearmen will stand up for me, and the shield soldiers will stabilize for me..."

"projection!"

After the archers of the water army shot a wave of arrows, the Roman army rushed to 30 meters, and then threw out both light and heavy javelins.

Dense javelins came like rain, but fortunately, the navy was also prepared.

The front shield blocked many javelins.

However, many people were shot and fell to the ground.

Even the javelin blocked by the shield is not easy to move.

After the Romans finished throwing their javelins, they drew out their daggers and broadswords and rushed over.

Soros and his sailors also held weapons in their hands, and pushed forward, stabbing the Romans who rushed up.

Of course, more people were still rushing forward when their companions fell down, and the two armies fought hand-to-hand in an instant, and there was a bloody battle.

(End of this chapter)