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Chapter 706 Fighting Hatra (Two in One)

"It is well said that the Romans knew our strength from the scriptures, but the Parthians did not know it, the Armenians did not know it, and the Artashis dynasty did not know it either.

So we need a fight to establish our reputation and tell everyone with our fists that we are not easy to mess with, so that we can be qualified to compete in this area and become one of the kings. "Xu Ding clenched his hands into a fist and hit the triangle area heavily.

The strong is king, and the strong prey on the weak is an eternal truth in this world.

Now I also have [-] troops. Although the number is large, it still needs a big battle to temper it.

Now that Xu Ding has made a big plan, everyone went down to arrange and adjust the troops.

The city of Hatra is the military center of the Parthian Empire in the northwest.

The city is tall and thick, with rich material reserves, and has always been a fortress against the Roman army going east.

Moreover, this fortress has never been lost. Even though the winter capital Taixifeng was captured by the Romans several times, Hatra has always been able to hold on.

Therefore, this place can also be called a strange city in the history of Anxi.

Outside Muran City, several riders galloped into the city, raised a thick cloud of dust, and then went straight to the most noble building in the city.

"Report! An unknown armed force has entered the border of our Parthian Empire and is coming towards us."

Guard Khalifa frowned slightly, with a serious expression, staring at the messenger: "Be clear! Be specific!"

"It's the general!" The person who reported the letter remembered that his general was a ruthless man known as an iron-faced judge, and he was also the successor of this city. territory.

The general's orders here are even better than that of the emperor in Dongdu.

Swallowing and forcing himself to calm down for a while, the young general who reported the message replied: "General, there is an army that crossed the border between Syria and Armenia and killed us. There are about [-] or [-] of them. In the lead is a cavalry of less than two thousand.

It seems that the equipment is not much worse than ours, like heavy cavalry but not heavy cavalry, but it is better than our light cavalry equipment. "

Basically this is the proven news so far, the enemy has cavalry and can't get too close.

If it was the Roman army in the past, the detectives from Parthia could sneak around the Roman camp to investigate.

But this time, the enemy took more than 1000 cavalry in the formation as the vanguard, which is unusual.

That's why the Parthian spies didn't dare to get too far ahead, and now it's quite a lot to be able to inquire about this information.

"Twenty thousand people, almost four legions or more than 1000 organized cavalry as the vanguard, could it be that the emperor of Rome conquered our country himself." The Caliph was a little shocked, but also a little confused.

It doesn't make sense, the emperor of Rome couldn't have reached the border silently.

There must be a lot of hype before the attack.

Could it be the rebel army in Rome? The Caliph still knew about the northward transfer of the Tenth Legion of the Roman Army.

That was to wipe out the so-called rebels in Rome, of course, the troops called the rebels in terms of peace.

So he asked again: "Did they fly the flag?"

The young general who reported back shook his head and said: "No, there are no national flags, only general flags, which seem to have Qin characters written on them, and Alexander."

"It really is this group of rebels, how did these guys enter our territory." The caliph couldn't figure it out, but he still said to his opponent: "Go send a message and tell His Majesty the Emperor of Dongdu that we are in trouble in Parthia."

"It's the general!" He specially took orders from Taixifeng's bearer, and then led them out of the city to the south of the imperial capital.

Then the caliph asked his men to go down and gather the soldiers and horses in the territory.

Regardless of whether it is the rebel army or not, what they are doing, or whether they want to attack the Parthia or the Caliphate family, all the soldiers and horses in the territory must be recruited.

The state government of the Anxi Kingdom is a very loose federal system. There are countless kingdoms and subject countries under the entire empire. The actual controllers of these kingdoms or subject countries are the great nobles of the empire.

They have their own administrative power and soldiers and horses. They are like the emperors of the land, and they are loyal to the Great Anxi Empire in name.

Apart from a limited guard directly under the emperor, there is no other army that can be in charge.

In the event of a war, they could only issue an assembly order, urging all the princes, ministers and nobles under their command to gather troops and horses to join the battle.

Therefore, the following kingdoms are actually similar to the vassal states, and usually do not support so many professional sergeants.

It was also when the war broke out that men were conscripted from the territory.

So the Parthia Empire is a bit like the nomads in the East. When they fought, they gathered troops and horses from tribe to tribe to gather in the royal court, and then went south to attack and plunder the big Han.

Therefore, although the Parthian Empire has many cities, it still has many nomadic habits.

The main force is cavalry.

There are heavy cavalry, light cavalry, and infantry.

It was just opposite to the Roman Legion, which was dominated by infantry.

This is also a very important reason why the two empires are sworn enemies of each other.

This is born with mutual generation and mutual restraint, and it is prepared to restrain the other party.

When the news reached Taixifeng, the entire emperor was startled, and immediately sent a letter to all parties to ask the nobles to gather troops and horses to prepare for battle.

Soon, the entire western part of the Parthian Empire was filled with the atmosphere of war and high pressure, and soldiers and horses kept marching to Taixifeng.

The caliph family recruited soldiers and horses from the territory to the city of Hatra in the shortest time.

Going east along the Mesopotamia, basically the place ahead is a poor and barren area where there is no human habitation and no birds shit.

Now that they finally saw a decent city, Xu Ding and the others were kind.

The city of the Anxi people is not too small in terms of scale.

Xu Ding sent a soldier who could speak the Sabbath language to communicate with the people in Hatra City.

"Listen to the Parthians in the city, we are the army of light coming east from the territory of Rome, a great army fighting to bring light to mankind, we have no intention of invading the Parthian Empire, we just want to go to the east of Armenia by way, I hope you don’t misunderstand, if we can, we can also cooperate and deal with the Romans together..."

"What? What are these clowns talking about? They don't intend to offend us, so what are you doing here in the Parthian Empire?"

"Excuse me? You're lying to ghosts. Only three-year-olds will believe this."

"That's right, they still want to cooperate with us. Even defeated soldiers like them also want to cooperate with us and deal with the Romans. Save your own life first!"

The generals and nobles in Hatra City couldn't help but sneered when they heard this.

The cavalry with less than two thousand dared to talk nonsense in front of them, they really didn't know how to live or die.

They are the most professional cavalry, and the only cavalry legion in the Roman Empire dare not show off in front of them.

The Caliph also sneered, staring at the rebel cavalry in the city without saying a word.

As a high-ranking person, being steady and reticent is an excellent quality.

Only women need to talk more to show their charm.

All a man needs is one look.

The caller translated the words of the Anxi people in the city to Xu Ding, and Xu Ding was not annoyed, he just said: "Tell the Anxi people that they are all a bunch of cowards. There is not a single warrior in the Anxi people, they are all a group of cowards, so we have to defend the city." To be a sea turtle is not even bloody, and it is not worthy of being a partner of our rebel army."

"This...commander, this will anger the Parthians in Hatra City. I heard that the Caliph family has always been known for its iron blood and unique personality. It has never yielded to anything or anyone. It is the most staunch supporter of the Parthian Empire. , has a very important position among the soldiers of the Parthian Empire. If they are angered, it may be very detrimental to us in the future." This Parthian-speaking man was once a small nobleman in the Syrian province, because his family He fell in the middle of the road, and was exiled to Silesia, so he still knows a lot about the situation in Parthia, and he can also speak some languages ​​​​of the various ethnic groups in this area.

After Xu Ding found out, he made him a bodyguard and stayed by his side to facilitate communication with all ethnic groups.

Xu Ding sneered and said: "Don't worry, just translate according to what I said. The tone can be fierce and sarcastic. The more it can annoy the Anxi people in the city, the better. I just want to defeat them in what they are proudest and best at, and kill them all. The pride stepped on the ground.

Some people are like this, the more you ravage him, the more he will appreciate you, and he will respect you even more.

This world is based on ability, and people will think highly of you if you have ability, and you will be cast aside even if you are born in a noble family if you have no ability. "

The translator couldn't help feeling sour, and his mood was a little complicated.

Like Alexander Qin, he is a declining nobleman, and the taste is naturally the clearest.

So he faithfully translated the promised words to the Parthians, and added his own sarcastic tone to vent out the grievance in his heart.

"Bastard! What is he talking about? He wants to die!"

"Kill them! Kill them, kill that translator, kill Alexander Qin."

"No one can mock us rest in peace, no one can mock us Hatra..."

"General, I request to go out of the city to fight and kill all these bastards."

At present, the generals in the city requested to fight one after another, and they were all very angry.

The caliph glanced at everyone, his face was still as serious as usual, and he said calmly: "This is the enemy's method of provoking generals, Alexander Qin wants to lure us out of the city for a decisive battle, and then take the opportunity to seize the city.

But when I was afraid of any enemy in Hatra City, no matter whether he was a Roman or an insurgent, he could not insult my Caliphate family.

You take 2000 people out of town and wipe them out nice and clean. "

"It's the general!" The generals who asked for orders were overjoyed, and then they went down to the city one after another.

The Caliph re-fixed his eyes on Xu Ding. The general surrounded by him must belong to Alexander Qin.

It is said that he is a descendant of Alexander the Great, carrying the blood of the East and the West, with infinite strength and incomparable bravery.

I want to see if the Romans spread it so well.

Is it because the Romans can't lift their swords anymore, or your rebels are drifting away.

The city gate of Hatra was pushed open, and a Parthian cavalry mixed with light and heavy cavalry rushed out.

In fact, the number of heavy cavalry is very small, and they are all composed of nobles. The noble knights and horses are all equipped with copper or iron armor. In addition to the normal breastplate and helmet, additional iron gloves, iron leggings or headgear can be added.

It is impossible for the Anxi Kingdom to single out the heavy cavalry to form a combat team to defeat the enemy's attack. After all, the heavy cavalry are the highest-ranking and wealthiest people.

You let them become soldiers alone to go to the front line, which is not recognized and supported.

People with higher status and wealth are more afraid of death. This is a common problem.

Therefore, light and heavy cavalry are often mixed to fight together. After all, apart from their own protection and better equipment, there is not much difference in combat effectiveness.

Seeing the Parthian cavalry rushing out, Xu Ding raised the corner of his mouth slightly, then turned around and went back to take over the command.

When the long sword was drawn, all the riders got ready, pointed at the edge of the sword, galloped forward, and wiped out all enemies.

"kill!"

The billowing smoke and dust swept across like two earth dragons huffing and puffing, with a strong killing intent.

"Fire arrows!"

Almost both sides noticed the distance between them, then took the bow and stringed it, and shot at each other.

Riding and shooting is one of the most basic operations of cavalry, and no one is worse than the other.

Arrows pierced each other in the air.

"Pfft..."

The soldiers of both sides who were hit by the arrow fell off their horses one after another.

At this time, the advantage of heavy cavalry is reflected. When the arrow is shot, it is blocked by the armor when it hits the body, and no one is injured.

However, the speed of these people was obviously a few positions behind, falling behind the cavalry.

Of course, although many people on Xu Ding's side were hit by arrows, there were still many people who avoided the arrows.

They may not be as skilled as the Parthians in riding.

But they have saddles, they have stirrups and they can do all sorts of evasive maneuvers.

After the long-distance training, they are all good horses.

Therefore, seeing that the rebel army did not fall much, the Parthian cavalry team let out a lot of cheers.

Even the caliph and other subordinates in the city of Hatra were a little surprised.

A wave of arrows shot at each other, and the casualties of both sides were almost the same.

This is a bit surprising.

Both sides accelerated, shot each other once to shorten the distance, and lowered their bows one after another to replace their own weapons.

The cavalry of the Anxi Kingdom is mainly equipped with a three-meter-long lance, which must be held with both hands when used. At this time, the knight controls the direction of the horse with his knees.

Secondary weapons include long swords, battle axes, and the bows and arrows used just now.

The first wave of sprinting with a lance is undoubtedly the best choice.

Therefore, all the Parthian light cavalry were replaced with lances, and the heavy cavalry were replaced with shorter weapons such as long swords and battle axes.

Xu Ding's side was different, they did not equip their men with long spears, but javelins and small bucklers.

The javelins were thrown at the Anxi light cavalry who were rushing forward.

In an instant, countless Anxi people fell off their horses, and their long lances also fell down, and accidentally even brought down their companions at the front, back or side.

There are advantages and disadvantages. The long lance sprint is very powerful, but the after-effects are also strong.

It's like adding difficulties to your teammates now.

So the Parthians have another style of play, the cavalry sprints to widen the horizontal distance between each other.

This made the Anxie team, which already had more cavalry than Xu Ding's rebel army, appear twice as strong.

The two wings rushed towards the flanks and rear of the rebel army.

This is a classic style of play of Anxi. The light cavalry surrounds the enemy's sides and rear, and the heavy cavalry suddenly becomes the arrow impact force in the middle. First, it can make the opponent at a loss, second, it can't move the opponent, and third, it can outflank and attack the enemy's weakness.

This style of play was widely used in the war with the Roman Empire.

It is because of it that Anxi, whose national power was weaker by one level, forced the Romans to the Mesopotamia, making it impossible for them to move eastward, and Anxi could not perish even when the national strength and military strength were fully occupied.

(End of this chapter)