The Three Kingdoms Voyage

Chapter 367
Ardashir was a little nervous, but more excited. So far, the other party's reaction was in his calculations. Although Awad hadn't sent back any news, the Romans almost moved with all their strength, almost staying behind. Let him hit the next empty battalion with one blow. Now the plan to flank the Han army camp back and forth has been realized as scheduled. Even if the Han army camp cannot be broken and its chief general killed, it is more than half of the success.

The rest depends on whether we can achieve a satisfactory result in this tough battle and burn down the oil tanks of the Han army.

Ardashir stared intently at the fiercely fighting camp of the Han army, and instinctively clenched his fists. For so many years, except for the one time he fought to the death with the Parthian king Aldaban V in Hormizdakan, he Never been so nervous.At that time, he destroyed the army of Aldaban V in one go, and beheaded Aldaban V in battle, officially announcing the end of the 400-year-old Parthian Empire and the rise of Sasanian Persia.

Today, can he defeat the mighty enemy again and push Sassanid Persia to a new peak?

Everything depends on the outcome of today's battle.

The camp of the Han army is divided into five parts, the front is the camp of Li Yan, the guard of the Shu army, the back is the camp of the right general Chen Hai of the Yue State Navy, and the left is the camp of Cao Zhang, the chariot general of the Han court, and Cao Zhi, the general of the Wei state. On the right is the camp of Sheba Bedouins, northern barbarians, and Tianzhu mercenaries led by Xia Hourong. The central army is the headquarters of Prince Sun Feng, led by General Lu Xun of Yue State and Zhuge Zhizhi, Governor of the Red Sea. Composed of the army, and the guard battalion composed of the Teutons was also among them.Now Chen Hai from the rear battalion is fighting fiercely with the Sassanids who conquered the Roman camp, and Li Yan from the front battalion is also ready for battle.

The Sassanids who rushed out of the city gate saw countless torches lit up in the camp of the Han army, and knew that the enemy had already prepared and did not leave them a chance to sneak attack. With the shield and the sword in his hand, he went straight to the camp of the Han army.Although torches were lit at the top of the city and in the camp, the road in the middle was still indistinct. The Sasanians fell to the ground from time to time, but they didn't care about it at all, and the soldiers didn't even look at the fallen robes. , Approaching the Han army camp at the fastest speed.

Getting closer to the camp, and gradually being able to see the road in front of them, the Sasanians roared in unison, raised their sabers high, and rushed forward in a loose formation.

Standing in the army formation, Zong Yu saw the shadowy Sasanians outside the camp already within range, and suddenly shouted: "Launch!"

"Fire!" "Fire!" Several shouts came from near to far, and the gunners who had already prepared raised their wooden hammers high and slammed down. With a loud bang, the heavy counterweight sank suddenly, and the long connecting rod of the ballista began to slide rapidly, throwing the oil tank in the net basket into the sky.

"嗖——" "嗖——" There were more than a dozen sounds in succession, and the first batch of oil tanks flew through the air, flying a distance of three or four hundred steps, and directly smashed into the formation of the Sassanids. When he was hit, he didn't even groan, he was beaten upside down, and fell to the ground with a "bang".

"Go on—" a commander screamed sharply.He participated in the daytime battle today and knew how powerful these oil tanks are. Although their current formation is relatively loose, if they can't quickly pass through this area and meet the Han people hand-to-hand, it will be a disaster to meet them.

Sure enough, while the oil tanks were flying and cracked one after another among the Sasanians, and the oil inside flowed freely, rockets flew up from the camp of the Han army, and with ominous screams, they flew straight at the rushing soldiers. Sasanian.The Sassanids did not dare to be negligent. They quickly raised their shields. On the one hand, they were guarding against being shot by arrows. On the other hand, they would rather be shot by rockets than let these rockets ignite the grease on the ground, otherwise they would die. It's even worse to be shot to death.They held their breath, and while they were running, they stared at the rockets flying in the sky. Once they found a rocket falling near them, they rushed to put it out, delaying the fire as much as possible.

However, with more and more oil tanks and rockets, the fire burned uncontrollably and spread rapidly.Seeing this situation, the Sassanids dared not neglect even more, and tried their best to move towards the camp as quickly as possible.They rushed to the camp, and soon gathered a lot of people in front of the camp gate, quickly organized and attacked the camp gate.

Li Yan's face was gloomy, his serious face flickered by the sparks in front of him, making him even more gloomy. With his hands behind his back, he paced back and forth on the general platform in the camp, looking coldly at Sassan who was madly attacking in front of the camp gate. People, there is a little puzzlement in my heart.It stands to reason that Ardashir transferred the Romans away with a tactic of attacking the east and attacking the west, and then captured the Roman camp with a superior force. He has already gained a great advantage. Attack the Han army camp from one direction.There were nearly 6 people in the Han camp, and the five battalions cooperated with each other. Even if the Sassanids were dispatched as a whole and brought siege equipment, they might not be able to take advantage of it. Large-scale equipment, are they going to conquer the camp with flesh and blood?
It's not the act of a wise man to attack someone's strengths with his own shortcomings. Could it be that Ardashir was dizzy from the fiasco during the day?

"Hit me hard." Li Yan shouted coldly, waved his hand, and said to Ma Zhong.Ma Zhong nodded, waved the command flag, and conveyed Li Yan's order to Zong Yu in the formation.In fact, it is needless to say that Zong Yu did not hold back. When the Sassanids attacked the Roman camp, Li Yan ordered preparations. They pushed the crossbows to the front of the barracks and set up the ballistas. , the arrows and the oil tank shot together, ruthlessly ravaging the Sasanians in front of the camp.The oil tanks were broken one after another, and were ignited by rockets one after another, igniting a raging fire, which illuminated the front of the camp like daylight. The best target for the crossbowmen, with bursts of teeth-piercing machine spring firing, a rain of arrows shot out, like mowing grass, knocking down rows of Sassanids. Shot down.

Li Yan is very strict in governing the army. Even when he is not paying bills, his subordinates never stop practicing, and their physical fitness and skills have always been in a very good state.Although there was a fierce battle during the day today, generally speaking, their morale is still very good. Now that the offense and defense are all lost, the Sassanids took the initiative to attack. It is they who have used their siege capabilities, and they will show off their strength When they have a strong defensive ability, they have a tall fence to rely on, and they play methodically and orderly.

The Sassanids did not have large equipment. Facing the Han people who were armed to the teeth, they could only advance with bloody courage and swords and round shields in their hands, trying to break through the gate of the camp and rush into the camp to fight the Han army.They huddled together and formed a circle with wooden shields to resist the sharp arrows of the Han people. They rushed to the gate of the camp, hacked with knives, kicked with their feet, and rammed with their bodies. The soldiers used bows and arrows for cover.The soldiers of the Han army blocked the attack from inside the camp and from the top of the barracks. Within ten steps, the arrows of both sides flew and killed each other.

After paying the lives of dozens of people, the Sassanians finally opened the gate of the camp. They shouted excitedly and rushed in.

"Squeeze them out!" Li Yan saw the situation at the gate of the camp, but he was not worried. He gave an order and turned his attention to Taixi Fengcheng in the distance.Although he couldn't see Ardashir at the head of Taisifeng City, but he saw the flames on the tower, and estimated that Ardashir should be standing at the head of the city.He glanced at the Sassanians in front of the camp, estimated the numbers, and felt even more suspicious. There are only 1 people here at most. Ardashir thinks that 1 people can break through my camp?Or did he save his best infantry for the final blow?
Before the Sassanids who rushed into the camp had time to be happy, they were horrified to find that they were greeted by more than a dozen ballistas in a semicircle, but they were not ballistas that fired oil tanks or bricks, but a row of ballistas. Arrow-rowing ballistas and murderous arrows shone coldly under the light of torches.

"Kill!" The Sassanid had no choice but to hold the round shield in front of him to protect his vitals, and at the same time charged forward with all his might.

"Shoot!" Zong Yu ordered coldly.

"Om—" A canopy of arrows flew out almost at the same time, less than ten steps away, and the powerful rain of arrows pierced the Sasanian's leather shield, and took the Sassanian who rushed to the front with him. The shield was overturned, and he fell on his back.

Seven or eight of the Sasanians fell at once.

More than a dozen ballistas fired nearly a thousand arrows almost instantly, knocking down more than half of the Sassanians who rushed into the camp, like a thick bamboo shoot whose thick bamboo coat was stripped off at once. Only the tender bamboo shoots are left.The Sassanid was stunned, standing at the gate of the camp, not knowing whether to advance or retreat.Zong Yu didn't hesitate at all. With a wave of his hand, the spearmen and the sword and shield hands cooperated with each other. They rushed forward, and the swords and spears rushed forward. They beheaded the remaining dozens of Sasanians and closed the camp again. Door.

At the gate of the camp, blood flowed like a river, and the Sasanians who were seriously injured and still alive fell in a pool of blood, wailing miserably.The Han soldiers turned a deaf ear, stepped forward and cut off their heads one by one, then threw the headless corpses out of the barracks and threw them into the Sasanian crowd.

The front battalion and the rear battalion fought in full swing, and the left battalion, right battalion, and middle battalion also lit torches, and the soldiers lined up in the battalion, ready to attack.Accompanied by Lu Xun, Sun Feng boarded the highest podium in the camp, held up his clairvoyance to check the battles in the front camp and the rear camp, and then looked at the top of the Taixifeng city. After a long time, he put down his clairvoyance. He said with emotion: "The Greek philosopher is right. If the gods want to destroy it, they must first make it crazy. I think Ardashir is really crazy, desperate to fight for his life."

"He doesn't fight for his life, and he doesn't have many chances." Lu Xun also put down his clairvoyance, and turned to look at Sun Feng: "Prince, I think he seems to have other ideas. The front camp has 1 people, although the rear camp looks There seem to be a lot of people, but I am afraid there is a lot of bluffing, the maximum is 1 people, and he used these 2 people to attack our camp, which is no longer comparable to madness."

"What other plans does uncle think he has?" Sun Feng asked with a smile.

"Tonight, he first attacked Little Gordian's camp, luring the Romans to take the risk to rescue them, and then looted the Romans' camp, and now he has made further progress, attacking our Han camp from two sides, I'm afraid it's not true, There are other evil intentions." Lu Xun pondered for a moment, then suddenly raised his head and said, "Prince, immediately send someone to the supply camp. I think his purpose should be the supply camp. There are not only our food and grass, but also oil tanks. A few people and a single fire can almost destroy it."

Sun Feng nodded, "It's really possible, but I've already sent Nicholas and the others there. As long as the Sassanid camp doesn't come in, a few subtleties won't do much. Yang Dezu has always been shrewd, forgive me. Come on he will leave no chance for the Sasanians."

Lu Xun smiled slightly: "Since the prince has already made arrangements, I think Ardashir's chances are really limited."

In the baggage camp, Yang Xiu leaned comfortably on a high-backed chair, reading a book by an oil lamp, a few dishes of side dishes were placed on the table next to him, and a jug of wine was exuding an attractive aroma.He gave praises from time to time, then took a sip from his wine glass, and Nicholas, who had just arrived by order, quickly poured the wine for him respectfully, with the admiration in his eyes clearly showing.

When Nicholas rushed into the baggage camp, the ten Sassanid workers had already been tied up by Yang Xiu's men. The baggage camp was quiet, and there was no sign of panic. Yang Xiuan drank his wine calmly, watching Book, as if nothing happened outside.He looked at it for a long time, but he didn't see any flaws in those Sassanian crafts. It was Yang Xiu who said that you would find out by tearing off their chests. As a result, when Nicholas tore off the clothes of those craftsmen, he saw exactly the same. flame pattern.

Nicholas knew these flame patterns. They once caught a secret agent, exhausted torture but failed to find out the result. They only found this kind of flame pattern on him. Later, people said that this kind of flame pattern was Sassanian. The unique tattoos of the temple are all the most loyal children of the Sasanian nobles. Doing such meticulous work for three years is more meritorious than fighting for three years in the army.These people have sworn in front of Ahura that they will never betray Sassan. Of course, they dare not. Once they are found out, not only their own lives will be lost, but their families will also be implicated. The price is really too high .

He didn't expect that Ardashir sent ten such spies to sneak into the supply camp at once, and what he didn't expect was that Yang Xiu caught none of the ten spies.He has been to the supply camp several times, and he has also met the people in these ten special operations several times. The earliest ones should have entered the camp before Damascus, but he has never found anything wrong with these people.In his opinion, these Sasanian craftsmen look similar to Syrians and Armenians, humble and hardworking.

"My lord, how did you find out?" Nicholas asked humbly with a smile on his face.

"If the heart is not right, the spirit is not right." Yang Xiu stretched out two fingers arrogantly, pointing to his own eyes: "Their flaws are all in Ah Jian."

Nicholas is the most diligent among the thirteen knights, and he is still diligent in Chinese. Yang Xiu's common sayings did not stop him. He blinked and quickly understood what Yang Xiu meant.

"Could it be that the king named you the head of the thirteen knights? You really can teach me." Yang Xiu laughed, glanced at the Teutonic warrior behind Nicholas, and waved his hand: "Please return the prince, just say The supply camp is safe and sound. You better leave with these details, I am afraid that the anger of your Teutons will ignite the oil tanks here."

Nicholas laughed, and without further delay, he asked people to drag the ten small works out of the supply camp, and rushed to report to Sun Feng.

Sun Feng and Lu Xun looked at the ten depressed minions and smiled at each other.Sun Feng twisted his fingers, hesitatingly said: "Uncle, do you want to..."

"I think it's better to wait." Lu Xun looked at the top of the wall, "The future is long, and the present opportunity is not the best."

Sun Feng thought for a moment: "Well, just listen to uncle."

Standing at the top of the city, Ardasil became more and more nervous as he watched, sinking involuntarily. The two-prong attack strategy had been implemented, but the victory he was most looking forward to had never come. Seeing the attack on the front battalion The soldiers can no longer hold on, if they continue to fight, they will all fall under the arrows of the Han people, and if they don't withdraw, there will be no chance.He looked at the sky, the east had already turned pale, the night was about to pass, and the first ray of sunlight at dawn was about to shine on the earth.Once the Han found out that there were only 2 people outside the camp, they would definitely come out of the camp to fight back, and people from other battalions would also participate in the action. The [-] hard-working soldiers had no chance of surviving.

"Withdraw!" Ardashir gave an order unwillingly.

Finally hearing the sound of the retreat horn, the Sassanians who had been fighting hard for more than half an hour finally breathed a sigh of relief, covered each other and withdrew from the battle formation, and returned to the camp.It was still dark at this time, and Sun Feng and others did not go out to pursue the camp, allowing the Sasanians to retreat.At the same time, Awad also gave up his plan to continue the attack after repeatedly attacking the Romans' battle formation without success, and led the cavalry to flee far away.

The sky was bright, and Quintus looked at the messy camp, wanting to cry.In today's battle, the Romans lost the most. Little Gordian was attacked by Avad and lost nearly 3000 troops. Later, the two armies fought fiercely and lost nearly 3000 people. Now it is even worse. The Sassanids were set on fire, and more than half of the remaining legion was lost, with nearly [-] troops lost.

Just when everyone was frustrated, Momia appeared in front of them. She encouraged them and said that although the loss was not small this time, we still defeated the Sasanians on the frontal battlefield.This little loss is nothing, as long as Taixifeng is broken, these losses can be doubled. It is not terrible to lose things. As long as the army is still there and your courage is still there, we will have nothing to fear.

With just a few words, everyone was encouraged again. Momia hit the iron while the iron was hot, and took the initiative to ask for orders to discuss with the prince of Yue, and to borrow some supplies to alleviate the current predicament of the Romans.The soldiers fought bloody battles with the Sassanids. She is a woman and cannot go into battle. She will do her part in this task. Who makes Philip and Sun Feng brothers?

(End of this chapter)