But once the plan was implemented, Herod understood that the tactic of luring the enemy into the depth was not as simple as imagined, because of the problem of maneuver power. The thousands of cavalry of Libidaus's vanguard were not worse than his defenders in terms of maneuver. Moreover, when King Parthia rushed out of the city of Aigela, he also carried a lot of supplies and wealth. Now he was bitten by the opponent's cavalry, fierce and small-scale raids and counter-raids continued to burst out. On the entire road between Aigela and Maxinu Plains, the cavalry battle was like fire, rapid and cruel.

Especially the one thousand Mathian cavalry performed particularly well. If the people under Libida from Gaul and Libya were excellent cavalry, then the Mathians could be described as "selected cavalry". All people tied long ribbons on their hats and helmets, so that when they galloped, the ribbons were like the feathers of a flying eagle. The most selected Medes under their crotch were all selected. In terms of weapons, they did not like to hold shields like the Gaul cavalry, but used the cables of their left hand to cover a slender and soft spear, and were the kind that had spear tips on both ends, and could stab enemies on all sides under the horse. The arrow bag under the saddle had fifty arrows, and they could easily pick up arrows. Even the Parthian cavalry, who were dominant in Syria and other places, were not the opponents of these Mathians.

When Herod retreated to the Maxinu Plain, he was frightened to find that his guards were heading for collapse. He was losing baggage every moment, and the fighting spirit of the soldiers began to dissipate. The tribal troops of the servants were either killed or secretly fled again.

Finally, in the pocket terrain of the Maxinu Plain, Herod breathed a deep sigh, OK, arrived at the ideal battlefield! Then the Parthian king turned thousands of oven cavalry and formed a dense formation, and then the light cavalry on both wings rushed into the canyon, preparing to capture Li Bida's main force here and annihilate it with the tactic of setting up an ambush and attacking it.

But the wind kept hustling. After waiting for the Parthian, who had been waiting for half a day, there was no Rome soldier. The narrated Herod continued to wait there until sunset before asking Mentis to search with his scouts. But the information he brought back shocked Herod, "Lebidaus's army suddenly crossed the river in the middle of the Tigris River and turned to the right bank of the river!"

"What, impossible! How did they cross the river?" Hellod's howl almost cried.

"They should have surveyed the hydrology very early, and carried many small wooden boats in carriages, laying simple pontoon bridges at the slow stream." Mentis said in panic. "It is useless to attack now. They have a legion of troops in front of the pontoon bridge as guards."

The cold sweat on Herod's forehead flowed down. Once Libida's cavalry rages on the right bank of the Tigris River, it will not take long to attack the city of Taisy. If Taisy is lost and fallen, all the nobles of Parthian will be in danger. Not to mention defeating the Romans, his throne will definitely be unsecured. He asked Mentis involuntarily, saying, "What should I do in the current situation? I don't want to be defeated by that person again, so Surena will mock my authority." Mentis was also anxious. He was also from a corps and promoted by Assassis. He did not have a background in the Rong tribe. Now the king asked him about his advice, obviously he regarded him as his confidant. If he couldn't answer, it would be a death sentence.

"We rushed to the bottom, and finally went to the city of Seleulia, met with Vagissis's men, crossed the pontoon bridge that had been built there before, turned to the north of the city of Taisy, and intercepted the enemy's assault." This is Mentes's last solution, "As for Seleulia, let's give up for the time being..."

After the city of Seleulia, scattered wood and stones were covered with scattered nooses under the layers were smashed, and from time to time, people's bodies were dragged away on the bloody ground. So when several Greek mercenaries found that the besiege troops under the city began to ride horses and leave the position, the king Mindaz of Herod could hardly believe his ears. When he held the wall of the tower and saw that Vagiss's men were heading to the opposite bank of the river in order, he couldn't help but cheer and claimed that the city was protected by his father's heroic spirit, so a grand ceremony that lasted fifteen days was about to be held. All soldiers and citizens could enjoy glory and leisure, and even slaves could receive five silver coins. At this point, he ordered his treasurer to open the treasure in the city.

Now, as long as you take a break, push the mercenaries in the city and meet with the legion of Crassuddung, his brother will be finished!

However, the 40,000 troops of His Excellency Crasus were still trekking in the desert, and his vanguards were still exploring in vain, in order to find Surena's main force, and to find the edge of this sand sea as soon as possible.

Finally, when several scout cavalry almost gave up, they saw a very small and inconspicuous river on the back of the gray sand dune. The leader of the tenth lord jumped off the horse's back and stumbled to the river, knelt down and bent down, snatched up a hand with his trembling hands, and drank it up. The soldiers riding on the horses behind all had a cry of joy on their faces.

With a "thump", the chief of the drinking water suddenly fell on the edge of the river. The dark yellow mud and sand rose, and the mounts of the soldiers behind immediately became turbulent. The sharp-eyed one saw that the chief of the chief of the chief of the colonel had a small arrow feather on his neck. The flying arrow simply exceeded the speed of sight and sound. After a dull sound of horse hooves, they faced the dazzling sunshine and saw countless cavalry wearing animal skins on the sand dunes opposite the river, putting dirty hair on their foreheads slowly appeared.

"Drink, drink!" The devastated Roman scout hurriedly turned around and ran desperately. Thousands of arrows roared behind them. In the end, only one escaped from Shengtian. He quickly ran to the main force of Crassus moving forward in the rear and said to the chief, "In front, in the river in front, thousands of enemy cavalry appeared, fighting and serpent flags!"

"There are two kinds of snakes, one is the horned viper, the other is the viper. The former is the symbol of the Parthian vanguard's light cavalry. The bows and arrows in their hands are like the venom of the horned viper, which can be killed silently. The latter is the symbol of the Parthian noble cavalry. The spears they hold in their hands are like vipers that destroy formations and morale." A centurion of the Sixth Legion murmured that he had fought with the other side in Syria before and knew the power of these two "venomous snakes".
Chapter completed!