Chapter 16 Hills (Part 2)
Just as Kasio wanted to say in his stomach, don't give Parthia any chance or gap to detour, because once they detour, you can't force it back: the Roman formation of twenty Stadias in each radius was instantly surrounded by the Parthian light cavalry, and the arrows flew into the inside from all directions with special whistles. The shields in the hands of the heavy infantry of the legion were finally much stronger than those of the cavalry. After multiple wrappings of wood, linen, leather and copper leather, they could barely block the invasion of the arrows. At this time, the cavalry on the left and right wings were all dismounted and stacked into shield formations to protect their mounts. "This is simply the heavy rain in Sicily in winter!" Many soldiers who were lying under the shadow of the shield were indecent and lamented in their hearts.
"Silently wait for the mountain barbarians to shoot the arrows, and we will breathe a sigh of relief when we launch a counterattack. Friends, centurions, and heroes who have experienced the war, we must retaliate hard, just right away." At this time, even the five legions behind were shot very hard, and they were very close to those light infantry teams that had been killed or injured before, and their morale and order were greatly affected. Ogutaves is worthy of being an old corps and the number one warrior in the land war under Pompei, and directly carried the eye-catching feather feathers.
The floating helmet walked on the front line of the queue, constantly waving his arms to cheer up the Fifth Legion, who had the worst combat power, and prevent them from quickly breaking out. "Those auxiliary infantry are standing behind you, and you are just below the Eagle Mark. What is the Eagle Mark? It is a line that soldiers cannot cross. Don't be afraid that the cavalry, the arrows they shoot, will not bring them any benefits. As long as you rely on the weapons in your hands, as well as companions and officials who can trust. These skin itchy skin cannot do anything to us."
However, Eugutaves' prophecy was not realized, because it took time to recover the morale of light infantry. The Roman front did not have the protection of projecting weapons, and the scorpion crossbows had been shattered by the Parthians' first charge. Therefore, the Parthians' light riders were simply unscrupulous when they surrounded and shot, and they were constantly injured and dragged into the center of the square. They shook and begged the Riyadah to continue to greet him, and the Parthians' serrated teeth or barbs
The arrow clusters are completely useless. Once the damage caused to the injured person is pulled out, it can only be described as painful. As for mules, horses and war horses, they were shot to death and injured more than half. Moreover, the arrows in the hands of the Parthians seemed to be useless. They divided the light cavalry on each side into several times and took turns to shoot in the array. Behind each formation, hundreds of camels were carrying huge arrow pouches. This allowed Surena's soldiers to maintain vigorous and endless firepower.
The nightmare moments passed slowly, and the sun shadows kept tilting and changing on Crasus' cheeks in the middle of the meter. The entourages and servants around him ran around in vain without knowing their destination. Some were holding medicinal materials, while others were carrying various boxes. There were more and more wounded soldiers lying on the ground, and the screams and curses almost made him hallucinate signs. Instead, he could abandon these noises and clearly hear the blood of the wounded soldiers' blood flowing out quickly and evaporated by the sun, sand, and heat, and the sound of footsteps of death quietly coming.
"We must fight back!" Crasus suddenly shouted, and he kept repeating this sentence, as if the blood that had been sleeping for a long time was boiling. The flag-holder beside him picked up his cloak on the flagpole and waved it. Soon after, the little Crasus and Shinsorinos on the right wing came and asked the Governor to issue a clearer order, "Child, you bring two thousand elite Idui cavalry and five hundred Cretan archers away. In addition, Shinsorinos and Megabe or each led four legions to follow you to fight, drive away those annoying flies, and pull out the Parthian commander hidden in the abyss of despicableness, and nail them to the cross-Roman legion never passively beaten!"
Little Crassus nodded immediately and returned to his wing with the flag. Not long after, when Parthia's light cavalry approached the Romans again, he led the Gaul cavalry and made a terrifying cry like a rush. He broke into the enemy's light cavalry team in the diagonal thorn, and cut down many people in one fell swoop. At this time, Shensorinos and Megabe also asked all the infantry to make a demonstration cry, rushed out quickly, and soon the enemy cavalry in front of him retreated.
"Blow the trumpet, wave all the team signs, and follow the little General Crasus to continue rushing forward!" Megabe shouted excitedly. The trumpeters behind him stood at attention one by one, and blew and blew the passionate music. Eight gangs of Roman infantry, waving swords and shields, sweating, shouting the slogan of victory, chasing towards the retreating Parthian light cavalry.
"Governor General, Governor General!" A cavalry from the left wing trolled his horse's hooves in front of Crasso, "Cash Officer Kasio asked you to withdraw your pursuit of infantry and cavalry team, because Surena may have hidden a large number of counterattack forces on the second line!"
"No, no, now is the time to fight for the male and female. I don't want to give these flies that spread the death plague a chance to make a comeback. Hello! My shield slaves, prepare horses for this brave old man. I will personally lead three brigades to continue rushing up and completely defeat the enemy." Crasus said that, he got on the horse hard and indeed ran towards the forefront. Everyone was running wildly there. In this case, Crasus was about to think that his side had won and the enemy was retreating, right?
But Surena on the gravel hill looked coldly at the Romans chasing team in a ball of smoke and dust, just like a poisonous snake seeing a confused prey. Then he waved his hand, and the flag-holder beside him immediately raised the flags of the horned vipers and vipers. From the depths of the dunes and plains, Parthia's second-line cavalry rushed over frantically, surrounding the infantry and cavalry of Crassu in a flat desert, with arrows falling like rain. Then, a thousand oven cavalry lined up into a wide front line and rumbled towards the forcing force to break through with great force.
The Aidui cavalry, the little Crassus, saw this life and death situation, still did not abandon his courage. He shouted to the cavalry from Gaul, "This is just a counterattack before the enemy was dying. He looked at the clumsy iron-armored monsters, and there were even more people who knew what the martial spirit was? I know that you are from the cold north, and people and horses are not used to this hot weather, but we have to defeat the enemy in order to get hot food and clear water, draw out swords and spears, and fight them to the end!"
Chapter completed!