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Chapter 695 Tell them I died in battle (three in one)

"My lord, we will be bitten by Roman pursuers sooner or later. Why don't we go south? Now that our team is small, we can completely avoid them." Meng Yu looked at the scorching sun above his head, and suggested with dry lips road.

To tell the truth, he has persisted in Durrakium for so many days, and his sleep is seriously lacking, and his body is a little weak.

Xu Ding said: "No way! If we go south, we won't be able to escape from the Balkan Peninsula. I still want to take Thessaloniki. Alexandria and the secret weapon I prepared, how can I just waste it like this."

"But son, this is not the way. The enemy is strong and we are weak. The best strategy is to avoid the real and attack the weak. This is the art of war you mentioned." Meng Yu persuaded again.

Xu Ding said: "You kid should rest well, you don't need to worry about it, I have my own way to deal with the pursuers."

Xu Ding patted Pai Mengyu's shoulder, let the resting army continue to set off, Meng Yu got on the horse, and then walked and slept half-breathed to recover his strength.

After the soldiers had left, Xu Dingcai said to his cavalry: "The Romans want to chase them, they just want the cavalry to catch up with them, so from now on we will take turns to shoot and kill more cavalry, remember that the horses cannot be hurt. , people don’t need to live.”

"It's the commander-in-chief!" Everyone laughed.

Now that they have saddles and stirrups to meet each other's cavalry, it's perfectly fine.

Of course, the premise is that there are no perverts like Commander Alexander Qin among the opponent's cavalry.

Xu Ding divided the cavalry into three teams, and the three teams took turns to watch for four hours, that is, eight hours.

Whenever the cavalry spies of the opponent are found to be chasing, they will be killed immediately.

Soon the crowd of riders encountered several waves of chasing teams.

However, these squads were all killed by rebel cavalry who were several times larger than them.

One group tried to resist head-on, but it was a pity that it was not an opponent of the rebel cavalry at all.

The Roman army that soon pursued lost more than 100 horses, which brought more than 100 good horses to Xu Ding.

They were pursued by a subsidiary regiment, also composed of infantry.

As mentioned earlier, there were very few cavalry regiments in the Roman army, and now there is only one standing army in the entire empire.

The other two are affiliated regiments.

The Standing Cavalry Legion was stationed in the city of Rome, and it was rare to be able to send it out to pursue Xu Ding and the others last time.

Because the new emperor wanted to go to war in the west, the only standing cavalry regiment was also transferred there.

After all, it would be quite troublesome for them to cross the sea. It is impossible for Severus to give up the only standing cavalry regiment to the Elder Council to command.

Therefore, there was no cavalry regiment to chase Xu Ding and the others, and all those who crossed the sea were infantry regiments.

Flacco was the commander of this subsidiary legion, and he frowned tightly after listening to his subordinates' report.

None of the four waves of cavalry squads dispatched heard from them.

This is not good.

This kind of bad news not only embarrassed him, but the other seven cavalry squads below were also silent, and no one dared to stand up and say that I would go and see.

To be able to become a cavalryman is only for the owner of the rich family, who the hell would really want to risk his life.

Glancing at the seven cavalry captains, Flacco said decisively: "Forget it, there is no need to send cavalry to scout, just chase after them. The opponent has only five or six hundred remnants. Even if there are hundreds of cavalry, if we meet head-on, I can knock them out too."

Infantry against cavalry, cavalry will lose.

This is the most realistic result of the battle in the West so far.

A mature infantry phalanx is definitely bad news for light cavalry.

So Captain Flacco is quite confident.

Although the cavalry of the rebel army stormed the camps of the other two legions twice last night, killing and injuring thousands of people, and they are famous, but in his opinion, the other party just took advantage of the night attack, and it was the other two legions. of incompetence.

Half an hour later, suddenly dozens of riders came rushing on the avenue ahead.

The trampling horse stepped on the hard rock and heard a harsh sound. Flacco's front team hurriedly stopped. Seeing that the opponent's cavalry continued to charge without slowing down, he hurriedly ordered his men to set up shields.

As a result, the opponent rushed halfway, and suddenly threw out the javelins, and then the javelins would fly into the crowd of the front team under the force of inertia.

The soldier who was not protected by a shield was immediately pierced through his body.

Through the javelin, the cavalry did not leave, but silently held the sword, and it was there.

They didn't talk, they didn't leave, and they didn't attack.

The front team didn't know what the rebel cavalry meant for a while, and they also stopped at the same place, all holding shields, which was also a gesture of protection in winter and summer, and neither stepped forward nor spoke.

"Stupid, let me move on." Seeing that the team stopped, Flacco immediately ordered.

The front team had no choice but to advance slowly, and the cavalry on the opposite side also turned around and walked forward slowly, but they all turned around, always paying attention to the Roman army.

The two armies turned hostile to each other like this, and then moved slowly.

The speed can be said to be so slow that it is only a little stronger than turtle climbing.

After spending a cup of tea in this way, Flacco ordered impatiently: "Go faster, is it possible that we have so many people in our army, are you afraid that he won't be able to ride a few dozen?"

Someone suggested: "Legion Commander, why don't you send cavalry, the opponent only has dozens of people, and we still have more than [-] cavalry, are you afraid that we will not be able to defeat the opponent together?"

It is impossible for the infantry to chase the cavalry. If you want to kick off these annoying rebel cavalry, you have to send out your own cavalry.

Flacco was right after thinking about it, so he recruited the seven cavalry captains and said: "You have also seen that the rebel cavalry are too arrogant, and they are blocking our army like this. Now is the time to display your value, you guys The seven squads rush forward together, kill the rebel cavalry for me, don't shirk, you have more than 200 cavalry, and the other party only has about [-] cavalry, it is possible that you are so afraid."

The seven captains of the cavalry squad were right, they had 210 four, couldn't they beat the opponent's thirty cavalry?

It was also a joke to spread it out, so he accepted the order.

210 The four cavalry all dispatched, crossed the official road vacated by their own infantry, and then roared and killed them.

The thirty cavalry hurried away, and the Roman cavalry cheered and shouted, and then they didn't stop chasing, and quickly chased them five miles away.

At this time, a hundred cavalrymen suddenly came out from a forked path.

These cavalry rushed out, slammed into the Roman cavalry fiercely with their weapons.

The Roman cavalry rushed to fight.

"Clang clang..." several times.

Then puff puff puff, a hundred or so Roman cavalry fell from their horses.

A head-to-head confrontation was completely defeated.

The Roman cavalry turned pale with fright, turned around and ran away one after another.

Xu Ding led more than 100 cavalry in pursuit, and hacked and killed dozens of cavalry one after another.

After chasing for two miles, Xu Ding gave up, and then ordered the soldiers to clean up the battlefield and take away the horses.

At the same time, the thirty cavalry were left in place waiting for the Roman army to come over, and continued to maintain the same operation as the thirty cavalry just now.

210 Four riders went out, only chased for a while, and when they came back, there were only seventy or eighty riders left.

Fracona called a heartache.

And the escaped cavalry were even more frightened and terrified.

"Report! Legion Commander, the enemy cavalry is coming again!"

Flacco looked forward, but no, another thirty rebels were blocking the way.

When their own infantry moved forward, they also moved forward, controlled at the same speed.

This is a provocation to the entire legion, but also a restriction.

Although it didn't slow down the pace of the infantry's advance, it made people feel that they were delayed.

Flacco couldn't help being a little upset, and ordered the army to run forward.

Since the opponent doesn't want to fight, but just wants to delay the time, then he marches in a hurry to see who can survive.

Xu Ding successively seized more than 200 war horses. With these horses, the speed of the team was much faster.

"Report! Commander, the enemy army has begun to march in a hurry, and our cavalry can't hold back and delay their march!" Suddenly one of the cavalry came back to report.

Xu Ding said: "It's okay, wait until I meet the other party, march quickly, they won't last long, set up obstacles along the way as planned."

Confess to the others, Xu Ding took thirty cavalry to take over the task of the thirty cavalry just now.

Seeing that the thirty cavalry standing in front of him suddenly disappeared after the rapid march, Flacco was very happy.

But soon someone reported that the enemy cavalry came again.

And under the banner of Alexander Qin.

The front team stopped suddenly, asking for new instructions.

"What the fuck, keep pushing me forward. Alexander Qin has only brought thirty riders, so there's nothing to be afraid of, just charge me!" Flacco knew what his subordinates were worried about.

Isn't it just that I heard that Alexander Qin is a man of great strength and invincible bravery.

It's really outrageous to shrink back like this one by one.

The former captain who received the new order had no choice but to bite the bullet and say, "Go ahead!"

Immediately, they were neatly arranged on the avenue, and the Roman soldiers who filled a road began to move again.

But instead of marching in a hurry, he slowly raised his shield to cover himself and began to move.

Shouting while moving forward.

Xu Ding was riding on a horse, holding a javelin in one hand, and when the opponent's army advanced to about 100 meters, he suddenly raised his right arm backwards, and then threw it forward again.

The javelin came through the air with a whistling sound, after drawing a beautiful arc.

Into the front team of the Roman army.

"what!"

With a scream, a Roman soldier was stabbed in the shoulder by a javelin. The sharp tapered javelin head pierced the flesh and shattered his shoulder blade.

The Roman soldier fell back, howling in pain.

Seeing this, the entire front team stopped moving forward one after another, and then tilted their shields inside, getting closer to each other.

For fear of being promised to be injured by a javelin shot.

However, Xu Ding was not throwing. Instead, he led thirty riders forward for a hundred or so meters, took a javelin from other riders, and waited there for the Roman army to come up.

"Go forward! Keep going! Pull the wounded soldiers to the back."

A captain in the front ordered his subordinates to say that several soldiers carried the soldier who had been hit by the javelin to the back.

"call out!"

With a "bang", the javelin plunged into the shield, but the huge impact directly knocked the soldier down, and then the javelin continued to penetrate the shield, most of which did not enter the inside of the shield, with a lead iron point head, and directly stabbed the soldier.

Although not as heavy as the one just now, he temporarily lost his fighting power.

Another one was carried down.

The Roman army could only bite the bullet, gritted its teeth and moved on.

In this way, it was agreed to shoot the javelin at a fixed point in front, and the Roman army moved forward cautiously holding the shield.

Then one at a time, shot and carried to the back.

Not only did the entire Roman pursuit army slow down, but their morale was also low, and there was even a trace of fear.

God-like fearsome adversary, is Alexander Chin the devil?
Won't he rest?Does his power end in seconds?

When this goes on, it will be a head, and everyone in the entire Roman legion is tight and taut.

Even the head of the legion is no exception.

After thinking about it, he didn't have any good way to break the deadlock.

The opponent was only one person, and he completely shocked his legion on the road.

Finally, the sunset glow drifted away, the curtain turned to ashes, and the sky and the earth became one color.

Xu Ding disappeared on the endless road with thirty riders.

The Roman army breathed a sigh of relief.

According to statistics, the cavalry is not counted during the day, and the infantry has suffered casualties of two detachments.

Very scary value.

After setting up camp, Flacco didn't dare to be careless, and sent more than a dozen groups of patrols to patrol nearby at night.

The lessons learned last night were too profound. He didn't want to be beaten for nothing like the other two legions.

There was nothing to say all night. I thought that Alexander Qin would bring the rebels to attack the camp, but it turned out that there was no incident all night. Instead, Flacco was overly nervous, and neither he nor his soldiers slept well.

"I can't be so passive today. Once Alexander Qin throws a javelin, I will speed up and rush forward, regardless of the cost. Then I will fight back. I must fight back. I can't let Alexander Qin bully us all the time. "Flaco gave a death order to all the captains at the start of the new battle.

Each of the captains looked bitter, silently praying that the method of the army chief would work.

Sure enough, soon Xu Ding reappeared on the road they were traveling with thirty riders.

Still holding the javelin in his hand.

Today, the captain at the front of the queue is short of breath, and the soldiers below are also tense in their bodies and nerves.

All of them held their shields while secretly aiming at the javelin in Xu Ding's hand, silently hoping that this unlucky ghost would not be themselves.

The javelin in Mu Ran Xu Ding's hand was projected, and the captain behind him finally couldn't help shouting: "Go forward! Go forward! Go forward!"

Three advances in a row are like Cui Mingfu.

The soldiers of this brigade moved forward violently, one by one, they raised their calves and sprinted.

Today we have to rush over, rush to the front of Alexander Qin, and not let him do whatever he wants.

But they changed their tactics, and Xu Ding also changed his style of play.

He is not the kind of person who never changes.

This time he left without turning around, and then took out his bow and stringed it, and even the thirty cavalry behind him also took out their bows and arrows.

Although they are not professional archers, this kind of battle does not require precision, as long as they can shoot.

Horseback riding is originally the most important subject for cavalry to learn in the future.

In the past, there were no saddles and stirrups, and riding and archery was a difficult movement, but now it has become easier.

What's more, it's riding and shooting in sports. If you can't even do this, Xu Ding doesn't mind changing people.

It is said that Xu Ding took the bow and set the arrow, his eyes were focused, and he let go of his hand, and then he shot an arrow, and then he shot nine times in a row, shooting down the Roman soldiers who were rushing one by one.

The formation of the Roman army in the charge is no longer as tight as before, and they themselves do not have such a strong sense of defense.

After all, the purpose of giving up defense is to increase speed.

"Pfft..."

More than a dozen people fell down after being shot by arrows, and the charging soldiers behind them collided together, and fell down one after another.

"Let's go!" After shooting ten arrows, Xu Ding turned around and left without any hesitation, and the same was true for the thirty cavalry, not entangled with the Roman army.

But they ran for a mile, then stopped again, flexed their arms, held their bows again, and waited for the Roman army to come up.

"Report to the Legion Commander, we have failed again!"

Flacco waved his hand to show that he understood. He could clearly see what happened just now from the position of the Chinese army.

I have to admire Xu Ding, that he can still play like this, which really opened his eyes.

No matter whether you are moving or still, the other party will be eaten to death.

The more tossing, the more casualties.

A dozen people at a time, hundreds of people come dozens of times.One detachment was reimbursed.

It's a long way to go, if the fight continues like this, it is estimated that the entire legion will be exhausted.

The team stopped for a while, thought about it, and finally Flacco raised his head sharply, and said unwillingly: "Change the forward brigade to a centurion, and move forward slowly with an awl formation.

At the same time, give me two shields to form one piece and nail them together to strengthen my defense. Don't rush forward, just move forward slowly, as long as I can walk! "

Everyone looked at each other, knowing that this was the idea of ​​the legion commander giving up on biting the remnant enemy.

But when they thought of the enemy cavalry who came and went like the wind and could fight at will on the horse, they seemed to have realized it.

The enemy cavalry is too weird, and the combat power is too strong.

Although there are not many enemy cavalry, they are too difficult to deal with.

It is very difficult to bite and eliminate. It is better to be safe than to let him be harassed and harassed unscrupulously.

After giving the order, Flacco called a confidant and asked him to go back and report everything.

I hope what I see and think can be helpful to those high-ranking people in Rome.

This special enemy cavalry may be the enemy of their Roman army in the future, so we need to pay attention to it.

Those who can be legion commanders are not stupid. Once they give up their arrogance and underestimation of the enemy, they are all extremely terrifying existences.

In view of Flacco's strategy, Xu Ding knew that it would be difficult to fight, and this was also in line with his plan.

The speed of the pursuers was slower than their marching speed, so what was the fuss, so every half an hour changed to [-] cavalry, just like this to restrain the pursuers in rotation.

There was no fighting on the next journey, and the two armies lived in peace.

But a day and a half later, the Roman army lost the shadow of the rebel army.

Because there is a road fork ahead, one goes north, leading to the pass through the northern mountains, and the other goes south to the plains, the coast and the provincial capital.

Flacco didn't know which route Xu Ding and the other rebels took...

When Xu Ding returned to Alexandria, Villatoli and Mengdu took most of the rebel army northward to find their own way out.

There are only shoppers left in the city and the thousand spearmen in his hands.

"Commander, I'm sorry, Vila Toli and Mengdu led the army to the north, and I failed to stop it, so I let you down." Shoppe saw Xu Ding, his expression was a little downcast.

Xu Ding patted him on the shoulder and said, "It's not your fault. I should feel relieved. At least you didn't go with me. You're willing to stay and wait for me. I'm really surprised."

The shopper felt better after hearing the words, and hurriedly said: "The commander-in-chief promised me to take me back to our Slavs' hometown. Now that the promise has not been fulfilled, how can I be willing to leave."

"You can call back by yourself." Xu Ding said with a smile.

Shop around and said seriously: "Except for the commander, I don't think anyone can take me back, and I don't even have the ability."

"That can only show that you are too weak. I really hope that you can fight back by yourself, so... I find it interesting." Xu Ding punched the shopkeeper in the chest, and said with the corner of his mouth: "Me! Alexander* Qin doesn't need weak people, if you are too weak, I won't take you to play."

"Don't worry, Commander, I will learn to become stronger." The shopper hurriedly expressed his loyalty.

Xu Ding said: "That's about the same, my dear brother, congratulations for successfully boarding our broken boat again."

Xu Ding was really surprised that he didn't go shopping, but it was also a big gain.

As for the fact that there are still a thousand spearmen, and Alexandria is still in his own hands, this is really a blessing in misfortune.

"By the way! Blacksmith and carpenter, these two guys haven't been looted by me!" Xu Ding knew that when Vila Toli and Mengdu went north, they must have taken most of the food, weapons and so on.

The gains from the last battle belonged to the two of them now.

The shopper said indignantly: "At first they wanted to take them all away, but they were scolded by me. They took all the food, weapons and people away, and even the craftsmen didn't leave us any. That would be too much. So they left us a third."

"That's right, there's still one third left, so are you working on all the things I told you to build before I left?" Xu Ding asked again.

Shop around and replied: "The carpenters are still rushing to make them, and the blacksmiths are really lacking. I let them make weapons and arrow clusters."

Xu Ding stopped walking, turned his head and said: "Tell the blacksmith to stop beating those things, and continue to make the things I told me. Those are my treasures, and I can't stop."

Shop around and don't know what Xu Ding got, no one knows anyway, but he replied yes, and was about to go down, when Xu Ding said again: "Just let someone pass the order, you don't have to go, by the way, By the way, send me someone to tell Vilatori and Mundo, just say... just say I died in the battle at Durrakium, let them carry the banner of our rebel army, and make sure not to be given by the Romans Annihilated."

"Ah! What... what does the commander mean by this?" Meng Yu was confused by shopping around, and Meng Yu beside him didn't understand.

He was obviously fine, but why did he say he was killed in battle.

What does it mean to let the two bastards, Vila Toli and Mengdu, carry the banner of the rebel army and let them develop and grow.

"Don't worry about it, just send someone there." Xu Ding continued to walk into the hall, seeing that the two of them still didn't understand, he explained:

"It's very simple. Now we have fewer troops, and the two of them have more troops, but the gap is not too big. If they know that I died in the battle and carry the banner of anti-Rome, they will definitely recruit more people.

And they won't be as selective as I used to be. You think they will pull up an army of tens of thousands of people in a short time.

Tens of thousands of people, you say, if the Romans found out, who would they chase after? "

(End of this chapter)