Destiny Only Han

Chapter 833 Chongzhong: The cannon fires and blasts his mother...

"fire!"

A hoarse and hoarse voice sounded from the crowd.

Immediately afterwards, there were twenty thunderous noises.

Amidst the ear-piercing whistling, ravines with white smoke appeared inexplicably on the grassland where the Romans were in the distance, and the tortoise shell formations, which were well formed, seemed to have been cut open with a knife. Messy, full of flesh and blood fragments.

For a moment, the Roman soldiers froze.

The previous voices of laughter, cursing and ridicule disappeared.

The passionate and high-pitched sound of war drums and the sound of low-pitched horns seemed to be far away. At this moment, only the sound of their own heavy breathing and the beating of their hearts filled their ears.

I don't know if it was a century or a second, the world in their ears suddenly changed from silent to full of voices.

The first thing that came to my ears were the terrified howls of the soldiers whose faces were spattered with blood, and the shrill cries of those soldiers whose brains were not dead even though they were shattered all over the ground. .

They don't want to die, save, save...

The fear caused by this tragic situation gradually spread from the centurions who were hit by the shells. Almost in a few moments, all the centurions who heard and witnessed all this were also full of fear.

The sounds of exclamation and prayers almost overwhelmed the centurion's loud roar of "stabilize".

As a member of the Roman Legion, as the master of Rome, these citizen soldiers do not lack the courage to fight!

But the crux of the problem is that human beings’ fear comes from the unknown. Just like horror movies, they usually scare themselves, which is why there is the saying that as long as you are brave, Sadako will take maternity leave...

So the fear of the Romans at this moment also comes from the unknown.

They just vaguely saw a puff of white smoke coming out of the dark iron pillar, followed by roaring and howling sounds, and immediately after that, all of their own people were killed and injured!
This makes no sense!

Eliminate all impossibilities, and what remains, however improbable, is the truth!
and so……

devil!

Han people are all devils!

The Roman soldiers quickly reached a consensus, so the sound of prayers resounded more and more throughout the field.

Fortunately, it was autumn at this time, and there was no snow all year round along the Mediterranean Sea, so the grassland where the Roman Legion was located was full of flying bugs.

Then, there were bursts of crackling sounds from the tortoise shells.

They are catching sacrifices to the gods...

Although it's a bit crude, it doesn't matter, the so-called sincerity leads to spirit, as long as their hearts are sincere, then no matter whether the sacrifice is a white lamb or a pigeon, or just a fly smelling blood , the difference is not big...

It is a pity that their gods did not answer his call.

In other words, it was another god who answered them.

God of War!

Boom boom boom!
The loaded artillery roared again, accompanied by thick smoke, roar, and howl, it was the wailing of the Romans from the heart!
Also said you are not devils?

As a result, the Roman legionnaires on the flanks began to waver, even though their casualties were actually small.

After all, they use a hundred-man squad as a combat unit, and they are ready to reorganize the three-line formation at any time, so the positions are actually not dense.

Well, the so-called three-line formation means that the soldiers of the army are sorted according to wealth and length of service. The front row is young soldiers holding javelins, the middle is middle-aged soldiers holding swords and shields, and the third row is the most elite soldiers holding short spears and large shields. of veterans.

Therefore, even if the artillery bombarded them for two full rounds, the casualties were only a few hundred.

But the crux of the problem is that they lost the belief that they must win and the courage to defeat the enemy!

How can a person fight against the devil?

Cato, who witnessed all this from a distance, sighed in his heart. It's a pity that the Egyptians were inexplicably wiped out. Otherwise, if there were a regiment of tens of thousands of people here, he would have a large number of infantry to protect the Roman legion. The flanks, like those auxiliary cavalry, were chased to the ends of the earth by the enemy's cavalry at this moment...

However, as a veteran who has fought for half his life, Cato still has a hole card in his hand.

Battle mastiff!

This is a hound specially bred by the Romans. It is used to teach disobedient slaves on weekdays. On the battlefield, it shares the task of guarding the barracks with the big goose. When it comes to combat, it will charge the enemy with its master!

After all, Sun Wukong, who was as strong as Monkey King, fell on Xiaotiangou, let alone ordinary soldiers on the battlefield!

The important thing is that many people become more superstitious as they get older, but there are also some old people who believe in gods when they are young, but believe in no one when they are old!

Cato is the latter.

That's why he didn't believe that it was the power of gods and demons that made the roar and caused a large number of casualties among Roman soldiers. Although he didn't know what it was, he knew that it was a tool that could only exert its power under human control!
Therefore, killing those enemies who operate weapons can remove the threat of that big killer!

And the battle mastiff is the best solution in this situation.

They run fast, are short, and are flexible, especially dogs, which are naturally social animals. They already know how to cooperate in groups to complete hunting, but now they are trained by humans, and they know how to divide and attack together!
So amidst bursts of whistles, hundreds of Roman soldiers wearing wolf fur ornaments on their heads began to charge.

They are the dog handlers in the Roman army.

And the black shadows in front of them, like arrows flying from the string, are the war mastiffs they specially selected and cultivated.

Ferocious, bloodthirsty, and even human flesh and blood are mixed in the feed they are fed on weekdays!
Especially in the few days before the war, the Romans only fed the fighting mastiff with food that could only sustain life.

Therefore, these flying away are not so much fighting mastiffs, but hungry wolves!

Seeing this scene, Chong Zhong slapped his thigh vigorously:
"Holy shit, Marquis of Huaiyin... No, it's His Majesty the Emperor who uses troops like a god!"

When the surrounding Pao Ze cast his gaze over and was about to scold him for being a sycophant, he waved his hands and explained: "I didn't mean to flatter Your Majesty, really, although it's true that His Majesty is wise and powerful, and has strategized and won thousands of miles!"

"What I want to say is that this situation is indeed within His Majesty's expectation!"

"If you don't believe me, look, what are they holding?"

The black sail knights looked in the direction of Chong Zhong's fingers, and saw that the members of the knights manipulating the artillery took out many familiar bamboo tubes from the box.

fireworks!

To be precise, it is the sky-swapping monkey, the kind that makes a lot of noise.

Although the fighting mastiffs of the Romans were not beasts, and were much more courageous than their wild wolves of the same clan, they had a fatal weakness.

Sensitive hearing.

The same explosion sound is uncomfortable for humans at most for a while, but it is unbearable for dogs whose hearing is much stronger than humans. They lose their minds every minute, and what's more, they will be scared to death directly!

After all, the dogs of the Romans had never been in close contact with firecrackers, especially the kind of firecrackers that could burst a person's eardrum within ten meters with increased doses!
So when Mrs. Fan was talking about one black, two yellows, three flowers, and four whites, the whistling sound that is unique to the sky-ridden monkey flying into the air kept ringing!
Immediately afterwards, there was a series of dense explosions like thunder!
Chong Zhong could clearly see from the binoculars that those war mastiffs that were running with all four hooves before suddenly froze, and immediately began to tremble, pouring feces and urine, and then I don't know which dog took the head. He started to run around, but the only thing he avoided was the place where thunder exploded.

And the collapse of this dog soon caused the collapse of people.

Many Roman legionnaires who formed the tortoise shell formation and stood in place to be bombarded threw away their heavy shields and started running.

If the magic of the Han people before was still holding the pipa half-hidden, then their move to repel the war mastiff was not even acting at all!

Wave your hand, thunder bursts a hundred meters away!
devil!

It must be the devil!

You are so awesome, why don't you go to slaughter the gods, why don't you go to capture Mount Olympus, and go to the world to fry fish, right?

shameless!
Amidst the curses, the fleeing Roman soldiers were afraid that they would not run fast, and even took off their chain mail and threw it on the ground!
Well, don't throw away the helmet, it's a bronze item, just for the boat fare...

On the other side, several deputy heads of the Black Sail Knights saw that Chong Zhong was standing still, and rode their horses to his side one after another, asking loudly, "Big head, should we charge?"

Chong Zhong suddenly rolled his eyes:

"Fuck you!"

"It was only the flanks of the Romans that collapsed. There were no more than two legions at most. They still had at least three legions that hadn't entered the battle. They just waited for us to rush over and surround us to fight hand-to-hand with us!"

"Besides, what is our role?"

"It's to rush over, force them to form that kind of immobile tortoise shell formation, and then let the artillery hit the target!"

The deputy heads nodded frequently, but their faces were full of envy when they looked at the artillerymen next door.

If it wasn't because this was a battlefield and they had to stick to their posts, they really wanted to ask Chongzhong to take a leave of absence and then go to the artillery to have fun.

V you fifty, let me fire two shots...

So Chongzhong just asked the messengers to look for the light cavalry who didn't know where they went, and told them to pay attention to intercepting the rout of Rome, while he led the Black Sail Knights into a torrent and continued to gallop towards the Roman center. and go.

Then, Cato looked like you were fooled, and the reserve team quickly changed from a three-line formation to a tortoise formation.

And under his micromanagement, the Roman legionary infantry formed a crescent moon shape, like an open pocket, waiting for the heavy cavalry to rush in, so that the legionary infantry could take advantage of their numbers and annihilate those who lost their speed. The heavy cavalry that can't be used!

Learn war in war, this is how the Romans can change from a small city-state to a behemoth dominating the entire Mediterranean!
They learned how to siege from the Viai, how to fight with a large shield from the Sabine, and from the Iberians how to forge and use the short sword that is today.

Then, they defeated the Gauls, the Germans, the Egyptians, the Carthaginians, and the Greeks!
And he, Marcus Polchius Cato, commander of the Roman legions, now censor, and future consul, learned this tactic from Hannibal, who still terrifies the Romans. !

In the Battle of Cannae, Hannibal commanded the Carthaginian left-wing cavalry to annihilate the Roman right-wing cavalry. The central infantry pretended to be invincible and retreated slowly, turning the crescent formation into a line formation, and then commanded the left-wing cavalry to flank Rome with the Carthaginian right-wing cavalry from behind. The left-wing cavalry, and the central infantry formation was adjusted from a line formation to a crescent formation. The infantry on both wings began to outflank, squeezing the combat space of the Roman infantry. Finally, the cavalry rushed to the rear of the Roman infantry and won the war. A crown of laurels!
Therefore, Cato felt that it was his turn to win the laurels!
"Closer, closer..." Cato muttered softly, and his breathing became more rapid.

It's just that his dream was shattered again before it even started.

The Black Sail Knights rushed forward like a huge wind and a huge wave, but before hitting the reef, the huge wave suddenly parted and left with two beautiful arcs.

Then, what appeared in Cato's eyes were twenty gun carriages pulled by six horses...

"I seem to have seen this scene..."

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On the Chinese army's cloud chariot, Fan and his wife waved the flag in their hands.

The cavalry on the left wing began to peel the onions, and involved a large number of enemies by themselves. Then there was no need for the heavy infantry of the Han army who were also on the left wing to be idle. Therefore, Fan Fu was mobilizing these people at this moment to support the Macedonian spears in the center from the flank. phalanx.

There, the slowly advancing pike phalanx had already fought with the Roman infantry.

Although the Romans had rich experience in defeating this kind of spear phalanx, they did not help much in today's battles.

After all, this is a large-scale battle involving a total of more than 10 people invested by both sides. There are people in the front, back, left, and right. There is no possibility of Roman soldiers playing their subjective initiative and pulling the fight!

This battle determines the ownership of the entire Eastern Mediterranean Sea, and the only way to go forward is to fight to the death!
kill!

kill!

kill!

The Roman soldiers held their shields and kept waving their short swords, trying to force their way into the Macedonian spear phalanx. At the same time, they also created opportunities for the young men behind them to throw javelins.

Then the javelins flew out like raindrops, falling in a perfect parabola, easily piercing the thin linen armor of the Macedonian soldiers, nailing them to the ground.

But the Macedonians also lost their temper!

Compared with death, they are more afraid of shame and poverty.

If they lose this battle, not only will they be humiliated by the Romans again, but they will also have to pay out an unknown amount of money!
This is unacceptable!

So they leveled up their spears and marched forward collectively amidst the more clearly commanding drumbeats!
At this moment, their seven-meter super long gun made the Romans understand a truth.

One inch long, one inch strong!

And this truth, the Greeks have tasted countless times.

After all, Macedonia's original five-meter long spear was used to deal with the short spears of the Greek heavy infantry fighting with shields...

Now the five-meter long spear has become seven meters, which means that the attack distance has changed from the previous three meters to five meters!
When the phalanx infantry advanced, it was like a porcupine walking backwards!

If you don't want to die, back off!
Therefore, even though the Roman soldiers are struggling to move forward, the battle line is still retreating bit by bit.

Finally, it was the turn of the veterans to make their debut.

It's a pity that the Macedonian phalanx infantry has more experience in fighting soldiers with such a large shield in one hand and a short spear in the other than sword and shield infantry.

As a result, the veteran soldiers, who were placed high hopes by everyone, also gradually retreated amidst pain and frustration.

It's just that the middle-aged soldiers and young soldiers they called to fill the front line are completely unable to take action at this moment.

Before they had time to rest, they were immediately transferred to the right wing of the front line to face the heavy infantry of the Han army who were like iron cans with two-handed horse-cutting swords.

And this is undoubtedly a massacre!

At the same time, on the right flank of the Han army, another massacre began.

The initiator of the killing was the Macedonian crossbowmen who had nothing to do after the infantry brigade took over the battle.

After all, most of the crossbow's kills come from flat shots, and this is not a game. You can't enable friend damage avoidance and crossbow bolts to ignore the model, so the crossbowman must either switch melee weapons, or be a cheerleader behind...

Therefore, Mrs. Fan assigned them to Xu An who also stayed on the right wing doing nothing.

The target of the Macedonian crossbowmen is the Italian city-state allies who are called confrontation, but are actually paddling on the battlefield and ready to run away at any time...

Zhang San, who was wandering in the wild back then and picked up a wife by the way, once said that there is no war, no retreat, but why?
Mrs. Fan thought the same way, basking in the sun is not basking in the sun, why should bask in the sun on the battlefield?

So, either keep the head, or you run away, and the coalition forces can encircle the Roman legion in front of you on three sides!

In an instant, arrows fell like rain.

After all, the Macedonians are different from the Seleucids. They are here for revenge. Although these Latins are not their real enemies, they are accomplices!

Naturally, the enemies in the distance cannot be let go!

Therefore, amidst the slogans, the Macedonian crossbowmen who became more and more used to the crossbow arrows of the Han Dynasty and finally learned the usage of "Wangshan" in practice, their shooting accuracy and speed have improved to a higher level. Hundreds of enemies, thousands of people injured!

Finally, the commanders of the Allied forces of the Italian city-states gave the signal to retreat.

As second-class people, they insisted on retreating until now, which can be regarded as giving the Romans enough face!

"Can you rush now?" Xu An looked at the Seleucid generals beside him with a cold face, "If this doesn't go away, I'm afraid your king will be liquidated after the war, and I won't be able to clear you of your crimes." !"

But the Seleucids just sneered.

cleaning?

Just kidding, they have heavy soldiers in their hands, who cleans who?

However, they still gave Xu An face and ordered the whole army to advance to the messengers around them.

After all, they knew very well that Xu An was the elder brother of one of the women of the Emperor of Han and belonged to the royal family, so there was no need to break faces with him.

But they marched and marched, and it was impossible for them to fight the Romans to the death!

After all, these soldiers are the capital for them to save their lives after the war, so they must not be wasted!

Of course, beating a dog in the water is another story...

Above the cloud car, Mrs. Fan looked delighted. The Italian city-state infantry had already retreated, and judging by their posture, they might not stop if they ran back to Alexandria in one breath. Therefore, the plan to encircle the Romans on three sides was finally completed!

And this is almost the same as the content of the telegram sent from Chang'an!

Well, except for the collective paddling of the right-wing corps...

Mrs. Fan shook her head vigorously, as if she suddenly remembered something, she turned her head in horror and asked, "Then who, didn't you call Chang'an about the Right Wing Corps?"

His exclusive telegraph operator was at a loss: "Ah? Didn't you say that you need to report everything in real time?"

"You...forget it, blame me!" Mrs. Fan rested her forehead with one hand, the joy of the upcoming victory was gone.

As a boy and a half, he takes his face very seriously, especially since his cousin knows that such embarrassing things will definitely be laughed at!

However, this did not affect his command. He continued to command as planned, condescending, using a telescope to obtain the perspective of God, and three-line micromanagement, gradually driving the Romans to the sea, while not forgetting to leave a passage for the opponent to escape.

This is called encircling three missing one.

Only by leaving a glimmer of life for the opponent, will the opponent not be cornered and desperate to fight to the death!
Although in many cases, the party that flees will die more...

After all, one side is defeated, the winner can chase and kill at will, and even take a break before chasing and killing, while the loser can only keep running, keep running, and the hope of life turns them into donkeys with a carrot hanging on their heads. Can't stop at all!

Under the ebb and flow, most of the casualties of the defeated side were caused, all of which were concentrated at the time of the defeat...

It's just that Mrs. Fan overestimated the Romans' will to fight. Before he could drive the Romans to the seaside, the Roman Legion had already collapsed and fled from the battlefield like a bereaved dog.

Especially those legions that faced the Black Sail Knights, and even ran away with Cato who was in command...

Even if most of those artillery pieces misfired due to overheating, they could not cause too many casualties for a long time.

But people's will to fight fades, even if they can still fight, they still can't fight!
But at this moment, Cato always kept a thought in his heart.

After all, the Roman Legion was composed of citizen soldiers. The last time they fought against the Macedonians, it was the soldiers of the Legion who spotted the fighter and fought back decisively, winning a big victory in the end!
and so……

It's a pity that there was a messy and intensive hoofbeat at the place where the Roman legions rushed like a river breaking an embankment.

The light cavalry of the Han army are back!

ps: The part about Roman soldiers using bugs as sacrifices is based on the historical drama "Rome" filmed by HBO. The story begins with Caesar defeating Gaul and then leading the army across the Rubicon River. Bugs are offered as a tribute to the gods, and in another "Spartacus", Caesar is fucked...

Children who are not satisfied with the above two dramas consciously avoid them. In addition, adults should not watch them with their parents and elders to avoid social death.

Especially "Spartacus", very pornographic and violent...

Well, I went to the second brush...

pps: The part about the war mastiff comes from the whole war in Rome, and defending the city with the big goose comes from the folk tale, Rome and the white goose.

(End of this chapter)