Augustus Road

"I, Henry, the King by the favor of God, and all my bishops say to you, Get down, get down." - Henry IV's letter of challenge to Gregory VII

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In late autumn, sixty Roman miles outside Ctesiphon, in the wilderness at the foot of Mount Guernica along the Tigris River, there were 15,000 Roman elite troops, including 5,000 new infantry and new cavalry of the Lius Legion. The four detachments of the legion, with 2,000 men, and the 12th legion and the Skylark legion combined, with about 8,000 troops and horses, protruded from the hidden mountain pass and suddenly occupied the Parthian palace without any obstruction. The capital city is wrapped under his own sword.

This plan was completely beyond the expectations of Herod, the Parthian king.

However, Lepidus supported Mindaz and other opposition parties in the name of "Parthia secretly funded the faction that killed Caesar in an attempt to split the republic and seize the province of Syria, which was tantamount to tearing up the previous armistice agreement." Passing south of the Siberian Mountains and entering Syria, Herod had made up his mind since announcing the conquest—not only would he abandon the actual capital of Seleucia, he would also abandon the winter capital of Ctesiphon across the river. In other words He wanted to give up the entire ancient Mesopotamia between the two rivers, farmland, towns, pastures and ports. Herod was an "opponent" who was defeated by Lepidus more than ten years ago, but Previously, Lepidus only had three legions on hand, but now he has nearly twenty legions: ten elite legions are on the front line in Syria and Armenia, and ten second-line legions of Agrippa and Rufio are at Lydi in Asia Minor. "We are far from rivals. Anyway, the advantage of the Parthians is that they come and go without a trace and retain their strength. We might as well retreat to the old capital Nissa, which is located on the plateau and mountains. The Romans will definitely not In the long term, we will launch a counterattack after Lepidus returns to Rome to fight for power, so that we can take back all the old territory without any effort. "This is what Herod said to General Serxis.

Then the distinguished Lord Asasis. Ignoring the hard persuasion of his young son Paclus, he first swept away the wealth of all the citizens and merchants of Seleuria, loaded it on tens of thousands of pack horses and camels, and crossed it on the pontoon bridge of the Tigris River. And regardless of the loud cries in the city, they began to set fire to the city, on the pretext of fortifying the walls and clearing the country to prevent the invasion of the Romans - but Lepidus' six legions were still not moving around the city of Calle (they were still raising sufficient logistics supplies. After all, The lesson learned last time was simply profound); in addition, the four legions led by Lepidus and Mindaz are still staying in the Chinodosha Fortress at the border with Armenia in the north.

Knowing that his father would suffer the fate of the entire army being defeated by doing this, Pacrus temporarily mobilized 30,000 people, including 20,000 tribal cavalry, including a small number of elite oven cavalry, and deployed in the middle of the Tigris River. ——The keen and brave prince knew that the Romans in the city of Calle were empty soldiers, and the four legions of Lepidus in the fortress of Chinodosha were the fatal hammer in the hands of the high priest.

And his mission is to evacuate safely before his father. Block Lepidah's movement.

But Lepidus obviously had a better move. After leaving seven legions as virtual soldiers in Cinodosha, he guided his daughter Neeko and Neeko's husband (anyway, Lepidus did not let go of admitting Ossetinius as his son-in-law). Next, he led three legions and bravely broke through the uninhabited valley that was forty kilometers long. Once again, he appeared as a great adventurer and gambler, suddenly appearing on the flank of Pacrus.

For two huge empires, the so-called duel is often not a decisive battle involving all the efforts of the whole country, but a small-scale encounter or surprise attack with relatively strong "accidentality and artistry" - in a After the victory or defeat of the battle is decided. You can also decide which one is male and which one is female.

The helpless Paclus could only desperately change his formation, trying to push Lepidus to the edge of the mountains and annihilate him, but who would have thought that Lepidus would change his formation faster - within half a day, 15,000 Roman soldiers took up positions from north to south. . The formation is strict and orderly.

So Pacrus hurriedly sent Pegasus messengers to find the location of his father, but he had no clue, because the messengers were intercepted by the Mattian light cavalry sent by Lepidus, and the others who were lucky enough to get out were also thrown into the sea. No news.

In the early morning of the second day, Lepidus decisively gave up his defense and attacked Pacrus' camp directly.

On the wasteland of Guernica, the light and heavy cavalry of both sides clashed back and forth like the wind. The flags and team logos sometimes intertwined and sometimes drifted apart. The brass gunners of the Lius Corps formed a camp step by step, and at regular intervals they cooperated with the light infantry and cavalry. Down, bursts of flames were sprayed out, frightening the Parthians' horses and running away, and then alternately covering the advance.

"We can no longer be forced back by this monster weapon, because behind us is the roaring Tigris River, which is a death place, and even if we retreat to Seleuria on the left bank, we will be besieged and annihilated by the enemy!" Face to face! The young Pacclus finally couldn't stand the Romans' outflanking formation. He ordered all the cavalry to concentrate and launch a breakout charge against the approaching Roman formation.

"Samontoga!" Faced with the roaring thousands of Parthian cavalry, Flaccus, the chief centurion of the Leo Legion, turned around and turned to his side after receiving Lepidus's signal flag. The four artillery detachments shouted loudly.

"Father, this is amazing!" Under the flag, Nicole, who always followed Li Bi Da, cheered loudly on horseback with shining eyes, "My papa, he is indeed the descendant of the god of war Lius. Papa, you don't have to be afraid. Nicole is holding the bow and arrow blessed by the goddess, guarding you here. The enemy cavalry will never hurt you at all."

A strange sound suddenly sounded, first one by one, then a piece of cork rockets, with smoke tails, like thousands of venomous snakes and pythons, shot at the Parthian cavalry that were rolling and rushing, making their formation chaotic! Then Nicole looked at her father with admiration, raised his hand, and the military flag behind him was raised high. Li Bi Da's new cavalry shouted, accompanied by the infantry shield wall and spear forest on both wings, and rushed to crush the chaotic Parthian cavalry from the core position.

"The unique elite created by this generation is exactly the nightmare of the Parthians for the next thirty years." Finally, Lepidus said in front of his daughter with a smile and pride. It is natural for a father to show off to his daughter.

Amid the shouting, the advance troops of the Lius Legion discovered that in the black smoke and the flying rain of fire, a young enemy noble wearing a golden crown was riding a horse, trying to jump onto a high hill and break out. "That's the prince of the Parthians! Shoot, shoot, for the glory of the high priest!" Many centurions who received the intelligence pointed and shouted, and then a team of Lius Legion soldiers close to the high hill quickly rushed over, forming a wall, and bombarded Pacrus and his entourage who rushed down from the high hill. (~^~)