Seeing the Great Qin Army lined up in a square formation, Zhang Yun made an iron spear, and the cavalry divided into two teams and walked around the formation. The lethality of bows and arrows on Daqin's heavy infantry is extremely limited, especially when they form a tight phalanx, so they must be mobilized.
But Caracalla did not rush up like Geta recklessly, but did not hurry, and steadily approached the Han cavalry. Although the bows and arrows of the Han cavalry also caused certain casualties to this Gaul regiment, the huge phalanx was not affected too much.
Seeing that this plan could not be achieved, Zhang Xi sneered, strangled his head, and shouted: "Withdraw!"
Seeing the Han cavalry swept away in the dust, Caracalla did not chase it immediately, but proceeded step by step. In fact, with the impact of the cavalry of the Han army, it is completely possible to carry out a surprise attack on this infantry phalanx, but if that happens, it will suffer huge casualties.
While retreating southward, Zhang Xi was paying attention to the movements of the Daqin army, and found that Caracalla had not caught up. Zhang Xile turned to the horse and led the cavalry to kill again. After repeating this three or five times, Caracalla's infantry phalanx still looked like a huge hedgehog, with no gaps in it, making it impossible for the Han cavalry to start.
After a stalemate for nearly two hours, Caracalla's Gaul army only walked south for less than ten miles, and the soldiers in heavy armor were already very tired. But Caracalla did not dare to relax, he had never faced such a cavalry force that came and went like wind in the past war. There were also knights in the Daqin army, who also wore thick armor, and moved slowly, not much better than infantry. Facing the light cavalry of the Han army, his heavy-armored infantry couldn't catch up with the opponent at all, and could only win the counterattack by huddling together and attracting the opponent to attack.
At this moment, the Chinese cavalry who were retreating all the way south to disrupt the Gaul regiment suddenly stopped retreating. They lined up a long dragon at a distance of 800 steps from Caracalla’s infantry phalanx, and set out to fight Gaul. The posture of the legion decisive battle. Caracalla's involuntary spirit was lifted, and said loudly: "The enemy has no patience. Everyone is steadily pressing on, and you must annihilate them all here!"
The exhausted Gaul Legionnaires immediately cheered up, and their pace was obviously quickened, and they rushed towards the Han cavalry with a low growl. However, as one of the most powerful legions of the Great Qin Empire, even in the process of charging, the Gaul legion's phalanx did not have the slightest chaos.
However, Caracalla, who is naturally cautious, has overlooked one of the most important things. The enemy army on the opposite side is not Parthian's army, but from the distant Han Dynasty. The brutality of the training of the Dahan's regular army is unimaginable. In any case, they only know that it is their bounden duty to obey orders. Even if they are stuck in a stalemate for three days and three nights, they will not lose patience.
Just as the Gaul Army began to charge, there was a loud rumbling noise behind the Han cavalry team. The sky darkened, and countless stones fell from the sky, accurately hitting the Gaul Army’s phalanx. Among.
The soldiers of the fifty thousand Gaul Legion were crowded together, and when the stones fell, they had nowhere to hide. The heavy armor on their bodies can effectively prevent the damage of bows and arrows, but it is useless to deal with these large stones. Many people were smashed on the spot, broken bones and broken bones, spattered in all directions, and the originally tight phalanx was suddenly chaotic. Many people cried, "Devil, devil." More people began to trample on themselves, without Zhang Yun's attack, the Gaul Legion had already suffered more than half of the casualties.
The long line of cavalry formed by the Han army remained motionless, but the sudden stone rain did not stop, and as if it had eyes, it slammed into the phalanx of the Gaul Army. The Daqin soldiers of the Gaul Legion finally couldn't support it anymore, no longer caring about Caracalla's drinking, threw their helmets and armors, and retreated.
At this time, the rumbling noise suddenly stopped, and the iron spear in Zhang Yun's hand pointed toward the front and shouted, "Kill!"
Following Zhang Yun's order, the Cavalry of the Third Legion, who had already suffocated their energy, urged their horses, shouted and rushed forward, brandished their sabers, and reaped their lives recklessly. For a time, flesh and blood flew across the battlefield, and the Daqin soldiers had no fighting spirit, or abandoned their weapons, surrendered, or fled, and soon turned into a one-sided slaughter.
Knowing that the situation is over, Karakala hurried to flee north with dozens of guards. Zhang Xi did not chase after him. After cleaning the battlefield, he stationed here. It turned out that Zhang Yun saw that Caracalla's heavy infantry phalanx was very tightly guarded, so he changed his tactics, and while dealing with him, he sent someone to adjust the trebuchet behind him.
Now, the Han army trebuchet has been further improved and has become smaller and smaller, and it can be easily transported by using a carriage. For the heavy infantry phalanx of the Daqin army, the trebuchet was really a suitable weapon.
Caracalla ran out for more than twenty miles. When he looked back, he did not see a chasing soldier. Only then did he gather the remnants, gather more than 500 people, and head down to Putimius's tent in dejection.
After a long distance, Caracalla saw the smoke and dust there, from time to time there was the neigh of war horses, and the sound of tens of thousands of war horses could not be heard. There were not too many horses in the Great Qin Army, and Caracalla immediately became alert and commanded the defeated soldiers to hide behind a small hill. In a short while, I saw a brigade of cavalry roaring past the Tushan Mountain. The armor of the cavalry was exactly the same as the one they had just encountered.
Caracalla did not dare to expose his deeds, and finally managed to get into the dark. Only then, under the cover of night, led the men and horses to sneak back to Tai Xifeng.
As the capital of Parthia, Taisifung was originally a prosperous city, but now it has become the stronghold of Putimius’s eastward advance. Many Daqin troops are stationed in it, as well as some civilians who are responsible for the transportation of supplies and supplies. They are all concentrated here, and the whole city looks chaotic. And now, there are many wounded soldiers in the city with missing arms and legs, making it even more desolate.
Caracalla's heart became tense when he saw all this. He made a decisive decision just now, instead of fleeing to the place where Putimius camped, he fled directly back to Tesifon, because after seeing the cavalry in black and black armor, he felt that Putimius’ camp was not safe. . Seeing these wounded soldiers now further confirmed his conjecture. Caracalla did not dare to delay, and hurried to the direction of the palace.
He didn’t know until he arrived at the palace that not only his Gaul army had been defeated, but the Germanic army of Getta was defeated earlier than him. Even Putimius’ camp was raided by the Chinese cavalry and was stationed in the army. The four legions of the battalion did not even have time to join the formation, they were rushed to pieces by the Han cavalry. Under the desperate protection of the guards, Putimius had only recovered a life.
The most embarrassed one was Getta. He hit an iron arrow. The bones on his left arm were shot to pieces. He was wearing a bandage. He was yelling hoarsely, clamoring to be a teacher of the whole country, and flattened. Parthia, with the shame of blood today.
Caracalla was much calmer than his younger brother, and hurriedly said, "My father, this is absolutely not the case! Those people will have a demon method that can make stones fall from the sky, and the entire 50,000 warriors of the Gaul Legion will be smashed in an instant. Half way down!"
Superstition was a very common phenomenon at the time, not only among Han people, but Daqin people were also very superstitious. Hearing that his opponent even knew the demon method, Putimius stood up in surprise and said repeatedly: "No, you must ask a teacher!"
Caracalla hurriedly said, "But those who are in the Senate of the Imperial Capital..."
As he was talking, a guard outside the door suddenly reported that it was General Ojed who had returned. Ojede is the commander of the Gaul Legion and one of Putimius’s most powerful generals. He also has a very personal relationship with Caracalla. Yesterday’s fierce battle was under the cover of Ojede. Cara Cara was able to escape. Hearing that Ojed had returned, Caracalla couldn't help being overjoyed and strode out to greet him.
As soon as Aojied entered the hall, he knelt to the ground and said loudly: "Your Majesty the emperor, the villain, I'm sorry, and shame the Great Qin Empire. Please punish you!"
Putimius squeezed a smile and said, "Just come back, just come back. Today we lose, and we will win again tomorrow. Get up."
It wasn't that he deliberately comforted Ojed, but that he did think so in his heart. Yesterday, he was sitting in the big tent, and he was suddenly rushed into the camp by the Han cavalry, killing him. How could he be ashamed to blame Ojed? Moreover, he was able to sit firmly on the throne of the Emperor of the Great Qin Empire, relying on the support of these military generals.
Unexpectedly, Ojied refused to get up, still knelt on the ground, and continued: "Your Majesty, the villain was put back by them. You really don't have the face to be this general anymore. Please come down! But, this One battle really cannot go on. Our opponent is not Volojis of Parthia, but the army of the big man!"
Knowing that Ojed had been a prisoner, Putimius was about to get angry. Suddenly he heard that the enemy was the army of the big man. He exclaimed, fell on a Hu stool, and shook his head after a long silence. : "Impossible, the big man is thousands of miles away, how could they come so fast!"
Ojeed lay down on the ground, took out a piece of paper from his arms, held it in both hands, held it high above his head, and said: "His Majesty, this is a letter from the envoy of the Great Han..."
Before Ojeed could finish speaking, Getta stretched out his uninjured right hand, grabbed the letter, read it in a hurry, and suddenly shouted in a deep voice: "Bah! What a big man, too Dare to propose to mediate the war between us and Parthia? Huh! Leave him alone, after we finish cleaning Parthia, we will go east again, and even the big man will be wiped out!"