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Chapter 654 Beacon Fire Even March

The city was personally led by Meng Tian. At this time, Meng Tian was observing on the top of the city. Basically, as soon as the Romans made any moves, he guessed their intentions.

Meng Tian knew that compared to using his military advantage to attack these three cities at the same time, the Romans were more inclined to defeat these cities one by one. After all, at this time the Romans thought that the Qin Dynasty was not short of people, but they were just huddling in the city. This made Meng Tian relieved. If it was really seen that there were actually not many people in your city, of course, it would be more appropriate for the Romans to attack together.

At this time, Ying Gao was also standing beside Meng Tian. Although everyone was very opposed to climbing the city and didn't even want Ying Gao to stay in this city, Ying Gao told his generals that the reason why he was not in Xianyang City and was waiting for news was that he was personally witnessing the scene where the Qin soldiers beat the enemy.

The emperor said this, so the soldiers naturally could not stop them. If you were to stop them, it would be like telling the emperor in person that we have no confidence to bury the enemy down, so you should be ready to escape. In that case, the scene will obviously become very embarrassing.

For Ying Gao's absolute safety, Tian Yan at least had to protect himself when climbing the city wall. However, as soon as he reached the highest point of the city wall and looked down, Ying Gao's face had not changed much. Tian Yan was first surprised by the situation in front of him.

Tens of thousands of troops were densely filled with them like a city wall. In addition, the armor of the Roman cavalry was very strong, which seemed very oppressive to the soldiers of the Qin Dynasty. Tian Yan, who had seen such a formation for the first time, was shocked by the situation in front of her. She didn't know how many deaths and injuries these soldiers would eventually be. She looked at Ying Gao. Although there was a hint of reluctance in Ying Gao's eyes, she was more determined and fearless.

At this moment, Tian Yan finally understood why Ying Gao was the one who led the Qin Dynasty to glory. Although Ying Gao could not go into battle to kill the enemy, he obviously knew how to enable the soldiers under his command to exert their maximum combat power.

Now Ying Gao stood firmly on the head of the city, looking at the enemy below with contempt. He didn't know how much blood could be stimulated in the hearts of the soldiers guarding the city of Daqin. The emperor was not afraid, but was standing on the front line. Of course, they should not be afraid as soldiers. The superiors of this era do not need to do too much. As long as you can let the people under your command feel your importance to them, everything will develop in the direction you want.

"Send the order, this battle is almost the most difficult battle since I ascended the throne. All soldiers who can survive this battle will receive the title of Daqin!"

Seeing that the enemy would enter the range of the Qin Qin crossbow in a short while, Ying Gao added fire to the soldiers. Although everyone knew that what Ying Gao promised was a first-level title, it was already a very different from that of the common people. At this time, the soldiers were basically thinking about one point, that was to survive.

In such a battle, it is easy to survive, that is, to keep the enemy out of the city gate, but in practice, it must be very difficult.

After saying this, Ying Gao did not leave immediately, but looked at the enemy below.

Before the attack, Zhao Hu had already reminded the Roman consuls that a lot of things were about Qin crossbows, because Qin crossbows were unique to Qin, with a range much longer than ordinary bows and arrows. Such weapons can play a very important role in the battle to defend the city.

However, the Qin crossbow in Zhao Hu's impression is the kind of Qin crossbow that can be carried by a single person, while the Qin crossbow that is now placed on several cities in Seliu is a Qin crossbow that has been improved and specially used in the battle of defending the city.

In addition to being larger in size, longer and sharper arrows, and two people can operate, this kind of Qin crossbow is several times more lethal than the ordinary Qin crossbow before. Zhang Kai once introduced to Ying Gao that if this Qin crossbow is lucky, it can shoot at least four people at once. In the words of later generations, isn’t it just wearing candied haws?

The Romans obviously didn't know the existence of such Qin crossbows. What they were thinking about was the red line drawn by Zhao Hu for them. When they arrived, there was danger. Moreover, it was the red line that Zhao Hu reminded. Many Roman soldiers were a little unbelievable. After all, they knew what kind of arrows their best archers could shoot. They didn't believe in any black technology in this era, they only believed in arm strength.

But the contemptuous thoughts in the Romans' heads had not yet lasted for a while, and the tragic facts forced them to believe that what they were about to face was not a simple situation.

First, there were waves of sounds of breaking through the air, and before they could react, their companions in front were already penetrated by a sharp arrow that was more than one person long. This was better, but they were not lucky. For example, the distance between the two sergeants in front and back was a bit too close, and they really had the situation of wearing candied haws like Zhang Kai said before.

"How did they fire these giant arrows?"

After seeing this terrifying arrow clearly, the Roman vanguard looked so angry that he could not help but feel a chill in his heart. Such weapons were unprecedented and unprecedented, and now they appeared on the head of Seleu, who was controlled by the Qin Dynasty.

Fortunately, the Roman generals had also gone through many contestants of all sizes and big battles. After a brief shock, the generals who were sent to siege today made a very correct decision at that time, that is, to move forward at full speed.

Of course, the Roman soldiers knew that the enemy must have waited for them to penetrate deeper into their range before starting to shoot. If they were scared away at this time, they would have hit the enemy's mind. Not only would they be charged tolls for one round and one round, but they would have to come to attack this city in the future.

They all knew that such a huge arrow would definitely not be able to shoot straight up and down, so when they advanced to a certain distance from the city wall, the arrow would have no choice but to do anything to them.

Although the cavalry did not have much advantage in siege, the only advantage was speed. With all the strength to activate the war horses, the hit rate of these arrows dropped a lot.

This time, the Roman consul sent out a team of more than 20,000 people. He supervised the battle several miles away from the city gate. One news kept reaching his ears, and he was broadcasting this battle live to him.

"What? They actually have arrows of such a range?"

When Zhao Hu, who was standing next to the Roman consul, heard about this, he was very excited. Although he reminded the Roman consul, Daqin, that there was Qin crossbow, he did not guess that the power of Qin crossbow was so great this time.

"Don't blame yourself. Ninety percent of the 20,000 people we sent troops this time were composed of cavalry from the forces around us. Our soldiers were only one-tenth. Even if the entire army was wiped out, I wouldn't worry much, because even if all the 20,000 people died under the city wall of Seliu, we have already understood the routines of the people of the Qin Dynasty defending the city. Once we know these, we can deal with it in a special way."

After hearing the Roman consul's words, Zhao Hu couldn't help but murmur in his heart that this guy was really an old fox. He made such a decision quietly. Although he didn't know how many of their neighbors' soldiers would harm, he could completely get the road for the Romans.

"Your Majesty can save a lot of energy for me, the Roman cavalry. We just need to keep a close eye on today's battle situation and know how to deal with them tomorrow!"

This is indeed a relatively strong opponent that Ying Gao met. The turn of his heart is no less than Ying Gao. However, since Ying Gao personally arrived at the city on this day, he must not be in vain. Without an hour, he obviously saw some clues.

If Ying Gao could understand what he could do when dealing with Qin Nu's strong strength at the beginning, then if they were still at a loss when they broke through Qin Nu and arrived not far from the city wall, Ying Gao was confused.

"General, let me talk first. If all Roman soldiers were like this, how many Roman attacks could our city withstand?"

"If this is true, even 300,000 people will not be able to take over our city!"

Meng Tian said it quite sure, but neither of them was happy because of such words. It was obvious that Meng Tian had already seen the reason.

"Does the general think there are some problems with these Romans?"

"Yes, they saw that after the Qin crossbow was shot from a high place, the formation did not recover at all. This was obviously not the level that the Roman cavalry should have. I suspect that these 20,000 people were not the real main Roman cavalry, but the Romans were suspicious to test our soldiers!"

"Since this is the case, after Qin Bi, don't waste our city defense resources and manpower, and consume them in the most labor-saving way. There seems to be no decent siege equipment in their hands. Such soldiers do not matter how much they kill. If any Roman siege equipment enters our attack range, they can be killed first!"

Meng Tian hurriedly passed Ying Gao's order. When the tentative warriors sent by the Romans arrived at the city of Seleu, only small stones fell from the sky. Although they could cause some damage to them, they were limited.

According to the Roman consul's expectations, the 20,000 people would last for only half a day at most. The Qin defenders would definitely be in annihilated situation under the full attack.

But to these people's surprise, in the end, more than half of the more than 20,000 people they sent out came back safely.

After asking, the Roman consuls found out that after they had experienced the shooting of Qin crossbows, most of the Qin defenders seemed to have fallen asleep. When they arrived at the city, they were left with some stones left. After consuming the siege equipment in their hands but did not cause any substantial damage to the city wall, they could only return in disappointment.

"You are safe and sound, why are there no siege equipment left?"

After the Roman consul asked this question angrily, almost all the generals fell down. Of course, they didn't know why the stones of the Qin people were hit on the siege equipment.

"Your Majesty, I think it was the situation we sent out was not the main force and was seen by the defenders of Daqin. So we did not do our best, but eliminated the siege equipment that posed some threats to the city gate."

Zhao Hu helped the Roman consul analyze, but he did not say all he wanted to say, that is, he felt that the Qin people released more than 10,000 soldiers because they knew that these soldiers could only waste food in the Roman army and had no other effect. Since they were burdens, of course they would release them for you.

At this time, the consuls of Rome were obviously facing a somewhat difficult choice. The people of the Qin Dynasty were obviously telling him that it would be impossible for you to fool us by incompetent soldiers. If you want to know our true abilities, you must send out all your strongest people.

This is the war. The Roman consul was not the kind of hesitant person. He quickly made a decision to send 30,000 troops tomorrow, but this time they were all the most elite soldiers in Rome. They had strong armor, sharp weapons and strong siege equipment. Such soldiers would definitely be very simple to break through ordinary cities.

The people of the Great Qin did not let the Romans feel good, and the Roman consuls of the Great Qin could not let the soldiers of the Great Qin be comfortable. The next day he sent troops, he changed his city to attack.

Although Meng Tian had already felt that the Romans might be playing like this before, he could not guess that the Romans would attack the city on the left or the city on the right, so he still stood in the city in the middle. Until he found that the Romans were heading for the city on the right, he hurried to the city to command.

This time, Ying Gao did not appear on the wall of that city. He knew that some behaviors would not be precious if they did too much. If they were not precious, the soldiers under his command would not be inspired or moved by him.

But not appearing does not mean that Ying Gao is not paying attention to this battle. Since the Romans' attack, news has been sent to Ying Gao continuously. The tense situation reminded Ying Gao of a sentence: The war has been going on for three months.
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