Chapter 659
Time passed by, and the defenders found that there was a tendency to increase the number of enemies who could rush up the city. However, whenever they were about to be killed by the enemy who suddenly rushed up, a companion would always arrive in time and directly kill the enemies who rush up the city.
This is not someone else, but that 100 of the 200 guards under Ying Gao's command were forcibly ordered by Ying Gao to go up to the city wall to help defend the city. Their main task was to guard the ladder that had been loaded by the enemy on the top of the city and kill the enemy who suddenly rushed up to the city wall in time.
Although according to the prediction of the imperial guards under Ying Gao's command, if they didn't go, the defenders should be able to hold on for as many as two hours, the surviving defenders would probably be 1,800 people after these two hours. Of course, Ying Gao would not allow such a situation to happen. Although he didn't care about the other two cities for the time being, after all, these soldiers were all working for him. If he couldn't help them properly, Ying Gao himself would be unable to get over it.
At the same time, Meng Tian, Ji Bu and others took their soldiers out of the city from the back doors of the three cities, and then met in the open space behind the city. In the darkness, no one discovered them. Although according to Meng Tian's previous deployment, the Pioneer was a Macedonian, Meng Tian still decided to lead and command them himself, while Ji Bu led the remaining Huns and Qin cavalry to observe in the dark, and decided when to send troops based on the Pioneer's situation.
"General, after this attack, the Roman consul who was watching the battle in the rear would definitely lead the remaining Roman cavalry to attack. You must be careful. The Roman generals are said to have some very powerful figures. And I heard that Zhao Hu, who defected to the Romans, was also very powerful. The general must not fight alone!"
At the last moment when Meng Tian led his army to set off, Ji Bu instructed that, because according to the age of this era, Meng Tian was obviously a veteran, and a very old veteran. Zhao Hu was a man with a very strong ability to fight alone. When he was under the command of the Roman consul, he had no contribution. Of course, he was determined to kill Meng Tian, the famous general of the Qin Dynasty, on the battlefield.
After hearing Ji Bu's words, Meng Tian nodded heavily. Of course, he knew that he would definitely not be the opponent of Zhao Hu, who was in his year of fighting. Moreover, they were just attacking him this time. He was no longer a passionate young man. Meng Tian could definitely be able to grasp the most important one on the battlefield.
At this time, on the walls of the three cities, the Qin defenders knew that the two hours Meng Tian said when he left. The city in the middle was not under such pressure because of the hundred ghost-like masters sent by Ying Gao, but the defenders on the two cities on both sides knew that they were about to be unable to hold on.
Suddenly, a circle of torches that looked very small from the city appeared on both sides of the city, but the defenders' eyes lit up because they knew that the faint torches were Meng Tian's signal, and Meng Tian's team finally appeared, and their appearance meant that the battle on the city wall should come to an end.
After seeing this scene, the defenders who were still standing on the city wall threw down the Qin crossbow or other equipment in their hands, picked up the weapons around them, and went to kill the Romans who had already rushed to the city or were about to rush to the city. After that, they would rush down the city wall as soon as possible, open the city gate, and cooperate with the outside army to defeat the Romans who were attacking outside the city.
The Romans were attacking Huan, and suddenly they found that the defenders on the city had no arrows. Their first reaction was of course that the defenders had finally run out of ammunition and food, and their victory was finally coming. But after calming down, they found that if the arrows were gone, there should be a weakening process, and it should not be so sudden.
"Is the enemy having a plan?"
The Roman generals were still very skilled in tactical skills, but how could Meng Tian give them a chance to think? The people from the three cities gathered together and surrounded the Romans outside the city in the middle from both sides. Then, with Meng Tian's order, the Macedonian cavalry, who had almost irreconcilable hatred with the Romans suddenly rose up and rushed into the Roman positions, almost killing them as soon as they saw them.
The Roman generals who attacked the middle city then realized that it was not that some people had reached the point where they had run out of ammunition and food, but that they had used their strategies.
"Quickly inform the consul and the soldiers on both sides, come quickly to support us, and the Qin people cannot defeat us one by one!"
The first time he saw the situation he was facing, the Roman general issued such an order. This order was obviously correct, but it was precisely because he was correct that Meng Tian knew in advance. Although it was a little difficult to prevent in the dark, Meng Tian had already issued an order. If any Romans wanted to run out to report the message, they must try their best to stop and kill them, otherwise the little victory they had won would be in vain.
Under such circumstances, the Roman army in this city in the middle was severely injured under the attack of the Macedonians led by Meng Tian and the Qin cavalry rushed out of the city. Moreover, the people sent by the general who reported the news were intercepted and killed by the Qin soldiers halfway.
It took a long time before the Rome consul learned about the chaos ahead through the scouts.
"What? The people of the Qin Dynasty came out? Go quickly to rescue! Since they have come out, it is very likely that they will be unable to resist our attack. If all these Qin Dynasty defenders can be killed outside the city, we will be able to seize Seleu tonight!"
After hearing this news, although the Roman consul's eyes flashed with panic, the words he said were still very inflammatory. After hearing his words, tens of thousands of people who had been resting behind him were dressed neatly and headed for the city in the middle.
At this time, Ji Bu finally knew that what Meng Tian said before setting off was very correct. The Romans would not escape because they suffered a surprise attack. This would be a very fierce hand-to-hand battle. Just before this Seleu's barrier, the one who finally won was Seleu's master.
Ji Bu's mission was to lead the tens of thousands of Hun cavalry behind him to block the enemy's rescue when the army in other parts of Rome wanted to rescue in front of this city, and to buy time for the Macedonians led by Meng Tian and the Qin people rushing out of the city to eliminate the part of the troops who were already exhausted before siegeing the city.
Ji Bu always thought that the Huns under his command should be the best at hand-to-hand combat on horseback. Because the Huns were not good at defending the city, Meng Tian did not force the Huns' soldiers to play a big role in defending the city. Now, it is time for them to play, and they must be able to withstand the attacks of the people who might have been personally led by the Roman consul.
Sure enough, the Roman army, which had been resting for a long time, came straight to the city. Ji Bu naturally waited for this moment. He took his men and horses, holding a scimitar, and headed straight to the Roman consul's men.
The people in front of the three cities, the people coming out of the city, the people brought by Meng Tian, the people brought by Ji Bu, and the people brought by the Roman consul, several groups of people fought together in the dark night sky, and there was not only one battlefield. Everyone had already passed this month's offensive and defensive battle, and their psychology and physical strength were about to reach the brink of collapse. When they came to this moment, it was really time to test their will quality.
Ying Gao stood on the city wall in the middle, and with the fire and moonlight under the city, he looked at the two groups of people fighting together. Ying Gao had no expression on his face, but Tian Yan, who was protecting Ying Gao's side, knew that Ying Gao's heart was beating faster than at any time. This battle was really important to Ying Gao.
Although Tian Yan did not experience the glory he had before with Ying Gao, there was one thing Tian Yan knew, that was, there was definitely no serious damage in the battles that Ying Gao had participated in. But this time it was different. It was inevitable that this time it caused a considerable loss. Although only less than 50,000 of the more than 100,000 people who stayed to defend the city were cavalry of the Qin Dynasty, after all, these were all losses caused under Ying Gao's nose, and Ying Gao could not ignore it.
In fact, at this time, Ying Gao knew that he might have really overestimated his plan. He originally thought that Han Xin would come back at this time. Even if he didn't come back, the news would be passed to the ears of the Roman consul. However, at this time, neither of these things happened. The Romans were still sitting in the final effort to drive the Qin people back to their territory after they could break through Seleu's city gate. Obviously, the Romans firmly believed that as long as they could defeat this team, the entire Seleu and the Mauryan dynasty would be flat.
Although the Roman consuls had never expected these defenders to be so resilient, nor did they expect them to go out of the city to meet the enemy at such a time, the more these things that he could not imagine would make him believe that this was just a return to the defenders.
Moreover, the Romans left some troops on the territory of Macedonia, which was a relatively large reliance for the Roman consul. Even if he suffered heavy losses, he could mobilize tens of thousands of elite soldiers after the war, which was enough to handle Seleu's affairs. Although it was a bit inappropriate to lose so many people just for Seleu, if all the main forces of the Qin Dynasty were killed at the same time, then this matter would be very worth it.
A few hours later, the hand-to-hand combat turned into the red sword battle. At the beginning, the generals of both sides were still relatively restrained and did not enter the battle formation. They were just observing the situation facing him on the outside.
But after a period of fighting, they finally found that there were no more combat methods and tactics in this battle. Almost all the soldiers were red in their eyes. I don’t know if the belief in their hearts was supporting them to rush towards the enemy in front of them little by little.
In the end, the Roman generals, Meng Tian, Jibu and others joined the war. Apart from the shouts of killing, there were no other sounds in a few miles.
There were no people who participated in the war, but of course they were Ying Gao who was standing on the top of the city and the Roman consul who was standing in the distance.
Of course, the Roman consul had no idea that Ying Gao was standing on the city and watching the battle in front of him. He was still quite irritated when he looked at the fierce and fearless Great Qin warriors. He didn't know why the Emperor of Great Qin had already run back to the territory of Great Qin. These people were still working hard for him. But now, although he knew that he was in a dilemma, if he retreated now, all the people he had lost would have been lost. Although there was no Senate now, those nobles might still be talking about themselves behind their backs.
"This time I must take Seleu down!"
The Roman consul glanced at the battlefield ahead with his eyes, because the previous few rewards made him know that at least he still had a certain advantage in terms of military strength. Even if he didn't leave the armor of the defenders here, he would have to do this, because the war between the strong would require blood.
"Justice, since the Romans have paid so much but failed to break through these three cities, why don't they retreat now? They have occupied the main cities of Macedonia. Are they not satisfied?"
Tian Yan followed Ying Gao and stayed on the city wall for several hours. One by one, and the news was continuously conveyed, making Tian Yan realize how cruel war was. She couldn't help but feel a little confused about the Roman style and asked Ying Gao.
"This is not a question of whether the Romans are satisfied or not. It is that if they want to be stable in this world, there will be no Great Qin. If the Qin wants to be stable in this world, there will be no Rome. Both I and the Roman consuls probably understand this truth. If not, I will give this Seleu to the Romans, and no one of my soldiers under my command will have to die. Why don't I do it?"
Although Ying Gao's words were a bit tactful, Tian Yan heard a cruel fact in it, that is, Ying Gao was actually the same as the Roman consul in this regard.
Chapter completed!