Chapter 1125: Roman Phalanx
When he heard Dongfang Qiang say that the Persians were in trouble, Zhang Liao and Gao Shun both found it incredible. With such a great advantage, they could still win the Roman design. This Persian king was too eager for quick success and instant benefits.
However, at this moment, the Suzaku Legion was still an ally of the Persians. The Persians were defeated, and the Romans would not let them go.
To this end, Dongfang Qiang and the other two decided unanimously to set out to rescue the Persians.
"General, the last general asks for an order and lead the Iron Armored Battalion first!" Gao Shun said out.
The Iron Armored Battalion was driving a chariot and was not afraid of Roman interception. It was very suitable to use it as a vanguard to explore the way.
In this situation where the enemy situation is unknown, using the Iron Armored Battalion to explore the way is indeed the best choice. Therefore, Dongfangqiang approved Gao Shun's request for battle and ordered the Iron Armored Battalion to go first. The infantry of the Vermilion Bird Legion then pressed forward, and the artillery troops were located in the rear to build a cannon formation. Once the Romans were established, it would be a feast of artillery fire.
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The Persian king Alexander always thought that Rome lived up to its former glory. He believed that the powerful Roman Empire had long been corrupt and could not stop the attack of his Persian army.
But who would have thought that he would ask the Central Plains Legion to attack together, but he still fell into the Roman tricks.
Looking at the Roman Empire phalanx that was constantly oppressing from the front and back sides, Persian King Alexander could only hope that the Central Plains army would come to rescue soon!
Their cavalry was also exhausted from the collision with the Roman phalanx! Their infantry had no power to resist in front of the Roman phalanx!
The thorn forest formed by the three-meter-long spear was that the Persians could not even open the way to retreat...
I just won a great victory, but when I was pursuing the enemy forever, I found that I was surrounded by the enemy.
The sharp turn of mentality affected the combat effectiveness of the Persian Legion. Alexander's order could not cover the entire battlefield, and the Persian Legion could not stop the progress of the Roman phalanx.
The howling accompanied the passing of life, and the sound of steel attacks played a tragic music of death...
The Romans turned from defeat to victory, which had been planned long ago, and they were tweeting the barbaric Persians who invaded their territory!
The killing was proceeding in an orderly and fast manner, and the Persians fought desperately, and they could only exchange the speed of the Roman phalanx introduction!
Facing the Roman spear and being surrounded, the Persians' resistance seemed pale and powerless!
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Outside the battlefield, a Roman legion was staring nervously at the front, because there, the iron-armored legion that made them fear appeared.
"Go and tell the king that the battle between us and the Persians will end as quickly as possible. When the Central Plains people are here, we may not be able to stop it for long!"
A Roman general said to a soldier in front of him.
The Iron Armored Camp arrived and started fighting without saying a word!
Gao Shun came to rescue him. When he saw that it was the Romans blocking the road, he didn't have to think about it. The chariots started and directly crushed them!
The Romans would not sit still and wait for death. They wanted to stop Gaoshun's iron armored camp and let their monarch Diocletian destroy some of the Persians.
The flesh and blood blocks the torrent of steel!
It can only be said that the Romans also had a brave side, but the strength gap was huge, and armored chariots could not be stopped by simple manpower.
Therefore, the first wave of interception of the Romans ended in failure! Gao Shun commanded the Iron Armored Battalion to easily pass through the Romans' defense line.
When crisscrossing trenches appeared in front of the chariot, Gao Shun knew that their Iron Armored Battalion had completed the mission.
It would be very troublesome for the chariot to fall into the trench, so the Iron Armored Battalion stopped moving forward and waited for the Suzaku Legion infantry in the rear!
Zhang Liao easily crossed the trench with his infantry, took over the task of exploring the way and rescuing the Persians from Gao Shun.
After digging a trench to block the Iron Armored Battalion, the Romans left an additional force behind. Before being bombarded, the force was to participate in the siege and kill the Persians.
But now, Diocletian asked them to stay here and stop the people of the Central Plains!
The Roman soldiers here formed a square formation, and they held a three-meter-long spear in their hands!
The first row holds horizontally, and the spear is parallel to the ground. The second row of spear tips are raised upwards, and the third row is raised again, and the entire square array is like a hedgehog!
If you bump into it rashly, you will definitely not be able to get it!
Zao had seen Zhang Liao's knowledge, but he was shocked when he saw this square formation and urgently ordered the soldiers to stop moving forward!
Seeing the three-meter-long cold spear, Zhang Liao instinctively refused to let the soldiers fight head-on!
Unless it is the Iron Armored Camp or the White Tiger Legion here, it will suffer a great loss when fighting with the Roman phalanx in front of you!
What the Suzaku Legion is good at is never melee combat!
“Gōng nǔ hand array!”
"Send a signal to General Dongfang!"
Two orders were issued at the same time, and the gōng nǔ hands in the infantry formation of the Suzaku Legion quickly formed the array, and at the same time, three loud arrows were shot into the sky, making sharp and harsh squeals!
Seeing that the Central Plains army reacted quickly, the Roman phalanx immediately moved forward, preparing to force the Central Plains army to retreat and force the Central Plains back to the outside of the trench.
But since the Suzaku Legion is here, how can it leave easily?
"Shoot the arrow!"
Zhang Liao gave the order, and gōng nǔ pulled the trigger with his hand and shot the crossbow arrow!
The goal is the Roman phalanx that slowly opens up!
The spear hedgehog array must be uniform and uniform to produce power, so the movement speed of the Roman square array is really not satisfactory!
They had not moved far, and the hands of the Suzaku Legion shot two crossbow arrows.
The Spear Hedgehog Formation may be invincible in close combat, but Zhang Liao did not make close contact with him, but ordered the soldiers to use their skills to express their strengths and exchanged their experiences with the Romans with crossbow arrows...
When shot by crossbow arrows, the Romans' thin leather armor could not be prevented at all. The front row of soldiers kept falling down, causing their movement speed to slower.
There were more and more soldiers falling down, and the Roman general who was in charge of the phalanx was panicked. He did not expect that the long-range attacks in the Central Plains were so powerful, and the speed of the people in the Central Plains gathering and changing the formation was so fast that he was shocked.
If they cannot contact the Central Plains people, then all the soldiers under his command will be killed in vain. If they cannot stop the Central Plains Legion, the Persians will escape, and their efforts will be in vain!
You must stop this Central Plains army!
This is the goal in everyone's heart of the Roman phalanx!
"Retreat the arrow formation and shoot the arrow!"
Zhang Liao kept ordering arrows, and the number of people in the Roman phalanx became smaller and smaller!
But even so, Zhang Liao did not give in to the infantry to charge!
The soldiers had already started to fill the trench behind. Soon, the chariots of the Iron Armored Battalion could come. At that time, all kinds of spear formations were arranged!
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
Two deafening roars, two shells spread out among the Roman crowd, and violent waves of air drove the Romans away, and the originally rigorous and neat square formation was immediately torn apart.
The three arrows just now called for support from three shells!
As soon as the cannon sounded, the Romans trembled and did not dare to move forward again! The scene of being baptized by artillery fire was still vivid in my mind...
Chapter completed!