Chapter 329: Roman Warbands and Tribulus Terrestris



Trampling on the sea of corpses and blood under the city, the second round of the Xiliang army finally landed on the top of the city, and the Roman team defending the city had given up the defense of the battlements, pushed away a certain distance to form a sporadic phalanx, not giving an inch, stubbornly resisting to the death. This time, they let Yuan Rong's crossbow shoot the enemy army with their heads exposed, and in this case, the enemy soldiers who have just climbed the city wall will be hit by arrows and fall miserably. The rest of the enemy troops who could not be taken into account, but when they were unstable, they were stabbed with spears first, and if they were strong and quick to react, then there were slashes of Roman soldiers who rushed out. And the Roman soldiers who broke into the battle did not like to fight at all, and when they had won the battle, they quickly retreated into their own formation.

In this way, although the enemy army is surging, it seems as if it is intentionally sent to death. The enemy soldiers behind him saw Xiandeng die tragically one by one, but they didn't know why. And when they know why, they can't say it anymore...... Although the way of the Roman team is not very strange and sharp, it is this very effective defensive formation that makes a large number of enemies gradually hesitate and timid!

In this siege, although the Western Liang army had the advantage of being outnumbered, the Roman army had a more reasonable battle formation. For a time, the entire city almost became a sea of corpses, allowing blood to stain the entire Tongguan. And Zhou Cang, Liao Hua and the other thieves, who were standing on the side stupidly, were a little incredulous, and they had to marvel.

"Damn, why couldn't we think of this before?!" Zhou Cang was stunned for a long time before he said in frustration: "If we had thought of this method earlier, how many brothers would not have died!" ”

"Boss! Don't beat yourself up. Although this formation seems simple, it requires a high degree of discipline and tacit understanding on the part of the soldiers. If nothing else, let's just say that those soldiers with short swords can quickly retreat into the formation without being greedy for merit after killing the enemy. None of our subordinates can do it. What's more, there are those who are fearless with crossbowmen and pikemen who are all-encompassing. Not to mention. There is also the protection of those shield soldiers who are not afraid of life and death......" Liao Hua observed for a long time, and finally saw the extremely high requirements of this simple formation. patted Zhou Cang's shoulder and said comfortingly.

"Not bad. I'm still a little angry that Uss told us to leave. So it seems. If we rush forward, not only will we not be able to help, but we will mess up their formation......" Zhou Cang is not a fool, after Liao Hua said it, he immediately understood the cleverness of this battle formation: "From this, it seems that the military master has really predicted everything a long time ago." ”

Liao Hua nodded. Then the brow on his forehead became more and more furrowed: after all this time of fighting, the corpses of the enemy had been piled up in the battlements, and the crossbowmen under Publius could no longer aim at their targets with great clarity. Lost distance advantage. And, what's more, due to the accumulation of too many corpses, the brave and warlike Xiliang army directly stepped on the corpses to pounce on the Roman battle formation, which made the pressure on Publius more and more!

Finally. One of the crossbowmen shot down one of the Western Liang soldiers when facing three enemies at the same time, and then the other was stabbed to death by the pikemen who followed. There was also a Xiliang army, directly through the killing of the two sword and shield men, and rushed into the Roman battle array!

Publius immediately stepped forward and killed the Western Liang army in person. However, it is not denied that the Roman battle formation has already begun to show casualties. After all, it is expected that such a situation will continue to occur more frequently in the future......

"What to do? Are we just here and watching?! Zhou Cang was furious, and his eyes were bloodshot. In this anger, there is not only the anger of not being able to kill the enemy in person, but also the anger of being insulted by the Roman legions!

"I think we're going to bring up the stuff we prepared before." Liao Hua said with a frown, with a final look of determination in his eyes.

"You mean? What were the things used in the previous robbery? Zhou Cang also reacted, he naturally knew what Liao Hua was talking about. However, can those things, brought here, be useful?

Liao Hua didn't say anything, but just ordered a dozen or so people to fetch those things. And at this time, the fierce battle of the white blades finally began, from the head of the city to the end of the city, countless sharp weapons were slashing and killing, the two sides of the fierce battle gritted their teeth, bleeding and bleeding, and there were swords and swords everywhere. The two sides stepped on the bodies of the wounded and the dead and continued to fight, and the screams continued one after another.

In this battle array, the Roman legions were still the most effective deterrent to kill. Using the cooperation of swords and shields, they organized a small battle formation of three or five people in turn, although the enemy was menacing. But now, the enemy in front of them is always three or five people, no matter how they charge together, or how they try to surround and attack, facing them is always a combination of swords, shields, and spears.

The Roman warlords were equipped with iron steel knives and spears that were very powerful, and their knives could easily cut off the armor of the Western Liang army and split the armor of the Western Liang army. They are just a team of three or five people, and they have been defending the entire defense area to the death, so that the Xiliang army cannot advance!

This siege lasted from the morning until now, when the sun began to faint. For several hours, the Roman warbands did not drink a sip of water or eat a mouthful of food, they just persevered and fought, they were like angry rocks standing on the seaside, independent of the shore with a solitary posture, standing up hard edges and corners, and smashing the waves that attacked the shore beach again and again into splashing droplets!

"Liao Hua, do you think this is okay?" Zhou Cang saw that his subordinates really got those things, and he couldn't help but ask with some hesitation.

"How do you know if you don't try?!" Liao Hua was also a little anxious, because he was now that the enemy's offensive this time was definitely different from any of the previous three days: this time, it seemed that they were planning to fight their men and horses to capture Qin Pass!

"It's now!" Seeing that there was finally a gap in the battle between the Xiliang army and the Roman legion, Liao Hua beckoned. He immediately threw those things in his hand between the Roman legions and the Western Liang army.

Publius looked at them, and there were four spikes of iron sticking out, several inches long, and whenever they touched the ground, one of them was pointing upwards. At first Publius didn't know what it was, but then he understood the beauty of it.

I saw that when those Xiliang soldiers came from the crowd again, as soon as they landed, some unlucky guys were immediately pierced in the foot, jumping three feet high, and before the shouts could be heard, they were killed by an arrow from the crossbowmen with quick eyes, and they rolled down the city together with the enemy soldiers who were still trying to pounce behind them.

Of course, thistle terrestris does not distinguish between friend and foe. There were Roman warriors who killed the enemy, and they were also accidentally pricked in the foot by thistles. But then, when Publius understood Liaohua's intentions, he immediately shouted: "Give up the sword and shield kill, keep your distance from the enemy, and prepare to start throwing javelins!" ”

At the sound of the order, the sword and shield men abandoned their short knives and shields one after another, and retreated behind the spear formation. Start throwing javelins. In this way, there are the two long-range advantages of the Yuan Rong crossbow and the javelin, and the later enemy army does not know the secret trick of the thistle, so that the later enemy troops have been hit, howling with pain on the soles of their feet, or dying in the pile of people, or falling under the city. The offensive of the Xiliang Army has finally slowed down a lot.

Finally, after hearing the sound of the enemy's 'Dangdang Dang', Publius walked up to Liao Hua and Zhou Cang and said, "You Han people, you are really cunning. I like you guys, though! ”

And Liao Hua and Zhou Cang were stunned, and they didn't understand the meaning of Publius' 'like' at all. Glancing at each other, they hurriedly ran away: "Brothers, help throw these enemy corpses down the city!" ”

Publius shook his head regretfully: I would have liked to hug both of them......

ps: The Battle of Qinguan has been written for too long, and I will finish it in one sitting tomorrow. It can be a five-chapter update, I hope that friends who have the ability, support it, thank you, and see you tomorrow!