The Roman Empire has been fighting with the Persian Empire for hundreds of years, in order to prevent the attack of Persian cavalry and elephant soldiers, hundreds of large and small castles have been built in the east of Syria and Canaan.

There is such a castle on the left bank of the Bola River, because the local place name is Deir Ezzor, so the name of this castle is also called Fort Deir ez-Zor, which is located in the main transportation route, the economy is relatively developed, there is a large number of fertile fields around the Bola River, most of the local people are mainly farming, mainly growing wheat, barley, olive and sugar beet.

After Zhao Ziliang led the main force of 70,000 people to leave the town of Hit, he marched for ten days and walked more than 1,000 miles to the vicinity of Deir Ezzor Castle.

On the watchtower of the castle, an Eastern Roman soldier with a spear leaning against a pillar in a corner was dozing, and there was peace and tranquility inside and outside the castle, and the Great and Persian slaves worked in the fields outside the city under the supervision of the Byzantine soldiers.

Since the Western Qin and Byzantium on the border after many frictions, the relationship between the two countries has become sharply tense, and the trade exchanges seem to have been greatly affected, the merchants are extremely shrewd, they also feel that the situation is unpredictable, and they dare not go between Eastern Rome and Western Qin casually, which also makes Deir ez-Zor, a transportation hub, become depressed, the former bustling business atmosphere is gone, only the farmland is still people working non-stop.

The Byzantines and the Great Eaters and Persian slaves here had no idea that an army of 70,000 men was approaching.

The sentry posts of the Western Qin Army reported the situation to Zhao Ziliang, "Oh? The Byzantines here are unaware of it, so they haven't gotten the news of our arrival? ”

Zhang Ben said: "There is no trace of the people here withdrawing, if they have already received the news and set a trap, but they will never leave all the grain and livestock outside the castle, and except for some very old people who are at home with babies, everyone else, including children of a few years old, are working in the fields, there are a large number of Byzantine soldiers with leather whips and weapons to supervise, I have personally seen it, there will be no mistake!" ”

Zhao Ziliang thought about it and immediately ordered: "Thirteen, you take two thousand cavalry, leave all the people outside the castle of Deir ez-Zor, if you can rush into the castle, it is the best, if you can't rush in, surround the castle, in short, you can't let the Byzantines move the grain, livestock and garrison materials outside the city to the castle!" ”

"Yes, King!" Xuan 13 agreed, beat the horse and left.

Soon, a number of two thousand plateau cavalry under the leadership of Xuan 13 roared in the direction of Deir Zur, this is a cavalry team composed of all Tibetan people, each of them is very superb in horsemanship, their horse skills are very casual, everyone on the horseback posture is different, there is no trace of axe chisel, this is probably the riding characteristics of the nomads.

Obviously, this Western Qin light cavalry, which is composed entirely of Tibetan people, is more flexible in high-speed movement, which is incomparable to the Han cavalry, and the cavalry of the other standing armies of the Western Qin emphasizes discipline and unity, while in the plateau army and the slave legion, the cavalry is more suitable for sneak attacks, and their lightness and flexibility are incomparable to the Han cavalry, and the Han cavalry is more suitable for large-scale head-on duels, Strong discipline and overall coordination are unmatched by any other army.

After Xuan 13 left the main force with these two thousand people, under his command, the two thousand people were divided into twenty small groups of people in the blink of an eye, about 100 people per share, they were not lined up in a neat formation, some were dense, some were loose, some were in front, some were behind, they ran very fast, but the movement they caused in the process of running was not large, which brought a good concealment effect to their actions, and these twenty small groups of people quickly dispersed, A large fan faces the castle of Deir ez-Zor, and the fastest of these are the protrusions on both sides of this fan.

When the Byzantines inside and outside the castle of Deir ez-Zor found out, the 13th battalion of Xuan was close with men and horses, and the sudden arrival of a powerful enemy shocked the inside and outside of the castle and soon began to panic, the garrison of this castle was less than 600 people, the cavalry was only more than 200 people, and the remaining more than 300 people were infantry.

"The enemy is coming, the enemy is coming······ Run, run, run······" The Byzantine soldiers who oversaw the work were not in chaos, but the big food slaves and Persian slaves who were working in the fields began to be in chaos, they ignored the leather whips in the hands of the Byzantine soldiers, and ran in the direction of the castle one by one, and the Byzantine overseers kept whipping the slaves around them, but there was no effect, these slaves ran in the direction of the castle regardless of it, and later the Byzantine overseers were frightened when they saw the Western Qin cavalry that was getting closer and closer, and ran towards the direction of the castle, all the labor tools, the food, forage and other Dongxu in the houses outside the city are all gone, this is the time to run for their lives in a race against time, who still cares about this?

General Deir Zor looked at the Western Qin cavalry approaching quickly in the distance, his face was extremely solemn, there were a lot of people in this group, although he didn't know the specific number, but it was definitely much more than the five hundred people in his hands.

"On my orders, all the cavalry assemble at the castle, and we will meet the enemy! Fast! ”

The adjutant general was shocked: "General, you want to lead the cavalry to meet the battle?" Are you crazy? We only have two hundred cavalry, you look at a large area of the other side, the number of people far exceeds us, if you go out, you will be sent to death! ”

"I'm not crazy!" The guard shook his head and said, "Of course I know the danger, but if we are all surrounded in the city, it will be a dead end, because we are not prepared at all, and the food reserves and equipment to defend the city are insufficient, and we will not last long!" We don't know if they have a follow-up, and if we can defeat this cavalry, it will at least buy us some time to prepare! Immediately after I went to war, you sent people to report in the direction of Beloeia and Damascus that we were under attack by a large number of enemy troops, so that they could be mentally prepared! ”

The adjutant nodded solemnly, "Okay, I'll send someone to deliver the message immediately!" ”

Two legs can't run four legs anyway, the slaves and Byzantine overseers who are desperately running in the direction of the castle are soon caught up by the roaring Western Qin cavalry, the Tubo people on horseback wield their war knives, catch up with one and slash down, the people who were split sprinkled with a blood mist on the spot and fell to the ground, the Tubo Western Qin soldiers have the same combat characteristics of all nomadic peoples, they will not be restrained by the form when they kill, some people chop, some people fight back, some people stab directly, how comfortable to do when making moves.

The fleeing slaves and Byzantines were hacked to death after being caught up, but some of the people lying in front did not dare to stop, and some people wanted to surrender, but in this case, the possibility of being hit and trampled to death by a war horse would not be lower than being hacked to death, they could only run forward without their lives, but they could not escape the pursuit of the Tibetans.

The garrison had already assembled outside the castle with two hundred cavalry, and a centurion stepped forward and said: "General, go to war, if you don't fight, those people will all be killed, they will be killed very little, and we will have no free labor in the future!" ”

The guard shook his head: "Don't worry about that now, let's get past the current level first!" These people can't survive, let them help us consume some of the enemy's stamina! As for those overseers, they are criminals in the first place, and it is already their luck to have them as overseers, none of these people are good people, they will not wait for death! Let everyone inspect their weapons, armor, and horses, and do what I command! ”

The centurion nodded solemnly: "Yes, General!" ”

After some of them were cut down, the rest of them began to stop running, turned around and took out their weapons to prepare to confront the rushing Tibetan soldiers.

"Hmph, look for death!" A Tibetan soldier saw that the enemy who was still running in front of him stopped and turned around and took out his weapon, and after a sneer, his legs clamped the horse's belly, and the war horse suddenly accelerated and rushed over, and the Byzantine who stopped and held the weapon to prepare to resist was chopped to the ground before he could make a move.

The slaves saw that they couldn't escape, and they fled to both sides, they were not stupid, these Western Qin troops were coming to the castle, and they kept running in the direction of the castle, of course, they would be cut down, and when they fled to both sides, they found that the Western Qin cavalry really did not chase them anymore, which made other more slaves follow suit.

"Ritsu-" Xuan 13 stopped after seeing the Eastern Roman cavalry under the castle in front of him, and at the same time raised his right hand, and the other soldiers stopped behind him and began to assemble.

"General, there are some people who are riding from the castle to the west, they should have gone to report to other places!" A team was riding horses and came running over to report to Xuan Thirteen.

Xuan 13 looked at the two hundred Eastern Roman cavalry in front of him and said: "Let them go, it is impossible to block the news, the king hopes that they can concentrate their forces to fight a decisive battle with us after they get the news, so it will be much easier!" Order, get ready to attack! ”

"Yes, General!"

The Tibetan soldiers were quickly assembled under the organization of the commanders, team officers, and centurions, and they did not dare to flee the slaves, and two thousand people quickly gathered behind Xuan Thirteen and began to prepare for the attack.

Xuan 13 observed the opposite side, and instructed the three lieutenants around him: "When we fight, we will first conduct free riding and shooting, shoot a few arrows if you can, and you must change your weapons in time for melee combat at a safe distance, they rely on the city wall, even if they hedge against us, we don't have enough room for maneuver, so we can only fight with them in close combat, fortunately, the melee ability of our soldiers is not bad, prepare for battle!" ”

"Yes!"

The soldiers took out their bows and arrows, beat their horses and rushed forward, and the Eastern Roman cavalry on the opposite side also rushed towards this side.

"Kill—"