Seeing that the Great Qin army was lined up in a phalanx, Zhang He's iron spear was raised, and the cavalry was divided into two teams and walked around the formation. The lethality of bows and arrows against the Great Qin hoplites was extremely limited, especially when they formed a tight phalanx, so they had to be mobilized.

But Caracalla did not rush forward as desperately as Gaita, but approached the Han cavalry unhurriedly and steadily. Although the bows and arrows of the Han cavalry also caused some casualties to this Gallic legion, the huge phalanx was not affected too much.

Seeing that this plan could not be achieved, Zhang He sneered, reined in the horse's head, and shouted: "Withdraw!" ”

Seeing the Han cavalry sweeping away in the dust, Caracalla did not immediately pursue, but continued to advance step by step. In fact, with the impact of the Han cavalry, it was possible to carry out a surprise attack on this infantry phalanx, but if it did, it would also suffer huge casualties.

While retreating south, Zhang He kept an eye on the movements of the Great Qin army and found that Caracalla had not caught up. Zhang Hele turned his horse and led the cavalry to kill again. This was repeated three or five times, but Caracalla's infantry phalanx still resembled a huge hedgehog, never revealing the slightest gap, making it impossible for the Han cavalry to start.

After nearly two hours of stalemate, Caracalla's Gallic legion had not traveled more than ten miles south, and the heavily armored soldiers were already exhausted. But Caracalla did not dare to let up in the slightest, he had never faced such a cavalry force in a previous war. There were also knights in the Great Qin army, who also wore thick armor and moved slowly, not much better than infantry. In the face of light cavalry like the Han army, his heavy infantry could not catch up with the opponent at all, and could only hug together and attract the other party to take the initiative to attack, so as to win in the counterattack.

At this moment, the Han cavalry, which had retreated all the way south and wanted to disturb the position of the Gallic legions, suddenly stopped retreating, and lined up a long line eight hundred paces away from Caracalla's infantry phalanx, posing as if they were going to fight the Gallic legions. Caracalla's spirits were lifted, and he said loudly: "The enemy is impatient, everyone is pressing steadily, and we must annihilate them all here!" ”

The already exhausted Gallic legionnaires suddenly perked up, their steps quickened significantly, and they rushed towards the Han cavalry with a low roar. However, as one of the most powerful legions of the Great Qin Empire, even in the process of charging, the phalanx of the Gallic legions did not have the slightest confusion.

However, the cautious Caracalla overlooked the most important thing, that the enemy army on the opposite side was not a Parthian army, but from the distant Han Dynasty. The cruelty of the training of the regular army of the Han Dynasty was unimaginable to them, and in any case they only knew that it was their duty to obey orders, and even if they were in a stalemate for three days and three nights like now, they would not lose patience.

Just as the Gallic Legion began to charge, there was a sudden rumbling sound behind the Han cavalry, and the sky darkened, and countless stones fell from the sky and smashed accurately into the phalanx of the Gallic Legion.

The soldiers of the Gallic Legion of fifty thousand were crowded together, and when the stones fell, they had nowhere to hide. The heavy armor on their bodies was effective against the damage of bows and arrows, but it was useless against these bowl-sized stones. Many people were smashed on the spot, their bones were broken, their brains were splashed, and the originally tight phalanx was suddenly in chaos. Many cried out, "Devil, devil." More people began to trample on each other, and without Zhang He attacking, the Gallic legions had already suffered more than half of the casualties.

The long line of Han cavalry stood still, but the sudden stone rain did not stop, and as if they had eyes, they smashed into the phalanx of the Gallic legions. The Great Qin soldiers of the Gallic Legion finally couldn't hold it anymore, and they couldn't care about Caracalla's drink anymore, so they threw away their armor and retreated.

At this time, the rumbling sound suddenly stopped, and the iron gun in Zhang He's hand pointed forward, and shouted: "Kill!" ”

With Zhang He's order, the cavalry of the Third Legion, who had long been holding back their strength, urged their horses, shouted and rushed forward, waving their sabers, and wantonly harvesting their lives. For a time, the battlefield was full of flesh and blood, and the Great Qin soldiers had no fighting spirit, either abandoned their weapons and surrendered, or fled in the wilderness, which soon evolved into a one-sided massacre.

Caracalla knew that the general situation was gone, and hurriedly fled north with dozens of guards, and Zhang He did not chase after him, and after cleaning up the battlefield, he was stationed here. It turned out that Zhang He saw that Caracalla's heavy infantry phalanx was very tightly defended, so he changed his tactics, and while dealing with him, he sent someone to transfer the trebuchet behind him.

Now, the Han army trebuchet has been further improved and has become more and more miniaturized, and can be easily transported using a horse-drawn cart. And against the dense heavy infantry phalanx of the Great Qin army, the trebuchet is really the most suitable weapon.

Caracalla went out more than twenty miles, and when he looked back, he saw not a single pursuer, so he gathered the remnants of the army, gathered more than five hundred men, and went dejectedly in the direction of the great tent of Putimius.

From a long distance, Caracalla saw that there was a lot of smoke and dust, and from time to time there was the neighing of war horses, and the sound of tens of thousands of war horses was heard. There were not too many war horses in the Great Qin army, and Caracalla suddenly became vigilant and commanded the remnants of his defeated soldiers to hide behind a small dirt mountain. After a while, he saw a large group of cavalry roaring past in front of the dirt mountain. The cavalrymen's armor was exactly the same as the one they had just encountered.

Caracalla did not dare to reveal his whereabouts, and finally survived until dark, and then led his men and horses to sneak back to Ctesiphon under the cover of night.

As the capital of Parthia, Ctesiphon was originally a prosperous city, but now it has become the base camp of Putimius's eastward advance, where many Great Qin troops were stationed, and some people who were responsible for transporting supplies and supplies were also concentrated here, and the whole city seemed to be chaotic. And now, there are many more wounded soldiers in the city who are missing arms and legs, and it looks even more desolate.

Caracalla's heart tightened when he saw all this. Just now, he made a quick decision and did not flee to the place where Putimius was camped, but fled directly back to Ctesiphon, because after seeing those black-clad and black-armored cavalry, he felt that Putimius's camp was not safe. Seeing these wounded soldiers now confirmed his conjecture even more. Caracalla did not dare to delay and hurried in the direction of the palace.

When he arrived at the palace, he learned that not only was his Gallic legion defeated, but Geta's Germanic legion was defeated earlier than him, and even the large camp of Putimius was raided by the Han cavalry, and the four legions stationed in the large camp were rushed by the Han cavalry before they even had time to join the array. Under the desperate protection of the guards, Putimius was able to save his life.

The most embarrassed of all was Geta, who had been struck by an iron arrow, and the bones in his left arm had been broken, and he was wearing bandages, and there he was screaming hoarsely, clamoring for the whole army to set foot on Parthia, and to be ashamed of the blood of the day.

Caracalla was much calmer than his younger brother, and hurriedly said, "Father, this must not be done! Those people have a magic spell that can make stones fall from the sky, and half of the 50,000 warriors of the Gallic Legion will be smashed in an instant! ”

Superstition was a very common phenomenon at that time, and it did not only exist among the Han people, but also among the Great Qin people. Hearing that the opponent actually knew the demon method, Putimius stood up in surprise and said in a loud voice: "No, you must invite a ** teacher!" ”

Caracalla hurriedly said: "But those people from the Senate of the ** Division ......"

While he was talking, a guard outside the door suddenly reported that General Ojed had returned. Ojede was the commander of the Gallic Legion, one of the most effective generals under Ptimius, and had a close personal relationship with Caracalla, and it was with Ojerd's cover that Caracalla was able to escape from yesterday's fierce battle. Hearing that Ojed had returned, Caracalla was overjoyed and strode out.

As soon as Ojiede entered the main hall, he knelt on the ground and said loudly: "Your Majesty the Emperor, the villain is sorry for you, you have disgraced the Great Qin Empire, please punish Your Majesty!" ”

Putimius squeezed out a smile and said, "It's good to come back, it's good to come back, let's lose today, just win back tomorrow, get up." ”

It wasn't that he was deliberately comforting Odjed, but that he did think so. Yesterday he was sitting in the big tent, and suddenly he was suddenly burst into the camp by the Han cavalry and killed a falling flower, how could he be embarrassed to blame Ojiede? And he was able to sit firmly on the throne of the emperor of the Great Qin Empire, relying on the support of these generals in the army.

Who knew that Ojiede refused to get up, still knelt on the ground, and continued: "Honorable Majesty, the villain was released by them, and he really has no face to be this general anymore, please condemn Your Majesty!" However, this battle really cannot be fought any further. Our opponent is not Vologis of Parthia, but the army of the Great Han! ”

Knowing that Ojed had been taken prisoner, Putimius was about to get angry, when he suddenly heard that the enemy against them was actually the army of the Great Han, he couldn't help but exclaim, sat down on the stool, and was silent for a long time before shaking his head and saying: "Impossible, the Great Han is thousands of miles away from here, how can they come so quickly!" ”

Ojed fell to the ground, took out a piece of paper from his arms, held it in both hands, held it high above his head, and said, "Your Majesty, this is the letter that the envoy of the Han Dynasty asked me to bring back......"

Before Odjed could finish speaking, Gaita stretched out his uninjured right hand, snatched the letter, read it hurriedly, and suddenly exclaimed, "Phew! What kind of thing is the Great Han, who dares to propose to mediate the war between us and Parthia? Hum! Ignore him, when we finish cleaning up Parthia, let's wave our army eastward again, and destroy the Han together! ”