By the afternoon, the tired officers and men of the Han army had recovered their spirits and asked for battle. Zhang He also sent several small troops to the Qin army camp to test, and the Qin army was still far away from the Qin camp, so the Qin army began to release arrows and throw throwing guns. Bows and arrows were not the strength of the Great Qin army, and it was difficult to throw guns and far, so they could not hurt the Han army at all.

These Han armies were small units and could not pose a real threat to the Qin camp. In the face of the attack of these small forces, the once invincible Great Qin army did not take the initiative to attack, which made Zhang He think of a possibility, that is, yesterday's battle had frightened the Great Qin army.

Despite this judgment, Zhang He had no intention of attacking the Qin military camp, and the two sides were at a stalemate until the next evening, when a white dove with a leg ring flew into the Han military camp.

After reading the secret letter, Zhang He issued a combat order overnight.

That night, the Han army camp, which had been silent for a long time, suddenly became noisy, and groups of Han infantry came out in a queue and forced towards the Daqin military camp. Behind the Han army's infantry array, thousands of trebuchets lined up, aiming directly at the Great Qin military camp.

The night was already very quiet, and the Qin army also arranged a lot of detailed work and outposts, and the Han army made such a big move, it was impossible for the Qin army not to notice it at all, and several commanders gathered together to discuss. Alexander said indignantly: "Everyone, yesterday you hid in the camp and did not dare to attack, and now the Han people are bullying you again, how long can you hide?" Don't you want all the honors of our Great Qin soldiers? ”

Das said disapprehantly: "Our camp is built impregnable, and the front of the camp is full of traps, so let the Han people come if they want to die." ”

Kotla also shook his head and said: "The messenger sent to Rome should arrive tomorrow at the latest, as long as we hold the camp and wait for His Majesty's orders, why bother to make our own decisions." ”

Unbeknownst to them, the messengers sent out would never reach Rome, and they met the light cavalry of the Han army on the way. Liu Xin concentrated the heavy cavalry and most of the infantry on the frontal battlefield in order to attract the main force of the Qin army in the province of Asia Minor, and Zhang He completed this task very well. The 40,000 light cavalry of the three major legions plus the 50,000 cavalry of the Sixth Army Corps, led by Xu Huang, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun and others, broke into the Syrian province in multiple ways. Liu Xin wanted to make full use of the mobility of the cavalry, adopt the tactics of long-distance surprise attacks, go around the rear of the province of Asia Minor, and form an encirclement of the eight Great Qin regiments in the province of Asia Minor.

The province of Asia Minor has a special topography, bordering Parthia on one side and the Syrian province on the other. Liu Xin's idea was to take the province of Syria, completely cut off the retreat path of the eight Great Qin legions, and give him an urn to catch turtles.

The Great Qin Empire had 1.2 million men in twenty-four legions, far surpassing the Han army in terms of total troops. Moreover, the Han army was a labor expedition, and the number of troops that could be mobilized was further limited. But on the other hand, the Great Qin Empire was vast, and there were many places that had to be garrisoned and guarded, and it was impossible to mobilize all of them to fight against the Han army, which gave Liu Xin room to operate.

Liu Xin's first step was to concentrate all the expeditionary forces and fight a war of annihilation in the province of Asia Minor. The Qin army in Asia Minor had 400,000, while the four main army corps of the Han army plus part of the Western Regions legion had as many as 350,000 regular troops, and at the same time there were 100,000 steppe nomadic cavalry to help.

The key to forming a joint encirclement is that the troops led by Zhang He must withstand the attack of the Qin army and buy enough time for Xu Huang and others to run long distances. Zhang He did this very well, and Xu Huang and the others were just as fast.

Just when Zhang He had just come into contact with the Qin army, the 90,000 light cavalry of the Han army had already entered the territory of the Syrian province. These 90,000 cavalry did not fight alone, followed by 40,000 cavalry of the Western Regions Legion and 40,000 infantry of the First Legion. The nomadic cavalry of the herdsmen of the steppe was left in the concession to recuperate because of the low morale of the herdsmen who had just suffered a heavy defeat in the province of Asia Minor.

The Han light cavalry advanced quite quickly, and every time they conquered a town, they did not stop at all, but hurried to the next strategic point. At this time, the cavalry of the Western Regions Legion and the infantry of the First Legion played an important role, and they would take over these places captured by the light cavalry in time, set up sentry posts, build fortifications, and tightly seal the news of the arrival of the Han army.

Like Liu Xin, Daqin also paid great attention to the construction of roads, especially the roads leading to Rome throughout the country, which were straight and flat, so there was the famous saying that all roads lead to Rome. These avenues also facilitated the march of the Han light cavalry and became the focus of the Han army's attention.

Alexander's messenger to Rome was unlucky, and they were heading straight for Rome along the road, and as they were about to reach the border of the Syrian province, they ran into a group of Han cavalry that had also been killed along the road.

At that time, the messengers had already crossed the fork in the road, and in their hurry, they did not even notice that a large group of cavalry was galloping towards them on the road next to them. Leading this team of cavalry was Zhao Yun, his eyesight was even inferior to Liu Xin's, and he had already seen a few people over there who were in a hurry and very suspicious.

This time, the cavalry broke into the Syrian province, in addition to cutting off the retreat of the Qin army, there was also an important task to block the news, Zhao Yun naturally could not let those knights go, and immediately took off his bow and arrows.

Zhao Yun is most famous for his amazing marksmanship, and later generations have made up some sayings such as the Seven Detectives of the Snake, but his archery skills are rarely known. In fact, Zhao Yun's archery skills are not even inferior to Huang Zhong, and he has good eyesight and is even better at long-range shooting.

Hearing only a "whoosh", one of the messengers running at the back of the messenger fell in response. Zhao Yun's arrows were continuous, almost in the blink of an eye, and the five messengers sent by Alexander planted their horses one after another. Several of the main generals of the Han army were wearing hard bows specially made by the research institute, and although they were separated from such a distance, Zhao Yun was still sure that those knights would not survive.

However, Zhao Yun was not careless, and sent a group of soldiers to gather the messengers and the ownerless horses together so as not to expose their whereabouts, and found the letters on their backs. The parchment was written in earthworm-like Daqin script, but now it was difficult for Zhao Yun, who had specially trained interpreters in his army.

After reading the letter, Zhao Yunfang knew that the Qin army had suffered a heavy blow from Zhang He in Asia Minor, and he was already cowardly. This was a very important piece of information, and if the Qin army chose to evacuate Asia Minor because of this, Liu Xin's plan to completely annihilate the enemy's eight legions would also be frustrated. Zhao Yun did not dare to slack off, and immediately sent someone to release a flying pigeon to report this new situation to Liu Xin, and then urged his subordinates to speed up the march and rush to the predetermined assembly place in the shortest possible time.

In fact, Liu Xin already knew about Zhang He's repulsion of the Qin army, but what he didn't know was the current situation and dynamics of the Qin army. With this information sent by Zhao Yun, Liu Xin felt that the time was ripe to completely annihilate the enemy army, so he used the flying pigeon to pass the book to Zhang He, Xu Huang and others respectively.

The general attack was set at dawn, and Zhang He pulled the team out of the barracks at this time, which was actually a suspicious tactic. It is to let Alexander and the others raise their flags uncertainly, so as to drag them until the cavalry of Xu Huang, Zhao Yun and others are ambushed in place.

The Qin army really hit the plan. Alexander clamored for a fight to the death with the Han army, while Das and the others advocated holding on, while two of Gaita's commanders, Rissa and Euryce, hesitated to retreat their army some distance. It was not that they had discovered the intentions of the Han army, but that they hoped that Caracalla's army would fight the Han army again, and then they would clean up the mess.

The Han army not only lined up in front, but also made many moves, throwing a few boulders from time to time, smashing up clouds of smoke and dust in front of the Qin army camp, or beating war drums with "dong dong", making a loud cry in unison, and putting on a posture of attacking with all their might. But every time there was thunder and no rain, none of the stones thrown by the trebuchet fell into the Qin army camp, and the soldiers did not move forward after arguing for a long time.

As the middle of the night passed, Qin Jun's spirit was tense from time to time, and he gradually began to fall into numbness. When the shouts and war drums came from the Han army position again, the soldiers of the Qin army were all lying in their tents, and they were not even interested in coming out to take a look.

At this time, the loud sound of "boom" came again, and the soldiers of the Qin army had long been accustomed to it, and were waiting for the stones to fall in front of the camp so that they could continue to sleep. Who knows, this time it was much louder than many previous times. Immediately afterwards, countless stone bullets smashed into the barracks, many tents were smashed, and there were screams of crying fathers and mothers everywhere.

The four commanders, Alexander, Das, Bauscher, and Kotra, had just fallen asleep after arguing all night about whether to fight or to hold out. Knowing that the trebuchet of the Han army had really attacked, he hurriedly got up and hurriedly gathered his soldiers, but he didn't know whether to fight or defend.

The trebuchets of the Han army were originally a sharp weapon for siege, and to deal with these simple barracks, it was even more devastating, and the entire Qin army camp was already in tatters, and the trap in front of the camp that they leaned on as a barrier had already been filled by the Han army's previous tentative attacks again and again.

Alexander glanced at these uncompetitive colleagues, sighed, and said, "How can you keep the camp like this?" ”

Kotra stiffened his mouth and sneered: "Okay, let's listen to you now, organize the brothers, and go out to fight the Han army to the death!" ”

The Qin army camp was already in chaos, and the soldiers were scurrying around with their heads crossed, not to mention wearing the heavy armor they relied on for protection, and many of them didn't even have weapons. Seeing this scene, Alexander had no choice but to shake his head helplessly and said: "Alas, Asia Minor can't wait, let's retreat to Syria first." ”