The Spartan Legion was the most elite hoplite legion in Rome, and all the soldiers were recruited from the vicinity of the city of Sparta, these soldiers were the descendants of the Spartans of ancient Greece, who inherited the courage and will of their ancestors, and were determined to carry forward the glory of their ancestors, so that everyone shuddered when they heard the name Sparta. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

After these Spartans formed the legion, they soon became the most elite troops in the entire Roman Empire with their super combat ability and unflinching will to fight, and were deeply trusted by the Roman emperors of all generations, and the contemporary emperor Constantius II attached great importance to the Spartan hoplite legion, and incorporated these Spartan legions into his own guard, commanded by himself, in order to prevent people with ulterior motives from using the Spartan legion to rebel.

At this time, the Roman army was facing a dangerous situation, and Constantius II once again thought of the Spartan army, and asked the general Barbatio to personally lead the Spartan hoplite army to resist the onslaught of the Jin army's iron cavalry.

Every soldier of the Spartan Legion was proud of dying in battle, and after receiving the military order, he did not care that the Jin army had achieved a comprehensive advantage, and immediately formed a heavy tortoiseshell formation, and slowly moved forward to block the impact of the Jin army's iron cavalry.

With the help of the remnants of the Fire Bull Array, the Jin army's iron cavalry crushed the main army of nearly 100,000 in Rome in one fell swoop, and let these Roman armies begin to show signs of collapse, and the main force of the Jin army took advantage of the situation to fight and divide and encircle the loose Roman army.

However, at the end of the strong crossbow, the arrow could not penetrate the Lu Min, the Jin army iron cavalry after breaking through the main force of the Roman army, the speed has been significantly reduced, and the formation of the Spartan hoplites is very strong, for this reason, the Jin army iron cavalry failed to break through the heavy tortoiseshell formation of the Spartan army, and lost a lot of soldiers and horses.

The Spartan legion successfully prevented the further impact of the Jin army's iron cavalry and ensured the safety of the Roman Emperor Constantius II, but it could not reverse the Roman army's disadvantaged state.

Hua'an, who was standing in the distance and watching the battle, saw that the main army of more than 100,000 under his command had defeated the Roman army, he was very happy in his heart, and showed a smile, and all the generals were naturally very happy.

"Your Majesty, the Roman legions have begun to flee, and it seems that their combat strength is no more than that." A Jin army general said disdainfully.

"Yes! Your Majesty, after being hit by our army of fire oxen and iron cavalry, the Roman tortoise formation was completely shattered, and it was simply vulnerable! Another Jin army general said proudly.

"Persia, Tianzhu and Rome have been defeated by my Great Jin one after another, and it seems that the whole world is going to bow down to my Great Jin." A Jin army general said proudly.

Obviously, to be able to defeat the main army of more than 100,000 in Rome so smoothly, all the generals of the Jin army were very excited, and seemed to see the prosperity of the Great Jin Dynasty dominating the world.

Hua An smiled happily, by the moonlight and firelight, he saw that the Spartan army had successfully blocked the iron cavalry of the Jin army, and he couldn't help but be slightly surprised.

"Don't panic in the chaos, be loyal to the lord, this Roman legion is really not simple, it is an elite division!" Hua An said with emotion.

Naturally, all the generals of the Jin army saw the performance of the Spartan army and approved of Hua'an's words.

"Your Majesty, although this Roman legion is elite, it is only 20,000, and it can't turn the tide of the war at all, at most, it can hold on for a while longer, and eventually the entire Roman legion will be completely annihilated by our army." A Jin army general said confidently.

Hua An nodded and said: "This is natural, the defeat of the Roman army is decided, however, this king wants to know what kind of army this army is." ”

"Your Majesty, according to the Persian subjugated generals, the most elite unit of the Roman army was the Spartan Legion, a regiment of hoplites, commanded by the Roman Emperor Constantius II, and similar to the army in front of him." A Jin army general hurriedly said.

"The Spartan Legion, it's not small!" Hua An smiled indifferently at the corner of his mouth.

Obviously, Hua'an is still very clear about the name of the Spartan Army, after all, there are many various film and television dramas about Sparta in later generations, and the fame of Sparta is very great, far exceeding the fame of the generals of the Great Jin.

"Your Majesty, as long as our army annihilates the main Roman force, the 20,000 Spartan legions are simply insignificant, and our army is fully capable of annihilating them in one fell swoop." A Jin army general said confidently.

Hua An nodded: "The Spartan army is just infantry, and now that they are far away from Rome itself, our army has enough time to clean them up, and there is no need to rush for a while, to reduce the losses of our army as much as possible." ”

Obviously, Hua'an was not willing to let the Jin army suffer too much loss in order to defeat the Roman legions, and the smaller the loss, the better, which has always been Hua'an's principle.

"The king's intention is to avoid the Roman Spartan legions and annihilate and defeat the rest of the Roman legions." Wang San asked.

Hua An nodded and said: "That's right, that's what it means, first let go of the Spartan legion and defeat the main Roman force, and then, the Roman Spartan legion will inevitably retreat, and along the way of this retreat, our army can easily wipe out the Spartan legion."

Wang San nodded and said, "I understand, Your Majesty, so that our army can achieve the greatest victory with the smallest losses." ”

Hua An smiled and nodded, very happy in his heart.

And the opposite Roman Emperor Constantius II was very unhappy, the main army under his command has begun to disperse, although he sent the Spartan army in time to contain the offensive edge of the Jin army, to avoid the Jin army directly to the command platform, but the Spartan army can only block the offensive edge of the Jin army, but can not reverse the fate of the defeat of the Roman army, which makes him very helpless.

"Your Majesty the Emperor, most of the forward infantry has been dispersed, the cavalry on both flanks is not good, the Jin army is too sharp, we should retreat immediately to maintain our strength." Roman General Orleans said nervously.

"Yes, Your Majesty the Emperor, we should evacuate immediately." Marcellus followed.

The Roman Emperor Constantius II looked at the two of them with great dissatisfaction, and said loudly: "What about the Spartan legions, they are the most elite guards of my Rome, do you want to leave them here?" ”

Obviously, Constantius II knew very well in his heart that at this moment, even if he evacuated immediately, he could only lead a small number of forty or fifty thousand cavalry to flee the battlefield, including a large number of infantry including the Spartan legion, would be besieged by the main force of the Jin army, so that the entire army would be annihilated, and if he did not lead tens of thousands of cavalry to flee, the entire Roman army might suffer more serious losses, and even, he, the emperor, could die on the battlefield, which made him hesitate, he was unwilling to give up the Spartan army, But there was no way to reverse the imminent defeat.

"Your Majesty the Emperor, the Jin army's 50,000 soldiers and horses raided Taixifeng, which has cut off our army's food route." At this moment, the news came that the soldiers and horses of the Jin army had cut off the grain route of the Roman army.

When Constantius II heard this, his heart became even more nervous, and he looked at the generals, and said: "It seems that our army must be evacuated as soon as possible, Marcellus, let the cavalry evacuate immediately, Orleans, let the Spartan army block the Jin army." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty the Emperor." Marcellus and Orleans took orders loudly and immediately conveyed military orders.

Subsequently, the Roman Emperor Constantius II, under the protection of his guards, fled in the direction of Ctesiphon, and the cavalry general Marcellus led nearly 50,000 cavalry to withdraw from the battlefield and follow the Roman emperor's army in the direction of Ctesiphon.

As a result, the 20,000 Spartan hoplite legions, as well as many besieged Roman infantry, were completely lifeless and would be wiped out by the Jin army.

The Roman general Barbatio was in charge of the Spartan army, and after receiving the order of Emperor Constantius II to block the pursuit of the Jin army, he immediately executed the military order without complaint, and planned to block the Jin army at the expense of himself and the Spartan army, so that Emperor Constantius II and some of the cavalry could escape from the battlefield and avoid the fate of being completely annihilated by the Jin army.

Under the continuous blow of more than 100,000 soldiers and horses of the Jin army, the 80,000 main infantry of Rome has all lost the ability to resist, except for some of the men and horses who were annihilated and fled by the Jin army, the remaining Roman soldiers surrendered on their knees, and the Jin army was also very tolerant of the surrendered Roman soldiers, and asked them to lay down their weapons and take off their armor to follow some of the soldiers of the Jin army to the camp on the outskirts of Mulu City.

After the annihilation of the 80,000 main forces of Rome, in front of the main force of more than 100,000 Jin troops, only the 20,000 most elite Spartan legions remained.

Seeing these Spartan legions arranged in a tortoiseshell formation, standing motionless in place, the corners of Hua An's mouth showed a knowing smile.

The Spartan soldiers are indeed very brave, and the heavy tortoiseshell formation is also very powerful, but the lack of mobility is its natural disadvantage, and now, these strong Spartan warriors are all trapped in place, and they can't hold out for long anyway without supplies, and the Jin army doesn't need to attack, as long as they watch them, they can easily defeat these Spartan warriors.

"Your Majesty, these Spartan warriors are turtles trapped in the desert, and all that awaits them is their destruction." Wang San Zhengse said.

"That's right, it's thousands of miles away from Ctesiphon, and without supplies, they won't be able to hold out for long." A Jin army general said.

Obviously, these Jin generals all saw the disadvantage of the Spartan legion, and decided to take advantage of the disadvantage of the Spartan legion and defeat it easily.

The Spartan army set up a tortoiseshell formation, ready to meet the impact of the Jin army's iron cavalry, but the Jin army did not attack at all, but kept a certain distance to contain them, which made them feel very uncomfortable.

In particular, the withdrawal of the Roman Emperor Constantius II was the most aggrieved by these Spartan warriors, after all, they were the most elite guards of the Roman Empire, but His Majesty the Emperor abandoned them in order to save his own life and let them fall victim.

"General, the Jin army has surrounded us, and it is not a way to be trapped here all the time, what should we do." A Roman legion general looked at Barbatio and asked nervously.

Barbatio didn't have any good ideas at the moment, he was willing to stay, in order to fight to the death with the main force of the Jin army, so as to cover the emperor Constantius II and others to flee the battlefield, but now the Jin army is only besieging them, but they are not reactionary attacks, which makes him feel very helpless.

The Roman tortoiseshell formation is best at defense, and the power of the attack is simply insignificant, after all, they are hoplites, and the Jin army is all cavalry, and the hoplites attack the cavalry, and they will never be able to catch up, and if they evacuate, it is impossible to escape the pursuit of the Jin army, and there is no supply along the way, they will be starved to death.

This dilemma of not being able to advance or retreat made Barbatio's heart very crazy, and he very much hoped that the main cavalry of the Jin army could launch an attack, so that at least they could die a little more heroically and cause a lot of losses to the Jin army, but the Jin army did not attack, which made his plan completely bankrupt.

Barbatio looked at several generals and said: "Here is still thousands of miles away from Ctesiphon, there are deserts along the way, and we don't have any supplies at all, and reinforcements can't exist at all, so there is no hope for us to evacuate, we must stay and fight to the death with the main force of the Jin army, this is our only choice, Spartan warriors are proud of dying on the battlefield, I hope you can carry forward the bravery and loyalty of the Spartans, and don't embarrass the Spartans." ”

"Yes, General, we will not disgrace the Spartans, however, the Jin army has not launched an attack, and we cannot wait for the food and grass to run out, we must take the initiative to attack and kill the Jin army." A Spartan general said.

"Yes, we must launch an attack on the Jin army, the longer it drags on, the weaker our army's combat power will be." Another Spartan general, Masuse, said.

Obviously, the Spartan generals could no longer bear to be surrounded by the surrounding Jin troops, and they wanted to take the initiative to attack in order to inflict losses on the Jin army, so as to show their value.

Barbatio nodded and ordered loudly: "Spartans, attack, destroy the Jin army." ”

When the Spartan soldiers heard the order, they immediately moved the tortoiseshell formation slowly, slowly approaching the Jin troops, intending to fight the Jin cavalry head-on.

Seeing that the Spartan army took the initiative to attack the Jin army, Hua An and all the generals under his command laughed, from a distance, the Spartan army was completely a big turtle in the night, moving forward slowly, how could such a slow speed be compared with the speed of the Jin cavalry, and it was completely wishful thinking to take the initiative to fight a decisive battle with the Jin cavalry. (To be continued.) )