Hua'an's tactic was to use the fire bull array to attack the Roman legion's tortoiseshell formation, but the power of the fire bull impact was limited, in order to allow the fire ox to rush into the enemy formation, it could give a large number of damage to the Roman soldiers, Hua'an thought of tying a special large thunderbolt to the back of the fire bull and igniting it before the impact, so that after it rushed into the Roman tortoiseshell formation, the Roman soldiers were killed and wounded a lot. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Although the Roman tortoiseshell formation was numerous, as long as a part of the forward was defeated, the tortoiseshell formation behind it would naturally disperse, so that the Jin army could achieve the final victory.

After listening to Hua'an's suggestion, the generals of the Jin army nodded their heads in approval, and felt that the fire bull array envisioned by Hua'an was much more powerful than the traditional fire bull array, after all, the traditional fire bull array was only tied to the tail of the ox with fire oil, and after igniting the tail of the ox, the cow was hurt and galloped forward, so as to disperse the enemy formation, and the fire bull array conceived by Hua'an In addition to these, the fire bull was also tied to the body of the fire bull, so that the fire bull that rushed into the enemy formation caused greater damage to the enemy, and then achieved more brilliant results.

Subsequently, Hua'an sent a general, led by 50,000 auxiliary soldiers and horses, to gallop in the direction of Ctesiphon by another road, in order to cut off the supply of the Roman army from the direction of Ctesiphon, so that the Roman army would be disheartened, so as to facilitate its defeat.

The main force of the Jin army quickly continued to retreat in the direction of Mulu City, and decided to defeat the Roman army outside Mulu City in one fell swoop.

The Jin army retreated quickly, and it didn't take long for them to withdraw to Mulu City and set up camp outside the city.

Hua An led his generals and his own soldiers into Mulu City, and went directly to find the Persian merchant Paradis.

"Is Saladei there?" Huaan strode into Parady's home and asked aloud.

"Wait a minute, I'll report it." The janitor said.

"No need, this king and Saladi are old friends, so there is no need to report it." Hua An said as he led his generals into Saladi's mansion.

Seeing that Hua An was full of generals behind him and claiming to be the king, the gatekeeper was so frightened that his legs and feet trembled, so he naturally did not dare to stop it, and ran quickly towards the house where Saladi was.

When Saladi heard the movement, he hurriedly ran out of the house, and when he saw Hua'an visiting, he hurriedly bowed down to greet him: "The king of the north is coming, and Saladi is not welcome." ”

"Haha! Saladi, you've learned good manners! If it weren't for this dress and this yellow beard, would this king still think you are from Jin? Hua An said with a smile.

Saladi smiled and hurriedly congratulated: "The Northern King led the army to attack yesterday, and returned triumphantly early this morning, it seems that the Great Jin King Division is really invincible!" Saladi congratulates the King of the North. ”

Obviously, from Hua'an's relaxed tone and expression, Saladi judged that Hua'an should have won the battle, after all, if the Jin army lost, Hua'an should be very lost and anxious.

Hua An smiled, and hurriedly waved his hand and said: "How can this king be invincible, this time he fled back, in order to turn the tide of the battle, he came to Saladi for help." ”

"Oh, the king of the north is actually ......" Saladi was very surprised, he didn't expect that Hua'an actually fled back, after all, Hua'an's face looked so calm, and even had a hint of joy, just ask who in the world is still happy after losing a battle, it's no wonder that Saladi would guess wrong.

"I wonder what the North King needs me to do?" Saladi asked.

Hua An said directly: "This king needs cattle, the more the better, can you prepare it in one day." ”

"Cow." Saladi was surprised, and said, "Back to the North King, there are no cattle in Mulu City, but there are many in the suburbs, and it takes a little time to buy a large number of cattle. ”

Hua An nodded and said: "Saladi, this king is in urgent need of these cattle now, you must immediately send people to buy them, all the cattle within a radius of twenty miles in the vicinity must be purchased, if there are not enough people, this king can send three thousand men and horses to your command, what do you think?" ”

"Thanks to the trust of the Northern King, if you have 3,000 soldiers and horses to help, you can buy a thousand cattle in a few hours."

Hua An nodded with satisfaction, and said with a straight face: "Saladi, this matter will be handed over to you, and it must be done as quickly as possible." ”

"Yes, King of the North, Saladi commands." Saladi took the order.

Hua An nodded, looked at one of his generals, and asked him to lead 3,000 men and horses to obey Saladi's command, and then left Saladi's mansion and went to the baggage camp.

At this moment, the soldiers of the baggage battalion are going all out to make thunderbolts, due to the lack of manpower, the speed of production is not very fast, but it is enough to produce tens of thousands of pieces.

"Your Majesty, the soldiers are building thunderbolts, what are your commands?" The captain of the baggage battalion asked loudly.

Hua An handed over the drawings that had already been drawn to the captain of the baggage battalion, and said loudly: "Let the soldiers stop what they are doing and quickly make this kind of large thunderbolt, this king urgently needs." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty." The lieutenant of the baggage battalion gave the order loudly, and immediately asked his subordinates to make large thunderbolts according to Hua'an's requirements.

On the outskirts of Mulu City, the Persian merchant Saladi and his men led 3,000 Jin troops and horses, divided into hundreds of roads, and ran in different directions to buy a sufficient number of cattle in the fastest time.

This method was undoubtedly very effective, and in a short period of time, Saladi bought a large number of cattle, but he also encountered some farmers who were unwilling to sell their cattle, and in response to this, Saladi took the countermeasure of forced trading, and if the farmers did not cooperate, he used Jin soldiers as threats to achieve his own goals.

In the evening, Saladi and other people returned to Mulu City one after another, and sent the purchased more than 1,000 cattle to Hua'an's pro-military camp.

Looking at the more than 1,000 sturdy cows, Hua An was very happy, and praised Saladi, and then, Hua An sent soldiers to transport the thunderbolts made by the baggage battalion to the army, so that they could immediately form a fire ox formation and prepare to meet the main Roman army that would attack at any time.

At this time, the main Roman army was still more than thirty miles away from Mulu City, after all, the main Roman army was an infantry-based army, and the marching speed was naturally not very fast, and it was already very good to reach this speed.

The Roman Emperor Constantius II, still basking in the joy of victory, lay in a soft carriage and closed his eyes to ponder how to annex Khorasan after his victory over the Jin army.

The cavalry surrounding the carriage were the personal soldiers and main generals of the Roman Emperor Constantius II, who were responsible for the safety of Constantius II, and the main generals were ready to listen to Constantius II's teachings and carry out his orders.

"Your Majesty the Emperor, it's already dusk, do you want the army to stop and rest for a while." Roman General Barbatio asked softly.

Constantius II opened his eyes slightly, lifted the curtain to look at the sky, and asked softly, "Barbatio, how far is it from Mulu City?" ”

"Your Majesty the Emperor, this place is still thirty miles away from Mulu City." Barbatio said.

"Oh, it's still so far, the army continues to advance, and camp for another twenty miles." Constantius II said.

"Yes, Your Majesty the Emperor." Barbatio took the order and let the army move on.

Obviously, in the eyes of the Roman Emperor Constantius II, the Jin army was not as powerful as rumored, and the earlier it arrived closer to Mulu City, it could prepare for war as soon as possible, and launched an attack on Mulu City early the next morning.

As the sun had gone down and the weather had become much cooler, the Roman army marched at a noticeably faster pace, and after more than two hours reached an open field less than ten miles from the city of Mulu.

After the Roman army was stationed, Constantius II immediately sent hundreds of scouts to the direction of Mulu City to investigate the enemy's situation, so as to prevent the main force of the Jin army from suddenly attacking the Roman camp.

After the Roman army arrived less than ten miles away from Mulu City, the Jin army scouts immediately reported the situation to Hua'an.

"Your Majesty, the Roman army is coming fast enough! It was already less than ten miles outside the city. Song Cheng said with emotion.

Hua An smiled and said softly: "Obviously, the Roman army has been marching and has not stopped for a moment, otherwise, it would not have been possible to reach the foot of Mulu City so quickly. ”

"Yes! Your Majesty, it seems that the Roman army will start a siege tomorrow. Wang San said.

Hua An nodded and said: "Since the Roman army has been camped ten miles outside the city, it is enough to show that they are already very tired, and they want to rest all night and launch an attack on the city early tomorrow morning, but how can this king give the Roman army a chance to rest." ”

"Does the king mean to attack tonight?" Wang San frowned and asked.

Hua An nodded and said: "The Fire Bull Array has been fully prepared, of course, it will launch an attack tonight, and order all the troops and horses to gather immediately and prepare to attack the Roman army." After speaking, he looked at the generals.

"Yes, Your Majesty." The generals will accept the order and immediately go to carry it out.

Soon, more than 100,000 soldiers and horses of the Jin army, under the command of their respective generals, assembled outside the city, ready to march to the position of the Roman army at any time.

On this occasion, Hua'an decided to attack the Roman army with the Fire Bull Formation as the vanguard, and let the most elite troops of the Jin army serve as the vanguard, so as to launch a swift surprise attack when the Fire Bull Formation broke through the Roman formation, expand the results of the battle, and defeat the Roman army.

It took nearly half an hour for the Jin army to assemble more than 100,000 soldiers and horses.

"Your Majesty, the army is all assembled." A Jin army general opened his mouth to remind.

Hua An nodded and ordered: "The whole army will set off immediately." ”

The Jin army of more than 100,000 soldiers and horses left Mulu City in a mighty way, and rushed to the direction where the Roman army was camped less than ten miles away, preparing to start a decisive battle with the Roman army.

Although it was already night and the sky was dark, fortunately there was a bright moon hanging in the sky, so that there was still a trace of the most basic light on the earth.

The Jin army quickly marched in the direction of the Roman encampment, but as early as the Jin army began to assemble, the Roman scouts discovered it and immediately reported it to the Roman Emperor Constantius II.

When Constantius II heard that the main force of the Jin army had been lined up overnight, he was greatly surprised, and immediately summoned all the generals and studied the matter with them.

"Your Majesty the Emperor, the Jin army has just been defeated by our army today, and now they are going to take the initiative to attack, it seems that they are not giving up, and they want to defeat our Roman Empire, so let our army immediately meet the enemy and completely defeat the Jin army!" Roman General Orleans said confidently.

"Yes! Your Majesty the Emperor, the Jin army is not terrible, let our army attack and annihilate them all. Cavalry General Marcellus said confidently.

Obviously, most of the Roman generals despised the Jin army very much, and in their opinion, the yellow-skinned and black-haired Orientals were weak, and the Jin army, as a great power in the East, could not compete with the Holy Roman Empire at all.

When the Roman Emperor Constantius II heard this, he was very happy, and said with a smile: "Since the Jin army does not give up, let my Roman army defeat them completely!" Marcellus, Orleans, you immediately gather your forces and prepare to meet the Jin army. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty the Emperor." The generals Marcellus and Orleans hurriedly accepted the order and immediately went to gather their troops.

"General Barbatio, why haven't you expressed your position, do you think our army can't defeat the soldiers and horses of the Jin Kingdom?" Constantius II looked at Barbatio and said with a smile.

The Roman general Barbatio frowned and said: "Your Majesty the Emperor, I always have a bad premonition that the behavior of the Jin army is too abnormal, as if there is some kind of conspiracy hidden. ”

"Conspiracy, what conspiracy do you think the Jin army will have." Constantius II asked softly.

Barbatio thought for a moment, and said: "Your Majesty the Emperor, I haven't figured out what conspiracy the Jin army will have, but, according to the scout's report, the Jin army suddenly lost 50,000 soldiers and horses, but where did these 50,000 soldiers and horses go, the scout didn't find out, which is very worrying!" ”

When Constantius II heard this, he frowned slightly, and said softly: "The Jin army suddenly lost 50,000 soldiers and horses, is it because they were afraid of our army and fled?" ”

After all, at noon, more than 100,000 soldiers and horses of the Jin army were defeated by the Roman army and completely fled, and in this process, it is entirely possible for the Jin army to flee 50,000 people, resulting in an innocent reduction of 50,000 soldiers and horses of the Jin army.

"Your Majesty the Emperor, I'm afraid that this is not the case, the 50,000 soldiers and horses that disappeared from the Jin army are very likely to return to the rear of our army, thus cutting off our army's retreat." Roman General Barbatio said.

Roman Emperor Constantius II, frowned and nodded, feeling that what his general Barbatio said did make some sense, the 50,000 soldiers and horses that disappeared out of thin air in the Jin army may indeed be going to cut off the grain route of the Roman army, however, Constantius II was not afraid, he knew that there were enough grain and grass materials in the Mulu City in front of him, as long as he defeated the Jin army in one fell swoop and occupied the Mulu City, he could solve the supply of grain and grass. (To be continued.) )