Obviously, Hua'an thought that as long as he sent 5,000 soldiers and horses to guard these Roman prisoners and warn them, he could prevent them from launching a rebellion, after all, these Roman prisoners had been unarmored, and the attack power of the tools in their hands was not very strong, if they took the risk of launching a rebellion, the probability of success was very low, they could not be afraid of death, but they must be afraid of death, and it was indeed very cost-effective to launch a rebellion for the sake of a slim hope of success. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

When Wang San heard this, he nodded approvingly, and said softly: "The king is still more thoughtful, not only thinking of the present, but also thinking of the future of the Anxi Protectorate to rule Rome." ”

Hua An said with a smile: "These things naturally have to be considered in advance, after all, my Great Jin generals are going to rule Anxi in an all-round way, and treating the Roman captives better will be conducive to their sense of identity with the Great Jin, so as to completely integrate into the Great Jin Empire and become a part of the Great Jin Empire." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty, the last general understands." Wang San opened his mouth and answered.

Later, Hua'an sent a general to warn Barbatio, the leader of the Roman captives, that he should be honest with his Roman captives, and that if he dared to rebel and make trouble, he would annihilate them all.

Barbatio and several Roman generals under his command naturally heard that Julian's 200,000 troops were about to arrive at Ctesiphon, so they were more or less impatient in their hearts, but under the warning of the Jin generals, they were somewhat scared in their hearts, and felt that the Jin army must have already taken countermeasures.

"General, what should we do now? His Majesty the Emperor has sent his henchmen to order us to revolt inside the city to cooperate with their attack from outside the city, and the commander of the Jin army has warned us not to cause chaos. A Roman general looked at Barbatio and asked with a frown.

Barbatio sighed helplessly and said: "The commander of the Jin army has warned us, which is enough to show that they are ready to deal with our rebellion, if we rashly start an incident in the city, we will definitely be annihilated by the Jin army in one fell swoop." ”

"The general is right, if we get into trouble, the Jin army will have enough reason to kill us all, we don't have weapons and armor, and we can't effectively fight the Jin army at all." A former Roman general spoke.

"Yes! Oh, yes! Our weapons and armor have been confiscated by the Jin army, and with these tools alone, we are no match for thousands of Jin soldiers, and as long as they attack with a rain of arrows, we will suffer heavy losses. Another former Roman general spoke.

Obviously, in this case, everyone is reluctant to cooperate with Julian's actions, after all, they are now prisoners, and they are very worried about the incident, and the Jin army has already warned them, if they still insist on going their own way, the consequences will be very serious.

"General, if we don't cooperate with His Majesty the Emperor's actions, once His Majesty the Emperor defeats the Jin army and captures Tai Xifeng, I really don't know what to do with us!" A former Roman general said worriedly.

Barbatio nodded: "That's true, if we don't obey His Majesty's request, His Majesty will be very angry, but if we obey the order, I'm afraid we won't even have a chance to see His Majesty the Emperor!" Therefore, it is better to refuse to carry it out. After speaking, he looked at the crowd.

"General, I think we should wait and see what happens, if His Majesty the Emperor's soldiers and horses break through Ctesiphon, we will immediately launch a rebellion, if His Majesty's soldiers and horses can never break through Ctesiphon, we will stay here and not launch a rebellion, how about it?" A former Roman general said.

Barbatio nodded slightly, and said, "Good idea, really good idea!" We can tell His Majesty the Emperor about the situation in the city to get their forgiveness. ”

"General Yingming, let's do it!" Everyone said together.

Subsequently, Barbatio sent a man to try to contact Julian Hosaku who had infiltrated the city, and told him about their disadvantage, so that Julian should not expect too much from the soldiers and horses in the city, and at the same time, said that they were loyal to the Roman Empire, but now that they were captured by the Jin army, they did not have much ability to serve Julian.

Twenty miles outside the city of Ctesiphon, Julian sent a detailed work to Ctesiphon to tell Julian the truth about the situation of Barbatio and others.

When Julian heard this, he felt very dissatisfied, and looked at the generals, and said: "These bastards, surrendering to the Jin army has already disgraced the face of our Romans, and now, I have given them a chance to make meritorious contributions, but they refused, I will not forgive them." ”

When Severus heard this, he hurriedly said: "Your Majesty the Emperor, don't be angry, General Barbatio is not a person who is afraid of death, he refuses to obey His Majesty's orders, it must be that the environment in the city does not allow them to rebel, I am willing to believe General Barbatio and all his compatriots." ”

"Yes! His Majesty the Emperor, General Barbatio has always been the best general in the Roman Empire, and he must have been forced to surrender to the Jin army this time, and please don't be angry. Marcellus spoke.

Obviously, all the Roman generals had feelings for Barbatio, and for this reason, they did not want to see Julian hate Barbatio, and were willing to intercede for Barbatio at the risk of being disliked by Julian.

Although Julian was a little dissatisfied in his heart, since all the Roman generals supported Julian, he could not refute it, after all, it would be very detrimental to his rule if all the Roman generals were opposed to him.

"Haha! Even if Barbatio refuses to cooperate with us, we can still defeat the Jin army, forget it, we don't count on Barbatio's men, let's discuss how to defeat the Jin army! Roman Emperor Julian said lightly.

"Yes, Your Majesty the Emperor." When Severus and other Roman generals heard this, they immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

Julian looked at the Roman generals and said, "By the way, I heard that the Jin army's fire bull array is very powerful, I don't know how many fire bulls they have prepared this time?" ”

"Your Majesty the Emperor, the ploughing cattle near Tai Xifeng have long been dead, so the Jin army does not have a single fire ox." A Roman general said happily.

Julian nodded happily and said, "There is no fire bull, if this is the case, how should the Jin army attack our army?" What tactics do you think the Jin army will adopt? ”

General Severus thought for a while, and said: "Your Majesty the Emperor, I think the Jin army will use the method of iron cavalry assault to break through our army's defenses, the Jin army's iron cavalry impact is extremely powerful, and it can completely break up our army's tortoiseshell formation, which many soldiers of our army have already seen." ”

Julian nodded lightly, and said, "It is indeed a good tactic for the Jin army to use iron cavalry to attack our army's tortoiseshell formation, but how can this defeat our army?" We can use spears and javelins against them, and the spears are tied side by side on a wooden frame, which can completely block the impact of the Jin cavalry, so that the tactics of the Jin army will not work. ”

The henchman Bainobades smiled, and then said: "Generals, His Majesty the Emperor has already asked me to prepare, and now, our army has made a large number of wooden frames and spears, and if you place these wooden frames full of spears in front of the tortoiseshell formation, you can block the impact of the Jin army's iron cavalry. After speaking, he looked proudly at the Roman generals.

When the Roman generals heard this, they all nodded in approval and praised Julian's cleverness.

"Your Majesty the Emperor, the soldiers and horses of the Jin army took the initiative to provoke, and it is less than ten miles away from our army's camp." At this moment, the news came that the Jin army had taken the initiative to attack.

When the Roman generals heard this, they all looked at Julian and waited for Julian's order.

Julian smiled contemptuously and ordered, "Generals, the whole army is immediately preparing for battle and preparing to meet the Jin army. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty the Emperor." The Roman generals opened their mouths to receive the order and immediately began to prepare.

Soon, more than 200,000 soldiers and horses in Rome set up a formation to meet the battle, preparing to start a large-scale decisive battle with the attacking Jin army.

After the two armies were less than a mile apart, the Jin army's forward slowly stopped, and waited for the order to attack.

"Your Majesty, the Roman army has set up a formation to meet the battle, and it seems that it is planning a decisive battle with our army." A Jin army general said.

Hua An nodded and said: "This Julian is really arrogant, he is so confident, isn't he afraid of defeat?" ”

"Your Majesty, let our cavalry launch a surprise attack, break through the tortoiseshell formation of the Roman army first, and see how Julian can still be arrogant." A Jin army general shouted for his life.

"Your Majesty, thousands of our chariots are ready to attack at any time." A Jin army general asked.

Hua An smiled, looked at the generals, and ordered softly: "Iron cavalry attack and break the enemy army." ”

"Iron cavalry strikes and breaks the enemy." The ministry will give a loud order.

"Kill ......" Suddenly, thousands of Jin troops rode horses and rushed towards the Roman tortoiseshell array.

Seeing the Jin army's iron cavalry launch an assault, Roman Emperor Julian smiled at the corner of his mouth, looked at the generals beside him, and said softly: "Generals, do you think the Jin army's iron cavalry can break through our army's tortoiseshell formation?" ”

"Your Majesty the Emperor, we have prepared a rejection of horses, which is enough to block the Jin army's iron cavalry, and they will only be defeated and flee." A Roman general said confidently.

"Yes! Your Majesty the Emperor, when we suddenly put on a rejection array, the Jin army iron cavalry will definitely be surprised, let's wait to see the show! Severu said.

Obviously, they have a good idea of the power of the rejection array, and naturally understand that it is impossible for the Jin army's iron cavalry to break through the resistance of the rejection formation, even if they can break the rejection formation, they will suffer heavy losses, and the speed of the war horse will also be reduced, so that they will not be able to have an advantage against the Roman hoplites.

Julian smiled with satisfaction, agreeing with the generals' opinions.

Soon, tens of thousands of iron cavalry of the Jin army rushed to the front of the Roman tortoiseshell array, however, the Roman tortoiseshell array suddenly dispersed, and pushed out the rejection horse from the inside, placing two full layers to completely block the impact of the Jin army's iron cavalry, at the same time, many Roman infantry threw their javelins at the attacking Jin cavalry to cause losses to the attacking Jin cavalry.

The javelin and the rejection of the horse appeared at the same time, which made the attacking Jin army never expect that all the Jin soldiers were on guard against the javelins projected by the Roman soldiers, so they did not notice the rejection of the horse, and were blocked by the rejection of the horse, and then fell off the war horse heavily, and the Roman soldiers successfully blocked the terrible impact of the Jin army's iron cavalry with the rejection of the horse formation, and killed all the Jin cavalry who fell.

Tens of thousands of Jin soldiers, most of them were Persian and Tianzhu men and horses who surrendered, and only a small number of officers were Jin soldiers, for this reason, when they suffered such a major setback, there was a tendency to collapse immediately, and immediately retreated backwards, in order to prevent the Jin army from being dispersed in the rear, they spontaneously retreated to the side.

The Jin army was unfavorable, which made Hua An's heart slightly surprised, after all, he didn't expect in advance that there would be a rejection of horses in the Roman tortoiseshell array.

"Your Majesty, there is a hidden rejection of horses in the Roman tortoiseshell array, and our soldiers have suffered heavy losses!" Song Cheng said angrily.

Hua An sighed and said softly: "Fortunately, most of the soldiers who attacked were Persian and Tianzhu soldiers, so the losses of our army were not large. ”

Obviously, no matter how much the Persian soldiers and Tianzhu soldiers lost, Hua'an would not be the slightest sad, because they were all affiliated armies, and their sense of identity with the Great Jin was not very strong, and their losses were not much of a loss to the Great Jin.

"Your Majesty, it seems that the chariot must be attacked." Wang San opened his mouth and said.

Hua An nodded approvingly: "That's right, it's time for the chariot troops to attack, let the chariot troops attack immediately and storm the Roman tortoiseshell formation, and the rest of the troops are ready to respond at any time." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty, the chariot troops will attack immediately." The general ordered loudly.

After ......hearing the order, thousands of Jin army chariots suddenly poured out from the rear, and immediately rushed towards the direction where the Roman tortoiseshell array was located at the fastest speed.

Seeing a large number of chariots rushing towards the Roman tortoiseshell array, Hua An showed a confident smile, while the Roman Emperor Julian on the opposite side panicked, he did not see the chariot troops of the Jin army, but he could still feel the unstoppable momentum of the chariots, and was worried about the troops under his command.

"Your Majesty the Emperor, what kind of troops is this, we don't seem to have seen it before." Severus said nervously.

"Tank troops, it should be tank troops." Marcellus spoke.

Julian frowned at Marcellus and said softly, "Marcellus, have you fought with chariot troops?" ”

"No, Your Majesty the Emperor, our enemies don't use chariots, and we don't have this opportunity, but I really didn't expect the Jin army to have chariots, the impact of this thing is extremely powerful, and it is very difficult to deal with." Marcellus said truthfully.

Obviously, due to the strong rise of cavalry, the chariot in this era has long been eliminated, however, the chariot is still a powerful weapon, but the battlefield adaptability is a little worse, especially the speed of the chariot has been unable to keep up with the cavalry, so it is inevitable to be eliminated, when as long as it can be used, the chariot can still be a magic weapon to defeat the enemy. (To be continued.) )