Chapter two hundred and fortieth peace talks?
The bloody smell rages on the field, and the slaughtering is mixed with the sound of Roman footsteps and shouts in the field. They walk among the bodies, checking for those who may be pretending to be dead, or those who are not dead, and then kill the groaning wounded, and someone picks up the broken flag stained with blood and sends it to the commander.
"This is the Seliusian text, it's a strange font..."
How did the generals of the small legions gather here? The battlefield has come to an end, leaving only some auxiliary soldiers to collect the spoils. When they came over, Fretenses was looking at the unfolded flag on his horse, and his half-closed eyes were filled with disdainful smiles, "You guys say, have the escaped cavalry of Selius captured? Let's guess?"
"There are not many people who escaped. Tiberius's cavalry is very powerful. I guess he has already brought news of victory to the commander on his way back." The general who spoke was Olus, whose blood was not fading away. He is known for his bravery. He wiped the sword edge with blood, looked at the corpse on the field with fierce eyes. After saying that, he inserted his sword back into the sheath.
Fretenses nodded with satisfaction, and then issued an order, "Quickly clear the battlefield and gather the soldiers. Time has passed too long. The reinforcements of the Selius people may come from other directions. We must leave, first go to the northern grassland to avoid the pursuit, and then go east to find the Shanggu..."
The words suddenly stopped, and their eyes were facing forward, eastward. When everyone saw him stopping and looking at him, they looked over with their sight. The sound of horse hooves galloped from afar and approached from a distance. A group of hundreds of Roman spear-bowed cavalry ran towards this side in panic, bringing a message in panic.
The enemy's reinforcements came, and Olus was split in half by a tall and burly Selius man. The centurion who fled back witnessed all this. The number of his own side was not large, and there were a thousand cavalrymen on the other side, so he decided to retreat, but he was still chased and killed for two miles by the man with a long knife.
"In this way, the Selius people in the East have known us. The other party is not large. The proud Roman eagle is never afraid of provocation. Let's fight another battle, so that Selius can remember the name Rome."
After hearing the news of Olus' death in battle, all the generals around him fell into silence. Fretenses smiled and waved at them: "Let the flag officer pass on the orders, form a formation, and welcome the Selius people."
However, more news appeared from the other directions... made him choked up and swallowed. The cavalry that was sending messages continued to come. In the southwest of the river, thousands of Cellius troops were moving towards this side. In the southeast, a cavalry of five thousand people was approaching quickly. In the north, there was also a cavalry of about five thousand people running towards this side. In the east, it was basically considered to be surrounded by three sides.
The generals under Fretenses were immediately in anger, and the messages were shocking.
When he first came to the Han area, he had 20,000 people around him. After fighting with the current team of Cellius for the first time, there were still more than 16,000 people. Compared with the other party, he was not bad at all. However, as an experienced commander and commander, he naturally understood his own shortcomings.
"The Eastern Selius people really pay attention to cavalry... Why is the news of the scout here just now?" Fretenses's words were faintly angry, and in their tone, everyone had lowered their heads, making them afraid to respond. After a moment, Fretenses pursed his lips and brewed a tone: "Since we have shown the strong muscles of the empire to the Selius people, we should show our civilization and politeness next."
"It is a misunderstanding that the heroic general Selius should be restrained, sent to the other party, and sent an envoy to express the empire's greetings. There should be no personal emotional grudge between the two countries."
"Don't the other party believe it?"
"The Selius people will not want to die more." Fretenses' voice was very soft, and he looked at the neat military formations on the field that were gathering, and his words were full of confidence.
Then, he looked southwest, where soldiers and horses came.
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At the same time, the army of the Ma family in Xiliang swept across.
"Hurry up! Speed up--"
The horse's hooves churned, and its footsteps thundered onto the boundary southwest of Yunzhong County, with spears standing in front of them. These elite soldiers from Guanxi carried iron spears longer than their heights. Large oars (shields) meandered, and large cages with the words "Han" and "Horse" on both sides fluttered in a cool summer breeze.
Under the banner, the young general wearing silver armor, lion helmet and beast belt urged the team to move forward. Soon after, from afar, he saw the ignition of the beacon smoke at the end of his vision, and the ground was full of dazzling colors and corpses.
It's late...
This thought flashed through his mind, then gritted his teeth and widened his eyes. He looked at the army that had regrouped in the sticky red, and immediately stepped forward and roared wildly: "Let the array!"
The horn sounds.
The winding dragon team began to move in the sound of footsteps under the banner, and lined up. A very long iron spear was pressed down, and a large shield stood on the ground with a loud bang. Someone used weapons to slap the big shield and let out a roar before the fight. The cavalry roared into two strands to protect the two wings of the square formation.
The formation is surprisingly similar to the square formation of the Roman soldiers on the opposite side.
"Preparation..." The figure who was gritting his teeth and was about to break, raised his tiger's head and swallowed the heavy gun. Before the word "promotion" was released, Pang De rushed here with a knife and shouted: "Young lord, don't take action."
When he came closer, when Ma Chao looked over, he stabbed his long sword into the soil under the horse and bowed: "There are too many people in the Qin Dynasty, and we only have five thousand people. If we start a rashly, there will be too many casualties and injuries. The main force of this side should be Gongsun Zhi's people, and we are just a guest army that should not take the initiative."
"In the eyes of my Ma family, foreign tribes should fight in the eyes of the Han territory! There is no difference between a host and a guest." Ma Chao raised his gun and pointed the tip of the gun at the other party: "They came here for a long distance and fought for a long time. It is the best time to attack. If you are afraid, retreat aside."
Pang De ignored the tip of his gun and immediately stepped forward, pointed at the retreating military formation, shouting: "The lord sent me with the young lord to persuade him. Look at the other party, there is no sign of decline. Xiliang is already poor, and many people who died and injured are heartbroken."
The sun shone down from the gaps in the sky, and the shadow of the white clouds was walking on the ground. As far as the vision was visible, the Roman army slowly retreated in an orderly manner, and a large number of heavy steps were taken to guard the defense.
Ma Chao pinched the gun, slammed the ground, gritted his teeth and roared: "Since you don't fight, then follow them, keep a distance and set up a camp, send someone to find Bailang's army, and come and join together."
The cavalry rushed out.
When the sky was setting in the west, the Xianbei Suonu's bow and cavalry came from the north, and the Xiongnu's cavalry went to the designated location. To the east, in the distance, less than twenty miles away from where Ma Chao was, there were also more than 5,000 cavalry formations coming over in black, with the words "Han" and the flag painted with huge white wolf roaring in the wind.
Gongsun Zhi finally arrived next to this day.
Chapter completed!