Chapter 1942 Taking advantage of the chaos to cross
Obviously, compared to a tool like a raft, the opponent's talent for crossing water as if walking on flat ground brings a huge advantage on the water, which cannot be eliminated at all.
[Huh, as expected, walking directly on the water caused a lot of losses to the soldiers, but I seized this opportunity and annihilated nearly two thousand Anxi elites. The small loss to myself was negligible. I think Anxi will not make irrational actions in the short term.
.] Benito felt a lot more relieved as he felt the morale of the soldiers around him continue to recover.
After all, Benito's purpose from the beginning was not to fight a head-on war with the Parthians, but to seize the opportunity to take advantage of the chaos and attack the Parthians head-on, letting the soldiers around him understand that although their Roman legion had been severely damaged,
The strength is still there.
The timing just now was very good. I had been holding back not to expose such an ability before, just to make the Parthians realize once and for all that attacking by force was definitely a stupid choice.
Seeing that the Parthians on the other side of the river had not retreated, Benito didn't pay too much attention. After all, two-thirds of the pontoon bridge had been repaired. Suddenly, he realized that all the work done before was in vain. It would probably be unacceptable to anyone else.
"Ferruccio, you have people form defenses on the spot. Although the Parthians are at peace now, if we are negligent, what happened before is still very likely to happen." Benito observed the Parthians on the opposite side and determined
Although An Anxi was furious, after seeing the performance of the fourteenth combined legion, they probably gave up the idea of forcing a breakthrough.
But even so, Benito still cautiously ordered all the legions to be stationed along the river in accordance with the defense lines he had arranged. On the Anxi side, there seemed to be no way, but they were unwilling to give up and wanted to wait for the Romans to neglect.
Same.
"Is the attack launched before dawn under the cover of darkness?" Zhuge Liang and others asked, "In our current situation, only if Aldashir can contain the fourteenth combined legion can we successfully cross the river."
"Based on Ardashir's situation, he is very likely to choose that time, so we are ready for the damn Fourteenth Legion." Fars Sasan was furious, "If the Fourteenth Legion withdraws to Euphrates later,
To the east of the river, then pursue them directly, and the other things will turn around and plunder them."
Zhuge Liang nodded. Indeed, if Fars Sassanid successfully defeated the Roman army by attracting the enemy's attention on this side of the Tigris River, then when the Romans escaped across the Euphrates River, they would then use the same method as before.
The Romans cared more about eating than fighting!
When it was darkest before dawn the next day, Ardashir's army launched an attack on the Romans in the dark. As far as Gao Shun and others observed, although the Parthian attack was discovered by the Romans, it was not possible.
Shi was already too close and there was no way to stop him.
"Everyone listen to my order, rush to the beach and land!" When Fars Sasan discovered the fire burning in the Roman camp, he knew that his grandson had launched an attack and was working hard to contain the opponent. Without any hesitation, he personally
Boarded the pontoon bridge and ordered a raft to force the crossing.
The Roman camp could not be said to be chaotic. Because of Benito's caution, all the elite troops stationed on the perimeter were the elites of the 14th and 15th Eagle Legions. Therefore, although they were caught off guard by the sudden attack of the Parthians, they were not in danger.
Let the whole camp be in turmoil.
However, Aldashir knew his purpose better. He was not here to compete with the Romans, but to attract the attention of the Romans. Therefore, under the cover of night, Aldashir's team was almost a long line.
In a short time, half of the Roman camp was under attack.
Under the dark lights, the Parthian people's shouts of killing were everywhere, and the sound was so loud that even Benito had some doubts about whether the Parthian army had already crossed the Tigris River, let alone the ordinary soldiers below.
Therefore, the originally stationed camp was obviously in chaos at this time. Even with the suppression of the 14th and 15th legions, the barbarian army did not completely collapse, but the 14th and 15th legions were gradually attacked by Aldashir.
Attracted attention.
"Come on!" Fars Sasan roared while standing on the pontoon. Countless rafts had been prepared. Taking advantage of the darkness and when the Romans had no time to counterattack, they took advantage of only one-third of the river width left.
, struggling to cross the Tigris River!
"Kill!" Datis led his bodyguards to successfully seize the beach first. He immediately stepped on the cold river water in the night and launched an attack on the Romans against the clouds from both sides!
"Charge, charge, charge!" Fars Sasan was overjoyed when he saw this scene. As Datis charged past, many Parthians soon followed the direction of Datis and rushed to the river bank.
Under the organization, they quickly launched an attack on the Roman archers deployed on the river beach, preparing for the landing of more Parthians later.
As more and more soldiers crossed the Tigris River from Anxi, and even gradually began to have an organization and scale, Fars Sasan made a decisive decision and rushed over by boat. At this time, the Han army leisurely passed by by boat.
Walk.
"This kind of chaotic fighting is good. On such a flat plain, it is not easy for the Parthians to attack the Romans who are so well-defended and gradually stabilize the defense line. Brothers, copy weapons and help the friendly forces!" Li Jue arrived on the other side of the river.
, already excited, it was already dawning, and the Romans, under the command of Benito, had stabilized their front.
However, when Li Jue was copying weapons and preparing to help, the situation on the Roman side had changed dramatically. It was obvious that Benito had a good vision. He knew his purpose and priorities, and did not give Li Jue an opportunity to appear at all.
Chance.
Although compared to the steady stream of armies emerging from Fars and Sassanid, this line of defense cannot sustain for too long, but at this level, the Romans have no need to support it. Their rear defense line only needs to resist for a while.
You can retreat directly.
"Ferruccio, inform Elkland that they are retreating. You will lead the fifteenth legion and fight while retreating. The fourteenth legion will follow me to cut off the rear." Benito commanded the army to attack alternately, replacing the barbarians who were easily broken through.
Army, let them carry out auxiliary attacks, and then the 15th Army Corps will cover them, preparing for these people to retreat first.
"Evacuate to where?" Ferruccio asked.
"Withdraw to the west of the Euphrates River. The defense line there has been built. After retreating there, we can recruit troops on the spot and replenish our troops. You go and notify me. I will block it first." Benito said calmly.
Adjutant Ferruccio ordered, and Ferruccio also knew that he could not waste too much time at this time, so he went to inform him immediately.
