sweeping the world

Chapter 744
There is no conflict of interest between Han and Persian Sasanians. On the contrary, they share common interests in many aspects. The most obvious common point of interest is targeting the Gupta Dynasty.What's more, Han also needs the cooperation of Persian Sasanian in some aspects from land to west...or assistance. The two countries are in the honeymoon period of cooperation, and there is no need to stumbling each other.

In fact, even if it was just a stumbling block or something, it was just to deliberately cause thousands of Persians to be lost in a certain battlefield. No matter how you look at it, this kind of conspiracy will not be on the table. It should be a trap set in the overall strategic situation.

Cheng Shuo did not receive any hints or hints against the Persian friendly forces, nor did he receive any instructions to deliberately protect the Persian friendly forces. Everything was judged by himself based on immediate needs.

They were attacked on the way to the march, and it is temporarily impossible to determine how many enemy troops are attacking, let alone what is going on around them, such as whether there are friendly troops nearby, whether all the enemy troops attacking them have appeared, the correct way is to calm down , not because a local friendly army looked bad and started to deal with it rashly.

The Persians in the marching troops had obviously become the breakthrough point of the enemy's attack. More and more enemy troops rushed towards the Persians, and the pressure on the rest of the area was relaxed. Cheng Shuo quickly figured out the general situation.

"Han Army!"

The noisy battlefield is full of strange voices. It takes a loud voice to transmit the sound through the noise. Cheng Shuo's voice is not small. After a loud roar, the soldiers of the Han army who heard the call They all respond to the word "mighty".

After the soldiers of the Han army who formed an array to protect themselves responded, it was like a machine that had been silent waking up. Cheng Shuo called out the word "Han army" again, and all the soldiers responded with "mighty", and then each of them ended up The defensive shield burst apart in an instant.

The splitting of the shield wall is like a budding flower blooming, but the flower is harmless and beautiful, but the cracking of the shield wall is a sharp arrow shot out, and a large number of stunned or stunned enemy soldiers fell on the arrows. Next, the next scene is the soldiers of the Han army striding and swinging their sharp knives, blood blooming continuously amidst various screams.

The Han army took some action, and the morale of the Persians was immediately stimulated, but the next moment it was the battle cry they hated.

"For Rome!" Marius Ugli raised his dagger, and slashed down in a very cool way: "Attack!"

Pieces of square shields cracked amidst the clashing sounds, while the Roman soldiers shouted "Hoo! Hoo! Hoo!" in a rhythmic manner, stepping on small steps with one hand holding the square shield, and the other hand stabbing with a short spear step by step, watching. The queue is neat.

The roads in the forest are not regular. The widest section is about seven meters, while the narrower ones are only about five meters. There are troops marching, and after setting up defenses, they occupy most of the space. There are only a few incoming enemy troops. In the space, most of the enemy troops are crowded at the edge of the forest with trees.

In this environment, long-range attack weapons such as bows, crossbows, and javelins are actually of little use. If launched into the forest, they will inevitably be blocked by layers of tree trunks. The Han camp has shifted from a defensive posture to an offensive posture. Only the long-range weapons were fired at the beginning, and only some people who fired 1 accurate shots later used cold arrows. The rest, except for the necessary reserves, all participated in the melee combat.

The enemy troops who attacked did not have uniform uniforms. It’s not that they didn’t see people wearing the same uniforms, but the overall uniforms were not uniform. In general, some of the enemy troops’ uniforms were still the same, but the number of enemy troops was too large to wear There are too few people in unanimous uniforms, and it doesn't take much brains to judge that it is also a joint attack.

The non-Han camp appeared on the battlefield again, and there is no doubt that it belonged to the camp of the Gupta Dynasty. It is not an exaggeration to say that the Han Dynasty's invasion of the Gupta Dynasty turned into a world war.

Originally Han was on his own, but the Persian Sasanian stepped in later. The Persians felt that the scene was not big enough, so they recruited several countries to participate, and organized a so-called "Five-Nation Alliance", but in fact, apart from Han Except for the large number of troops dispatched by the two Satraps, the rest of the three parties, including Persia, are mostly soy sauce.

As a regional hegemony, the Gupta Dynasty was not a vegetarian either. They were not considered weak, and their economic strength was particularly strong.After realizing that the war was inevitable, they mobilized quickly, and they also won over several countries in terms of diplomatic relations.

The three "empire" superpowers of World Island, that is, Han and Persia have become an alliance, and Rome has shown the greatest goodwill to Han.To a certain extent, these three countries represent the world today, and each has its own younger brother. The armies of the three countries all appeared on the battlefield with the Gupta dynasty. It is said that the Gupta dynasty was fighting against the whole world. Not an exaggeration.

Of course, the home field of the war was on the side of the Gupta Dynasty.

The Han army mobilized two standing armies, 15 county soldiers, and 30 servants to the land battlefield with the Gupta camp, which has exceeded the limit. If there is no supply convenience from the system warehouse, let alone about 3 people, even 4 people While the long-distance supply of China will drag down the logistics line, it may even drag down the country.On the other side... that is, there are more than [-] Han soldiers and civilians in the southeast of Pyu, and it is impossible to have more.

How many countries and how many people did the Gupta Dynasty gather to form a coalition army? The Han army only got a vague number, and the Gupta Dynasty claimed to be a million.

The coalition forces of the Gupta camp that entered the land battlefield, Huan Wen's repeated snooping information is about 20 people, but the coalition forces themselves claim to be 80.

Cheng Shuo knew the total number of enemy troops on land and looked at the actual situation on the battlefield. He guessed that the attacking enemy troops would not exceed [-] at most, so of course he would kill them without hesitation.

The air here is mostly humid throughout the year. After too many people bleed, the smell of plants in the humid air is immediately replaced by the smell of blood.

The two camps fought for about half an hour. The battlefield stretched from around the road to the forest, and dead bodies and wailing soldiers could be seen everywhere.

"The incoming enemy army is more than [-] people." Cheng Shuo did not pursue it personally, and the order he gave to the troops was not to pursue too far. After defeating the enemy army, they should come back to rest.He ordered people to torture the captives to get the answer, and found Marius Ugli and Urgutai Bahram, and asked, "How about your army's losses?"

Marius Ugli could see that he was relatively relaxed emotionally, and he didn't answer immediately.

Urgutai Bahram's face was ugly, and he evaded saying that he hadn't had time to count the casualties, but then said: "Please allow the Han army to hand over the prisoners to us."

The hasty and short fight has come to an end, the fleeing enemy army disappeared into the woods, and the Han army, which took a short rest, has troops to continue marching in advance.

Cheng Shuo pondered for a while, and agreed to Urgutai Bahram's request.

Soon, the captured enemy troops were dispersed. They were tied up with ropes one by one, and then escorted into the forest row by row. The Persians were escorted row by row, each time about That's about 5 minutes.

The enemy prisoners of war who were escorted into the woods by the Persians were kicked down and kneeled on the ground by the Persians, and then wiped their necks with a machete.

People do not die immediately when their necks are swabbed. It is because the trachea is quickly filled with blood after being cut. People still need to struggle for a while. Depending on each person, the length of struggle varies, and then they die slowly due to suffocation.

It is impossible to carry prisoners of war in the marching state. Cheng Shuo will agree to Urgutai Bahram's request, and those prisoners of war will be killed anyway.He frowned at the way the Persians killed the prisoners of war. The Han army killed the prisoners of war by cutting off their heads very neatly, and they were relieved after a short flash of the knife. Compared with the Persian methods, they were cruel to those who must die.

People, the shorter the time of death, the easier it is to get relief. On the contrary, it will be terrible if you don't lose consciousness for the first time.

Almost Cheng Shuo's side continued to resume marching, and troops from the front line came.

The captain who led the team was Zhang Lian, whose arrival solved Cheng Shuo's confusion.

"Our attempt to attack the camp did not achieve the desired effect. The troops retreated three miles to rest and reorganize. The enemy came out of the camp to counterattack. The enemy who came to attack you should be part of it." Zhang Lian did not bring as many troops as a division. It's just two songs.They didn't come here to respond, but to go to a stronghold on the marching route to defend: "The attack situation has basically not changed, and it is generally to attract the enemy to take the initiative. There is still military affairs, so I won't say much."

Cheng Shuo was relieved.

Since it is a war zone, there is no such thing as mastering everything. It would be a miracle if you can really grasp all the movements of the enemy. They encounter surprises without warning in advance. This is a normal state of war. Even if you suffer heavy losses, you will be considered incompetent. If you withstand and win, you will be rewarded based on your merits.

In the hasty battle just now, the Han army lost more than 27 people, and 300 people were directly killed. The rest were seriously injured and disabled, and the remaining minor injuries were not counted at all; It was relatively miserable. More than 24 people died in battle, and more than [-] people lost their ability to move. The servant Urgutai Bahram would think he deserved to die, but more than [-] soldiers and nearly a hundred soldiers died in battle. It really made his heart tremble with pain; the Romans only killed seven people in battle, and [-] people were seriously injured or lost their actions, which was considered the smallest loss.

In contrast, the Han camp killed [-] enemy troops, and captured more than [-] enemy troops to the Persians to vent their anger.

"About one-third of the Persians disappeared immediately?" Of course, Si Hongzhuang wanted to meet Cheng Shuo, and asked about the battle process and the casualties face to face: "It's really..."

Cheng Shuo knew very well why it was like that. The Persians' arrangement for the march in the forest was wrong at the beginning, but after communicating with them, they were not taken seriously. They looked easy to bully, and of course they became the "MT" of the entire marching team.

"Two to three out of ten of those victories are the results of the Romans?" Si Hongzhuang had been in contact with the Roman army for nearly a month or two, and he said rather unexpectedly: "It seems that the Romans are indeed better at fighting than the Persians."

Whether the Romans could fight better than the Persians has long been known. Cheng Shuo, who has personally experienced the whole battle, reacted to the Romans’ attack, including the subsequent counterattack. The overall impression was very deep: “The Romans obviously have a rich forest Combat experience, personal quality and overall coordination cannot be underestimated."

That was Cheng Shuo's intuitive impression of seeing the Romans lined up to harvest the enemy's army like mowing grass. The method of attacking people with a square shield step by step and stabbing a short spear is simple and direct, but it is absolutely impossible without good training. There is such a high level of synergy.

Si Hongzhuang just made the necessary understanding. He was not qualified to deal with the incompetence shown by the Persians and the toughness he showed with the Romans. Basically, he just wanted to report to higher-ups that he was not qualified to deal with diplomatic relations between countries. suggestion.

Cheng Shuo led the troops over, and he didn't have any time to breathe. He was immediately assigned to a certain area, and he didn't know what the situation was. The Romans were assigned to his chain of command, but the Persians were assigned by Si Hong. Zhuang stayed at the command headquarters.

The Pingman Military Command occupied the mountainous area to build a defensive chain. Beyond the mountainous area was a relatively flat jungle. When the Han army attacked, they cut down an area to set up camp, but they really couldn't carve out much space.

On the side of the Gupta camp, their camp is also in the jungle. The result of the spying by the Han army is that the Gupta camp did not cut down trees at all. Only a small part of them will build tents, and some will build shacks. More people Simply sleep out.

Neither side has the ability or the time to cut down trees, so the war zone is naturally under the jungle.

Seriously speaking, if fighting in such an environment, the first thing that comes to mind with the pissing nature of Zhuxia civilization is fire attack. The camp is of course to cut down the necessary vacuum belt.

The problem was that Si Hongzhuang really didn't dare to play with fire. It wasn't out of any idea of ​​caring for the forest. It was because the area was a continuous jungle, and it was impossible to control the fire once it was set on fire.What's even worse is that the continuous rainy season has just ended, no matter what it is, there is enough water, so fire attack is really not that fun.

To put it simply, if you really want to play with fire, it is not easy to light wet trees and plants. Unless you can carry several tons of dry firewood or kerosene and arrange them everywhere, you will not be able to play with fire at all. attack.

"This fucking place is full of poisonous insects..." Si Hongzhuang could get reports every day, how much was damaged in which village, and he knew deeply that the jungle is really not so easy to treat.He subconsciously looked at a nearby stove, which was cooking python soup: "There are too many snakes."

No joke, the Han army also discovered a snake nest when building the camp and had to move to another camp.In this jungle, there are many venomous snakes, including pythons as large as a bucket of more than ten meters. At first, the soldiers used such pythons as dragons.

"General Zhengnan's request to capture more enemy troops is too reasonable!"

Si Hongzhuang knew very well that to develop such a dilapidated place, it really cannot be filled with the lives of the Han people, but the life of foreigners is the kingly way!

(End of this chapter)