I have three hundred soldiers, all of whom can warm wine and kill Hua Xiong

Jugiba, captain of the first division of the Roman Third Legion, had just scolded the soldiers to raise their wooden shields when a huge stone ball fell from the sky and smashed Jugiba into a puddle of flesh.

Takamaru, the flag officer of the Roman No. 12 Legion, was directly penetrated by a crossbow arrow.

Compared with the Romans who were at the rear, the auxiliary legions suffered more heavy casualties.

The Spartans and Thracians, who had always been known for their bravery, fell in pieces. Before they could reach the enemy, they had already suffered half of their casualties.

"Pull the bow and release it!"

As Ma Zhong finished speaking, thousands of long arrows roared out, directly erasing a large area of ​​Spartans.

By this time, the Spartans were starting to get a little desperate.

Because they are still at least 250 steps away from the Han army.

To cross this distance, the Spartans would have to encounter at least five waves of dense arrow rain.

Five waves of dense arrow rain were enough to kill all the Spartans.

"Send the order to blow the horn and continue the charge!"

Durex gritted his teeth and ordered loudly.

Now that the Romans had finally rushed to a place not far from the Han army, no matter what Durex said, he could not give up all his previous efforts.

In addition, the Spartans and Thracians were at the forefront. Even if all of these people died, Durex would not be too heartbroken.

The Spartans wanted to retreat, but when the horn sounded from behind, the Spartans quickly gave up the idea of ​​retreat.

In Rome of this era, the method of sitting together was very popular.

The Romans were even more harsh on foreigners like Sparta.

If the Spartans retreated from the battlefield, their families would suffer.

The lighter ones were demoted to slaves, and the more severe ones were directly executed.

Retreating would mean death and would bring harm to the family.

All Spartans knew how to choose.

"Unyielding Spartans!"

"The gods are with us."

"For Sparta!"

Under the baptism of long arrows, the Spartans suddenly burst into super morale.

They tore their cloaks off their backs and threw away their bucklers.

Either holding a dagger or a spear, they rushed towards the Han army desperately.

They rushed so fast that the distance seemed to shorten by a hundred steps in the blink of an eye.

As long as they get a little closer, to a distance of [-] steps, the Spartans can throw their spears at the Han army and kill them.

This scene also made both Durex and Jieshi Bang heave a long sigh of relief.

In their opinion, as long as the Spartans can rush in front of the Han army, the Romans will win the final victory in this battle.

However, before Durex and Jieshi Bang could be happy for a long time, short crossbow arrows suddenly shot out from the Han army.

The crossbow arrows seemed to stretch endlessly, and in just a moment, all the Spartans fell into the hail of arrows.

The whole process only lasted a few breaths at most.

"This this……"

Durex and Jieshibon once again had their mouths opened.

The crossbows used by the Han army, which could fire continuously, completely refreshed Durex and Jieshi Bang's understanding.

There were also crossbows used by individual soldiers in Rome, but the crossbows used by individual soldiers were not only heavy, but they could only fire one crossbow arrow at a time.

In addition, crossbows used by individual soldiers often have various problems and are inconvenient to maintain and maintain, so crossbows were not very popular among the Roman army.

As the Spartans all fell in the path of the charge, the Thracians began to follow in the Spartan footsteps again.

In front of the Han army's camp, thousands of corpses had fallen one after another, but no one could come within thirty steps of the Han army.

"General Durex, give the order to retreat."

Jaspern turned to look at Durex expressionlessly. Without waiting for Durex's reply, Jasbang continued: "We have brought the young men from Rome, so we have the responsibility to take them back."

"It would be a shame for us two to die at our old age, but the boys in Rome still have a lot of happy time ahead of them."

After hearing what Jiesbon said, Durex raised his head and looked into the distance.

Seeing that the Roman soldiers were completely demoralized on the battlefield, even though Durex was a very stubborn old guy, he had to admit defeat.

"Retreat, tell the soldiers to evacuate out of the range of the catapults first. Then organize the army and cover each other for retreat."

It was not easy for the Romans to retreat.

Under the double blow of crossbows and catapults, the Romans lost at least 5000 lives during their retreat.

When the battle began, the Romans had a total of [-] troops. However, less than two hours into the battle, there were only more than [-] Romans left.

Seeing the piles of corpses on the battlefield, Durex suddenly had the urge to draw his sword and kill himself.

However, when she thought about the beautiful slave girls in her home, Durex finally gave up her plan to commit suicide.

"The army retreats, to the Kangju Kingdom, no, to the Kushan Kingdom first."

As soon as Durex's order was given, he heard the sound of rapid horse hooves roaring in the distance again.

Durex frowned and looked into the distance, and soon saw three thousand white horses roaring towards them.

"Damn it, it's the Han cavalry. These Han cavalry have never appeared on the battlefield before. It turns out that they are preparing to cut off our retreat."

Jasper's slightly anxious voice sounded.

Durex hesitated for a moment, then loudly said to the soldiers around him: "The Third Army, the No. 12 Army retreated towards the west, and the remaining auxiliary corps rushed forward to face the enemy cavalry."

After a great battle, there were about 8000 people left in the auxiliary corps.

Among the 8000 people, except for the Thracians who had some fighting ability, the rest were Egyptian craftsmen and Syrian craftsmen, and [-] archers without weapons.

Durex ordered the auxiliary legions to charge against the White Horse Yi Cong. The purpose was to sacrifice the auxiliary legions and create an opportunity for the Romans to escape.

Under the scolding of the Romans, the auxiliary legions rushed towards the White Horse Yicon.

The Roman legions took the opportunity to flee towards the west.

Unfortunately, they only ran a short distance away when Ma Teng and Ma Chao led their soldiers to rush out again.

Seeing the army led by Ma Teng and Ma Chao, Durex took a deep breath, and then issued a new order.

"Command, the soldiers with noble titles continue to retreat westward, while the civilian soldiers stay to stop the enemy."

"Jacob, you and I are the commanders of the No. 12 Legion and the Third Legion respectively. For these two legions, we cannot fall into the hands of the Han."

Jieshi Bang was slightly shocked, thinking that Durex wanted to impose sanctions, but he heard Durex whisper from the side: "We need to seize the time and take the first step with our personal guards. As long as we are alive, we can reorganize the two legions. "

"For the two legions and for Rome, we must survive."