Chapter 1167 Cannon Fodder Barbarian Legion
The city of Rome, which also found the remnants of paradise, is preparing to send troops.
"Oh? I didn't expect to meet him so soon. Are you sure he's from the Han Dynasty?" Lucius asked in surprise.
"It's confirmed, it's the Han army, it should be Sun Quan and Cao Pi on the list!" The centurion of the Fifth Skylark nodded helplessly.
"Two? How many people are they?" Caracalla asked with a frown.
"That's a lot of people. Both sides are estimated to have mobilized no less than 50,000 troops! Their exact strength is still unknown!"
The centurion shook his head. Although he wanted to get closer to take a look, the other party reacted quickly and was noticed as soon as he approached.
"In Cao Pi's camp, there are a large number of non-human creatures. They are suspected to be mercenaries hired from the American continent, similar to those in Kushan!"
The Centurion said with a somewhat bald head that since the War in Heaven, everyone's research on light and darkness has intensified, and the control of light and darkness that was always successful in the past is now a little less effective.
Even the young forces of the Han Dynasty could discover their existence, which made things increasingly difficult.
However, the legion commander Palmiro told them that they had found a lot of good things in heaven, and after Caesar had cracked it, their Fifth Skylark would be able to upgrade.
"Interesting, I want to go, who wants to come with me?" Lucius excitedly picked up his sword and was about to stand up.
"There are only three of us, let's go together!" Annia said coldly.
Caracalla also nodded. Everyone else was already trying to occupy the wreckage of heaven, and the only ones who were safe were the three of them, so it was a good opportunity for them to go together.
Three Eagle Flag Legions, plus the assistance of nine Citizen Legions and tens of thousands of barbarian servants, should be enough to fight against the Han Dynasty.
It’s not that they have no confidence, but they have to be prepared for Cao Pi and Sun Quan to join forces. After all, Cao Pi and Sun Quan are both members of the Han Dynasty. Even if they are competitors, Rome may unite against them.
"Then let's go. I've asked the person in charge over there to start preparing!" Lucius couldn't wait to rush out of the room to gather his legion.
This group of young people rose to power too quickly and urgently needed some achievements to secure their positions. After witnessing the War in Heaven, they all wanted to improve themselves, and war was the perfect catalyst.
On the other side, Cao Pi, who had already entered the wreckage of heaven and was arranging the ceremony, frowned.
He originally thought that Sun Quan was the only competitor, but he did not expect that a third party would intervene.
"You mean, we just found someone spying on our camp?"
"Yes, my king, we just received news from the underground people that there were dozens of people wandering outside our camp, and the ground was clearly shaking!"
Carl listened to the information coming from the wind and reported to Cao Pi seriously.
"The invisible scout... Rome's fifth skylark? Or is it the fourteenth group?"
They had all read the intelligence that Zhuge Liang had passed back to the Han Dynasty, and they all remembered the several tricky abilities that were emphasized in it.
This invisible scout is obviously from the Roman legion, but I don't know whether it is the original Fifth Skylark or a highly imitated version of the Fourteenth Combination.
"Strengthen the defense of the camp and share the news with Sun Quan. We may be in big trouble!" After thinking for a long time, Cao Pi decided to temporarily join forces with Sun Quan to drive Rome out first.
Before determining the strength of the Roman army, it would be difficult to determine the winner with Sun Quan, so they simply put aside their fight and temporarily join forces.
Ever since being targeted by Cao Ang, Cao Pi realized where his shortcomings were and changed his ways a lot.
In the past, he had thought of joining forces with Rome to get rid of Sun Quan first.
But now, he more or less understood what his foundation was.
The reason why he was able to develop ocean trade was not because he, Cao Pi, was so capable and could actually engage in ocean trade.
It was because he used the platform of the Han Empire to display his intelligence and talents.
The Han Empire is his basic base, just like the Cao family and the Xiahou family were originally his basic base. It's a pity that he abandoned that basic base. If he makes mistakes on the basic base again, he will really have no chance of success.
"Carl, get ready, send out the scouts to find the location of the Roman legion. We have to strike first!" Cao Pi tapped his palm and finally decided to take the initiative.
Ever since heaven exploded and turned into scattered debris, it has interacted with the scattered real-world space, so some complex terrains will also appear in the debris of heaven.
The area they entered had no geographical advantages to take advantage of, and it could even be said to be in a pretty bad place, so he set up camp in advance and built temporary fortifications to create artificial geographical advantages for himself.
In any case, he was still very wary of Lu Meng's existence. When he learned that Lu Meng had resumed his position as Sun Quan's commander-in-chief, he made up his mind to avoid engaging in military combat with Sun Quan in the wild.
Instead, he planned to set up a camp and fight a defensive counterattack with Sun Quan. After Lu Meng became the God of War, there were advantages, but there were also obvious disadvantages. After becoming the God of War, Lu Meng had almost no idea of defense, and all he did was send troops to attack.
This was also the flaw that Cao Pi discovered in Lu Meng, and at this time, it was just right for him to take advantage of it.
"Report, my lord, the place where the Romans appeared is thirty miles west of our army!" The sudden appearance of the sharp scout made Cao Pi's face change drastically.
"How many people are there?" Cao Pi asked with a grim expression.
"No less than 150,000. The vanguard is already marching towards our army!" The scout's words made Cao Pi's face even uglier.
"Get ready to meet the enemy!" Cao Pi took a deep breath and cleared his mind.
"Karl, go to Sun Quan in person to ask for help!"
After that, Cao Pi didn't say much. He directly commanded the army to form a formation with a circle outside and a square inside. The clouds in the sky slowly rose.
To be honest, he has no shortage of officers, but he lacks the commander-in-chief in the drama. He has no other choice but to take charge himself and command by relying on his prestige. This is why he chose a scale of 50,000 people. If the scale exceeds this, he may not be able to command it.
Especially when most of them are mercenaries from small legions, his command may be even more hasty.
But the good news is that although the wreckage they are fighting for is not an information body , the probability of death is not high, so there is no need to worry about these mercenaries losing their courage.
As long as these mercenaries can fight normally, Cao Pi feels that there is still hope of winning.
As the clouds unfolded, slight vibrations of the earth were transmitted.
Even though he didn't have the ability to sense vibrations like the cavemen, Cao Pi could still feel it.
Although the army of hundreds of thousands is basically all infantry, they can also have a fierce impact if they act together.
Looking at the gray waves appearing in the sky from afar, many mercenaries began to sweat in their palms, but after all, they would not really die, so they were not too afraid.
The elven rangers took out their arrows and loaded them onto their longbows.
The minotaurs, pig-headed men and other orcs took out their large shields and placed them at an angle. The human spearmen behind them also placed their weapons on the edges of the large shields, waiting for the moment to attack.
"The barbarians are leading the charge? Rome really likes these barbarians!" Cao Pi sneered as he looked into the distance at the barbarians who almost filled his field of vision.
"However, although they are barbarians, their formation is tight and there are almost no flaws!" Cao Pi let out a sigh of relief after observing for a while.
It’s not that there are no flaws, but with such a large number, the flaws are meaningless. He can find dozens of flaws, but none of them is fatal.
In other words, even if it is fatal, it cannot cause absolute damage, and will eventually return to the starting point and engage in fierce hand-to-hand combat.
As the barbarians approached, the distance between the two sides became closer and closer, but the earth-shaking feeling gradually disappeared, or perhaps they had become accustomed to such noises.
When the two sides approached within a mile, the clouds in the sky had already tangled together.
The barbarian cavalry troops were the first to attack. A distance of one mile was already the limit of the charge.
When they crossed the maximum distance, the barbarian cavalry suddenly accelerated and rushed straight towards Cao Pi.
Moreover, the overall speed of the barbarian army began to accelerate. It was obvious that they wanted to use the cavalry as bait to test the waters, to test the strength of his side, and at the same time to attract firepower to the army.
When it comes to being cannon fodder, these barbarians feel like they have learned it by themselves, and they won't die, so they are even more eager for this kind of honor.
The war drums sounded "boom, boom, boom", and the crossbowmen guarded by the infantry opened fire instantly, starting to shoot in the direction of the cavalry's charge.
Crossbow arrows burst out, and many barbarians fell off their horses immediately. However, more barbarians rushed through the rain of arrows and charged towards the infantry.
"Gunfire!"
Spears more than two meters long were stuck diagonally on the ground, and more spearmen picked up another spear, waiting for the cavalry to approach.
Under Cao Pi's shocked eyes, this group of barbarian cavalrymen leapt on their horses and charged directly towards the dense formation of guns.
Cao Pi didn't expect these people to be so desperate, but his reaction was not slow. He quickly drew on the cloud energy to bless the soldiers in the front.
The two sides collided with each other in an instant, and people and horses were thrown to the ground. However, the Han phalanx was not completely dispersed. On the contrary, the barbarian cavalry who charged towards the formation and the spear forest were killed one after another by the thrust of the spears.
As a group of barbarians, they did not understand how cavalry fought at all. Without heavy armor, they were just cannon fodder. It was difficult to even shake the phalanx, let alone break it up.
However, their sacrifice was valuable. When this group of barbarians died, they had already wrapped themselves around Cao Pi and his men like a piece of cloth.
After the barbarians who filled the field of vision rushed into the area a hundred meters away, Cao Pi swung the sword in his hand, and the elven rangers who had been prepared suddenly began to attack, and thousands of arrows burst out.
They are not as straightforward as crossbowmen. Every elf, like the archers of Jiangdong, is born with a talent for bows and arrows. Even though they do not have elite talents, they can easily hit every target.
With the blessing of the clouds, their arrows possess powerful armor-piercing capabilities.
Although these arrows were produced on an assembly line, unlike the central government, Cao Pi did not have complete craftsmen on hand, and could not produce arrows like Chen Xi, which were basically all armor-piercing arrows.
However, Cao Pi also purchased a batch from the Central Plains, so one third of the arrows used by these elves were armor-piercing arrows.
A wave of fierce arrow rain directly suppressed the barbarians in the front, buying the troops in the front a lot of buffer time. They had just been charged by the cavalry and needed time to regroup.
"Hiss, that's pretty impressive!" said Lucius, who was observing the battlefield from the rear through the light and shadow projection of the Fifth Skylark, but he had no other expression, only excitement.
"They have all reached the level of dual talents, but they all look like newcomers!" Aniya analyzed calmly.
"But it can already pose a threat to us!" Caracalla added. Double talents are double talents, which are enough to pose a clear threat to the Royal Guard Corps under their command.
"Never mind, I'm going to charge first!"
After observing for a while and finding no illegal troops, Lucius immediately chose to set off with the reserve legion of the Demon Sword Legion, intending to attack Cao Pi from behind.
Their main purpose this time was to train troops, so Lucius only led the reserve legion to charge and left the main combat legion to Caracalla's command.
There is no need for Caracalla to worry about it, as the first centurion of the Demon Sword Legion has taken over the command. Caracalla only needs to lead them when charging.
Lucius's high-speed movement caught Cao Pi's attention. Frowning, Cao Pi ordered the blood elves to shake the earth and directly destroy the terrain behind their camp, and then sent an infantry corps to defend it.
"Release the spirits of our ancestors!" Cao Pi commanded calmly.
The biggest trouble now is the barbarian army in front, so he chose the totem pole he got from the orcs.
The moment the totem pole was erected, an ochre-colored halo instantly enveloped all the soldiers in the camp.
The next moment, the minotaurs who were fighting fiercely with the barbarian warriors threw down their large shields, picked up the wheel axes on their backs and launched a counterattack.
The barbarian warriors' attacks only left a shallow scar on their bodies, and then they chopped down the barbarians with the axes in their hands as if nothing had happened.
For a moment, the barbarian battle line was pushed back several meters by this group of counterattacking Minotaur.
"Something similar to the eagle flag, something from the American continent? Has the Han Dynasty extended its hand over there?" Caracalla frowned and recorded the discovery.
The army on the other side did not look like the Han Dynasty's army, but rather seemed to be from the American continent. The methods they displayed were all those that had never been seen before.
Cao Pi waved his sword expressionlessly, and several elven dragons flew into the air. Fine rain of gentle rain fell from the sky and began to repair the injuries of all without distinguishing between friend and foe.
However, the barbarians facing the violent Tauren had no time to repair their injuries and were directly killed by the axes. Only the Tauren with amazing defense enjoyed this healing.
Sometimes, spells don't have to be divided into enemy and friendly, they just need to maximize the benefits for one's own side.
