Chapter 1168 Encirclement
"It's a bit bad. The effect on the other side makes these minotaurs difficult to deal with!"
Caracalla frowned. Lucius's attack route was blocked. Even if he crossed the complex environment, he might not cause much trouble to the opponent.
There is no doubt that the opponent's response was excellent, especially the opponent's commander. There is absolutely no problem in saying that he is a good general.
The minotaurs in front of the enemy were really too powerful for the barbarians.
At every drumbeat, all the Tauren took a big step forward, swung their axes to kill the barbarians who were charging at the defense line, and then retreated when the drumbeat stopped.
It's like waves hitting the rocks, over and over again until the reefs are swallowed up.
Although the barbarians' crazy attack dealt a heavy blow to the Han army's front line, as long as these minotaurs did not fall, the opponent's front line would never collapse. On the contrary, they suffered heavy losses.
"Report, Commander, we discovered that Sun Quan of the Han army is heading this way, and he should be planning to attack our army from both sides!" The centurion of the Fifth Skylark brought bad news.
"Karakara, I'm going to lead a frontal charge, so watch out for the timing!"
After hearing this, Annia said something to Caracalla and then set off with her headquarters.
It is not the business of a good general to risk being attacked from both sides. Even if they want to train their reserve troops, they have to defeat Cao Pi in the front first.
The headquarters led by Aniya has the talent of force integration, which is a prepared heavy infantry talent.
When Annia led his troops to meet the Minotaur, the invincible Minotaur finally stopped its counterattack for the first time.
The minotaur swung his axe and chopped down, but Anya's soldiers just tilted their shields slightly, and the shields that were hit only made a dull sound, while the soldiers continued to attack the minotaur without any problem.
"Imperial Guards? If I remember correctly, the only Imperial Guards in Rome was the Eagle Flag Legion, right?" Cao Pi looked at Aniya with a serious expression.
"Newly promoted? Roma is really tricky!"
Cao Pi observed for a while and found that it should be some kind of legion that is better at dealing with physical attacks. Although they can block the attacks of the Minotaur, their counterattacks will not pose much threat to the Minotaur.
"I remember this should be a power integration? It just happens to restrain the Minotaur warriors?" Cao Pi was indifferent. When the Minotaur was restrained, the pressure on the front line would be infinitely magnified.
Sure enough, when the Minotaur's counterattack disappeared, the already dangerous defense line was instantly broken, and obvious loopholes appeared.
However, Cao Pi had already estimated this. He had set up three lines of defense. The moment the first line of defense fell, his second line of defense would be captured. However, the problem was still not solved.
There are too many barbarians on the enemy side. If they continue to attack like this, their formation will most likely be broken. At that time, even if there is a camp that can defend and counterattack, it will probably be a disastrous outcome.
"It's troublesome. Hasn't Karl brought Sun Quan here yet?" Cold sweat began to appear on Cao Pi's forehead. It was really bad that he didn't have a general who could stand on his own.
He vaguely understood why Cao Cao rejected his approach. It turned out that he needed help from others after all?
He shook his head and cleared the distracting thoughts from his mind.
"Move the battle line back and enter the camp to defend and counterattack! Chen Chi, take your troops to build a defense line in the camp." Cao Pi took a deep breath and continued to command the army to fight.
His goal now is to delay the enemy and wait for Sun Quan to arrive, then attack them from both sides. The number of the enemy is at least three times his, so his chances of winning are too slim.
"The wolf cavalry will attack, run in circles from the flank, harass the enemy, and buy more time!" Cao Pi knew that after the wolf cavalry attacked, there was a high probability that they would not come back, but in order to buy time, he had to throw the wolf cavalry out to serve as scapegoats .
At this time, the only thing you can do is sacrifice the army to save the king.
Accompanied by the dull sound of drums, the wolf cavalry attacked the barbarians from the flank and behind them, weaving back and forth, disrupting the barbarians' attacks each time.
This scene fell into Caracalla's eyes. After hesitating for a moment, he threw out his headquarters and the Demon Sword Legion and focused on encircling and suppressing the Wolf Cavalry Legion.
He knew that this was a delaying tactic of the other party, but the five thousand wolf cavalry were indeed a valuable bait. If they could kill them faster, then the other party would lose both their wife and their troops. This was a very tempting temptation.
Even though he could see through Cao Pi's plan, Caracalla still chose to take the bait.
"bite!"
The wolf cavalry charged towards Caracalla's headquarters, and as a result, both the men and the horses retreated several steps. Caracalla's headquarters was a double-talented headquarters refined by the Rose Military Soul, and was very similar to the original Thirteen Roses.
Its original position is a guard. After all, Caracalla's identity is quite special, so he is also quite special in the legion.
The damage from the defensive counterattack caused the fragile wolf cavalry to fall down instantly.
Realizing that something was wrong, the wolf cavalry captain shouted and tried to lead his troops out of the chaos and regroup.
As a result, just as he turned his head, the Demon Sword Legion rushed into the formation with great force, instantly blocking the Wolf Cavalry Legion's retreat route.
The dancing greatsword madly killed the wolf cavalry legion. The spurting blood was absorbed by the greatswords of the Demon Sword Legion, and then it emitted an enchanting blood light, making the Demon Sword Legion look more evil and more powerful.
Even in the end, the soldiers of the Demon Sword Legion could chop the wolf cavalry soldiers in half with a single strike of their swords, including the men and their wolves.
Cao Pi, who was standing on a high platform, watched the wolf cavalry's death rate with a gloomy face. It was much faster than he expected. The other side actually had two legions of imperial guards.
And one of them was the Eagle Flag Legion. If he was not mistaken, it was the Roman Demon Sword Legion.
Lucius in the rear camp finally overcame numerous obstacles and began to march towards the main camp.
Although they had dual talents, the light emitted by the eagle flag held high by the opponent Lucius made the weapons in the hands of his reserve soldiers glow red, and their lethality became visibly stronger.
For a time, the mercenary groups deployed by Cao Pi on the periphery died suddenly one after another, and the loss rate was alarmingly high.
However, before they died, they also took away a lot of Roman barbarians and soldiers. Basically, for every death of a small group of a hundred people, the same number of barbarians and a small number of soldiers would die on the Roman side.
"Hmph, it's almost done!" Cao Pi looked at the camp that was attacked from both sides and snorted coldly. He activated his monarch talent. As a young monarch who was able to stand out and be independent, he naturally had it.
"Xingshang!"
The effect of Cao Pi's monarch talent is also simple. To put it simply, it can bring the power of dead soldiers back to the living soldiers.
This is also the reason why Cao Pi chose to place many mercenaries on the periphery, because each of them has special racial talents, but lacks the organization and discipline of regular troops.
But Cao Pi's talent as a monarch made up for this. He let the mercenaries fight the enemy first, and then recalled their strength to empower the elite troops under his command.
Although it cannot be summoned back 100%, the bonus it brings is extremely considerable.
Especially the soldiers on the front line, it seemed that everyone became a Minotaur warrior for a moment, and the originally shaky formation was stabilized in an instant.
"Flame! Thunder! Wind Blade!"
The moment the blood elf army received the blessing, it began to unleash the magical storm that it had been brewing for a long time, and dense attacks like a rain of arrows fell into the Roman barbarian formation.
Cao Pi has already seen that these Roman barbarians are the main force, and he can only disrupt the offensive rhythm of these barbarians to stop Anya and others from advancing.
He recalled the command that Sima Yi had taught him, and decisively contracted the defense line, so that the Roman citizen legion was blocked by the barbarian legion, and the pressure on the front was instantly reduced a lot.
After this stalemate lasted for a while, Caracalla, who finally annihilated the wolf cavalry, noticed the chaotic battlefield.
While recalling Lucius, he ordered the Barbarian Legion to encircle Cao Pi's camp, intending to defeat it in one fell swoop.
"boom!"
The explosive sound of the legion's attack caused Cao Pi to rejoice, and Sun Quan's troops arrived.
Although it was only the vanguard, it was great news for him.
"Kill!" Xu Sheng rushed to the battlefield with three thousand cavalrymen, and then directly attacked the barbarian's lower back.
Despite the warning from the Fifth Skylark, it was still very difficult for the barbarians to change their formation. If they could complete the formation quickly, they would no longer be barbarians.
The organized barbarian archers madly focused their fire on the cavalry led by Xu Sheng.
However, when the first wave of arrows rained down, Caracalla instantly recognized that this was the Xiliang Cavalry of the Han Empire. Arrows that did not reach a certain level would be meaningless to the enemy.
"Go, go, go, kill these Romans!"
Xu Sheng laughed wildly and charged into the Roman camp, ignoring the rain of arrows.
With the optimal charging distance and the morale of withstanding the rain of arrows with almost no damage, the Xiliang Iron Cavalry led by Xu Sheng directly crushed the two legions of the Roman barbarians in less than half a quarter of an hour.
"Western Liang Iron Cavalry?" Cao Pi's face showed deep fear. If Rome hadn't blocked the sword for him, this team of Western Liang Iron Cavalry would have charged at his legion.
He had not anticipated the appearance of this legion at all. It can be said that if the other party had not exposed themselves voluntarily, this move might have been a fatal blow.
"But how come the Xiliang Iron Cavalry can run so fast?"
Cao Pi looked at the Xiliang Iron Cavalry who were killing people in great numbers with some surprise. Instead of advancing the front line, they further contracted it.
Sun Quan's main force was about to arrive, and he absolutely could not collapse at this time.
"Checks and balances are truly a divine skill!"
Xu Sheng was extremely excited. Sun Quan's checks and balances helped the Xiliang Iron Cavalry achieve a breakthrough in speed. Although it was still not very fast, it was no longer a shame for cavalry. At least it was much faster than heavy cavalry on the road.
Speaking of which, Sun Quan was also inspired by Cao Pi. Thinking that if Cao Pi could hire mercenaries, he, Sun Quan, could do the same, he spent money to hire a group of Xiliang cavalry in Xiliang to fight.
The instructors of the Xiliang Iron Cavalry also intended to let these new Iron Cavalry recruits participate more in war to temper themselves, so after reporting, they were placed in Sun Quan's territory.
Originally, Sun Quan wanted to give Cao Pi a surprise, but this time everyone was united against the outside world, so he did not hide any longer. Destroying the Romans is more valuable than destroying Cao Pi.
"Lucius, go and kill them. I will help Annia break through. The enemy reinforcements are about to arrive!" Caracalla roared, and took over Annia's position with his troops. He withstood the attack of the Minotaur and let Annia destroy Cao Pi's front line.
The talent of strength integration is not only reflected in defense, but also has a powerful effect when all of it is converted into strength attack.
She had been unable to free her hands before because she had to deal with the minotaur's powerful hacking blows, but now that Caracalla had replaced her, she could finally show her skills.
After getting rid of the Minotaur, Annia's headquarters quickly attacked, and the sword and shield soldiers in front were almost defeated at the first touch. For a powerful legion at the level of the Royal Guards, the double-talented sword and shield soldiers were still too weak.
Cao Pi's forehead was covered with cold sweat. If he had not retreated the front line just now, most of what he had done would have been done now. The caution and suspicion inherited from Cao Cao helped him.
Soon Xu Sheng's charge was stopped. Even the double-talented cavalry found it difficult to face the Magic Sword Legion led by Lucius, which was a regular Eagle Flag Legion after all.
Even the weakest batch cannot be suppressed by dual talents.
"Ha!" Xu Sheng swung his broadsword and slashed at Lucius fiercely, intending to break a gap through Lucius.
But when Lucius's sword easily deflected his sword and left a deep wound on his chest, Xu Sheng turned around and left.
What a joke, such a young person breaking through the boundary, could that old guy be pretending to be young?
After Xu Sheng led the cavalry to withdraw, the number of 3,000 cavalry was reduced by half, and nearly 1,000 were lost in the battle with Lucius.
The cautious Xu Sheng began to wander around the periphery to divert Lucius ' attention. This is where the advantage of cavalry lies. They can take the initiative in the battle and intervene at any time.
"emission!"
Just when the two sides were in a stalemate, a wave of arrows rained down. They were thrown from Danyang's longbows. After integrating the power of several people together, no matter how strong the bow was, it could be pulled open.
"This is really troublesome!" Caracalla smiled bitterly, regretting his decision to eat the wolf cavalry just now. He should have increased the pressure on the front and defeated Cao Pi first.
Unfortunately, they were blinded by the bait and are now caught in a dilemma of being attacked from both sides. They might lose.
"Caracalla, don't give up, kill our way through the camp, we still have a chance!" Annia seemed to see what Caracalla was thinking, yelled, and then increased the intensity of the attack on Cao Pi's front line.
Caracalla smiled bitterly and followed Annia in the attack.
Rome can lose, but Rome must not be cowardly, and it will not really die.
Let's see who will give up first. After all, they have more people and a greater advantage.
"Finally caught up!" Lu Meng looked at the chaotic battlefield in front of him and instantly found several entry points.
Even without the help of the God of War's power, he was still the commander of a large army, and he could still command at least 50,000 people.
