Chapter 1170 Head-on Conflict
"Are there any powerful generals?" Guan Ping stood up excitedly. He was very interested in fighting with strong men.
"It might be very powerful! It should be able to break the boundary!" Lu Meng glanced at Guan Ping and said casually, then brought the topic back to the issue of command.
"This time, the enemy will definitely return with the ability to command a large army. I don't know their exact strength, but they can definitely command a large army. So my suggestion is to unify the command of the army and have one person conduct unified dispatch and command!" Lu Meng expressed his concerns seriously.
They are not Huangfu Song, nor are they a few military gods. The effect of 1+1 of commanding an ordinary large army is obviously less than 2, or even less than 1.
Without a big boss to lead the team, they will become a mess if they fight on their own, and they may even hinder each other. It is very important to solve this problem in advance.
Jiang Wei and others also nodded. This was reasonable, but who to choose became a problem.
After a brief discussion, Jiang Wei and others took the initiative to withdraw from the competition and gave the command to Lu Meng.
On the one hand, they are all very brave and can be used in front-line battles. On the other hand, Lu Meng is a strategist and does not need these.
Moreover, Lu Meng was able to ask the god of war for help at the critical moment. To some extent, he is indeed the ceiling among the younger generation.
The last time Li Shimin was able to defeat Lu Meng was because of the times. Those single-talented soldiers limited Lu Meng's performance. If it were in this era, these double-talented soldiers would be enough to crush Li Shimin.
Lucius had the worst ending. He led his guards to charge forward, but was killed by Lu Meng without even a splash.
Cao Pi looked at Liu Chan and Cao Ang somewhat gloomily. These two sons of aristocratic families had innate advantages. They were surrounded by the second generation of generals who were their fathers. He himself did not even have any reliable officers around him. There was really a big gap between them.
As for Sun Quan beside him, he was not very annoyed. He and he had the same problem, and compared to him, Sun Quan was more pitiful.
Sun Ce, who was supposed to be on par with Liu Chan and Cao Ang, is almost on par with Liu Bei and Cao Cao. The gap is much bigger than that between him and Cao Ang.
On the other side, Caracalla and Annia retreated to the designated area and waited for subsequent Roman reinforcements.
"Ania, Caracalla, you are in such a mess?" Justinian was very surprised. Although he had expected it, he did not expect these two people to be in such a mess.
It looked like they lost badly in the last wave. The Roman military system was basically one eagle flag equipped with three citizen legions and nine barbarian legions, totaling 65,000 people.
Although Aniya and his team didn't bring all the troops in the last wave, it is still an objective number.
Now there are only about 50,000 people left in front of them, and they have no idea how many have been lost.
"Why are you here?" Karacalla was a little helpless. It was not .
"We have completed our mission and met Lucius who had just woken up, so I asked him out of curiosity!" Justinian was more tactful.
"We are here to help you find a place to fight!" Romulus was more direct.
Caracalla and Annia did not refute that Rome was the winner and they had indeed lost the battle.
"You don't need to worry too much. His Majesty Emperor Penilence said that the wreckage of heaven is very important. It is our duty to come as reinforcements!" Justinian remedied.
However, after finding that it seemed to have no effect, I chose to change the subject.
"Caracara, Aniya, tell me your previous intelligence!"
After getting to the point, the expressions of several people became solemn. To joke about war is to joke about their own lives. Even if no one will die, they must take every war very seriously.
"Cao Pi in the opposite camp is relatively easy to fight. There is nothing too difficult. The commander who attacked us later should be Lu Meng! He is the young man praised by His Majesty Penilence!"
Aniya briefly described the military deployment encountered on the battlefield and her own judgment.
"Lü Meng!?" Belisarius became excited. He had heard this name many times before. Caesar and others seemed to think highly of this young man, so he was very interested in fighting with him.
"I'll take command this time!" Belisarius wanted to take command and gestured to Lu Meng.
Justinian nodded, and Narses also spread out his palms. Belisarius's command was the best among them. Although everyone had their own strengths, they all recognized Belisarius's command.
"According to the news sent by the headquarters, the reinforcements should be Liu Chan and Cao Ang of the Han Dynasty. Among them, Liu Chan may need to be paid attention to!" Narses said immediately.
"Your surname is Liu?" Caracalla frowned. To put it bluntly, the fight between these young people was a matter of the empire's face.
It is difficult to determine the winner in modern times, so we use their fights to hone them and to demonstrate national strength.
Although he didn't know the opponent's level yet, it was obvious that it would be embarrassing for him to lose first.
But he was not discouraged. As the saying goes, don't be arrogant when you win and don't be discouraged when you lose. The one who wins in the end is the winner. He is very patient.
"There is no point in talking more, let's march!" Belisarius waved his hand and began to dispatch the troops, turning the army's formation into an inverted偃月阵.
After seeing the Han Dynasty's military formation, Caesar and his men also conducted some research, just like the Han Dynasty saw the Roman eagle flag and tried to copy it.
Although the results were not exactly the same in the end, we both got something useful.
Just like the current recurved crescent formation, it is the result of Caesar's research, which can adapt to the situation of Rome to the greatest extent, placing the barbarians on both wings to avoid the opponent's frontal attack while suppressing the opponent's performance.
Of course, the formation is a simple one. What is really difficult is the blessing brought by this military formation, which requires clouds to be adjusted to finally achieve the effect.
Belisarius had obviously learned this military formation the moment the clouds rose.
A huge golden moon slowly rose from the army, and then turned into light and fed back to the army.
In an instant, the morale of the entire Roman army was boosted, and both its attack power and attack speed were greatly improved. The originally short-legged Roman army suddenly increased its speed to a higher level.
Belisarius did not conceal the Roman momentum, so when the momentum rose, the Han side noticed it, and Lu Meng raised his eyebrows.
He then deployed his own Xuanxiang Army Formation, which was a modified Xuanxiang Army Formation based on his own abilities. The effect was very simple, which was to strengthen the organizational strength, add the talents of Danyang's elite as external talents to the army, and directly and precisely combine the various legions together.
"Ziming, this is really shocking!" Jiang Wei and others noticed that Lu Meng did not activate his own talent, which means that he did so by relying on his own ability.
"That's quite impressive!" Deng Ai stared at the army under Lu Meng's command with burning eyes.
Improving basics is always the most universal ability and can be applied in a variety of situations.
The two armies gradually approached each other, and Belisarius had no intention of slowing down.
"All troops, listen up! Attack!"
Belisarius roared, and a ray of light directly enveloped all the Roman soldiers under his command.
This is the Heart Abyss, the price paid for the transaction between Kushan and Rome. Kushan opened the Heart Abyss trial for Belisarius, and Belisarius successfully gave birth to his own Heart Abyss.
After all, the Roman Eagle Legion is limited in number, so if you want to increase the strength of these young people, you must start from other places.
The Roman army's marching speed instantly increased by 50%, but the formation did not loosen at all.
“Boom boom boom!”
The Roman army's heavy footsteps stepped on the ground, the earth was shaking, and there seemed to be thunder roaring above the nine heavens.
Just a march showed the strong momentum of Rome.
Lu Meng was not moved at all. It was just a basic expression of his spirit. Having seen the War in Heaven, they thought it was child's play.
Compared with the thundering force of the Romans, the army under the command of Lu Meng was more like a mountain, motionless.
The soldiers at the front were strong and each of them was wearing armor and holding a huge shield in their hands, waiting for the attack of the Roman army.
"Shoot!"
When the two sides were very close, Lu Meng and Belisarius both gave the order to shoot arrows.
A dense rain of arrows was shot out from the sky, drawing arcs in the sky and falling into the enemy's formation.
The fallen soldiers did not affect other soldiers. The Roman soldiers charged at high speed and then crashed straight into the front-row soldiers of the Han Dynasty, even though there were countless spears near the large shields.
"Fearless?"
Lu Meng frowned, he didn't expect to see a group of fearless and dual-talented barbarians. Logically speaking, these fearless barbarians should have been absorbed by the Roman Fourth Eagle Flag long ago, so how could they be in the hands of these people?
"The latest breakthrough?" Lu Meng thought while giving the order to advance.
Rome's tactics have always been the same, which is to consume the barbarians first to observe the enemy's situation, and then engage in battle according to the situation.
Therefore, the first people to face are the barbarians. There is no need to be cautious. All that is needed is to strike fiercely and defeat the barbarians as quickly as possible, forcing the main force of Rome to fight.
"boom!"
There was a huge roar like a landslide, and the front-row soldiers of both sides fought fiercely. In an instant, blood and mud splashed, and broken limbs were thrown everywhere. The air was filled with a strong smell of blood.
In an instant, hundreds of soldiers from both sides fell, and some even left intact bodies.
The two sides fought fiercely, the clouds and mist intertwined violently, and the soldiers on the ground fought madly.
Soldiers on the Han side were constantly being knocked down, and soldiers on the Roman side were also constantly falling down. In the early stages when both sides were perfecting their lineups, there was no room for command at all. What was being competed at this stage was the most basic combat power.
"Follow me and kill!" Guan Ping roared, and led a team of cavalry to cut into the Roman crescent formation from the flank, dancing with the greatsword in his hand, and blood flying all over the sky.
A barbarian centurion wanted to intercept Guan Ping, but Guan Ping didn't even look at him and controlled the essence of heaven and earth in the air, slashing out a beam of light that was more than ten meters long, plowing the ground for hundreds of meters. More than a dozen barbarians were torn to pieces, and blood splattered on their limbs.
The barbarian centurion who was blocking the road was instantly chopped in half. Guan Ping's attack directly tore a hole in the Roman formation, and then he led his men in without any hesitation.
On the other side, Guan Xing, Zhang Bao and others had also torn a hole in almost the same way.
"Just as expected!" Belisarius nodded and ordered a change in formation.
The two sharp corners of the Recurved Crescent Moon Formation turned into a circular formation in an extremely short time, enveloping Guan Ping and others who had torn a hole.
Although the spear and shield soldiers on the front were constantly advancing forward, their living space was gradually squeezed due to changes in the formations on both sides. The originally advancing front was actually in the embarrassment of being surrounded, and their living space was constantly being compressed.
It was like a piece of cloth that tightly wrapped the fist and tried to crush the fist bit by bit.
"Awesome! The opponent's command ability is probably not inferior to mine!" Lu Meng said in a deep voice.
The opponent's formation combined with this command did put him under considerable pressure. If this continued, both sides would surely suffer losses. However, using their soldiers to fight against the barbarians on the opposite side always gave them a feeling of being at a disadvantage.
"But if that's all, it might not be enough!"
Lu Meng activated his spiritual talent, sent Han Xin online, and instantly found the solution that he had not found before.
Simply abandoning the forefront, the spear and shield soldiers also changed their formation, spreading out to both sides. The huge shields kept rushing forward, and the robbers stabbed madly, reaping the lives of the barbarians.
The vanguard at the front had no support from behind and could only retreat, but Lu Meng had already achieved his goal at this moment, and the formation spread out to both sides pressed forward again.
The Roman barbarians who were chasing the vanguard suffered a devastating blow in an instant. The entire battle line was in chaos and they kept retreating under the attack of the Han Dynasty.
For a moment, the outer layer of the偃月 was retreating step by step, and even the clouds showed signs of dissipating and collapsing.
The soldiers spread out on both sides even rescued two cavalrymen who were surrounded on both sides. Although most of them had been killed, they did not completely disappear after all.
The corner of Belisarius' mouth twitched. The opponent's commander seemed to have turned on cheating. His strength instantly increased to a higher level. Whether it was in grasping the opportunity or controlling the battle formation, he was better than himself.
If this continues, the barbarians in front will be killed and collapsed by the enemy. By then, the purpose of consumption will not be achieved, but the enemy will drive the barbarians back and defeat the Roman army directly.
"Caracara, Aniya, attack head-on, push forward, don't let the barbarians' battle line collapse!"
Although the barbarians are rubbish, they have one good thing. When the Eagle Flag Legion or the Citizen Legion appears on the battlefield, they will spontaneously gather towards these legions and will not scatter.
Such a gathering will obviously allow them to join the battle again. Although the blessings may have collapsed, they still have double talents, and several of them can still replace a Han soldier.
