Chapter 1184 Calculation
"What did you say???"
Xu Rong's voice rose eight octaves. Without his permission, a Slavic battle-axe legion launched a suicidal attack on the Roman camp.
Kill over ten thousand enemies, and then destroy yourself completely.
But Xu Rong checked his troops and found that there was no shortage of people.
However, it doesn’t matter where these Slavs came from now. It doesn’t matter if yellow mud falls into the crotch of pants.
Rome will certainly do its utmost to attack the Yuan family, which means that the pressure he will face next will be greater than expected. The other side is extremely serious, and he has to fight a war that he must lose. What's the point of fighting this war?
"The Roman camp has already begun to attack our army!" The scout in charge of reconnaissance was confused, but still carefully repeated his findings.
"I understand! You go down first!" Xu Rong took a deep breath and completely suppressed his emotions.
As the leader of an army, the most important thing to master is the psychological quality of not being startled even if the sky falls. Although the situation is extremely bad now, Xu Rong was able to calm himself down quickly.
"Order the four generals Yan Liang, Wen Chou, Gao Lan, and Zhang He to come!"
Xu Rong thought about it and decided to talk to the four main officers of the Yuan family first. He originally thought that the initiative was in his hands and he could slowly make the officers obey his orders. He didn't expect that time waits for no one and such an accident would happen.
"General Xu, what do you want from me?"
Gao Lan narrowed his eyes. They had also received the intelligence. After all, this was the Yuan family's territory. If Xu Rong could receive the intelligence, so could they.
When Huangfu Song was here, he would definitely be the first to receive the news. Now, to be honest, Xu Rong does not have the same status as Huangfu Song. The reason he received the news at the same time as Shen Pei and others was because Shen Pei had given the order.
"It seems that you already know!" Xu Rong glanced at the expressions of several people and immediately understood.
"General Xu, do you have any countermeasures?" Yan Liang asked directly.
Huangfu Song handed the command to Xu Rong and left, which made the Yuan family officers very dissatisfied. Although they had successfully inflicted two waves of Romans under the leadership of Huangfu Song before, the problem was that the Romans had not withdrawn yet. They could not be happy when the fundamental problem was not solved.
However, they were also convinced by Huangfu Song. The opponent's strategic command was completely a dimensionality reduction attack. Among all the people in the Yuan family, probably only Yang Lin, who left with Yuan Shao, could understand it.
" This battle is very dangerous. I am not sure of winning. I am not as good as General Huangfu Song. If you have other candidates, please propose them now!"
Xu Rong showed weakness in response and threw the question to Yan Liang, Wen Chou and others.
"General Xu, there is no need to be so modest. You are the general's direct descendant and we will certainly obey your orders!" Zhang He was a smart man and understood Xu Rong's meaning in an instant.
He couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart at the danger that Xu Rong mentioned.
Since Xu Rong had already used his command authority to question the four of them and pointed out the danger, the situation might have become out of control.
"Why don't you meet Military Advisor Shen?" Wen Chou asked a pointed question.
Yan Liang nodded in agreement. The two of them were the kind of officers who didn't have much brains, so they were used to listening to smart people, but this smart person had to be one of their own first.
So they didn't trust Sima Yi or anyone else. Without Shen Pei, it was difficult for them to judge Xu Rong's authenticity.
"Military Advisor Shen was ordered by General Huangfu to act secretly, and I had no idea. This is the token he left behind!" Xu Rong directly handed the thing that Shen Pei left for him to Yan Liang.
After checking, Yan Liang nodded to the other three.
"In that case, please give the order and we will definitely carry it out!" Gao Lan nodded and said directly.
They believed in Shen Pei, and since Shen Pei had already recognized Xu Rong, they would obey Xu Rong's orders. After all, there was no better choice.
"Okay, with the full support of four generals, we have a chance of winning!" Xu Rong nodded.
Then he pointed at the map and asked the three people except Gao Lan to lead their legions out of the city. The three of them happened to be cavalry, so there was no surprise about this.
After all, siege and defense of a city generally have nothing to do with cavalry, and most of them are just wandering around outside.
Although it was a bit dangerous, the three of them had no doubts.
"General Gao, please be on standby at the northwest city walls when the time comes and serve as the reserve force!" Xu Rong arranged in a deep voice.
Gao Lan frowned. Why did he feel that Xu Rong had transferred all four of them away from the battlefield?
However, Xu Rong's arrangement was indeed reasonable, so he put aside his doubts and accepted the order.
After the four people left, Xu Rong sighed. These four people were what he was most worried about. He was going to abandon this forward defense city that Shen Pei had built for a long time.
Only by taking this city can Rome prove its success. After thinking about it for a few days, Xu Rong realized that if large-scale casualties were to be avoided, this fortified city must be abandoned.
The families of the people in the city have been relocated by the people organized by Shen Pei. In this icy and snowy environment, the speed of relocation is definitely not fast.
So he had to hold on for a while longer, until Shen Pei completed his migration and organized the second line of defense, before he could abandon the city.
After Huangfu Song confronted the two of them, Shen Pei had already started working on this matter. Now it seems that Shen Pei's brain is indeed better than his.
However, even if Shen Pei knew about it, he couldn't change anything.
In the subsequent escape process, the cost of retreating would depend on his on-the-spot performance. It was because of this that Shen Pei gave all his strength to Xu Rong and retreated first to prepare the second line of defense.
The barbarians are so bloodthirsty that they will not care about the tacit understanding between Rome and the Han Dynasty. If these barbarians are really allowed to wreak havoc, the Yuan family will not be able to bear it.
"Trouble!" Xu Rong's eyes were gloomy. He even suspected that the so-called Slavic Legion was created by Huangfu Song.
This is just to make him take the blame. Putting this blame on him really puts a lot of pressure on him. Even if the truth can be made public later, he has to take the blame during this period of time.
"Are you looking for me?" Ju Yi walked into the room and asked Xu Rong curiously.
"How many barbarians can your halberd soldiers and heavy crossbowmen hold back?" Xu Rong asked directly.
"There are about 50,000 ordinary barbarians. If there are more, I won't be able to stop them. They will just bypass me!" Ju Yi said after thinking for a while.
"There are about 200,000 barbarians. What help do you need to stop them?" Xu Rong asked, ignoring Ju Yi's answer.
"...What are you going to do?" Ju Yi's expression also became serious. He knew that Xu Rong was not a person who liked to joke.
"Abandon the city and leave. We need someone to cover our retreat for a while!"
Xu Rong seemed much more frank when facing Ju Yi, because they were his own people. The Yuan family had actually severed ties with the Han Dynasty, but now they had common interests and could remain close.
"At least I need a cavalry charge to disrupt the enemy's deployment so that I can stop about 200,000 barbarians. If the enemy swarms in, I won't be able to escape!"
"Yan Liang, Wen Chou, and Zhang He will charge from the side and rear at that time!" Xu Rong pointed to the positions assigned to the three on the map.
"Leave it to me. I was just thinking of trying something else."
Ju Yi laughed. To live in the face of death is exactly the belief of the first batch of death soldiers. He wanted to try whether he could extract the military soul from other places directly to the current halberd soldiers and heavy crossbow soldiers through himself as the main general.
This requires an absolutely dangerous environment, and now Xu Rong has put this environment in front of him.
"You might die?" Xu Rong looked at Ju Yi seriously. He just wanted Ju Yi to cover their retreat, not to lose his life.
"Everyone will die!" Ju Yi also looked at Xu Rong seriously. "Only those who don't make progress will die. I won't. I will complete my goal by stepping on the corpses of the barbarian army."
"You haven't changed at all!" Xu Rong laughed.
"Then you will set up defenses on the north gate wall. I will send someone to notify you to cover the retreat when the time comes!"
"I need your warrant and enough arrows!" Ju Yi spread his hands.
"Here, go ahead. It's up to you when the time comes!" Xu Rong threw it to Ju Yi, "Remember to return it. Others may need it!"
"I got it, but you'd better not die!" Ju Yi waved his hand and was about to walk out, but halfway there, he suddenly stopped and said to Xu Rong.
"Don't worry, we won't die!" Xu Rong replied calmly.
He didn't know what kind of Roman attack he would face next, but he was very sure that he would not die, and he would also save many people from death.
In the rear, Shen Pei and Huangfu Song had just arrived in Xincheng. Huangfu Song did not just leave. He needed to conduct some inspections first and arrange the defense line based on the actual situation.
After he has finished his inspection, he will leave and return directly to the real rear.
"Why are you doing this?" Shen Pei looked at Huangfu Song in confusion.
"It's just a fight to the death. The core purpose is to delay time. However, only if we are equal can we negotiate terms. First, make Rome afraid of the Yuan family, and then let Rome defeat the Yuan family. Only in this way can the war continue!" Huangfu Song's eyes seemed to penetrate the long distance and fell on Xu Rong.
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Rome's speed was faster than Xu Rong had expected. With the additional command of the Roman legion commander, the barbarian army arrived outside the city in an efficient manner and surrounded the city walls on all four sides.
Although it was ice and snow, the soldiers with double talents would not lose their combat effectiveness in such an environment. At most, they would be weakened a little. In addition, after Rome arrived at the battlefield, they directly sacrificed two climate gods to adjust the temperature. Even though it was ice and snow, it was not extremely cold.
Xu Rong watched expressionlessly on the top of the city wall. If he wanted to win, now was the best time. While the opponent was still unstable, he should rush forward in a sudden attack.
If you don't want to fight anymore, let your strategist change the situation and create a blizzard. This will completely destroy the morale of these barbarians.
By then, even if the opponent's commander is extremely talented, he will only have a group of barbarians with no morale, which will not be much different from commanding a group of pigs, and the overall situation will be decided in an instant.
"Attack the city!" Alnubis roared out the order.
They were completely enraged. The Yuan family's behavior had completely angered these officers.
The Slavic legions that the Yuan family threw into their camp seemed to have confused them with barbarians, and no Roman noble could accept such an insult.
They are not barbarians!
"Trebuckle, fire!"
Several hastily put together catapults smashed stones at the city walls, but they posed no threat in front of the defensive secret technique designed by Xu You. The stones could only cause a slight ripple on the defensive secret technique.
"Keep going, don't stop!"
Arnubis was not at all surprised. How could the Yuan family not have what Parthia had back then? Even though they split from the Han Dynasty, they still had all the necessary technologies.
This is also the biggest difference between a temporary camp and a city. The latter is the result of too much effort on the part of the builders, so it is extremely difficult to attack.
But Alnubis was not in a hurry. He let the stone fly for a while. It was just a means to consume the cloud energy, just like an appetizer, just a greeting.
The real fierce fighting will come in the siege battle that follows.
"Are the siege crossbows ready? Once the cloud defense dissipates, immediately launch the attack according to my orders!"
"Are you sure you want to do this?" Marche asked with a frown.
"You think these barbarians can't do it?" Arnubis asked Marche. It was not surprising that the other party could see what he wanted to do.
"There will be huge casualties!" Marche was puzzled.
"What do you think I'm doing here?" Arnubis glanced at Marche. He was not one of those young guys. He didn't believe that Marche didn't know what this war was about.
"Don't you want to take this city?" Marche looked at Alnubis in surprise. This was not like Alnubis' style.
This guy is not the kind of person who is so ambitious that he led the barbarians to attack desperately, and finally was defeated by the Yuan family, and then ran back in shame.
Why does it feel like Alnubis is unexpectedly mature now?
"Hmph, Marche, your look is so rude!" Arnubis glanced at Marche and didn't say much.
He had no good intentions, as he just wanted to make these new young legion commanders hit a snag, and then turn decay into magic and capture the city.
In this way, the goal is achieved and the task is completed. Isn’t it wonderful?
As for the heavy casualties among the barbarians, who would care? As long as they take over the city and spread some publicity, there will naturally be large numbers of barbarians rushing to reinforce from the rear.
Anyway, the barbarians are like leeks, they will never die. In this case, let's make good use of them.
Marche, feeling bored, shut up angrily. Although he didn't know what Arnubis was up to, there was nothing wrong with the opponent's command.
At least there is no problem in the Senate.
