Chapter 1185: Barbarians Fighting to the Death
For the Yuan family, they and the upper class of Eastern Europe who came to Rome could already start fighting for life and death on stage and exchange interests off stage.
Life is currency, but this currency is sometimes very precious and sometimes worthless.
If you want to avoid this situation, you can only choose to become someone who masters the currency.
Although the Han Dynasty and the Yuan family provided good welfare benefits to the soldiers in the territories, they still sent these people to the battlefield knowing Rome's intentions.
Because only in this way can they gain more benefits, benefits that far exceed their lives.
Since the upper echelons of Rome have reached a consensus, the pace of the war will naturally proceed in an orderly manner.
After withstanding the hurling of stones and the attacks of the legion for most of the day, Xu Rong finally came into contact with the defensive secret technique. After all, this secret technique was only used to delay time and to reorganize the military. It would be better not to dream about it if it could withstand the explosion of the army safely.
If all the clouds are consumed, the city walls will become fragile and a fight will eventually break out, so it is better to withdraw first and conserve strength.
"Seven, eight, nine, fourteen legions, attack immediately!"
Arnubis sneered, then issued an almost crazy order.
"Siege crossbow, fire!"
The Romans also had secret techniques, and they were also researching penetrating arrows. The crossbow they prepared was said to be able to penetrate the clouds to the greatest extent and to shoot arrows through the city walls.
However, this thing is just an experiment, and its actual effect is greatly reduced. This is also a task entrusted to Arnubis by the Senate, to test the effectiveness of their research and development projects in actual combat, so as to decide how to allocate resources in the future.
“Bang, bang, bang!”
A large number of arrows hit the city wall, forming a forest of guns directly on the wall!
"The effect is not satisfactory!" Marche sighed. This thing still has a long way to go before it can penetrate the city wall. It can even be said that it is just getting started.
"But I didn't expect you to think of this way!" Marche looked at Arnubis with some surprise.
The forest of spears helped the barbarians climb the city wall. Unlike the barbarian soldiers who used ladders, Alnubis sent a group of barbarians who were very good at rock climbing. With the help of the forest of spears, they directly rushed up the city wall in the form of ants.
A fierce battle broke out with the defenders on the city wall, buying plenty of time for the barbarian soldiers under the city to advance.
"Hmph, things like barbarians do have enough value in use. As long as we spend a little time to understand them, we can naturally make very different things!" Arnubis said calmly.
With the interference of these barbarians, the defense of the west gate city wall quickly turned into a disaster.
The biggest advantage of defending a city is that it is in a commanding position. However, now, these barbarians have directly crossed the city wall and reached the top of it.
Even the corpses had piled up the city walls to the point of deformation, and several parts of the walls had been taken over by the elite among the barbarians.
"Next, we lead them to attack the city wall?"
Achino asked Arnubis beside him. Looking at the crumbling city wall, he knew it was time for them to rush forward in one go and secure victory.
This approach would not only help them capture the city, but would also allow the barbarians under their command to recognize the power of Roman citizens.
"Go if you want to. You guys can move as you please. I'll have someone notify you if there are any follow-up orders."
Arnubis waved his hand and let Achino, Africanus, Gretz and others move freely.
He was not fooled by the crumbling city walls. This was probably just a trick used by the enemy defenders to determine the intensity of the attack in all directions.
However, he had no intention of conducting a rehearsal. Since the siege had already begun, he would naturally focus on attacking the wall.
"Report, General, the North Gate suffered heavy losses. Two legions have been disbanded!" The soldiers of the Fourteenth Group brought the damage at the North Gate to Arnubis.
"It's Ju Yi's halberd soldiers and heavy crossbowmen!" Benito looked gloomy. At that time, nearly half of their soldiers were killed by this unit. This was a blood feud.
"It's deployed at the north gate. Are you trying to leave a way out for yourself?" Arnubis was a little surprised. Logically speaking, it should be easier to break through on the side away from them.
He also specially arranged the legions of Lucius, Romulus and others there in order to better intercept and kill the enemy when they abandoned the city and fled. This was a bit troublesome.
However, Arnubis did not make random adjustments. The opponent might adjust at any time, so he would wait and see.
"Let the attack on the north gate be a feint. We just need to hold the enemy back and make sure they don't leave the city wall!" Arnubis decided to ignore Ju Yi.
"Send another ten barbarian legions over there. You don't have to attack the city, but you must block the enemy's actions. Once you find that the enemy is leaving, immediately attack the city wall!"
He knew how powerful Ju Yi's vanguard was. The torrent of arrows that the vanguard had faced in the Parthian capital still frightened him to this day.
Even if the opponent does not bring the Military Soul Legion, it is difficult to guarantee whether the opponent will have any powerful tricks.
He is not lucky enough to enjoy this kind of trick, so let the barbarians enjoy it.
After receiving the order, Africanus immediately set out with a legion of barbarians.
Africanus roared, picked up a large shield and rushed towards the ladder. While the tilted shield bounced off arrows and boulders, he made several leaps and rushed up quickly.
"Kill!" Africanus used his shield to block several spears that were stabbing at him. He leaped forward and killed several Yuan soldiers in front of him. Then he rushed straight to the soldiers defending the city wall next to him and cleared out a group of soldiers in no time.
A section of the city wall instantly fell into the control of Africanus, and the following barbarians directly set up ladders in this area, intending to climb the city.
Many barbarian warriors took advantage of the situation and jumped up, roaring and starting to fight, and the nearby affiliated troops also surrounded this direction. Unfortunately, with Africanus leading them, a lot of barbarians quickly gathered here.
"The Yuan family doesn't even have one person who can fight!"
Africanus roared and cut a centurion in half with one sword. Although he did not bring the giant army, he could still transform into a giant and wreak havoc on the city wall.
"Get out of here, you bastard!"
Several wheel-shaped axes were swung towards Africanus. Africanus blocked them with his shield, picked up one, and charged in the direction where the axes were coming from.
Before he could take a few steps, a Slav with a big axe blocked his axe.
"Hurrah!"
Urelov shouted slogans and then began to wrestle wildly with Africanus.
As a general on this section of the city wall, he must stop the enemy. This time, he must force them down even at the risk of his life, otherwise everything will be over.
"I have some strength!" Africanus looked relaxed. Although the Slavic barbarian in front of him was quite strong, there was still a gap between him and him.
Africanus himself was at least a realm of spiritual breakthrough, so how could Urelov, with his internal energy leaving his body, stop him?
"Prepare to die!" Africanus growled, and a metallic texture quickly began to appear on his body surface, and the strength in his hands increased dramatically.
Just a simple chop was enough to the ground.
"Go to hell!" Africanus showed no mercy at all. He gathered all his dissatisfaction along the way into the axe and chopped it down heavily.
"Bang!" The axe was bounced back heavily, and Gao Lan stood in front of Urelov with a gun and shield.
"Super heavy step, forward!"
Without any intention of getting entangled with Africanus, Gao Lan strode forward with his heavy infantry.
Africanus was still able to handle it, but the other barbarians were completely overwhelmed and were easily dealt with by the super heavy infantry.
Africanus could not hold on alone, and he retreated again and again, finally jumping off the city wall in embarrassment.
He did kill dozens of super heavy infantry soldiers, but it was meaningless. He had just killed an enemy, but the next moment, the enemy got up from the ground. What a point.
Africanus, feeling disgusted, jumped over the wall and returned to the camp in a depressed mood.
"How is it?" Gretz asked curiously. He was a cavalry commander and had no interest in attacking the city with the barbarians.
"Not very good. Gao Lan of the Yuan family has brought super heavy infantry to support the city wall. We will probably be repelled soon!" Africanus felt very unlucky.
There are a bunch of super heavy infantrymen who can be resurrected on the city wall, making the siege difficult as hell. He may not be able to capture the city wall even with his army of giants, let alone with a group of barbarians.
Just now when he was on the city wall, he was suddenly attacked by several heavy infantry soldiers and was bleeding. If the defense had not been broken, he would have stayed there for a while.
"Just as expected, it failed!" Marche said indifferently.
The barbarians, who were originally in a good situation on the city wall, almost collapsed after Gao Lan, Jiang Qi, Zhang Liao and others led their troops to rush up the city wall.
However, these were also within their expectations. The opponent was trying to determine their main attack direction, and they were also trying to determine the opponent's main defensive section.
Ju Yi at the north gate was a very good piece of information, which effectively eliminated a wrong choice for them.
"It's not easy to fight. These two guards are tough guys!" Luciano looked at the wolf riders and super heavy infantry with a headache.
Naturally, there is no need for many super heavy infantry, and wolf cavalry is even more troublesome.
These wolf riders are old wolf riders who accepted the thousand-year-old faith of the Northern Frontier. The skills of guarding the Great Wall are engraved in their minds. It can be said that these wolf riders are the most suitable soldiers for defending the city because each of them is experienced.
In addition, as an all-round military force, they have no weaknesses at all and are not afraid of Rome sending people to target them.
"Isn't this the meaning of the barbarians' existence? No matter how hard the stubble is, it will be smoothed out!"
Arnubis said lightly that war is like playing cards. Whoever's cards are seen through first will have a greatly reduced chance of winning.
He didn't expect to take down the city in a day or two, so he had to wait and see. The subsequent barbarians were his focus.
The morale of this group of barbarians is too low. The last value of using them to consume the opponent's strength is already their last use. Only after new barbarians are in place can he use some tricks.
Countless barbarians, led by Roman officers, attacked the city wall from the west gate like waves day and night. The elite troops led by Zhang Liao and Gao Lan were like reefs, holding off the barbarians and fighting hard on the city wall. The two sides were in a life-and-death stalemate.
The brutal siege lasted for almost three days and three nights, and even the city walls were stained red with blood.
"Cough cough cough, it's finally done!" Xu Rong looked at the blood puppet in front of him exhaustedly. This was something he had spent all his energy to create.
After all, he was a qualified commander of a large army. Under the influence of Huangfu Song, he did learn a few things and successfully attacked a group of Red Blood Cavalry with double talents.
These soldiers can play a huge role on the city wall today.
The barbarians who died under the city walls did not die without regrets. All their hatred and blood would become blood puppets, which could effectively deal with the barbarians' human wave tactics.
He had sent Yan Liang and Wen Chou away before, and now he does feel a little regretful.
He didn't expect Rome to be so disgusting. They didn't choose to explode and break the city, but instead planned to boil them to death like boiling a frog in warm water.
Although the casualty ratio was as high as seven to one, the problem was that even the super heavy infantry were exhausted, and even if they worked in shifts, they were all a little tired.
The number of wounded soldiers increased sharply, and although most of them were slightly injured, it was visibly getting harder for them.
After three days, at least 70,000 to 80,000 barbarians were killed in the battle. They only had about 200,000 defenders, but they were distributed on all sides, and the number of people on each side was far smaller than that of the opponent.
Besides, they didn't dare to mobilize soldiers at will. The only better place was probably the city wall where Ju Yi was stationed, but the barbarians were very good at the tactic of wearing out the soldiers.
Every time they came up with great force to harass, then turned around and ran away, leaving behind hundreds of corpses each time. However, this continuous harassment made Ju Yi very annoyed.
The number of casualties reached tens of thousands every day. Unlike outside the city where the barbarians were left to fend for themselves, the resources inside the city began to become rapidly scarce.
After all, they couldn't just abandon the injured soldiers, which undoubtedly added a lot of pressure on them.
"What kind of magic did Rome use? These barbarians' morale is obviously low, but they keep charging here. It's really deadly!"
Xu Rong was full of doubts. Looking at the barbarians who were constantly seeking their deaths, he felt as if he had seen a monster.
They all knew how weak the barbarians were, but the will shown by the barbarians under the city now made their regular army feel inferior.
The death rate was as high as 90%, but under such circumstances, these barbarians still continued to attack the city walls.
Xu Rong really didn't understand. He felt that if he were asked to command such a war, most of his subordinates would mutiny.
