Chapter 1257: The Situation of the Northern Battlefield
The southern battlefield came to an end, with countless casualties on the Kushan side and a great victory for the Han Dynasty, but no one could be happy.
With the undisguised actions of the Three Gods, everyone understood clearly that a global crisis had broken out. Unlike the last War in Heaven, this time only the Han Dynasty could withstand the thunder.
Fortunately, compared with last time, they were better prepared this time.
The only question now is how to get to Peshawar.
"According to the original plan, the North will launch a general offensive in three days. The northern mountain pass is only a day's journey from Peshawar, but our army has a long way to go. Even if we set out immediately, I'm afraid it will be difficult..."
Xu Shu sighed, afraid that they would not be able to catch up with the general attack this time.
"The main army will stay here to deal with the aftermath, and the elite troops will go forward. Second brother, third brother, Zilong, you will go with the Yulin Army at that time! The rest of the generals, if they want to go together, may go!" Liu Bei sighed. They had just fought a big battle and there were still many things to deal with.
Temujin finally ran away and failed to stop him, which made Liu Bei extremely angry, but there was nothing he could do. It would take a lot of time to lead the army north, and the logistics supply alone was a big problem. So Liu Bei simply gave up going north and planned to completely occupy this area.
After all, the Kushan Empire's will and destiny are inseparable from things like territory and population. If they take their army and occupy this entire area, it would be a way to weaken the enemy from another perspective.
"Report, Lord Xuande, the Governor-General of the Four Seas is here to visit!" The messenger's notice left Liu Bei confused.
But with the arrival of Gan Ning, Liu Bei opened his eyes wide.
"The Kushan navy has been secured, and our army can march north along the river!" Gan Ning said with a smile.
It was all thanks to Moro's river diversion that the environment changed. Coupled with the upcoming rainy season, the army in the south can take ships to the north for a distance. Peshawar, which was absolutely impossible to reach in three days before, now seems to be reachable.
However, there were limited ships, and only a part of the army could go north. But this was great news for officers like Wei Yan and Chen Dao.
They are happy to hear about the war. This is the Han Dynasty now.
"Didn't you say before that we couldn't win at sea? How come such good news suddenly came?" Liu Bei asked curiously.
Gan Ning also had a strange look on his face. To be honest, he did nothing but take a nap. When he woke up the next day, Zhou Yu sent him a message telling him that Cecilian was dead, but the Kushan navy had not been completely destroyed. He needed to stay and deal with these remnants, so he took the fleet north to support Liu Bei.
Gan Ning came here with a confused look on his face, but after arriving he found out that Liu Bei had also won the battle and he had done nothing.
Fortunately, Gan Ning knew that there was still a battle in the north of Kushan, and he had to catch up with it no matter what, so he ran to Liu Bei's side, wanting to take everyone with him.
Although Gan Ning has a somewhat silly personality, he is very clear that if he were put into this kind of imperial battle, he wouldn't be able to make even a splash. And after learning that the Kushan Empire had become a living kingdom of gods, Gan Ning was even more speechless.
"It seems that I can only learn about it from Zhou Gongjin in the future!" Liu Bei shook his head. Although he was puzzled, winning the battle was a good thing. As for how he won, he would analyze it later.
However, what Liu Bei didn't understand, Zhou Yu didn't understand either.
"How did I win?" Zhou Yu was a little doubtful about his life.
He won, but he didn't know how he won.
Originally, he was just trying to fight Cecilian, but Cecilian's entire fleet was inexplicably destroyed by him.
"My head itches. I need a brain to grow!" Zhou Yu was puzzled.
But the facts were in his face and he had no way to refute it.
After all, the Kushans only have two fleets, and now one of them has been directly destroyed. Even if Cecilien is not dead, he will be powerless as long as he has the remaining one.
Zheng He, Zhou Yu and Sun Quan, three fleets went up and replaced the remaining fleets even at the cost of their lives.
The time it took for the Kushans to reproduce was enough for them to destroy all of their shipyards and water fortresses.
They won, but Zhou Yu was confused as to how they won.
However, on the other side, Cecilian, or the god Varuna, who was reborn in Peshawar, was also confused. He tried to deal with Zhou Yu according to the experience of Cecilian in his memory, but not only did it not work, he was also defeated by Zhou Yu in one wave, which made him completely confused.
"Varuna, you were defeated too?" Mara looked at Varuna in surprise. The water god was defeated by a mortal in the ocean.
"I lost!" Varuna admitted his failure. Although he didn't know how he lost, he still lost.
He himself was destroyed by the waves, so his quibbling did not lead to failure.
"Gather your divine guards and prepare to cleanse this world of mortals!"
Brahma's oracle reached the minds of every god and Buddha.
Varuna and Mara both bowed respectfully to the void and then began to get busy.
The so-called gathering of the divine guards means selecting suitable carriers and guiding the divine guards in the mythology to descend.
However, just as they were selecting their divine guards, Beigui started the war again.
"Attack."
In the official history, the slave emperor Maximinus led the Balearic slingers and the Kushan spear and shield guards in battle.
When the Han Dynasty made it clear that it was going to attack Beigui Mountain Pass, the Kushans naturally would not sit idly by and wait for death, so Brahma drove the Roman barbarians, whose minds had been alienated but not yet completely possessed by gods and Buddhas, to attack the Han Dynasty.
Although these barbarians began to believe in the Kushan gods and Buddhas under the temptation of interests, faith had no influence in their hearts at all, and the gods and Buddhas could only slowly alienate their wills.
"Throw spears!" Maximinus gave the order loudly when he rushed to within a dozen steps of the Han army.
Relying on the instant burst of strength, the Balearic slingers picked up the one-pound short spears they were equipped with and threw them hard at the shield guard in front of them, causing a series of dull sounds.
Some of the short spears that were shot out were bounced off the shields of the shield guards, while others were nailed onto the shields, but only a few of them actually hurt the shield guards.
This is already a very high-end medium-range attack mode. The Balearic Slingers can be called a top-level long-range legion. The speed of their spears is even comparable to the speed of an arrow thrown by the Shesheng Battalion at full strength. Moreover, compared to the weight of an arrow, a spear is ten times heavier than an arrow, so naturally its power is also ten times that of the other side.
However, this long-range attack, which was fully utilized in the physical sense, was so weak when facing the shield guards. One round of burst throws that was enough to evaporate an entire legion of the Guards was almost harmless to the shield guards.
Looking at the horrific harvest, even Maximinus felt a pang in his heart. There was nothing he could do. The defensive ability of this thing was simply too outrageous.
However, what really worried Maximinus were those little giant shield guards who were basically all two meters away.
Although the opponent had not yet pressed forward, Maximinus was deeply worried about it, as being strong and healthy would never be at a disadvantage.
The aura emanating from the other party reminded him of the 30th Legion formed by Severus to conquer Parthia.
Taking a deep breath and suppressing all thoughts in his mind, Maximinus understood that no matter how difficult the opponent was, the war had to continue.
Watching the wall of shield guards slowly moving forward, Maximinus had a calm expression with almost no change. For him, such a result was within his expectations.
If you change the position and put him above the opponent's commander, he will also use this kind of legion pressure.
"Shock Lancer Attack!"
The Roman barbarians, using super spears more than two meters long, attacked the shield guards' line under the command of Maximinus.
Just as the Han Dynasty had expected at the beginning, when facing the shield guard, the enemy would naturally take the power shock talent into consideration, and then the Han Dynasty could counterattack.
The Kushans were well aware that they would be counterattacked, so no matter how difficult it was to face the shield guards, they only let Arvind train two legions for targeted breakthroughs.
However, Maximinus' cultural background was ultimately that of a barbarian, and he had never thought about whether he had any countermeasures if the other party put out the shield guard.
His way of thinking is still stuck in the mode of countering the opponent's moves. Since the Han Dynasty has set up shield guards, why don't they just directly produce strength talents?
As the Roman barbarians swung their spears, the six or seven meter long spears were swung into an arc and smashed towards the shield guards with a whistling sound.
Hearing the unpleasant sound, the shield guards immediately raised their shields, but when the spears hit the shields, the heavy force penetrated directly into their bodies, making them feel like they were struck by lightning.
"Bang!" With a dull sound, the raised shield was hit by the spear tip. The soldier holding the shield felt a dull pain in his chest and spat out a mouthful of blood.
"Power shock talent, rain of arrows cover, rain of arrows cover!"
After observing this scene, the Shield Guard Corps Commander Xu Chu roared loudly, and then the organized Changshui Battalion immediately began to take action.
From a long time ago, the Changshui Camp and the Shield Guards had a binding relationship. After all, there were only a few talent trees for soldiers that could deal with the Shield Guards. Putting aside those super legions, all the remaining legions would have a problem, and that was defense.
The purpose of Changshuiying has never been to clear out miscellaneous soldiers. Clearing out miscellaneous soldiers is just an incidental item in their professional functions. Their real role is to target fragile soldiers.
No matter what kind of fragile soldiers they are, they can be directly annihilated when facing the overwhelming bombardment of arrows containing the essence of heaven and earth.
These shock lancers have been strengthened through training, and have the talents of heavy attack enhancement and rigid collision, and are specially designed to deal with the shield guard corps.
The output basically relies on the toughness of the spear and the huge force brought by the swing. With such a long spear shaft, the effect when swinging and smashing is quite good.
Then a large group of spearmen advanced in layers in the Macedonian phalanx formation, but unlike the Macedonian phalanx which mainly relied on stabbing and suppression, they relied more on chopping and smashing.
Maximinus looked at the defeated Shield Guard Corps, and before he could smile, the Changshui Camp's ground-clenching arrows arrived.
The Changshui Camp can kill unarmored to lightly armored units within a radius of three to five meters with one arrow.
The Macedonian phalanx has always been characterized by its density, which resulted in the Changshui Camp's ground-washing arrows almost destroying the Macedonian phalanx with overflowing damage.
Maximinus was stunned. In just a moment, nearly three legions of phalanx spearmen were instantly evaporated. That was 15,000 people. He had no idea how much effort he had put into training these three legions, but in just a moment, it all vanished.
Maximinus' eyes went dark and he almost couldn't withstand this blow. Fortunately, the alienation brought about by the alienation of thinking gave him some divinity, which allowed him to hold on.
Atel and Barak watched Maximinus's advantageous front line quickly turn into fireworks, their expressions so solemn that water could drip out of them.
Although they had such a guess, when the guess became a reality, they felt dizzy.
The Han Dynasty induced them to form this type of legion, and in fact they did form such a legion.
"Do you feel a palpitation of death approaching?" Atler said suddenly.
Barak was stunned for a moment and his face turned even worse. He originally thought that this was his own feeling, but if both of them felt it, it probably meant that they were in great danger.
But they couldn't think of what could threaten them while they were inside the carefully constructed building defense line of the Beigui Front.
"No matter what is about to happen, it is most likely related to the Han Dynasty. Let the Peacock Legion take action once and suppress the Han Dynasty's archer corps!" Atel pondered for a moment and directly ordered the Peacock Legion to take action.
Changshuiying was still quietly waiting for the next target to appear, but they didn't expect that before the target appeared, arrows appeared in the sky first.
"Hide in all directions, move to another location immediately, and prepare to organize a counterattack!"
The commander of the Changshui Battalion roared. It was not that they had not thought that the Peacock Legion would take action, but they did not expect that the Peacock Legion would go against their usual behavior this time and abandon their previous high-powered arrows and choose to fight back by showering the ground with arrows.
Putting aside the super-powerful arrows that used leverage, the Peacock Legion was actually also a beyond-visual-range archer force. The Peacock Legion, contrary to its usual behavior, caught the Han Dynasty off guard in an instant.
Maximinus immediately seized the opportunity and once again mixed the remaining shock lancers with the spiral lancers and pressed forward. The loss was certainly heartbreaking, but now was not the time to feel heartbroken.
"Let them play. It's time to let Kushan see what a real shield guard is!"
Cao Cao looked at the battlefield and sneered, saying that they had no intention of hiding anything, as the general attack was only a few days away.
What Cao Cao was talking about was naturally the huge amount of mecha shield guards that Chen Xi spent, which was a powerful army representing the current financial strength of the Han Dynasty.
It can be said that every bit of strength of this legion is built up with money.
While Cao Cao felt heartbroken over the cost, he also had high hopes for this powerful army.
