Chapter 12 Seduction (2)
The following small-scale contact with the Romans made Hayrod and his generals uneasy. Surena, who fought against the enemy Syrian garrison on the eastern border, kept saying good news of siege of the city, but on this northern front, the Roman legion had no intention of trapping a place. Many castles and water sources were abandoned in advance by them, and their troops were flexibly transferred away. The Parthian light cavalry, at a distance of 120 Romanians outside the Oping River and Chinodosha, encountered Roman servants, which seemed to be formed by the Gauls and Nubians, and there were light archers to assist them in combat. The tactics were extremely strange.
Unlike the traditional Roman legion - when Parthian light cavalry stepped forward, the opponent's cavalry jumped off the horse, placed the horses under the protection behind them, and joined forces with the infantry to form a wide horizontal formation, with arrows blowing like rain, and the bows in their hands, range and power were not inferior to those in the hands of the Parthians, and they specially picked up Parthian mounts of shooting. In addition, the Romans would also ambush small groups of heavy infantry in advance at the front of the position or in the foothills or forests on both sides, and carry out short assaults on the Parthian cavalry who pretended to retreat or were really defeated. After a series of attacks, the Parthian cavalry often did not get the opportunity to reassemble, otherwise they would lure the enemy into a real retreat and be defeated repeatedly.
Herod was furious. The Romans on the opposite side seemed to have been prepared and consciously divided into two to three combat groups. In the ruins of the fortress group south of Chinodosha, they took turns to attack the forefront of their own army. He wanted to gather the entire army to fight with the Roman generals, but the opponent's speed was also very fast and he did not give him this opportunity at all. Many times, even the Parthians who were skilled in speed could only follow behind and eat ashes.
This time Li Bida was at ease. He completely imitated the tricks of Masiguo teasing and beating the Romans in the "History of the Marsiers", or the guerrilla tactics that Sethulis had previously carried out against Metra or Pompey in Spain. That is, relying on the abundant storage of Cinodosha as the base, the Fourth and Seventh Legions, which were based on heavy-arm tactics, quickly contracted, stationed on the outer wall front, and dispatched some brigades at any time to cooperate with Anthony
, Dussenvier's cavalry, and Serha's Serapis legion, constantly restraining and consuming the King of Parthia. As for the Cyrean legion of Faubinas, they were given an additional mission - they set out in the dark and suddenly occupied the right bank of the Oping River, could threaten the Ramiy Mountains of the Parthia's rations, and ignited fireworks, erected flags, and issued a colorful warning to Herod.
At this time, tens of thousands of powerful Parthians felt great distress, and they could not judge from the naked eye. Which side was the main force of the Romans, and in the end, Herod decided to be safe. He divided the entire army into three parts, and some were led by General Mentis to attack the Romans from Chinodosha in the north; then he personally led the right wing, mostly selected heavy armored cavalry and light cavalry, and the left wing was commanded by another general named Nasika. The number of people in this wing was the largest, most of which were stone casters, archers and various light infantry, as well as Arab camel soldiers. Nasika had to divide them into two fronts and backs.
In order to ensure the gap between the left and right wings of Mount Ramiy and not be attacked by the Romans, Hellod took the hundreds of the heaviest "oven cavalry" as the "chain".
Just as the huge Parthian formation was difficult to move in the dust, Libida left Anthony's Seventh Army and Paulus' Fourth Army, and let Petneus stay in the city of Chinodosha, and then took the Serapis Army and the Cavalry Brigade, and took two auxiliary archers to maneuver on the north side of the hillside, galloping to Mount Ramiy, "Don't raise any flags and squads. Archers use leather bags to protect the bowstrings, all hidden behind the valley and the Cyrenene Legion. The same is true for the cavalry brigade, lowering all the mounts and downing."
In this way, all the elite soldiers hid their movements and murderous aura. Li Bida and Sabo and others climbed to the high ground and observed the hustle and bustle of Hellod's army at the foot of the mountain. Then, they ordered the Essios to cut off all the grass and shrubs from their right wings, forming a flat passage for assault.
"The decisive location of the battle is on our right wing, so I will personally command it during the war! Also, the left wing asked Faubinas to pay attention to strengthening the depth to resist the impact of the Parthian cavalry."
"What about the central part? The central part is facing the opponent's oven cavalry, who are wrapped in armor from head to toe." Sabo reminded.
"That is the chain of Hellod, responsible for consolidating the left and right wings. Unless unexpected situations are unexpected, there will be no raid on our army." Li Bida predicted with certainty.
In the next two days, the Roman army was actually the provocative side. Li Bida knew that with Herod's command ability, the scope of influence he could only be on the right wing where he was located. If the provocation was successful, the Parthians would be disconnected and the enemy's steps could be disrupted and the enemy's steps could be won. So the Romans carefully advanced along the hillside to the flat ground, but every time they advanced half a Furlong distance, they would dig a trench. When they found that Parthian had no movement, they would fill the trench again and continue to shout slogans slowly forward.
The challenge documents written in Greek, which Li Bida will be sent to the tent of the commander behind the right wing army of the Hayrods. Where are the eye-catching Parthian royal logos and the wall stones of the ancestors used for prayer. Li Bida's ridicule is naked, "I have sent so many challenge books to the great Assassin in one day. Even the proudest lady in Rome, I am afraid that I will climb onto the bed and have fun with me, but Assassin you are still like a reserved virgin."
Hellod initially ignored these letters, but Li Bida continued to send people to send documents, one of which reads directly, "When tomorrow, no matter whether you are in the fight, you are as close as you, Assassin, I will take the initiative to attack, because the distance between the two armies is getting closer and closer, so close that stones and bows can be shot on each other. I don't want my subordinates to be too excited and lose control of them, so I will launch a fierce attack at one minute tomorrow!"
"I asked the entire army to take good protection. Without the orders of the king, no general could cross the boundary and fight with the Romans. By tomorrow, I would personally instigate the right-wing cavalry to defeat the opponent's attack first, then break through the Romans' front, and kill them all." Hellod was calm.
At this moment, the weather in the desert and mountains suddenly changed. The dark mist and strong winds suddenly swept across the two armies, following the orders of Assassis, and with such bad weather, all the Parthian troops on the front quietly set up a defensive posture in front of the camp. (To be continued...)
Chapter completed!