Night.
It was peaceful.
In the cold night, the snowflakes on the sky are falling quietly, and the snow scene in the cold winter wax moon is white everywhere, without too many colors, but it shines brightly in the dark night.
In this beautiful night scene, if it is placed in Jinling City, it should be a beautiful scene of countless infatuated men and women pouring out their sweet emotions.
But this is the Sicilian River.
The Sicilian River was the front line of the battle between the Wu and Roman armies.
There is an atmosphere of blood and cruelty everywhere, which can suppress people and even make it difficult to breathe.
On this night, a piece of cold ice condensed on the surface of the Sicilian River, the thickness of the ice was not very thick, and under the cold ice was the river flowing in the undercurrent, and at this moment, a group of soldiers and horses were carefully swimming towards the west bank.
"Report to the Chief of Staff, the Pioneer Battalion has arrived at the shore of all staff" "Report to the Chief of Staff that the 1st Regiment arrived on the shore with a loss of 12 men" "Report to the Chief of Staff that the 2nd Regiment arrived on the shore with a loss of sixteen men" "Report to the Chief of Staff, the 3rd Regiment arrived on the shore and lost eight people" As a low voice came from the guards next to him into Lu Meng's ears, Lu Meng's body soaked in the water was a little tense, and he swam across the river under the ice, after all, there was some loss.
Although this loss is completely negligible compared to the nearly 8,000 soldiers of a division, it is a human life after all.
His head peeked out of the ice on the shore, and then wiped the water trails near the corners of his eyes with his hands, and quietly raised his head, looking at the camp tent not far from the west bank, dark and gloomy, and unprepared.
"Ashore" "Yes" The soldiers of the Wu army obeyed the order, and everyone was very careful, one by one they emerged from the bottom of the water under the ice, and then walked to the shore with their wet bodies, and quietly gathered in a dark reed.
"Scout, visual distance."
"Report to the Chief of Staff, we are now about 500 meters away from the barracks on the south side, 600 meters from the middle camp, and 800 meters from the barracks on the north side."
"The thirty-eighth army, the officers and men of the first division obey the order" Lu Meng took a breath of warmth, dispelled a little chill on his body, and shouted in a low voice.
"In" When the commanders of each regiment heard this, their faces were solemn, and they pressed their throats and made sounds.
"The pioneer battalion and the 1st regiment accompanied me to personally storm the main battalion, the 2nd regiment was responsible for the assault on the southern battalion, and the 3rd regiment was responsible for the assault on the northern battalion" Lu Meng squatted down, lowered his voice, his eyes were full of this strong fighting spirit, and he gave orders to the commanders: "All of you remember, don't fall in love with war, within an hour, you must kill and come out, our goal is only to disrupt the deployment of the Roman army, killing the enemy is not the most important, after entering the camp, the most important thing is to set fire, as long as the soldiers break in, immediately set fire everywhere, regardless of whether they can burn the grain and grass of their army, at least burn their camp tents, and then quickly return, meet with resistance, Kill it at all costs, and this can be considered a successful raid."
"I hope all of you can come back" "Commander, please rest assured, we will definitely guarantee the completion of the mission" The generals received the order solemnly.
"Hands-on" "Yes" In the dark night, figures appeared outside the Roman military camp, and nearly a division of Wu soldiers was quietly approaching the Roman army camp.
"Tom, something seems wrong out there" Above the gate of the Roman camp, a tall and burly Roman young man shook in the ice and snow, his eyes flickered as if he saw a shadow: "Look, is there a black figure in front of you?"
"Aris, you read it wrong, our strikers are stationed on the ice field, and they have not been found on the ice field at all, can they be Easterners?"
The companion next to him was about to laugh at him, but a sharp sword burst through the air, piercing through his leather armor and then through his heart.
"Enemy Attack" The Roman young man was stunned for a moment, stretched out his hand to wipe the blood that had been splashed on his face, trembled all over, looked at his partner who had fallen straight away, was shocked in his heart, and hurriedly wanted to beat the drum. shout Another cold arrow burst through the darkness and pierced through his body.
"Sons, kill" Lu Meng fired two arrows in a row, and after neatly solving the two Roman scouts on the gate, he was full of momentum, shouted, took the lead, and rushed in with the soldiers.
"Kill" "Kill" The soldiers of the Wu army followed closely behind Lu Meng one by one, fierce as a tiger, and quickly lit the torches prepared in their hands, and the bright light suddenly reflected the dark snowy night.
"What the hell is going on?"
Caracalla, who was in the camp of the king's tent, woke up from his dream, heard the deafening shouts of killing, trembled, and rushed out with a casual piece of clothing, and looked up to see that there was a world of fire under his eyes.
In the whole barracks, there must have been a single tent on fire.
In the midst of the flames, there were also shouts of killing.
The camp was full of figures.
The chaotic figures of the Roman soldiers and the sound of the Wu soldiers rushing in are all indistinguishable from each other.
"Your Royal Highness the Prince, the Oriental people have attacked the camp" Several Roman generals and soldiers hurried towards the king's camp.
"How many of them are there" "I don't know" "What about the South Camp and the North Camp" "It was also attacked by the Wu army" "Fack" Caracalla pulled out the knight's sword from his waist and turned over a war horse, showing the bravery of Severus' blood: "Warriors of Rome, our lord is watching us, we must not lose the honor of the Roman Empire, I, Caracalla, am with you, please follow me to kill the enemy" "Killing" "Killing" The Roman soldiers were just caught off guard and a little messy, so Caracalla was integrated, and he quickly reacted, and the quickly formed military formation began to encircle and suppress the Wu soldiers who entered the camp.
"Withdrawal of troops" Lu Meng's reaction was also very fast, he saw that the chaotic Roman army was about to be integrated, without saying a word, without the slightest intention of dragging mud and water, he quickly commanded the soldiers to withdraw their troops outside.
"Withdraw" "The chief of staff has an order, not to fall in love with war" "Erlang, quickly withdraw" The soldiers of the Wu army were notified in advance, so naturally they would not fall in love with the war, and in the chaos, they quickly withdrew.
In less than an hour, the first division of the 38th Army, with more than 8,000 soldiers, walked in and out of the Roman camp, leaving only more than 1,000 corpses.
"Statistical Loss" Caracalla's face was pale, and he looked at the soldiers of the Wu army who disappeared into the darkness, and shouted.
"Your Royal Highness, we have lost no more than 3,000 warriors, and most of them have been trampled to death in the chaos," a Roman general stepped forward and gave a bitter report.
"How many Eastern soldiers and horses are there that have been killed?"
"Less than 10,000 people" "Bastard" Caracalla's pupils changed color, his face turned red, and cold hatred erupted in his eyes: "My Roman battalion, hundreds of thousands of soldiers are stationed, and I actually let less than 10,000 Orientals go in and out, and the honor of my Roman Empire has been lost to you."
"Damn Orientals" The faces of the two main generals, Macrinus and Dio, were also unusually gloomy.
"The fire has been extinguished, the honorable prince has lit it, but my battalion has lost more than half of its tents, as well as its grain, and more than a third of our food has been burned in the chaos," said the quartermaster who counted the soldiers, trembling, and whispered in return.
"Click" In a fit of rage, Caracalla finally couldn't suppress his anger, and directly pulled out the knight's sword, and pierced the quartermaster's body with a sword: "I can't even keep food, what use do I want to do?"
In the face of the brutal Caracalla under the rage, the Roman generals were a little frightened, and even Macrinus and Dio did not dare to say anything.
"Where the hell did these Orientals come from?"
Free novels bring you joy and joy ---> storyskyline.net
One of the Roman generals asked a question in silence.
The reason for this situation is nothing more than that the Orientals came too quickly and without warning, so that their hundreds of thousands of troops were actually caught off guard.
But there are obviously troops around, and if the Orientals kill them, there will definitely be people to warn them.
"Dio, our barracks and the camp of the Orientals are separated by the Sicilian River, and although the Sicilian River is frozen, the first legion of the Crusaders under your command is stationed on the ice field," Caracalla asked, staring at Theo as his eyes became more and more gloomy.
"I don't know" Dio's face was ugly: "Rose, you quickly go and get Ansmore from the First Legion" "Yes" "Your Royal Highness, these Orientals all seem to be soaking wet, I guess they must have come from under the ice, although the surface of the Sicilian River is frozen, but the ice is not very thick, under the ice is water, good water, can swim over" Macrinus said suddenly.
"Ice Bottom" Caracalla's face grew more and more ugly.
"If this is the case, our 1st Crusader Corps stationed on the ice will be in danger" Macrinus said: "This group of soldiers and horses will definitely kill one of them."
"Forward and Backward" Dio's face changed drastically, and he was about to say something, but was soon interrupted by the sudden sound of battle.
"Knock Knock" "Bell" "Kill" "Rush to the Past" It was the sound of battle, the beating of drums, the sound of fighting soldiers, and the sound of shouts of killing from the frozen ice of the Sicilian River in the distance.
"Newspaper" A Roman soldier rode into the camp.
"Speak quickly," Dio was a little anxious.
"Report to the General, the First Crusader Army is being flanked by the Eastern Army in front and back, and requests reinforcements" "Crusaders, follow me" Without saying a word, Dio led the entire legion and struck the frozen surface of the river.
"General Macrinus, you immediately integrate the warriors of the Predator Legion, and we will give these Easterners a fierce attack" Caracalla said coldly: "Since they dare to provoke us, I will fight them to the death."
"Your Royal Highness, I think something is wrong" Macrinus is a veteran of the battlefield of the Roman Empire, and when everyone in this Roman soldier gritted his teeth angrily, he still maintained the calmness and composure of the main general, and said in a low voice: "I feel that the Easterners are deliberately luring us to attack, it is better for us to wait, there are crusaders to fight, it is difficult for them to break through the frontal defense, we are only suffering a small loss, and when the reinforcements from the north arrive, we can annihilate them."
"Hmph" Caracalla snorted coldly, his eyes swept coldly, and he pointed to the messy camp: "General Macrinus, look at it, our big camp, less than 10,000 Orientals can make a mess, if we can't take the opportunity to defeat the Orientals, this cold day, heavy snow, how long do you think our warriors can hold out if they lose their tents?"
If it was before, he could still calmly wait for reinforcements, and then besiege and kill the Wu army on the other side of the river.
But now, facing this situation, he feels that there is a fire of shame burning in his heart, and he can't calm down at all, he just wants to fight the Orientals to the death.
Swore by the honor of a knight that he would fight a fair battle with the Easterners.
"This" Macrinus's eyes swept over, some of the tents have not been completely extinguished, the fire has burned, at least 100,000 people have no tents to live in, in this cold weather, it is simply unbearable.
Also, after nearly a third of the grain had been burned, they couldn't hold out for ten days.
"Warriors, we are all the most heroic knights of the Roman Empire, and I, Caracalla, am willing to be a knight and be ashamed of my Roman Empire, and you are willing to fight with me."
Caracalla rode his horse, jumped on the high platform, and directly raised the knight's sword in his hand, and drank in pure Latin.
"Battle" "Battle" The soldiers of Rome were proud of their knights, and the dignity of knights was not to be desecrated.
"Battle" When Macrinus saw this situation, he was helpless, so he naturally couldn't beat his mouth, so he could only raise the knight's spear in his hand and raise his arms and shout.
The army left the camp and went straight to the main battlefield The battlefield on the ice field on the river surface was already fierce, and the snow-white ice was stained with layers of blood.
"Kill" Among the Wu army, the one who took the lead was Ma Chao.
Ma Chao held a tiger-headed golden spear in his hand, like a raging tiger, invincible, killing intent, one by one Roman soldiers fell under his gun.
He was not leading the 43rd Army, but the independent army under the command of the Snow Leopard Legion, that is, a group of soldiers and horses composed of the rest of the army, which was fighting the Roman army with all their lives.
The commander of the independent army, Il, as the general of the Rest Empire, even if he still has any dissenting intentions in his heart, he is doing his best in the face of the battle with the Roman army at this moment.
"Kill" "Kill" In the face of the century-old feud of the Romans, the soldiers who rested in peace did not have the slightest burden of surrendering troops and fought hard.
"Fence it out" "Kill them" "Don't let them escape, attack and kill with all their might" On the left and right are the main forces of the Snow Leopard Legion and the Guanzhong Legion, which are encircling the Crusaders with all their might.
In the face of the main attack of the Wu army, the Roman army was just a crusade legion, and it was losing and retreating "The Roman army just came out of a crusade" On the east side of the riverbank, the jaw on the observation deck was a little gloomy: "Under the night battle, it is easy to damage yourself, or break the ice in advance."
Fighting at night and fighting during the day, those are two different things.
It's easy to go crazy in night battles.
Once you go crazy, you can't make any difference between the enemy and the enemy, and you won't be able to control the situation at all, and then you will be in trouble.
"Wait a little longer" Zhuge Liang calmed down: "I don't believe Caracalla can hold back this breath, wait another half an hour, if the main force of Rome does not come out, immediately withdraw from the ice field" t1706231537: