Chapter 1051 The shock brought by the white horse
Parthia did not have to wait long. The Han Dynasty believed that speed was of the essence in war, so they came very quickly and arrived near the battlefield of Ctesiphon in just a few days.
"What is that?"
More than one hundred soldiers of the Fifth Skylark who were sent to conduct reconnaissance east of Ctesiphon were hiding on the plains preparing to build concealed defensive fortifications when they inexplicably saw a small dot on the horizon. The leading centurion casually asked a question.
"I don't know. It's a bit far away and I can't see clearly." A soldier next to him stared at it and said, "It looks like cavalry?"
"Oh no! It's cavalry. I'm afraid it's the Han cavalry coming from this direction. Quickly inform the corps commander that the Han army has arrived. Damn it! It's too late..."
The leading centurion reacted immediately, but when he turned around again, he found that the cavalry on the opposite side had grown from a small dot to the size of a knuckle, and he was immediately shocked.
As veterans, they could clearly judge how fast a certain type of soldier was, and it was obvious that the cavalry corps on the opposite side was definitely the fastest corps they had ever seen.
"Everyone take cover! The third squad will disperse and go back to inform the legion commander, and the rest of you will ambush on the spot and be careful and alert!" The centurion reacted at this time and immediately issued the latest order.
The number of people pouring out on the horizon made him lose all desire to resist, so he immediately ordered to observe in secrecy.
Even though he was just an ordinary Roman centurion, he knew how terrifying it was to have such a fast-moving legion, especially within the range of a scout battle, which meant that they would never be able to outrun the enemy.
Absolutely no Roman legion was qualified to restrain itself in front of this legion. In fact, most of the legions were just wooden stakes in the eyes of the other side, and they probably couldn't even get a taste of the opponent's exhaust. At most, only a combination of fourteen might be able to catch up with the opponent.
In his eyes, even the Fourteenth Combined Legion, which was known for its infinite talents, had no way to deal with this elite force that was already moving at lightning speed. This speed was clearly beyond the limit.
"Strange? It seems like there is something?" Gongsun Zan felt something was wrong when he passed by the group of soldiers on his white horse. The breath coming from the wind made him very confused.
According to the wind flow, there should be people nearby, but they saw nothing.
The cautious Gongsun Zan thought about it, took the white horse around in a big circle, and then turned back.
As a reconnaissance unit, any abnormal situation must be eliminated.
The cautious Gongsun Zan divided the white horses into four teams and patrolled the area in a carpet-like mine-walking manner.
The Japanese ninja system taught him that there are indeed types of soldiers that can conceal their bodies.
However, the ninja's system and Yun Que's system are two different things. The ninja's invisibility can reach the level of light and shadow entirely relying on the blessing of Shen Xiang. After Shen Xiang was killed, it had long been degraded into an invisibility that controlled the wind.
It is probably similar to the effect of the Wind King's barrier, which is fundamentally different from light and shadow. Previously, the invisibility effect was achieved only by refracting light through wind.
The Fifth Skylark's methods are even more advanced. He can fundamentally control light and shadow, and can be considered a superior type of ninja.
However, Rome did not figure out the specific effect of this legion, and relied entirely on the Eagle Flag and the Fourteenth Combined Legion passed down from generation to generation.
"Damn bastards!" The centurion of the Fifth Skylark went crazy, knowing that they were probably exposed. Although he didn't know what went wrong, it was enough for this pure white cavalry to come over here and trample them to death.
There is a big difference in their concealment when they are moving and when they are not moving.
"Prepare for a sneak attack. Once the enemy comes towards us, attack immediately!" The centurion of the Fifth Skylark gave the order with the last glimmer of hope.
He really couldn't escape, otherwise he would definitely choose to turn around and run.
Finally, the white horse gradually locked onto the position of the fifth skylark by relying on the fluidity of the wind. They understood each other tacitly, adjusted their directions silently, and rushed towards the direction of the fifth skylark.
"Closer, closer..."
The soldiers of the Fifth Skylark who were lying in ambush on the route where the white horse passed were all silently estimating in their hearts that with the opponent's super high speed, they had no chance of hitting the vital points.
Therefore, the experienced soldiers of the Fifth Skylark all set their sights on the enemy's warhorses. As long as they put the warhorses down, the opponents would fall to their death at such a fast speed.
"Attack!" The centurion of the Fifth Skylark Legion pounced on the white horse the moment it approached, and stabbed the Roman sword in his hand directly at the horse of the White Horse Volunteers passing by him.
However, the White Horse Volunteers were faster, and at the moment when the wind flow changed, all the Volunteers chopped out reflexively.
The moment before the Fifth Skylark's soldiers stabbed the white horse, it was cut in half by Yi Cong's sword.
"Sure enough, Rome's Fifth Skylark? Is it still a little slow?" Gongsun Zan looked at a team of white horse soldiers rushing past, and suddenly a large area was dyed red, his expression full of solemnity.
They didn't expect Parthia to be so vulnerable. They tried their best to act as quickly as possible, and even used the Yulin Army to attack the city, but it still took some time to capture the cities along the way.
However, Gongsun Zan now had an even deeper contempt for Parthia. They were mixed up with the remnants of the Huns, and they were indeed a bunch of rotten fish. Even though they had gathered the entire country's military strength head-on, they were defeated so easily in their capital.
"Send someone back to inform the army that we have entered the battlefield!" Gongsun Zan said calmly to the adjutant beside him.
The enemy's concealment is very high, but their speed is average. The fact that they can wander around means that they should be close to the battlefield, which means that they may be attacked at any time in this area.
Since the concept of beyond visual range came into being, the battlefield's alert range has been expanded more than once. In the past, this distance did not require any defense.
"Scatter out the carpet and scout. The other side must have personnel escaping and reporting intelligence. Kill them all!"
Gongsun Zan gave the order cruelly. On such a flat plain, their Baima Yicong was the god of the reconnaissance force.
After knowing that there was a group of invisible opponents on the battlefield, Gongsun Zan directly pulled the white horses into a huge wave formation, intending to use a carpet-style clearing method to hunt down those Fifth Skylark soldiers who had left.
Although the soldiers of the Fifth Skylark saw the white horse on the horizon as soon as they saw it, they ran sideways desperately in an attempt to avoid it.
Not long after that, he was caught up and killed by Baima Yicong with a single sword strike.
It was not until the White Horse Volunteers killed the third group of scattered Skylark Centurions that Rome finally received the news of the arrival of the Han army.
It was not because Skylark's centurion team passed the information back to the main army, but because Penilence in the center of the army saw the white horse on the horizon with his vision that could break through the world.
"Palmiro, what on earth are you doing? You failed to issue a warning when an unknown force approached the battlefield!"
Penilence exploded instantly, and the combination of the fourteen combinations and the skylark allowed Rome to build a tactical platform with light and shadow, and see the entire battlefield from various perspectives.
However, now a pure white cavalry unit has broken through their defense network and is approaching the battlefield directly, which may cause great losses on the battlefield.
This can only show Palmiro's dereliction of duty, as he allowed an unknown cavalry unit to approach the battlefield.
Palmiro had a puzzled look on his face, expressing great confusion and grievance. He had sent nearly two thousand Skylark soldiers in that direction, but he did not have time to inform them of the enemy's situation. The enemy even rushed to a distance where they could look directly at each other.
But the next moment Penilense and Palmiro were both silent.
After Penilense finished scolding Palmiro, when he looked again, the white stripe had risen one level.
As the commander of a large army, Penilence judged the enemy's marching speed almost instantly.
Palmiro hastily refracted the light and shadow in the direction the white horse was moving, and then they saw a group of white horse volunteers, almost forming a long horizontal snake formation, running rampant in the area like washing a carpet.
The other side did not stop until they seemed to see the army.
"Those legions... are flying? Right?" Penilence said uncertainly.
"Yes... Although they are close to the ground, what they are stepping on is not the earth, but the air!" Palmiro's face turned green.
He knew with his little brain why the other side had deployed such an outrageous formation, which was to clear out the Skylark soldiers he had deployed over there.
"The Han Empire can really give us surprises. A legion of three talents with pure speed." The corner of Penilence's mouth twitched slightly.
The Romans had carefully analyzed the reports submitted by Ganasis and concluded that the Han Empire was very strong, but when the Han Empire really threw its legions in his face.
He still wanted to curse, why would such a disgusting legion appear?
The last time I felt so disgusted was when the Thirteen Roses were killed by the Burning Legion of Parthia.
However, the Burning Legion burns talents after all, and they can also avoid the negative effects of burning to the greatest extent possible through their qualities.
This is also the reason why most of Rome's troops are now heavy infantry, in order to counter the Parthian side's burning talent.
However, the pure white army that appeared at the moment made Penilence have no idea how to deal with it for a while.
If the white horse was running on the ground, they could try traps, earthquakes and other tricks, but the white horse was flying close to the ground, instantly blocking all room for targeting.
Apart from surrounding the white horses with a large army and exhausting their ammunition and food, Penilence could not think of any other way to kill them.
Just like the Fourteenth Group and the Fifth Skylark, as long as they don’t seek death, they basically have no chance of dying.
He was well aware of how abnormal these soldiers who had reached their limit in a certain direction were. The First Auxiliary was basically a legion that had pushed its strength to its limit. The powerful strength could make the First Auxiliary rank among the top three in Rome.
However, before their eyes was a legion that had pushed speed to the extreme.
"The Han Empire is indeed a strong enemy!" Penilence sighed after a while.
The war of empires is a test of foundation, and Penilence began to feel the pressure as soon as the Han Dynasty appeared.
