sweeping the world

Chapter 1032 The Times Are Different
After all, it was a defense line built hastily, that is, the Roman fortification method. Before it had time to go through layers of reinforcement, there were only compacted soil and stones. It has a good defensive effect, but it seems disregarded when facing the Han army with firearms.

The artillery unit of the Han army fired three rounds of shelling first, but then the shelling stopped.

The cold weapon units of the Han army on the left and right wings each had their own sword and shield soldiers leave the main formation.

"Are they going to attack?" Elbata didn't go to the city wall, he was very sorry for his life, even if there was only a [-] in [-] chance of being hit by the flying shells, he would not go to the city wall.He waved back the people who came to report, and asked Marus: "They just sent sword and shield soldiers, should we send troops to fight back?"

Marus had a worried look on his face.

They continued to encounter failures on the frontal battlefield, and the results obtained by investing in their own troops were almost the same as dispatching miscellaneous soldiers of various ethnic groups.

If you want to say why the Persian and Roman armies are better than the miscellaneous soldiers of various ethnic groups, you can only say that they consumed more ammunition and gunpowder of the Han army's firearms troops, that's all.

"Counterattack?" Marus took a deep breath and said, "They must not be allowed to attack the city wall leisurely, and they must counterattack. It's just that all the tribes are already terrified, and only we will go up."

The Romans and Persians made a huge battle, with nearly [-] paces and about [-] Han troops. Anyone who is not blind can see the final result.

After the one-and-a-half-hour battle, about 4000 Romans and Persians fled back, including about [-] cavalry archers alone, which means that more than [-]% of them lost their lives on the battlefield. .

When the Han army was advancing, they would make amends when they encountered dead or alive Persians and Romans, and there was no act of taking prisoners. Therefore, [-]% of the Romans and Persians who participated in the attack really gave their lives to death. Lost on the battlefield.At this point, the Romans and Persians were resentful and fearful, while the hearts of all ethnic groups were full of fear and fear.

"The Han people are too ruthless!" Albada had ordered the troops under his command to attack just now, and waved back the messengers again, before saying with gritted teeth, "We don't want to take any prisoners anymore!"

"Hehe!" Marus chuckled, and asked, "Are we really going to do that? No prisoners?"

Albata's face changed for a while, turning green and white, then white and blue again.He finally slapped his hand on the table with both anger and frustration: "We... are not qualified to do that!"

The Han people can be unscrupulous, but they don't have that qualification now.

If one day the Persians can kill them all without keeping prisoners on the battlefield, we need to wait for the progress of this war to reach the stage where the anti-Han Axis coalition forces are in a winning position.

"We threw in more than 500 people, and you lost nearly 8000 people." Marus said bitterly: "I don't know if the results of the battle have killed 500 people from the other side."

"There should be." Elbata said not so sure: "The cavalry successfully rushed into their array. We all know how much damage the cavalry will cause if they launch a desperate charge."

Except for the cavalry of the anti-Han Axis Allied Forces who had hand-to-hand combat with the Han army, the rest of the infantry could only shoot at the Han soldiers with bows and arrows.

Among their Persian light cavalry, only some timid Persian knights escaped early to save their lives. None of the Persian knights who really launched a decisive charge survived, but they were really the only ones who caused the biggest damage to the Han army in the entire battle. loss.

The loss is over ten thousand, and the result of the battle is not sure if there is five hundred?Whether such a battle loss ratio occurred on the battlefield of three empires, or two empires united to fight another empire, makes people doubt whether Rome and Persia are at the empire level, and also frightens that the Han Empire is too powerful. share.

The exaggerated battle loss ratio is already showing results. As commanders, Marus and Elbata have become unconfident.

"This is the enemy of our ancestors?" Aditya Batra watched the whole battle process, because he didn't have a telescope, he could only observe the general dynamics, but he saw the exaggerated encounter between Persian Sassan and Rome Fiasco: "Are the Romans and Persians too useless, or the Chinese too powerful?"

Seriously speaking, this group of descendants of the Northern Huns saw such weapons for the first time, and they really didn't understand what the weapons of the Han army were.They know that those weapons are very powerful because they don't understand, and they haven't experienced the blows of those weapons in person, but they are numb to the extent of how powerful they are.

"There is no doubt that the Persians are very powerful. They are the overlords in the southern land." Gu Liyi is the captain of Aditya Batra's guard.He gave an example: "We have sent warriors to their land several times to fight grass valleys, and the Persian army generally did not take advantage of it, and we suffered disastrous defeats several times."

To evaluate how strong a certain force is, basically you have to have fought against that force before you can get more accurate data, or you can just look at how many territories that force has, how many people it has, how much wealth it has, and so on. Some information is really not so reliable to evaluate.

The simplest example, right? The population and economic strength of the big cowards are large enough, right?However, he was taught again and again by Xixia, whose population and economic strength were dozens of times smaller than his own.

The Mongols, who had a small population and poor economic strength, became the "scourge of God" and ravaged most of the world. No less than [-] million people died directly or indirectly at their hands.And how many people were there in the world at that time?According to some historical data, there were about [-] million people in the world at that time, which means that more than half of them died. (mainly the spread of infectious diseases)

Supporting the bones means that the Persians are really not weak, and the Persians are at a disadvantage most of the time in the confrontation with Rome, so the Romans are stronger than the Persians.

Now, the Persians, who were not weak, and the Romans, who were stronger than the Persians, united to fight the Han people, but they met on the battlefield openly and suffered a jaw-dropping defeat not because of any conspiracy.

"Is it Rome?" Aditya Batra had heard of Rome, and learned about its wealth and power from the Goths.He squeezed the horsewhip in his hand: "It seems that the Romans have entered a period of weakness, and they will inevitably weaken. How can we be missing in that rich land?"

He has not received any brilliant education, but Aditya Batra is still a leader after all.How could he not know that once the Persian Sassanian and Romans failed repeatedly on the battlefield, even if the Han Chinese did not attack the Persian Sasanian and Roman lands, they would still have internal turmoil due to repeated defeats on the battlefield, and the country would inevitably weaken .

"Go and tell the Romans and Persians." Aditya Batra grinned: "We are willing to fight the Han people, but they need to give us five boxes of gold coins and three thousand good horses first."

Gu Liyi was stunned, saw the smirk on Aditya Batra's face, guessed what the intention was, followed the smirk, and went to find Marus and Elbata.

On the front line, two thousand sword and shield soldiers of the Han army have advanced to within 200 meters of the "city wall".They collided with the Persians who were fighting, and they were fighting fiercely.

There were [-] Persians who went to battle, all of them were infantry on foot. They were very afraid of being attacked by firearms. Few people were moved to the point of tears at that moment.

Even though the Han army did not use firearms, the sword and shield soldiers who had experienced hundreds of battles still showed strong combat effectiveness. After they collided with the Persian soldiers, the front line was slightly stalemate for less than 2 minutes, and then continued to advance.

The emergence of firearms troops in the Han Empire was only a matter of recent years. The number of firearms troops installed has not exceeded 4, of which [-] firearms troops are still the imperial guards guarding Chang'an.

There are firearms, but it does not mean that the Han army that still uses cold weapons has become vulnerable. It can be said that the current Han army with cold weapons is on the verge of its peak. They have repeatedly used their achievements to prove to the world what it means Formidable, not only has sufficient experience, but morale has never been low.

As long as the morale of the regular army is not sluggish, no matter which country it is in, it can guarantee its combat effectiveness. The difference is that each country's military training and organization are different, and the combat effectiveness displayed is high and low.

Those cold-armed soldiers of the Han army who thought this war would be a one-man show for the firearms troops, they cherished the order to attack very much, and they regarded every battle as a rare opportunity, and they would never waste the opportunity to accumulate military exploits. They are all working hard.

The sword and shield soldiers of the Han army are equipped with willow leaf armor, and the vital parts are also equipped with heart protection mirrors. Under the armor, they also wear a layer of chain mail and two layers of silk underwear.The small round shields in their hands are also made of metal, and the combat knives they hold are steel knives, which can be said to be the most extravagant accessories in the cold weapon era.

Zhuo Bing swung his knife to kill a Persian soldier who was rushing forward, swung the small round shield in his other hand at another Persian soldier on the side, and looked bloodthirstyly at a stupid Persian soldier not far away through his visor.

The reason why the Persian soldier was dumbfounded was that Zhuo Bing had at least five arrows stuck in his body, but he didn't look injured at all.

Zhuo Bing, who had been charging forward, had been hit by at least twenty arrows before. Except for the five arrows stuck in his body, the rest were slid away by the willow leaf-shaped armor.

The five arrows inserted into the body, although it looks like they are inserted, are actually stuck in the collar of the chain mail. Even if the arrows are still inserted deeper through the iron ring, they are just propped open. The silk touches the flesh slightly.

On the battlefield of cold weapons, you can often see generals who are still alive and well with dozens of arrows in their bodies. It is nothing more than that the armor on the generals is good enough. It seems that the arrows have been shot very miserably, but in fact they have not suffered too much damage.This is the role of the armor's defensive power, the true life-saving armor.

Killing and killing, Zhuo Bing suddenly found that there were no enemy soldiers around him, and there were only robes in the same uniform around him.

They raised their knives and roared loudly, looking into a pair of eyes through their visors, they could see the obvious joy and excitement, and then shouted "Kill!!!" and continued to charge forward.

The Han army sent melee troops to charge, and the artillery troops must stop shelling in order to avoid accidental injury.

In order to have a clearer understanding of the situation on the battlefield, Elbata stopped the shelling of the Han army, and the sword and shield soldiers of the Han army were close enough to determine which of the sword and shield soldiers of the Han army would not shell again before retreating. He came On the "wall".

Malus is the bunker left behind. If anything happens to Elba Tower, he will become the sole commander of the anti-Han axis coalition forces on this battlefield.

The [-] Persian infantry that went to battle, their will and tenacity were completely different from before, and they collapsed after losing about [-]%.This time, of course, they fled to the left and right, and they would hit the wall directly backwards.

Elbata, who was observing with the binoculars in his hand, suddenly became stiff when he saw something, and shouted: "Shoot, shoot those enemies carrying explosive kits!" Run to the stairs.

The Han army has artillery, but destroying the "city wall" with artillery bombardment is not only wasteful, but also inefficient than directly approaching it with explosives. That's why swords and shields were dispatched.

The defenders on the "city wall", only a few of them heard Elbata's roar, and heard clearly who Elbata was yelling at, and only a very small number of them were looking for the Han army with explosives in their hands Soldiers, more people just ran away crying for their parents and mothers. The stairs were too slow, and they were so frightened that they jumped down from a high place.

The main general fled in a hurry, and the people around him followed suit. Anomalies were found in the rest of the city wall. Even if they didn't know what happened, it was inevitable that they would cause riots.

The sword and shield soldiers of the Han army who approached under the "city wall" were puzzled to find that there were very few arrows shot from above, and they did not drop any stones or trees. They just set up shields on top of their heads as they were trained. wall.

Some soldiers dug a hole under the "city wall" with a shovel. They waved a shovel to dig a hole, and someone would guide the explosive package to the fuse and bury it.

About ten minutes later, the sword and shield soldiers of the Han army removed the shield wall above their heads and began to retreat. Some soldiers retreated while putting the fuse.When they retreated, they were surprised to find that the "city wall" had become empty.

"Don't keep your mouth shut, open your mouth wide and cover your ears." Zhuo Bing had already done that, urging Pao Ze who didn't do so: "We have retreated to a safe distance, but we still have to be prepared."

It didn't take long for the ignited fuzes to burn, and the sparks quickly moved towards the explosive package buried in the wall, and the next moment there was an explosion.

The power of the explosion was not small, first a flash of light, followed by mud and debris splashing in the smoky air.

Amidst the series of explosions, the "Mighty Han Army" roared by tens of thousands of soldiers is still clear!
(End of this chapter)