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Chapter 1070 The Special East

To say which dynasty in the Xia Dynasty used cavalry most sharply, there is no doubt that it would be the middle period of Liu Che's reign during the Western Han Dynasty.

Earlier, during the Warring States Period, the State of Zhao learned from the barbarians how to ride horses alone, but Zhao State's ability to ride horses alone did not last long.
Until the reforms during Liu Che's administration, even if it was Zhao Guo, who carried out military reforms and played alone, Zhu Xia still played with chariots and infantry as the main force.

The current time is nearly 500 years since the time when the Zhu Xia cavalry generals shone brightly. Many cavalry tactics and tactics from the Western Han Dynasty, even if they did not experience the Central Plains falling to the Huru rule, basically not much remains.

The cavalry tactics of the Han Empire were actually learned from previous opponents just like the cavalry generals of the Western Han Dynasty. They then summarized and optimized them to form their own style of play.

There are not many cavalry tactics, and there are only four major categories.

Wolf Pack Guerrilla Tactics: Cavalry joins the enemy, but does not engage in battle, but keeps harassing, because the infantry cannot deal with the cavalry without forming an formation, so the enemy is forced to maintain formation at all times, which lowers their morale and consumes their energy.When the enemy was tired, the cavalry divided into several small groups to attack in an all-round way, causing the enemy to flee in confusion, and the cavalry killed a large number of enemy troops during the pursuit.

Flank attack tactics: The cavalry moves dumplings and plants to offer sacrifices to the state, bypasses the enemy's main formation, attacks weak points, or attacks the joints between enemy formations to drive away the enemy and create chaos.

Heavy cavalry charge tactics: This tactic requires cavalry and horses to be heavily armored, hold spears, and start charging when they are close to the enemy.

Kite tactics: Instead of charging at the enemy, you will launch missiles around the enemy's formation. If the enemy advances, retreat. If the enemy stops, continue to launch, or let the enemy pursue you and shoot backwards. Always keep a distance and use long-range weapons to attack.

Li Jun did not have armored heavy cavalry at hand, not even assault cavalry, so naturally he could not use the impact tactics of armored heavy cavalry.

There are four general classifications of cavalry tactics. Each cavalry general will make some very necessary adjustments based on his own understanding...or commanding ability.

The Yulin Army was evacuating, and it looked like it was in chaos, but it was not the kind of scattered and undisciplined rout.

The Sasanian cavalry were the most energetic group in pursuit. They seemed to have been beaten to death at this moment. They were confident of winning, and what they wanted in their minds was to catch up with the Han army and kill with the weapons in their hands.

In fact, because they were too happy and excited, when the Sasanian cavalry of various types were chasing, they gradually distanced themselves depending on the speed of the horses under their crotches, and then divided into several echelons.

The Sasanian infantry who were chasing on foot shouted louder than anyone else and ran forward with their legs.

The Sasanian infantry was not divided into several echelons so quickly, but there was no formation when chasing. Anyway, they just rushed forward "Waaaaaaaaal", and then there were no robes around them who were familiar enough to cooperate with each other.

Of course, Habibullah had discovered the situation of his own army. After repeated confirmation, he concluded that the withdrawal of the Han army was real.

"Don't chase too far." Habibullah said cautiously: "We have successfully aroused morale and let the courage and murderousness return to the warriors. Being able to do this is already the greatest victory!"

Originating from the fierce reputation of the Han Empire, coupled with the fact that the Persians’ records of the Han people in their history books were too mysterious, before they actually fought with the Han army, everyone from the generals to the soldiers were Extremely guilty.

The Persians' earliest understanding of the Han people was inherited from the Parthians. Then because the Parthians were eager to form an alliance with the Han people, the Han people in the records were extremely tall.

Later, the Persians came into contact with the Han people by themselves, and tentatively moved eastward to the Western Regions during the Eastern Han Dynasty.At that time, the Persians dispatched about 5 elites and more than [-] vassal state (race) miscellaneous soldiers, but they were almost wiped out by the Eastern Han army with less than [-] troops and about [-] vassal troops.

With just one test, the Persians confirmed that the Han people were not easy to mess with. For a long time, they believed that the Han people were really too advanced and they could only be friends with them, not enemies. Blah blah blah. …

How many years ago?It seems like it was five or six years ago. The contemporary Persians took the initiative to contact the Han people again with endless beauty.

This time they did not have the brains to send troops again. Instead, they formally sent an envoy with the royal family as the official envoy to Chang'an, the capital of the Han Empire, for a state visit.

This time, there were also envoys from countries west of Central Asia who traveled tens of thousands of miles, arrived in the capital of the Xia in a very formal manner and handed over their credentials. The Persians did what the Parthians failed to do. The reason for the visit Like the Parthians, there is an alliance demand.

After all, the Persians are still intelligent and did not immediately propose an alliance. Otherwise, they would have been looked at by the Han people with caring eyes like the Parthians.

The friction between the Han Empire and the Gupta Empire was considered by the Persians as an excellent opportunity.

The Persians enthusiastically proposed the "Five-Nation Alliance" and ignored the Han Empire's indifference to a certain extent. After forming the "Five-Nation Alliance", they believed that they were one step closer to forming a true comprehensive alliance with the Han Empire.

The Gupta Empire was closer to Rome in terms of relationship. Sassanid had wanted to conquer the Gupta Empire for a long time, but it had repeatedly launched attacks southward from the land. Before it even touched the Gupta Empire, it was conquered by two Satraps and Jidoro respectively. The kingdom was stopped, and it could only rely on its navy to find the Gupta Empire unhappy. However, in the sea battle, the Gupta Empire actually had the advantage.

According to Sassanid's speculation, no matter how powerful the Han Empire was, it would not be easy to cross the sea to conquer the Gupta Empire, and it might even lead to failure.

What Sassanid never dreamed of was that from the sea battle to the actual landing, it took the Han Empire less than three years to completely defeat the Gupta Empire. It was not that the Han Empire could fail as they imagined, nor did it. It dragged on for ten years or more.

In terms of sea voyage, Sassanid was actually closer to the Gupta Empire than the Han Empire, and the sea conditions from the Sasanian coast to the Gupta Empire's coast would be better.

If they really want to organize a cross-sea expedition against the Gupta Empire, it is not impossible to bite the bullet, but the sea battles and non-combat attrition will definitely cause heavy losses. They probably need to send the landing troops to the Gupta Empire, and then It was time to leave the landing force to their fate.

It was precisely because they gritted their teeth that they could carry out a cross-sea expedition to the death, so that Sassanid could launch a cross-sea expedition against the Han Empire and really destroy the Gupta Empire, and found that the Han Empire was far more powerful than they had imagined.

If the Han Empire was only powerful, then the Sassanids, who had no land bordering each other, no historical grievances, and considered themselves to be friendly, and seemingly no conflicts in terms of current relations, would only be more eager to form an alliance with the Han Empire. .

In the 15th year of Yuanshuo, the Han Empire proposed to lease ports and coastal areas, and even seek concessions for inland cities. It was like a stick hitting Sassanid's forehead. After being dazed for a while, he agreed, but he was also awakened. .

The Persians' pursuit of becoming a comprehensive alliance with the Han people has always been wishful thinking. Their desire to form an alliance with the Han people is nothing more than to fight against the Romans, and then there are the benefits brought by trade.

Sassan, who was beaten hard, woke up. Because of the longing relationship, the weakened Han Empire wiped out so many countries and races. This was considered to be taken seriously. Wishful thinking and malicious thinking were abandoned. Suddenly, it was discovered that the Han Empire's expansionist nature and tyranny would definitely make it a more dangerous country than the Romans.

Coincidentally, the Han people once again marched westward, and they did not stop their march after retaking the Western Regions. Not to mention the invasion of Hunnit, they also used force against Xigaoche.

At this point, even the most clueless Persians should understand what kind of country the Han Empire was.

Habibullah is actually one of the people who disapproves from the very beginning to the end that there should be too much official contact with the Han Empire. He believes that communication with the Han Empire should be limited to business, and that is the most beneficial way of communication.

In fact, whether it was the Parthian Empire or the early Sasanian period, the Han people had not yet had civil strife, and the eastern part of the Sassanids had always been enjoying the dividends from trade with the Han people.

It is no exaggeration to say that the Parthian Empire was able to survive the war with the Romans for so long mainly because it monopolized land trade with the Han people, especially obtaining silk from the Han people and selling it to the Romans at high prices.

The Ardashir family was able to overthrow the Parthian Empire and establish the Sasanian Empire, in fact, thanks to the huge profits generated from Han trade.

The Han people were in civil strife, and after going through the chaos of China, in fact, the Persians have not had contact with Han merchants for one or two hundred years, and they have not even seen a single piece of silk.

The Persians once again traded with the Han people in the 13th year of Yuanshuo. The reopened trade route came from the sea, not the traditional Silk Road.

This time, the Persians could no longer act as a roadblock and could not monopolize goods from the Han people. Naturally, they could no longer blackmail the Romans. This was the most distressing thing for Habibullah, the governor of eastern Sassanid.

Without interests, new threats may arise from too much contact with the Han Empire. As one of the few high-ranking people who opposed contact with the Han Empire, Habibullah waited for Shapur II to wake up. Habibullah seemed to have become One of the Sasanian wise men, not only his power at hand was strengthened, but his reputation was also increasing day by day.

As the governor of the east, Habibullah's family is naturally not much weaker.

There is a curse-like existence in this area, whether it is the Persian Empire period of Darius, or the Parthian Empire period of Assassin, or even the Sassanid Empire period of Ardashir, any one The eastern governors are ambitious.

Some eastern governors wanted to be emperors and firmly control the Eastern Province.

Some Eastern governors would like to go a step further, such as the emperor taking turns to do a big show of coming to my house next year.

Ardashir is an example of success that went a step further. He gave subsequent Eastern governors a clear path.

It has never been a big secret in this land that the eastern governors have great ambitions. To use the allusions from Zhuxia, Sima Zhao's ambitions are known to everyone.

For this reason, the relationship between the royal families such as Darius, Assasis and Ardashir and the Eastern Governor was never simple. What is more strange is that despite knowing the "impurity" of the Eastern Governor, the three royal families He didn't even take action.

If you look at the carving up of each province, and then analyze the various strengths of the eastern provinces, you will probably know why the royal families in three different periods could not take action.

During different royal families or rulers' periods, the strength of the eastern provinces accounted for at least [-]% of each dynasty. Some of them entered a period of prosperous trade with the eastern Xia and even accounted for [-] to [-]% of the overall national strength.

Under this current situation, even the toughest king, when he thinks that the outcome of the real action is unpredictable, it is very likely that the country will be divided, and even the maintenance of unity may become history. After repeated considerations, he has to give up starting the civil war.

At this stage, the eastern province of Sassanid should be at its weakest because its main trade relationship with the East has long been severed.Calculated based on data, the Eastern Province can account for [-]% of Sassanid's overall strength, which is considered too much.

Because of their own mistakes, the Ardashir family completely gave up on treatment. It evolved from a kind of crazy kneeling and licking into a kind of pathological hostility, dragging the entire Sassanid into a war that didn't happen so quickly. Maybe go into a war that won't happen at all.

Habibullah learned from secret channels that the ruling family of Ardashir was determined to abandon the entire east. His first thought was that Shapur II was crazy, and then the western part of the Sassanids had bad intentions, and the central part of the Sassanids Definitely happy to see it come to fruition.

If Sassanid really wants to organize a defense in the central part, various resources will definitely continue to be tilted to the central part. Even if the central nobles stay rational and are not so greedy, they will definitely still be able to eat with their mouths full.

The families in the central part may gain the greatest benefits, and the families in the west are also safe. Only the east will suffer or be destroyed!
Habibullah and other families in the east, how could they want to see that kind of situation happen?

Under the current general trend, they cannot make a jump against Aldaxi. They can only try their best to arm themselves.

Habibullah's thoughts on this battle with the Han army are very realistic. It is estimated that winning will be far more difficult than directly challenging Ardashir. Maintaining the stalemate...or surrendering as a last resort, he must let the Han army know first. You are not easy to mess with, otherwise you are not even qualified to surrender, right?

"Tell them to stop." Habibullah still had a telescope: "There is something wrong with the Han army."

Fighting is absolutely necessary, and no reason will be allowed for failure to fight.

The key is... don't be easily eliminated by the Han army, otherwise no matter what plan you have, it will most likely stop at the plan.

(End of this chapter)