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Chapter 1085 Collision!

The timing of the appearance of the Han army is not perfect for this war, but it is not the worst time, it can only be said that it did not play a key role?

To say that it did not play a key role was because the Sasanian commander was resolute enough.

As far as the normal state of city offensive and defensive warfare is concerned, once reinforcements arrive from the defending side, most of the attacking side will choose to suspend the siege, or even temporarily withdraw their troops, so as to avoid being flanked by reinforcements outside the city and defenders inside the city. Dilemma.

As the siege party, what the Sasanian commander wanted was to destroy Peshawar, and he was not confident in winning the battle with the Han army. It can almost be seen that he was fighting the war with the mentality of destroying Peshawar together.

The four thousand Sasanian cavalry who turned around again were still placed at the front of the entire military formation, followed by about [-] chariot soldiers and nearly [-] various types of cavalry that had arrived.

When there are [-] people, there are mountains and plains, and with the addition of war horses and some spare horses, it seems that the distribution becomes wider.

There were two types of Sasanian chariots. One was a small chariot pulled by two horses, with a driver and an archer on it. The archer would become a spearman when necessary; the other was a four-horse chariot. , in addition to the driver, there are archers, shield bearers and spearmen.

The wheels of the chariot all have a toothed tower-shaped sharp object. When the wheel is turning, it will rotate at a high speed. One can imagine what it will be like if a human body is twisted.

The horses pulling the chariot are equipped with necessary frames and nooses. The foreheads and chests of the horses are generally either iron armor or leather armor, but they are not wearing armor. Obviously, the armor on the forehead and chest is due to a momentum Buffer considerations?

Sassanid has about [-] cavalry, of which about [-] seem to be light cavalry without armor, about [-] are archers, and the rest are divided into knights wearing leather armor and horses. Both knights and knights have two kinds of armor.

Without exception, no matter what type of cavalry Sasanian was, the war horses were all equipped with stirrups and high-bridge saddles, and the style did not change, it simply imitated the style of the Han Empire.

The Persian nation has never lacked cavalry, and because of their geographical location, they even have no shortage of high-quality war horses.

Their native war horse is a horse breed that looks very large in frame and well-developed in muscle. It is extremely powerful for short-distance charging, but its endurance is really bad.

In the northern part of Persia, which is part of Europe, there are also two high-quality horse breeds. One is a horse breed with large bones but a slender body, and the other is a horse breed that looks thin and small but is actually very good. Horse breed.

During the period of the Sasanian Empire, the Persians repeatedly purchased war horses from various northern tribes, coupled with their own breeding and improvement, and created several new horse breeds.

Of course, a new breed of horse is not tall or strong, but its stamina has been greatly improved. The disadvantage is that it is not fast, but it is very suitable for being used as a light cavalry.

The rest that have been bred and discarded can no longer be regarded as horses, but can only be regarded as animals such as mules and donkeys.

There is a legend that when Li Tang and Sasanian established diplomatic relations, Li Tang purchased war horses from Sasanian, but Sassanian delivered some good-looking war horses?
Later, Li Tang also traded war horses with the emerging Arab Empire, but was he also cheated?
In fact, it may not be that the Persians or Arabs deliberately cheated Li Tang, but they thought it was an excellent war horse... For example, the horse breed of the blood horse went to the east, but it was not suitable for the local climate and was abandoned, or simply the Tang people did not know how to get there. Feeding and feeding waste?
This Sasanian army stopped in place, watching the Han army getting closer.

The Han army coming out of the relatively complex terrain, there are scattered cavalry in front, but they are not the highest group of people in the whole army.

The Han troops who were scouts had either withdrawn their main formation long ago, or they had taken a detour to other places.Those scouts who took a detour to other places were the ones who advanced the farthest in the entire Han army.

The [-] or so Han troops who came later were all equipped with light equipment at first glance, but no matter how light they were, there would be a whole body of leather armor on their bodies.

If you compare the war horses of the Han army with those of the Sasanian army, you will find that there are obvious differences.

The horses of the Han army are generally shorter than those of the Sassanian, even for the Sassanian light cavalry, and the gap is even greater for the Sassanian armored cavalry.

There is absolutely no way to do that. There have never been any high-quality war horses in Zhuxia, and even the best war horses are imported from the Western Regions.The war horses of the Western Regions are really inferior to the Persian war horses in terms of physique and posture.

After discovering that their mounts were more formidable than those of the Han army, the Sasanian cavalry regained a little bit of self-confidence, but when they compared the equipment of the two sides again, their hearts sank involuntarily.

Sasanian light cavalry generally have only one weapon, either a short weapon, a scimitar, or a long weapon and a short spear, and there are really no other weapons.

In terms of horse archers, the Sasanian horse archers are equipped with horn bows, a scimitar that looks like a dagger on their waist, and then two pots of arrows.

A Sassanian knight in leather armor looks rather simple in leather armor. Besides, there is usually only a lance about four meters in his hand, and very few people have a machete at their waist.

The most luxurious looking ones are armored heavy cavalry. They not only wear armor on their bodies, but also wear iron armor on the front of their horses. In addition to a six-meter-long riding spear, they also have a four-meter-long spear A lance and a scimitar hanging from the side of the horse's back.

A lance is a lance, a type that won't shatter on its own after being stabbed.

Riding spears are the kind in which the rod will shatter by itself after stabbing an object.

On the other hand, on the side of the cavalry of the Han army, whether it is light cavalry or assault cavalry, all of them are armored, not to mention, there will be no less than two types of weapons on their bodies, and some exaggerated knights may even carry more than five types of weapons .

The cavalry of the two camps about three miles apart, the sound of horse whistling and neighing was heard continuously from each other's formation, and at the same time, they saw that the banners were densely spread out on both sides.

A blast of horns was blown first from the Sassanid army.

The [-] Sassanian light cavalry who had been placed at the forefront all the time shouted a slogan they didn't know, but the Han people couldn't understand it anyway, so they began to move forward slowly.

The first batch of Han troops that arrived totaled only about [-] people, which was about five times less than the Sasanian army.After they saw the Sassanid light cavalry begin to move forward, a strong sound of horns sounded within the formation.

Several Han cavalry centurions, which had been cruising at a slow speed, slowly dispersed during the movement, and at the same time, some special-looking knights accelerated to the front of the queue.

The Sasanian light cavalry that had already begun to accelerate, some of them with good eyesight, could see some people suddenly appeared from the Han army wearing heavy leather armor, holding either lances or spears, but holding them with both hands. Holding a curved knife, every 20 people gradually formed an inverted "V" formation.

These newly emerged knights of the Han army are actually somewhat similar to the heavy cavalry, except that the knights do not wear iron armor, and the horses under their crotches are not armored.

On the left and right wings of the armored cavalry, which looks similar but not very similar, are slightly backward Han light cavalry. The Han light cavalry not only have melee weapons, but also choose to equip riding bows or horn bows according to their own shooting skills. Formed an attack formation and charged forward.

"Han Army!"

"mighty!"

In addition, the light cavalry of the Han army who started to move slowly, before they drove their horses to move, they roared their battle horns to encourage the robes ahead.

The four thousand Sasanian light cavalry that have begun to accelerate are actually too many for this battlefield. As a result, they are squeezed laterally, the thickness becomes larger, and the distance between them does not want to be too close. It may be to control the speed forward and backward, so that the gap between the people charging at the front is larger.

After the cavalry enters the charging state, there must be a gap of at least three meters in the front, rear, left and right, not only to improve the flexibility of the war horses, but also to prevent the long weapons in their hands from hurting their own people when dancing, or even the appearance of one's own cavalry. collision between each other.

The knights of the Han army wearing thick leather armor and holding two weapons, they have a very professional name called "Xuanfeng". In addition to the thick armor that can be seen on their bodies, there is also a chain mail inside, and even everyone It is wearing two or more layers of silk underwear.The weapon in their hands is the modified long-handled horse-chopping knife. Even if the blade of the ordinary knife is bent, it will not be too large. After the modification, this kind of bending is slightly larger.

The knights of the enemy and the enemy are constantly approaching each other in a noisy environment. When they can clearly identify each other with the naked eye, the knights of the Han army can clearly see the face of the Sassanian cavalry, while the Sasanian cavalry You can only see the pair of eyes behind the mask of the knight of the Han army.

The Han army's light cavalry took the lead in firing volleys. However, since there were not many people, the arrows fired were not dense. However, ten arrows knocked down three or four Sasanian cavalry, and the hit rate was very impressive.

If you shoot a maximum of two arrows in cavalry battle archery, there should be a collision...

The "selecting front" knights of the Han army lowered their upper bodies, the reins were bitten by the mouth behind the mask, and the two sabers in their hands were thrust out left and right. They did not make any swiping or slashing movements at all, but When they passed each other with the Sassanid cavalry, the sassanids were drawn out and killed the Sassanid cavalry.

Every time their bodies tilted backward, the long-handled sabers hit the Sasanian light cavalry. The blades were extremely sharp, and coupled with the speed of the horses, let alone not wearing armor, unless they were wearing Iron armor, otherwise he would be cut open like that.

At the beginning of the staggered charge, the Han army's "choosing the front" was accompanied by bloody flowers and screams along the way. Sasanian cavalry kept falling off their horses wherever they passed.And even if they were chopped by a scimitar or stabbed by a short spear, the scimitar could break through the thick leather armor but was blocked by the chain armor. Only if they were hit by a short spear would serious injuries or even death occur. .

The battle ahead began, and the remaining light cavalry of the Han army who were mobilized were divided into three brigades. The brigade in the center followed the route of Paoze's charge, and the other two brigades made detours from left and right.

If you have a bird's eye view of the battlefield from a high altitude, you will find that the tactics carried out by the cavalry of the Han army are very old-fashioned. It is nothing more than another trident formation. Each brigade is a cavalry charge formation formed by itself.

On the other hand, the [-] Sasanian light cavalry who were also charging, they looked like just a long line. As the front continued to accelerate, the rear was forced to control the speed. It was an embarrassing situation where the front line was thin and the rear was thick.

The "choosing front" of the Han army who kept fighting forward found that the enemy forces they had to face were getting thicker and thicker. They didn't care to see whether there were many robes on the left and right. Seeing that there was no room for detours, the first "choosing front" "Feng" let go of the rein that was clenched on his teeth. Due to the influence of the mask, the phrase "Han army is mighty" was yelled a bit dull.

The first one of the Han soldiers to yell "choose the front" had a broken spear stuck in his left rib. In fact, he was already vomiting blood just now, and his mind was getting more and more unclear. He relied entirely on strength. He used his willpower to keep his body from tilting and falling, and he held the handle of the knife firmly in his hand to keep the weapon from being lost.

When the "Han army mighty" was roared out, the mouth and nose could only breathe in but not out, the eyes could not be controlled to close, and they were forced to open with the remaining willpower, the body no longer pressed down, and it became The waist is straight.

"Ping'er..." Zuo Wei saw a very young Sasanian cavalryman, but the next moment that person turned into his wife: "Xijun..."

Zuo Wei blinked for the last time and never closed it again, but the pupils of his eyes had lost their focus, but the man was still carried by the horse, and he was still killing the enemy with the extended sword that went out left and right.

The last "chosen front" of the Han army ran into the dense Sasanian light cavalry, and about sixty "chosen fronts" all died in battle.

The rest of the cavalry of the Han army who charged together with the "chosen front" were about two or three seconds later than the "chosen front", and they all fell on the way of the charge.

About [-] Han cavalry were sacrificed in exchange for the death of at least [-] Sasanian cavalry, and the charge formation of the Sasanian light cavalry was disrupted and squeezed.

"call!"

"Ho!"

A powerful horn was blown.

The three cavalry squadrons forming a trident formation, the knights in front have already started to level their spears or lances, and the knights behind have started to shoot arrows.

About one or two miles behind this battlefield, a cavalry unit of about [-] Han troops emerged from behind a slope.

The ground trembled slightly because too many horseshoes were trampling on it, and the animals in the wilderness fled in a daze.

Farther to the rear and to the north of the side, two cavalry of about [-] Han cavalry appeared.

The knights of the Han army who were about to collide with the Sasanian light cavalry shouted their battle horns in unison.

"The Han army is mighty!!!"

(End of this chapter)