Three Kingdoms Eschatology

The Sasanian soldiers behind did not know what happened because their sight was blocked, and it was too late when they found out.The boulder crushed more than ten soldiers in a row before it fell from the side of the path.The entire path was immediately littered with corpses and rivers of blood.

The Sasanian soldiers were dumbfounded by this scene. Those who had rushed up the path hurriedly retreated, and those who were about to go also stopped.Seeing this, Nejjart shouted: "Continue to attack, don't stop, those who are afraid of the enemy, beheaded!"

The drums and horns of the Sassanian army sounded loudly again, and the Sasanian soldiers who were in the vanguard could only bite the bullet and rush up again.There was already moss on this stone road, and now there are fragmented corpses scattered on it. It is much more difficult to climb up than just now.

At the same time, hundreds of Sasanian cavalry galloped up. They rushed to the stone platform and threw out their claws.It's just that some of these thrown hooks grabbed the edge of the stone platform, but some of the edges of the stone platform had no edges or corners or were covered with moss, so the hooks couldn't catch it.All in all, hundreds of Sassanid cavalry threw out their claws, and only forty or fifty of them managed to climb up.

Strange to say, at this moment, Liang Jun above was silent.The Sassanid soldier walking along the stone path was struggling to move upwards while cleaning the blood from the corpses on the road.When they were halfway through, a large black shadow appeared in the sky above their heads.

A Sasanian soldier didn't react, his head buzzed, his body limp and rolled towards the stone platform, but the nearby soldiers heard a muffled bang.Then he was hit by a heavy object on the shoulder, and then there was severe pain, as if his shoulder had been broken, and the weapon fell out of his hand in pain.

It turned out that Liang Jun started throwing stones at these trails.Anyway, these trails are only three or four feet wide, so as long as the throw is roughly within that range, there is a tenable chance of hitting the climbing enemy soldiers.Although most of these stones of different sizes cannot directly kill people, they can cause serious injuries.

In a short time, the Sasanian soldiers fell down seven or eight of them amidst howling ghosts and howling wolves.The general commanding them shouted: "Shield! Lift up the shield quickly." The soldiers reacted and raised their shields one after another. Amid the sound of thumping stones hitting the shield, they continued to move forward.

A Sasanian rider, who seemed to be very good at climbing, was the first to climb to the edge of the ledge along the rope.But as soon as he showed his head, he saw a shining gun blade attacking him, and it pierced into his head with a puff, and the Sasanian cavalry fell like a weight.

The owner of this lance, a heavy armored cavalryman of Liang Jun, was crouching not far from the edge of the stone platform, covering his unarmored calves with a round shield to minimize the chance of being shot by the enemy's random arrows. risk.He had already been hit by several arrows in the back, but fortunately, these arrows failed to penetrate the heavy armor on his body.Apart from him, such Liang Jun soldiers could be seen not far from every claw.Whenever they see the enemy soldiers showing their heads, they will quickly stab out a shot.

The Sassanid soldiers who were climbing the rope fell one after another, and the ones behind knew that something was wrong, so they didn't dare to show their heads rashly, and hung on the rope for a while, not knowing what to do.But immediately after, these claws were pried off almost at the same time, and the Sasanian soldiers who were suspended in the air fell down with heartbreaking screams.

Nejjart saw that this was completely giving away the head, so he didn't continue to urge the soldiers to continue attacking with this method.All hope rests on that stony path.The results of the Sasanian soldiers who passed the trail were not much better, though.They gathered at the end of the path, chanted one, two, three, and jumped to the edge of the stone platform with their shields in hand, only to find countless arrows flying towards them densely.

They hurriedly used shields to cover their bodies and heads, but seven or eight spears pierced into their calves.The Sasanian soldiers fell to the ground in pain, and were stabbed in the head or chest by the spear again.It turned out that this was the masterpiece of Liang Jun who was lying on the ground.

A Liang Jun had just pulled back his lance, but felt a sharp pain in the crook of his thigh. It turned out that a stray arrow had just landed on a place where he was not covered by armor.The two soldiers of the Liang army in the rear hurriedly dragged him back, and another heavy armored cavalry took his place with a lance in hand.

A Liang army leader shouted in a low voice: "Quickly take the shields of these enemy soldiers." After his reminder, everyone gathered the enemy shields that had fallen on the edge of the stone platform one after another, and then used these generous A shield covering the legs of a prostrate soldier is much more effective than a buckler.

Nejjart saw that his own soldiers who attacked along the path also continued to fall down with casualties, and understood that this was not an option.The attack had to be temporarily stopped.Nejjart stared at the stone platform and thought for a long time, and came up with more than a dozen strategies to break it.

It's a pity that he doesn't have the conditions required for these methods now.For example, attacking with a building car higher than the stone platform, but there is no building car in the nearby Gwadar Port, and the reinforcements are urgently coming to help, so naturally they will not bring such a bulky thing.It takes several days to build a building car now.With this time, Wei can also kill Liang Jun, because there is no water source on the stone platform.

Thinking of this, Nejjart glanced at the sunny sky and said with a sneer: "Command, we will not attack until we are surrounded. Let's see how long they can last without drinking water!"

Chapter 839 A Timely Rain

In late summer and early autumn, the sun is still fierce.The Sasanian army under the stone platform seemed to be silent.Guan Yu stood not far from the edge of the stone platform, with a knife on the ground, observing the movement of the Sasanian army.Several personal guards held several large shields captured by Sassanid soldiers and stood in front of him.The cold arrows flying from time to time were blocked one by one by the large shields in their hands.

Guan Yu found that although those Sasanian soldiers did not continue to attack the Liang army, they were not idle either.They fetched materials nearby, carried stones, and sand and wood were piled up near the stone platform.I don't know whether to build a high platform to shoot the Liang army condescendingly, or to pile up a slope to come out.

Guan Yu looked at the enemy's situation, and then looked at the clear sky.Then he walked back to the back of the stone platform and told the generals under his command: "A certain military order, the fresh water that the soldiers carry with them must be kept in a centralized place. Each person can only drink one sip of water every hour, and the horses are also fed with water every six hours. .”

"promise!"

Under the stone platform, the Sasanian crossbowmen holding bows on guard suddenly noticed several figures holding large shields appearing on the edge of the stone platform.Hastily opened the bow and released the arrows, and the random arrows rushed towards the opponent, but almost all the arrows shot on the opponent's shield, making a dull sound.

When they finished firing their arrows, the shield wall formed by seven or eight large shields suddenly moved away, and Liang Jun's crossbowman - Qingqi Feiyu suddenly appeared behind him.Random arrows hit the Sasanian soldiers who were stacking up the earth.Several Sasanian soldiers who were carrying stones were shot down on the spot, and then the shield wall of the Liang army closed again. At this time, the second round of arrows from the Sasanian army just arrived, and random arrows shot on the large shield But it didn't cause the slightest harm to the opponent's personnel.

Immediately, the two sides began to shoot at each other again. The Sasanian army simply divided the crossbowmen into more than a dozen groups, and took turns to draw the bows.As a result, there were people in the Liang army who were shot and fell to the ground from time to time.This kind of shooting undoubtedly slowed down the speed of the Sassanian army's accumulation of fortifications. When it was dark, they only piled up to a height of less than five feet. At this speed, the Sasanian army would need at least five or six days to complete this task.

But Nejjart didn't care about this. He planned to besiege Liang Jun for a long time and let them die of hunger and thirst.Pile up this mound only as a backup.

Two full days passed during the confrontation between the two sides.Liang Jun shot fewer and fewer arrows on the stone platform, and their strength seemed to be much weaker.On the stone platform, Liang Jun's soldiers were lying in a shady place in the shade of the back. Everyone looked exhausted, and their mouths were dry and bloodshot.

Those Qingqi Feiyu who were still insisting on shooting towards the audience could only draw their bows halfway now, because they hadn't eaten anything for more than a day.It's not that their dry food is exhausted, but because of the long-term lack of water, they can't swallow and eat.Guan Yu was also very anxious, if he continued like this, he might not be able to hold on for long.

A commanding soldier came to report at this time: "General Qi, all ministries have reported that the water will be completely exhausted by tonight." Guan Yu said with a green face: "Send a certain military order to stop feeding water to the horses, and keep all water for the horses." Use it."

The personal guard licked his chapped lips, and said hesitantly: "But now all the horses are dehydrated, completely dehydrated, these horses must not survive."

Guan Yu sighed and said: "How can someone not know this, now he doesn't care about the horses, the first thing is to save the lives of the people. Otherwise, the horses and men will die of thirst together."

At this moment, Guan Yu suddenly felt a cold, and his battle robe fluttered.It turned out that there was a cool breeze, Guan Yu was overjoyed, and looked up at the sky, and sure enough, several large groups of dark clouds were coming.He prayed in his heart, God must make this timely rain down!

Some people are happy while others are sad. When Nejjart was about to have lunch, he heard the roar of thunder, and his expression changed suddenly.When he got out of the tent, he found that the sky was already covered with dark clouds, and then his face felt cold, and the raindrops had already dripped on his face.A moment later, the summer thunderstorm poured down.

Liang Jun on the stone platform burst into cheers. They used all containers that could hold water, including helmets, to collect rainwater.A team led by a famous school captain also found a better way to collect rainwater.There is a square and round pit on the stone platform.It's just that there is a gap several feet wide in the pit leading to the lower slope near the edge of the stone platform. As a result, the rainwater collected in the pit cannot accumulate, but flows along the gap to the edge of the stone platform.So he hurriedly asked the soldiers to block up the gap with linen, wood and leather, all the materials that could be found and used.

Thunderstorms come and go quickly.After the heavy rain lasted for more than half an hour, the weather cleared up again.Liang Jun's water bladder was refilled with water.There is even a lot of water in the helmets that have nowhere to go, but can only be poured into the pits that are already full of water.Liang Jun, who quenched his thirst after drinking heavily, felt hungry, took out the wet dry food and began to chew.

Seeing the heavy rain falling for such a long time, Nejjart knew in his heart that Liang Jun must have replenished his drinking water, and he was very angry.But he didn't have a better solution, he just urged the soldiers to hurry up and continue to pile up high platforms under the stone platform.Fortunately, at this time, many laborers and slaves in Gwadar City had been conscripted and brought here.

In order to speed up the progress, Nejjart immediately asked these laborers to join the ranks of construction personnel.Driven by the lash of the leather whip, these laborers and slaves braved the rain of arrows to hurry up and pile up earth and rocks.But Liang Jun would never ignore them just because they were civilians, and he shot and killed countless people under random arrows.

Another two days passed in a blink of an eye, and the Sasanian army built a slope-shaped platform at the cost of hundreds of civilian soldiers' bones.The highest point of the earthen platform is less than four feet away from the edge of the stone platform, but this is also the time when the soldiers and civilians who piled up the earthen platform suffered the most casualties.

Random arrows and cavalry spears attacked from the edge of the stone platform from time to time, even though Nejjart sent shield soldiers to the front to cover those who carried soil and rocks.But the latter still suffered a large number of casualties one after another, falling on the mound.

While Nejjart was concentrating on the mound, the panicked shouts of his guards came from his ears: "Commander, there are a large number of unknown ships coming on the sea, and it seems unlikely that they are from our side. ship."

Nejjart's face changed when he heard that, and he hurriedly rode his horse to the edge of the cliff on the coast.Sure enough, I saw warships dotted with dots on the surface of the sea. The large sailboats with multiple triangular sails were definitely not Sasanian warships.Needless to say, this can only be reinforcements from Liang Jun's warships.

He immediately said angrily: "Give me the military order, don't wait for the slope to be built, launch the attack now! Otherwise, our work these days will be in vain!"

Chapter 840

Guan Yu on the stone platform naturally also saw his own ships coming to help, and was immediately overjoyed.Immediately he heard the horns of the Sasanian army gathering.Obviously, after a few days of suspension, they were going to launch another fierce attack, and Guan Yu was sure that this attack would be Nejjart's full blow.

Guan Yu immediately said loudly: "Zhu Erlang listened to the order, and the whole army is preparing for battle. Our reinforcements have come from the sea. You must fight with all your strength to ensure that we can escape. If we win, we will survive. If we lose, we will survive." You will be buried here!"

After speaking, Liang Jun also made preparations amidst the sound of the horn.All of them crouched neatly five feet away from the edge of the stone platform, with spears in front and bows and crossbows in the back, waiting solemnly.

The Sasanian army in the audience still opened the way with bows and crossbows. Nearly [-] crossbowmen in the whole army opened their bows and poured arrows onto the stone platform like a shower.Although Liang Jun was still the same as before, everyone had small shields on their heads, but the arrows were so dense that some Liang Jun soldiers were unfortunately hit by arrows and fell to the ground.

Faced with the wild shooting of the Sasanian army, Liang Jun did not fight back.One is that Liang Jun's arrows are running out now, so they have to use them sparingly, and can't shoot aimlessly like the Sasanian army.The second is that the arrows of the Sassanian army were too dense, even Qingqi Feiyu who was behind had to hold up a round shield to resist the dense arrows.

Immediately afterwards, the Sasanian army shouted in unison, rushing towards the top of the stone platform along the earth slope like a mountain roaring and a tsunami.They not only held knives and shields, some held torches in their hands, and some carried stools two or three feet high on their backs.

When they rushed to the end of the slope, they threw torches onto the stone platform one after another, trying to disrupt Liang Jun's formation.There was also a small leather pouch tied to the handle of the torch. When it hit the ground, the kerosene contained in the pouch would flow all over the ground, which could cause a big fire.

These "firearms" are of course not as sharp as Liang Jun's explosive bombs using naphtha.But this kerosene is not the kind of lamp oil made of vegetable oil in the Central Plains, and it is also extremely flammable, which caused Liang Jun a lot of trouble.

From time to time, Liang Jun was injured by the flames and screamed.The formation also began to become chaotic.At the same time, some Sassanian soldiers began to put wooden benches two or three feet high at the end of the slope, stacking them together to form a ladder.Immediately afterwards, they stepped up the ladder and rushed to the edge of the stone platform.But Liang Jun's cavalry spears immediately rushed towards them intensively,

These Sasanian troops were naturally prepared and used their large shields to block them.However, Liang Jun's spears were too dense. Although the large shield blocked the blade of the spear, the soldiers holding the shield could not resist the strength of the opponents and were pushed down violently.Some people accidentally bumped their backs into the weapons of their robes and died on the spot.

Because the Sassanian army's crowd had rushed to the stone platform, the Sasanian crossbowmen's bow shooting naturally stopped.Liang Jun was at ease and bold with daily drills, stabbing and cavalry with spears.Although these heavy cavalry are not as good as professional spearmen, the dense forest of spears can also block the torrent of Sasanian soldiers.The light cavalry flying feathers behind also shot out all the arrows that were left. They used short-range bows that were almost straight-line shooting to kill the target.

Another row of Sasanian soldiers with swords and shields stepped onto the stone platform, and they raised their shields and swung their swords to press down on Liang Jun.One of the big men charged forward two or three lances with his own big shield against the opponent's two or three cavalry guns, bending the opponent's gun shafts into a bow shape.Just as he swung his knife to cut off the opponent's spear blade, another spear blade pierced into his thigh.He fell to his knees with a groan, and then another arrow hit him in the face, and he fell completely dead.

When he was lying on the ground, a ball of flames streaked across his body, falling right into the crowd of Liang Jun.The flames spread instantly, burning the sleeves and trousers of several Liang Jun's battle robes, forcing them to dodge one after another.

Just as the rest of the Sassanian army was about to take advantage of the gap, there was a shout, and blue lights flashed over. Guan Yu's Qinglong Yanyue Saber slashed and slashed, killing more than ten Sasanian soldiers in an instant.

Immediately afterwards, more torches were thrown up from under the stage.The Sasanian army found that throwing this kind of kerosene torches was effective, so they started throwing wildly.In less than a quarter of an hour, the stone platform was dotted with flames rising everywhere, and thick smoke was billowing.Just then, I saw a stream of water flowing down from the stone platform.All these burning flames were washed down the stone platform.

It turned out that a Liang Jun general saw that the fire was threatening, so he was quick and wise, and "opened the gate to release water" from the pit that blocked the gap when it rained that day.This is a flame burning with kerosene, and water cannot be extinguished, so the burning flame is just changed by the water flow, brought under the stone platform, and poured on the climbing Sasanian soldiers.

Although the flames couldn't actually hurt them, they panicked and jostled each other.At the end of the slope, there was a mess under the stone platform.Liang Jun took the opportunity to rush to the edge of the stone platform, stabbed down with his lance, and shot a salvo of bows and arrows.Immediately, a large number of Sasanian soldiers fell to the ground and died.

The Sasanian soldiers were caught off guard by such casualties, and their morale immediately dissipated, and they all fled down the slope.Nejjart had to wait for them to withdraw before regrouping, and organized a supervisory team with his own soldiers.Only layers of corpses remained on the slope.

When he was about to attack again, he heard the screams and exclamations of his own soldiers constantly coming from his ears.Nejjart looked around and found a dozen fireballs flying in the air, as well as arrows.Not far away, there are still flames rising in the army formation of our side.

With a muffled pop, a soldier not far in front of him fell to the ground like a wooden stake.Nejjart knew that he was at least two hundred steps away from the stone platform at this time, and it was impossible for Liang Jun's arrows to shoot so far.

In an instant, Nejjart understood that Liang Jun's reinforcements had landed from the sea.He guessed right, Lin Tao's fleet docked in time, and first reinforced [-] spear shield soldiers and longbowmen on the stone platform.Liang Jun's reinforcements set up an army formation on the top of the stone platform and set up portable ballistas.At the same time, the cavalry robes that had held on for many days began to be transferred.

Unwilling to reconcile, Nejjart let the soldiers shoot at the sky with hot bombs and longbows, and made another meaningless attack. As a result, they were driven off by Liang Jun with a javelin shot, and dozens of corpses were added. Nothing works.

Finally, when most of the soldiers withdrew, the last group of Liang Jun's spear and shield soldiers piled up a large number of opened fire bombs on the stone platform, and then retreated in an orderly manner along the path to the beach under the cliff.A hot air balloon was raised by the beach, and the longbowman inside was holding a longbow, ready to ignite the pile of fiery bombs at any time.Nejjart knew how powerful he was, so he didn't dare to let the soldiers mount the stone platform to pursue them rashly. He could only watch Liang Jun retreat.In the end, several rockets were fired, turning the stone platform into a sea of ​​flames.

Chapter 841

On the Western Sea, Lin Tao's hundreds of warships sailed southeast with the wind and waves.On the flagship deck, Guan Yu cupped his hands to Lin Tao and said, "Thank you, General Lin, for your rescue!"

Lin Tao hurriedly replied: "General Guan, why should you be so polite? This is a matter of some kind. General Guan should forgive me. Because I should have arrived two days ago, unfortunately, the monsoon is blowing in the western ocean now." .We have no favorable wind, so we can only sail in a zigzag. So we are two days late."

The two sides exchanged a few more words of politeness, and Guan Yu asked, "General Lin, are we going in the direction of Xihekou?"

Lin Tao said with a chuckle: "Of course not. I know the importance of Suguan. The Sasanian army in this area has received a large number of reinforcements, and they will definitely regain their lost ground, especially Suguan. So I have ordered the soldiers to take The warship sails to the sea near Suguan."

Guan Yu nodded and said: "General Lin is right. It's just..." At the end of his words, he hesitated again.Lin Tao looked at it and said heartily: "General Guan, there are two thousand infantry longbowmen here, you can borrow them yourself!"

Guan Yu rejoiced and said, "General Lin is indeed a considerate person, thank you Guan for being here."

A day later, the fleet arrived at the only coast where they could land seventy miles away from Suguan.Guan Yu hurriedly led his troops ashore to help Su Guan.

When they arrived at Suguan, it was completely unexpected to Guan Yu that Nejjart's army did not come to attack Suguan.Before meeting Yan Huai, he hurriedly asked, "General Yan, has the Sassanid army attacked in large numbers recently?"

Yan Huai was puzzled and said: "Why did General Guan say that? The Sasanian army has not even seen a sign of scouts, let alone a large-scale attack. Our army is not the Gedrosia province that has swept them for many days. Did you? The Greek Simmons also passed us with his mercenary group. Hey, by the way, General Guan, why did you come from the south?"

After listening to Yan Huai's words, Guan Yu suddenly realized: "So that's the case." He knew that Simmons' troops must have entangled the Nejart army that was about to attack Suguan.But his words made Yan Huai even more puzzled, and asked, "General Guan, what are you talking about? Can you give me some pointers."

Guan Yu said, "Hey, brother Yan Huai, the situation is urgent. Let's talk about it as we walk. You first tell the soldiers in the pass to prepare food and grass for my soldiers for a few days."

It wasn't until Guan Yu and Yan Huai walked into the government office in Guancheng that the latter explained the ins and outs of the incident to understand clearly.Guan Yu said again: "The matter is urgent, Simmons will be besieged by the enemy. Someone needs to rescue him. But Suguan is also very important..."

Yan Huai said: "Don't worry, General Guan, Su Guan will be safe. In addition to the previous strength, General Dian Wei, who is stationed at Xihekou, has also sent reinforcements to Guanzhong with two battalions of infantry."

Guan Yu was still worried and said: "Suguan is very important. No matter what the situation in Gedrosia is, as long as Suguan is not lost, we will win this battle. I will leave you another battalion commander and archer just in case. .”

……

Guan Yu guessed right.Near Pangpo City, eighty miles away from Suguan, Nejjart's former enemy scouts spotted the Simmons Legion.His army has recaptured three cities in a row and is about to take Pompo.But it happened that Simmons was also coming, and the two armies met.

Nejjart heard the report from the scouts that the opponent had only 3000 to [-] people, and most of them were light spearmen, and a small part were light cavalry. After hearing the report, Nejjart immediately understood that this was a piece of fat.The last time I let the ducks fly away near Gwadar Port, this time I absolutely can't let them slip away again.He immediately mobilized the army, the infantry phalanx was the anvil, and the cavalry on both wings were the hammers, rushing straight at the opponent.

Simmons' rangers also spotted their tracks early, and quickly lined up amidst the sound of drums and horns.However, this is not a defensive spear formation, but a marching formation that can easily be transformed into a defensive formation.Then they escorted the ballista and moved towards Pangbo City at high speed.The cavalry of the mercenary regiment also rode their horses to accompany them.

Even so, they still failed to enter the city before the enemy army arrived. Simmons gave an order, and the marching line evolved into a spear phalanx with its back against the city wall facing the surging enemy army in almost a few breaths.His cavalry also split into two groups and galloped towards both sides. He didn't know whether to enter the city through the other gates, or to move to a distant place first and then wait for an opportunity.Only the baggage soldiers carrying ballistas entered the city.

At this time, the infantry phalanx of the Sasanian army was only fifty battles away from them, and the cavalry was less than twenty battles away.

The guards of the Liang army in the city had been notified by Simmons's soldiers a long time ago, and they were ready to open the city to meet them.But they found that there were pursuers behind them, and Simmons' army did not enter the city gate.

Liang Jun and Guishuang's servants at the top of the city didn't know why, and they shouted in unison: "Friends quickly enter the city, the city gate is already closed."

It wasn't until the soldiers of the Simmons Legion who entered the city first told them the reason, that they realized that Simmons had to repel a wave of attacks from the opponent before he could enter the city safely.Otherwise, if they swarm in, they will be attacked by the opponent's tail, defeated in one fell swoop, and will lose Pangbo City.For the sake of safety, Liang Jun closed the city gate first.

Nejjart, who was in the Sasanian army, thought that although he would launch an attack immediately and be attacked by the opponent's cavalry, if he did not attack, the opponent would be able to retreat into the city calmly.Moreover, the opponents are all light cavalry, and there are not many of them. As long as you pay attention, it is unlikely to pose any threat to your own side.Moreover, it is only a possibility that the opponent's cavalry goes back and forth, and it may not necessarily happen.

Thinking of this, he shouted loudly: "Don't stop charging, keep attacking until the enemy is defeated."

The cavalry on the two wings rushed to the two wings of the spear formation first.A high-pitched order from Simmons came from the formation, and half of the two thousand spearmen changed into formation together, and there were more arc-shaped gun forests like folding fans on both wings.

Simmons has become obsessed with the study of the spear array.After several years of personal training and testing, the spear array of this mercenary group has evolved much compared to the traditional Macedonian spear array.It can be compared to the Swedish gun array in Feng Yu's world, or even surpassed.

Since Simmons changed his formation instantly, the cavalry who were about to enter the formation from the weak side of the flank were caught off guard and slammed into the forest of guns.The rear end of the spear touched the ground, and the barrels of the spears were bent into bows one by one.Although they had heavy armor to protect their people and mounts, the huge momentum of the horses pierced their armor in an instant.

As the horse neighed and the people shouted, the front of the cavalry formation collapsed like the earth collapsed.The horse behind did not have time to dodge and hit the opponent's buttocks, and the man flew out of the saddle...

Chapter 842

The Sassanid warriors were in a mess when they turned on their backs, and the warriors behind hurriedly stopped their horseshoes, pushing each other, trying to retreat first and then attack again.In fact, they knew this early on, and they would use bows and crossbows to attack Simmons' long-range spear array for a period of time before launching an attack. Unfortunately, they underestimated the enemy.

However, the situation on the battlefield did not give them a second chance to launch a correct offensive. The two groups of Simmons cavalry suddenly turned out from behind the two city walls and charged at them with lightning speed.

Originally, light cavalry would never be an opponent against heavy cavalry at close range.But at the moment Nejjart's heavy cavalry was crowded together, the horse couldn't gallop, the lance couldn't stand straight, and he was caught off guard by Liang Jun's attack.

In an instant, Simmons' light cavalry pierced into it, and Simmons' Qingqi's lances stabbed at the opponent's horses and people, and the Sasanian war cavalry dropped a lot like rain hitting pear blossoms.After Simmons stabbed out with his light cavalry spear, he didn't take it back and stayed on the opponent's body. The mount rushed forward without slowing down, but drew out the saber in his hand.

A Sasanian heavy cavalry saw the opponent slashing with a sword, but his lance was too close to stab, so he could only use it as a stick to smash it.

Although the gun barrel hit Simmons Qingqi's helmet, making the opponent's head buzz, the opponent's saber slashed across his neck, causing his head to hang on his chest, and his body fell off the horse.

Another Sasanian cavalry saw that the cavalry was in the way, so he simply dropped the cavalry, pulled out the scimitar from his waist, and slashed at the head of a Simmons light cavalry whose back was facing him. Suddenly, the mount on his crotch screamed. , and then raised his hooves high, knocking him off the horse, and then he was trampled into a pile of meat paste by the chaotic hooves.It turned out that two long spears from the two long spears pierced into the horse's buttocks.

In fact, Simmons has much fewer war cavalry than the opponent, and they are all light cavalry.As long as these iron cavalry of Sassan calm down, they can turn the situation around even in the event of a flank attack.But they stabbed like a forest of long spears in front of them, and stabbed their light cavalry from behind with sabers at close range.As a result, their casualties increased rapidly, and their morale was also rapidly lost.Some generals rode their horses out of the battlefield first, and the rest of the war cavalry rushed to flee with whips and horses.

Nejjart, who was in the infantry phalanx, could see clearly, and shouted anxiously after more than ten battles: "Don't run, those who fear the enemy will be killed without mercy. Quickly regroup and attack again!" But no one You can hear what he said, but even if you hear it, you don't necessarily follow it.

Immediately, he had no energy to manage the cavalry, because his 8000 infantry formation had already confronted the opponent.The archers and crossbowmen behind the formation fired their arrows at the spear phalanx.But after only shooting one round, he stopped shooting.Because the sword and shield soldiers in front have started to confront the spear array.If you shoot again, you will hurt your own people.Originally, according to conventional tactics, the crossbowmen in the rear should shoot a few rounds first and wait for the opponent to disperse before attacking.But now because Nejjart was eager to cooperate with the cavalry to besiege Simmons' spear formation, he rushed over prematurely.Seeing that the cavalry was fleeing and it was impossible to stop in time, Nejjart simply concealed and killed them.

Before the battle, the Sasanian sword and shield soldiers repeatedly hit the shield wall, but they couldn't make the gun forest back a bit. On the contrary, those two long spears pierced the lower leg and head of the person behind the shield from the lower part and the upper part of the shield from time to time.Nejjart didn't know how the opponent could stab the spear freely in such a low and high space.All in all, the Sasanian swords and shields kept falling to the ground amidst screams and wailing.Seen from a high altitude, it looks like rice and wheat being harvested layer by layer. After a while, there are piles of corpses in the front.

At this moment, those Simmons light cavalry who had driven away the Sasanian iron cavalry came back again, cutting into the Sasanian army formation from both wings.This can be regarded as the death of the Sassanian formation. In just half a quarter of an hour, the formation was divided into several pieces by the penetrating Simmons light cavalry.

At this time, Simmons in the spear formation gave an order, but instead urged the spear formation to launch a quick attack on Nejart.All the spearmen stabbed with their spears sharply, and at the same time their legs moved forward quickly, but they were able to keep the formation unchanged.The scattered Sasanian soldiers who had been rushed by Simmons light cavalry could not hold on anymore, and rushed back one after another.Nejjart wanted to hold his ground, but seeing the opponent's cavalry encircle him, he had to urge his horses to run away.

Simmons' cavalry did not chase after the rout, but hurriedly opened the city gate and retreated into the city.It seems that Simmons has given up an opportunity to completely defeat the enemy, but in fact this decision is correct.Because he knew that his victory was only based on the opponent's light cavalry and being caught off guard.My own strength is still far less than the opponent's boundless army. If the opponent recovers, it is impossible to win again like this.

In fact, the heavy cavalry of the Sasanian army who had been killed before regrouped in the distance and came again.Fortunately, when they arrived at the city, Simmons' army had retreated into the city.

After less than half an hour, Nejjart, who had retreated a few miles away, also reorganized his team and went to the city of Pangbo again.His face was livid, and his expression was full of emotion.

It's no wonder that Guan Yu was defeated in the previous battle, and the [-]-[-] army couldn't take the opponent's [-] horses, so that the opponent retreated calmly by sea.This is very embarrassing.In the past few days, he has regained some face by regaining a few cities, but here he was defeated again by the opponent's mere two or three thousand steps.He thought to himself: "If you don't get back this face, where will you put your face in the future? How can I raise my head in front of the Sassanid officials and generals? How can I maintain my prestige among the soldiers?"

Immediately, Nejjart ordered in a deep voice: "Surround the city of Pangpo." The boundless army of more than ten thousand immediately surrounded the city with the sound of drums and trumpets.