Three Kingdoms Eschatology

At this time, some generals came forward to advise and reminded: "My lord, our key task is to take down Suguan. This small city of Pangbo can be besieged with thousands of soldiers and horses, there is no need..."

Unexpectedly, he was interrupted by Nejjart before he finished speaking.The latter frowned and said, "If we don't take this city, how can we attack Suguan with peace of mind?" Then his tone suddenly changed: "If I remember correctly, you commanded the heavy cavalry. You ran away, This crime cannot be forgiven. Someone, take him down and cut him down, and use the military law!"

The general's face changed drastically, and he kept calling for injustice and begging for mercy, but he didn't care about Nejjart's personal soldiers.Tie it up firmly, and then cut it with a knife.

When things have come to this point, who dares to speak out to persuade Nejjart again.All the generals under his command can only follow orders.Fortunately, Pangbo City is not big, and they captured several counterweight trebuchets from the city that they captured in the past few days. It should not be difficult to capture Pangbo City.

Chapter 843 The 500-year Chariot Troop Was Eliminated

The setting sun cast the shadow of Pompo City long on the earth.Although Nejjart's more than [-] troops surrounded the city tightly, he did not launch a real attack for a long time, but only bombarded the city wall with trebuchets.

After he suffered several defeats in a row, he became afraid of Liang Jun's ability to defend the city. It can be said that he was bitten by a snake once and afraid of well ropes for ten years.That's why it's so intimidating.

In front of Pangpo City, seven or eight heavy trebuchets lined up.The cross arm swung up and down, throwing boulders one after another, continuously bombarding the city wall.It soon became dark, but Nejjart had no intention of stopping. He lit a bunch of raging bonfires and continued to bombard the small city of Pangbo in a "night battle with lights on".

At dawn, Nejjart, who had only slept for a short while, woke up from his dream when he heard a muffled bang.Some soldiers have come forward to report: "My lord governor, the walls of Pangpo City have collapsed!"

Nejjart got up from the sheepskin blanket, raised his eyes and looked towards the city of Pangpo, and sure enough, he saw a hole more than ten battles wide in the city wall, and the dust flying in the air had not yet settled.The gap is full of broken ruins.

The Sasanian soldier who came forward to report asked again: "My lord governor, are we going to launch an attack?"

Nejart waved his hand and said: "No! It's hard to hit you. Forgot their terrifying long spear formation. We rushed in through such a narrow gap and had to climb over the ruins. Facing their long spear formation is tantamount to sending us to death. Fish on other people's cutting boards."

He paused, pondered for a while and said: "Send an order to let the catapults continue to bombard, and we must completely break through the entire city wall before we can start attacking the city."

The circumference of Pangbo City is more than twenty miles, and the width of a city wall is about two or three miles.Nejjart knew that the opponent's pikemen only had more than [-] people. If they wanted to spread out such a long width, then their pike formations would only have two rows at most.No matter how tight such a thin army formation is, it will be pierced by one's own heavy cavalry.This is the safest way to break the city.

After arranging these, Nejjart, who only slept for less than two hours last night, felt sleepy, and fell asleep on the grass sheepskin mat again.He fell into a deep sleep and didn't know how long he had been asleep when he heard someone calling in his ear: "My lord governor, wake up, wake up!"

Nejjart opened his eyes and sat up and asked, "But the city wall was blown down?"

"The city wall was almost completely collapsed, but what I want to report to you is not this matter, but another Liang army that has come to kill it. It is the army that escaped from the coast a few days ago..."

"How do you know it's that army?"

"Because the leading enemy general is very characteristic, that is, the guy with the long beard and red face who wields a long-handled sword."

When Nejjart knew that it was Guan Yu who had come, his heart jumped and he got up from the ground.At the same time, he asked, "How many people did they bring?"

"It still looks like more than 2000 riders, but this time they brought an extra one or two thousand infantry. It's just that there seem to be chariots behind them. It looks like there are hundreds of riders."

"Chariots?" Nejjart was taken aback when he heard that, and then laughed loudly: "What era is it? They still use chariots, which are hundreds of years out of date. I remember that in the history books, only Persian Chariots were used before the era of Darius of the Empire, but there is no record of them. So this thing has been eliminated in our country for at least 500 years. Unexpectedly, Liang Jun still uses this thing, presumably they lack cavalry skilled in equestrianism. So Use chariot soldiers to act."

The actual situation is of course not what Nejjart thought.Before Guan Yu left, he wanted to leave a battalion of archers for Yan Huai, but Yan Huai asked Guan Yu for all the archers of the two battalions.When Guan Yu wondered why the other party was so ignorant, Yan Huai laughed and said: "General Guan, there are two battalions of longbow chariots here, and they can't give full play to the advantage in defending the city. So it's better to exchange your two battalion commanders for the archers of XX. These two battalions of longbow chariots. Although Gedrosia is on the edge of the Persian Plateau, it is a relatively flat area. On such terrain, this longbow chariot is a big killer to restrain the opponent's heavy cavalry. It just happens to send Useful."

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Pompo.Nejjart himself took all the light and heavy war cavalry to meet Guan Yu's army, but let the rest of the soldiers continue to form an airtight army to surround the city of Pangpo firmly to prevent the Simmons army inside from rushing out.And continue to bombard the dilapidated city walls of Pangpo City with trebuchets.

Thirty miles to the east of Pangbo City, the vanguard and scouts of the two armies met face to face before their war cavalry met.The two sides shot a few arrows with each other's bows and crossbows, and then they rode back and left, reporting to their respective commanders.

Nejjart immediately let his cavalry spread out. In order to prevent the opponent from fleeing after being defeated, he deliberately deployed the light cavalry on the two wings.

After a while, Nejjart saw the figure of the enemy's war cavalry, and their strength was obviously much smaller than his own.Nejjart immediately shouted to the soldiers to prepare for the battle.Unexpectedly, at this time, the opponent's two thousand heavy armored cavalry suddenly divided into two groups, turned around, and ran backwards.

Nejjart only said that Guan Yu saw that he had many soldiers and horses, so he didn't dare to fight and fled.He hurriedly ordered all the cavalry to catch up, and more than 3000 Sasanian heavy cavalry and more than 2000 light cavalry on both sides galloped on the plain.

At this time, Nejjart vaguely saw a line of chariots in the distance, and the strange thing was that they were still facing him.He suddenly heard a strange sound in his ears, and then a whooping sound. Less than nine feet away from him, a heavy rider fell off his horse, and Nejjart suddenly saw a cluster of arrows protruding from his back. come out.

He was startled, and a thought popped up - the longbowman!Then I saw many arrows roaring one after another from a distance.But he didn't see the figure of the longbowman in his eyes, only those chariots parked quietly in the wasteland.The arrows could only be shot from those chariots. Nejjart observed carefully, and sure enough someone was vaguely drawing a bow in the carriage.Liang Jun actually put the longbowman on the chariot!

After Nejjart reacted, he held up his saber and shouted: "Come on!" His war cavalry galloped towards those chariots like a violent storm.The light cavalry on both wings had actually galloped to the front, surpassing the appearance of the heavy cavalry in the center by more than a hundred steps.

But the opponent's chariot was still parked there steadily, and the random arrows were still shooting non-stop.To be precise, it is not random arrows, because most of the arrows can hit the target.Seeing that his soldiers were about to roll off their horses one by one, Nejjart was so anxious that he kept urging the cavalry to speed up.

They were getting closer and closer to these chariots, three hundred steps, two hundred steps, when the light cavalry at the front of the two wings were only 150 steps away from the opponent, which was the maximum range of their cavalry bows.These longbow chariots started up and fled to the distance...

Chapter 844

Seeing that the opponent's longbow chariot was about to flee, Nejjart was in a hurry, and urged the soldiers beside him: "Let Qingqi speed up and intercept them, don't let them run away..."

Before the words were finished, a heavy arrow struck and shot the commanding soldier off the horse.Another arrow flew over his helmet, and also shot the red tassel on the helmet to the ground.

He was startled, and only then did he realize that the opponent's chariot could shoot arrows continuously while running, and the heavy armored cavalry in the cavalry were constantly pierced through the iron armor by the heavy arrows and fell off the horse.Moreover, the opponent's chariots are still running fast, and the light cavalry on both sides will be able to keep up with them, but the heavy cavalry in the center will be farther and farther away.

The opponent obviously wanted to concentrate on shooting his heavy cavalry, but the random arrows only hit the heavy cavalry with [-] cavalry, but they didn't shoot a single arrow at the two-winged light cavalry.

At this time, Nejjart's heavy cavalry was like a target standing in the open space, causing people to shoot endlessly, and he lost six or seven hundred cavalry in a short period of time.He hurriedly ordered: "Send the order, stop the pursuit, stop the pursuit."

A personal guard took out the horn, and the light and heavy war cavalry stopped one after another amidst the humming of the horn. Unexpectedly, the opponent's longbow chariot also stopped, and continued to shoot continuously, and the Sasanian war cavalry continued to suffer casualties.Nejart's face changed, he had never encountered such a battle situation in his life.Fortunately, he has been on the battlefield for a long time, and immediately figured out a way to deal with it.

"Send the order, the light cavalry will attack the opponent from both wings, the heavy cavalry will retreat, and the light cavalry will defeat or disperse the opponent before retreating."

When the Sasanian Qingqi on the two wings rushed towards the opponent, the opponent turned around again and ran away again.Nejjart continued to retreat with more than 2000 remaining heavy cavalry.But he only retreated more than two hundred units, and saw dust flying in the distance, and the sound of killing shook the sky.He was overjoyed, thinking that it was his light cavalry that had intercepted the opponent.

But when he looked at it, he was shocked, because it was not his light cavalry fighting with the opponent's chariot, but being attacked and killed by the opponent's heavy cavalry.Liang Jun's war cavalry rushed up from behind the longbow chariot again at some point, and intercepted his Qing cavalry.

At this time, Guan Yu took the lead in the cavalry formation, and Qinglong Yanyue Saber danced into a halo.Where the light trail passed, human heads and severed limbs rolled down.The heavily armored knights around him also waved their maces and danced wildly among the light cavalry crowd, sweeping countless Sasanian light cavalry off their horses.Their lances had long been left in the bodies of the Sasanian light cavalry knights.

A Sasanian light cavalry slashed at a Liang army cavalry with a scimitar. The opponent's mount was two feet higher than his horse, so the knife was meant to be cut at the opponent's neck, but it was cut to the ribs. With a sound, the blade slashed to the iron armor and curled the blade.But his head was smashed on the Tianling Gai by the opponent's mace.Another Sasanian light cavalry turned around and tried to escape, but when he turned around, he was suddenly knocked to the ground by the tall Liang Jun heavy cavalry.Because of his bent body, the spine of his war horse broke with a bang.He himself rolled over and fell off the horse, and was instantly submerged among the horses.

How could the two thousand Sassanian light cavalry resist the tyranny of the two thousand Liang army heavy cavalry?Liang Jun's heavy cavalry and longbow chariot followed closely behind.And the heavy cavalry led by Nejjart had already escaped two hundred battles away, so he could see his army besieging Pangpo City.

At this time, Nejart vaguely heard the sound of fighting again, and looking over his eyes, it seemed that the army in the city was about to come out.In fact, it was Simmons who saw friendly troops coming to help him at the top of the city, so he made a decisive decision and swung his troops out of the city.

But at this time, the Sassanid besieging army had already formed a tight formation and was ready to fight.Even Simmons' invincible long spear formation cannot quickly break through the opponent's formation.They can only fight against the shield wall with spears and spears with swords and shields.

This time, Sassan's sword and shield hands had experience, and they squatted behind the big shield with their shields on the ground.The opponent's spear blades continued to stab the large shield, making a muffled sound, and some of the spear blades even pierced through the shield, but after all, they did not cause too many casualties.

The sword and shield soldiers who fell to the ground were quickly replaced by the robes behind.Although the swords of the sword and shield soldiers could not cut at the opponent, from time to time a crossbowman would step forward and shoot arrows at the opponent from a short distance.The battle situation between the two sides reached a stalemate for a while.

Distraught, Nejjart turned his head to look at the pursuing Guan Yu army, and then looked at the confrontation between the two sides in front of him. He sighed and said, "Send the order to make all the soldiers retreat."The adjutant next to him opened his mouth wide in shock and said, "How can we retreat when the battle has reached this level? Our cavalry can retreat, and those light cavalry can throw some, but these infantry brothers... this retreat will take all The army is defeated!"

Nejart said in a muffled voice: "If you don't retreat, the whole army will be defeated, and more people will die. There is no other way, retreat!" After finishing speaking, he first took the remaining heavy cavalry and retreated westward.Several cavalry commanders left the cavalry and rushed towards the infantry phalanx that was still facing Simmons, giving them an order to retreat.And two or three hundred steps away, Guan Yu led Liang Jun's heavy cavalry and longbow chariot like a whirlwind, chasing Sasan Qingqi and rushing down the city.

After a while, the Sasanian infantry phalanx dispersed like tofu falling to the ground, and then the black crowd fled westward.After Liang Jun's war cavalry dispersed, they rushed into the crowd like two thousand sharp arrows.After a fierce charge, the Sasanian army was completely defeated, and they fled all over the mountains and plains like headless chickens.Simmons' light cavalry also joined the pursuit. Thousands of cavalry and longbow chariots pursued for more than [-] miles. After half an hour, they completely defeated the Sasanian army before returning to camp.

Only then did Simmons and Guan Yu meet on the battlefield.This is also the first time the two have met.Simmons looked Guan Yu up and down, clasped his fists and said in blunt Chinese, "I think this red-faced and long-bearded general is the Marquis of Shanyang County, General Guan Yu. The last general is polite here."

Seeing that this barbarian could speak Chinese and know the customs of Chinese etiquette, Guan Yu was overjoyed, and quickly clasped his fists and replied, "It is Guan, and this general must be General Simmons. Guan has already heard about the fact that a spear smashed hundreds of heavily armored cavalry in the enemy army, and he admires it."

The two exchanged some polite greetings, and then returned to Pompo City with troops shoulder to shoulder.At the same time, Nejjart, with a livid face, was gathering the defeated soldiers.This time the defeat was different from the previous two times, this time it was a serious injury.The direct casualties were as high as two to three thousand cavalry, not to mention the soldiers who disappeared after being killed.Even if he gathers these routs, he will no longer have the strength to launch an attack on Pangbo City or Suguan, or any city occupied by the Liang army.

As night fell, Nejjart was squatting on the ground dejectedly thinking about what to do next, but he saw a horse galloping towards him. He knew it was Sasanian's imperial orderly when he saw the other party's clothes, and hurriedly greeted him. up.

Chapter 845

After checking the other party's seal, Nejjart put his hands on his chest, bowed his body slightly and said politely: "What orders does your Majesty send the envoy?"

The person who came also returned the courtesy: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty sent me here to ask how the battle in Gedrosia is going? Has Su Guan been recovered?"

Nejjart squeaked and went around a lot before he was frustrated one after another. The meaning that Suguan had not recovered was expressed through some packaging.What, the enemy army is huge and needs to be captured city by city, otherwise they will be trapped in a lonely battle and fail to recover Guan Yunyun in time.

The messenger of Ardashir immediately lowered his face and said: "Your Majesty told me, if you haven't recovered the fallen cities in the province and recovered the pass, then...then you must immediately lead the army to retreat to Gwadar. This is very important .”

When Nejjart saw the other party's face down, his heart immediately sank, thinking that Ardashir told the messenger that if he failed to overcome the recovery pass and the rest of the city, he would call him back to Persis and punish him.

When Nejjart listened to everything and had to retreat to Gwadar by himself, he was relieved.But he was puzzled by Ardashir's decision again, and asked, "My lord, why did your majesty suddenly ask someone to retreat to Gwadar and give up recovering Suguan and several cities in the province?"

The messenger spread his hands and said, "How can I know this kind of thing? But...but... the Liang army on the northern front has already crossed the Amu Darya River and defeated the general manager Sulehar who was besieging the Lanshi City. And took advantage of the momentum to storm Mulu City. The nomadic barbarians in the south who obeyed the orders of the Liang Army also used the ships provided by the Liang Army to cross the Aral Sea and bypass the Great Wall we built between the Aral Sea and the Caspian Sea. In short, now, from the west bank of the Amu Darya All the plains and grasslands to the east coast of the Caspian Sea are occupied by Liang Jun. I think His Majesty's decision may have something to do with this."

Nejjart opened his mouth, he was both surprised and somewhat grateful.Surprised that even Sulehar was defeated by Liang Jun. Fortunately, the defeated general was no longer alone, and had a foil.

At the same time, he also suddenly realized why Ardashir wanted him to retreat to Gwadar.The Liang army on the northern line has completely controlled the vast area from the west bank of the Amu Darya River to the east bank of the Caspian Sea.If Mulu City is captured again, they will be able to drive straight into the hinterland of the Persian Plateau.

In this way, even if he regained Suguan, it would be meaningless to block the Liang army's attack on the southern line.Therefore, Ardashir could only shrink the defensive circle, and in the hinterland of the Persian plateau, it was likely to fight the Liang army near the city of Persis.Then Gwadar Port, located south of the city of Persis, is not only a right-wing barrier, but also a transportation hub for sea transportation, which is crucial to the upcoming war.

After thinking about it, Nejjart immediately bid farewell to Ardashir's imperial messenger, and retreated to Gwadar City with the remaining five or six thousand troops.

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Mulu City is located at the edge of the Persian Plateau and the Amu Darya Plain.At this time, Liang Jun in the east of the city formed a square formation nearly two miles wide, which seemed boundless when viewed from a low place.

Liang Jun also built a high platform on the hill to the southwest of the city.Their longbowmen and crossbowmen of Guishuang's servant army shot arrows into the city day and night, threw stone bombs and explosive bombs, and the city was already full of smoke.Looking at the city wall again, Liang Jun's reassembled heavy trebuchet blasted a small gap.

The [-] Liang army with guns and shields in front of the east wall formed a square formation, and there were thousands of light and heavy cavalry on the left and right.Ma Chao stood in front of the battle on his black horse.These soldiers and horses are only a small part of the troops of the Liang Army on the Northern Front, and the rest of the troops are sweeping through various cities in the Amu Darya Plain, taking over some areas occupied by the Beifu Army.A few days ago, nearly [-] people came from Xifu. The Liang army from Yongliang finally assembled in Congling, and went straight to Lanshi City, which had been besieged for many days.First annihilated the small group of Sasanian troops on the east bank of the Amu Darya River, and then crossed the river to break the siege of Lanshi City.

In fact, when they crossed the river, Sulehar had already known the situation.He knew that his army could not be the opponent of the tens of thousands of Liang Jun, so he hurriedly withdrew south.This retreat took hundreds of miles until Mulu City stopped.In addition to the army he personally led, the defenders scattered on the southeast bank of the Amu Darya were recalled by messengers he sent.Of course, some of these places were too late to be notified, and they could only be wiped out one by one by Liang Jun in the end.

After Ma Chao learned of his movements, he immediately mobilized elites from an army of more than 3 to pursue Sulehar to Mulu City.The remaining soldiers will sweep the vast plain between the Amu Darya and the Caspian Sea.

Although a gap had been blasted in the city wall, Ma Chao was still as stable as Mount Tai, and did not issue a military order to attack the city.He still has to wait for the gap to open wider.Just like him, the three thousand knife shield soldiers remained motionless like sculptures.Only the mounts of the two-winged cavalry snorted impatiently and swung their ponytails, and the riders had to comfort them from time to time.

There is also a reason why Ma Chao is so cautious.At first, Ma Chao also slightly underestimated the enemy by virtue of his strength.In order to save time, he didn't use the heavy trebuchet, but directly adopted Liang Jun's five-step attack tactic.That is, the ballista bombards the walls, the hot bombs cover the top of the city, the infantry climbs up the ladder, seizes the city gate, and the classic siege tactics of cavalry entering the city.It is hoped that the strategically important Mulu City can be captured in a short time.

Unexpectedly, the result was not satisfactory.First of all, the battlements at the head of Mulu City are very special. Its walls are very thick, up to five or six feet thick. Only the battlements at the low part of the crenels are made into ordinary city battlements to facilitate the soldiers at the top of the city to attack outwards. thickness of.That is to say, the whole stacking wall is in a staggered distribution of one high, one thick and one thin.Tall ones are impossible to destroy with ballistas.The short ones are also hard to hit, and even if they are destroyed, they are meaningless.Liang Jun had no choice but to hastily end this step and enter the next link.

Sulehar had already prepared a large number of woolen blankets soaked in water, wet straw at the top of the city, and covered the top of the city with fine sand.Therefore, after the explosive bomb hits the ground, it actually explodes, and there is very little deflagration.Even a small amount of flames was quickly extinguished by Sasanian soldiers with wet blankets.

This is not considered Sulehar's excellence. He also cunningly ordered the soldiers to pour out the undetonated explosive naphtha near the city edge and ignite it, making the illusion that the city was covered in flames. Induce Liang Jun to climb the ladder.As a result, it was natural that the rolling wood beat the stone together, causing heavy losses to Liang Jun.

Ma Chao realized something was wrong, and hurriedly rode his horse to the high hill in the southwest to investigate the enemy's situation in the city, only to find that he had been tricked, and stopped the attack immediately.Only then did he realize that he had no choice but to take down Mulu City steadily and steadily.

At this time, the boulders thrown by the heavy catapult intermittently bombarded the city walls on both sides of the gap, tearing the crack bigger and bigger amidst the huge impact roar.When the gap widened to about [-] steps, Ma Chao just raised his right hand to signal to stop the bombardment.Then, he waved his hand down fiercely and shouted at the same time: "Command, attack!"

Chapter 846 Fierce battle in the streets

Under Mulu City.Liang Jun's army formation suddenly erupted like a roar of mountains and tsunami, and the part facing the gap moved forward stepping on the beat of drums.A few stragglers on their left and right rushed out of the formation with ladders in advance, erected countless ladders on the city wall, and then climbed up the ladders.

The head of Mulu City.A Liang Army infantry who climbed up the ladder stopped a few feet away from the city, and untied a clay pot from his waist.In fact, it was a disassembled explosive bomb. With the torch held in his left hand, he lit the cloth strip on the mouth of the clay pot, and then threw it viciously behind the wall.This was done, of course, to drive out the Sasanian warriors hiding behind thick walls.

A raging fire ignited behind the wall, but there was no sign of the Sasanian army.Only then did the soldiers of the Liang Army throw away the torches, drew out the two-foot-long daggers around their waists, held the shields hanging on the ladder in their hands again, and jumped to the crenelation of the city in three steps at a time, while using the shields to defend against the other side. Behind the side wall, prevent possible enemy soldiers there from rushing out to attack themselves.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he stood firmly, he felt a chill in his back, and a spear blade pierced out from his chest.There are still enemy soldiers in the place that was cleared by Huo Gong just now!But he didn't have time to think about what was going on, his eyes darkened and his body crooked before falling to the ground.Behind him appeared a Sasanian soldier wrapped in a wet blanket and holding a spear.More Liang soldiers who climbed up the ladder were thrown down the ladder before they reached the top of the city.

While Liang Jun who climbed up the ladder was blocked, those Liang Jun who attacked the gap were surprisingly smooth.After they climbed over the ruins at the collapsed gap, they found that there was no Sasanian soldier behind.

This is not because the Sasanian army gave up resistance here, but because this place is completely within the shooting range of the Liang army on the high hills in the southwest. For the Liang army's ballista and crossbows, there are no dead angles and obstacles that can be used by the Sassanid army. Shan soldiers provide cover.The Sassanid soldiers stationed here earlier could not withstand the continuous attacks like torrential rain and hail, and had already retreated to it.

The soldiers of Liang Jun continued to rush into the city step by step, some rushed to the streets and alleys in the city, some rushed to the top of the city along the stairs, and some rushed directly to the city gate.

The Sasanian soldiers at the top of the city were busy fighting against the Liang army climbing up the city. They realized that the Liang army might rush into the city and kill along the stairway, but they just couldn't spare their hands to organize defense on the stairway.The result can be imagined, a large number of soldiers of the Liang army rushed to the top of the city, and their spears came out, stabbing each of them like a beehive.

Just as Liang Jun seized the top of the city, the city gate suddenly opened.Ma Chao clamped the horse's belly between his legs, shook the reins, and rushed towards the city, followed by two thousand cavalry.Immediately afterwards, pawns poured in like a tide.

Ma Chao originally thought that this battle would be over, but Sulehar actually had a backup.As soon as he entered the city, he heard the sound of fierce fighting coming from the city.Immediately, a general of the infantry unit came to report that there were a large number of Sasanian soldiers ambushing among the buildings and houses in the city.I don't know the exact number. In short, Liang Jun will encounter tenacious attacks if he barely moves forward.

Ma Chao immediately ordered: "The whole army should stop and stop entering the city. Take control of the four city walls and gates first."

Then, he reined in the horse for a short circle, and the thoughts in his mind turned around a few times.Then he rode his horse and rushed towards the city, shouting loudly at the same time: "Personal guards, come and explore with me!" Several generals of Liang Jun were shocked and said: "General, don't take risks!"

However, Ma Chao had already left in the dust, and two hundred or so heavy-armored cavalry accompanied him.Ma Chao galloped along the main street, and at first he only saw groups of his own infantry running. These infantry were the soldiers of the Liang army who first entered the city from the gap.Afterwards, more than [-] people were seen fighting with swords and guns, and there were more than a dozen corpses scattered in front of them, most of them belonged to Liang Jun.

Without further ado, Ma Chao rode his horse forward, stabbing out with a silver spear, and instantly killed a Sasanian soldier who was fighting Liang Bing with his back turned.The iron cavalry beside Ma Chao also urged his horse forward, stabbing and killing more than ten Sasanian soldiers to the ground in the blink of an eye.

Only three Sasanian soldiers survived because of their quick reaction. Seeing so many cavalry attacking, they threw away their swords and shields, turned around and fled.Ma Chao urged his horse forward and stabbed one person down with one shot, and the horse knocked down another person and then trampled over his back.Only the last Sasanian soldier slipped around a corner into a side street.Ma Chao immediately stopped his horse and turned into the side street. At this time, more than a dozen heavy cavalry followed.

Ma Chao had only entered the alley a dozen or so distances away when he heard a swishing sound coming from his ears. He immediately realized that there were enemy crossbowmen on the roof, and hurriedly swung his spear to knock out some of the arrows that were aimed at him. .But there were still two or three arrows shooting at him. Fortunately, he was wearing excellent armor, and the arrows were only inserted into the armor, and were not injured.

Several heavy armored cavalry behind him stood up from their stirrups, stepped on the saddle and climbed onto the roof, stabbing with spears in their hands, stabbing to the ground several crossbowmen behind the roof ridge.Two other crossbowmen jumped to the street behind the house and fled.

At the same time, Ma Chao suddenly heard a loud shout: "General, be careful!" Then he heard a scream beside him.Ma Chaofang saw that a long gun suddenly appeared from the window pane on the side of the street and pierced the waist of a heavy-armored cavalry beside him.It turned out that the soldier saw the spear rushing out, so he could only cover Ma Chao with his own body in a hurry.

Ma Chao roared angrily, and pierced the window with the silver spear in his hand like a rabbit, and stabbed five or six times in a row, the gun saw blood.The people inside didn't say a word, and fell straight to the ground with a plop.

At this time, the cavalrymen who had climbed onto the roof also returned to their horses, and Ma Chao withdrew from the side alley with the corpse of Robe Ze without saying a word.After he came out, he immediately issued an order: "Send a certain military order to order the three, five, and seven infantry battalions of the headquarters to enter the city, and then each department will advance along several main streets vertically and horizontally, and control these main streets and street intersections. Then divide them into sections one by one. Clear up."

The soldiers of the personal guards cupped their hands and said, "Decree!" Just as he was about to leave, Ma Chao suddenly changed his mind and said, "Wait! Control the main street and seal off all the intersections. Instead of clearing out district by district, let the prisoners Proclaim that everyone, regardless of soldiers or civilians, leave the house and surrender, otherwise, as long as they are alive, they will be killed!"

After a while, Liang Jun's infantry formed a square formation of hundreds of people, drove into the main streets of the city one by one, and moved forward rapidly along the main streets.They went all the way, even those Sasanian soldiers hiding in ruined walls and houses also came to intercept them.Then, Liang Jun soldiers escorted the captives and began to beat the gong and shout out block by block...

Chapter 847

On the main street of Mulu City.The captives of the Sasanian Army shouted to each block according to what Liang Jun said.The general idea is that if you don't come out within the time of a stick of incense, you will be killed.

After a while, someone finally came out in fear and cautiously, and Liang Jun gathered him in an open place to guard him.These civilians are male and female, old and young, rich and poor.

In a certain block that Liang Jun cleared, another group of people came out. There were three or four of them, and they were all young and strong men, wearing loose burqas.When they were marching, General Liang Jun, who was in charge of security, shouted violently: "Stop!" Several people were shocked and stood on the spot in a daze.

"Take off your burqas! Check!" The soldiers of the Liang Army behind shouted, gesturing with knives and guns.At this time, several people exchanged glances, suddenly became violent, and took off their burqas abruptly, revealing the armor inside and the swords and guns they were holding, and rushed towards Liang Jun in unison.

How did they know that Liang Jun had been prepared for a long time, the shield suddenly stood up, the spear stabbed, and several Sasanian soldiers fell in a pool of blood in an instant.The other person scurried into another alley, and Liang Jun war cavalry who had already been stationed beside him rushed over and knocked him to the ground, trampling him to pieces.

At noon, Ma Chao frowned and rode his horse through the chaotic streets.The plan was far from going as smoothly as he thought.The Sasanian soldiers mixed with the civilians who came out of the houses, and launched sneak attacks on Liang Jun from time to time, causing certain casualties to Liang Jun.Even some Sasanians, who were indeed civilians, were attacking Liang Jun.

In addition, there are still Sasanian soldiers hiding in the houses and resisting.Liang Jun was forced to wipe out block by block one by one. If this continues, he doesn't know how long it will take to completely control Mulu City.Moreover, the Sasanians who were gathered in the open space of the square were not safe, and someone suddenly jumped out of them and attacked the soldiers of the Liang army.

This kind of situation was never encountered by Ma Chao, and it can even be said that none of Liang Jun's generals had encountered this situation.In fact, Ma Chao would not be surprised if he knew more about Sasanian history and humanities.The province of Margina, where the Mulu city is located, was the place where the Sasanian emperor Ardashir made his fortune.