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He had to fight anyway, and he didn't want to hesitate any longer. Taking advantage of the opportunity when the Romans were deviating from the front on his left wing and Azar had not started on the right wing, he gave an order and half the army showed their spears and rushed directly towards them with shouts. Camel cavalry behind the Romans.

For a moment, the ground shook, the horses' hooves thundered, and the distance between the two armies quickly narrowed.

The man who led the camel cavalry was Solomon. He was also a general who fought with the Sasanians with real swords and guns on the Parthian battlefield. He was not nervous about the Sassanians who were charging over.

Solomon gave the order calmly. The camels in the first and second rows turned around and lay on their sides. The soldiers hid behind the camels and relied on the heavy camel armor on the camels to block the impact of Sasanian bows, arrows and spears, forming a temporary barrier. of trenches.All the soldiers fired arrows desperately from behind the trenches to prevent the Sasanians from approaching.

This Sassanid cavalry was not the main force of the cavalry that had previously confronted Dadherbun in Parthia.

The main force was composed of the Immortal Army, which had been severely damaged by Zhang Bai and had not yet recovered.Today, this unit is an elite cavalry unit selected from the Sasanian territory near Kushan in the east.

Krumu's previous military exploits were mainly achieved during the unification of the Sasanian period and the battles to suppress Arab resistance.

Originally, Krumu thought that the camel cavalry would rush towards him like ordinary cavalry. At that time, he could take advantage of the camels' slow speed and thick neck collar to defeat them with spears.

However, when he saw that his opponent actually turned the camel sideways and used it as a trench, Krumu immediately regretted it.

He found those heavily armored camels becoming an insurmountable obstacle.The camel was originally larger than the horse, and coupled with its heavy armor, it was easy to deal with the Sasanian light cavalry charge.

This move was used many times by General Dadehboun in Parthia in battles with the Sasanians. Solomon, as an important general of Dadehboon, naturally learned it all and never encountered it. This was the first time he saw Krumu who had passed through Dadherbuen. He knew something was wrong and immediately ordered the horn to be blown to signal the soldiers to withdraw.

The cavalry rushing in front also found that the armored camels were blocking their way, and the horses did not dare to jump over.

However, this cavalry was an elite one after all, and the leading horse immediately turned around automatically. At this time, Krumu's horn sounded, and the entire army immediately slowed down and turned around, and the entire team passed by the camel line.

At this time, the charging Sasanian right wing was completely exposed to the heavily armored camel cavalry.Of course, Solomon would not miss such a good opportunity. While he ordered to step up the archery, he ordered the camels in the first two rows to stand up, and under the cover of the bows and arrows in the back row, they suddenly rushed towards the Sasanians.

In an instant, the situation on the battlefield changed drastically. In order to turn, the Sasanian cavalry had to make a big circle on the battlefield. Among them, the fast horse's butt was facing the camel cavalry.Those who ran slowly were even worse. They were first hit by arrows and were killed and injured, and then they were charged by heavily armored camels. The entire team was overwhelmed horizontally.

As soon as those fast cavalry passed by the ground formation, they suddenly found that the friendly troops around them were running away desperately, and the enemy's heavy-armored camel soldiers were already chasing closely from behind.These soldiers didn't know what to do and were so frightened that they had no choice but to follow the large group of people and join the defeated army, continuing to rush forward in confusion.

The front troops suddenly collapsed during the turn. This was somewhat beyond Krumu's expectation, but he did not panic at all.

"Order the troops in the rear to rush forward and charge forward. Everyone will see the truth." Krumu ordered.

The cavalry around him set off immediately after receiving the order, shouting and rushing forward. The cavalry who were escaping also came to their senses, immediately turned their horses' heads and rejoined the charging team.

The camel cavalry and the Sasanian light cavalry collided head-on. The impact of the camels was slightly inferior to the horses, but Solomon's troops were all wearing heavy armor, so it was not difficult to deal with the light cavalry's hedging.

Both sides engaged in a melee with swords and guns, and it was difficult to tell the difference for a while.

Solomon was familiar with such battles and was in no rush to join the battle himself. Under Solomon's command, his camel soldiers joined the battle group in sequence and steadily blocked Krumu's charge.

Krumu did not send out all his troops, but kept his eyes firmly on Azar.He knew very well that the most effective combatants in the Kushan formation were Azar's light cavalry.

Although the Roman Guards were also very strong, their numbers were too small and not worth being nervous about. The Forbidden Forces behind the Romans suffered a new defeat and changed their leaders. Although they were large in number, it was actually very difficult to command them. They were a ragtag group and were very difficult to fight on the battlefield. not flexible.

The Forbidden Army gathered into several square formations, and following the Roman Guards, they were advancing from west to east, gradually threatening Crumu's left flank.However, the speed of the infantry was too slow, and Crumu was not worried at all.

He originally wanted to take advantage of the slow speed of the Kushan infantry to eat the camel cavalry in front of him first, so that even if Azar was dispatched, he could retreat and fight at the same time, using the speed of the cavalry to temporarily get rid of the infantry and eliminate the flank threat. Then turn around and fight Azar decisively.

Unexpectedly, the combat effectiveness of the camel soldiers was far beyond Krumu's expectations. The current melee would slow down the army and cause it to be exhausted.

This was an opportunity for the enemy, and he estimated that it was almost time for Azar to take action.

In fact, Krumu had a hand, he was waiting for Hazard.Sure enough, it didn't take long for Azar's cavalry to make some movement.

Azar personally led the troops and ran ahead. The team was very fast, but it was not directed at Krumu.They circled around from Krumu's right flank and did not engage Sassanid.Directly outflanked Krumu's back, from south to north, constantly shooting bows and arrows at the rear of the Sasanian army.

Sassanid soon began to suffer casualties, but they were not fatal.Krumu was a little confused. What was the significance of Azar's move?Is it purely for consumption?

In the chaos, Alexander's infantry phalanx was gradually approaching Krumu.The situation on the battlefield at this time was that the Kushan coalition forces had inexplicably changed from attacking from north to south to attacking from west to east.

On the right wing of the coalition itself is Azar, who is constantly harassing but not attacking directly.In the middle is a large number of infantry gradually approaching.The Parthian camel soldiers on the left wing were attacked by Krumu with almost all his strength, and the two sides fought inextricably.There is only a road to the east of Krumu for its retreat.

However, it was far from a showdown yet. Krumu led his central army to prepare for Azar's possible attack at any time.Unwilling to fight head-on with the large number of infantry, he suddenly ordered the dispatch of elephant soldiers.

All five elephants were lined up in front of Alexander.

Alexander’s mechanism failed to take into account elephants. As for the Roman infantry, Rome had not seen elephant soldiers on the battlefield for nearly 300 years since Hannibal used them in the Second Punic War. .

The Guards stopped and looked at these giant beasts at a loss, and the phalanx of the Forbidden Army even broke into chaos.