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Seeing that Alexander's infantry was blocked, Azar decided to change his strategy. He rode his horse to the front, and with the sound of the trumpet ordered to stop the harassment, he summoned all the cavalry into one, forming a cavalry formation and slowly pressed on Krumu. past.

Krumu's elephant soldiers were originally used to greet Azar, but now they are used on infantry, and he thinks it is acceptable.But in this case, as soon as Azar's cavalry arrived, his own troops would have to fight with them. Azar was a famous general, so he was still a little nervous.

At this time, troops suddenly gathered in Azar, and trumpets sounded. Krumu knew that the real decisive battle was about to begin.

But just as he was lining up to prepare for battle, a spaceship flew low in the sky, arriving at the scene of the confrontation between the infantry and the elephant soldiers, and flew lower and lower.

It was No. [-] commanded by Zhang Bai.

This time it was the elephant soldiers' turn to panic. These elephants were used to attack the city. They looked like nothing when placed in front of the formation, and they were engaged in psychological warfare.Frightened by the sudden appearance of the spaceship, the elephants became uncontrollable and screamed and backed up. One elephant even turned around and ran away despite the whipping of the driver.

The infantry phalanx immediately cheered, and under the leadership of the Roman Guards, began to advance step by step.

Krumu was also frightened by the sudden appearance of the spaceship. He had never heard of such a thing as a spaceship. When he saw the huge object floating in the sky, he was so surprised that he didn't know what to do.

Seeing that Azar's troops of the Kushan coalition were about to launch a charge, the Roman infantry was approaching step by step.Crumb finally started to get scared.

He weighed the pros and cons, made up his mind, and ordered people to blow the horns and gather the troops.The light cavalry, who were fighting with the camel cavalry, heard the horn and immediately took advantage of the fast pace of the war horses to quickly leave the battlefield here.

But it was too late to gather the army at this time. Although the heavily armored camel cavalry could not keep up with the light cavalry, they immediately organized their formation and formed a moving copper wall.

Krumu suddenly felt something was wrong. He had not noticed at first that a complete front line consisting of heavily armored camel soldiers, Roman Guards, and Kushan Forbidden Army lay before his eyes.

On his right was the tall city wall of Peshawar, and on his left was Azar who could launch a charge at any time.The Sassanid troops were like bison trapped in a dead end, about to be slaughtered.

Judging from this posture, it seems that he wants to drive himself all the way to the east!But why? What’s to the east?

Indian River! ...He suddenly thought of the answer.

Only then did Krumu realize that the Kushan coalition was using the terrain to drive him unknowingly into the Indus River.

This is to kill them all!

Although the Indus River is not fast-flowing, it is relatively deep and cannot be crossed by riding a horse, so a ferry must be used.With so many Sasanian cavalry, there was no place to find a boat for a while. If they swam across the river, they would either abandon their horses or drown. In short, the whole army would be destroyed.

Fortunately, at the critical moment, I still guessed the opponent's plan. At this time, there are still two opportunities for reversal:

The first is to run east first, out of the city wall, and there will be space in the north. If the whole army goes north, with its speed, it will definitely be able to get rid of the infantry and camel soldiers, and then only Azar will be able to deal with it.

However, the Sasanian border was in the south. If they turned north, they would have to flee around the city wall of Peshawar.Aside from losing face, it was hard to say whether he could escape. The enemy could pass through the city and take a shortcut to intercept him at the north gate.What's more, there is a strange thing staring at the sky. Krumu glanced at the sky with fear, thinking that if he ran away like this, he would probably escape death.

Therefore, only the second method can turn things around, that is, the entire army attacks and advances southward.Defeat Azar who came up from the south and cut off the retreat of the entire Sasanian army.

Krumu did not hesitate and immediately ordered the entire army to attack the coalition's right flank.

He tried his best and rushed to the front of the team himself, waving the sword in his hand and letting out a sharp whistle.In an instant, the Chinese army turned into the front army.The troops that had just escaped from the camel soldiers turned into rear troops and hurriedly followed.

At this time, Alexander was a little irritable waiting.

He saw Krumu running back and forth in front of his formation, refusing to confront him head-on, and felt a little disdainful and impatient.He ordered to the Roman Guards in the front row: "Raise the javelin!"

The famous javelin of the Romans had many unique advantages over bows and arrows, such as its heavy weight and high damage. Even if the opponent was wearing heavy armor, it would still be pierced.

"Throw javelins at the Sasanian cavalry!"

Dozens of javelins from the Guards immediately flew towards the Sasanian troops passing by the formation. The Sasanian people were unprepared. Amid the screams, more than a dozen people were stabbed, and some injured their horses and fell to the ground.

"Go forward!" Alexander waved to the Forbidden Army formation behind him and accelerated the march of the Guards.However, the Forbidden Army was not used to Alexander's command and did not know how to change in the face of battle. The marching speed remained the same and did not speed up much.

As a result, the Guards became a lonely force.

On the spaceship, Zhang Bai saw everything with his eyes and shouted anxiously: "Solomon, immediately divide your troops to support the Romans. They will be surrounded if they move too fast."

Solomon reacted and sent two centuries nearby to rush to the direction of the Romans to rescue them.

However, the number of Romans was too small and they were immediately surrounded.Alexander and Maximinus had to dismount at the same time and come to the front of the Roman phalanx.

"Turtle Formation!" Alexander gave the order, and the Guards immediately gathered tightly. The huge shields formed a shield wall on the front, back, left and right. The soldiers in the back row raised their shields to protect the top. A shield fortress that looked like a turtle was built in an instant. .

"Turtle shell formation?!" Zhang Bai was surprised and excited when he saw this in the sky.I have long known that there is a tortoise shell formation in Rome, and it is so amazing that I finally saw it with my own eyes today.

This kind of turtle shell formation is actually very difficult to operate. Historically, it was only used by the Roman army under special circumstances.The difficulty of the turtle formation is not itself, but that it must have an army with a high support-to-shield ratio and high-quality training.

According to historical records, the German infantry in Gaul were forced to imitate the Romans in battles with the Roman army and defended themselves in a formation similar to the tortoise shell formation.As a result, these warriors, who were usually known for their brave charges, lost most of their battlefield mobility and were completely reduced to passive wretches.Among the Roman soldiers, some even jumped to the top of the German turtle shell formation and thrust their daggers into it through the gaps.

Moreover, when to use this formation is also very particular.Usually the Romans used it in siege battles and street battles, or, as now, in field battles where the number of people varies greatly.

Therefore, if an army does not have an excellent Phalanx tradition, or cannot provide soldiers with the best training and support, it will not be able to use the highly demanding turtle shell formation.This formation only appeared in the Roman army in history, and it is definitely not accidental.

However, all this was completely easy for Rome's most elite guards.

"It's an eye-opener today!" Zhang Bai was very excited on the spacecraft, and even ordered to lower the flight altitude several times so that he could see more clearly.

Alexander and Maximinus, commanding the big turtle together, slowly moved forward on the road where the Sasanian cavalry was moving.The Sasanian cavalry did not dare to collide directly and had to go around the big turtle. In this way, their transfer route was disrupted and their speed dropped a lot.