Dahan Pirate Air Force

Chapter 240 Crows and Magpies Walk Together

Seeing the sunset in the distance, Krumu was hesitating whether to camp or simply go directly to the city.Entering the city directly without permission from the Kushan garrison would inevitably lead to a conflict between the two armies, but his generals kept urging him.

The military's morale was unshakable and morale was important, so he decided to contact him one last time.

The response I got was still waiting.So Krumu decided to camp and rest for a night before attacking the city the next day.

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In the early morning, thick fog drifting from the Indus River enveloped the south gate of Peshawar and the Sasanian camp outside the gate.

People were shouting horses in the thick fog, and Krumu was gathering men and horses to prepare to attack the city.His three thousand cavalry were used to attack the city. Logically speaking, the number was insufficient, but the Sasanians had a weapon for attacking the city, which was the elephant soldiers.

In ancient India, there were a large number of elephants, and the sea routes between Sassanid and India had always been smooth. Therefore, the former king Ardashir once formed a special elephant army.But in Shapur's hands, he disliked the elephant's slow speed, fear of fire and cold, and its inability to live without water. It was particularly squeamish, so he made a reform.

In view of the fact that Sassanid mainly relied on cavalry and was fast, he dispersed the elephant soldiers into various teams to serve as the rear for the cavalry.Unlike Alexander of Macedonia and Hannibal of Carthage, elephants were no longer gathered together to lead the charge, but war elephants were reserved for use in sieges.

The Sasanians put leather armor on elephants and harnessed them to huge siege vehicles. The elephants pushed the well-protected siege vehicles forward, and then the soldiers pushed the siege rams to break open the city gates.

This move was still a bit new at the time. During the Ardashir period, it also contributed to the unification of Sasanian. Shapur popularized it. Each cavalry was equipped with five to ten elephants. There are five elephants here.

Krumu is now assembling siege vehicles. These siege vehicles are usually in a state of parts. The army does not even carry some heavier parts such as stone and wood. Only the necessary or more complicated parts are pulled by elephants. The cart was transported to the front line, and when it was needed, wood and stone were collected locally and assembled temporarily.This approach is more flexible and suitable for pure cavalry units with high mobility.

The thick fog was stirred, horses and elephants were neighing at each other, and people were busy preparing for battle.As time goes by, the fog is slowly dissipating.

The scene on the walls of Peshawar can already be seen, and it is gradually becoming clearer.It can be seen that there is not a single soldier on the top of the city. Krumu looks at it from a distance, with a contemptuous smile on his lips.

"It seems that the civil strife in Kushan is indeed serious. It is ridiculous that even a famous general like Azar would give up guarding the city gate." Krumu said.

A general immediately echoed: "I heard that there was chaos in the city, and Azar went to the palace to grab food. Since he was robbing food, he must be preparing to run away. Maybe he has already escaped under the cover of night, right?"

When Krumu and his generals heard this, they laughed together.

A ray of sunlight suddenly broke through the thick fog, and the fog dispersed, revealing a lush green grassland outside the city.

Krumu and his generals, who were laughing proudly, suddenly froze. The smiles still remained on their faces, but their eyes were full of panic.

In front of them was a neat row of Roman soldiers. The Romans stood with their backs against the south city gate, facing south, facing the Sasanian army, which was slowly advancing.

Although the number of the Roman Guards was small, they were well-dressed and had high morale and strict discipline.Behind the square, there were a large number of heavily armored camel soldiers. Both the people and the camels were wearing heavy armor. There were flesh pads under the camels' feet, and their steps made very little noise. Even like Solomon's army, they still made no sound.

They were holding short bows and carrying spears, and they seemed to have no fewer men and horses than Sasanians.

To the left of the Sasanian army were countless Kushan guards, all of whom were armored infantry armed with spears.

On the right is a light cavalry, which looks smaller than the camel cavalry in the middle of the team, but it can be seen from the flag that this is Azar's army.

It seems to be surrounded!Fortunately, it is only surrounded on three sides, the retreat is still there, and the opponent's number is limited, so we can fight.

Krumu immediately commanded his generals to prepare for the attack and mobilized troops from the Chinese Army to protect both sides, especially the right wing facing Azar.

An envoy flew out of the Kushan formation and came to the Sassanid formation and shouted: "The Sasanian army in front of you, you came to our country for no reason and approached the capital, but you were bewitched by Taha? Listen, Taha Ha is good at killing nobles, kidnapping courtiers, and gathering people to rebel. Now he has been punished. You should not continue to aid the rebels. I hope you are ignorant and deceived, so you can leave the past uncorrected. If you quickly return to your country, Kushan will still regard you as a A friendly country.”

No one in the Sasanian formation answered, so the messenger shouted again, and then said: "Please come out and answer, General Sassanid!"

Krumu was very hesitant. The Sasanian king Shapur had strict military discipline. He was ordered to come. Not only did he fail to complete the reinforcement task, but he also retreated without fighting.If this happened back to Sassanid, Shapur would never be able to spare himself.

He gritted his teeth, took an arrow from the quiver, strung the bow, and with a whoosh of arrow, hit the messenger right in the heart.

The messenger screamed, fell down from his horse, and lay motionless on the ground.

The rule of not killing envoys when fighting between the two countries is the same in the East and the West. In the Kushan coalition formation, there was a burst of angry condemnation, including the Roman soldiers who were quite dissatisfied with Crumu.

This battle was planned by Zhang Bai and directed by Alexander himself.He didn't want to be verbose, so he immediately raised his hand to signal, and Maximinus gave the order: "Raise your shield!"

With a bang, the Roman phalanx immediately activated, and a thick shield wall pressed towards the Sasanians.At the same time, the imperial troops who had already formed several square formations also followed the Romans and began to slowly approach the Sasanians.

Crumu was also a veteran. He did not charge immediately. Instead, he assessed the situation and sent out several cavalry squads to attack in columns.Those small groups rushed to a position within an arrow's distance from the Romans, and then each fired an arrow. After shooting an arrow, they returned to their horses to fight back.

Alexander and Maximinus followed the phalanx on horseback. They walked together in the center of the phalanx, directing the direction of the phalanx and not worrying about the arrows that were shot.

This tactic of the Sasanians had no effect on the heavily shielded Roman soldiers, but some people would inevitably be slightly injured. As the two armies approached, casualties would definitely begin to occur.

But the Roman Guards were too few in number to withstand losses.

Therefore, under the command of Maximinus, the phalanx gradually turned a little to its right, and the entire phalanx attacked Krumu's left wing diagonally.

Since the phalanx of the Imperial Guards also attacked the left wing, Crumu naturally ordered the left wing to shrink.The cavalry gathered towards its right wing, that is, towards the east, and used the mobility of the cavalry to avoid the infantry attack of the Roman Guards and the Kushan Forbidden Army.

As a result, the Roman Guards gradually formed a front with the Kushan Forbidden Army.

In his heart, Krum was unwilling to touch Rome directly. After all, Rome was the most powerful country in the West. Not only was it prestigious, but he was also afraid of Shapur's blame, in case he was unwilling to go to war with Rome!

He did not dare to directly attack Hazard on his right wing. He knew that Hazard's morale was now high, and the opponent was also a light cavalry. Once a fight started, it would be an endless fight.

The only ones left are the camel cavalry directly to the north. Their combat strength is doubtful, and the legs of camels are not as strong as horses, which makes it easier for our own side to retreat.