Three hours later, the Eastern Roman army crossed the Sakarya River.
By this time, Baldanis had already sensed that something was wrong, even though the scouts were too lazy to inquire about the news last night, and did not even send the information to Sakarya in time.
In the small town of Panja, it has been almost four hours since dawn.
Could it be that all these spies have fallen asleep?
This is definitely not an accident.
General Michael galloped over on horseback.
He stopped in front of Baldanis and saluted: "General, the sentries we sent out suffered heavy casualties.
More than two-thirds of the sentries were killed last night.
Disappeared.
This morning we sent out the remaining scouts.
Several injured scouts just came back and reported that they had encountered a crazy attack by the Western Qin scouts.
The attack resulted in heavy losses.
We have been unable to collect any news related to the Western Qin army.
I think this is not good news.
The latest news we know about the Western Qin army was yesterday evening, and now a whole night and a morning have passed. , I suggest that before we have collected the latest information about the enemy, it is best not to act rashly."
Baldanis was already a little irritable, but when his general Michael spoke to him in this tone again, he suddenly became angry: "That's enough, how can I command without you teaching the whistle?
You are responsible for it, and now you actually Tell me that more than two-thirds of the scout posts have been lost and all information about the enemy troops has been lost.
Shouldn't you give me an explanation?"
Michael was originally at fault in this matter, so Baldanis' pursuit of responsibility left him speechless.
He could only say: "Yes, General, this matter is my responsibility, and I will not shirk it.
I will Restore the Sentinel Team as soon as possible and make it effective.”
The reason why Bardanis dislikes Michael is because this guy is the son-in-law of Nicephorus, the general of the Armenian military region, and Nicephorus has never dealt with him.
The two have had conflicts a long time ago, so Michael It can be said that he suffered a disaster.
Baldanis wanted to use this to accuse Michael, but he held back because Michael's father was the commander of the Aegean Fleet, which made him have some scruples.
Baldanis let this incident go.
He thought about it and immediately ordered: "Come here, pass my order.
Send five hundred cavalry to open the way in front.
Once news of the enemy is discovered, send someone to report it immediately."
"Yes, General" Bardanis soon received the news that the Western Qin army was moving towards his army.
At this time, his army had left the Sakarya River for nearly twenty miles, and would reach Akko after walking another twenty miles.
The small town of Yaze.
The Liang army was less than ten miles away, so Baldanis immediately ordered the entire army to stop advancing and arrange military formations to prepare for battle.
He also ordered the left army to move closer to his Zhongju, intending to concentrate his forces on a showdown with the Western Qin army.
At this time, Zhao Ziliang also received news that the Eastern Roman left army was moving closer to the Chinese army.
He was stunned when he heard the report: "He is planning to fight with me so soon."
Chu Ge said from the side: "Your Majesty, this is the consistent practice of Western commanders.
They speak based on strength and bravery.
Maybe in his eyes, our larger number is not a big deal.
He thinks that his army is stronger than ours.
And he also believes that his ability in commanding on the spot is not inferior to anyone else.”
Zhao Ziliang nodded.
At this time, his eldest grandson, Zhao Ang, ran over on horseback, jumped off his horse, clasped his fists and saluted, "Grandpa, Li Su is here."
A tall young man next to Zhao Ang immediately jumped off his horse and bowed down: "Li Su has been summoned to come to see your majesty.
Long live your majesty, long live your majesty."
Zhao Ziliang looked at Li Su and said with a smile: "It's good to be here.
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Get up.
You are a good young man.
I heard that you guarded your father's tomb and stayed in a house for three years.
You practiced martial arts diligently beside the tomb every day.
You never I'm lazy, I wonder how your martial arts training is going."
Li Su immediately clasped his fists and said loudly: "Li Su is about to ask Your Majesty to let Li Su go into battle to kill the enemy to test the hard work he has done in the past three years."
"Good."
Zhao Ziliang was very satisfied and praised: "I, the Great Qin Erlang, should have this kind of courage and courage.
I can let you go into battle to kill the enemy, but the rules of the army cannot be broken.
You graduated from the military academy, so you don't need to start as a soldier. , But I can only follow the rules and give you the position of squad leader.
If you have achieved military exploits, I will not hesitate to have a military position and a title.
Wen Zhengcheng, I will leave Li Su to you and let you make arrangements."
Wen Zhengcheng clasped his fists and agreed: "Yes, Your Majesty."
Zhao Ziliang immediately ordered: "Come here, convey Gu's decree, the whole army will stop advancing, arrange military formations on the spot and move forward, ordering the left and right armies to move closer to the central army, ten miles apart, and contact them at any time."
"promise" The Western Qin army and the Eastern Roman army soon met.
Fifteen miles west of the small town of Akyaze, fluttering flags of various colors blocked the sky, countless war horses neighed endlessly, and the sound of weapons rubbing armor was like the waves of the sea.
Wave after wave.
Both sides stopped advancing almost at the same time, and the distance between the two armies at this time was less than two miles.
The Western Qin army in Baldanis' sight was only the central army, and the left and right armies were ten miles away from the central army.
He was looking at They were missing, but this could not be hidden from his eyes, because he only saw 40,000 people, and the number of cavalry was not much.
According to the establishment of the Western Qin Army, the number of cavalry accounted for almost half, but there were only less than 10,000 cavalry here.
The rest were infantry.
Baldanis secretly compared his own strength with that of Zhao Ziliang.
The two sides now have about the same number of cavalry, but Western Qin has five thousand more infantry than him.
He has three thousand armored cavalry, while Western Qin has 3,000 armored cavalry.
The army must also have heavy armored cavalry.
The number will not be large, but it will certainly not be small.
The distance between the two sides is not very far, but it is also very close.
It is impossible to completely see the opponent's troop formation.
You can probably only see where the cavalry is and where the infantry is.
As for the infantry, what are the shield soldiers and gunmen?
The soldiers are still archers, and the cavalry is light cavalry or heavy cavalry.
This cannot be seen clearly.
Baldanis asked: "Michael, is there no way to figure out where the opponent's left and right armies are?"
Michael saluted guiltily and said: "I'm sorry, General.
Our scouting posts have suffered serious losses.
We still don't know the specific locations of the left and right armies of Western Qin.
However, I have eliminated some light cavalry to go out to search, and also arranged some light cavalry."
We will be vigilant on the left and right sides of the battlefield.
As long as the enemy's left and right armies appear, we will get the news soon."
Baldanis didn't hold out any hope for this at all.
Ordinary soldiers couldn't compare with trained sentries in detecting information.
They couldn't do this kind of technical work.
"It seems that if I want to fight against the Western Qin army, I must leave some reserves.
Otherwise, once we invest all our troops and wait for the left and right armies of the Western Qin army to attack from the flanks, we will have no choice.
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Pass my order and leave two thousand cavalry on each side.
No movement is allowed without my order."
"Yes, General" On the Western Qin Army's side, Zhao Ziliang used a telescope to observe Baldanis's formation.
With the right army annihilated, Baldanis now arranged the remaining 35,000 men into five side-by-side military formations. , including 7,000 people in each military formation, and there are various arms in each military formation.
"This formation is quite interesting."
Zhao Ziliang observed it for a while and muttered to himself, then immediately put down the telescope and ordered: "Since Baldanis doesn't attack first, then we will attack first, pass the order, and send out two thousand swordsmen on each side of the left and right wings.
The corps attacked the enemy's first and fifth phalanx respectively."
"Take orders" The herald immediately issued an order, and the left and right wings of the Western Qin Army soon launched two thousand Modao soldiers.
All of these Modao soldiers were tall and strong men, each wearing thick, shiny armor. , the whole body was covered tightly, holding a long and shining Mo Dao in his hand, and the ground made a rumbling sound when he stepped on it in neat steps, and the momentum suddenly rose.
This was the first time that Baldanis saw such a uniform pace and formation.
He also saw that in terms of training, the army of the Eastern Roman Empire was definitely not as good as the army of the Western Qin.
"What is Commander Xi Qin doing?
He dispatched heavy infantry at the beginning and attacked our first and fifth phalanxes," Michael asked doubtfully.
"This is not surprising, maybe it is just a tentative attack," Bardanis said, and then ordered: "Let the archers of the first and fifth phalanx be ready.
I want to see the defensive power of the Western Qin heavy infantry."
"Yes, General" After the order was issued, the archers of the first and fifth phalanxes walked from the middle to the front of the queue and continued to move forward.
It was not until the Western Qin Modao Army entered the bow and arrow range that the Eastern Roman archers stopped and started to move forward on their own.
The commander ordered and fired arrows neatly at Modao Army.
Waves of arrows were shot out and landed on the soldiers of the Modao Army, making a lot of clanking noises.
Almost all the arrows were blocked by the thick armor, and only a few unlucky ones were shot in the eyes and joints.
Weak points in defense lead to loss of combat effectiveness.
Seeing this situation, Baldanis and the surrounding generals all took a deep breath.
A senior general couldn't help but said: "This kind of defense is so terrible.
I'm afraid even the Goths were close to that time."
The defensive power of the guardsmen is not close to the defensive power of heavy infantry like the Western Qin Dynasty."
Michael curiously asked: "General, even the Visigoth Kingdom has been destroyed for almost a hundred years.
You have never seen the Gothic Guards.
How do you know that the heavy infantry armor of the Western Qin people is better than that of the Gothic Guards?"
The defense is strong” The veteran said: "I have seen some sporadic records in relevant documents.
Generally speaking, groups of archers are a nightmare for infantry, but the Gothic Guards are a nightmare for archers.
Gothic Even if people are wearing heavy armor, they still move very fast.
The enemy archers cannot escape their pursuit at all, but the archers still have a certain lethality against the Gothic Guards.
But look at it now, there are How many were killed by bows and arrows?”
Baldanis had already tested the defensive power of the Western Qin Modao Army.
He immediately ordered: "Okay, the defensive power of these Western Qin heavy infantry is indeed amazing, but their mobility seems to be poor.
Order the archers We withdrew into the phalanx and ordered the pikemen to advance to the camp, hoping that the pikemen would give me some surprises":