There were three types of infantry in the Eastern Roman army, one was heavy infantry and the other was light infantry.
Heavy infantry also includes sword and shield soldiers, spearmen, sword shield soldiers and ax shield soldiers.
The same thing is that they are all equipped with round shields, covered with chainmail uniforms from the neck to the thighs, and have iron shoes on their feet.
The upper part is leather boots to protect the calves.
Light infantry are basically archers, and they are relatively large in number, accounting for almost one-third of the infantry.
Two thousand heavy infantrymen with spears slowly emerged from the Eastern Roman army formation.
They quickly arranged themselves from a loose formation into a tight and neat square formation under the command of the officers to face the Western Qin Modao army.
"Boom" "Boom" "Boom" Both sides of the phalanx marched in neat steps and made deafening sounds.
Zhao Ziliang was a little surprised when he saw the Eastern Roman heavy infantry phalanx coming out of the formation and rearranging into such a tight and neat phalanx in such a short period of time: "The infantry of the Eastern Roman Empire seems to be well trained, no better than our army."
No matter what, this is an army worthy of attention."
The two heavy infantry finally collided within a few minutes.
The Mo Dao and the Spear were both long weapons, but their weights were different, and the people who used them did not want to use them, even though the generals of both sides gave the order to attack almost at the same time. , but there are still some people who strike first because of nervousness, and some who react slowly because of nervousness.
"Ding" The spear that stabbed the Western Qin Mo Dao soldiers was blocked by the plate armor of later generations, but the Eastern Roman heavy infantrymen holding spears and wearing chain mail could not withstand the heavy and sharp Mo Dao slashes.
The first row All the Eastern Roman heavy infantry with spears were split in half instantly.
"Enter" "cut" As the commander of the Modao Army of the Western Qin Dynasty issued continuous orders, the soldiers of the Modao Army continued to advance in rows, like a wall.
No enemy was left alive and was trampled by the soldiers of the Modao Army.
Underfoot are the corpses of the enemy.
This was a real massacre like cutting wheat.
Rows of Eastern Roman heavy infantry were chopped down and cut in half.
It wasn't until they cut down more than a dozen rows in a row that the Eastern Roman infantry in the back finally realized that this was a group of them in front of them.
In front of an army that cannot be attacked at all, with such powerful defense, weapons with such lethal power, and such strict military discipline, almost no infantry can stop their hacking and advancement.
The Eastern Roman soldiers in the back row began to be afraid.
They wanted to turn around and escape, but there was no order to retreat from above, and death was already facing them, and fear began to spread.
From the beginning to now, Baldanis has been slashed in his eyes.
After the first few rows of soldiers were hacked to death without exception, he knew that the combat effectiveness of this Western Qin heavy infantry was indeed so powerful.
He had been hesitating during this period.
Should he order the pikemen to retreat?
He was worried about giving the order.
The retreat order will cause a rout, and the rout will attack the rear army formation.
But now he has to give the order.
If he does not give the retreat order again, the two thousand pikemen will be completely defeated.
The effect of proactively issuing the retreat order and being defeated are completely different.
Being defeated is likely to trigger a large-scale rout, but active retreat will not have much impact on the rear military formation.
After weighing the balance, Baldanis ordered: "Order the pike heavy infantry to retreat separately, leaving a passage in the middle; order the armored cavalry to prepare for an attack."
Baldanis also knows that armored cavalry cannot be dispatched easily.
It is difficult to recover such heavy troops in a short period of time.
Once dispatched, you must attack to the end until your horsepower is exhausted.
The First Phalanx and the Fifth Phalanx each have only 500 armored cavalry.
Although they are not large in force, these 500 armored cavalry can turn the tide on the battlefield.
Zhao Ziliang immediately discovered that Baldanis had given the order to retreat, and the guns of the Eastern Roman Empire did turn around in panic after receiving the order.
Unfortunately, they were also heavy infantry, and they had already consumed a lot of energy just now.
Now it is not easy to distance yourself from the Western Qin Modao Army.
Zhao Ziliang immediately issued an order: "Order the Modao army to pursue separately, leaving a passage in the middle; order the left and right wings to dispatch a thousand heavy cavalry to prepare for the attack; order the left and right wings to prepare a thousand light cavalry to prepare for the attack."
"Follow your orders" The Western Qin Modao Army was closely chasing behind the retreating Eastern Roman heavy infantry.
The distance between the two was only a dozen meters.
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This dozen of meters was the distance they had opened at the cost of hundreds of people.
Until now, the Eastern Romans have The 2,000 pikemen dispatched by the first and fifth phalanxes each had less than 800 men left, and more than half of them were lost.
Under the order of Baldanis, the first and fifth phalanxes each with 500 armored cavalry were finally dispatched.
They did not fight out from the middle channel as Zhao Ziliang expected, but moved westward in an arc from the outside.
The outside of Qin Mo's sword army.
There was no expression on Zhao Ziliang's face.
He held the riding whip in his hand and thought for a moment before giving the order: "Order the outer part of the Modao Army to stop advancing and defend on the spot from the attack of the enemy's armored cavalry.
The inner part will continue to pursue the enemy's spears; order a thousand The light cavalry was dispatched to attack the enemy's heavy cavalry from the outside; a thousand heavy cavalry were ordered to dispatch from the middle passage to attack the enemy's first and fifth square formations."
The execution efficiency of the Western Qin Army was very high.
As soon as the order was issued, the armies began to execute it.
The Modao Army on the outside immediately stopped advancing and defended on the spot.
The soldiers, under the general's order, faced the East Roman armored cavalry that was rushing over.
Several rows of soldiers thrust their Mo Dao diagonally into the ground, and the following rows of soldiers stepped forward to guard with their swords.
The queue that originally had a gap in the middle now has no gap at all.
With a loud "boom", the armored cavalry collided with the Modao formation.
Both sides suffered heavy losses at the first moment.
The first few rows of soldiers in front of the Modao army were basically knocked out, while the first few rows of soldiers in the armored cavalry were knocked out.
They were all reimbursed, and every soldier and horse was either strung on the Mo Dao or split in half by the Mo Dao.
The armored cavalry behind continued to attack, but they were soon stumbled by the human and horse corpses piled up in front.
When the front attack was blocked, the armored cavalry behind could not rush forward, and their speed slowed down.
Went to Susu soon.
The army of the Eastern Roman Empire did not have a fixed and clear organization.
This was to prevent the enemy from figuring out its detailed strength.
However, the army of the Eastern Roman Empire still had a general framework.
The basic administrative and combat tactical units were A squadron is equivalent to a battalion, with a strength of about 300 to 400 men.
It has a squadron leader and is led and commanded by a tribune or count.
Below the squadron is a centurion, which is roughly divided into three or four centurions.
Each centurion has a centurion.
Below the centurion, there is a squad of ten, composed of ten squads.
Each squad has a centurion.
A wing is set up above the squadron, usually composed of five to eight squadrons, with a wing captain.
The wing captain is usually commanded by a wing commander or a duke.
Two to three regiments form a column or a corps.
The corps is responsible for the security affairs of a military region.
It is stationed in the military region for a long time and is commanded by the general of the military region.
It is fully responsible for the military and political affairs of the military region.
Armored cavalry soldiers wear ancient helmets or conical helmets with a tuft of colorful horsehair on the helmet.
Like the infantry, they wear chainmail covering from the neck to the thighs.
The lower legs are protected by greaves and a cloak is draped behind them. , a blanket was tied to the saddle for soldiers to keep out the cold or as a blanket Each of them also has a small round shield.
The small round shield is tied to the arm with a cowhide, so that the hands can be freed to hold the reins and control the horses.
In this regard, many Western Qin heavy cavalry have the same skills as those in the Eastern Roman Empire.
What the cavalry learned was that the equipment of the Western Qin heavy cavalry was more sophisticated.
The blocked armored cavalry were now anxious.
They could not move forward, and they could not change direction immediately if they wanted to retreat.
What's more, they could not retreat or change direction without orders.
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They were completely blocked.
Now it was the turn of the Modao Army of the Western Qin Dynasty to take action.
Zhao Ziliang did not give an order, but the commander of the Modao Army had the power to make a last-minute decision.
He immediately ordered the Modao Army on the outside to advance.
The soldiers of the Modao Army stepped onto the pile of corpses and headed towards The stopped armored cavalry slashed and the killing began, but this was not yet a nightmare.
The nightmare was the Western Qin light cavalry coming from the outside.
The Western Qin light cavalry was on the flanks of the Eastern Roman armored cavalry.
They galloped over and fired their bows and arrows.
One arrow after another hit the rear half of the armored cavalry's horse.
The rear half of the armored cavalry horses were unarmored.
One by one, the horses were shot to the ground.
The armored cavalrymen soon turned into infantry.
The danger from the armored cavalry came, and Baldanis became impatient.
He immediately ordered the retreating outer pikemen to stop retreating immediately, and turned around to attack the Western Qin Modao Army, hoping that the pike heavy infantry could contain the Western Qin Modao Army.
This will free up the armored cavalry to deal with the Western Qin light cavalry, because the armor weight of the armored cavalry is not as good as that of the Western Qin heavy cavalry, but their defensive power is much stronger than that of the Western Qin light cavalry.
However, Baldanis forgot that the armored cavalry was far less maneuverable than the Western Qin light cavalry.
The battlefields between the two sides were on the left and right wings, and the Western Qin light cavalry attacked the Eastern Roman Empire's armored cavalry from the outermost periphery.
With a certain distance, it is not easy to catch up.
The number of armored cavalry is far inferior to that of the Western Qin light cavalry, and they can only be teased and ravaged.
The heavy cavalry of the Western Qin Army also dispatched at this time, accelerating from jogging to reaching the highest impact speed.
This process only took less than thirty seconds.
Under the high-speed impact, the Western Qin heavy cavalry rushed from the middle passage to the east.
The First and Fifth Phalanxes of the Roman Army.
Baldanis's face changed drastically.
The first and fifth phalanx no longer had the power to restrain and contain the Western Qin heavy cavalry.
The pikemen on the inside were being chased by the Modao army, and the pikemen on the outside were restraining the Modao army on the outside.
There are only sword and shield soldiers, sword and shield soldiers, ax shield soldiers and two thousand light cavalry in the formation.
At this time, it was already too late to draw pikemen from the second, third, and fourth square formations.
Baldanis could only shout in a hysterical voice: "Even if the first and fifth square formations are exhausted, The formation must also withstand the attack of the Western Qin heavy cavalry":