Baldanis issued a fatal order to withstand the charge of the Western Qin heavy cavalry at all costs, because he knew that if he could not stop the charge of the Western Qin heavy cavalry, once the first and fifth phalanxes were defeated, the Western Qin army would be able to Attack the second, third, and fourth square formations from the left and right wings, and if the Western Qin army charges from the front, he will have nothing to do.
His army cannot block the attack from three sides.
Baldanis's idea was good, but he was mainly disappointed.
The heavy cavalry of the Western Qin Dynasty rushed over.
The first thing that suffered was the thousand-hundred sword and shield soldiers.
They were even knocked away as if they were crushed, followed closely by the five hundred swordsmen.
Shield soldiers, five hundred ax shield soldiers, and one thousand archers.
If the sword and shield soldiers and ax shield soldiers can still cause some casualties to the Western Qin heavy cavalry, a thousand archers can't do anything.
The arrows they shoot can only make a clanging sound when they fall on the heavy cavalry.
Beyond that, everything is in vain.
A thousand archers who had no resistance were torn to pieces in an instant, and their bodies lay on the ground.
Many of them just turned around and ran away when the heavy cavalry of the Western Qin Dynasty rushed over, but they put the formation of two thousand light cavalry behind them.
They rushed into chaos, and even some of the light cavalry were hit and killed before they could attack.
The remaining light cavalry received the order and were about to attack, but the archers who turned and fled blocked them, and only half of the light cavalry turned around and hid.
The Western Qin heavy cavalry launched an attack.
Zhao Ziliang immediately seized the opportunity and ordered a thousand light cavalry on the left and right wings to kill the Eastern Roman light cavalry who had run away.
The retreating pikemen on the inner side of the Eastern Roman Empire could no longer retreat.
If they retreated again, the Western Qin Modao Army could launch an attack on the Second and Fourth Eastern Roman Squares.
This would be an attack that was enough to threaten the overall morale of the Eastern Roman Army.
If the Western Qin launched an all-out attack from the front, Baldanis did not believe that his own army could withstand it.
He immediately ordered the retreating pikemen to stop retreating and retreat.
He blocked the attack of the Mo Dao army with his head, and at the same time sent sword and shield soldiers from the second and fourth phalanx to reinforce.
In addition, Baldanis did not dare to move the troops of the second, third and fourth phalanx.
If If he borrows troops and horses from the second, third, and fourth square formations, his overall defense will be messed up.
If the Western Qin Army sends out troops and horses again, he will not have enough strength to reach the Western Qin Army and launch a counterattack.
Although Baldanis no longer moved the troops in the three square formations in the middle, it did not mean that Zhao Ziliang was just waiting for the left and right wings to decide the winner.
He was not worried about the left and right wings, not to mention that the current situation was favorable to the Western Qin Army.
The situation is not conducive to the Western Qin Army.
He still has troops and horses on the left and right wings that can be used.
Even the left and right armies are ten miles away.
As long as a signal is sent, the light cavalry of the left and right armies can quickly come for reinforcements.
Zhao Ziliang ordered: "The infantry of the Chinese army is advancing, the spearmen and axemen are arranged in a dense square formation in front, the sword and shield soldiers and archers are behind, and the whole group is advancing steadily."
All the infantry of the Western Qin Dynasty were dispatched.
They lined up in dense and neat square formations and slowly advanced.
The huge advantage in numbers and well-trained troops brought great psychological pressure to the Eastern Roman soldiers.
As the Western Qin infantry approached, this unparalleled momentum made Baldanis' face become extremely solemn, and he immediately ordered: "Armor forward" The herald immediately issued an order: "Armors advance" General Michael was shocked and immediately advised: "General, it is too risky to do this.
We only have two thousand heavy cavalry.
If we dispatch less, it will not have much effect.
If we dispatch all of them, we will not be able to achieve the tactical purpose." , we will no longer have a decisive strategic force that can turn the tide of the war."
Baldanis shook his head and said: "Look at the current situation.
The left and right wings are extremely unfavorable to us.
Our military strength is not as large as that of the Western Qin Army.
Now the situation is not conducive to us.
If we continue to use infantry against infantry and cavalry against infantry, We have almost no chance of winning with this conventional combat method.
To win or regain the situation, we can only use unconventional combat methods to break the rules.
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If our armored cavalry can defeat the infantry of the Western Qin Army, the cavalry behind them will inevitably be defeated by the rout of the infantry.
At that time, it will still be able to influence Given the war situation on the left and right wings, this is our only choice.”
Baldanis is indeed a famous general.
Michael had to admit that Baldanis was right.
He asked: "In what formation will the general prepare the armored cavalry to charge?"
Baldanis pointed his horse whip at the Western Qin army and said: "Look, the cross-section of the Western Qin central army is too wide.
We only have two thousand armored cavalry.
If we arrange them horizontally and want to cover all the Western Qin central army, each row must use at least three soldiers."
One hundred armored cavalry, two thousand people can only line up Formed into seven rows, neither the impact force nor the penetrating power are enough.
They can only use the sharp arrow array used by the Western Qin cavalry to open a path from the middle and separate the Western Qin infantry.
If they can penetrate the Western Qin infantry in one fell swoop, If the phalanx attacks the headquarters of the Western Qin Army, it will definitely defeat the Western Qin Army."
The generals all nodded, and Michael stopped trying to dissuade or stop him.
"Order two thousand armored cavalry to charge in an arrow formation from the middle of the enemy's infantry to the location of the enemy's commander.
They are not allowed to withdraw without orders."
The herald immediately issued the order.
The two thousand heavy cavalry rushed to the rear and walked to the front through the gaps between the infantry ranks.
They began to speed up slowly, but they still lacked the firepower to form a standard arrow formation during the galloping process, and when Baldanis and his troops were fighting While the generals were talking, the Western Qin infantry had already walked a considerable distance, leaving little distance for the Eastern Roman armored cavalry to accelerate.
They were afraid that they would have collided with the Western Qin infantry before they reached their maximum speed.
When Zhao Ziliang saw the armored cavalry dispatched from Eastern Rome, he immediately ordered: "order the infantry to stop advancing, the pikemen and axemen to organize defense on the spot, and the sword and shield soldiers and archers to start preparing for long-range bow and arrow strikes.
The specific orders and timing will be directed by the generals in front and grasp" "Yes," the herald agreed, turning around and giving the order to the herald soldiers.
Dense spears were stuck diagonally on the ground.
The Eastern Roman armored cavalry and the Western Qin hook and sickle spearmen who rushed over were the first line of defense, and the second line of defense were the long axemen.
These two types of infantry were attacking and The best infantry type to restrain cavalry charges in Western Qin Before the founding of the country, Zhao Ziliang had already tested the possibility of hook-and-scythe spearmen and long-axe infantry against heavy cavalry charges through countless battles.
After suffering a certain amount of casualties, hook-scythe spearmen and long-axe infantry could stop them.
Heavy cavalry charge.
The archers and sword and shield soldiers took off their bows and began to carry out long-range strikes.
The style of the Western Qin army inherited the style of the Tang army to a certain extent, especially in long-range strikes with bows and arrows.
Except for the heavy cavalry, everyone in the Western Qin army had a skill.
Bows and arrows, but the Western Qin army also has professional archers.
The archers' bows are different from the bows of other infantry and cavalry.
The archers' bows are special bows with ultra-long range, range, penetration and armor-breaking capabilities.
A bow far superior to other types of arms.
The first round of strikes came from arrows shot by archers.
Some archers used a streamlined version of the Fuyuan Crossbow.
This streamlined version not only maintained the range of the Fuyuan Crossbow, but also reduced the weight and enhanced the penetration ability.
Hundreds of crossbow arrows fell from the sky, and their powerful penetrating ability caused more than a hundred armored cavalry to fall to the ground.
Another part of the archers used optimized arm-opening crossbows.
This kind of crossbow was called Polu in the Western Qin Dynasty.
Crossbow, it also maintains the range of the arm-opening crossbow, reduces the weight and length, and increases the armor-breaking ability.
While the archers were carrying out continuous attacks, the front of the armored cavalry was already close to the bow and arrow range of the Western Qin infantry.
The bows and arrows used by the infantry were just ordinary bows and arrows, which were not much better than the bows and arrows of the Eastern Roman infantry.
However, this kind of bow and arrow as infantry It is still very good for medium and short-range strikes and suppression.
It can use three-stage or multi-stage strikes.
The first few rows will shoot flatly at the East Roman armored cavalry that are rushing over.
Although its effect is not obvious, it can still give some damage to the armor.
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The cavalry inflicted some casualties.
After paying hundreds of casualties, the armored cavalry finally rushed in front of the hook-scythe spearmen of the Western Qin Army.
The frighteningly dense forest of spears reflected cold light from each spearhead, and bursts of heart-wrenching sounds erupted.
Coming out, the first few rows of Eastern Roman armored cavalry collided with the forest of spears.
Many hooks and sickles were broken, and many armored cavalrymen and horses were skewered by the spearheads.
After the first few rows of armored cavalry fell, the armored cavalry behind did not stop.
However, their speed weakened a bit and they still rushed towards the hooked and sickled spearmen behind.
The forest of hooked and sickled spearmen behind them was quickly razed.
The ground was flat, but the armored cavalry also suffered heavy casualties.
In the end, there were only three rows of spearmen who had not stuck their hooks and sickles on the ground and were not overwhelmed.
They immediately held their hooks and sickles in both hands and waved at the horse legs of the armored cavalry that had been blocked and slowed down.
The sharp hooks and sickles cut and stabbed the legs of the war horses.
The horses of the armored cavalry screamed and fell to their knees or lay on the ground, which further slowed down the sprinting speed of the armored cavalry behind them.
When the last row of hook, sickle, and spearmen fell, the armored cavalry had lost more than 600 people, and their speed had dropped to a terrifying level.
If it dropped any further, they would likely lose their speed completely and stop.
Come down, it will be their nightmare.
The long ax soldiers of the Western Qin brought them the beginning of this nightmare.
These long ax soldiers of the Western Qin squatted on the ground, waving their long-handled axes with both hands.
The sharp axes easily chopped off the horses of the armored cavalry of the Eastern Roman Empire.
The legs were cut off one by one.
Although the long axemen also paid an extremely heavy price, they successfully weakened the speed of the armored cavalry to zero, and the armored cavalry came to a complete stop.
A sneer appeared on Zhao Ziliang's face and he ordered: "The front infantry of the Chinese army moves closer to the center and surrounds the enemy's armored cavalry.
The archers pay attention to suppressing the enemy's reinforcements.
Leave three thousand people in the front to block the enemy's infantry reinforcements.
They must be in Destroy this armored cavalry before the enemy breaks through the barrier."
An hour later, the remaining armored cavalry were surrounded in the middle.
The hook-scythe spearmen and long-axe soldiers of the Western Qin Dynasty sent them all into hell.
At this time, the reinforcements sent by Bardanis were still blocked at the front and could not break through. reinforce.
After annihilating all the armored cavalry, the Western Qin Army was free to move forward.
The huge advantage in strength and combat effectiveness quickly allowed the Western Qin Army to elevate the favorable situation to a new level.
This battle lasted from morning to dusk.
The disadvantage of the Eastern Roman Army had become settled and irreversible.
The tired, thirsty and hungry Eastern Roman Army could no longer support it, and began a comprehensive rout.
Barda, who looked ashen Nice fled westward in a hurry under the protection of his generals and attendants.
The Western Qin army, under the command of Zhao Ziliang, immediately dispersed and pursued them until they reached the Sakarya River.
A large number of Eastern Roman soldiers were fleeing.
They were killed and captured.
Tens of thousands of people fled to the river and crossed the river on foot in the cold water.
They were shot to death by the Western Qin cavalry with bows and arrows or washed away by the cold river.
Countless people were killed.
Only Bardanis took him with him.
More than 3,000 people fled to the northwest city of Sakarya.
In this battle, the Western Qin army, under the command of Zhao Ziliang, wiped out 40,000 enemies, captured more than 6,000 people, hundreds of people were missing, and more than 3,000 people were left.
He followed Baldanis and fled to the city of Sakarya.
After this battle, all the elites of the Eastern Roman Empire were lost.
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In addition, the military districts in the Asia Minor Peninsula had been defeated by the Western Qin army one after another.
The vitality of the entire Eastern Roman Empire was seriously damaged.
If they want to gather tens of thousands of troops in a short period of time, It was no longer possible to resist the attack of the Western Qin army with human strength
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