This battle lasted for more than two hours.
The recruits of the Eastern Roman Empire and the veterans of the Western Qin Dynasty were completely exhausted in this battle.
The soldiers were seriously inferior to the Western Qin army in terms of physical strength, lack of cooperation, weak fighting will, and insufficient command.
The flaws of the passage were exposed one after another.
These weaknesses directly caused heavy losses to the Eastern Roman army.
Although Nicephorus promptly sent a thousand men to relieve the surrounded Michael's army, Michael's army still lost more than half, while the Western Qin army The losses are minimal.
Michael and less than a thousand people were rescued back, and he was slightly injured.
On the Western Qin Army's side, Erzhu saw that the other party had sent reinforcements to rescue them.
If he sent more troops, the battle would probably end.
Adding fuel tactics will turn into a war of attrition, which is an undesirable situation.
Erzhu thought for a while and ordered: "Send an order for Wang Dare to lead his army to withdraw."
Wang Gan, who heard the sound of gold ringing, did not pursue the battle and led his troops back to his own formation.
Although he fought for two hours, he did not feel tired at all.
He galloped to Erzhu and clasped his fists in front of him, saying: "Commander, why do you ring gold?"
Sorry, I haven’t fought enough yet.”
Erzhu turned to look at Wang Gan and asked, "Can you still fight?"
Wang Gan patted his chest and said, "I just stretched my muscles and bones.
It would be easy for me, Wang Gan, to fight for another two hours."
Erzhu immediately said: "Well, let these people rest, and then you can choose another three thousand people to take advantage of our Western Qin cavalry, and use tactics such as cavalry and shooting in front of the enemy's formation to continuously cause casualties to the enemy." , and prevent the enemy from attacking our army, I would like to see what Nicephorus can do to deal with our mounted archers."
Wang Gan was shocked, clasped his fists and said: "Okay, Commander, please watch my performance."
The Western Qin army soon made another move.
A group of cavalry came out from the right wing to kill the general.
This group of Western Qin cavalry gave full play to the advantages and characteristics of the light cavalry.
They were flexible, light, high-speed, and lifted their weights with ease.
Every one of them Every move is full of vigorous beauty, showing the superb riding skills of these Western Qin knights.
People's requirements for light cavalry are flexibility and maneuverability.
Not only must the knights have superb riding and combat skills, but the horses must also undergo special training to make them meet the requirements.
"Here we go again."
Michael let the knights wrap up his wounds and said in a deep voice as he looked at the cavalry that had rushed out from the right wing of the Western Qin Army.
Leo frowned and began to worry, "This cavalry seems to be much more flexible than the one just now."
Although this group of Western Qin cavalry is also accelerating, the acceleration process is not rapid and the speed has not reached the highest level.
It is obvious that the knights did this deliberately to allow the horses to have spare strength so that they can maintain sufficient flexibility.
When the running speed of the war horse reaches its maximum, it is very difficult to turn or make other actions in time.
Only by leaving enough energy can you easily complete other tactical actions.
Leo suddenly remembered, and he said to Nicephorus: "Dear Your Majesty, I have heard that the Western Qin cavalry has several different types.
Of course, the most familiar ones to us are their heavy armor and cavalry.
Light cavalry, but there is a little-known cavalry called cavalry.
Their main weapon is bows and arrows.
They rarely engage in close combat with the enemy.
They completely use bows and arrows to carry out long-range strikes."
Michael didn't take it seriously and said: "I think there seems to be no difference between these horse archers and their light cavalry.
Their light cavalry also uses bows and arrows."
Leo shook his head: "No, no, no, Michael, you are wrong.
Their light cavalry and archers are very different.
The light cavalry's combat weapons are a combination of swords, guns and crossbows, while the archers use bows and arrows as weapons.
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The cavalry's mounted shooting skills are more terrifying than their light cavalry, and I'm not sure what other advantages they have."
After listening to Leo's words, Nicephorus said: "Our cavalry now lacks arrows, and it is difficult to contain and suppress them from a long distance.
It seems that the only way is to send a cavalry to rush over as quickly as possible.
Kill them at close range and make it difficult for them to use their bows and arrows to their advantage."
Leo agreed: "Yes, Your Majesty, please give the order.
If you don't give the order, it will be too late."
Nicephorus quickly issued an order, asking one of his subordinates to lead two thousand cavalry to engage in close combat.
Although he did not hesitate, it was still a little late.
They greatly underestimated the bow and arrow range of the Western Qin cavalry.
The bows and arrows used by the horse archers have been improved several times, which not only greatly reduced the weight , increased firmness, improved durability, and increased the range, which is further than the previous range.
The arrow has been improved to increase its armor-piercing ability and lethality.
Improvements in some details allow it to fly more easily in the air.
Smooth and stable, greatly increasing range and hit accuracy.
One mile away from the Eastern Roman army's formation, the Western Qin cavalry began to fire arrows.
At this time, the front row of the Eastern Roman army had rushed out of the army's formation for more than 100 meters.
The initial speed of the bow and arrow was due to the high speed of the horses.
It has increased a lot, and yes, its range has also increased accordingly.
This distance is exactly at the maximum range, which can cause effective damage to the Eastern Roman front row cavalry.
The rain of arrows fell on the heads of the Eastern Roman cavalry who were fighting, and they immediately began to suffer casualties.
At this time, the Western Qin archers who were the first to shoot two waves of arrows began to turn to the left, about 400 meters away from the Eastern Roman front row.
He galloped away on a parallel line, firing arrows at the cavalry in the front row of the Eastern Roman army as he ran.
The rain of arrows kept falling, which not only dealt a blow to the fighting Eastern Roman cavalry, but also dealt a blow to the soldiers in the front row of the Eastern Roman army.
"ah" Screams kept coming from the Eastern Roman army formation, and the sudden rain of arrows caused chaos in the first few rows of cavalry in the Eastern Roman army formation, and the formation became chaotic in the blink of an eye.
"Your Majesty, back away!"
Leo shouted, and immediately grabbed the small buckler of a soldier next to him and blocked it in front of Nicephorus.
"Duh duh duh" several arrows were nailed to the buckler.
The sharp arrows that penetrated the buckler were less than a finger long from Nicephorus' face.
Nicephorus had never felt that death was so far away. close.
Although the small buckler blocked the arrows shot at Nicephorus, it could not block the arrows shot at his horse.
The horse fell to the ground after being hit by two arrows.
Nicephorus He also fell to the ground, and was supported by Leo and several attendants, and quickly retreated to the middle of the military formation before stopping.
The short distance of four hundred meters prevented the Eastern Roman cavalry from approaching.
This was simply an insurmountable gap.
Most of the Eastern Roman cavalry who faced the enemy died within two hundred meters of the Western Qin cavalry.
As long as A few people rushed within a hundred meters, but were quickly shot to death.
Nicephorus, Leo and others, who had remounted their horses, could not help but gasp when they saw this situation.
Nicephorus exclaimed: "How can these Western Qin archers have such good riding and archery skills?"
High hit rate” The Western Qin horse archers who flew past 400 meters in front of the military formation did not continue to shoot arrows at the front row of the military formation.
They walked around to the front of the two military formations and kept a sufficient distance from the fighting Eastern Roman cavalry and fired arrows at the same time.
Killing, a large number of war horses galloped at high speed, causing dust to fly on the battlefield.
The dust quickly filled the air and blocked the line of sight, making it impossible for the men and horses on both sides to see clearly the actual battle situation.
An hour later, the shouts of killing and the sound of galloping gradually disappeared.
When the smoke and dust covering the battlefield cleared, those still riding on horseback were the Western Qin cavalry.
They formed a huge circle faintly, and the sand in the middle of the circle was The ground was covered with the corpses of Eastern Roman cavalry, and from time to time there were injured horses still neighing.
After seeing clearly the situation at the fighting position, the Western Qin Army did not cheer.
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This is an army that never cheers for a big victory, nor does its morale drop due to a big defeat, but there is no doubt that this battle will The victory still put a smile on the faces of the Western Qin cavalry watching the battle in the military formation.
"It seems that after such a long battle, the arrows of the cavalry are almost exhausted."
After Erzhu finished speaking, he turned to the herald and ordered: "Order Wang Gan to lead his army back to rest, replenish arrows, and stand by."
"Yes, General" After the sound of gold ringing, Wang Gan led the archers back to the formation quickly.
The Eastern Roman Army did not send troops to pursue them.
They were still shocked by the result of the battle just now, and most of them had not yet recovered.
God comes.
After Nicephorus came to his senses, he ordered Leo: "Send someone to tell the Westerners that this is the end of the day, and we will fight again tomorrow.
Send an order to the whole army, and all the troops will slowly retreat thirty miles to camp."
"Yes, Your Majesty" The reason why Nicephorus did this was also a helpless move.
The two consecutive defeats just now had greatly reduced the morale of the Eastern Roman cavalry.
If they continue to fight, they will not get any benefits.
Maybe they will lose even more miserably.
It's better to withdraw temporarily and let the soldiers take a break, recover some physical strength and energy, maybe they will be energetic again tomorrow, it just depends on whether the Western Qin Army agrees.
Erzhu agreed after hearing what the Eastern Roman officers who came to negotiate said.
He also knew that although his side had won two games in a row, it did not break the morale of the Eastern Roman army.
The losses of the Eastern Roman army were not very serious, and The Eastern Roman emperors were here, and it was not easy to break down their military morale and fighting spirit.
If they could not break the opponent's military morale and fighting spirit, they would not be able to easily launch a full-scale attack.
This would not be worth the gain.
The army of the Western Qin Dynasty watched Nicephorus lead his army to retreat to the rear and did not launch an attack.
The opponent's formation was not disordered and they retreated slowly.
Even if they were pursued, they would not be able to escape, but they might be counterattacked.
"It's done.
This battle started with a great victory.
Then Nicephorus couldn't do anything no matter how much he jumped around.
No matter the time, place, and people were on our side, in terms of combat power, the Eastern Roman Army was not as good as mine.
Army, if Nicephorus can make a comeback, it means God is protecting him."
After Zhao Ziliang said this on the castle, he turned around and left the tower and walked into the castle.
Du Wenzong chased after him and asked: "Your Majesty, what if Nicephorus pretended to fight again tomorrow, but actually withdrew at night?"
Zhao Ziliang turned around and asked, "Has Sunset Pass fallen?"
Duan Wei immediately replied: "Your Majesty, Sunset Pass is easy to defend but difficult to attack, and there are naval fleets constantly supplying supplies from the sea.
How can it be so easy for the Eastern Roman Army to break it?
Now Sunset Pass is still firmly controlled by our army."
Zhao Ziliang said: "That's right.
Now our naval fleet is blocking the sea, and they can't break through the Sunset Pass.
Where can they go?
If they go to other ports in Syria, the passes along the way are not so easy to pass.
The previous passes are However, there are pursuers behind you.
If you were Nicephorus, how could you escape?"
Du Zongwen was silent.
Although his mind was running at high speed, he really couldn't think of any good solution
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