The heavy cavalry of the Han army is wearing heavy armor even with men and horses, and steel plates are also designed for key parts, especially the front chest of the war horse is not only protected by steel plates, but also has a future spike.
The speed of the mounted heavy cavalry is not much faster, but even the men and horses are wearing heavy armor, even if the speed is not fast, the impact force brought by it is definitely not something that can be blocked by manpower, especially if the people who block it are not arranged in a dense formation.
The distance of more than 1,000 meters is still too far for the mounted heavy cavalry, and the distance they can attack with all their strength cannot exceed 150 meters, which is determined by the heavy armor itself, even the strongest war horse does not have the endurance to support the camel to sprint more than 150 meters.
A platoon of heavily mounted cavalry can't sprint to the end, so tactics are needed.
They are responsible for each row to impact a wave, and after one row is charged, it is replaced by the next row, which looks like a wave rush tactic, which is very simple but extremely effective, and anyone who stands in the way is either knocked to the ground by a spear or becomes a piece of meat under the horse's hooves.
The Romans did not fail to organize the tortoiseshell formation they were best at, but in the face of the wave collision tactics of the Han army's heavy cavalry, the tortoiseshell formation without sufficient thickness could even block the collision of a row of Han army's heavy cavalry, or block the second charge, but it could not stop the third charge at all, and the formation was quickly torn, and then it was necessary to meet the impact of the fourth row, and soon the entire formation collapsed, and if you didn't run, you would wait to die on the spot.
This battle broke out rather suddenly, especially for the Romans.
They prepared a welcome ceremony, and even if they wanted to break their heads, they didn't expect the Han army to suddenly burst out.
Perhaps it cannot be said that the sudden uprising of the Han army was that Archbishop Peter issued a declaration of war, and he threatened to destroy all the remaining gods for his "Lord", so it was a declaration of war on all the sects and religions, including the Han kingdom that was not a sect 1 religion, and whoever made the Son of Heaven of Zhuxia a god.
Wang Meng must be tough in the face of someone threatening to kill his Son of Heaven, even if he will die in this battle, it will be to defend the Son of Heaven, and it will go down in history and is destined to go down in history.
The rest of the Han army is even more to fight, they have sworn allegiance to the Son of Heaven, willing to shed the last drop of blood for the Son of Heaven, even if the whole army is destroyed in this distant country, they will not die in vain, maybe two years later, maybe longer, countless Han troops will appear in Constantinople, with iron and fire to tell the Romans what kind of stupidity they have done.
"Send someone to find Archbishop Peter" Gallus shouted hysterically: "He must be found" Gallus definitely had a reason to become hysterical, he was the supreme person in charge of this welcoming ceremony, after such an incident, his troops were dying in large numbers, and the battle was also taking place in Constantinople, whether lost or won, it had been permanently nailed to the pillar of shame in the history of the city of Constantinople.
"Gather more troops."
Julian's face had a smile again, and he began to smile all the time: "No matter what the cause is, we can only win, we can't lose." ” "After the Han surrenders, they will be treated as they deserve, and all the Persians must die" Gallus was convinced of the final victory in this battle: "This is Constantinople" The current capital of Rome is Constantinople, which is no longer the Roman city of Italy.
The reason is, of course, that the only Augustus in Rome was in Constantinople, and wherever the supreme ruler chose, the capital of a country was there.
The city was full of commotion, and for those who did not know the truth, no one could understand how a good welcoming ceremony could turn into a fight, and the war that broke out in the city of Constantinople came so suddenly that it was completely unprepared.
The fight originally only took place at the dock and the West City Gate, and then spread to the main street of the West City Gate, and then spread out to the West City District, and it didn't take long for the whole city to become chaotic.
A city, especially a city with a large population, is absolutely indispensable to those who steal and steal, and whenever the city is in chaos, it is the time for them to fish in troubled waters.
They will look for any opportunity to increase their wealth, street robberies and burglaries will proliferate in a short period of time, and more vicious things such as rape and murder will inevitably occur, and some people will even deliberately set fires.
Constantinople is located at the crossroads of Eastern and Western civilizations, and there are not only Romans in the city, but about 60,000 of the city's population of less than 100,000 are Romans, and the rest are the rest of the peoples, including no less than 10,000 Persians.
It was no secret that Persian soldiers fought with Roman soldiers in Constantinople, and the Persian soldiers fought in the Roman capital, killing Roman soldiers, and the anger of the Romans was ignited in an instant.
Without saying a word, the citizens among them wore armor and armed themselves and rushed towards the place where the fighting broke out, and when they saw the Persians along the way, they would take action, and the fighting between the armies spread to the people, and evolved into bloodshed between different peoples.
First the ordinary Persians were swept in, and then the rest of the ethnic groups, there were Roman lords who killed their Persian slaves in a fit of rage, and the rest of the slaves, who were extremely frightened and did not want to die, could only resist, and let the slaves be drawn into this sudden outbreak of war.
"The city is in complete chaos."
Wang Meng could see that smoke had risen in many places in the city, and what he heard in his ears was constant screams: "We are not here to conquer Constantinople, we should stop." ” Cai Mian nodded and said, "From a military point of view, this city that has been in chaos does have a chance to conquer, but we are really not here to attack the city. ” "We shouldn't be the first to stop."
Wang Meng turned his head to look at Dou'a and said, "Send someone to communicate with the Persians and ask them to withdraw from the city." ” Dou Ah saluted but did not respond immediately, he knew that Wang Meng had something to say.
"Inform our men to break up the resistance of the belligerent enemy as quickly as possible."
Wang Meng thought for a moment, and then said: "Control the dock, but don't do more killing." ” Dou A called his own soldiers, and almost repeated Wang Meng's words before reaching into his arms and taking out half of the talisman and handing it out.
The soldier took the talisman and gave a military salute, and he took a few steps away and summoned a few people to leave together.
Constantinople was completely in disarray, a city that had fallen into chaos on its own, control of the city gates had been seized, and the army had repeatedly tried to advance but had been crushed and retreated, which was equivalent to being attacked inside the city and difficult to counterattack.
"We've been losing."
Julian's army also joined in the fight against the Han army, and he was still able to smile at Wang Meng not far away, and then turned his gaze to Gallus, and said, "I just saw a few Han people leaving, guess what they were going to do." ” "I hate your face with that smirk."
Despite being a half-brother, Gallus has always disliked Julian, even hating it: "Say whatever you want, don't play your tricks." ” "I guess they're going to get the Persians out of the city."
Julian believed in his own wisdom, he looked at Wang Meng again, and said to Gallus: "The angels of the Han Empire have been staying where they are, and they have not even made a defensive bow and arrow movement, and he firmly believes that we will not kill him, which also proves that this battle is not what the Han Empire wants." ” "Peter is fully responsible for this matter," Gallus emphasized, and did not add an honorific title to Peter's name: "You need to prove this for me."
"The Han Chinese are very confident, and they also believe that they are the most powerful country in the known world."
Julian did not respond to Gallus's request, if this incident could hit Gallus, it would be good if he didn't fall into the ground, how could he be willing to reach out and pull a hand.
He had been following the situation at the West Gate for a long time, and had already observed the fact: "There were no new Han troops pouring into the city, except for the first wave of about six or seven hundred Han troops, and they were exercising their restraint and using this information to show us that Constantinople had not been taken." ” "They can take it" Gallus seemed to have heard some joke, but he couldn't laugh at all: "Constantinople doesn't count the legions you and I brought, it has 30,000 elite guards and 100,000 citizens" Indeed, the capital of a country, even if it was caught off guard at the beginning, as long as the garrison reacted, blocked layer by layer, and then used the terrain advantage to advance steadily, as long as it was not too inferior to the attacker in terms of numbers, or collapsed internally, it would be so easy to overcome.
"Soon there won't be as many as 100,000 citizens."
Julian is saying that one of his own eyes does not see, but it is an inevitable result: "When the Persian soldiers enter the city, the Persians in the city will become scapegoats, and even if they do not die in this chaos, they will be expelled from the city later." ” Gallus didn't like Julian, but he had to admit that Julian was smart.
Now he was wondering how much oil and water there was in the cause of expelling the Persians, and whether he could rely on looting to make up for his losses.
Julian was a little strange, in addition to his own Roman soldiers who joined the fight, there were also Gallus's, and only the garrison who stood guard at the beginning joined, and the garrison who should have come to the battle has not appeared for a long time.
Gallus shouted more suddenly: "The line of defense is broken" Julian had eyes to see that the Han army's armored heavy cavalry was really fierce and unpresentable, and the nearest Han army's armored heavy cavalry had already arrived within a hundred meters, and the Han army in heavy armor could be seen also advancing over, and their proud Roman legions were either retreating in a panic or scattering and fleeing.
When the first Han army mounted heavy cavalry joined the Han army protecting Wang Meng and others, more mounted heavy cavalry arrived, and their arrival changed the formation of the Han army, with the infantry on the outside and the heavy cavalry on the inside, becoming an elongated oval.
The mounted heavy infantry in the back arrived one after another, and the formation of the Han army changed again, the periphery was full of mounted heavy infantry with a shield in one hand and a spear in one hand or a broadsword in both hands, and the inner layer was the soldiers who originally protected Wang Meng and others, and then the inner was the mounted heavy cavalry, on the contrary, Wang Meng and others had been staying on the periphery of the military formation, and they were closest to the Romans such as Gallus and Julian who had been staying at the scene.
There was no fighting in the narrow streets, and the Han Chinese were on the west side to the west gates, and the Romans were on the east side, and the two sides stood quietly on this narrow street.
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"I'm going to step forward."
Julian retracted his sword from its scabbard, smiled at Gallus and asked, "Are you coming?"
Gallus was very hesitant, what he saw was the blood stains on the metal armor, and he could even see some people's limbs and organs hanging, looking very bloody.
Then, he really didn't know what the Han people ate and grew up, and at a glance, the soldiers on horseback were not clear, and the Han people standing on land with their legs on land were generally giants like iron towers.
Julian walked forward on his own without a response from Gallus, and he walked very leisurely, as casually as if he were strolling through a garden, with a smile on his face.
The Han sergeant who was on alert seemed to have received a signal in advance, and he did not act aggressively in the face of Julian who was approaching, and he opened the opening of the formation when Julian got close enough, and did not reclose it when Julian walked in.
"The Seris are too tall."
Gallus watched Julian walk up, and in comparison, Julian's height was almost half a body shorter than that of the nearest Han Chinese: "We need to figure out what kind of eating habits the Seris people have."
Julian was actually fine when he faced Wang Meng, even if he was close to Cai Mian, he would not feel too short, but he walked in the queue of soldiers who were more than two meters tall, and once suspected that he had approached the realm of giants, or that he had suddenly become a dwarf.
This made him very unhappy, but he was helpless.
There is no problem, the heavy infantry in the Han army has hard requirements, first of all, the height must be higher than 1.9 meters, and it must be strong enough, and then it is to increase the weight and endurance, physical strength, combat skills and so on in training.
Because of such a rigid requirement, a large number of people will be brushed off first, and a group of unqualified people will be eliminated in the subsequent training, leaving people with more physical advantages.
"Wow," Julian stood beside one of the mounted hoplites, he gestured to himself and pointed at the mounted hoplites, and asked Wang Meng, "Do the Seris have giant blood?"
Wang Meng was stunned for a moment, Cai Mian and Dou'a, including the nearby Han people, were basically a little surprised, just because Julian was speaking in a very standard Chinese.
"We are Han Chinese, not Serisians.
Seris is silk in your language, and Han people are Han people.
Wang Meng also approached Julian with a smile on his face, and said, "The height of the envoy will not increase again, we are almost the same height." ” Ignoring the height difference between himself and Wang Meng, who was half a head, Julian stretched out his right hand to complete the handshake with Wang Meng again, and said lightly: "Now that the Persian army has withdrawn from the city, can we go to Augustus now?"
Wang Meng bowed his head and said, "Of course." ” A lot of people are a little short of brains, Constantinople is still in chaos, but the two people who can call the shots just now seem to have no fight at all, and the whole city seems to be in a state of singing and dancing: