When the eastern sky turns fish-white, the sun has not yet appeared in view, and it will take a little while for the first morning sun to appear.
Peshawar's besieging side was in a small fight in the second half, especially after the two siege towers were damaged, and the Sassanid army on the besieging side did not climb the city in a big way.
As the defenders, the Peshawar defenders tried to relax several times, but it may be that the commander of the Sassanid side noticed it and made a new big move, forcing the Peshawar defenders to pay attention, but the problem was that the Sassanid only made a big move and did not actually take action.
Naturally, the defenders of Peshawar did not dare to take it lightly.
The Sassanid side can make dozens of fake moves, but as long as the defenders of Peshawar dare to really relax, the Sassanid side only needs to make a real move and seize the opportunity, and it is possible to break the city.
Another reason that forced the defenders of Peshawar not to relax was the large number of Sassanid soldiers under the walls.
These Sassanid soldiers, though no longer desperate, were undoubtedly a real threat.
As soon as the sky began to brighten, the first rays of sunlight appeared on the battlefield, and with plenty of light, the traces of last night's battle were clearly visible.
About 200 meters away from the city wall is the battle site, and 150 meters away from the city wall are scattered corpses, they are all fallen soldiers on the Sassanid side, and the number of corpses will increase as they get closer to the city wall.
The most tragic thing to look at was the rampart, where the battle dead were stacked in piles, and there were probably the wounded who were not dead buried.
Too much blood flowed into one piece, and it became a stream of blood that pooled into a low-lying location, and became a pool of blood.
Countless flies were active on the blood, and a very distinct "buzzing" sound could be heard.
What can really be called miserable are some areas where fires have occurred, and the corpses have been burned so that they can't recognize friend or foe, and many of them have been burned directly to ashes.
In some cases, a part of the body has been burned, leaving some unburned spots, making people look even more disgusting anyway.
With plenty of light, the sound of gongs rang on the Sassanid side.
A cheer of relief emanated from the Sassanid soldiers on the edge of the city walls, who had been given a signal to retreat and no longer have to stay in this place full of corpses and stench.
When the gong sounded, the Peshawar defenders cheered, believing that they had won a staged victory in the offensive and defensive battle, and that they had enough reason to cheer.
"The city gate is blocked by itself" Zhou Wei looked at the Sassanid troops who did not retreat in formation: "Otherwise, it is a good opportunity to go out of the city and pursue." ” Although there were no bright spots in the offensive and defensive battles in the second half, Zhou Wei and Ma Bin still didn't sleep all night, but Luhe Malu sent more than one to rest late at night.
Ma Bin's focus was not on the retreating Sassanid soldiers, he pointed to the Sassanid camp and said, "The fire and food have been made since the night, and the soldiers who have finished eating have already begun to assemble. ” They have brought binoculars to them, so they can see more clearly from a distance.
Sassanid was indeed organizing new troops, or was the camp on all sides preparing, and it seemed that it was not intended to give the defenders of Peshawar much respite.
When daylight came, there was enough light to see things, and even without a telescope, you could see that there were many siege engines on the Sassanid side, especially the siege towers that were not difficult to build but seemed to be very useful, and at a cursory glance, there were seventeen on the west side alone.
"Seven to the north, six to the south, and we can't see it to the east."
Ma Bin visually measured the number of soldiers being assembled: "The west will not be less than 5,000, the north and south will not be less than 2,000 each, and the east should also be such a force." ” The Sassanid army under the city had the appearance of sixty or seventy thousand, and the number lost before was about two or three thousand, and for an army with a sufficient number of sixty or seventy thousand, the loss of two or three thousand men was not large.
"That's a catapult," Zhou Wei pointed to a machine that was being pushed, it was covered with cloth, but some outlines could be seen: "Those are catapults" Ma Bin looked through a telescope in the direction that Zhou Wei knew, and said, "It's indeed a catapult."
It's just why should they hide and not put into siege use" Ma Bin was a little surprised that the Persians could build so many siege equipment in one day and one night, especially even catapults.
They had been keeping an eye on the Sassanid army, and were certain that the Sassanid army had not arrived with siege engines.
With such speed and execution, it must be admitted that the Persians did have what an empire should be, and it can even be said to be very surprising.
"Our words," Ma Bin said with less certainty, "maybe we can do this, but it shouldn't be better than the Persians." ” Zhou Wei has been a front-line officer for a long time, and said: "According to our catapult style, the construction period will not be less than two days." ” Then the question is, what is the style of the Sassanid army outside the city, what is their catapult, how far is the range, and how many objects can be projected "Maybe it's a half-finished product that didn't go into the war."
Zhou Wei also made a private guess: "Otherwise, isn't it to build siege equipment to facilitate siege, there is no reason why it will not be put into use after it is built." ” Before there was any other way of thinking, Ma Bin agreed with Zhou's statement.
The Sassanid soldiers who had been on the edge of the city walls the previous night retreated, leaving behind a battlefield of disarray.
Some of the wounded who were found were taken back by the retreating Persians, and the bodies of the war dead were not cleaned up, and with the current weather conditions, it should stink if they were not cleaned up for more than two days.
The sound of the horn sounded from the side of the Sassanid camp, and a knight with a white flag slowly approached the walls.
Zhou Wei asked, "Do you want to hear something?"
” "No need."
Ma Bin guessed: "It should be a request for a temporary truce to clean up the battlefield." ” Zhou Wei said: "I'm afraid the people of the Xiaoyue clan will not agree. ” Peshawar's defenders responded with a figure who looked like a general, and he shot an arrow at the Sassanid knight with a white flag.
With the Sassanid knight dismounted, the Peshawar defenders erupted in enthusiastic cheers.
"They see it very clearly."
Ma Bin said with a smile: "The Persians are not good when they come, unless they are willing to surrender, no amount of goodwill will change anything." ” Whether or not to clean up the traces after the big battle will have an impact on both the offensive and defensive sides, but the impact on the attacking side will be greater.
The vast majority of the corpses under the city were from the Sassanid side, and the newly invested troops saw such a scene, especially some of the people who died in such a miserable state, that they should have been frightened before they could fight.
In addition to the psychological pressure, those traces have become part of the obstacles, and many sections of the city wall are not cleared out and there is no place to put up siege ladders.
The knight with the white flag was shot dead, and a roar erupted from the Sassanid camp.
A Persian, who looked like a general, rode out on his own, rode his horse to about two hundred meters outside the walls of Peshawar, shouted a long list of words that he didn't know what they were, roared a few times, and then took control of his horse and went back.
"If someone dares to do such a thing in the city of the Great Han," Zhou Wei glanced left and right: "Without a cannon, the bed crossbow can make him a corpse." ” There is no such thing as a bed crossbow on the walls of the city of Jitara, but there are several places in the palace fortress where you can see a few bed crossbows.
It shows that there is a crossbow with a bed, but it is not easy to manufacture, or it simply does not have the technology to manufacture it, and it is imported from abroad The Persians were visibly furious, not only were the horns of the glamour sound sounded with frequent movements, but the crisp war drums were also beaten to the earth, and then the roars of tens of thousands of people filled the whole world.
In the midst of all the movements, the defenders of Peshawar took advantage of the rare gap to change their guards in batches, and they themselves were cleaning up the debris on the city wall.
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The corpses left behind by the enemy's death were not left behind in the city, but were collected and did not know what to do.
The corpses of their own robes killed in battle were thrown down to the inner city relatively rudely, and some people were carried and dragged away by ox carts.
Ma Bin sees those situations in his eyes: "At least in terms of attitude towards war, it is worth being vigilant. ” "The Xiaoyue clan is also a relatively ancient nation."
Zhou Wei didn't comment on anything else, and said: "In their long history, they have survived in the cracks, and they can continue to grow again in this land, and they have their own set of survival rules." ” It can be seen that Jitara has his own rules of survival, for example, the lord of the country knows how to motivate the morale of the army, and even uses the set of sending women to the battlefield.
Looking at the fact that they were surrounded by six or seven times more troops than their own, the defenders did not show obvious demoralization, which means that such experiences are probably not uncommon.
What is very difficult is that the soldiers and civilians of Peshawar, almost all of whom can move, have joined in the service of the war, and a considerable number of young men and women are ready to join in the defense of the city.
"This family should be very loved."
What Ma Bin didn't understand was: "What is the reason why the invading Sassanid army has come all the way as if it was in a no-man's land?"
Zhou Wei thought for a while and said, "Lu Hemaru has mentioned more than once that there will be King Qin's army. ” "I found out."
Ma Bin pondered for a while and said, "Luhe Malu is looking forward to the reinforcements of the Han Dynasty, but he does not show urgency. ” In other words, Luhmarau was not desperate for Peshawar to be invaded, and it seemed that it was not surprising that the Sassanid invasion could attack Peshawar at once, especially because there was no obvious sense of urgency, and it seemed to be dependent on it in every way.
"According to our estimates, the total population of Jidora is about 400,000," Ma Bin said incomprehensibly, "It is to concentrate the young and strong who dare to fight, and the number will not exceed 60,000 at most."
If the army of King Qin comes to Peshawar, it can really play a role in turning the situation around."
It's not that there are no rivers around Peshawar, but it's not a big river system, and it's not the rainy season at the moment, so it's obviously unreliable to make any water attack.
This city is on a plain, and the nearest mountain area is also thirty miles away, and the vegetation is relatively dense, but it doesn't seem so easy to attack by fire or something Zhou Wei understood what Ma Bin meant, and said in the same confusion: "Could it be that in addition to the big Han, there are reinforcements from other countries."
Ma Bin did not forget this, Lukh Maru Jiduo said before that they were united with the two Satrap, Apilo, Hunnite, Kashmir, etc.
Now that the Hunnite existed in name only, the two Satraps were simply one side of the anti-Han axis, and it was not wrong that Apilo and Kashmir were neighbors of Jidora, but according to the information known to the Han Empire, Apila and Kashmir were not powerful countries.
In the intelligence information of the Han Empire, Apila and Kashmir are both small countries and widows, even if they are desperate to save Jidora, and together they can send more than 50,000 coalition troops to Jidora.
The more Ma Bin and Zhou Wei communicated, the more confused they became, and after thinking for a long time, they really couldn't figure out what Jidoro's reliance was.
Outside the city, the Sassanid siege forces had already begun to advance.
This time, the Sassanid army pressed the created siege towers at one time, and looking at the offensive situation, the troops selected to attack were obviously different from last night.
In other words, last night was a night battle, and the Sassanid commanders could not control or regulate more, resulting in such a chaotic offensive.
The advancing Sassanid troops, no matter which wall they are, can be seen to be in a state of unhurried and unhurried.
At the front, of course, were the infantry carrying wooden ladders, who did not mix with the rest of the group of soldiers, but were in a separate column.
A little behind, about five rows are sword and shield bearers with shields in one hand and swords in the other, they are wearing a kind of leather armor that looks simple, and when you look at the advance, you can maintain the order of the queue, giving people the feeling that they should be elite.
In front of them were rows of shield carts pushed forward, presumably as a barrier for crossbowmen in the rear Behind the five rows of sword and shield bearers are ten rows of crossbowmen, who hold their bows or crossbows in their hands, but have a sword hanging from their waists.
The next thick layer is the melee class, which looks a little messy because the weapons are not uniform, but it still maintains the order of advancement.
Finally, there are bulky siege equipment, in addition to the siege towers, some of them are actually similar to the siege equipment on the Zhuxia side, such as the roof on the top and the left and right sides are protected by things, and there are wells that resemble siege towers, and so on.
It is that the Persians seem to pay more attention to siege towers, and the number of other types of siege equipment is very small, perhaps as the war goes on, it will be slowly increased, and even new and sharper siege equipment will appear.
"We seem to have overlooked."
Zhou Wei thought about something, and suddenly said in surprise: "Jidoro has a bed crossbow, why haven't I seen the Persians use it?"
Ma Bin was obviously stunned, he really didn't think of this before
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