In the face of a large number of cavalry galloping towards him at high speed, it takes a lot of courage to have no fluctuations in his heart Most people are on the battlefield, when facing a large force of enemy cavalry charging at them, in fact, their legs are weak, and even their crotch is already wet, not because they don't want to escape, but because their legs are weak and weak, and then they are caught by people left and right, and there is the deterrence of military law.
The Sassanid infantry on the outer front, they first withstood a round of collision from their own fleeing cavalry, and then faced the opportunity of the Han cavalry to take advantage of the close assault, and were shot several times, in fact, everyone was in a state of collapse inside.
The formation of the battle line is often to coerce the soldiers who have collapsed their mentality to continue fighting.
In the crowded state, the soldiers in front collapsed, but the soldiers in the rear did not know what was happening in front, so that the people in front wanted to retreat, and the people in the rear wanted to go up, and the soldiers who did not know the situation squeezed the soldiers who collapsed in their mentality and stayed in place.
The current situation is that the Sassanid infantry, who were crowded in the front row and wanted to retreat but couldn't retreat, obviously didn't want to fight, but they still had to watch the Han army's turquoise cavalry gallop at high speed and keep approaching.
The Sassanid soldiers in front were so scared that they didn't have anything to stop the advance of the Han cavalry, and it could even be said that they were facing the approaching Han army behind them, and they only cared about pulling friendly troops to take a way out.
The Sassanid infantry behind them were moving forward side by side and crowded.
Those Sassanid crossbowmen follow the command to shoot arrows continuously, they do not know what the results of their arrows are, and some just repeat the military orders and shoot arrows repeatedly, and many times even what angle to shoot is arbitrary.
In both directions, the Han cavalry was approaching the Sassanid line, and after charging within range of the Sassanid crossbowmen, they did not actually raise their shields, but held their spears up and down with the bumps of the horses, allowing the arrows to shoot at their bodies.
The armor of the Han cavalry was not afraid of arrows, especially the Sassanid arrows.
They were covered in plate armor, but they still had some of the characteristics of scale armor.
In addition to the armor that can be seen from the outside, there is also a layer of chain mail and layers of silk underwear inside.
In this way, even if the plate armor does not block the arrows, the chain mail will jam the penetrated arrows, and the silk clothes on the body will "pull" the arrows, in fact, it will only suffer a little flesh wound, unless it is hit in the eye, or even if there are dozens of arrows stuck in the body, it will not cause a lot of bleeding and still be able to continue the battle.
The first batch of Han assault cavalry assaulted up, and in an instant, the Sassanid infantry line was smashed into a large area, but the Han army assault cavalry that was charging was basically trapped.
At the moment of the collision, the Han cavalry was thrown away, and when they fell, it was inevitable that they would smash the Sassanid soldiers below.
If they could react, the person was still being held on the top and pulled out the war knife at his waist, and slashed whoever he saw below.
If you are stabbed by a sharp weapon after throwing it out, basically the iron plate will withstand it, but the person will become in a tumbling and falling state, and it will take more time to react.
Of course, the Han army assault cavalry did not rush in a swarm and part of the echelon, but a column at a time, and after the previous batch of collisions, the next batch would rush up again at intervals of ten seconds.
After repeated ramming, the infantry line organized by the Sassanids had collapsed in less than three times.
Before the front infantry line collapsed, the Sassanid crossbowmen in the rear had been ordered to turn around and retreat, but they were usually overtaken by the Han assault cavalry who had completed the piercing, and if caught, it was equivalent to death.
After the Han cavalry completed the chiseling, the rest of the cavalry in the rear continued to rush into the Sassanid camp.
From the arrival of the Han army to the completion of the breakthrough of the first Sassanid front, it was only less than twenty minutes in the past.
Such a result was taken for granted by the Han army, and the Sassanid side did not actually feel much surprise.
Sassanid's surprise was that they were able to hold on to at least three waves of assaults, not collapse in the first assault.
The collision from the north was the first to occur, followed by the west.
The breakthrough to the north was the first to be completed, and the west was about five minutes late, and at this time the Han cavalry that had launched an attack on the eastern Sasanian front had just begun to charge.
The Han army that arrived at the battlefield was naturally not more numerous than the Sassanid army, but as the attacking side, the Han army held the initiative, especially since the Sassanid did not have cavalry cruising around.
Dospals Canaandina sent out his high-speed mobile troops in order to slow down the Han army's advance.
In his mind, even if it was defeated, under the premise that it was the same high-speed mobile unit, it was possible that only the charioteers would be wiped out of the entire army, and there would be no problem for the cavalry to leave the battlefield.
In fact, it is indeed difficult for cavalry to be entangled if they see the opportunity quickly, but that is the premise of not fighting.
Once they are really entangled with each other, they are all cavalry, and they will not be able to leave as soon as they want.
The correct decision was met with the slow reaction of the front-line commanders, and the mobile force sent out by Dospars Canaandina was almost indistinguishable from the total annihilation.
Standing on a high place overlooking the battlefield, Dospars Canaandina's forehead was already covered with cold sweat.
The first front played a role in blocking the Han army, but in fact it was only slightly blocked, buying a little more time for the rear to organize and improve the defensive line.
The Han cavalry that stormed the Sassanid camp approached the second line of defense organized by the Persians, and in the course of their actions they went on a rampage, one tent after another toppled and shattered, leaving them in shambles.
At the same time as the charge, the Han cavalry once again completed the echelon layering, and the tide-like charging tactics were composed, and soon collided with the second front organized by the Sassanid army.
At the same time, the light cavalry and archers of the Han army, who were avoiding the charging routes of their own assault cavalry, mounted and fired at the second Sassanid front in groups or sporadically.
The Sassanid soldiers who were in the first line of defense just now, after the collapse of the front, almost no Persians were able to successfully escape back to the rear, and even if they did not die for the time being, they were in the outer camp full of Han cavalry activities, and many of them knelt on the ground and wept bitterly, and then were hit and trampled by the galloping Han horses.
Thousands of people, almost in the blink of an eye, became a corpse on the battlefield, and it was seen by the Sassanid soldiers who were organizing the second line of defense.
As a result, the soldiers of the second line of defense of the Sasanian line couldn't help but retreat, and then the arrows that were constantly fired at each other, the defense line was distorted and confused to a certain extent.
Dospaers Canaandina watched with wide eyes as the Han army assault cavalry crashed into his second line of defense, and saw that only the first batch of Han army cavalry had crashed into a large dent in the defense line, and his heart sank completely.
Breaking through Dos Pars Canaan Dina was not thought of.
He is more or less a general, how can he not know that any breakthrough after losing his mobile strength is delusional, it is better to directly weaken his knees, kneel on the ground and ask for mercy and prayer for the enemy to be merciful.
What Dospars Canandina needs to think about now is whether to struggle with her life or pull her weapon across her neck once the situation is irretrievable.
"Surrender" Dospals Canaandina just watched his second line of defense being torn apart, and people needed to hold on to the fence so that they would not fall softly: "Surrendering to the Han will not end too well" The Sassanid generals who led the troops on the expedition like them, their immediate family members were basically in Ctesiphon, and they were properly taken care of by the royal family of Ardashir.
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The previous Sassanid general who surrendered to the Han Empire, no one knows whether he died or not, and none of his relatives in Ctesiphon survived anyway.
The second line of defense collapsed under the charge of the Han cavalry, and then once again fell into the various charges and trampling of the horse hooves by the subsequent Han cavalry.
Dospars's Canaandina's cheeks twitched constantly, he no longer expected the third line of defense to be of any use, he could only guess how long it would take for the camp to be completely disrupted by the Han army.
From a general point of view, after two successive lines of defense were broken by the Han army, the Sassanid camp had fallen into inevitable chaos.
The whole camp was full of people running around, and there were even cannibalism in some places, and the Sassanid army was in a state of collapse in every way.
After breaking through two lines of defense in a row, the Han cavalry actually lost the ability to charge the third line of defense again.
It's not that this group of Han army cavalry can't fight, it's that the war horse under the crotch accelerates twice in a row and then collides, and the physical strength is too consumed.
The subsequent assault cavalry had not yet come up, and the light cavalry who discovered this situation instantly made a decision.
"Woo woo" The sound of the horn was sounded, and the first group of Han light cavalry gave up cleaning up the battlefield, and slowly gathered together, moving forward, and then slowly forming a cavalry charging formation.
The cavalry knights, who were tired of their horses and had difficulty changing their mounts in wartime, took over the task of clearing the remnants of the enemy army from the light cavalry.
The Sassanid soldiers of the third line of defense, when they saw the Han army appear in front of them so quickly, were actually in a state of confusion.
According to the thoughts of these Sassanid soldiers, there were at least five or six thousand friendly troops in front, and they should have been blocked for more than an hour no matter what, but in less than fifteen minutes, the Han army actually killed them "Run" "I don't want to die" "Run, Run" The light cavalry of the Han army, which was speeding up the charge, instantly showed an expression of ecstasy, they were already rushing forward with the determination of life and death, but the next moment they saw the enemy army in front of them collapse on their own.
Even if the assault cavalry rushes into battle, it is actually a great risk, especially the first batch of knights who rushed up, it is almost a matter of death, and they use their lives to make a victorious start for the follow-up friendly forces.
The tight formation of the light cavalry to charge the infantry If it is said that the assault cavalry is nine deaths, then the light cavalry is ten deaths.
Under normal circumstances, the light cavalry would charge at the enemy's dense infantry, but it was actually more of a threat than a real charge. can scare the enemy army into collapse and disperse in formation, and it will really kill; If the enemy infantry remained in tight formation, they would at most shoot a round of arrows, and they would have retreated from the flank on their own.
The current situation is that the northern part of the Sassanid camp first collapsed, and then the collapse on this side affected the rest of the country, resulting in the formation of a rout that could not stop happening.
"For the Han slave maid, surrender and don't kill" "Stubborn Resistance, Punishment" Can the Persians understand Chinese, but in fact, they can't understand it.
However, some Sassanid soldiers saw that the Han army spared those who surrendered on their knees, and fiercely pursued and killed those who resisted, and drove away those who fled, and immediately knew how to survive before their brains went offline.
The Sassanid soldiers who did not want to die did the same one after another, and when they found that the Han army had not killed them, they first breathed a sigh of relief, and then began to cry.
"It's miserable, it's really miserable" "I didn't hold on for a day, how can we fight with the Han people?"
"Who the hell is going to go to war with the Han Chinese?"
What's the use of talking about this now, is it sure that the Han people are really as capable of fighting as rumored, and it is natural that they will be defeated Dos Pars Canaandina saw the collapse of the third line of defense and the soldiers on the front line surrendered in batches, how could he not know that the general trend had gone.
"Ben General" Dospars Canaan Dina is now relaxed: "If you want to fight to the death with the Han army, who wants to follow" Several people opened their mouths one after another, and they were all willing to die in honor.
After descending from the ground, Dospars Canaandina glanced at the assembled undead army and strode towards the front line.
Around the time when the Sassanid soldiers began to surrender en masse, Li Tan appeared on the battlefield.
"How is the situation in Peshawar" Li Tan looked in the direction of Peshawar: "Look at the smoke covering, the fire is very big" Nowadays, no matter what country or nation, wood is absolutely indispensable to building a house, and once a fire breaks out and the house is spread, it is really not so easy to extinguish the fire.
Li Tan didn't have much of an intuitive impression of Peshawar, but before leaving, he read the information sent back by Ma Bin, and Ma Bin's description of Peshawar was a chaotic city.
For the fierce battle outside the city, but there was no one to help in the battle, Li Tan had two decisions.
If Peshawar was miserable, Li Tan would naturally not ask for more.
If Peshawar had the ability and did not come out, Li Tan would not have any mercy in the future.
"General Lang, the enemy commander asks for the battle of the division."
"To the Teacher" Li Tan felt that the Sasanian general was in his head, facing a big defeat, and asked for a one-on-one confrontation "Benro won't want to wait any longer."
"No":