"Huh?
The Persians are going to run?
Spread the order of the marshal to open the floodgates of the Great Bitter Lake and the Nile River in advance......"
Su Lie put down his binoculars, and then gave an order, "Tell Zhou Yulin to let his shallow water fleet be sure to stop the Persians....."
Su Lie has experienced a hundred battles and is resourceful, he has already seen that these cavalry are completely different from the Persian cavalry at the time of the Battle of Taoli City, although they were repulsed, but the combat effectiveness of these Persians has made great progress compared to before, Su Lie wants to know why the opponent has such a change, and he can't ask one, two, or three without catching a few high-level prisoners.Now that the canal has been basically dredged, with the support of the shallow water fleet, Su Lie is confident that he will stop these Persians, and under his order, Zhou Yulin personally led the shallow water fleet into the Nile.The ships of Zhou Yulin's shallow water fleet are all galleys, and the reason why galleons are not used is because this is not the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean, relying only on sails, obviously the power is not enough to drive the warship, as for the steam engine or something, sorry, at the moment the British steamship is still experimenting, and there is still some distance from use.Gomeda and Dai led the troops to flee for their lives, "God Ahura, as long as you cross the Bellana Bridge, even if the British have great ability, they can't help me, hahahaha....."
Seeing himself getting closer and closer to the Bellana Bridge, Gomeda was overjoyed.But unfortunately, the shallow water fleet led by Zhou Yulin himself also went against the flow to the Bellana River, and their artillery was already able to hit the Bellana Bridge, seeing the Persians who were rushing towards the river, Zhou Yulin coldly ordered, "Give me a flower bomb, blow up the wooden bridge on the river for me......"
The "booming" cannon sound directly made the Persians who were still running towards hope dumbfounded, and when they came to the river, they were surprised to find that not only the Bellana Bridge, but the wooden bridges on the Bellana River were all destroyed by the hateful British, It's over now, and I can't go home.The Persians were not Chinese, they did not have the courage to fight with their backs and die in the future, and when they saw the Bellana River and the shallow water fleet blocking the way, and the British pursuers in hot pursuit, they did not choose to fight to the death, but chose to lay down their weapons and became prisoners.After interrogating high-ranking Persian officers such as Gao Mada and Dai Yi, Su Lie understood what was going on, it turned out that Massoud had carried out military reforms, but Massoud's military reform was far worse than Li Lu's military reform, in addition, Su Lie also learned a news from them, that is, Massoud had set up a big pocket formation in Laina, waiting for Su Lie to drill in.Su Lie hurriedly found the location of Laina on the map, and then decided to make a plan, you Masood didn't want to make us dumplings, it just so happened that we also wanted to annihilate your main force in Laina, Su Lie immediately decided that he personally led four infantry divisions and one cavalry division to form a westward marching corps and launched the Laina Campaign.Under Su Lie's name, despite the scorching heat, the British army marched under the stars and horses, and they reached Raina, the fork of the Nile, and when they arrived at the battlefield, they were greeted by the neatly arranged and majestic pyramids."
Ouch, what are these mountain-like buildings for??"
The question was asked by Wang Fangyi, the deputy marshal of the British army's westward expedition, who looked at these strange buildings and wondered."
Deputy marshal, it is said that these are the tombs of the pharaohs of ancient Egypt....."
The accompanying Jinyi guard officer responded."
My Sanqing Daozun, this is almost up to the tomb of the ancestral dragon....."
The ancestral dragon that Wang Fangyi said was Qin Shi Huang.Just when everyone was amazed by the pyramids, Su Lie climbed a hillside, and he found that not far away, Massoud was already waiting on both sides of the Nile, Su Lie roughly estimated that Massoud's troops should be about 100,000 this time, twice as much as himself, maybe this is where Massoud's confidence lies."
Da Da" Su Lie rode down the hillside on a war horse, "Zhong Xiang, the number of people and horses gathered by the old boy of Ma Sude is estimated to be about 100,000, which is more than double that of mine......"
"Hehehe, Brother Su, don't say double, it's ten times, we are not afraid of him, since Ma Sood wants to have a decisive battle, then let's have a good time with him!"
”Wang Fangyi said with a smile.Su Lie and Wang Fangyi are calm and composed, and on the opponent's side, Ma Soud is also confident, he has much more people than his opponent, he thinks that even if he takes human lives, he can also pile up the other party, and both sides express confidence in their own victory.At the urging of the officers, the two sides began to line up and prepare for battle, and the open area near the pyramids was covered with flags and murderous spirits, and both the Masood and British troops took up positions and prepared to duel.In the center of Massoud's side was an elite cavalry legion, consisting of 20,000 Guram Praetorian Guard knights.The knights were all dressed in black chain mail, with feathers on their heads, and their swords and spears were shining.On the right flank of the cavalry legion was the 30,000 Ghulam Field Corps, whose positions were lined with earthen ramparts behind which heavy ballistae and trebuchets captured from the Eastern Romans were placed.On the left flank of the cavalry legion were more than 50,000 nomadic tribesmen gathered by Massoud, some on foot, some on horseback, some on camels, and their clothing and weapons were disorganized.Su Lie, Wang Fangyi, and the staff officers accompanying the army, after carefully observing the enemy formation and the surrounding terrain, soon discovered several weaknesses of Massoud's army: the ranks of Massoud's cavalry corps were very loose, and the infantry corps was even more chaotic; The earthen ramparts were too simple to hold back an infantry attack; Balistas and trebuchets are stationary and not at all mobile.After Su Lie finished his observation, he issued specific combat orders to all departments, and under his order, the British army began to form phalanxes, and four infantry divisions lined up facing the enemy.As Su Lie's order was issued, bursts of war drums and military trumpets sounded.The 1st Marine Division, which was used as the main force of the first class, was first slowly moving forward under the command of division commander Yao Junchao.A few minutes later, several other divisions also moved forward.What Massoud wanted was for the British army to attack first, otherwise he would not be able to deal with the terrible thunder-like weapons, seeing the British army phalanx gradually approaching, Massoud's face showed a hint of pride.He drew his sword, drew an arc in the air, and shouted: "Warriors, the great god of Ahula will bless us to destroy these hateful Englishmen, rush!"
In an instant, the sand was flying, the horses' hooves were loud, and the Ghulam cavalry let out a wild cry and pounced on the British army in a sea of overwhelming force.At this moment, the British army suddenly stopped advancing.The British commanders quickly ordered the first row of soldiers on all sides to lie on the ground, the second to crouch, and the third to stand upright.The three rows of soldiers raised their guns to aim, while the soldiers behind quickly passed their loaded rifles forward.On the several openings that appeared in the front row of the various formations, the black muzzles of the guns sticked out, which were small mobile field guns of the British army.When the Ghulam cavalry rushed to a distance of about 700 paces from the British army, the British commander's hand with his sword raised slashed downward, and the British army sprayed a dense array of bullets at the same time.On the battlefield, guns and cannons rang out, and people shouted and neighed.British musket bullets and shrapnel swept down the Ghulam cavalry in pieces.In just a few minutes, Ghulam's cavalry had been heavily wounded.A small number of cavalry rushed faster and rushed into the British phalanx, cutting down some of the British soldiers, only to be killed in the bayonet bushes.Several other groups of cavalry rushed into the passage between the two phalanxes, only to be killed by heavy cross-fire fire.The casualties of the Ghulam soldiers were getting heavier, while the British formation remained unmoved.Relentless bayonets and roaring artillery fire forced the remnants of more than 10,000 cavalry of the Sooud army to retreat.Su Lie took advantage of the momentum and swung his army forward, and the 1st Marine Division in the center quickly cut off some of the enemy's cavalry's retreat and wiped them out.The British on the left flank quickly broke through to the positions of the enemy infantry corps and, without difficulty, crossed the earthen ramparts and captured the ballistae and trebuchets that did not work there at all.The British on the right flank also routed the tribesmen and captured thousands of camels.The defeated enemy was cornered and jumped into the Nile in droves, drowning countless people.Those who did not have time to jump into the river were killed by the British, and the water of the Nile was suddenly stained red with blood.Massoud looked at the death and wounding of the Ghulam cavalry that he had finally rebuilt, it was a heartache, if it weren't for his subordinates desperately blocking it, this would have really wiped his neck......
"Your Royal Highness, Egypt can't be saved, let's return to Alexandria......"
His subordinates suggested Massoud, but he didn't expect Massoud to shake his head, "Don't go to Alexandria, let's go back to Ctesiphon, after all, Ctesiphon has thick walls, and the British may not be able to take Ctesiphon.....
As for Alexandria, as long as the British have some terrible weapons in their hands, they can't hold it......
"I have to say that Massoud made the right decision, which helped him escape from the British army again."