When they crossed the desert to launch a surprise attack on Palmyra, Shi Xin and the Sphinx led the main British army on the northern front to cross the Euphrates River and go all the way west, heading straight for Palmyra.After learning that the British army had crossed the Euphrates, Aloisia decided that it was impossible for the British army to cross the desert and appear under the city of Palmyra, and that the British army in the west was the main force.Based on this judgment, Aloisian was ostensibly a mercenary, but in fact he was the main army of the Eastern Romans, starting from Palmyra and encountering the main British army under the command of Shi Xin at Suhneh (the important town of Suhneh in the later Syrian province of Homs).After the encounter between the two sides in Suhnay, there was no nonsense, and they directly opened their positions to prepare for the battle, and the whole army of the Eastern Rome was divided into four teams, using the formation of infantry in front and cavalry in the rear, with Aloy Western Ao as the commander.Although these direct descendants of the Roman legions have long since lost the demeanor of the world's top armies, they are still a force to be reckoned with.In recent years, with the defeat of the Eastern Romans again and again, the territory and population have shrunk severely, which directly led to a further decline in the quality of soldiers, and infantry units began to rely more on projectile weapons such as bows and arrows and javelins to weaken the enemy.Instead of crushing the opponent with the melee superiority of the infantry phalanx, as in the past.At this time, the Eastern Roman army had relied heavily on cavalry power to deliver the winning blow.However, years of war and the strength of the country that had just suffered heavy losses could not support them with a strong enough cavalry force.The Eastern Roman light cavalry largely learned some of the characteristics of the Persian cavalry in the east and the nomadic cavalry in the north, and their heavy cavalry was taught by their enemies today, that is, the British, but they Romans always found it difficult to let go of the arrogance in their hearts, which led to whether it was light cavalry or heavy cavalry, the Romans actually learned the skin roughly, at most it was a point, and there was no real advantage.In addition, Aloisia, like Crassus, Pompey and others in the past, never kept a general reserve in battle, and he scattered his cavalry behind the various infantry detachments.On the British side, it was much simpler, with infantry in the center, cavalry on both flanks, and artillery in the rear to provide fire support.Urged by the whistle of the English officer and spurred on by the judge's whip, the British infantry lined up and waited for the Romans to attack first.This battle, which was called the "Battle of Sukhnay" by later historians, the scale of the forces of the two sides was not very large, the Eastern Roman side was between 25,000 and 27,000, and the British army was only more than 23,000, it seems that there is not much difference between the two sides, but the combat effectiveness of the two sides is very different, well, the British army is in the sky, and the Roman legion is underground.Originally, Aloy Western Australia was counting on the British army to attack first, and he was ready to work, but Shi Xin on the other side was not fooled, so he had no choice, "Heractor, you take someone to test the British ....."
After thinking about it, Aloisia made a decision, and he called his henchman Heractor to command.Heractor understood what Aroisia meant, and under his leadership, the Eastern Romans showed their courage and cunning.Instead of rushing in a swarm, Heractor lined up his troops in several battle lines, first sent a small number of men to make a tentative attack, rushed to the British position and did not make a surprise, but shouted on the spot, attracting the British to shoot, and retreated at the cost of several hundred casualties.The Sphinx, who was in charge of the front-line command, was proud at this time, but was woken up by the experienced Shi Xin, "Sphinx, don't be careless, the Eastern Romans are testing the firepower density of our army at the cost of the lives of their soldiers..... the real attack is behind......"
Shi Xin finished speaking, and ordered the Sphinx to prepare to use the maximum firepower density.Sure enough, after a tentative attack by the Eastern Romans, Aloisia thought he had the maximum density of British firepower, and his decisive Roman legions attacked, and after his order was given, a furious attack began.At the same time as the Romans attacked, the British artillery also spoke, in order to effectively kill and injure the enemy, the British artillery used grapeshot on a large scale, thousands of projectiles fell like raindrops on the Romans who were charging on the road, there were artillery bombardments in the distance, and muskets greeted in the distance, so the first wave of the Eastern Romans' offensive was easily defused by the British.Aloisian did not give up, he pulled up the heavy cavalry with his hole cards modeled after the heavy cavalry of the British army, and wanted to rely on the defense and impact of the heavy cavalry to tear apart the musket array of the British, but to his disappointment, just like the experiment done in Constantinople, the thick heavy armor was like cheese in front of lead bullets, and their horses were not used to the roar of cannons, so the attack failed again.After two successive failed attacks, Aloisia was still unwilling, but by this time the sun was about to set, and no matter how unwilling he was, he could only shrink his forces and retreat to Sukhnai City.After retreating to the city of Sukhnai, Heractor said to Aroisia that he could drive those Persians in front as meat shields, and they Romans followed.Aroisian Siao transferred the Persian puppet army that was being reorganized and trained west of the city of Sukhnai overnight, and prepared to use this Persian puppet army to attack the Eastern Persian Imperial Allied Army on the opposite side.At dawn the next day, the Eastern Romans launched another attack on the British army, and tens of thousands of Persians, wielding scimitars, began to attack the Imperial Concordia army commanded by the Sphinx under the reprimand of the Roman officers, "This group of traitors to Ahura......
He took refuge in the Romans..... sent me an order to send this group of traitors to the god of darkness....."
Although the density of the British army's firepower had reached a terrifying level, the madness of the Zoroastrian group, who did not share the Mazdak sky, played a role, and they opened what appeared to be a door to victory for the Persians behind them with their flesh and blood."
Hahahaha, Heractor, your trick really works....order the whole army to press and kill these pesky Brits....."
Seeing that the Persian puppet army's attack was effective, Aloisian left with a big mouth and smiled.Since these Persian puppet armies were all Azatan class before, they were firmly opposed to Mazdak, so they had a blood feud with the Imperial Allied Army, which was almost all Mazdak, so from the very beginning, they went forward one after another, and attacked the Sphinx's position at any cost.Seeing that the Persian puppet army was about to rush up, the Sphinx drew his war knife and shouted loudly, "Brothers, our division is a glorious unit that His Majesty Meerut personally awarded the battle flag, and his old man told you that it is ..... to meet on a narrow road.""
The brave wins the !!"
All the officers and soldiers of the Third Division of the Imperial Alliance Army shouted in unison."
Get on the bayonet and ......fight with them," the Sphinx roared."
Spell ....."
The officers and men of the 3rd Division of the Persian Imperial Allied Army were all armed with bayonets and prepared for a white-knuckle fight with the enemy who rushed at them.These original farmers, herdsmen and even slaves are all pious Mazdaks, and they are all Li Lu's brainless fans, although they are the same ethnic group as the Persians opposite, but they are not the same class, and they have already formed a blood feud with each other, and they don't need to mobilize to fight these original Azatans.Although Aloy Xia's idea of fighting is very fine, but Shi Xin has reserves in hand, he is not worried, besides, the third division of the Imperial Association Army is an elite division praised by Li Lu, and its combat effectiveness is very strong.And the fact is just as Shi Xin expected, although it was a white-knives fight, but those former Azatan were not cheap for their comrades-in-arms, but were taught to behave by the untouchables in their eyes with bayonets, and the Persian puppet army was killed, and they retreated back in embarrassment, and they were mixed up with the Romans who followed them, which directly made the neat formation of the Romans chaotic.When the Romans could not find the officers and the officers could not gather the troops, Shi Xin decisively invested in the reserves and launched a general attack on the Romans and their Persian puppet army.Even if Aroisian and Heractor had the power to reach the sky, they could not reverse the decline of the battlefield, and under the ferocious attack of the British army, the Romans and their Persian puppet army were crushed, and Aroisian had to lead the remnants to withdraw to Palmyra in the west, where he was ready to recuperate and make a comeback.