Peshawar's civil and Military Counterattack failed. Instead, it was beaten back to the residential area. In fact, it was only a matter of time before the city was lost!
Luhmaru Jiduo's hands were shaking badly, and his lips were shaking too. He saw many Sassanian soldiers with jars and cans hanging on them through his telescope. He didn't have to think about what was in the jars and cans, especially those Sassanian soldiers with torches in their hands.
"It's over..." luhmaru Jiduo looked back. The princes and ministers on jidoro's side looked panicked. The people on the other side of the Han Empire didn't look very good: "it can't last long. The good news is that the other party has no intention to attack the palace."
The Sassanian army attacked the residential areas of Peshawar and started arson.
From the height of the palace fortress to the city, one fire point after another has begun to burn. Fortunately, luhmaru Jiduo ordered the removal of combustibles as soon as possible, but the fire did not spread immediately.
"Angel!" Luhmaru Jiduo walked quickly to Ma Bin and asked humbly, "when can the Great Han Tianbing arrive?"
"Lord, I must make a point again." Ma Bin said very seriously, "I'm just an envoy sent by the head of the shogunate, not an envoy sent by the Ministry of rites."
Although the same represents the Han Empire, this is really very different. You can't accept it indiscriminately. Otherwise, it's hard to say what will happen later. Not only Ma Bin, but also Xie an should take it easy.
Luhmaru After listening to the translation, Jiduo smiled awkwardly and asked again and again.
"The flag has been issued, and the army must be on the way." Ma Bin said very firmly, but later said: "when the army comes, how long will it arrive..., the Lord should not think that Sasan is quiet?"
Luhmaru Sendo's own military talent seems good? Moreover, he had just used his telescope to see that the sashan camp was sending troops to the north. It was visually observed that there were about 3000 chariot troops and nearly 10000 cavalry.
The number of Han troops approaching the battlefield is not clear to Ma Bin and others. As an outsider, Lu hemalu You can't guess how much you send.
Luhmaru Jidora is worried that the number of Han troops is not enough, and they are dragged down by the Sassanian Army... And even defeated. In that case, the whole jidora will be hit to the edge of subjugation. Whether they can hold on depends on how thoroughly they can kneel and lick after the war.
Eighteen miles northeast of Peshawar, Li tan on horseback has received information from the scouts.
The situation of the offensive and defensive war in the city of Peshawar is one of the intelligence that Li Tan cares about very much. We must know what kind of state the war on the other side of Peshawar is. Once Peshawar falls, there is no need to save at all. It is necessary to change the combat target and try our best to annihilate the Sassanian army.
With the change of operational objectives, Li Tan does not need to rush to Peshawar with his troops, but can have more time to make relevant choices and arrangements.
If Peshawar still insists on resistance, Li Tan needs to make his own judgment according to the situation of attack and defense in Peshawar city.
As the assassin's army is firmly blocked outside the city, Li Tan will slow down the rescue speed and focus on attacking the logistics line of the assassin's army. At the same time, he will also take necessary military actions to cut off the back of the assassin's army and increase the success rate of annihilating all the Assassin's army.
If the Peshawar garrison can't stop it, as it is now, Li Tan doesn't have to think about anything. He directly leads the army to attack Peshawar and attack the camp of Sassanian army, that is, he can't attack the camp of Sassanian army, and forces Sassanian army to slow down or give up the attack on Peshawar.
Li Tan also received information that sashan sent chariot troops and all kinds of cavalry to block the attack. He had previously asked the troops to slow down and ordered the formation of a new propulsion formation.
On the vast wilderness, about 30000 Han troops were divided into three echelons and different formations.
At the forefront are about 5000 scattered light cavalry and bow cavalry. However, if you pay attention to observation, although they are scattered, there will be linkage between three cavalry. Then, under the linkage of three person groups one after another, you can see that there is a tactical arrangement.
The front force is an irregular straight line, with a total length of more than 2000 meters. It looks thinner.
Behind them is a large formation in the shape of inverted "pin", which is located at the two "openings" of the same second echelon. In front of them are archers, followed by thick sudden cavalry; The "mouth" of the last echelon is composed of light cavalry, and Li Tan is also in this position.
This area is vast, but unlike hunit or the territory in the east of sassanne, it looks like a flat plain with few plants.
The plants in this place are quite dense. Trees of all sizes are irregularly distributed. Some earth slopes like mountains and not like mountains are everywhere.
Since Li Tan chose to advance, he must know the terrain on the march route.
The existence of chariot soldiers in the Sassanian army is not an all-round and flat terrain. It is not appropriate to dispatch chariot soldiers at all.
But the chariot soldiers in Sasan should not rush into the area with complex terrain foolishly. They will stay in the area with relatively flat terrain, where there are a lot of weeds and vegetation?
Because there are still trees on the road, of course, the advancing Han army will have the distortion of the overall formation from time to time. They move forward about five miles, and there is a relatively open area of about seven or eight miles in front.
In this open area, the faster Sassanian cavalry have arrived.
About 4000 Sassanian light cavalry stopped temporarily. Their officers sent a considerable number of scouts, but received little feedback.
Since we sent scouts, but we didn't get much feedback, there is only one explanation. Our scouts must be in a fierce confrontation with the Han Army scouts.
These Sassanian officers received little information, which showed that no large number of Han troops had been found. The experienced scouts were judged according to the number of Han scouts, and it was speculated that the number of Han troops would not be less than 30000.
It should be said that no one who can be a scout is a simple fool. Elite scouts can infer the total number of the enemy from the number and law of scouts sent by the enemy.
It's a simple thing. The Scouts of each army will have an upper limit. It's not that anyone can be a Scout at will. The other party can basically find out whether the scouts fight. Ordinary soldiers just want to pretend that they don't know how to act like a scout.
The Han Army hasn't arrived yet. They marched a little faster before. Even if people can hold it, the war horses should recover. Otherwise, if they start the riding war later, they will suffer too much from lack of strength under the crotch.
Another reason why they don't go into the complex terrain is that their current position is the most favorable for them. There is a great difference in geographical advantages between their own going in and the Han Army coming out, and even can affect the victory or defeat of the battle.
The final reason is that their follow-up troops haven't caught up, only 4000 light cavalry to face at least 30000 Han troops. They feel empty when they think about it.
Now most of the Sassanian cavalry began to feel empty in their hearts. They knew that their side had only 3000 chariots and 12000 or so cavalry. They thought they couldn't fight. They didn't have an absolute advantage in quantity. They just wanted to delay the Han army for a while. They didn't dare to imagine victory.
Because of the lack of confidence in winning, the morale of the Sassanian cavalry is really not high. It is dead before the real fight.
It was not the officers without sassanne who wanted to boost morale. Some of them also tried, but did not say anything good. On the contrary, they exacerbated the anxiety and fear on the soldiers' faces.
"Coming!"
The front is not the part where the woods block the line of sight. Seven Scouts of Sasan are running away on horseback, and four Han scouts are chasing them in the rear.
Due to the uneven terrain, the two groups of people who are fleeing and chasing, and then there are higher grass, which will disappear from time to time in the sight of many cavalry in Sasan.
After a short period of time, there were only five of the seven Sassanian scouts. When they reappeared in the sight of the Sassanian cavalry, they fell off their horses.
Obviously, it was another contest between scouts, but scout Sasan was obviously at a disadvantage.
"Go to a cavalry!"
About fifty riders broke away from the Sassanian cavalry brigade. They Hula controlled the horses and didn't even buffer and accelerate. They drove the horses to accelerate as fast as possible from the beginning.
The remaining three Sassanian scouts had seen their own cavalry team, and they began to shout.
Without hesitation, the four Han Army scouts who pursued and killed accelerated and assumed the posture of not stopping the sashan scouts who were not completely destroyed.
Within a short period of less than 30 meters, there was only one Sassanian scout who was chased, but at this time, the Han Army scouts made a detour. The time of a big turn was to shoot arrows at the Sassanian cavalry galloping into the shooting range. They turned over two before they retreated in such a swagger.
That scene was seen by 4000 pairs of eyes. The timid Sassanian cavalry could not help shaking, and some Sassanian cavalry who had courage also became hesitant.
"Coming! They're coming! All over the mountains, look at a large group!"
The surviving scout sashan was obviously on the verge of collapse. He began to shout before he got close to his own army. It's still not very good news.
An officer made a quick decision to shoot an arrow at his own scouts with mental breakdown. It was very accurate. An arrow hit his chest and fell off his horse and rolled on the ground.
"The whole army!"
"Mount!"
As long as you have eyes, you can really see the Han Army entering the field of vision from the gap in the woods. Experienced people will have a visual inspection of no less than 2000.
Listen to the more and more clear sound of horses' hoofs and a large foggy dust behind the two thousand or so Han cavalry. It is not difficult to judge that a large number of Han cavalry are approaching quickly.
This group of Sassanian cavalry did not mount to launch an assault. On the contrary, they began to turn around in place under the command of the commander, and then retreated slowly.
Rush up? Commander sashan on the scene could not lead far less than the Han Army to launch an assault in his life. He thinks that he is very rational. Meeting his own troops in the rear to make plans is always more in line with the overall situation than rushing up to make unnecessary sacrifices. He must praise manually.
The Sassanian cavalry of about 50 people who had been sent out before was embarrassed. They were still chasing the four Scouts of the Han army. First, they saw a large number of Han cavalry in front of them. When they turned around and saw that all their own people ran away, several of them fell off their horses directly, and more of them hurriedly detoured.
Chase? Still chasing a fart, hurry to keep up with the big army. Whoever continues to chase is a fool.
The picture became slightly funny. The four Han scouts changed horses in a galloping state in the process of turning and detour. They became the front-line Han Army chasing Sasan cavalry, one by one proud and excited.
Looking down from a high altitude, the leading troops of the Han Army seem to be about 2300. They are not gathered together. They are divided into seven large groups by the terrain, ranging from a few people to a small group of 100 people.
Those small teams can be scouts who were originally on the front line. They gathered and saw that most of their own side came up and charged forward.
Some small teams of about 100 people are cavalry teams sent to meet their scouts. At the same time, they can also attack the unit as pioneers.
"They ran away without fighting?"
"This is not very normal!"
"That's right..."
"Ha ha!"
The advance speed of the Han army was not fast. It was advancing at a speed of about 30 miles.
If they don't meet the enemy, it's an act of stupidity. After all, they don't ride motorcycles, but horses that are also living creatures. The movement of living creatures will produce fatigue. Once you ride a tired horse to fight, you don't think you die fast enough.
In the place where the Han army passed, some sashan scouts who had been hiding thought that there was an infinite possibility that they would continue to hide and be trampled to death by horses' hoofs or be found and killed. Sashan scouts chose to leave the shelter and escape. If they couldn't escape, they wanted to surrender.
The sashan scout who chose to surrender was very lucky. The Han Army needed some living prisoners of war to torture intelligence.
Sashan scouts, who continue to hide with luck, are either trampled to death by horses' hoofs or directly killed by being found in the back.
The cavalry of the first Han army went out of the area with relatively complex terrain. They stopped a mile or so in front of the edge position.
About four or five miles in front of the stalled Han cavalry, the originally evacuated sashan 4000 cavalry began to turn around again.
Further back, in mid air, there was a mist of smoke and dust flying.
It was the smoke made by Sassanian's follow-up troops, and their chariot troops and the rest of the cavalry were slowly moving forward.
Two armies of the enemy and ours, about fifteen miles northeast of Peshawar, are about to encounter.