sweeping the world

Chapter 1076

A night battle...

The scene at the beginning of the battle was spectacular, and the Sassanian siege troops were quite aggressive. In the past about an hour, some soldiers climbed to the top of the city, but they were hacked to death and thrown under the city before they could stand still.

An hour or so later, Sassanian soldiers went up to the top of the city one after another, but each time they failed to clear a section of the city wall, and were killed by the Peshawar defenders who had a numerical advantage.

When the two Sasanian siege towers were finally pushed up, the siege battle entered its exciting moment.

The defenders of Peshawar naturally knew the threat level of the siege towers. When the two siege towers came within the shooting range of bows and arrows, the defenders fired rockets wildly. However, the rockets either failed to pin them or failed to pin them. Can set siege towers on fire.

After a "crunch-crunch-" sound, the siege tower was pushed to the edge of the city wall.

When the siege tower approached the edge of the city wall, the Persians burst into cheers.

In contrast, the defenders in Peshawar were constantly begging for help in panic.

From the top of the siege tower, two assembled wooden boards were pushed down and placed on the parapet of the city wall.

Two not-too-loud bumps of wooden planks and soil opened the prelude to the most intense battle in the night battle.

The defenders of Peshawar naturally swarmed in, and the Sasanian soldiers also rushed out of the siege towers. The narrow fighting area was crowded for a while, and people in the front row kept falling down, and the people behind might be fighting. The ignorant state was squeezed up.

On the other hand, Sassan's battering ram had been hitting the city gate for a long time. It was only after they hit it for a long time that they suddenly realized that the city gate hole was already full of debris, and mud was brought in. The entire city gate was completely blocked.

A large number of Peshawar defenders were attracted by the two siege towers, and the troops behind seemed to have not been replenished in time, resulting in a shortage of defenders in some sections of the city wall. In fact, there were not many Sasanian soldiers who used ladders to attack the city Hurry up, even some Sasanian soldiers who have been in a state of ignorance have already been pushed up the siege tower. They just climb numbly, and then numbly kill or be killed when they reach the city wall.

More and more Sasanian soldiers went up to the city wall, and some Peshawar defenders in some sections of the city wall were killed, but the new Peshawar defenders were not in place.

About two and a half hours into the battle, the Sasanian army controlled more and more sections of the city wall, and they were dispatched to the west of the siege tower, and there was a tendency to successfully occupy the west of the city wall.

This situation is changed with the entry of an armored army into the battlefield.

Jiduo royal family's Iron Armored Army looks very similar to Ah San's in terms of armor style, but it has some Greek styles. For example, it is clearly an infantry armor but has an armor skirt. It extends all the way to the knees, but the thighs are not protected.

Their armor was made of scales on their ribs, belly, and shoulders, but their chest was made of iron plates, and their backs were covered with leather sheaths.This style of armor will not have any flexibility once put on like sleeve-like armor.

The sleeve-shaped iron armor is a human-shaped tortoise shell. After wearing it, you can move your upper body without moving your feet. Generally, only some joints can move, and the rest can't be bent even if it is slightly bent.Whether this kind of armor is strong in defense is another matter, but it is a certain thing that it is bulky.

For a small country like Jidoluo, having [-] Iron Armored Army is extremely extravagant. What is even more extravagant is that this group of Iron Armored Army not only has an outer layer of iron armor, but also wears a set of chain mail inside!

Three hundred iron armored troops climbed up the city wall from various passages. The iron armored army in the front row held a dull spear in one hand and a short spear in the other. Lifting the shield once and stabbing a short spear in one step, someone who knows Europa's fighting style will recognize that it is the Greek fighting style.

There are also some people who don't wear armor among the Iron Armored Army. They are usually shorter and thinner.Everyone is carrying a bamboo basket, which contains some short-stemmed javelins.They nimbly interspersed in the gaps in the formation of the Iron Armored Army, seizing the opportunity to throw the javelins in their hands.

The Sassanid army that was attacking the city looked like they were not wearing Sassanian trump cards, and even very few people wore armor. Only officers looked like they were wearing armor.

The remaining defenders, supported by the Iron Armored Army, burst into cheers as if they had been beaten to death. The original helplessness and hesitation were gone, and they were replaced with more ferocious energy than before.

The armored army was not the only ones who came for reinforcements. Needless to say, ordinary soldiers, there was also a female army that specialized in bows and arrows.

"Our Jiduoluo people are not only brave and good at fighting, but also women can kill the enemy." Luhmaru Jiduo said to Ma Bin proudly: "Look at them, they are so flexible. Could shoot a Persian!"

Ma Bin had long noticed the archers wearing green robes. The weapon was a small horned bow, and they looked very special in terms of their physique and height.

That group of women's soldiers not only had small horned bows, they also had a short sword with a handle and a sheath about thirty centimeters around their waist... or a dagger?

Some women's soldiers drew their daggers to fight the Sasanian soldiers after they approached them.Seeing how they dodge the weapons wielded by Sasanian soldiers flexibly, and how they can always "swipe" Sassanian soldiers with their daggers when running, jumping, and rolling, they must have received this kind of training specially for swimming .

Of course, not only the Detachment of Women can injure and kill Sasanian soldiers. In fact, after the Sasanian soldiers push forward, if they can fiercely endure being slashed by a dagger, even if a knife or sword does not kill or stab a Detachment of Women, the heavy force will also Make them keep backing up or simply fall down.

Ma Bin asked curiously: "How many troops like them are there in your country?"

Luhmaru Jiduo said proudly: "One thousand. All of them are selected at a very young age, and only one of the thirty girls can be left."

In fact, Ma Bin doesn't understand what is there to be proud of?The idea on the side of the Han Empire is that unless all the men in the whole country are dead, otherwise women will fight desperately on the battlefield.

However, Ma Bin has nothing to despise.

Not every country is the Han Empire, or it should be said that not every country has a sufficient population base.

Some countries are small and have few people. On the premise that there are not enough men, there is nothing to be criticized for training women to become warriors.

The supply of soldiers is not enough, don't you want to find a way to increase the number of troops?Both men and women can go to war and even admire the resilience and bravery of this country (nation).

"They..." Zhou Bian said without any emotional fluctuations: "If you continue to fight, they will die soon."

The battle on the city wall took place in a space with a width of only three meters. The women's army of Jiduoluo, the training they received was more suitable for open terrain, even for a complex environment like a forest, but it was not suitable. In this kind of battlefield where the troops are crowded together.

"Their deaths will arouse our greater determination to fight!" Luhmaru Jiduo had a translator with him, and he said firmly: "It has always been like this!"

Ma Bin and Zhou Bian looked at each other and nodded in agreement.

Whether you admit it or not, men have the instinct to protect the weak. In the eyes of men, women belong to the weak group and need to be protected.

When the upper birth reaches the national stage, a man will never feel better when he sees women of his own nationality dying on the battlefield, especially when he is a soldier.

If Luhmaru Jido sent female troops to kill the enemy and at the same time motivate his own fighters, then it can be said that he succeeded.

The defenders of Peshawar cheered for the appearance of the Detachment of Women and were delighted to see the Detachment of Women killing the invaders.

The scene changed to the women's army being squeezed and kept retreating, one after another of the slender women's army fell under the butcher's knife of the invaders, and the defenders in Peshawar turned into grievances.

"Using the death of a hundred 'Sama' in exchange for those men to show greater determination to fight the enemy to the death..." Luhmaru Jiduo didn't have any sense of guilt: "Isn't it just a wise man? What would a leader do?"

Ma Bin remained silent no matter what his views were.

Zhou Bian moved his lips, thinking that this is Peshawar, and there are no Han Chinese on the battlefield, so he will not comment.

If in the Han Empire, any leader dared to do such a thing, was it because a woman from the Han family appeared on the battlefield due to uncontrollable reasons, or was driven to die, in order to inspire the determination of her own soldiers to die?Regardless of whether it is right or wrong to do so, not only will the public opinion be one-sided, even if the result of the war is victory, it will inevitably be held accountable by the court and even the emperor.

The Peshawar defenders began to "violently breed". They shouted, as if they felt shame, or burst out with unprecedented courage, and rushed towards the nearby Sasanian soldiers.

Ma Bin saw new armored troops gathering on the inner city wall. He glanced at the expressionless Luhmaru Jiduo without leaving any trace, and concluded: "This Jiduoluo Kingdom Lord... is at least a knowledgeable person." The lord of soldiers."

To the west, the Peshawar defenders entered a "violent" state. Their momentum became stronger and they were once again supported by the Ironclad Army. Little by little, they killed or squeezed the Sassanid soldiers who stormed the city wall.

The defenders of Peshawar became stronger, and the morale of the Sasanian soldiers on the offensive side naturally dropped.

Just now, the Sasanian soldiers became collectively excited, thinking that they would win the battle for the city wall.

Morale is something invisible and intangible. In fact, it changes repeatedly with the development of the situation. Once the morale is high, even the timid people will become brave, but once the morale is low, the brave people will also become timid.

On this battlefield, at least in the battle on the western city wall, a new situation has emerged on both sides due to changes in morale.

The Sasanian soldiers who had climbed the city wall earlier had experienced excitement and believed that they would definitely win.Then when the Peshawar defenders frantically counterattacked and played dirty tricks, waiting for the Peshawar defenders to start "violent breeding" and doubting whether they could win, they were excited for a while and then doubted themselves, and the situation was obviously unfavorable. They were forced to retreat by the Peshawar garrison. In fact, they were retreating amid hesitation.

The first Persian soldier who thought he couldn't win the battle and didn't want to die on the city wall jumped down from the four-meter-high city wall. It didn't matter whether he was killed or not.

When the Peshawar defenders cheered, the background was the bloody rivers and piles of dead bodies on the city wall. Some Sasanian soldiers who survived the battle jumped off the city wall one after another in order to survive.

The intensity of the battle in the west is decreasing, only a very small number of Sasanian soldiers are still climbing the ladders, and the places where the fighting can be regarded as fierce are in the area of ​​​​the two siege towers.

Dospals Canandina did not withdraw the siege troops, but instead sent additional troops to various battlefields.

Not getting the order to retreat does not mean that there are no Sassanian soldiers who fled backwards. One by one, they were captured by the supervisory team and executed in a well-lit place, and the herald repeatedly repeated the shout of "runners will be executed". Sasanian soldiers Soldiers stay on the battlefield even if they don't want to climb the city.

Four hours had passed from the beginning of the siege until the intensity of the fighting diminished.

"The Persians can't organize a more violent offensive tonight." Ma Bin has his own judgment: "Unless the previously defeated soldiers are withdrawn and replaced with brand new attacking troops, the next battle will be a bad one."

Bravery is contagious, and so is timidity.

An army that has gone through bloody battles, those who are truly courageous and dare to fight, most of them are actually consumed in the first wave of attack echelon.

If there is no victory after the bloody battle, the brave fighters will be consumed in large numbers, and the remaining ones will not all be cowards, but more of the type that I will follow what others do, losing the drive of the brave fighters, and losing the confidence to win , In fact, basically this army lost the combat effectiveness it should have as an army in a short period of time.

As Ma Bin judged, the most intense confrontation ended, and the long night of fighting that followed did not stop, but after the most passionate moment erupted, no matter whether it was the loss of confidence in winning or any other reason, apart from not defending, he would The Yodoro people who destroyed their families and the country, and the soldiers on the Sasanian side who really couldn't retreat, all started their own performances.

The so-called performance is that we yell loudly, and we can shoot arrows when we should, but we never charge up, and we still hold things that can block arrows and nest in place, and move when we are forced. If you really go up and fight the defenders, even if you kill me, I won't go!
"Do you think Sasanian generals are stupid?" Zhou Bian asked, seeing Ma Bin shaking his head, smiled and revealed the answer: "Not only is he not stupid, but he is also very smart. Jiduoluo did not leave any troops outside the city, only It can be blindly defending, they absolutely dare not take it lightly, once a mistake is lost."

To put it simply, it is a fatigue battle, anyway, it is to prevent the defenders from being idle...

(End of this chapter)