sweeping the world

Chapter 1088
After the Han army to rescue Peshawar approached within ten miles, Dospals Canandina gathered the army that attacked Peshawar no matter how unwilling he was.

It only took less than two days to arrive at the city of Peshawar. Dospals Canandina calculated the number of troops urgently. It took less than two days for the original 7 people to lose nearly [-].

The attack on Peshawar looked very tragic, and the loss on the Sasanian side was only 5000 people. The key point was that Dospals Canandina sent out to stop the chariot troops and cavalry troops of the Han army.

Within a range of ten miles, it can be roughly identified with the naked eye. The number of teams that are being chased and fled on that side will not exceed 5000 people. More than 3000 people!
When the cavalry is fighting, if one side really doesn't want to fight, then the progress of the battle will appear very procrastinated.

but!If the cavalry units on both sides of the war want to fight, the fighting process will be extremely short, and the results will come much faster than the infantry fighting.

After all, the speed of the cavalry is there, and it is not necessary for the infantry to fight if all the front teams are killed or collapsed before the people behind can engage the enemy.

The way cavalry fight is to stagger each other and hedge against each other. Almost everyone has a chance to fight the enemy at least once in a short time.With more fights, casualties are unavoidable, and the rate of downsizing is extremely fast.

"Don't worry about Peshawar!" Dospals Canandina turned his head and glanced at Peshawar, which was engulfed in smoke, and looked to the north again: "We rely on the city wall and focus on defending the north. Relax!"

Dospals Canandina has always been extremely wary of the appearance of the Han army, but he really didn't expect the Han army to come so soon.

This Sassanid army didn’t set up the camp for a long time, and it can even be said that they didn’t really spend much time on the camp at the beginning. They stepped up the time to build siege equipment, thinking of conquering Peshawar before the arrival of the Han army.

It is today that they really started to frantically consolidate their camps. They are still facing the storm of Peshawar, and at the same time they are mobilizing manpower to build fortifications and arrange obstacles.

The camp is not that easy to consolidate, especially against the various obstacles to the cavalry.

The Sassanian army is stepping up the production of rejecting horses. As for digging trenches, it is too late. It can even be said that the number of rejecting horses is seriously insufficient.

"Don't be afraid, everyone, we are waiting for the Han army!" Dospals Canandina smiled confidently and said that the Han army had already been tricked: "This time, we want to attract a Han army to come forward!" Come and destroy them here! We have reinforcements. As long as we can hold on for five days, the Han army will be destroyed here!"

It wasn't just Dospals Canandina who was shouting. In fact, he sent a lot of people to announce such a message in the camp.

The Sassanid soldiers who had originally learned that the Han army had arrived had a panic mentality of self-doubt because Peshawar was not captured in the end, but instead they ushered in a Han army.

When they heard that the purpose of attacking Peshawar was to attract the Han army to rescue them, and that they had already set a trap to eat the Han army who came to rescue Peshawar, they calmed down regardless of whether they believed it or not.

"General..." Neerbu Dogaro lowered his voice: "There is such a plan, but the reinforcements will take seven days at the fastest. If the Han army in Jilongpo sends troops to intercept..."

"Shut up!" Dospals Canandina made too many mistakes, and he knew very well that even a single mistake in commanding a war would be fatal, not to mention making so many mistakes, he said out of embarrassment: " If you shake the morale of the army again, this general will kill you!"

Nilbu Dogaro blinked but chose to shut up.

They didn't know about the Habayashi Army's attack. If they knew, they wouldn't expect any reinforcements.

The current situation is that we must believe that the reinforcements will come, not only the soldiers, but also the generals and officers including Dospals Canandina must believe in this, otherwise this battle will not be necessary at all. beated.

The Sassanid army, whose morale was slightly boosted, prepared to deal with the incoming Han army at a faster speed. Not only did they rush to resist obstacles such as horses, but they also rushed to build some long-range attack equipment that was originally intended to deal with Peshawar. U-turn.

How long does ten miles take for cavalry?Hurry up, hurry up, about an hour?
The sun in the sky has reached the center, and the sunlight shines on the earth to provide light and heat to living beings, but part of the sunlight cannot penetrate the dense smoke and continue to shine.

Black oil is unrefined oil. Once it burns and spreads to other combustibles, it is not so easy to get rid of it.

Previously, the Peshawar defenders used water to put out the fire?This kind of behavior is actually a bit silly, not to say that oil will burn more intensely when it encounters fire, but unless there is the water momentum of a modern fire truck, otherwise it is not easy to extinguish it.

It is not modern at present, and there is no modern fire truck. The military and civilians in Peshawar only rely on buckets or smaller things to hold water. A bucket of water does not seem to have much effect at all, even if the fire in that place is slightly reduced. A little bit, but soon it was no different from other burning areas.

Under the current conditions, if you want to extinguish the burning fire of black oil, in fact, using sand to cover it is the best way.

There are not many wars between Jidoro and Sassan. It is impossible for Sassan to use black oil on Jidoro once. Many people in Peshawar's military and civilians have relevant experience, but it is difficult to fight in a chaotic state. The correct way to extinguish the fire is passed on.

Just from the outside, Peshawar now looks like a city that is burning raging fire, and the city is filled with smoke.

But from the inside, the fire is only burning in the outer residential areas, and in some places, the fire has not reached the inner city even though the fire has spread.

However, there are still some urban areas on fire. It is not that the fire broke out when the fire was burning in, but some burning sparks were blown up by the wind and floated on the combustibles. Too many people only cared about the raging fire and did not Spend more time focusing on other places, and the result is that the small fire turns into a big fire, and the fire spreads again.

Fortunately, although many people died in Peshawar, the population base in the city is still there.

Furthermore, in the case of non-black oil combustion, using water to extinguish the fire is very effective. Wherever there is a fire, a group of people will rush over. No one is afraid of suffering or tiredness to get water to survive, and more people are constantly moving toward the fire. The fire digs the ground and spreads the soil, even if it is slow, it will eventually extinguish the fire.

Looking out from this side of the palace and fortress, it has turned into a foggy scene, and the line of sight has been shortened to less than 50 meters away. Even if you can see farther, you can still see the fiery yellow fire scenes.

"The Persians have retreated!" Luhmaru Jido felt exhausted after completely relaxing. He forced himself to find Ma Bin and said gratefully, "It must be the heavenly soldiers of the big man."

"Willing to follow the big man, the big man will never stand idly by when the country is in trouble." Ma Bin did not lie. , be prepared to send troops to coordinate and eliminate the enemy forces outside the city in one fell swoop.”

"Naturally! Naturally! Xiao Wang has urged him many times." Luhmaru Jiduo's attitude towards Ma Bin changed again and again, from being reserved at the beginning to kneeling and licking unabashedly now, and assured: "Definitely Put out the fire quickly, and go out of the city to watch the majestic appearance of the great Han and heavenly soldiers, and imitate the strength of oxen and horses."

The translation is that kind of saying, not even mentioning as a friendly army to assist in the battle, obviously not daring to put the two sides on an equal footing, and not really wanting to watch.

There was a truce here in Peshawar, and the trumpet sounded repeatedly outside the city, but the crisp drums stopped; inside the city, there was still a lot of noise, shouting for help in putting out the fire and saving people, Sassan The army no longer attacks when there is time to mourn the cries of a loved one who has died.

One and a half days plus one night, Peshawar did show extraordinary courage and determination in order to resist the siege of the Sasanian army, but the casualties were really heavy.

As a regular army of the Peshawar defenders, 1 people went to Sassan to stop the attack, leaving only less than [-] effective combat effectiveness. The number of deaths was about [-], and nearly [-] people were so seriously injured that they lost their combat effectiveness.

The citizens of Peshawar, who were called to resist the invaders, joined the battle in large numbers after the fighting in the city began. When they took the initiative to counterattack, they suffered nearly [-] casualties, and the number of sacrifices accounted for six or seven thousand. hurt.

Those above are the Peshawar casualties in the state of engagement.

Later, the Sasanian army started to set fire. Many Peshawar soldiers and civilians gathered in the outskirts of the city were engulfed by the fire before they could react. About 7000 to [-] people did not play their role. It became coke.

In some local street battles between the enemy and us, the Sasanian troops who attacked basically no one ran back. They killed more than 1000 Peshawar soldiers and civilians at the cost of about [-] people, and women the largest number.

Ma Bin and Zhou Bian, who have been watching the battle with binoculars at the height of the palace, gathered their respective information and made a rough judgment. In two days and one night, there were about 8000 people in Peshawar. They did not laugh at it. Great admiration.

How many people are there in Peshawar?Counting the defenders and civilians, there will never be more than 6 people, but even with a base of 6 people, there will be 3 or [-] casualties in the tragic defensive battle, and more than [-] deaths.

That’s one-third of the casualty data!What a resilient nation it must be to be able to hold on. Ma Bin also heard that this was not the first time Peshawar had encountered such a tragic situation. It was even worse when more than half of the people in the city were killed or injured, but they still persevered. .

Zhou Bian cited a few examples. Zhu Xia had no examples of resisting the invaders in the whole city, but it was only a few times over thousands of years.

How long the Xiaoyue clan has been in this land, and how many non-ethnic people have been integrated, it is really surprising that they can have that kind of centripetal force and unity in this state.

Ma Bin is already thinking about how to report the article about Jiduoluo to Xie An. He has only one core opinion. If Jiduoluo has not really surrendered to the big man, the best choice is to destroy this country.

Ma Bin was even willing to add another paragraph, even if Jiduoluo showed great surrender to the big man, the big man should softly suppress him, and he should not be allowed any chance to become big.

A nation that is good at fighting is nothing, unless it has always been able to fight, otherwise its prosperity will be rapid and its decline will be rapid.

What is really worthy of vigilance is a nation that is united and has a strong will.Even if such a nation is weak for a while, it will gradually become stronger over a long period of time, and then become the overlord.

Ma Bin's evaluation is still quite correct, and the Persians also have the same view. If history has not changed, the Persians have spent a long time targeting Jidoruo in particular. Under the dual suppression of military and diplomacy, Jidoruo It has not been able to develop, and the Persians later united a nomadic tribe in the north to destroy Jidoruo.

Of course, the soldiers and civilians in Peshawar are putting out the fire with eagerness, but no matter how hard they try, the fire will not be completely extinguished in a short while.

Li Tan led his army to within seven miles of Peshawar. He could clearly see the smoke-filled Peshawar and wondered whether Peshawar was doomed.

The Han army pursued the remnants of the Sasanian cavalry only after about seven miles before giving up. At this distance, the leading cavalry of the Han army began to change horses.

The cavalry of the Han army who had completed the horse-changing action changed their direction of advancement amidst the sound of the horn, and detoured from the northeast to the west side.

The Han army approaching from behind was also changing horses. About [-] Han army cavalry continued to advance at a speed of about [-] miles.

The arrival of the Han army has allowed the Persians to observe relatively clearly with the naked eye.

When the Sasanian army discovered that the number of the Han army exceeded [-], the confidence they had raised before was hit again, and their faces were replaced with panic expressions.

That was [-] Han troops, all of whom looked like cavalry.

The Sasanian army failed to capture Peshawar, and the layout of the camp was a little hasty, and they did not have much confidence to use the hastily arranged defense line to block the impact of the Han cavalry.

Countless Persians were praying that the Han army would not launch an attack as soon as they arrived, so that they would have more time to set up their camps, and at the same time, they would also have more time for reinforcements to hurry.

"Whooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!"

The Han army blew a loud trumpet sound.

In an instant, a war cry of "The Mighty Han Army" sounded in the wilderness.

The battle cry of the Han army was not only heard by the Sasanian army, but also by the soldiers and civilians in Peshawar.

They showed two completely different appearances. The Persians shrank their hearts suddenly because of the war horn, but the soldiers and civilians of Peshawar burst into enthusiastic cheers.

(End of this chapter)