The summer in the Western Regions is very strange. It can freeze the tendons in the morning and night. Even if you wear two layers of sweaters, you will still feel cold. However, once it is noon, the scorching sun can cause a layer of skin to be lost. At this time, you will see that your vision is distorted, as if you are in a dreamy fairy tale world.

In this era, watermelon has not been introduced to the Western Regions. Wear cotton jackets in the morning and wear gauze in the afternoon. The pleasure of eating watermelon with a stove can only be replaced by iced grapes. Bai Dong took a few grapes from the guard and threw them into his mouth. He looked at Ou Yeliang who was standing beside him with anticipation and smiled: "You Ye's husband doesn't need to worry. The arrow cluster you created will be of great use sooner or later, but it is definitely not today."

"Why not today? The Shan Qiang people used arrow clusters made of animal bones, and the Wei Wuzun used arrow clusters made of old metal. They could not even penetrate copper armor from thirty feet away. It is necessary to know that fighting on the grassland is the same as water battles. Bows and arrows must be the first, and this is the first battle!"

Ou Yeliang said disappointedly: "Now 100,000 new sharp arrows have been sent to the military camp. There are thousands of iron furnaces under Xijun Quled City every day. Now there is a way to burn coke, and it is even more convenient to smel new metals. As long as there is continuous copper and iron ore, I can guarantee the supply of the army! What are you afraid of?"

When Sun Bin, who was standing beside Bai Dong, smiled slightly when he heard Ou Yeliang's question, just looked at Bai Dong, as if he was looking forward to his answer.

"Haha, the most powerful weapon to defeat the enemy is of course to be used at critical moments. This is true for new bows and arrows, and the same is true for stirrups and saddles."

Bai Dong pointed to the Western sky with smoke and dust, and smiled and said, "Alibaba was not as arrogant and ignorant as he showed. When he swept the city walls, his army could be divided into eight routes and advanced in unison. But he knew that the battle between Shan Qiang was the first encounter with our army. This battle was real and false, testing our army's strength and planning for the Shan Qiang royal city. If I read it correctly, the army he sent to Shan Qiang would be at most one legion." The Persians built an army like the Romans, with 10,000 people as a legion. Alibaba brought eight legions this time, and when they fought with the relatively weak city walls, they could all out their troops. Now they met the Wei Wuzhu and Qin army, which were known as the elite Chinese, and they would be cautious. Just like Pang Juan.

Pang Juan claimed to be the world's number one general, and he was such a arrogant person. But in this first battle with the Persians, he only stationed five thousand soldiers in front of the Shanqiang King's tent, and the rest of the army were either hidden behind or raised left and right. In this way, advance and retreat, and retaining the necessary strategic depth, the right way to use troops is not to place a hundred thousand troops as imagined by those who do not understand military affairs. This is because the deployment of a large army requires the cooperation of battlefield conditions. Otherwise, the troops cannot be expanded and the combat effectiveness of each soldier cannot be effectively stimulated. One hundred thousand people may not be easy to use.

Ou Yeliang nodded. Although he was a little disappointed, Bai Dong still satisfied him with his "research results" as a secret weapon. This is the typical mentality of scientific researchers. Sometimes benefits are really not very important. A good scientific research environment and sufficient satisfaction are what they value the most.

"The Persians are here!"

The Persian flag was very funny. It actually embroidered a golden strange bird in the frame with red background and gold edges. The bird's wings and claws were spread in large shapes. There were two golden eggs in its claws, and one on its head was pressed. Bai Dong called this the "Three Eggs Divine Bird". He suspected that the Persians were all born from eggs, otherwise why would they embroider three eggs on the flag?

However, when the three-egg golden bird flags appeared on the horizon at the same time, they were only shocked and without any funny feeling; under the strange golden and red flags were densely marching troops, and except for uniform steps, there was no noise. Outside the eight infantry phalanxes, there were two thousand cavalrymen. They were wearing gorgeous red and yellow battle robes, with no armor all around them, and a well-protected helmet on their heads. The wide and two-fingered nose drooped to the vicinity of the people, only revealing their eyes, which looked both weird and terrifying.

When the Persians were still two hundred feet away from the Shanqiang King's tent, the Shanqiang people finally blew the horn. Amid the horn of "whimpering and sobbing", thousands of warriors from the clan picked up their bows and arrows and weapons, took off their sheepskin coats, revealing half of their bright red bodies, driving their war horses to start their first charge.

Pang Juan glanced at these Shanqiang soldiers and slowly raised his left hand; this was the order for the entire army to be on guard. The Wei Wushang who received the order would only be on guard. Even if all the Shanqiang people were dead, they would not take a step forward.

Seeing the Shanqiang people's fierce fighting style, Bai Dong also looked "helpless". Many Shanqiang people knew that Bai Zi of Qin had argued with his king for a long time for this battle, but the stubborn king still insisted on relying on the power of the Shanqiang people to fight the enemy with the power of the Shanqiang people. No matter how powerful the enemy is, the Shanqiang people will not retreat until they die! There is no cord in the Shanqiang people, and they will not rely on anyone or any force, unless their sheepskin flag completely falls, and unless they are the last warrior in the clan cannot stand up!

"I have never seen such a stubborn nation. I know that doing so is to let the warriors in the clan die, but I still refuse our help, which makes people unable to understand."

Looking at the dusty battlefield, Bai Dong stomped his feet in a hurry. The complaint was almost roaring, and even those who stood dozens of feet away could clearly hear it. Sun Bin covered his ears and glared at him, as if he was blamed for his loud voice. Is it necessary to do this? Other people's ears are going to be deafened by you.

The way the Shanqiang warriors fight is like art, but it is a bloody and cruel art. Without the need for kicks and saddles, the Shanqiang warriors can firmly clamp the horse's belly with two ring legs. Even if the warriors run fast, the arrows they shoot can always hit the target accurately; one of the Shanqiang cavalry rushed towards the enemy like waves, and each time they shot the arrows, they would shout loudly, as if they had achieved the final victory. If they were ordinary enemies, in their fierceness.

It is likely to collapse quickly under the attack, but unfortunately, this Persian army is a well-trained elite soldier. The archers in the front row immediately retreated after shooting arrows, and at the same time, the shield hands behind them crossed their cover. Whenever the arrow rain of the Shanqiang cavalry, the archers quickly stepped out of the array and continued to shoot arrows. Every time after their arrow rain, dozens of Shanqiang cavalry rushing to the front fell to the ground, either shot directly to death, or were injured and dropped into a horse and stepped into meat by their own war horses.

Countless brothers of the same clan fell, but the Shanqiang soldiers would not even blink. They would still shout loudly and make various dodging actions on the horse's back. Whenever the opportunity to counterattack came, they would never waste any arrow. They would always aim and then shoot it. After all, they were used to hard life. Although the Qin people supported many arrows, they would still feel distressed every time they shot it.

"The Shanqiang people's equestrians are all first-class, but unfortunately they encountered such a well-trained army. If we don't send out the Wei Wuzhu square formation, they can only expect to rush to the Persians."

Sild, standing behind Bai Dong, shook his head slightly. It is almost unimaginable that he relies solely on cavalry to attack infantry in this era, because every country will strictly train its own infantry array. Light armored cavalry without saddles and stirrups face this array basically means suicide; the Shanqiang people have good equestrian skills and high fighting spirit. Unfortunately, they cannot compare with the Persian army in terms of quantity and quality of training. If Pang Juan did not take action, this battle would turn into a unilateral massacre.

"The Persian army accumulated countless experience in dealing with cavalry in the Hippola War. It is no problem to deal with Shanqiang cavalry with their experience and strength; but if you add a surprise weapon from your Master Pang, it will be completely different."

Bai Dong glanced at Silde and smiled and said, "For those who fight, you should use the right combination and win with the strange. Although the righteous army is the kingly way, if the strange army is used well, it will cause the enemy to suffer a lot. You have to look carefully."

The distance of two hundred feet is as long as heaven to hell. I don’t know how much sacrifice it has been, the Shanqiang warriors finally approached only fifty feet from the Persian legion. For the cavalry, this is the most dangerous distance. If the horse speed cannot be quickly increased, a fierce collision with the Persian infantry formation may be impossible to break the formation. The consequence is that these Shanqiang knights will become living targets and be destroyed by the enemy, just like the French cavalry in the Battle of Waterloo.

At this time, the largest "Three Egg Golden Bird Flag" in the Persian army moved. The Persian cavalry, who had been ready for a long time, quickly crossed the front line and began to put pressure on the Shanqiang cavalry in the middle from the two wings. Their purpose was very clear, which was to squeeze the remaining Shanqiang cavalry in front of the Persian infantry formation, and then slowly kill them like a sheep in the sheep pen slaughtering them.

It seemed that the Persian army was frightened by the tacit understanding of infantry and cavalry. On the front of the five hundred feet long battlefield, the Shanqiang cavalry began to gather in panic in the middle. The Persians who saw this scene almost burst into laughter. The Sandan Golden Bird Flag was shaking desperately, and even the three eggs on the flag were shaking violently, as if they were about to escape from the bird's claws at any time.

The excited Persian cavalry began to encircle the Shanqiang people from both wings to the middle. Even the infantry phalanx reversed its previous caution and began to forcibly advance. If it were not for sure, the infantry would never act like this when facing the enemy's cavalry. If they were not careful, they would touch the array and be quickly broken through by the opponent.

"boom!"

"Boom boom boom!"

Bai Dong, who was standing on the wall of Shanqiang Village, raised his right hand and made a beautiful snap in the air. Nie Zhu, who was standing beside him, looked at it inexplicably, suddenly heard a loud thunder-like sound coming from the direction of the battlefield. Even the narrow wall of Shanqiang swayed violently for a few times.

Looking along the sound, Nie Zhu suddenly widened his eyes and saw a huge gray pillar soaring into the sky. After the dust fell, the Shanqiang cavalry gathered in the middle were still there, but the ground around him completely collapsed. Two thousand Persian cavalry and an infantry phalanx disappeared miraculously.

The Shanqiang cavalry, who was like a mud monkey, was whistling loudly and singing, so happy that they didn't seem to be on the battlefield. Bai Dong smiled and exchanged a look with the Shanqiang King, and hummed a strange song.

"Tune War, Hi! Titan War, thousands of heroes' children" (To be continued...)

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