Chapter 242: Scattering the Horse's Hoof

Seeing that Alexander's infantry was stopped, Hazard decided to change his strategy, he rode to the front, ordered to stop harassment with the sound of the horn, gathered all the cavalry into a group, formed a cavalry formation and slowly pressed towards Krumu.

Krumu's elephants, originally used to meet Adjara, were now used on the infantry, and he felt that it was acceptable. But in this way, as soon as Hazard's cavalry arrived, he saw that his troops had to fight a decisive battle with him, and Hazard was a famous general, and he was still a little nervous.

At this time, Hazard suddenly gathered troops here, and the trumpets were repeated, and Krumme knew in his heart that the real decisive battle was about to begin.

But just as he was preparing for battle, a spaceship flew low in the sky, reaching the scene of the confrontation between the infantry and the elephants, and flew lower and lower.

It was the zero commanded by Zhang Bai.

This time it was the elephant soldiers' turn to panic, these elephants were used to attack the city, and they were originally the same goods in front of the battle, and they were fighting psychological warfare. Frightened by the sudden appearance of the spaceship, the elephants became uncontrollable, screaming and falling backwards, and even one elephant turned and ran away despite the whipping of its pilot.

The phalanx of infantry immediately cheered, and under the leadership of the Roman Guard, they began to advance step by step again.

Krumme was also frightened by the sudden appearance of the spaceship, he had never heard of such a thing, and he was surprised to see a huge object floating in the sky.

Seeing that the troops of the Kushan coalition Adjara were about to charge, the Roman infantry was approaching step by step. Krumme was finally starting to get scared.

He weighed the pros and cons, made up his mind, and ordered the trumpets to be blown and the army was gathered. The light cavalry, who were fighting with the camel cavalry, heard the horn and immediately took advantage of the fast distance of their horses and quickly left the battlefield here.

However, by this time it was too late to gather the army, and although the heavily armored camel cavalry could not keep up with the light cavalry, they immediately formed a formation and formed a moving iron wall.

Crumme suddenly felt that something was wrong, and he didn't notice that there was already a complete front of hoplites, Roman guards, and Kushan forbidden troops in front of him.

To his right is the tall walls of Peshawar, and on his left is Adjar, ready to charge. The Sassanid army is like a bison trapped in a dead end, ready to be slaughtered.

Looking at this posture, I want to keep myself to the east! But why, what is there in the east?

Indus!... He suddenly thought of the answer.

Only then did Krum realize that the Kushan coalition was taking advantage of the terrain and unknowingly driving him into the Indus River.

This is to be killed!

Although the Indus River is not turbulent, the current is relatively deep, and it is impossible to cross the water on horseback, so it is necessary to use a ferry. With so many men and horses in the Sassanid cavalry, there was nowhere to find a boat for a while, and if they swam across the river, they would either abandon their horses or drown, in short, the end of the entire army.

Fortunately, at the critical moment, I still guessed the other party's plan, and there are still two chances to reverse at this time:

One is to run east first, run out of the city wall, there will be a gap in the north, if the whole army goes north, with speed, it will definitely be able to get rid of the infantry and camels, and then only need to deal with Eden Hazard alone.

However, the Sassanid border is in the south, and if it turns north, it is equivalent to fleeing around the walls of Peshawar. If you don't lose face, it's hard to say whether you can escape or not, and the enemy can completely pass through the city and intercept himself at the north gate by taking a shortcut. What's more, there was a strange thing in the sky staring at, and Krumme glanced at the sky in horror, thinking that if he escaped like this, he would probably die.

Therefore, there will be a turning point only by adopting the second method, that is, the whole army will attack and advance to the south. Defeat Adjara, who had been copied from the south and cut off the rear of the Sassanid army.

Krumme did not hesitate and immediately ordered the whole army to attack the right flank of the coalition army.

He desperately rushed to the front of the group himself, waving his sword in his hand and letting out a sharp whistle from his mouth. Suddenly, the Chinese army became a front army. The troops, who had just escaped from the camels, turned into rear troops and hurried over.

At this time, Alexander waited a little irritably.

He saw Krumme running around in front of his formation, but he didn't fight with himself, and he felt a little disdainful and impatient. He ordered the Roman guards in the front row: "Javelin!"

The famous javelin of the Romans had many unique advantages over bows and arrows, such as its heavy weight and great damage, even if the opponent was heavily armoured, it would still be pierced.

"Throw javelins at the Sassanid cavalry!"

Dozens of javelins of the guards immediately flew towards the Sassanid centaurs who swept in front of the formation, and the Sassanids were defenseless, and in the screams, more than a dozen people were stabbed, and some of them were injured and fell to the ground.

"Forward!" Alexander beckoned to the Praetorian phalanx behind him, and quickened the pace of the Guards. However, the forbidden army was not accustomed to Alexander's command, and did not know how to change in battle, and the speed of the march was still the same, and it did not speed up much.

In this way, the Guards became a lone army in depth.

On the spaceship, Zhang Bai saw everything in his eyes, and then shouted in a hurry: "Solomon, immediately divide your forces to support the Romans, they will be surrounded if they go too fast." ”

Solomon reacted and sent two teams of 100 men to the nearest place, galloping to the Romans' direction to come to the rescue.

However, the Romans were too few in number and were surrounded in an instant. Alexander and Maximinus had to dismount at the same time and come together in front of the Roman phalanx.

"Turtle Formation!" Alexander's order, the guards immediately assembled tightly, the huge shield formed a shield wall in front and back, left and right, and the soldiers in the back row raised their shields to protect the top, and a shield fortress like a turtle was built in an instant.

"Tortoiseshell Array?!" Zhang Bai was surprised and excited when he saw this in the sky. I have known for a long time that there is a tortoiseshell formation in Rome, and it is like thunder, and today I finally saw it with my own eyes.

This type of tortoiseshell formation was actually very difficult to operate, and was only used by the Roman army in history under special circumstances. The difficulty of the tortoiseshell formation lies not in itself, but in the fact that it must have an army with a very high proportion of support shields and high-quality training.

Historically, the Germanic infantry of Gaul was forced to imitate the Romans in battles with the Roman army, and formed a tortoiseshell formation. As a result, these samurai, who were usually known for their brave charges, lost most of their battlefield mobility and were completely reduced to poor creatures who were passively beaten. Among the Roman soldiers, some even jumped to the top of the tortoiseshell formation of the Germanic people and pierced the short sword into it through the gap.

Moreover, it is also very particular about when to use this formation. Usually the Romans used it in siege warfare and street fighting, or, as it is now, in field battles where numbers varied greatly.

Therefore, if an army does not have a good Phalanx tradition, or does not provide the best training and support for its soldiers, it will not be able to use a tortoiseshell formation that is very demanding. This formation, which is the only one in history to appear in the Roman army, is definitely not accidental.

However, all this, for the most elite guards of Rome, was completely easy.

"I'm opening my eyes today!" Zhang Bai was very excited on the spaceship, and even ordered to reduce the flight altitude several times so that he could see more clearly.

Alexander and Maximinus, together commanding the great tortoise, slowly moved along the path of the Sassanid cavalry. The Sassanid cavalry did not dare to charge directly, and had to advance around the big tortoise, so that their diversion route was disrupted and their speed was reduced considerably.