The Sassanid army marching into Peshawar does not seem to have any intention of resting? They divided their men and began to cut down the surrounding woods, no doubt to make siege equipment.

Peshawar is said to be a city, but it is an urban area that is not much larger than the county seat of the Han Empire, and even before the counties of the Han Empire did not demolish the city walls, the height and thickness of the city walls were higher and thicker than it.

"Don't panic, lord." Ma Bin looked very calm and said, "As the lord of a country, if he panics, what will happen to the rest?" ”

Lukhmaru. Although Jiduo is the lord of a turtle country, it's impossible not to know that truth. The problem is that he doesn't want to panic, he just can't control it!

Peshawar is a wall made of mud, straw, gravel and stones, and the height is about four meters, and the thickness is about three meters.

The height of the wall determines the advantage of defense, and the thickness determines the number of troops that can be deployed in each section of the wall.

Judging from the walls of Peshawar, it is good to be able to place 25 people every 10 meters. This kind of force composition is too thin for a city wall that is only four meters high!

"Emissary, when will your army arrive?" Lukhmaru. He said almost pleadingly, "Can you send someone to urge?" ”

Ma Bin was looking at the defenders defending the city wall, compared to the unbearable of the lord of the country, the defenders did not show obvious panic.

Before the envoy came to Peshawar, Ma Bin still knew some of the history of Tora, and what he saw was that Totara had thwarted Sassanid invasions many times.

Since Jidora was able to defeat Sasanian many times, shouldn't it be so useless, right?

The problem now is that 60,000 or 70,000 Sassanid troops broke into the territory of Jitara and only took eight days to attack the city of Peshawar, which is not in line with the rumors.

"It's different." Lukhmaru. Hearing Ma Bin's question, Jiduo explained: "We are with Apila, and there are ...... Hunnit and the two Satraps have been working together against the Sassanids. In the past, when Sassanid marched on one country, the rest would raise troops to respond, but now ......"

Ma Bin understood as soon as he heard it, it turned out that if Sassanid wanted to send troops, he needed to face the siege of many countries, and at the same time, the positions of those countries were still different, which meant that Sassanid would fall into a multi-faceted battle as soon as he made a move.

So, Sassanid had to face not only Rome, but also a multinational alliance? It was the emergence of the Han Empire that changed the international situation of Sasani, and Rome, which was once an enemy, and the two Satraps and Hunnite became allies of Sasani.

Swap Sassanid for the Han Empire, and face an empire that is not weaker or even stronger than you, and then face several enemies and minions that are regional powers. In this situation, what should the Han Empire be?

Ma Bin had an answer in an instant, the situation faced by the Han Empire in the early days was much worse than that of Sasan, not only to face the direct pressure of the Shiqi Zhao State, but also to the Murong Yan Kingdom, the Li Family Chengguo and the Eastern Jin Dynasty Small Imperial Court to peep around, but there was only a seemingly friendly Tuoba Dynasty left, and the Han Empire had not cleared all the obstacles.

Of course, Ma Bin didn't know that the Han army with Liu Yan didn't have to think about the transportation of grain at all, otherwise......

"Xiao Wang has always been committed to the big man, so there is today's ......" Lukhmaru. Seeing that the army of the Han Empire was coming to the outside world, he didn't think about how the two empires would be left to watch the show: "The Han can't ignore it!" ”

"This messenger is still here." Ma Bin doesn't have to speculate too much about Luhe Malu. What was the original intention of sending Duo, anyway, there was no other choice for Sending Duoluo now: "The letter for help has been sent eight days ago, and according to the schedule, the Han Heavenly Soldiers will arrive in a few days." ”

The Sassanid men sent out to cut the timber were slowly coming back, and soon a large number of people were busy making various siege engines.

Prior to that, the rest of the Sassanid armies had begun to form their forces, gradually converging on the four walls of Peshawar.

The first place to fight was not in Ma Bin and Luh Malu. Where Jiduo is located, listening to the movement, the north side is the first to fight.

Sassanid must have their own style of siege equipment, but there is one that is not anything special, that is, the ladder to the city.

If the walls are high, the ladder will naturally be more difficult to make.

The walls of Peshawar are only four meters, and the difficulty of making ladders is less, so you don't have to worry about being too long and easy to break.

Anyone who understands physics will understand the basic truth, the longer the object, the easier it is to bend, and the more fragile the load-bearing structure is by one centimeter.

The same ladder, only four meters, and six or seven meters or even longer, the difficulty of making is definitely not the same.

When the Sassanid army came to the city, they divided into four parts and surrounded Peshawar on all sides.

The largest number of Sassanid troops outside the city were in the west, and the rest of the troops in the north, east, and south were of varying numbers, but there were no less than 5,000 men.

The Sassanid army in the north had gathered enough ladders, and after a loud horn sounded, the Sassanid soldiers in front were carried by several people, and behind were the hula-la group with weapons.

The Sassanid army had just arrived, and there were too many preparations to make them, and it was obvious that they had not even done anything to make a simple wooden shield.

The defenders of Peshawar on the city walls have begun to shoot arrows, and their bows and arrows are full of Ah San characteristics, using bamboo bows and arrows.

The bow and arrows of this Ah San feature have a long range, but the lethality is up to the authorities.

The Sassanid soldiers who attacked, they watched as few of them were armoured, and when the arrows on the walls came, the bamboo arrows seemed to float well, but each person could be knocked down.

Once a Sassanid soldier carrying a ladder is shot down, it doesn't matter whether he dies or not, the main thing is that the ladder will lose its balance and smack to the ground, and the rest of the people will fall with it.

In fact, only a few of the Sassanid soldiers who were hit by the arrow died as soon as they were shot, and most of the Sassanid soldiers who were hit by the arrow were only injured.

The injuries are varied, and more often than not, the arrows penetrate the flesh without causing penetration, and if the stronger soldiers directly pull out the arrows on their bodies, they can still continue to charge forward.

The number of defenders on the walls was too thin, not everyone with bows and then fired, and the arrows that were not too dense probably killed and wounded a hundred or so Sassanid soldiers, and not many people died.

The Sassanid soldiers of the forward stormtrooper, with bows in their hands, began to counterattack as soon as they came into range.

Compared to the Peshawar garrison, which was all bamboo bows, Sassanid was not like that.

The history of the Persians playing with bows and arrows is too long and too long, especially with their own ace archers, and the study of bows has always been at the forefront of the countries of the same period.

The standard bows of the Sassanid army are divided into three categories: horned bows, hard bows, and mounted bows, and the rest are non-mainstream extension categories.

The bows that were equipped to the Sassanid infantry were generally a variety of hard bows with different pulling forces, and according to the calculation habits of the Zhuxia, they were roughly divided into one, two, and three stones...... All the way to the tension of the five stones.

As in all nations, the Sassanids generally equipped their soldiers with a one-stone bow. This kind of tension of the hard bow, if the matching arrows are not too bad, the maximum range can reach 120 meters, and the accuracy will vary from person to person.

The same is archery, after the Sassanid archers counterattacked, once the defenders of Peshawar at the head of the city were shot, unless it was a bruise, or they immediately lost their combat effectiveness.

Soon the first Sassanid soldiers rushed to the bottom of the city walls, and the soldiers carrying the ladder worked together to erect it.

The ladder that was erected, the defenders on the wall of the city rushed over with long forks at the first time, and if one person couldn't push it, he quickly called out and pushed out the ladder without a bite device.

When the ladder was erected, the Sassanid soldiers were already already climbing, and they were falling backwards halfway through the ladder.

Many of the Sassanid soldiers found that the ladder had broken away and jumped out of the ladder on its own, and the height of about a meter or two could not kill anyone.

Some of the Sassanid soldiers who were unable to get out of the ladder were smashed down with the ladder, and they might even hit someone, and the damage was much worse than if they fell.

There is never a shortage of noise on the battlefield, the movement of various war instruments, the shouts and howls of I don't know how many people, the moans of people when they are wounded, and the screams before death. When all kinds of sounds come together, even the most sober people will be dizzy with noise.

After nearly 2,000 Sassanid soldiers attacked from the north, the remaining three sides began their own offensive as the number of ladders gradually increased.

Ma Bin stood at the head of the city and watched the Sassanid army shouting and charging, the timing may be a little inappropriate, but he still can't help but feel a sense of superiority because of the picture he saw.

There is no suitable formation, no clear attack echelon, and there is no wide variety of siege equipment, and some just huddle together and rush forward "aaaaal".

This situation did not happen to the Han Empire at all, and it can even be said that unless it was the initial stage of revolt when the dynasty of Zhuxia was about to fall, or it was rare in the history of wars in Zhuxia.

Zhu Xia is not only good at defending cities, but also has rich experience in siege.

Even the leaders of the rebel army who will be chaotic at the beginning, they will also find a way to siege the city after fighting a few times, and gradually have sufficient Zhuxia siege characteristics.

Is Sassanid an empire? Ma Bin didn't know what the situation of the Sassanid army that came to attack Jidora was, but he was surprised that it was not as good as the considerable rebel army in Zhuxia.

Still using arrows as a "speech" for the war, Ma Bin saw that the defenders of Peshawar were all using bamboo bows, and he couldn't help but ask Luh Malu with curiosity. "You don't have any other kinds of bows?" ”

"Naturally, there is." Lukhmaru. No matter how stupid Ji Duo is, he can see Ma Bin's expression full of surprise: "The defenders of the city wall are exceptions. Equipping other types of bows will be used in street fighting. ”

In fact, Ma Bin had another accident, he saw Luhe Malu. He was afraid of death, but he did not leave the city after the Sassanid army attacked.

"I'm not waiting for a messenger!" Lukhmaru. Ji Duo smiled bitterly: "If you don't go, how dare Xiao Wang go." ”

"......" Ma Bin didn't have the idea of staying in the city for a long time, and motioned to Lu Hemalu. You can leave and ask as you go: "You just said street fighting?" ”

"The walls of Peshawar are too low to last long, and this is not the first time that we have been attacked by the Persians." Lukhmaru. He was not fat, and even a little emaciated, and there was no inconvenience in moving: "The envoy has entered the city, and has seen those intertwined and complicated alleys, and also seen layers of earthen walls. ”

Of course, Ma Bin has entered the city, and when he saw those appearances before, he thought that this group of Xiaoyue people didn't understand the order at all, but a good royal city was built in a mess.

To a certain extent, Ma Bin is actually limited by fixed thinking.

The offensive and defensive battles of the city in Zhuxia have always been divided by the loss of the city wall, and there is almost no situation where the defenders are ready to fight street battles at the beginning.

Ma Bin now also understands what is going on with the palace being built like a fortress. Jiduo didn't expect the city walls to stop the invaders, and regarded the palace as the last line of defense.

There is no straight avenue connecting the two gates in Peshawar, some are winding paths, and even the road will be blocked by buildings when walking, and you need to pass through some buildings that you don't know what purpose you want to go on.

It was not in a state of war before, but what Ma Bin saw and what he sees now are two different situations.

Buildings that were previously unknown for what purpose they were turned into defensive levels or fortresses during war.

Along the way, Ma Bin began to face up to this group of Xiaoyue clansmen, understanding that this group of guys who fled from the old land of Zhuxia was really not useless, and even developed their own war ideas.

"The whole city has become a complex fortress!" Ma Bin even saw men, women, and children serving the war: "It's still a fortress of war for the whole people!" ”

Ma Bin thought about it for a while, if a city in the Han Empire faced an invasion, the answer he came to was that no matter how united the city was, it would not be as tacit as the cooperation between the military and the people in Peshawar.

It seems that the soldiers and civilians of Peshawar have faced such a situation more than once, and it seems to be chaotic, but everyone seems to know what they should do.

Just looking at the walls of Peshawar, anyone would think that this is a city with papier-mâché defenses.

From the perspective of a bystander, when he analyzed the deployment in the city, Ma Bin suddenly felt a little unhappy.

The Kuala Slope side must have sent an army to rush to Peshawar, and in terms of distance, Ma Bin can confirm that the army has reached within fifty miles of Peshawar, probably finding a place where it can hide, probably waiting for Peshawar to be broken through, waiting for Jidora to appear again at the most desperate moment.

Doing so not only shows the importance of the Han army, but is actually a kind of psychological warfare, so that the appearance of the Han army is regarded as a savior, not a dispensable existence.

Now, Ma Bin felt the need to send someone out to find his army and reveal the situation here.