Chapter 269: A desperate battle
Ardashir ordered the guards to gather all the treasures at the gates, and at this moment the fire was pervasive, and the night sky was bright, and the sound of houses collapsing, the beeping sound of the fire burning, and the wails of the soldiers and civilians of the city, were intertwined, stimulating his nerves, and making him even more agitated.
The guards at the head of the city couldn't stand the smoke and fire, and went down to the city one by one to hide, and the guards couldn't stop it, so they could only look at the fire and sigh. Although Ardashir was irritable, he also knew in his heart that if the fire was allowed to continue to burn, the soldiers and civilians in the city would not know how many people would survive, and at present, it could only boost morale, fight against the water, break out of the encirclement of the Han army, and go to Babylon is the right choice.
The enemy army outside the West Gate was none other than the army of Vologis VI, which was a soft persimmon compared to the Han army, and Ardashir decided to break through from the West Gate. Orders were given one by one, and the soldiers of the whole city tried every means to assemble outside the west city gate.
In the open space outside the west gate, truckloads of treasure were piled up, and Ardashir said loudly to the generals who came to him: "Divide all the treasures among the soldiers who break through the siege, and order them to do whatever it takes to kill the enemy and break through to the city of Babylon." β
Seeing that the emperor was so generous, the Persian soldiers shouted excitedly, and their morale surged. Ardashir had several generals take the lead in the charge, and the army formed a column and rushed in the direction of the large camp of Vologis VI.
Jiang Wei always paid attention to the movements of the Sassanid army, Ardashir made such a big move outside the West Gate, and he had already received the news, in addition to arranging for men and horses to intercept him, Pegasus reported to Liu Ze.
Less than 300,000 defenders in Taixifeng's city could run out of the city, and these 300,000 people held a fire in their hearts, and soon killed Jiang Wei's village. Fierce offensive and defensive battles began, and the soldiers of the Sassanid Empire, under the command of the generals, launched desperate attacks on the wall again and again. Jiang Wei stood on a high place, calmly commanded, and repelled one group after another of Ardashir's men and horses.
When Sabins' attack failed, he hurriedly reported to Ardashir, who was furious: "Use the cover of the giant shield, gather all the war elephants and war horses to storm the enemy village, and kill all the hateful Sabbatarians for me." β
Sebins also knew that if he could not successfully break through the enemy village, once the Han army was reinforced, it would definitely be a vicious battle, 300,000 horses, and I don't know how many people ran to Babylon alive? Receiving Ardashir's order, he mobilized war elephants and horses to launch a charge.
Jiang Wei knew that the first wall could not be guarded, so he ordered to ignite the firewood and grass piled up under the wall, and the soldiers quickly retreated to the second wall. The sabbatarians had just lit a fire, and the war elephant ran to the wall, and the huge body collided with it, and the wall cracked open, facing the burning fire, the footsteps of the war elephant hesitated, and the elephant slave no matter how much he urged to drive it, it was standing still.
Sabins ordered his men to dismount, dig up the dirt, and cover the fire. The fire was quickly extinguished, and the horses were fast and rushed towards the second wall. The rain of arrows of the resting soldiers could not stop the soldiers of the Sassanid army, and the second wall was quickly broken.
Jiang Wei saw that the Sassanid army was already red-eyed, and the general ordered that all the men and horses should withdraw from the camp and set up a formation in the field.
Sebins broke through three walls in a row, beaming proudly, and commanded his men and horses to continue the charge. Unexpectedly, the rest soldiers took the initiative to withdraw, which made the Sassanid soldiers stunned for a moment. Sebins scolded: "A bunch of stupid pigs, hurry up and charge, only by breaking out of the enemy camp can we have hope." β
The Sassanid soldiers urged their horses and elephants to rush towards the fourth wall, but before they could reach it, the enemy camp was on fire everywhere, mixed with acrid smoke, and rushed towards their men and horses.
Sebins repeated his old trick and ordered the soldiers to take soil to extinguish the fire, but the camp lasted for more than 30 miles, and the soldiers set fire to it while retreating, how would the fire be extinguished for a while and a half? Waiting for the fire to extinguish itself, it is estimated that the daylily has already cooled down.
Ardashir knew that the purpose of the Sabbatarians was to delay their ranks and wait for the Han army to come and encircle, at this time, time was everything, and since it was impossible to break through the front, it would be a detour.
The Sassanid men and horses turned around and ran south along the camp, and Sabins rushed to Ardashir's side out of breath and said: "Your Majesty the Emperor, the enemy camp is not far south of the Tigris River, if the Han army intercepts us, how can our army cross the river smoothly?" β
Ardashir said, "Do you have a better way at this time?" β
Sebins used his brain, thought about it for a long time, and was stunned that he couldn't think of a way, so he had to say: "It's still His Majesty's Emperor's clever method." β
Ardashir was in the mood to listen to Sebins's sycophants, and his face was gloomy, and he couldn't stop whipping his horses, hoping to come to the Tigris River and cross the river before the Han army arrived. Unexpectedly, the god of light could not bless the king of kings, in the city, under the fire of the camp, a team of Han cavalry showed off their might and killed it, headed by the general holding the Fang Tian painting halberd, the crotch of the red rabbit horse, running like the wind.
The person who came was Lu Bu, and when he saw the Sassanid men and horses, he raised his halberd high and shouted: "Repeater attack." β
The Han army raised the repeater crossbow, and the forward cavalry did not engage the Persians, avoided the enemy ranks, bypassed, and the crossbows fired, and a rain of arrows fell into the ranks of the Persians. Under the protection of his personal guards, Ardashir rushed forward with his head down, and when he saw that the Han army only cared about releasing arrows, he was in the middle of the horse and galloped.
Lu Bu came to the middle of the Persian ranks and shouted: "Throw guns!" β
The 50,000 Han cavalry behind him inserted a repeating crossbow, pulled out a throwing spear, and threw it repeatedly. LΓΌ Bu leaped into the enemy line and cut the Persian ranks in two. The cavalry in the rear finished projecting, drew their steel swords, and then slashed in. Fierce hand-to-hand combat began.
In the rear of the Persians, a general was like the bottom of a pot, and his roar was like thunder, and it was Zhang Fei who led the men and horses to kill him. The Persians were disturbed for most of the night, physically and mentally exhausted, and the Han army chased and beat them, killing and wounding more than 10,000 people.
Ardashir was running, and a group of cavalry came in front of him, coming to take the white horse and silver spear, it was Zhao Yun. Zhao Yun swung his spear and fired arrows, single-handedly slaughtered into the enemy formation, and the cavalry in the rear put away their repeating crossbows, lined up in a cone, followed Zhao Yun, and tore a hole in the Persian forward.
Ardashir let Sabines go up, and he led the elite, avoiding the Han army's forward, and rushed forward with a diagonal stab. When Zhao Yun saw it, he didn't stop it, but only led the troops forward to kill.
Ardashir saw that he was getting farther and farther away from Zhao Yun's men, and secretly said that he was lucky, and when he was running, a team of centaurs in front of him blocked the way, and a general, sitting upright on a horse, wearing a black cloth cover on his left eye, a single eye, emitting a faint blue light, and a spear in his hand, which made him majestic, it was Xiahoudun.
Ardashir's heart was already cold, how could the Han army's reaction be so fast?