Behind the hoplites are also a large number of spearmen and crossbowmen, which are not too different from themselves!

However, the expressions of each Han army soldier were very calm, and there was no panic when the opponent of the past saw Rulin's spear, and it seemed that it was also an elite division.

He only hoped that his men would be able to rush to the front of the enemy line quickly, and not give the opponent's repeaters and grenades too many opportunities to use.

Suddenly, a large amount of smoke rose from the rear of the Han army's front, followed by a dense "bang" and "bang" sound, and dozens of black cylindrical objects rose from the rear.

They made an arc and landed towards the infantry phalanx, with a high-pitched and piercing whistling sound as they fell.

Falling into the phalanx, it suddenly exploded, and the fragments produced rushed towards the surrounding crowd, cutting through the human body and cutting through the armor.

And this was just a round of test firing, followed by a more intensive "bang" and "bang" sound, and more shells flew and fell, covering the three phalanxes more accurately.

Dense formations and thin protection make the mortars the best effect.

No matter how strong the will is, it can't replace the physical pain, and the three phalanxes are all in a panic.

Although Osidemos didn't know what was attacking him, he still had a lot of brains.

He knew that only by letting his troops rush forward and stick to the Han army could he stop the attack of this mysterious weapon.

"Rush forward! Hand-to-hand combat with the Han people, fast! Fast! ”

The three phalanxes immediately quickened their pace, and the vacancies of the fallen soldiers were filled by the soldiers in the back row.

Three infantry brigades of the Central Army also followed the mortar attack and began to fire repeaters and ballistas.

Bactria's infantry phalanx was no longer as neat as it had been at the beginning, and the round shield on their left hand was not large, and it could only protect the vital points of the head and upper body.

Although they had lowered their bodies, there were still many exposed parts of their bodies that had been hit by arrows.

The large bolts fired from the ballista can easily break through the round shield and hit the infantry in the front row.

Fortunately, when the Macedonian phalanx was trained in peacetime, the discipline of the soldiers was extremely high, and it was strictly forbidden to run away, because once someone in this kind of phalanx escaped, it would be chaotic from the inside and self-defeating.

Therefore, under the strict discipline and the support of the inexplicable sense of honor of the Greek descendants, the infantry phalanx had not yet collapsed.

However, the initial wave of mortars was a test firing, looking for a suitable landing point, and the next three rapid fires were the most deadly.

The two artillery battalions were eighty mortars, and two hundred and forty shells were fired at once, giving the Kushan infantry a fatal blow.

But Osidmos knew that even at such a moment, he must not retreat, and if he retreated, he would disperse, and he would all die here!

"Keep rushing, get close to them, and you'll be safe!"

Sure enough, when the infantry phalanx approached the line of the Central Army for thirty zhang, the mortars really stopped shelling, it was too close, and the Central Army was afraid of injuring its own people by mistake.

Only the repeaters and ballistas were still firing desperately, but before the Bactrian infantry rushed to the side of the Han army, there was a baptism and welcome with a round of grenades.

However, with the precedent of mortars, grenades did not shock them so much, and they had more or less heard of grenades before.

Eventually, when the infantry phalanxes of the two sides came into contact and collided, there were less than 10,000 infantry left in Bactria.

With the help of the power of the charge, some of the spears in the first three rows of them could pierce the shields of the hoplites of the Central Army, and then stab the bodies of the hoplites, and they were blocked by the heavy armor.

The Macedonian phalanx used to fight with spears in the front row desperately stabbing at the enemy, and the people behind pushed the phalanx forward.

Because their spears were long, their opponents, the first-row infantrymen, were often faced with three rows of spears and could not dodge.

Sima Yi looked at the infantry phalanx of the enemy who had rushed to the front, and soon discovered a weak point.

He ordered three green flares to be fired, and Zhang Yang's 6th Division, as agreed, slashed out from the left and right flanks to accurately attack the flanks and soft underbelly of the Bactrian infantry phalanx.

When Osidemos saw more Han troops suddenly coming out from both wings, he immediately realized that he had been ambushed by the Han army.

Looking at the Bactrian infantry with less than 10,000 men left around him, he felt a pang of despair.

It seems that today he and these 15,000 subordinates are all going to die here.

Just as the forward troops of the 6th Division were attacking the flank of the infantry phalanx, and Osidmos was moving over to defend the few light infantry with large shields, shouts of killing suddenly sounded in the distance.

Tai Shi Ci frowned, and the sound of killing came from outside the battlefield, it was the Third Cavalry Division in charge of peripheral affairs that was fighting with others.

Coincidentally, at the last moment when the Bactrian infantry was about to be completely annihilated, there was still an enemy who came to join in the fun.

Osidmos and his men are demoralized, and when they are desperate, they are often able to stimulate people to burst into their maximum potential.

The Bactrian infantry desperately turned the phalanx in the direction of the arrival of reinforcements, but the Central Army could not stop it.

Tai Shici could tell from the shouting of killing that the Third Cavalry Division was retreating while fighting, and the enemy was so powerful?

Sima Yi also came to Tai Shici's side, looking at the outer direction with a serious expression.

Although the 6th Division also joined the siege, the Bactrian infantry also turned the phalanx into a circle, and Rulin's spear thrusted desperately outward, shrinking into a hedgehog.

Because the enemy and us are fighting together, dogs and teeth are staggered, let alone mortars, and even grenades dare not be used.

These Bactrian infantry are indeed very tenacious, and after being hit by powerful firearms, they can still grit their teeth and resist stubbornly when they have lost nearly half of their casualties, and they are truly elite divisions.

A group of cavalry from a distance ran over, and it turned out to be Pound's division commander.

Sima Yi and Tai Shici greeted them, and Pang De introduced them to the enemy situation.

Just now, when the Central Army was besieging the Bactrian infantry, the scouts on the periphery spotted a large group of cavalry arriving from the direction of Kunduz.

These cavalry were divided into two types, the light cavalry, which was unprotected and only armed with bows and crossbows, and the opposite was the opposite, with the knights on their horses wrapped in plate armor from head to toe, and even their legs armored.

There is also a ring of stand-up collar armor around the neck, and the war horse under the crotch also has a layer of armor.

However, the armor of men and horses should not be as thick and heavy as the heavy armored cavalry of the Han army, and the marching speed is still quite fast, of course, it may also have something to do with the fact that their war horses are relatively good.

They also sent scouts, the archers, who were numerous, so it was impossible to ascertain the exact number of enemy cavalry.

However, a rough estimate is no less than 20,000.

Ma Chao didn't care how many enemies there were, after he received the news of the scouts, he immediately commanded his seventh brigade to meet them.