Taoli City is not big, but this city is because it is a Zoroastrian holy city, the Persians spent four hundred years to change this small city from a border fortress to today's stone city, if you want to take this small stone city, if there is no artillery such a big killer, just rely on stone throwers or human lives to fill, then you need to pay a great price, Massoud is not unaware of this difficulty, but he has no way, because this Taoli City and the Savilan Mountain in the east of the city are really important to him, It is almost as important as Ctesiphon.

Massoud decided to make a long-distance attack on Taoli City, and before the East Persian army in the city could react, he took this small stone city that was very important in both military politics and religion and economy, but what he didn't know was that his army was hiding the other party's spies, and they successfully handed over the information, which gave Bayesset and Ho Kim time to react,

The leaders of the Eastern Persian government forces stationed in Taoli City are Farosi and Machidavia, Farosi is the secret line that Bayezid buried in the Massoud group, and Majidavia is the deeply hidden Mazdak, after the two of them joined, they staged a coup d'état, drove out the priest and army commander Phildo sent by Massoud to Taoli City, and then declared that Taoli City was loyal to Spahan, and Spahan's British advisory group immediately sent a team of British advisers, who helped Farosi and Majidawia pacify the people and reorganize the army, Restoration of local handicrafts and agricultural production.

After receiving the news that Massoud was preparing to attack their city of Taoli, Farosi and Machidawia immediately evacuated all the people in the city to the countryside east of Mount Savilan, according to the orders of the Spachan side, leaving only the army and some of the people who volunteered to stay behind to help defend the city.

When he learned that Massoud's army was still a day's journey away from Taoli City, he gathered all the officers and soldiers of the Eastern Persian Army who defended the city and those Persian civilians who volunteered to stay, "Brothers, I don't want to tell you any more reason, I just want to tell you that Massoud and we are not all the way, and the evil powerful families he represents, once they want to let them occupy our Taoli City, Those people on the eastern side of the Savelan Mountains will suffer, what kind of virtue are they, don't you know..... let me ask you, do you agree to Masood's desire to recapture the Taoli City that belongs to us? ”

Farosi's words were straightforward and did not make much sense, but the Persian soldiers present understood very well what their commander meant, "We will not agree!! As soon as Farosi finished speaking, the soldiers below shouted.

"Massoud, they want to take away the land we have allocated to everyone, they want to kill the fathers and villagers behind the Savilan Mountain, they want to counterattack, do you agree?" Farosi struck while the iron was hot.

"Don't agree, never agree!!" The enthusiasm of the Persian soldiers was fully mobilized by Farosi, and several British advisers saw Farosi's excellent performance, and they couldn't help nodding, "Farosi, this kid is worthy of being a good student of Ye Da's commander, and the methods of demagogy are the same....."

Although Massoud had already raised the speed of the army's march to the fastest, it was a pity that when he reached the foot of Taoli City, the people of Taoli City had already been prepared, and when Massoud arrived at Taoli City, he only let the soldiers rest for less than half a day, and then urged them to launch an attack on Taoli City.

Massoud's army had similar siege tactics to all armies except the British, with trebuchets, ladders, carts, ..... these things anyway. Massoud has been in battle for a long time, he doesn't know how much he needs to pay if he wants to take Taoli City, but the value of this Taoli City makes him have to choose to fill this small rock city with human lives, Massoud used his horse whip to urge his soldiers to launch wave after wave of attacks on Taoli City, but unfortunately, they were all repelled by the defenders of Taoli City, who had been prepared.

Massoud also thought about luring the enemy out of the city to fight and eat them, or cutting off the water source of Taoli City to force them to surrender, but these two ideas, one because Farosi could not defend it, and the other because Taoli City had a lot of springs, all of them were soaked.

Seeing that he couldn't attack for a long time, Massoud was anxious, he knew that once he couldn't gnaw the hard bone of Taoli City, then if Bayezet's reinforcements arrived in Taoli City, it would be an out-and-out disaster waiting for him, so he decided to attack Taoli City day and night, several times their soldiers had even climbed the walls of Taoli City, seeing that victory was in sight, but they were all killed by the soldiers and civilians in the city, in fact, it was also Massoud himself, he spoke wildly before conquering Taoli City, said that he wanted to wash away those soldiers and civilians who were disloyal to him, plus Farosi and those British advisers in the city were all good at ideological and political work, and under their instigation, they had long been monolithic, even if Massoud was the first general in Persia and the so-called "sword of Ahura", he would have no way to take this Taoli City.

While Massoud was attacking Taoli City day and night, the Eastern Persian government army and the Persian dispatch army of the British army stationed in East Persia were also under the command of Bayesset and Ho Jin, and they were concentrating on Taoli City, and they wanted to break this arrogant "sword of Ahula" under Taoli City.

Farosi and Machidavia held the city of Taoli for three days and nights, giving Bayezet and Hojin time to mobilize his forces, and when the defenders of Taoli City were about to be exhausted and could not hold on, and Massoud saw that he could take Taoli City, Bayezet's reinforcements rushed to the city of Taoli.

Although Massoud sensed the arrival of Bayezette's reinforcements, he believed that Bayezette's soldiers were far worse than his most elite Damascus regiments, which he did not fight, and he intended to defeat Bayezet once and for all with a decisive victory, and Bayezette, whom he did not know, held his breath and wanted to gnaw a piece of flesh on him.

What Massoud didn't pay attention to was the master behind Bayezette, the British army also came, and the British troops who participated in the Battle of Taoli City had an infantry division, a cavalry division, and an independent artillery wing, all of which were hidden behind the East Persian army, not only as a battlefield surprise soldier and reserve, but also as a war overseer to prevent the collapse of the East Persian army.

The elite Masood army put on a battle formation that they often used in the battlefields of Asia Minor. The whole army was habitually divided into three detachments, and in addition to the miscellaneous soldiers who had already been consumed, the main infantry was spread out in a spear phalanx. Behind them were a large number of hired Bedouin archers. The most elite cavalry of the Masood army was deployed behind the infantry. Massoud himself, along with the elite cavalry that pressed the formation, was in the last position of the whole army.

Bayesset's Eastern Persian army was similar in arrangement. A large number of heavy infantry, armed with long shields and spears, were deployed in four rows in the center of the column. In front of them were three rows of melee infantry with round shields and machetes, and behind them were three rows of light infantry with bows and arrows and crossbows from the retreating British. Bayezette's cavalry units, which were also deployed behind the infantry lines.

Massoud, who was still unaware of the change in the situation, chose to attack first. His cavalry fought out from behind the infantry line, rode up to the Eastern Persian army, and skillfully unleashed their bows and arrows. Under the dense fire of arrows, the heavy infantry on Bayezette's side raised their shields to defend themselves, and the long-range infantry returned fire in the form of free fire.

Bayesset, who was also a veteran of the battlefield, also released his cavalry. The cavalry of the Eastern Persian army first shot at Massoud's cavalry with bows and arrows, and then engaged in melee combat with spears and sabers. The Massoud cavalry, knowing that they could not afford to fight, skillfully retreated backwards, and instead withdrew into the second line through the gap between the three infantry phalanxes.

As soon as Massoud saw that the cavalry was ineffective, he waved his flag, and his elite, the heavy infantry of the Damascus regiment, began to attack Bayesset's army, and under the cover of the archers behind him, the heavy infantry of Massoud's army raised their spears and leaned sideways against their long shields, and slowly advanced. At this time, the weakness of the East Persian army's lack of training was also exposed, and the Masoud army approached Bayezet's sword players without suffering much loss. After a fierce and dull shield strike, the superiority of the spearmen was unmistakable. The sword players of the Eastern Persian army were pressed straight back. The shield spearmen of the second line of the Eastern Persian army immediately stepped up and replaced the front row that had begun to retreat. Two groups of Persians with basically the same equipment and tactics fought together.

Bayezette shook his head when he saw his army retreating step by step, after all, his soldiers were not comparable to those old men of Massoud, and he hoped that the British army behind him could play a role in turning things around. By this time, Bayaset's Eastern Persian army was on the verge of collapse. In addition to the infantry being outflanked by the Masood army, the cavalry on both sides also engaged in bloody hand-to-hand combat between the phalanx and on both flanks.

The British who witnessed all this on the hill to the north didn't know how to feel, but their commander, Ho Jin, was keenly aware that the time was ripe! As the trumpet sounded, the last thing Massoud wanted to see happened. The British cuirassiers, under Hokin's orders, rammed into the light infantry behind the infantry of the Masood army. Many of the light infantry of the Masood army had no time to turn around and fight back, and they had already been cut down by the British cavalry. The ensuing rout is inevitable. The heavy infantry, which was still deeply engaged in hand-to-hand combat in front of them, was quickly besieged from both sides, and many of them were strangled by the combined efforts of the British and Eastern Persian troops.

Witnessing all this, Massoud wanted to lead the elite cavalry into battle. But in the eyes of his subordinates, the bad situation is irreparable, "Your Royal Highness, stay in Qingshan without worrying about running out of firewood...... Let's go back to Ctesiphon, regroup, and fight the old thing Bayezette to the death....."

Under the persuasion of his subordinates, Massoud led the remnants of his army to retreat, but if he wanted to leave, how could it be so easy.