The summer in the Western Regions is very strange, you can freeze your tendons in the morning and at night, even if you wear two layers of sweaters, you will still feel cold, but once it is noon, the scorching sun can tan off a layer of skin, at this time, when you look far away, you will find that the vision is distorted, as if you are in a dreamy fairy tale world.

In this era, watermelons have not yet been introduced to the Western Regions, and the pleasure of wearing a cotton jacket in the morning and yarn in the afternoon, and eating watermelon with a stove can only be replaced by chilled grapes, Bai Dong took a few grapes from the guard's hand and threw them into his mouth, looked at Ou Yeliang who was standing beside him with an expectant face, and said with a smile: "Mr. Ouye, you don't need to worry, the arrow cluster you created will be of great use sooner or later, but it is definitely not today." ”

"Why not today? The Shanqiang people still use arrow clusters made of animal bones, and the Wei Wushu uses arrow clusters made of old metal, and they can't even penetrate the copper armor thirty feet away. ”

Ou Yeliang said with some disappointment: "Now that 100,000 newly made arrows have been sent to the military camp, there are thousands of iron furnaces under Xijun City that are smelted every day, and now there is a method of burning coke, and it is even more convenient to smelt new metals, as long as the copper and iron ore continues, I can guarantee the supply of the army!" What are you afraid of? ”

Hearing Ou Yeliang ask this, Sun Bin, who was standing next to Bai Dong, smiled slightly, just looked at Bai Dong, and seemed to be expecting his answer.

"Hehe, the best weapon to defeat the enemy is, of course, to be used at critical moments, and the same is true for new bows and arrows, and the same is true for stirrups and saddles."

Bai Dong pointed to the western sky with smoke and dust, and said with a smile: "Ali Baba is actually not as arrogant and ignorant as he appears, sweeping through the city. His army was divided into eight ways and marched together. But he knew that the battle of Shanqiang was the first encounter with our army. This battle is a real and a false one, testing the strength of our army and plotting against the Shanqiang King City. If I'm not mistaken, he sent no more than one legion of troops. "The Persians built an army just like the Romans, with 10,000 people as a legion, Ali Baba brought eight legions this time, and the relatively weak city of Zhurong can be used as a large army in war, and now when they encounter the Wei Wushu and Qin army, which are known as the elite of China, they will be cautious. It's like Pang Juan.

Pang Juan appointed himself as the number one general in the world, what an arrogant person, but in this initial battle with the Persians, he only put 5,000 soldiers in front of the tent of the king of Shanqiang, and the rest of the army was either hidden behind, or left and right wings. This is because the deployment of the Great Army requires the cooperation of battlefield conditions. Otherwise, the force will not be able to stretch out, and it will not be able to effectively stimulate the combat effectiveness of every soldier. 100,000 people may not be 10,000 people who are useful.

Ou Yeliang nodded, although he was a little disappointed, Bai Dong was still very satisfied with his 'research results' as a secret weapon. This is the typical mentality of scientific researchers, sometimes the treatment and welfare are really not very important, a good scientific research environment and enough satisfaction are what they value most.

"The Persians are coming!"

The flag of the Persians is very funny, it is actually embroidered with a golden strange bird in the frame with gold borders on a red background, the wings and claws of this bird are spread in a large zigzag, and there are two golden eggs in the claws, and there is one on the head.

However, when hundreds of three-egg golden bird flags appeared on the horizon at the same time, there was only shock, not the slightest sense of comic; Outside the eight phalanxes of infantry, there were two thousand cavalrymen, who wore red and yellow gorgeous robes, without half a piece of armor around them, but they wore a well-protected helmet on their heads, and their noses with two fingers hung down to the vicinity of the human center, revealing only two eyes, which looked strange and terrifying.

When the Persians were still two hundred feet away from the tent of the king of Shanqiang, the Shanqiang people finally blew the horn, and in the sound of the horn of 'whimpering and whimpering', thousands of warriors of the tribe took up their bows and arrows and weapons, half-stripped their sheepskin jackets, revealing half of their naked bodies, and drove their horses to start the first charge.

Pang Juan glanced at these Shanqiang warriors and slowly raised his left hand; This is the order of the whole army to be on guard, and the Wei Wushu who received the order will only be ready for battle, even if the Shanqiang people are all dead, they will not take a step forward.

Seeing the fighting style of the Shanqiang people who are not afraid of death, Bai Dong is also 'helpless'. Many Shanqiang people know that the white son of Qin argued with his king for a long time for this battle, but although the stubborn king thanked him for his kindness, he still insisted on relying on the strength of the Shanqiang people to meet the enemy. No matter how strong the enemy is, the Shanqiang people will not back down until they die! There are no soft bones among the Shanqiang people, and they will not rely on anyone or any force, unless their sheepskin banner is completely down, and unless they are the last warrior of the clan, they will not be able to stand up!

"I have never seen such a stubborn people, knowing that this is to send the warriors of the clan to death, but still refusing our help, it is incomprehensible"

Looking at the battlefield with smoke and dust, Bai Dong stomped his feet again and again, this complaint was almost shouted, even people standing dozens of feet away from him could hear it clearly; Sun Bin covered his ears and glared at him, as if he blamed him for being too loud, was it necessary to do this? People's ears are going to be deafened by you

The way the Shanqiang warriors fought was like art, but it was a bloody and cruel art. Without the need for horses and saddles, the warriors of the mountain can firmly clamp the horse's belly with two looped legs, and even if the horse runs quickly, their arrows can always accurately hit the target; Waves of Shanqiang cavalry rushed towards the enemy like a wave, and every time they shot arrows, they would shout loudly, as if they had achieved the final victory, if it was an ordinary enemy, they were likely to collapse quickly under their ferocious attack, but unfortunately this Persian army was a well-trained elite soldier, and the archers in the front row immediately retreated after shooting arrows, and at the same time, the shield bearers in the back covered each other, whenever the arrows of the Shanqiang cavalry rained back. The archers quickly stepped out of the array and continued to fire their arrows. Every time after the rain of arrows passes. Dozens of Shanqiang cavalry who rushed to the front fell to the ground, or were directly shot to death, or were injured and fell from their horses and trampled into pulp by their own horses.

Countless brothers of the same clan fell, but the Shanqiang warriors would not even blink an eye, they would still shout loudly, make all kinds of dodging maneuvers on horseback, and whenever the opportunity to counterattack came, they would never waste a single arrow. I will always aim and aim again before I will shoot out; After all, they are used to the days of bitterness, and although the Qin people have supported a lot of arrows, they will still feel distressed every time they shoot a branch.

"The equestrian archery skills of the Shanqiang people are all first-class, but it is a pity that they have encountered such a well-trained army, if we don't send the Wei Wushu phalanx, they can only expect to be able to rush in front of the Persians"

Standing behind Bai Dong, Sylde shook his head slightly, it was almost unthinkable to rely purely on cavalry to attack infantry in this era, because each country would strictly train its own infantry array, and the light armored cavalry without saddles and stirrups was basically equivalent to suicide in the face of this array; The equestrian skills of the Shanqiang people are very good, and their fighting spirit is also very high. It's a pity that it can't be compared with the Persian army in terms of both quantity and quality of training, if Pang Juan doesn't make a move. This battle will turn into a one-sided massacre.

"The Persian army had accumulated countless experience in dealing with cavalry in the Greco-Persian wars, and with their experience and strength there was no problem at all in dealing with the Shan Qiang cavalry; But if you add a strange branch of your Pang Shibo, it's completely different."

Bai Dong glanced at Syald and said with a smile: "For the fighter, you should win with the right and the odd, although the regular army is the king, but if the strange soldiers are used well, it will also make the enemy suffer enough, you have to look carefully."

The distance of two hundred feet is as long as heaven to hell, I don't know how many sacrifices have been paid, the mountain warriors finally approached the distance of only fifty feet from the Persian legions, for the cavalry, this is the most dangerous distance, if you can't quickly increase the speed of the horse to give the Persian infantry phalanx a fierce charge, it is likely that you will not be able to break the formation, the consequence is that these mountain knights will become a live target to be destroyed by the enemy, just like the French cavalry in the Battle of Waterloo.

At this time, the tallest 'Three Eggs Golden Bird Banner' in the Persian army moved, and the Persian cavalry, which had been preparing for a long time, quickly crossed their front and began to put pressure on the Shan Qiang cavalry in the middle from both flanks, their purpose was very clear, that is, to squeeze the remnants of the Shan Qiang cavalry in front of the Persian infantry army, and then slowly kill them like sheep in a sheepfold

It seems that the Persian army was frightened by the combination of infantry and cavalry, and in the front of the battlefield that was five hundred feet long, the Shanqiang cavalry began to gather in a panic to the center, and the Persians who saw this scene almost laughed, and the three golden bird flags were shaking desperately, and even the three eggs on the flag were violently shaking, as if they were about to break away from the bird's claws at any time.

The excited Persian cavalry began to encircle and suppress the Shanqiang people from both flanks to the center, and even the infantry phalanx also reversed the previous caution and began to force forward.

"Boom!"

"Boom, boom!"

Bai Dong, who was standing on the wall of Shanqiang Village, raised his right hand and snapped his fingers in the air, Nie Zhuzheng, who was standing beside him, saw it inexplicably, and suddenly heard a huge sound like thunder coming from the direction of the battlefield, and even the narrow wall of Shanqiang shook violently a few times.

Following the sound, Nie Zhu's eyes suddenly widened, only to see a huge gray pillar rising into the sky, and after the dust fell, the Shanqiang cavalry gathered in the middle was still there, but the ground around it completely collapsed, and the entire two thousand Persian cavalry and an infantry phalanx miraculously disappeared

The mud monkey-like Shanqiang cavalry was whistling and singing loudly, happy as if they were on the battlefield, while Bai Dong smiled and exchanged a look with the Shanqiang King, and hummed a strange ballad in his mouth.

"Tunnel War, hey! Tunnel warfare, thousands of heroes' sons and daughters" (to be continued......)

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