Seeing the sunset in the distance, Krumme was hesitating whether to set up camp or simply go straight into the city. Entering the city without the permission of the Kushan defenders would inevitably lead to a clash between the two armies, but his generals kept urging him.

The morale of the army was unshakable, and morale was at stake, so he decided to contact one last time.

As a result, the response is still waiting. So Krumme decided to camp first and rest for the night, and then attack the city the next day.

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In the early morning, a thick fog drifting from the Indus River enveloped the southern gates of Peshawar and the Sassanid camp outside them.

In the thick fog, people shouted and neighed, and Krumme was gathering his men and horses to prepare for the siege. His 3,000 cavalry were used to siege the city, which was supposed to be insufficient, but the Sassanids had a weapon in their possession: elephant soldiers.

In ancient India, there were many elephants, and the Sassanid and India had always had a smooth sea route, so the former king Ardashir once formed a special elephant army. But in Shapur's hands, he disliked the slow speed of elephants, and was afraid of fire and cold, and could not do without the flow of water, so he carried out a reform.

In view of the fact that the Sassanids were mainly cavalry and fast, he dispersed the elephants among the various teams and served as the rear of the cavalry. Elephants were no longer gathered for the first charge as Alexander of Macedonia and Hannibal of Carthage, but were reserved for siege warfare.

The Sassanids put leather armor on the elephants, put on huge siege engines, and let the elephants push the well-guarded siege engines forward, and the soldiers pushed the battering rams to smash open the gates.

This trick was a bit new at the time, and during the time of Ardashir, it also contributed to the unification of the Sassanids, and Shapur popularized it, and each cavalry was equipped with five to ten elephants, and there were five elephants in Krumu.

Klumu is now assembling siege vehicles, these siege vehicles are usually in the state of parts, the army does not even bring some heavier stone and wood parts, only the necessary or more complex parts are pulled by elephants to the front line, when they need to be used, they collect wood and stone in the local area and temporarily assemble them. This approach is more flexible and suitable for purely cavalry units with strong mobility.

The fog was stirred, horses and elephants were neighing at each other, and the men were busy preparing for battle. And as time goes on, the fog is slowly dissipating.

The scene on the walls of Peshawar can already be seen and gradually become clear. It can be seen that there is not a single soldier in the city, and Krumme looks at it from afar, and the corners of his mouth are raised and he smiles contemptuously.

"It seems that the civil strife in Kushan is indeed serious, and it is ridiculous that even a famous general like Hazard would give up holding the city gate. Krumme said.

A subordinate general immediately echoed: "I heard that there was chaos in the city, Eden Hazard went to the palace to grab food, since it was to grab food, he must be preparing to run away." Now, perhaps, he has escaped in the night, right?"

When Krumme and his generals heard this, they burst out laughing.

A ray of sunlight suddenly broke through the fog, and the fog dispersed, revealing the green color of the grass outside the city.

Krumu and his generals, who were laughing proudly, suddenly froze one by one, the smile still remaining on their faces, but their eyes were full of panic.

In front of them, a neat line of Roman soldiers, with their backs to the south gate, facing north and south, facing the Sassanid army, was slowly marching in.

Although the Roman Guards were small in number, they were well dressed and armored, and they showed that their morale was high and they were well disciplined. At the rear of the team, there were also a large number of heavily armored camel soldiers, both men and camels wore heavy armor, and the camels had meat pads under their feet, and the pace was very quiet, even if it was like Solomon's brigade, it was still silent.

They were armed with short bows and spears, and they seemed to be no less human than the Sassanids.

To the left of the Sassanid army were numerous Kushan Forbidden Army, all armored infantry armed with spears.

On the right was a light cavalry, which seemed to be smaller than the camel cavalry in the middle of the line, but it could be seen from the banner that it was Hazard's troops.

Fortunately, it was only surrounded on three sides, the way to retreat was still there, and the number of opponents was limited, so they could fight.

Krumme immediately commanded his generals, and prepared for the battle, drawing troops from the Chinese army to protect both sides, especially the right flank facing Adjara.

An envoy galloped out of the Kushan array, came to the front of the Sassanid array, and shouted: "The Sassanid army in front, you have come to our country for no reason, and you are approaching the capital, but you have been bewitched by Taha? You should not continue to help the thieves, but you are ignorant and deceived, and you can not correct the past. If they return to their home country quickly, Kushan will still be regarded as a friendly country. ”

When no one in the Sassanid array answered, the messenger shouted again, and then said, "General Sasanian, please, come out and reply!"

Krumme was very hesitant, and the Sassanid king Shapur had strict military discipline, and he was ordered to come, but not only did he not complete the reinforcement task, but he also withdrew without fighting. If he returned to Sasanian, Shapur would never spare himself.

He gritted his teeth fiercely, took an arrow from his quiver, wound it and put it on his bow, and with a whoosh arrow struck the messenger in the heart.

The messenger screamed, and an upside-down onion fell off his horse and fell to the ground.

The rules of the two countries are the same in the East and the West, and in the Kushan coalition array, there was a burst of angry condemnation at this time, including the Roman soldiers who were quite dissatisfied with Klumu.

This battle was planned by Zhang Bai and commanded by Alexander himself. He didn't want to be verbose, and when he saw this, he immediately raised his hand to signal, and Maximinus ordered: "Raise the shield!"

With a bang, the Roman phalanx was immediately activated, and a thick shield wall pressed towards the Sassanids. At the same time, the forbidden army, which had already formed several phalanxes, also followed the Romans and began to slowly approach the Sassanids.

Krum, who was also a veteran, did not immediately charge, but judged the situation and sent several cavalry squads to attack in turn. The squads rushed to within an arrow of the Romans, then each fired his arrow, and when an arrow had been fired, he returned to his horse.

Alexander and Maximinus followed the phalanx on horseback, and the two walked together in the center of the phalanx, directing the direction of the phalanx, not worrying about the arrows that were fired.

This tactic of the Sassanids did not do much for the Roman soldiers who were heavily shielded, but some people were inevitably slightly wounded, and as the two armies approached, casualties would certainly begin to occur.

But the Roman Guards were too few in number to withstand losses.

Thus, the phalanx, under the command of Maximinus, gradually turned a little to its right, and the whole phalanx attacked the left flank of Krumu diagonally.

Since the phalanx of the Praetorian forces was also attacking the left flank, it was natural for Krumme to order the left flank to shrink. The cavalry converged on the right flank of their own side, that is, to the east, and took advantage of the mobility of the cavalry to avoid the infantry of the Roman Guards and the Kushan Janissaries.

As a result, the Roman Guards gradually formed a front with the Kushan Janissary Army.

Krumme was reluctant to touch Rome directly, after all, Rome was the number one power in the West, not only was it prestigious, but he was also afraid of Shapur's blame, in case he was unwilling to go to war with Rome!

He also did not dare to directly attack Hazard on his right flank, he knew that Hazard was now in high morale, and the other party was also a light cavalry, once the fight started, it would be a grappling fight, endless.

The only thing left was the camel cavalry due north, their 5 combat strength was doubtful, and the camel's foot strength was inferior to that of the war horse, which made it easier for their own retreat.