Chapter 229: The Golden Drum
Hazard himself still led the charge, and wherever his iron spear went, there was no one to match. The Kushan cavalry followed him closely, shooting arrows and mending swords, and soon the barbarian riders began to run away.
After a rush of killing, Hazard looked back at his team. There were very few empty horses, indicating that the casualties were minor.
Hazard was very satisfied, he turned his horse's head and led the soldiers to attack again, this time it was Hazard and his veterans who led the way, and the recruits behind him fired bows and arrows, this time charging down, once again penetrating the enemy formation, and the barbarian riders had already suffered three or four hundred casualties.
At this moment, the north gate suddenly opened.
A phalanx of forbidden heavy infantry went out of the city, lined up outside the city to form a shield wall, and waited quietly, threatening the flank of the Kushan cavalry. As soon as Hazard saw the formation, he immediately ordered the troops to stay away from the walls and infantry, and not to attack the forbidden army.
However, some of the cavalry who had sent their temperament did not hear Adjara's order and had already rushed towards the forbidden army.
These centaurs, mainly recruits, did not notice that the forbidden army was only out of the city, and did not go too far from the city walls.
The forbidden army on the city wall took the opportunity to shoot arrows at the cavalry who attacked the shield wall, and soon some cavalry began to fall to the ground with arrows, and when the rest rushed to the shield wall, more than half of the men and horses had been killed and wounded.
After a charge, both sides suffered losses, but the bows and arrows on the walls became more and more concentrated, and the cavalry gradually retreated, leaving more than a dozen corpses of men and horses on the way.
Hazard stopped his horse, turned around and scanned the battlefield, and saw a military flag on the ground, so he rode his horse and ran, and when he arrived at the place, he hooked the horse's back with one leg, retracted into the horse's belly, leaned over and picked up the flag while running, and then turned over and sat on the horse's back, straightened up and shouted: "All look at the flag, don't rush, follow me!"
With a shout, Hazard raised the flag in his left hand and held a spear in his right hand and rushed towards the enemy cavalry troops. The Kushan cavalry saw the banner and understood the direction of the attack. Seeing the heroism of the coach again, all the people were in high spirits, and shouted in unison, and followed the banner to rush into the enemy formation again.
In less than half an hour, the nomadic riders were already in a state of collapse.
They fled northward, and Adjara gave his army in hot pursuit, firing arrows as they pursued. Although the nomadic riders as a whole failed, in terms of individual skills, these people are still quite good. Seeing that the Kushan cavalry was chasing closely, they immediately put back the horse arrows, which was the nomad's best horse stunt.
In this way, the two sides come and go, arrows and arrows are intertwined, each with damage, and it is getting farther and farther away from the north gate of Peshawar.
But no matter how far away, Adjara still urged the cavalry around him to pursue with all his might, and he had no intention of stopping, he knew in his heart that to the north was the Kabul River, which was not deep but wide, and the riders could not make a detour or find a bridge, so they had to cross the river directly.
When the cavalry enters the water, it is like a tiger entering a cage, and its speed and power will be lost in an instant.
Such a good opportunity must not be missed. As long as this force is crushed and its remnants are driven north of the Kabul River, the cavalry threat from the north is completely over.
From a military point of view, after the absence of cavalry, the remaining slow infantry of Taha's forbidden army actually has no offensive power, and they only need to consider siege tactics and food supplies.
Determined not to be changed, he ordered his troops, to spread out in formation to outflank the pursuit, and to drive the barbarian riders into the Kabul River.
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To the east of the city, the gate of Kabuli, which had been closed, slowly opened, and a cavalryman rode into the city alone.
He submitted a letter of persuasion from Azar to Nanhua and others, but when he learned that it was the old god Sharama who received him, he could no longer say the word "persuasion", and had to express his desire for unity between the two sides.
Nanhua actually didn't like politics, and he launched the Yellow Turban Army uprising, firstly, because he was enthusiastic, and secondly, he also conformed to the times. He didn't care whether he surrendered or formed an alliance, and he didn't know much about Eden Hazard, so he told the messenger to go back and send a message to come back with a concrete alliance plan, or send someone with the right to decide to come over and negotiate.
The messenger quickly returned, still on the road outside the city.
Dao Lao was on the side, watching this scene with some apprehension, and he reminded Nanhua Dao: "Can the Immortal Chief notice that the envoy is taking the road outside the city, and he is taking a long way." ”
Nanhua didn't understand what Dao Lao meant, and replied: "The road in the city is difficult, the messenger horse is fast, and it is common to walk outside the city, what's wrong?"
In my opinion, this shows that Hazar's cavalry has not been able to control the city, and Peshawar is still under the control of the forbidden army. ”
Nanhua suddenly understood, and he nodded to Daolao, "I hope Solomon and they will arrive soon, we really can't control Peshawar with our manpower." ”
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On the banks of the Kabul River, nomadic riders are whizzing, daring across the river in a splash. The pursuing Adjara stopped on the shore and ordered his soldiers to keep firing arrows into the river.
The nomads were like landlubbers in the water, and they could barely even turn around on their horses and fire arrows, so they could only let the Kushan cavalry attack with a rain of arrows, and their armor was poorly protected, so the men and horses suffered countless casualties.
The water of the Kabul River, carrying the corpses of men and horses, slowly drifted downstream, puddles of blood flowing downstream, and the river was red.
There were only eight or nine hundred riders left who fled to the opposite bank, and they immediately continued to accelerate after crossing the river, not even daring to turn back, and fled desperately to the north with their horses.
"Victory!
The Kushan cavalry was jubilant, and Amid the cheers, Azar's name could be heard everywhere.
Hazard enjoyed the thrill of victory and had a smile on his face, he was a young man after all and loved the sense of achievement. However, this was only a matter of time, and he understood that the closed northern gate was still in front of him, and he was still far from defeating Taha and avenging the Sega.
What's more, he is not a politician, even if he wins this battle, he has no bottom in his heart about what will happen to Guishan in the future.
"The whole army rested for half an hour, treated the wounded, cleaned up the battlefield, and after resting, we went back to Peshawar. Hazard ordered.
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Watching the rout of the nomadic riders, Taha's face on the gatehouse of the North City Gate twitched for a while.
"Is this the end of it? These bandits, who took the money and didn't work, were all driven away by Azar like a sheep, and the barbarians were really unreliable. When the guards beside him saw that the emir was angry, they did not dare to speak out, and no one answered.
Taha steadied himself and ordered, "Send another messenger to the west and south to urge reinforcements." ”
His men obeyed, and Taha looked worriedly at the sky, where a spaceship floated in the air, as if a god was scrutinizing the world.
"I wonder what's going on with the god Kusubu? The more Taha thought about it, the more anxious he became.