Chapter 324: The Battle of Shinobihara
And after that day there was a river of blood in Persia. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
The famous Shingu Legion was declared a rebellion and disappeared from the land. And the Zoroastrian priests who were friendly with the Shingu party were also massacred, and all their property was confiscated.
Zoroastrianism remained the state religion of Persia, but its secular power was greatly weakened.
With tears in his eyes, Bogard told the people that he had no choice but to kill his uncle and cousin with his own hands. In order to alleviate his sins a little, he adopted his cousin's son as his adopted son.
But such an approach only added to his reputation as a "hypocrite".
Bogard didn't care, and he quietly reformed the country's economic policy to restore Persia from the wounds of two major wars.
The governors and city lords gradually regained their trust in the new lord, and some of the tribes in the Transoxiana region announced their return to the Persian camp.
It took Bogard only two years to do all this.
He thought he was fast enough.
However, in the past two years, Scuri has completely annexed the vast kingdom of Egypt, including the Nile Valley, the Carthage region, Canaan, and fertile Syria, and has firmly controlled it!
Scuri also sent a letter to the Byzantine emperor with great arrogance.
The letter states that Egypt once had a large territory in the Balkans, but now it was stolen by Byzantium in the process of his conquest of Egypt.
Since Egypt was destroyed by him, this territory rightfully belonged to him, and if Byzantium refused to return it, he did not mind waging war against Byzantium and taking it back himself.
When Constantine XV, the lord of Byzantium, received this letter, he was furious and immediately sent "Thor" as an envoy to sign an alliance with Persia to attack Scurry.
But so far, the entire siege network has only been pressed and beaten by Scurry.
Except for Bogard.
In the year following the fall of Egypt, one of his well-guarded lords reported to him that Scuri might be planning to attack an important Persian crystal mine in the valley of the two rivers.
This mining area was extremely important to Persia, and after the Egyptian army was defeated and withdrawn, Bogard immediately organized an army to eliminate the rebels and Egyptian troops entrenched in the vicinity, and stabilized the mining area, despite the exhaustion of the army and the empty treasury.
So Bogard secretly ordered the city lord to pretend to be lax, but secretly build a defensive line.
When Scurry came to attack, he found that the defensive line was very well established, but he still launched a fierce attack, only to have to retreat.
Bogard had already led the elite to lie in ambush for a long time, and took the opportunity to launch a surprise attack, killing more than 300 soldiers under Scurry's command, nearly 1,000 militiamen, and his own losses were only about 50 soldiers.
But after a brief period of confusion, the veteran and spicy star of Scurry instantly regrouped.
Bogard, who was short of troops, instantly realized the crisis and did not dare to fight, so he immediately took advantage of his familiarity with the terrain and withdrew lightly, while Scurry's troops did not pursue because they were tired from the siege.
This small victory finally boosted the confidence of the princes of Scurry's siege network a little.
It turns out that this god, or demonic figure, is not invincible.
But Bogard didn't dare to take the enemy lightly, he knew that a small surprise attack was just a little bit of a surprise battle, and it couldn't bring any substantive blow to Curry at all.
He's preparing for a convention battle.
In the year Bogard was thirty-five years old, the opportunity finally came.
The good defender, who was loyal to Bogard, was made governor of a province by Bogard and transferred from the original fortified city for his outstanding service in repelling the attacks of Scurry's subordinate divisions on several occasions.
Later, Bogard requisitioned an army of 23,000 soldiers and planned to make an expedition to the Transoxiana region to restore and even stabilize his grandfather's territory in the East.
Indeed, when it is not possible to take advantage of Scurry, it is not bad to annex some small tribes to strengthen the country.
But just as his troops were about to leave the plateau, an urgent letter arrived at a gallop.
The new lord of Yamabuki Castle, Yuka Shirasui, rebelled and defected to Scurry's side, and most of the entire mining area fell.
And another important town that controls the mining area is being attacked by 14,000 elites drawn by Scurry, and it is in danger!
When Bogard received the urgent letter, he just smiled coldly.
The big fish has finally taken the bait.
Yujia Baishui is really a mutiny, and if it is a fraudulent surrender, it is absolutely impossible to deceive Scurry.
So Bogard directly abandoned the militia, led all the combat troops, and launched a rush to the mining area with a galloping momentum!
In just three days, he had crossed the entire plateau with a speed that his soldiers felt completely incredible.
Bogard's adjutant general proposed: "The Turkish army is not attacking the city, and when we see the reinforcements arriving, we will retreat for several miles, and we can take advantage of its exhaustion to surprise it?"
In this regard, Bogard only lightly asked: "In the field, what advantage do we have?"
It seems that I am outnumbered, but after so many years of training, the once scattered Seljuk soldiers have long since become a hundred battles in iron and blood.
And Bogart's army of 23,000 seems to be much more scattered, after two tragic battles, most of the heroes cultivated by Khorasan at that time have been lost, and they will not be able to recover for a while.
The best of the Persian army includes the Sassanid heavy cavalry, mounted archers inherited from the Parthian era, and the striking war elephant troops.
But this has no advantage in front of the enemy.
The agility and accuracy of the Seljuk cavalry archers were only superior to those of the Persian cavalry archers, and the light cavalry, which acted like the wind and the camel cavalry, which were naturally restrained by horses, could keep the heavy cavalry exhausted.
What's more, there is a terrifying tactic like the "Heavenly Bow" on the other side!
As for the war elephants...... Bogard is convinced that Curry must have a way of driving these big guys crazy and trampling on their own people.
As a result, only 7,000 elite troops appeared in front of the enemy's formation, which was only half of the enemy's number.
Shinobi is actually a wide valley with steep cliffs on both sides.
Scurry's troops were in formation, like a huge mountain, exuding an astonishing momentum and fighting spirit.
The Persian army is full of mortal intentions and fights against the city!
Fierce attack and defense unfolded in front of the city.
With the protection of the city, and the elite mobilized by Bogard, the Persian army will still be able to support it for a while.
But after all, the enemy was outnumbered, and Scurry's terrifying ability to fight was short, and after a long battle, the Persian side soon showed its decline.
At this moment, above the cliff, a dense figure suddenly appeared!
"Since our army is not well trained, let's fight the field battle as a defensive battle. Bogard said before the war.
The soldiers who were not elite enough were all secretly ordered by him to sneak up the mountain, and pushed the boulders infused with fighting spirit from the hundred-meter-high cliff one after another, smashing them into smoke and dust!
At such a height, the archers of the Tuli family could not fight back at all, and although the hit rate of the boulder was not high, it had a great deterrent power, and once hit, one or even several Tuli sergeants would be flesh and blood.
Scurry's backyard soon erupted in mild confusion under such a dense and heavy bombardment.
With Bogard's order, the city gate opened, and a group of black-clothed soldiers who had been preparing for a long time threw themselves into the battlefield like a flood and rushed into Scurry's front team!
The Xingong Legion, hidden for many years, just waiting to raise its eyebrows and unsheath!
The purpose of the front and back attacks is to collapse the entire Scurry army, to deal a fatal blow to this old dog, so that he can no longer hold his head up!) )