Chapter 651: This is the situation that Datang wants

In the early morning of the next day, Ostam let the army line up early, today's Persian army is completely different from yesterday's Persian army, not only Ostam, the spirit of the entire Persian army is completely different from yesterday, this is morale.

What's more, Ostam had a defensive formation today, even though he knew he was at the advantage.

As for the reason, it is naturally because of the 100,000 arrows he added yesterday, originally the arrows on both sides of them have been consumed, and the lethality of their arrows before is also insufficient, although there are also iron arrows in it, but a considerable part of them are bone or wooden arrowheads, and the iron arrows are also the most common flat iron arrows, because it is easier to build.

Like this three-edged armor-piercing arrow, and there is not a single armor-piercing arrow in Persia with so much iron!

So today Ostam is going fishing, because he knows that the Arabs can't afford to delay, and the Arab reserve army is not so sufficient, but in fact Persia can still send more troops from the deeper hinterland.

The reason why he was in a hurry to attack was because of the orders of Isai III, and because of the lords of these estates in Mesopotamia, they kept asking Isai III that they had been harassed by the Arabs, and if they did not defeat the Arabs, they would join the Arabs.

It was precisely because of the pressure of these people that IsΓΉe III had to order Ostam to force an attack, otherwise, according to Ostham's established strategy, he would confront the other side across the river until Persia drew more soldiers from the hinterland and trained more soldiers to replenish them.

At that time, the Arabs retreated without a fight.

Historically, it was true that this order led to the defeat of Persia, but now the situation is different.

He knew the Arabs' embarrassment, and they had either retreated overnight last night or would have taken the initiative to attack today.

So he was waiting for the Arabs to charge!

Today, Ostam has placed a large number of shields on the front line, which will provide shelter to his men, and the Arabs will have to charge if they want to attack!

As long as the other party dares to rush into battle, he has to let the other party know what cruelty is!

Just as Ostam thought, when he saw that the opponent directly put on an iron bucket formation, Sayld frowned, the Persians had been the first to attack, because they wanted to defeat them in one fell swoop.

But for three days of fighting, the Persians fought directly against them, but now the Persians have a shield wall, and it is obvious that they do not want to attack.

That is, they will either retreat, or they will only be able to charge!

Said took a deep breath, he thought more far-reaching, retreat can be retreated, but there is a problem with retreat, that is, their Arabia is far inferior to the war potential of Persia, if they can't grab the richest two river valleys, it means that their follow-up food will have problems.

However, Persia can continue to train more soldiers and mobilize more food, and their early victory is because of the carelessness of the Persians, if Persia is brought back to his senses......

So, they seem to have a choice, but they don't.

"General Kaka! It's up to you. Said took a deep breath and said, "I'll order the soldiers in the middle to charge, and then you can take the opportunity to draw troops to attack from the enemy's flank." ”

"Yes!"

With the sound of a muffled horn, the Arab warriors in the front row began their daily shouts, but unlike the first battle, the Persians were unmoved.

The Persians did not move until their warriors had cried out four times for Allah the Greater and had charged.

Ostam was in the center of the camp, looking at the swarming Arabs, his face was cold, and he was not in a hurry at all.

When the Arabs finally rushed into range of their bows and arrows, Ostam waved his hand sharply: "Release!" ”

The herald next to him immediately waved down the banner in his hand, and the six thousand archers who had gathered together yesterday suddenly released the arrows in their hands.

With a "buzz", dense arrows instantly swarmed like a swarm, and Syrd, who saw this scene, frowned, but there was not too much fluctuation, and on the first day, the archers on both sides also shot bows and arrows at each other's rear, but the lethality was like that.

But this time, when the bow and arrow landed, Said's pupils shrank suddenly, because the warrior covered by the bow and arrow instantly fell more than halfway!

And then the second wave of arrows came!

This bow and arrow...... The lethality is not right! Said reacted instantly.

When the second wave of arrows fell, Said's whole person almost jumped up from his position, and the first wave of soldiers to charge was armored! But the soldiers who followed them were not armoured, they were all leather armor!

Because the opponent's formation is dense, the charging soldiers are naturally also dense.

But the second wave of arrows was lethal to these leather-clad soldiers...... Saylde felt a little frightened, and he directly shouted loudly: "Blow the trumpet!" Withdrawal! Withdrawal! ”

"Woo......" The low horn of the Arabs sounded, and the Arab soldiers who had not yet rushed into the range of the rain of arrows were stunned for a moment, but they still retreated quickly under the call of their respective generals.

"Archers ready, if the enemy charges, shoot!" Said Expressway.

"Order the heavy cavalry, charge!" Ostam smirked and yelled.

"Woo" The horn of the Persians also sounded, and the infantry phalanx in front instantly gave way to a few passages, and the dull sound of horses' hooves sounded, and the cavalry, which had already lined up behind, rushed directly out of the infantry phalanx and rushed towards the retreating Arabs.

Today's 5,000 heavy cavalry is different from yesterday, this is the elite cavalry of the Persian army selected by Ostam , and the horse armor on their bodies is also concentrated with all the iron armor, almost all the horses are covered with iron armor, some horses are not enough armor, and even directly dismantle some broken soldiers' armor, and then temporarily sew it up to block the vital point of the horses.

So today's 5,000 heavy cavalry is more lethal than yesterday's, especially at this time the Arabs, who have charged half of the charge, are retreating!

Seeing the real heavy cavalry pouring out like a tide, Said looked ugly, because the heavy cavalry of their Arabs was almost exhausted.

"Archer cover! The spear phalanx advances! "Said made his own deployment.

It's just that before their own soldiers retreated, they could only watch the heavy cavalry quickly catch up with the retreating charging soldiers and start the slaughter!

The Arabs' sparse bows and arrows also covered the enemy's heavy cavalry, even if there were their own soldiers within range of the bows, Sayld did not care.

If it is not possible to stop the enemy's charge, if these heavy cavalry rush into their formation...... Said didn't dare to think about the consequences.