Chapter 77 Colonization
Haven’t the red cannon come yet? "Ran Min inquired.
Next to Ran Cao, he told him, "Father, it’s been raining these two days, and the road is muddy. The troops’ progress in the real law is slow, and it will take another day for the red cannon to pull to the front!"
Smell speech Ran Min sighed and said, "It seems that the sky is going to let us have a hand-to-hand fight with the Persians."
As soon as the fighting started, Wei Jun attacked first.
Wei Jun tactical organization can act in the smallest unit of one person-note that they are not closely arranged. When Persian soldiers encounter the nearest threat, such as flank, they can easily and simply face the direction and just turn around.
Although the Persian Macedonian phalanx has its unique flexibility and can be transformed into various formations to adapt to various terrains and enemy formations, in fact, it is still a little troublesome for them to achieve this in the dense phalanx. It is very troublesome for them to spear and turn around quickly.
Compared with Wei Jun, which was very flexible in Alexander’s time, it was much slower.
It is true that the Persian secret phalanx defeated Wei Jun’s left wing in an avalanche in the battle, but the trouble came. The battlefield was uneven and it was difficult for the Persian secret phalanx to maintain its formation in the process of pursuing Wei Jun’s left wing
When the right wing of Wei Jun repelled the left wing of Persia, the Persian phalanx won, but the right wing couldn’t turn its head. Wei Jun went around the front of the phalanx, and they immediately showed the advantages of the ring-headed iron knife and the big shield!
It is impossible for the dense phalanx to keep very neat when there is a gap in the phalanx. Wei Jun will attack the phalanx from the flank, with a spear 21 feet long. How can the soldiers be Wei Jun’s opponents with a ring-headed iron knife and a big shield?
At this time, it was an inch short and an inch short. The Persians even waved spears, except for the first row and the back row. The Persian soldiers did not have heavy armor and shields.
That is to say, the shortcomings of the Persian phalanx are also obvious. In this way, the phalanx has to rely on cavalry and other arms to protect its wings, but the cavalry is stronger in attack than in defense. Once it is defeated, the flank or back of the phalanx is vulnerable to enemy attacks, so this rigid formation may collapse and become out of control.
Moreover, the phalanx lacks coordination, so it is difficult to surround the action and the cavalry can cooperate
At that time, Alexander was not a dead phalanx. In a sense, his cavalry was the real main force and strong enough.
Obstacles such as ditches, trees, ridges, rivers, etc. often cause the dense phalanx to be divided or block the formation from advancing. Once the formation is destroyed due to these reasons, the gap will be easily benefited by enemy melee troops, and the result can be imagined.
Seeing that one of our own infantry phalanxes was quickly defeated, Shapur II was so angry that he directly ordered the army to rush.
"Shoot the arrow!"
The Persians didn’t take the initiative to attack, but fortunately, this active attack immediately suffered!
Wei Jun’s arrow array has been ready for a long time. You’re welcome at all. Looking at the impact, the Persians are just a burst of arrows
"wooshing wooshing! ….. "The arrows and rain all over the sky are as powerful as locusts crossing the border. At that time, they pierced the Persian body and wore armor, which made them cry and fall to the ground.
"Chariot charge!"
In Wei Jun, the front-row chariots, as Ran Min gave orders, swarmed like armored vehicles after several rounds of arrows and rain were fired, and quickly crushed and strangled one enemy after another nearby.
Look at those Persians who suffer from too long spears.
Seeing that his own casualties were so heavy, Shapur II calmed down after his rage and had to retreat.
In view of the fact that the Persian heavily armored cavalry was too strong and the casualties in Wei Jun were not small, after chasing for a few miles, they sounded the golden bell and retired.
The Persian army retreated to the city of Shahpour and fought back.
This time, Shapur II learned not that Wei Jun was facing a war, but that Wei Jun had thousands of red cannons in NiShahpour, but whenever the artillery destroyed the wall of NiShahpour, it would be shot out by the Persians and then the wall was repaired.
In the long run, I went to Wei Jun for a while and also attacked the city of Shahpour
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Lu Gan listed, "The Persians are so tenacious that our artillery shells in red have been exhausted. They are outnumbered and stick to the city of NiShahpour. Whenever our artillery hits a gap in the city wall, they can always stop it in time, and then everything that is profitable in the city will mend the city wall again."
"We have a lot of casualties."
Wei Liao also said, "Yes, the Persian’s ability to fight alone is not inferior to mine. Wei Jun is somewhat recalcitrant. Although we have advanced weapons and equipment such as artillery, trebuchet and bed crossbow, which are better than the Persians, we are afraid that it will be Wei Jun if we don’t hold on for a long time!"
Smell speech Ran Min eyebrows tight cu "I all know these situations now the Persians are holed up in the city of Shahpour, and we can’t stand the Persians, but I believe that the Persians will be the first to hold on like this! Don’t forget that Shahpour is a big city with a large population, but the Persians have hundreds of thousands of troops stationed here. I don’t believe how long the Persians can last without foreign aid! "
"But we don’t have much grain," Lv Gan sighed. "The daily consumption of grain by 300,000 troops is really too much. After fighting for half a month, we have to attack Shahpour for a long time, not like artillery shells and crossbows. We have to transport it from the country to Shahpour, but it’s a long way. Wan Li doesn’t know how long it will take and how much manpower, material resources and financial resources it will consume!"
"The consumption of shells and crossbows should be put aside first," Ran Min sank. "Now the war has gradually fallen into a tug of war. Shapur II obviously wants to fight a war of attrition with us and drag our army down in Shahpour! If we withdraw now, we will give up all our previous efforts and all our efforts will be in vain. "
"What are you going to do?"