Sweep the World

The city offensive and defensive battle in Peshawar started to become extremely fierce as the Sassanid troops on the siege side pushed up many siege equipment.

"The wall can't be defended." What Zhou Bian saw was that the Peshawar defenders were suppressed first, waiting for multiple siege towers to build up the city. Although Peshawar's defenders resisted desperately, they gradually lost their numerical advantage: "The correct approach now is to withdraw the soldiers on the wall to avoid more casualties and preserve more resistance."

It didn't take long for the bell to ring in the palace fortress.

That was a signal for the Peshawar garrison on the wall to retreat into the city. It was just that the number of Sassanid soldiers on the wall was increasing. When they were entangled with each other, it did not mean that they could retreat if they wanted to retreat.

"They would have expected that they would not be able to defend during the day." Ma Bin said that the iron armour had been withdrawn into the city a long time ago: "The defenders above the city wall are only making necessary attempts."

The walls of Peshawar are too short. If the height is seven or eight meters or higher, even if the Persians come to build siege equipment, it will not be that simple to build.

In terms of physical conditions, the higher the difficulty, the more difficult it is to build a four-meter-high siege tower and a seven-eight-meter-high siege tower. Ensure that there will be no tilt, and so on some aspects are the difficult places.

The Sassanid troops that pushed the siege tower up, they were rushing up the city wall like a tide, and then they rushed towards the nearby Peshawar defenders.

Some Peshawar garrisons who really had nowhere to run, a few extremely fierce people chose to jump off the city wall, limping towards the city without dying, naturally running faster if they had their own help. In addition, the Peshawar garrison who had lost courage discarded their weapons and wanted to surrender. Whether it was standing or kneeling, the Peshawar garrison was killed by the Sassanid soldiers without any hesitation.

The city is not absolutely safe. The Sassanid archers who climbed the city wall started shooting arrows freely at the enemies below the city.

Most of the soldiers and civilians in Peshawar who did not run, or had no time to run, had arrows in the back. They died cleanly. They did not die until the Sassanid soldiers came down and I wonder if they can have a good time.

The west wall fell first, followed by the north wall, and the remaining two walls fell first.

The Sassanid army occupied the city wall and did not immediately press in on the soldiers in the city. Instead, it cleared the debris on the city wall and the bodies of both sides of the war dead, and killed the wounded Peshawar garrison.

"What do they want to do?" Ma Bin can see more carefully with a telescope: "Clean up the things on the city wall, and also dig the city gate hole."

Occupying the city wall, shouldn't it be an offensive attack when the defenders are flustered and morale fluctuates?

That's how Zhu Xia's style of play is. Isn't it the same here?

"The Persians have been attacking Peshawar once, and it should be to figure out the defensive methods used by the defenders." Zhou Yan also had this answer: "They know that the occupation of the wall is only the first step, and the battle in the city will be more intense in the future."

The Sassanid soldiers were busy cleaning up, and the catapults that had been built in the rear and the bed crossbows that had not been put into use were brought up.

The size of the catapult is relatively large, there is not enough space in the city gate for them to enter, and the crossbow is no problem.

"They want to install long-range siege equipment on the city wall?" Ma Bin has seen Sassanid soldiers installing a hanging tower, and the first bed crossbow has also been hung on the city wall. Some Sassanid soldiers are laying out the base: "The catapult cannot be put on the wall."

Sassan’s catapult is not small in size, with a single length of five meters, a width of three meters, and a height of more than five meters when erected.

The wall of Peshawar is only three meters wide, and it must not fit a huge catapult.

"They are fixing the bed crossbow." Zhou Bian also judged that there was no catapult on the wall, and pointed to the pile of buildings with complex terrain: "The defenders are preparing to counterattack."

Is there an open space between the city wall and the residential group, about two hundred meters in length?

When the buildings in Peshawar were built, I don’t know if they have been planned. It is far more than chaotic and simple. It is a building followed by almost no separation. The widest road inside will not exceed two meters, and some small alleys. It's even embarrassing that only one person is allowed to pass, I really don't know how they usually move things.

Ma Bin has been there in person, and it can be said that the most surprising thing is that some people's houses are regarded as roads at all.

Therefore, it is not that there is no wider passage, but some residential buildings have to be passed through. It is just that the door of the residential buildings is closed and the road is blocked.

In the narrow alleys and the backyards of some residential buildings, armed personnel are constantly gathering. They are flocking to the periphery of the residential area in small groups.

At this time, the Sassanian army is stepping up the installation of crane towers. Some bed crossbows have been hoisted up. However, if you want to get the catapult into the city, the requirements for the crane tower are much higher than the crane crossbows.

The catapult built by Sassan's military craftsmen is definitely not less than one thousand catties in terms of volume, and it may even reach 1,500 catties. It's really not that any crane can be lifted.

Many Sassanid soldiers and craftsmen bought wood that was very thick at first glance, and they also bought very heavy objects.

Of course, wood is the support frame of the hanging tower, and heavy objects are the necessary lumps. In addition, a lot of iron chains are used.

A catapult is definitely not a single crane tower that can be used to hoist the city wall, and even if the city wall is hoisted, it will continue to be hung and placed in the city. Once the crane tower is unqualified or the operation is improper, then the heavy catapult will drop down. Inevitably it was a big accident.

"The Persians do have what an empire should look like." Zhou Bian looked at the scene of the work in progress: "The small country doesn't even know what a crane is, but the Persians can build a crane on the battlefield with a load of about two thousand catties. "

It’s the same thing. The more technical machinery is needed, the less a small country and a few people can study it.

In many cases, it is useless for a nation to exist for a long time, and it is necessary to have enough territory and population, and even the geographical environment for survival is also a crucial factor.

There are some ethnic groups that obviously have vast territories and a large population, but they have not entered the Bronze Age for hundreds of thousands of years, and some ethnic groups have entered the age of firearms, and they are still playing bone arrows.

The palace fortress was blew the sound of strong horns.

The fringe residential area was already crowded, the sound of horns was blown, and a large group of people called "Waaaaaal" rushed out of the building and alleys.

Some garrison archers, they got on the roof and started to shoot arrows after they stood firm.

"Bamboo bows and bamboo arrows have a range of up to one hundred and sixty meters..." Zhou Bian said contemptuously: "It just looks soft and fluttering, almost without lethality."

The bamboo bow is a type of longbow. The overall length is almost 1.8 meters. Jidara chose a tall person to serve as this type of archer, and when held flat, most of the height is above the head. .

"Jidoruo does not have a crossbow." What Ma Bin knows is that there is a nation that also uses bamboo bows: "The Japanese bows and arrows are also bamboo, but the style is different from Ah San's side."

The Japanese bow is relatively small, and its own tension is not very good. If you use bamboo arrows, even if it is 30 meters, it can't even break the leather armor.

The Han army was equipped with a large number of crossbows, naturally it was not as good as the long bamboo bows with long range but no lethality.

Ah San will use bamboo bows and arrows extensively, probably because he lacks weapons with a long range for individual soldiers. Besides, there are few people wearing armor on the battlefield, or is he just trying to play a harassment effect?

If a large number of bamboo bows and arrows are used for harassment, it seems that the goal has been achieved on this battlefield?

Those Sasanian soldiers who entered the city were first startled by the sudden emergence of Peshawar soldiers and civilians, and they were subconsciously preparing to fight, but the sky made a "shooing" sound of breaking through the sky and shooting a large number of arrows.

Regardless of whether it is a bamboo arrow or any arrow, as long as it is an arrow, the human instinct is to avoid it or use something to block it.

The Sassanid soldiers who made different choices on the ground in the city naturally looked messed up because of the different choices.

The Sassanian soldiers on the city wall, they saw so many soldiers and civilians rushing out of the city, it was not much better. The crossbowmen started shooting arrows under the shouts of the officers, and the soldiers of the melee type began to prepare for defense under the shouts of the officers. .

In this wave of counterattack, the soldiers and civilians of Peshawar are on Jidoruo's side. It seems that there are more people belonging to Minzhuang, and there are no elite troops.

In addition to various types of weapons in their hands, many people have a string **** with a pot.

The Sassanian soldiers on the ground in the city continued to retreat to the edge of the wall. Some people who were shot by bamboo arrows actually got up quickly even if they fell. Only a few unlucky soldiers were hit to death or caused by too much pain. A coma of shock nature.

"Isn't there kerosene inside those altars, right?" Ma Bin saw some Peshawar soldiers and civilians who were **** the altars were shot down by arrows. When they fell to the ground, they broke the altars, and some yellow liquid came out of them. : "With a buffer zone of about 200 meters, Huo Gong is indeed a good choice."

"Look over there..." Zhou Bian was referring to the city wall section: "There is a cave for Tibetan soldiers inside the city wall!"

The city wall is neither high nor thick, leaving some caves for Tibetan soldiers is no problem.

In fact, when every country builds a city wall, it will create some caves for Tibetan soldiers. I don’t know if there are caves for Tibetan soldiers inside the city gate caves. There will be caves directly connected to the city walls and under the city walls that connect to the ground.

If the defenders know the location of those Tibetan soldiers' caves, it will undoubtedly be a good breakthrough. There is no need to climb the city, and it will not be too difficult to get a city striker.

Although the city wall has caves for Tibetan soldiers, it seems that the number of Peshawar defenders hidden in advance is not too large. Their appearance has greatly disrupted the reaction rhythm of the Sassanid troops.

"Are you worried about being discovered?" Zhou Bian commented: "Otherwise, it would be uneconomical to participate in the attack this time."

To be reasonable, if you hide under the feet of the enemy, the worry that you have not been discovered should indeed be suddenly killed at the most critical time.

However, it is the practice of various countries to have Tibetan soldiers caves in the city walls, and Sassanian troops will definitely check them. Sooner or later they will find those Tibetan soldiers caves.

Arrows in the sky are blasting from you to me, and the person who hits the arrow screams, but you may not die, but there are indeed people from both sides of the battlefield falling down, and soon the ground appears. Removed the corpse and pools of blood.

There were about 3,000 soldiers and civilians in Peshawar who launched a counterattack against the western city wall. They must have to pay a price to rush up against the city wall with Sassanian crossbowmen, but it was only about 200 meters away, and soon there will be The first group of people who ran fast fought close to the Sassanid soldiers under the city wall.

"The people of Jidoruo are still quite tough." Ma Bin repeatedly examined Jidoruo, an alliance that is not even considered a country. "I just don't know if the people of Jidoruo in other places are the same."

Zhou Bian came to Peshawar from the border with Ma Bin and other Han people, but they didn't come here by air.

They really didn't find the people of Jidoruo so sturdy along the way. They even looked at nothing special at all. After the war broke out, the citizens of Peshawar did not fear the war and dared to participate in the war. I have to say that they did not expect it in advance.

"That's right!" Ma Bin thought of something, his face suddenly changed: "The Persians did not put the catapult and bed crossbow into use before, but there is a trend of large-scale layout of the city walls. Look at the Persians outside the city. What is the carriage transported."

The terrain of the palace is high, and the top floor of the building has a better view.

If you use the naked eye, your eyesight is better than three to five kilometers. From a distance, you can actually recognize things too clearly, you can only recognize the fuzzy outlines of some large objects.

Both Ma Bin and Zhou Bian both have binoculars~www.wuxiamtl.com~ They didn’t realize why the Sassanid army didn’t put the catapult and crossbow into the war early. They saw that the Sassanid army was so hard to prepare to install the catapult and The crossbow, and seeing Peshawar soldiers and civilians charge with kerosene, Ma Bin, who was thinking faster, immediately had bad guesses.

"Clay pot..." Even if Zhou Yan had a binoculars, it was because of the distance and whether the Persians covered the carriage with cloth or happened to see the cloth of a carriage blown away by the wind. He tried to identify it. : "What needs to be specially packed in clay pots?"

Ma Bin wants to see it before, and the carriage where the cloth was lifted has been re-covered. He looked at the city wall. The soldiers and civilians of Peshawar who rushed up had already set fire to them. Then he moved his eyes to the residential areas connected to the buildings. There was almost no road traffic conditions: "The military and civilians have done their best to clean up. , But there are still too many clutter!"

Zhou Bian obviously guessed what the Sassanid army wanted to do, and said in surprise: "Even if it is fuel, how much kerosene should they prepare to make the whole city fall into flames? Besides, there are squares around the palace, and If the moat cannot burn the palace, even if the city is raised on fire, it will not burn us anyway."

As for how many Jiduoluo people will die in the burning city, Zhou Bian said that it was not the Han who died anyway.