Early the next morning, Ostam had his troops lined up early. Today's Persian army was completely different from yesterday's Persian army. Not only Ostam, but also the spirit of the entire Persian army was completely different from yesterday's. The difference is morale.
More importantly, today Ostam formed a defensive formation, even though he clearly knew that he was now at an advantage.
As for the reason, it is naturally because he added 100,000 arrows yesterday. The arrows of both of them have been completely consumed, and their previous arrows were not lethal enough. Although there are also iron arrows in them, a considerable number of them are They are bone or wooden arrowheads, and iron arrowheads are also the most common flat iron arrowheads because they are easier to make.
There is no armor-piercing arrowhead like this in Persia with a three-sided armor-piercing arrowhead that uses so much iron!
So Ostam wants to fish today, because he knows that the Arabs cannot afford it, and the Arab reserve army is not that sufficient, but in fact Persia can still dispatch more troops from deeper hinterland.
The reason why he was anxious to attack before was because of the order of Yisai III, and Yisai III was because of the manor owners in Mesopotamia. They kept asking Yisai III, saying that they had always They were harassed by the Arabs, and if they did not defeat the Arabs, they would join the Arabs.
It was precisely because of the pressure from these people that Isei III had to order Ostam to attack by force. Otherwise, according to Ostam's established strategy, he would confront the opponent across the river until Persia extracted it from the hinterland. More soldiers, more soldiers trained and added.
At that time, Arabia retreated without a fight.
Historically, it was indeed because of this order that Persia was defeated, but the situation is different now.
He knew the Arabs' dilemma. They either retreated overnight last night, or they would definitely attack today.
So he was waiting for the Arabs to charge!
Today, Ostam has placed a large number of shields on the front line. These shields will provide protection to his people. If the Arabs want to attack, they must rush into the formation!
As long as the other party dares to charge into the battle, he must let the other party know what cruelty means!
Just as Ostam thought, Seld frowned when he saw the opponent directly forming an iron barrel formation. The Persians were the first to attack because they wanted to attack in one fell swoop. Do meritorious deeds and defeat them.
But in the three days of fighting, the Persians charged directly against them, but now the Persians' shield wall clearly did not want to attack.
In other words, they must either retreat or charge!
Selder took a deep breath. He thought more profoundly. It is possible to retreat, but there is a problem with the retreat. That is, their Arabian war potential is far inferior to that of Persia. If they cannot seize the most fertile Mesopotamia river basin, This means that there will be problems with their subsequent food supply.
But Persia can continue to train more soldiers and mobilize more food. Their early victory was due to the carelessness of the Persians. If Persia can come to its senses...
Therefore, they seem to have choices, but they have no choice.
"General Kaka! It's up to you." Said took a deep breath and said, "I will order the soldiers in the middle to charge into the formation, and then you will wait for the opportunity to mobilize the troops to attack from the enemy's flank."
"yes!"
With the sound of low horns, the Arab warriors in the front row began their daily shouts, but unlike the first battle, the Persians were not moved at all.
The Persians remained motionless until their warriors shouted Allahu Akbar four times and charged.
Ostam was in the center of the camp, looking at the Arabs swarming in. His face was cold and he was not anxious at all.
When the Arabs finally rushed into the range of the bow and arrow, Ostam waved his hand suddenly: "Let go!"
The messenger next to him immediately waved down the flag in his hand, and the six thousand archers gathered yesterday suddenly released the arrows in their hands.
With a "buzz" sound, densely packed arrows swarmed in like a swarm in an instant. Seeing this scene, Selder frowned, but there was not much fluctuation. On the first day, the archers from both sides also swarmed towards each other. Bows and arrows were fired from the opponent's rear, but their lethality was just that.
But this time when the bow and arrow hit the ground, Selder's pupils shrank suddenly, because more than half of the warrior covered by the bow and arrow fell down in an instant!
And then the second wave of arrow rain came again!
This bow and arrow...the lethality is wrong! Selder reacted instantly.
When the second wave of arrows fell, Seld almost jumped up from his position. The first wave of warriors charging forward had armor on them! But the soldiers following them had no armor, they were all leather armor!
Because the opponent's formation is dense, the charging soldiers are naturally dense.
But the lethality of the second wave of arrow rain to these soldiers wearing leather armor... Selder felt a little scared, and he shouted directly: "Blow the trumpet! Withdraw the troops! Withdraw the troops!"
"Woo..." The Arabs' low horn sounded. The Arab soldiers who had not yet rushed into the killing range of the arrows were stunned for a moment, but they still quickly retreated under the call of their respective generals.
"Archers, prepare. If the enemy charges, shoot!" Seld said quickly.
"Order the heavy armored cavalry to charge!" Ostam laughed ferociously and roared loudly.
"Woo!" The Persian horns also sounded. The infantry phalanx in front instantly gave way to several passages. The dull sound of horse hooves sounded. The cavalry who had already lined up behind them rushed out from the infantry phalanx. Rushed towards the retreating Arabs.
The five thousand heavy cavalry today are different from yesterday. They are composed of elite cavalry drawn from the Persian army by Ostam, and the horse armor on them also concentrates all the iron armor. Almost all the horses are covered with iron armor, and some horses have The armor was not enough, and some damaged soldiers' armors were even dismantled and then temporarily sewn together to block the vital points of the horses.
Therefore, today's five thousand heavy cavalry are more lethal than yesterday, 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's face turned ugly, because their Arab heavy cavalry was almost exhausted.
"Archers cover! Spear phalanx advances!" Seld made his own deployment.
But before their own soldiers withdrew, they could only watch as the heavy cavalry quickly caught up with the retreating soldiers and started the massacre!
The sparse bows and arrows of the Arabs also covered the enemy's heavy cavalry. Even if there were his own soldiers within the range of the bows and arrows, Seld could not take care of them.
If the enemy's charge could not be stopped, if these heavy cavalry rushed into their formation... Selder did not dare to think about the consequences.
