The Eastern Roman Empire's heavy infantry phalanx has always been known for its superior defensive capabilities, in front of the dense and thick shield arrays of the heavy infantry phalanx, bow and arrow strikes are almost ineffective, but not all bows and arrows can be defended, such as bed crossbows, which can easily tear through its defenses.

The bed crossbow in the siege convoy of the Western Qin continued to shoot crossbow arrows, which quickly tore apart the heavy infantry shield array of the Eastern Roman Empire, and the siege convoy had not yet rushed to the front, and the heavy infantry shield array of the Eastern Roman Empire was already full of holes. They easily rushed into the tattered and porous army formation under the frightened expressions of the soldiers of the Eastern Roman Empire, like a tiger rushing into a flock of sheep, and these Eastern Roman soldiers retreated, but there was no way to avoid it.

"Ah······h

"Poof!"

"Click!"

When the siege convoy rushed into the phalanx of the heavy infantry of the Eastern Roman Empire, the soldiers at the front were strung with spears and spikes on the siege vehicle, and they let out screams one by one; The sound of a weapon piercing a human body is terrifying; Others were smashed to the bone.

In the blink of an eye, the siege trucks were strewn with the corpses of soldiers of the Eastern Roman Empire, many of whom did not die on the spot, but were still screaming heartbreakingly, and the knocked down soldiers were lying on the ground and run over by wheels, and the ground was littered with blood, corpses, weapons and tattered flags.

This siege vehicle is not a real tank after all, its power is manpower, manpower is exhausted, and there are only a dozen people inside it to provide power, but there are thousands of troops and horses of the Eastern Roman Empire in front of them to block the way, after crashing, stabbing and crushing countless people, the siege vehicles of the siege convoy have lost their speed and stopped, and the corpses hanging on the front of the car have already overwhelmed them, but at this time they have not completely killed the entire heavy infantry phalanx, But at this time, the heavy infantry phalanx of Eastern Rome had lost more than eighty percent, completely lost its combat effectiveness, and only a large number of corpses were standing in front of the siege convoy.

At this time, the siege convoy has advanced to the front of the light infantry phalanx in the middle of the Eastern Roman army, which is a huge phalanx of more than 7,000 people, after the siege convoy of Western Qin stopped, the light infantry phalanx of the Eastern Roman Empire advanced under the command of the commander, they want to capture these huge monsters, catch them back to see what the hell they are, they have such a great lethality.

But how could Zhao Ziliang capture these siege vehicles? The Western Qin infantry behind the siege convoy had already followed, their pace was not fast, but it was steady, they had been following behind the siege convoy, and after the siege convoy lost speed, their pace of advance increased a little, especially the phalanx at the front.

Just when the light infantry phalanx of Eastern Rome arrived in front of the siege vehicles of the siege convoy and wanted to surround these siege vehicles, the infantry phalanx of the Western Qin army had just arrived.

Suddenly, from between the ranks of the Western Qin light infantry phalanx, there appeared a group, row after row of heavily armored soldiers with full body armor, including the head and legs wrapped in steel armor, the heavy armor on these Western Qin infantry was thicker than that of the Eastern Roman Empire heavy infantry, and the defense was stronger, and it was much lighter than the Eastern Roman Empire heavy infantry armor.

"Bang ·······" The infantry of the two sides collided together, the heavy armor of the Western Qin heavy infantry and the leather armor of the light infantry of the Eastern Roman Empire collided with each other and made a collision sound, the Western Qin infantry wearing heavy armor were all humanoid tanks, these people were carefully selected strong people, the Eastern Roman light infantry who were hit fell backwards, many fell to the ground, and many people crashed into the bodies of their companions behind them when they retreated.

"Stand on the shield!"

With the shout of the general of the Western Qin, the heavy infantry of the Western Qin stood their shields on the ground, the left and right sides were closely connected, impermeable, and there were movable support frames under the inner sides of these shields, which could be put down when standing on the ground, which could strengthen stability and be put away when advancing.

A shield stood on the ground, and soon formed a strong line of defense, the Eastern Roman light infantry did not wear heavy armor, they wore leather armor very light, flexible, they quickly pounced, attacked the shield wall with weapons, and some people directly hit with their bodies, as the rear personnel continued to move forward, the soldiers in front were squeezed into the shield wall, and at this time the shield wall quietly moved a gap between each shield, a sharp spear stretched out from the gap and stabbed together, one by one the Eastern Roman light infantry were stabbed down.

A few minutes later, the first few rows of Eastern Roman light infantry were stabbed to death, two or three layers of corpses were spread on the ground, and a gap of one to two meters was vacated between the two sides.

At this time, under the order of the general, the light infantry of Western Qin put their waist knives back into their scabbards, put the small round shield on their backs, and took off their bows and arrows and aimed them at the front for projectile.

Dense arrows fell on the head of the light infantry of the Eastern Roman Empire, a large number of people were injured or killed by arrows, the generals of the Eastern Rome saw it and immediately ordered a bow and arrow to counter, and the archers in the rear of them also used bows and arrows to shoot arrows at the light infantry of the Western Qin, and the light infantry of the Western Qin army also began to have casualties, but the equipment of the light infantry of the Western Qin was much better, and the European bow was obviously different from the Eastern bow, the European bow was an arc bow, and the bow of the Eastern nation was basically a recurve bow, with a longer range and more powerful force, The Eastern Roman soldiers could use the arc-shaped bow with a short range and small strength to kill the infantry wearing leather armor, but it was difficult to shoot into the body of the light infantry wearing light steel armor, especially the chest, the steel armor was thicker than other parts, so although the Eastern Roman soldiers caused many casualties to the infantry of the Western Qin army, there were very few deaths.

In the process of suppressing and countering each other with bows and arrows, the archers of the Eastern Roman Empire suffered heavy losses and had to withdraw from the battlefield and retreat to the rear, and if they did not retreat, they would be shot to death, and the Western Qin infantry continued to shoot the infantry of the Eastern Rome with bows and arrows, as the casualties became larger and larger, the Eastern Roman infantry finally couldn't stand it, began to chill, fear began to spread, they began to flee on their own without orders, and the Eastern Roman front infantry who gradually lost their backyard couldn't stand it, The Western Qin heavy infantry infantry continued to stab them to death through the gaps in the shield array, and they had no corresponding measures to counteract or restrain them, and their heavy cavalry and heavy infantry had all been reimbursed before, and there was no other strength.

A general shouted to Niserus: "Lord Governor, the middle lane can't stand it, the bows and arrows of the Western Qin army are too powerful, the light infantry has suffered heavy losses, and they retreated and collapsed on their own without orders, if you don't think about it, the situation will be irreparable!" ”

Another stalemate shouted: "Lord Governor, the slaves on the right flank can't stand it, although the infantry phalanx of Western Qin is not advancing fast, but you see, they are full of archers on the rocky slopes next to them, their bows and arrows have a much farther range than ours, and they can easily shoot to the battlefield of our right flank, the slaves on the right wing have suffered huge losses, they can't stand it, and they are beginning to rout!" ”

Nisserus's face was ugly, he and other generals set their sights on the left flank battlefield, at this time the left flank battlefield also began to rout, slaves are only slaves after all, and untrained slaves can not be high in combat power, at this time a heavy cavalry suddenly appeared on the bank of the river on the right wing of the Western Qin army, this heavy cavalry rushed out along the river bank, and the slaves who stood in front were knocked away or stabbed to death by the spears of the heavy cavalry, this heavy cavalry was simply a death harvester, and only corpses and blood were left everywhere they passed, The slaves who had been standing in front of them all lay on the ground and became dead after the heavy cavalry rushed over.

This scene completely destroyed the last trace of luck in Niserus's heart, and the three battlefields on the left and right were all defeated, and he immediately decided to take a gamble and press all the remaining half of his troops to fight to the death with the Western Qin army.

"Order, order all the reserves to press up, as long as there are retreaters in front, they will be killed!"

The generals around Niserus were shocked, and one general dissuaded: "Lord Governor, the defeat has been decided, this battlefield has a narrow cross-section, long depth, and most of the battles on both sides are infantry, almost all of the cavalry of Western Qin are deployed in the rear and have not moved, it is still too late for us to withdraw now, we will not be pursued and killed by the Western Qin cavalry, and we will only lose a small number of soldiers and horses, but if the whole line is pressed up now, not to mention whether we can stop the retreating and defeated rebels, I am afraid that even the reserves will be scattered by the rebels, and the losses will be greater and heavier at that time. The Western Qin people have only captured northeastern Syria now, we still occupy most of Syria, only by preserving our strength can we deal with the Western Qin army, and we can also use a fortified castle like Beloeya to resist the attack of Western Qin! ”

Nisserus hesitated, he also knew that it would be difficult to win even if he pressed all his forces now, the initiative was no longer on his side, and the three-way army of Western Qin was already unstoppable, if he could gain an advantage all the way, he would not give up hope, but in the case of the simultaneous defeat of the three-way battlefield, he knew that he was powerless to return to the sky, so he had to grit his teeth and order: "Retreat, the light cavalry is broken!" ”

"Yes, Lord Governor!"

Zhao Ziliang saw the Eastern Roman army retreating to the rear, his face was very calm, without the slightest joy, the results of this battle were not big, the battlefield terrain made the cavalry of the Western Qin Army unable to pursue in time, the infantry in front blocked the way of pursuit, those Eastern Roman slaves at this time in order to escape, one by one rushed forward like crazy, they can be said to have lost their armor, abandoned everything that could be discarded, and the equipment of the infantry of the Western Qin Army was much heavier than the tattered clothes on the slaves, and it was really impossible to pursue in a short time!

Zhao Ziliang ordered: "Order the infantry to return to clean up the battlefield after a quarter of an hour of pursuit, and send a thousand light cavalry to follow the Eastern Roman army, trying to find the direction and traces of their retreat!" ”