The struggle of the reborn prince

After listening to Buckle's introduction, Wang Gang's expression became extremely strange, and he fell into confusion.If it hadn't been for the emperor to hang out with since he was a child, I really wondered if the seven or eight-year-old emperor had been abducted here by human traffickers to work as a slave soldier, and had received harsh "Ghulam"-style training since childhood.Otherwise, what happened last time can be called a coincidence, so how can this be explained by another Roma Sultanate cavalry who fought in almost the same way as their dragoon cavalry?

But now Wang Gang can't care about this question, because the enemy troops in front of him are constantly gathering. Since the expeditionary force entered the Persian Gulf, it has been progressing smoothly and has not encountered tenacious resistance. Where did it come from...

It started with their capture of the castle of Grand Duke Fikia. At first, the bigwigs who lived in Baghdad, the capital of the Seljuk Empire, didn’t pay much attention to the sudden appearance of the eastern army, thinking that they might just loot some property. They will retreat, but unexpectedly, they came all the way to the imperial capital, and the team is getting bigger and bigger!Now they were scared, and immediately asked Sultan Sanjar, who was on an expedition, to quickly lead his troops back to help, but things were not that simple.

The Caliphs of Baghdad, although out of political power many years earlier, ruled over the Empire under the tutelage of the Seljuk 'Sultans'.The sultans still respect the successor of the Prophet, the caliph, and are still nominally the leader of the entire Arab empire, the chief of the Muslim believers, and the symbol of the Arab empire, and Baghdad is still the center of the empire.

But at this time, Baghdad, which was at the center of the empire, had long been assimilated by Persian civilization, and the bad habits of the Persian court quickly became the fashion of the empire.In the gorgeous palace, there are countless eunuchs, court ladies, female slaves, and male slaves.Unlimited concubine, countless deformed love affairs between half-brothers and half-sisters, terrible jealousy, and conspiracies everywhere.Luxurious living, frequent drunkenness, and ambiguous succession to the throne all drained the vitality of the royal family.Such a leader simply does not have the ability to provoke the country's heavy responsibilities.

The sluggish royal family and nobles still lived a life of debauchery.And their behavior was imitated by separatists, large and small.Since the country cannot open up new sources of income, it can only exploit ordinary people, and the people's lives are becoming increasingly impoverished.The weakening of the national power caused the maintenance of the canal system to become a problem, and many cultivated lands were forced to become wasteland.In those war-torn places, the number of people has dropped significantly, and the remaining people have left their homeland because their safety cannot be guaranteed, resulting in more wasteland.Frequent wars also lead to the prevalence of infectious diseases, which makes the originally small population decline faster.

The war also destroyed normal commerce and industry, and the national economy suffered a severe recession.Then came the decline of national culture, and the achievements of civilization created in the early days of the empire were gradually lost.The country in decline is also surrounded by quarrels of all kinds, between Arabs North and South, between Arabs and non-Arabs, between Arab Muslims and new Muslims, between Muslims and non-Muslims, between sects, religious It was no longer possible to unite them into an organized whole.

The territory of the empire has been divided up by dynasties, large and small. Under the control of the sultan, the caliphate is just a puppet at the mercy of others. Facing the approaching enemy army, they cannot mobilize troops to resist. Jarl calls for help.Let him return to the rescue.

Sancar received an emergency document asking him to quickly return to the army for rescue when the imperial capital was under attack, but it was difficult for him to escape.In these years, in order to maintain the unity of the empire, he had to lead the army to fight everywhere under the banner of Islam.Hope to delay the decline of the empire and restore the authority of the past.Now, in the process of conquering the Black Khanate, the Khwarazim independence incident occurred again.He had to send troops to suppress to maintain the unity of the empire, which pinned him in the northeast of the empire.It was difficult to return to the army for a while.

But his old nest was in danger, and he had to save it.So Sanjar, in the name of the Sultan of the Great Seljuk Empire, ordered the Roma Sultanate and the Kerman State to send troops quickly to rescue Baghdad and destroy the invading enemy forces...

The Roma cavalry lined up in a line that stretched for several miles. It was estimated that there were [-] people. The line was thick in the middle and thin on both sides, forming a concave crescent shape.Wang Gang understood that this formation was based on the Chinese army as the main force, and the two wings surrounded them and annihilated them.Facing the serious situation, Wang Gang somewhat regretted his carelessness. He didn't send out scouts to conduct a thorough search and found the way, but regret was useless. He had to make a decision as soon as possible whether to fight or retreat.

When forming the Dragon Cavalry, Wang Gang clearly remembered what the emperor said. The reason why they charged in a dense formation was a last resort, because even if the cavalry in the Song Dynasty had undergone strict training, their riding and archery skills were not as good as those from childhood. The nomads living on horseback are natural knights; moreover, the nomads are sturdy and good at close combat on horseback. The Song army can only rely on advanced weapons and appropriate tactics to restrain their strengths, relying on collective Strength wins.

The Roma cavalry in front of us are not only burly and tall, but according to Bakr, these cavalry are particularly good at swordsmanship. It also makes its cavalry even more powerful, making it unstoppable in close combat.That is to say, compared with the enemies facing them, the current Song Army is at an absolute disadvantage in terms of physical strength, war horses, swords, and military strength. The Song Army's advantages are gone.

"Withdraw the troops!" Facing the enemy troops approaching from three sides, Wang Gang gave an order to the panicked allies who had already begun to appear.However, turning around and running away must have caused heavy losses. He ordered the Brak army to spread out to the two wings, and used its guerrilla tactics to prevent the enemy's encirclement from closing. Send a letter quickly to the rear, requesting the brigade to respond.

The only advantage the dragonriders have at this moment is the firearms they are equipped with. They are divided into two groups. First, one group dismounts and chooses a favorable terrain to establish a blocking line. Once the enemy launches an attack, they use lances, motorcycles and several artillery pieces to carry out long-range strikes. ; while the other set up a line of defense again to cover the retreat of the former army and block the enemy.Although this method is slow, it is more reliable.The Roma cavalry also launched several rounds of tentative attacks, but they failed to break through the blocking line under the intensive firepower.

Not to mention war horses, even people showed great fear of the flames and loud noises from firearms, which made the Roma cavalry dare not get too close to the blocking line.Instead, harass with a small group of cavalry, trying to find out the opponent's weakness, or make them panic due to panic, and then look for opportunities to break through.However, the Song army had a tight formation, and even if a small group of enemy troops approached, they would be driven away by the auxiliary army, so that they had no chance to take advantage of it. They just retreated for more than ten miles step by step and gradually separated from the enemy and withdrew from the battlefield. The enemy army was also worried about an ambush. And there is no catching up.

Although they returned to the camp safely, the crisis was not resolved. The sentinel reported that another light cavalry army of about 7 people was encircling them in the northeast of the expeditionary army.Faced with the sudden appearance of two enemy groups, Ma Wei decided to retreat to the river to join the water army moored on the bank of the Tigris River, so as not to be divided and surrounded by the enemy.That night the whole army retreated from the battlefield, but the enemy didn't seem to want to let them go, so the two armies quickly surrounded them and chased and intercepted them!

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Ma Wei learned that the enemy troops who came to aid him were several times larger than himself, and all of them were brave and good at fighting, and their morale was high. He decided to lure the enemy to go deep, and then counterattacked with the powerful fire support provided by the naval warships.After two days of marching, the expeditionary force retreated while fighting, and retreated to the bank of the Tigris River, which is a bend in the river. Due to the impact of the river for thousands of years, a broad river bend was formed on the west bank of the river. Use this as a port to berth in it.

The enemy army didn't know that the Song army was deliberately showing weakness, so they followed their footsteps and soon found the warship moored in the bay.So a light cavalry from the Kerman Kingdom chose a place with gentle water to build a pontoon bridge across the Tigris River and set up defenses on the east bank in case the Song army fled to the east bank.The Roma Kingdom lined up outside the water bay and built camps to block the Song Army's road to the west, and sent heavy troops to the two wings to guard the pontoon bridge, so that the two armies could exchange support and cut off the Song Army's water access.

Finding themselves surrounded by the enemy army in the bend of the river, the expeditionary army experienced a brief panic, especially those of the allied army, who were even more unstable.A detachment of the Brak army, composed of sectarian troops, wanted to take advantage of the formation of the encirclement to forcibly break through. Nearly 2000 of them attacked the weak and prominent left wing of the Roma camp.And they were immediately hit by a volley of bows and arrows covering the sky from the front and the side, and suffered heavy losses.

The passion for survival overcomes fear, and the worship of faith allows them to unite as one. The 'Braq' sect army chanted 'Allah is great', faced wave after wave of bow and arrow volleys and rushed forward bravely regardless of casualties. Some soldiers still shouted forward with several arrows in their bodies.Their desperate charge made the defending Roma cavalry tremble with fear and chills in their hearts.But the flesh and blood bodies couldn't withstand the sharp arrows after all, and soon they all fell on the way of charging.

The sect army's breakout battle was short and fierce, even if the expeditionary army wanted to rescue them, it was too late.However, they were not unnecessary sacrifices, which made the enemy army cautious and did not charge rashly; and the allied troops of the Song army were also frightened enough, they did not dare to flee without authorization, and followed the masters to build fortifications wholeheartedly. Actively preparing for the battle, waiting for the coming of the war... (to be continued...)