To Four Thousand Years Later

There is nothing more repulsive, frightening, and maddening than a battlefield. There is no glory here at all, and there are no heroes here. There was just chaos, wailing, screaming, roaring, and countless pieces of steel and corpses.

Fortunately, it was not too late for Thomas to realize this.

When those young soldiers were full of enthusiasm or full of fear, Thomas was able to maintain a rare calm heart. While killing the enemy in front of him, he could also ensure that he would never be injured. This is difficult to say, but it is actually very simple to do-not only the soldiers of Tyre were undisciplined, but even the Roman infantry. Theoretically, they should keep rushing forward, or die under the sword of the enemy. Either cleave the way forward. However, people are afraid of death. Even if they were regular soldiers in chain mail with shields and swords. But when faced with the harassing outfits of Tyrean archers in the city and three or four squadrons of cavalry archers, their flanks still seemed vulnerable. The order from the superior was to destroy morale and destroy the formation, so the Roman soldiers did not fight the Tyrian militias to the death. They just try to maintain a good formation as much as possible, moving forward slowly every time the Tire archers throw the space, the Roman cavalry will demonstrate and harass. Holding light spears, they looked for the gaps in the shield soldiers, and every two or three attacks from their formation cavalry, the priests would conduct a concentrated attack. Their attacks are the most powerful... After all, bows and arrows can't bend, but fire snakes can. On the first day of fighting, twenty-four men were killed, of whom only six were shield soldiers; but on the second day, fifty-one Tyrian soldiers were killed. Among them, there are 28 shield soldiers wearing iron-headed robbers, hard leather boots, and hard leather armor-this undoubtedly shows that the accuracy of the magic of the Roman priesthood is constantly increasing. The only good news is that. The Romans' leadership seemed a little silly. They attack once a day, and each time only lasts for a short time-the Roman way of fighting in the past was to come forward desperately in the rain of arrows, and attack the archers and pikemen in the middle of the circle with spears or javelins. This will cause them a lot of trouble. But this time, the Roman soldiers seemed to be very cowering. And often do something meaningless.

They kept biting the shield soldiers on the periphery. Even in order to kill a shield soldier, it is not hesitating to pay the lives of three to five people. And this kind of sacrifice is regarded as a kind of honor by the Tyrians-because most of them are nothing more than militiamen. But the opposing Roman infantry were well-trained citizens. Can take one's life. Change the lives of three, four, or even five people. Undoubtedly earned.

Always follow this battle loss ratio. I am afraid that if the Romans were defeated and fled, they would not die many people. There were even young Tyrean warriors who thought it was a big victory for their side. When the Romans retreated, they left the formation on their own and chased after them passionately. Then he was killed by the Roman soldiers who were retreating. This **** fact somewhat calmed them down, and made these recruits finally come over. Be aware of your own safety and strength. It's all about the power of collaboration. On the third day, however, the Roman offensive suddenly intensified. On this day, more than 80 shield soldiers died in battle - and as a result of the battle, more than 400 Roman warriors were killed by them. Just when the Tyrians felt that they were sure of winning, Thomas felt a kind of uneasiness. If the Romans charge at full strength, can they still hold back? Thomas put all his doubts to the teacher.

His teacher chuckled: "Don't worry, Thomas. Even if the number of shield soldiers is really not enough, there are still enough spearmen. The cavalry on the opposite side are too brave to charge, and the infantry is insufficient. After all, the Byzantines behind them The fortifications are not ready yet. It is not yet time to retreat to the city to defend at least one more day. The Romans probably saw this ending. That's why they were in a hurry. The blacksmith explained to Thomas.

However, Thomas is still very disturbed

The fact is just as he guessed. Tyre's specialty is extremely high-quality wood, and abundant iron ore and copper mines. Therefore, their frontal tactics basically always focus on the three links of "surround the shield soldiers", "spearmen fight back in the gaps in the shield", and "the archers projectile". This is called "porcupine tactics." . Their only task is to maintain the formation and guard against delaying time.

Because the main force of the Tyrians is actually those light cavalry equipped with horses, bows and arrows. Each is equipped with three special arrows that are stained with feces, and the bow is equipped with a pot full of arrows, which also has feces or other dirt in it. their main fighting style. It is to continuously go around to the side or back of the enemy and carry out powerful blows. If the enemy is unprepared, then string the arrows and carry out a round of stealth; if the enemy is aware of their presence and tries to resist with a shield, then they will take out their bows and arrows and attack for one round at a time, and then return. withdraw. Move on to the next strike point. Because the war horse always maintains physical strength. They are difficult to catch. They were called "cowardly cavalry" by the Romans and Persians...but this tactic is ugly, but it is easy to use. If the frontal battlefield is not defeated in a short time, they can continue to send archers to harass and use poisonous arrows to reduce the enemy's Morale, and constantly reduce the enemy's combat effectiveness.

Once the enemy flees, these light soldiers will turn their bows into swords and chase them all the way.

The so-called one-trick, one-trick, one-Tyrian defensive tactics are so simple, but they haven't been cracked so far. The only one who broke through the defenses of the Tyrians was the military tribune of Alexander. Pharaoh Alexander I of Egypt, relying on a small boat, carried Zhebo's elite troops around a long distance for three days, circled from the back to the city behind the Tyrean soldiers, and occupied the city silently. Then all the city gates were closed and dead. Those infantry and cavalry were trapped outside the city. Two days later, they ran out of ammunition and food, and the exhausted Tyrian army with more than half of their casualties chose to surrender. But after that, the Tyrians learned the tricks. In times of war everyone has to hide in the house. If Citybus sees someone sneaking outside. Having been able to shoot without any legal obligation, Caesar devised another clever way to crush the Tyrian legions. That is, deploy chariots and shield soldiers on the flanks and rear for defense. On the front, instead of using chariots to directly charge into the formation, they used cavalry to harass and infantry to suppress and awe, and then let the priests and crossbowmen throw them on the catapults, attacking many times, and slowly grinding to death a certain number of shield soldiers.

Once the casualties of the shield soldiers reached a certain level, and the alternate shield soldiers could not fill the gaps in the formation, they could use chariots to forcibly charge into the formation.

Although after Caesar put forward this theory. Rome has never been at war with the Tyreans but now. This set of tactics, which has never been used since its inception, finally has its place of use.

"It's almost Byzantium. Five miles away, a priest in a white robe is looking at Byzantium from a distance.

It was someone else, none other than Peter. Now Tire is at war with Rome. He finally returned to the battlefield. But as a general in Tyre - "Turn on!"

Peter shouted loudly, his old voice still had considerable penetrating power: "Our compatriots are waiting for us to save them! If we cannot arrive at Byzantium before dawn, we will be watching them die!"

"Quicker, quicker"