More than 200 years ago, Alexander led 30,000 Greek allied forces to defeat 200,000 troops under the command of Persian Emperor Darius Iii in one fell swoop in Milla, thus destroying the Persian Empire. Crassus knew that his seven Roman legions were much more powerful than Alexander's Macedonian heavy infantry. Persia, on the other hand, has declined in his view, and the so-called rest empire in front of him cannot be compared with the Persian empire 200 years ago. However, the Persian empire is not what it used to be. Persia used to be a farming civilization, and its military strength was still very weak. Now, the military strength of the Persian empire ruled by the rest of the people has been much stronger. Rest people are good at riding and shooting. Although their horses are not tall, they have strong endurance and fast speed. Moreover, the bows and arrows used by others are stronger in range and penetration than those used in Europe. Plus the rest of the people have armored cavalry, there is no doubt that the unprepared Roman army is doomed to fail in this battle.
The eastern borders of Rome, the Republic and the rest of the empire are Syria and Palestine on the Mediterranean coast. The long and narrow coastal plain here has typical Mediterranean climate characteristics, which is warm and humid. Adjacent to the coastal plain is a group of north-south mountain systems, of which lebanon mountains is 2500 meters high. Over this mountain is the upper reaches of the two river basins. The landscape here is a vast and flat desert, with only a few oases dotted in it. Crossing the Euphrates River and trudging 50 kilometers eastward, you will reach the ancient city of Kale with a history of thousands of years.
When crassus's army spent the winter in Syria, Altabaz Zu, an ally of Rome and China, came to visit. Altabaz Zu expressed his willingness to lead 10,000 armored cavalry to assist in the battle, and suggested that crassus's army go north, go south through Armenia, and go straight to Taixi Peak, the capital of the rest empire. This marching route passes through the mountains, which can limit the activities of the rest cavalry. However, the arrogant crassus did not adopt this proposal. He didn't want to make a detour, but insisted on crossing the Mesopotamian plain and driving straight in. This decision eventually destroyed his seven Roman legions. When Emperor Orrod learned of crassus's invasion, he immediately summoned Commander-in-Chief Soulaine. He decided to lead his army north to attack Armenia and stop Altabaz's ancestors from rushing to crassus. At the same time, she left Su Lena with less than 20,000 fine riders.
Mr. Rhodes' plan is that Sulena will delay crassus as long as possible until she solves the Armenians herself, and then come back to see him and fight a decisive battle with crassus. Born into a noble family, Sulena, who is only thirty years old, is the most outstanding commander-in-chief. He had carefully studied the tactics of the Roman army, so he trained his cavalry very pertinently, so that they knew when to enter, when to retreat, when to assemble and when to disperse. He never intended to act according to Odd's idea. On the contrary, he decided to directly fight the main forces of crassus in his own hands and destroy them. In the face of the menacing Roman army, Soulaine made a strategy to lure the enemy deeper. He ordered all the troops to pretend to flee to the mainland as soon as they met crassus's main force.
Crassus has been chasing the remaining troops for months. He kept urging his seven legions to March in a hurry, and finally crossed the Euphrates River in midsummer and entered the boundless desert. Roman soldiers became more and more tired because of the long-term emergency March in high temperature and dry environment. However, crassus hasn't seen the main players rest for several months. Finally, one day, the scouts of the Roman legion reported to crassus that there were a large number of rest troops ahead. Crassus was so happy that he immediately ordered the whole army to launch a battle formation. At first, he routinely lined up the infantry of the Seventh Army, with cavalry on the two wings, to prevent others from bypassing his front. However, crassus soon discovered that the rest of the troops appeared from all directions, and there was no fixed formation at all. Crassus realized that he had been played by the other party. However, he knew he had an advantage in strength, so he didn't panic. He redeployed and formed a huge square fish scale array with 40,000 troops. The defense lines on both sides are composed of twelve battalions of heavy infantry, with light infantry, cavalry and trench in the middle.
The rest of the armored cavalry tentatively attacked the Roman front and found that the Roman fish scale array was quite thick, so they immediately returned. Crassus ordered cavalry and light infantry to attack, but they didn't go far before they were shot back by a flurry of arrows. Tens of thousands of rest light cavalry have surrounded the Roman legion's large phalanx at this time, and then the arrows as dense as locusts began to pour on the Roman defense. Roman heavy infantry soon learned the power of oriental bows and arrows, and their wooden shields were like paper in front of the powerful arrow and rain offensive of the East. Many arrows pierced the shield and nailed the hands of the Roman heavy infantry to the shield. The Roman army faced a dilemma. They wanted to fight the enemy at close range, but the rest of the cavalry didn't give them any chance to fight at all.
In the event of the slightest attack, the rest of the cavalry who may have been charging will immediately retreat and be replaced by sharp arrows that will return immediately. On the other hand, if they don't stick to it, the Roman army will be passively beaten, and more and more soldiers will be killed by the remaining sharp arrows and lose their fighting capacity. Crassus finally unbearable, ordered five thousand light infantry and one thousand Gaul cavalry attack, at all costs to break the siege of others. Seeing the Roman attack, the rest of the light cavalry immediately stopped archery and retreated across the board. Encouraged by the attack, the Roman legion followed closely and gradually moved away from the big phalanx. At this time, the rest of the armored cavalry suddenly appeared, forming an iron wall, blocking the way of these Romans, and the light cavalry who had previously escaped also turned around and surrounded the Roman legion. So the rest of the hussars began to pour arrows at the crowd in Rome. Then rest in peace, armored cavalry began to charge. They formed a close team and swept the Roman position.
The battle of this day is to repeat the above pattern. The rest of the light cavalry weakened the Roman front with bows and arrows, and then the armored cavalry charged to expand the results. The fighting continued until dusk, and the rest left the battlefield with satisfaction and returned to the camp to rest. Crassus knew it was time to retreat. The Romans left quietly in the dark. However, the rest of the people who don't like midnight oil didn't send troops to pursue them. So the Romans evacuated safely to Calais.
Soon there were rumors that crassus fled back to Syria under the escort of Qing Qi, and Calais only had some of his generals and the rest of the infantry. Suspicion that this was crassus's trick, Su Lena immediately sent someone to Calais, pretending to be interested in the peace talks and asking for an appointed time and place. Crassus didn't know what the plan was, so he went to see them himself. The group immediately reported that crassus was still in Calais. So Sulemana led an army to surround Calais. The Romans who were short of water and food had to break through. As a result of the war, crassus, the coach, was put to death by the emperor who was resting in peace, and golden juice (cooked feces and urine) was poured from his throat. He fled back to Syria with 40,000 troops of seven Roman legions and less than 1 10,000 remnants.