Compared with the relaxation on the coast, Yuchi Baolin, who was fighting across the river, had been locked in a hard battle from the beginning without stopping.
Although a large number of Wugang vehicles and bowl-mouth guns were transported from the other side of the river, a large number of trebuchets were also assembled on the river bank. The frigates on the riverside helped defend the two wings, and there were also dozens of hot air balloons that took turns attacking the enemy's long-range troops in the rear.
suppress,
However, the river bank is the main defense direction of the Big Eater. The Big Eater deployed more than 10,000 troops here and launched a frantic attack on the three to four thousand coalition troops coming across the river.
The casualties of the coalition forces on the river bank have exceeded 10%, especially the casualties of the Persians have exceeded 20%.
If it weren't for the fact that the Tang army was still attacking the big cannibal with high morale, they would have probably dropped their weapons and fled.
Yuchi Baolin was very anxious: the war was much worse than he expected. He hoped that things would go smoothly on the coast, otherwise he would be in serious trouble this time!
The lookout soldiers on the mast of the frigate by the river were the first to notice that Cheng Wuting and others were heading towards the river with a large group of people.
Then he immediately passed the news to Yuchi Baolin.
Yuchi Baolin laughed loudly: "Brothers, hold on for a while. Commander Cheng has defeated the big cannibal on the beach and is now coming here!"
"We can attack the big eater right away and wipe out these bastards!"
The coalition troops on the river bank heard that Cheng Wuting and his army were outflanking the enemy from behind, and their morale was immediately boosted.
The Persians, who had suffered heavy casualties, secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
However, Yuchi Baolin's wish to attack the cannibal from both sides failed to come true.
The cannibal is not a fool,
Seeing a large group of enemy troops approaching from behind, he immediately ordered a retreat.
Yuchi Baolin's side was all infantry, and after a hard battle, he had no strength to pursue the enemy.
At Lapupasu, not far upstream of the Karun River, I saw the big eater retreating. I wiped the Han River on my forehead and let out a sigh of relief:
It’s a big risk to quit!
It turned out that Lapu Pasu saw that the coalition forces and the big cannibals on the other side of the river were in a stalemate.
I thought to myself that there were more than 10,000 Persian troops here. If they could cross the river, they might be of great use!
However, he also knew that the space here was limited and he could not cause trouble to Yuchi Baolin on the other side.
So Rappasu took five thousand Persian troops and walked one kilometer upstream of the Karun River, found a favorable terrain, and crossed the river.
Of course, Rapupasu's behavior cannot be hidden from the big cannibal on the other side.
However, the Great Eater only sent a thousand people to follow him.
After the Persian army of 3,000 people had crossed the Karon River, a thousand cannibals launched a fierce attack on the Persians on the bank.
The battle was quickly decided, and the result disappointed Lapu Pasu!
Three thousand Persians could not hold on for a quarter of an hour in front of a thousand giant cannibals. They were completely defeated as soon as they faced each other.
After leaving hundreds of corpses behind, the Persians fled in all directions.
There were still two thousand Persians who had not crossed the river. They were so frightened that they even lost the courage to cross the river!
Fortunately, the big cannibal sent a thousand men and only a small number of cavalry.
Otherwise, the three thousand Persians who have crossed the river may be completely wiped out, which will have a great impact on the morale of the Persians.
By the way, the current situation has already dealt a big blow to the Persians!
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The Great Cannibal failed to stop the Tang Dynasty, and the Persian coalition forces crossed the Karun River and did not stop them from landing at the seaside.
They had no choice but to retreat into the city of Basra and rely on the city walls to resist.
After Cheng Wuting and Yuchi Baolin met at the Karen River, they set up camp on the spot.
Let the ships continue to transport all the baggage from the other side.
Field artillery, a particularly bulky thing, didn't have time to be transported to the other side during the war just now.
Just now we were just transporting Wugang vehicles that were needed more urgently.
After the armies on the shore reunited, the battle groups on the sea were almost finished.
This time the food fleet failed to achieve any results.
The Tang Navy, which had already suffered two losses, was very wary of suicide attacks on major ships.
The Dashi sloop, regardless of speed, range, firepower, or hull solidity, is not on the same level as the Tang Navy.
On the vast sea, the Tang Dynasty navy did not give the Dashi ships a chance to approach.
From a distance, they sank the large sloops one by one.
The purpose of the food fleet this time was very simple, which was to take the opportunity to sneak attack the Tang Dynasty warships on the shore when the Marines rushed to land on the beach.
It's a pity that they overestimated their own operational capabilities and underestimated the landing speed of the Datang Marine Corps.
The final result of the Great Man-Eater Fleet was that three ships successfully approached within 500 meters of the transport ship.
Then they were all sunk by the transport ship and the main gunboats that caught up behind them!
The transport ship is also equipped with a small number of self-defense naval guns, and this is the first time they have been used.
"The Strait of Hormuz should be open to traffic now, right?"
Seeing that no other large food ships were approaching, and that the frigates and main gunboats were all approaching the transport ship, Cheng Chubi asked casually.
"I guess it's almost done. Let the Persians do some research!"
Su Chen also answered casually.
"I thought we had left a hidden danger behind us, but I didn't expect them to jump out and die!"
Li Chengqian was very happy that the Dashi ship could take the initiative to come out and arrive.
Su Chenxin said: The Dashi ships are not here to die. If they had not overestimated their own strength again, they would actually be very clever in this move.
Just imagine if they were not discovered in advance, or the landing battle did not go smoothly and the main gunboats were unable to free their hands.
Their arrival will bring great trouble to the Tang army!
But things didn't work out. This misjudgment by the Great Eater completely ruined its naval power in the Arabian Sea!
However, if they don't get ruined this time, there will be no use for them staying in the Strait of Hormuz.
This battle should be the last chance for the Dashi Navy to appear.
The next step should be a duel on land.
I guess the big cannibal thought so too, so he transferred them from the strait.
The battle on both sides was over. Liu Rengui boarded the ship first to report the results of the battle to Su Chen. Except that the two frigates were hit by two gunpowder shells, there were no other damage.
Two frigates were hit. The ships themselves were not much damaged, but one soldier was killed, three were seriously injured, and more than ten were slightly injured.
Compared to the nearly 200 ships that the Great Eater came to this time, the casualties were almost negligible.
But Su Chen became a little angry when he saw Yuchi Baolin and Cheng Wuting sent someone to send back the battle report.
"In just a short period of time, the Marines alone suffered between five and six hundred casualties!"
"The Persians who fought together suffered more than a thousand casualties!"
"This is the shortest time our big cannibals have fought, but it is also the one with the heaviest casualties!"
"It seems that Dashi's elite troops are indeed much stronger than what we have seen before."
