Balak's expression was distorted at this moment. It was all over. Even if his army had the combat power to completely annihilate the opponent, without the cavalry to intercept it, how could the Han army's cavalry chase them? The opponent's only infantry was that group.
How can we chase the infantry who are so well equipped and can run as fast as a rabbit?
Gumara looked at Pang De and others who had quickly run away and sighed. If they had the materials like the Han Dynasty, they wouldn't have to do this. If they were also camels, the Han army would definitely not be able to escape. The only way to do this is to die in battle.
There is a path to choose.
However, if there are not so many, they need to prepare logistics supplies, so they dare not use too many cavalry on the desert battlefield. Because of the distance from Kandahar to Herat, using war horses requires too much food and grass supplies, so they only
Can use infantry.
But it is precisely because of this reason that they were quite powerless when facing the retreating Han army. Each Han army had a camel as a mount. Even without camel shield guards, they could still run out cavalry in the desert.
speed and lasts for a long time.
"Failed." Looking at Pang De and others who were retreating quickly, Barak gave up after chasing for a while, and then stood there with his sword and gun in a quite disappointed manner. The plan was completely over, and there was no hope of stabbing the main force of Cao's army in the back.
It was equally impossible to continue the attack on Herat.
"What should we do now?" Sahel wiped a handful of blood and looked at Barak and asked, "Go forward, or go around?"
Now that the Han army has retreated, both the main force of Cao's army in front and the city on the Herat side will receive the news. In this way, both Gumara's plan and Kapil's original plan are actually finished.
.
"Clean up the battlefield and go back through the Garn Mountains and the Sahad Plateau. We still have a chance." Gumala rode over and sighed, "I was careless this time."
In fact, Gumara had a very good idea, but he really didn't expect that the Han Dynasty would suddenly send several more elite teams over, so that all the previous plans became empty talk.
"It's not your fault. The Han Dynasty has too much capital. We miscalculated a lot of things." As he said this, Balak reached out and picked up a Han army shield with almost no signs of damage from the desert, and handed it to Gu Mara.
Mara stretched out her hand without knowing why.
The unexpected weight caused the shield to fall off Gumara's hand. If Sahel hadn't reached out quickly to grab it, the shield that fell due to its own weight would have broken Gumara's legs. After all, Gumara's legs would have been broken.
Mara's physical fitness is not as good as half of the soldiers.
"This?" Sahel was really shocked at this time. Although he had fought with the shield guards before, he had not had direct contact with the soldiers. Now when he touched the heavy shield, after the shock faded, only a sense of difficulty remained.
The description is complex.
"What kind of equipment do they use?" Gumala touched the shield and asked gloomily.
"Yes, this is the shield guard that Niranjan was talking about at that time. It is completely different from the kind of defense we thought of. The thickness and thickness we thought of, hey!" Barak sighed softly, "I think we and Han
The difference between the ranks may not really lie in the quality of the individual soldiers."
Gumara looked at the Han army that had turned into a small dot on the horizon, and didn't know how to comfort Balak. Indeed, the difference between the two parties may be external.
"If we had so many camels, we wouldn't need to be like now. Each legion would be equipped with a thousand camels carrying supplies and water, and other people would ride camels, so we wouldn't be as embarrassed as we are now." Gumalara
He looked at the Han army that had disappeared on the horizon.
Camels are the most important material for desert warfare. Kushan once thought that he could easily overwhelm the Han army with his own reserves. After all, the Han army was not good at desert warfare. As a result, Balak now felt that his family was controlled by the desert.
Compared with war horses and other supplies, camels can withstand drought for a long time and can go without food or water for a long time after being replenished. These advantages allow the Han army to cross the Leqistan Desert in one breath when there are enough camels, while other legions,
Especially for cavalry, in a place like the desert, with every additional horse, the supplies and water needed will increase exponentially.
The more important point is that camels can run much faster than people in the desert. As long as they are fed in the Sahel, they can cross the Lezistan Desert in fifteen days without even counting the food and grass they need to consume.
and clear water.
In this way, the logistical pressure of the Han army was greatly reduced. However, these advantages that should have belonged to the Kushans have now become the advantages of the Han Dynasty.
"The wealth of the Han Dynasty is beyond imagination." Gumara said with emotion. While having people clean the battlefield, recover arrows and various supplies, he was thinking about the next direction.
To be honest, just looking at this kind of equipment, Gumara's heart is inevitably shaken. He is not a tough man like Barak who will never regret it until death. He is just a normal civil servant, so he can clearly understand the material and equipment.
Realize the logistical gap between the two sides.
Soon Gumara had cleaned up the supplies on the battlefield and put away every shield. Even though Gumara knew very well that none of his soldiers were suitable for using this kind of weapon, he was reluctant to give up. He was too solid.
, it feels so safe.
"Is our battle damage strategy better than the other's?" Barak looked at the battle damage statistics and nodded, feeling a little more relieved - even if the Han army had such logistical supplies, it was not much more than their Kushan army.
On the contrary, at least this time they have some advantages.
"But the situation is okay. Only the soldiers led by the young general are like this. The equipment of the other soldiers is considered normal. Although it is slightly better than ours, there is no obvious gap." Sahel checked one by one and felt relieved.
There were a lot of people. Except for Cao Zhang's group, the armors equipped by the other two men were not much better than them.
Balak felt a lot relieved after hearing this. It seems that the Han army is not outrageous to this extent. It should only strengthen certain special legions to this extent. Thinking about it carefully, this is normal. If all the Han army
If they are so armed, what else can the Kushans fight for?
"It seems to be correct. The shield guard has great advantages. Even Niranjan can hardly take advantage of it. It is blocked from the path of promotion. It is extremely strong in defense and survival, and it is also quite balanced in other aspects. If
If there are many, we won’t encounter them only in these places.” Gumara used other methods to support the speculation of the Sahel.
The other two people also nodded when they heard this, and they recognized Gumara's guess. However, Gumara himself was limited by the world's cognitive level and could only speculate within the scope of his own cognition.
I came to a conclusion that is consistent with my own knowledge.
"In this case, it's normal." Balak nodded and said, they also have the Paduo Armored Corps, which is also a heavily armored regiment. Although the total equipment is not as thick as this large shield, relatively speaking
, they do not thicken their weapons and equipment, mostly because if they are heavier, even the Paduo warriors will not be able to fight flexibly.
"This should be a special top-level legion. There are two in the south, and the one here is obviously half. I think the Han Dynasty should not be able to make such a legion too big. If you think about it carefully, it should be built with the strength of the whole country.
Yes, our words should be able to do it." Sahel said reassuringly, feeling confident again.
Barak nodded and thought about the current situation. It was obvious that the Han Dynasty's type of army was the kind of army that was built with the whole country's efforts to support the situation.
"Now let's think about what we should do next." Balak looked at Gumara and asked.
"I still recommend taking the Ghan Mountains-Sahad Plateau, then taking a detour back to the Kiltar Mountains, and then returning to Kandahar along Suleiman. This way, although you save a circle, you can definitely avoid the Han Dynasty, and it is very important.
The key point is that if you go back like this, you may not be able to attack the Han Dynasty." Gumara once again mentioned the suggestion he made before.
"Is that so?" Gumala asked Sahel.
After some thought, Sahel agreed to Gumara's suggestion. After all, if he continued to stay here, whether the Han Dynasty sent troops from Herat or the main force of Cao's army, they might be blocked.
If the current situation is blocked, death is really not far away.
"Let's go west." Balak saw that both Gumara and Sahel were like this, and he had no good solution, so he decided to take a detour back to Kandahar.
"I hope there won't be any more accidents this time." Sahel sighed and said that he had already sent centurions to bury the soldiers who died in the battle between the Han army and the Kushan army.
"Probably not. Although I don't know how long it will last, I transferred the traces of our march to another direction. Of course, this is to deceive the war eagle." Gumara sighed and said, "But we are here with the Han army.
The news of a melee should make the main force of the Han army at the front stop for a while. This is an opportunity."
Thirty miles to the north, while Pang De was getting an injection, he sent someone to send a war eagle to inform Cao Cao of what was happening in the Lezistan Desert. Although they did not take advantage this time, they did solve a major hidden danger for Cao Cao.
"Heavy losses." Pang De finished counting the soldiers behind him, and then calculated the scale of his own kills. His face turned a little blue. The scale of their kills was at most slightly more than Cao Zhang, but the losses were much greater than Cao Zhang. This
This comparison of battle losses made Pang De and Yan Xing involuntarily think about whether they should also switch to the shield guard class.
But then they gave up this idea. The shield guard has a strong reserve and is very reliable as the backbone, but breaking formations, assaulting, searching for enemies, and pursuing attacks also require someone to do it. After all, the shield guard is really not suitable for these aspects.
