Akevs met a group of cavalry while marching that afternoon. When the scout cavalry in front reported the enemy's situation, Akevs was nervous for a while because he did not expect that the enemy would take the initiative to leave the city and counterattack.
However, after only a moment of hesitation, Akevus immediately ordered the trumpets to be blown and the formation formed.
The Fifth United Phalanx led by Akevus was a battle-hardened unit. It was this unit that had previously sent troops to defeat Parthia and forced Parthia to pay tribute. If one traces its history, it can even be traced back to the Alexander period.
As soon as they received the order, they immediately changed from a marching formation to a combat formation... The heavy-armed spearmen formed a dense hedgehog-like phalanx in the front, with crossbowmen and trebuchets in the middle, and light-armored spearmen in the square.
The rear of the formation was covered, and cavalry and a certain number of light spearmen were deployed on both wings.
Seleucid's Macedonian phalanx still maintained the organization of the Alexander period, that is, 64 armored soldiers formed a platoon, two platoons formed a company, two companies formed a battalion, four battalions formed a regiment, and four regiments formed a
division.
This is different from the organization of Roman legions.
Then add more than 2,000 light shield soldiers, more than 1,000 auxiliary soldiers and more than 1,000 cavalry to a division. At full strength, 8,192 people form a primary phalanx.
Then the four primary phalanxes can form a combined phalanx, with a total of 32,000 people.
This is also the reason why Akevus led 30,000 people to attack the Lan clan.
As soon as Akefus and others were ready, they saw groups of cavalry coming with dust.
Akevus shouted on his horse: "Get ready!"
The soldiers responded with a "Hey", and the five rows of spears at the front were lowered and faced forward to form a wall of spears, waiting for the enemy's impact.
What came was 10,000 Huns cavalry led by Ge Yu.
Geyu was very puzzled when he saw the Seleucid infantry's spear formations arranged as neatly as hedgehogs. Curiously, he reined in his horse and looked at the troops from a distance, and then said to his subordinates:
"Are they waiting for us to point our guns at them?"
"I would rather give them arrows!"
The subordinates burst into laughter.
Another subordinate replied:
"Captain Ten Thousands, let me give them some arrows!"
Ge Yu shook his head and replied:
"No, Boy."
"Though I'd love to see what it would be like to fight them."
"But the general asked us to attack the enemy's supply line..."
"Fighting in Da Qin's army is different. We must strictly obey orders, do you understand?"
His subordinates responded one after another.
Ge Yu grasped this point very well.
Because fighting in the Qin army is indeed different from fighting in the Xiongnu army.
The Xiongnu are more loose, conscious, and attack like a wolf pack. You can say that they are disciplined and do whatever they want. You can say that they are undisciplined, but they gather and disperse in a controlled manner.
The Qin Army was different. The Qin Army had to do whatever they were ordered to do, otherwise it would be "disobeying military orders."
Therefore, Ge Yu did not stay long and led his cavalry around Seleucid's western formation and headed towards its rear.
Seeing that the enemy did not dare to fight, the Seleucid soldiers roared and cheered in a demonstration style.
But Akevus' face looked very ugly.
Because he noticed something...these barbarian cavalry seemed to have something on their horses, as well as their feet and the forward speed of the cavalry. This was not comparable to the Seleucid cavalry or even the Anxi and Dawan cavalry.
"What is that?" Akevus asked his men: "I mean what they stepped on!"
"I don't know, General!" the subordinate replied: "Maybe it's an iron ring or something, fixed on the horse's belly!"
Akevus frowned.
Because this is indeed a good idea. Fix a pair of iron rings on both sides with belts or the like to give the legs a strong point, so that you can fight with both hands. This will undoubtedly greatly increase the combat effectiveness of the cavalry.
But the Seleucid cavalry...
Akevs looked at himself and others. They all needed to work hard to clamp the horse's belly on the horse, and at the same time, he needed a hand to assist balance.
It's no wonder that Lan's City changed hands overnight.
In fact, Akevus thought of more than this. He thought deeper... If they could think of such a way to improve the combat effectiveness of cavalry, Seleucid and even Rome did not think of it.
Does that mean they were a more advanced civilization than the Seleucids and Rome?
However, Akevus gave up this possibility after thinking about it, because he also noticed that the hats and equipment of the cavalry were all very simple animal skins.
Thinking of Akevs, he yelled: "Keep going!"
It was not until the next day that Akefs encountered the Qin army again.
This time it was the Pulei Army and the Shenwu Army led by Shen Bing.
In fact, Shen Bing and his group of more than 30,000 men were able to engage the enemy yesterday evening, but Shen Bing did not let the troops advance and instead rested in place.
The reason is that Shen Bing knew that it was dangerous for his troops to camp around the Seleucid army.
One characteristic of the cavalry against the Macedonian phalanx composed of super long spears is that it is useless if the cavalry surrounds the Macedonian phalanx. And if the Macedonian phalanx surrounds the cavalry... it will be a nightmare for the cavalry.
It goes without saying what the reason is. The cavalry surrounded it, and the Seleucid army could push the encirclement away step by step at any time by relying on super long spears.
And if the phalanx or the cavalry is surrounded, the cavalry can only face those densely packed spears.
Therefore, Shen Bing could not rest assured about camping within fifty miles of the Seleucid infantry at any time.
Once they come up at night and surround the camp, they won't be able to get out even if they want to.
In the early morning of the next day, Shen Bing calculated the time and led his troops forward. He arrived at Seleucid's camp when the sky was dark.
At this time, Akevs and others were having breakfast. After hearing the warning, they immediately dropped their bowls and ordered to set up their formation.
Then, Akevus saw a scene that surprised him. Groups of cavalry in black armor appeared in front of them... These troops were obviously much more advanced than the ones they encountered yesterday.
Akevs speculated that perhaps these were the real Silk Nation troops.
Shen Bing first observed the famous Macedonian phalanx. There were densely packed spears everywhere, and it did look a bit scary.
Its weakness is obvious, that is, lack of maneuverability.
He volunteered and said:
"General, let me lead the troops to test it out!"
Shen Bing shook his head.
There is actually no need to test such a phalanx, you will know its tactics at a glance...Use extra-long spears on the periphery to form a spear wall. If the cavalry comes forward to initiate a bow battle, then the archers, crossbows, trebuchets, and auxiliary forces in the formation will The soldier's javelin will counterattack the cavalry.
In addition, each of these spearmen has a shield in his hand, so it is not clear who will lose and who will win in the bow battle.
After thinking about it, Shen Bing ordered:
"artillery!"
Wang Ben responded and asked the Shenwu Army to bring in artillery, but there were only two.