Flesh and blood were flying everywhere, and screams were everywhere.
The Seleucid cavalry immediately suffered a devastating blow from the heavy cavalry of the Pulei army.
It should be said that although the number of Seleucid cavalry was small, their quality was still good.
The reason is that the Seleucid Empire maintained the tradition of the Alexander period and appointed noble children as cavalry.
This is very different from nomads.
The reason is that the cost of raising horses in Europe is high, and it is difficult to practice mounted combat. Ordinary people do not have the conditions to learn to ride horses and fight as cavalry.
The daily life of nomadic people is to herd horses on horseback. Ordinary people are unhappy without horses, so cavalry has become a standard equipment.
Since most of the Seleucid cavalrymen were children of nobles, they had been educated since childhood and underwent strict and unified training in cavalry combat, so their combat qualities were naturally remarkable.
This is a bit like the cavalry of the Qin State... Although the cavalry of the Qin State are not all children of nobles, because the cost of raising horses is high, the cavalry are all elites selected from the infantry.
If they are not better at riding and shooting than the nomads, Qin cavalry and Seleucid cavalry are probably no worse than the nomads.
The problem is that the heavy cavalry of Pu Lei's army at this time was not only composed of nomads with superb riding skills, but also combined with Qin's heavy armor and weapons...
What Shen Bing equips his heavy cavalry with are armors for chariot drivers.
As mentioned before, because the chariot driver is the soul of a chariot and cannot block or even dodge in wartime, it is extremely dangerous.
Therefore, his armor is the most complete of the Qin army. In addition to the armor, it also has a cape, leg guards, and thickened horseshoe-shaped locks at key points.
The front end of the horse is also armored.
The most important thing is that these heavy armored cavalry have saddles and stirrups.
This makes them more stable, and coupled with their large mass, they have an absolute advantage in cavalry confrontations.
Just like this time, the Seleucid cavalry raised their spears and rushed towards the Qin cavalry... They had to be very careful to control the strength of the thrust.
Because if the force is too great, the reaction force will knock you off the horse, and being knocked off the horse during a mounted battle almost means death.
Therefore, Seleucid cavalry is usually more suitable for dealing with enemy infantry. On the one hand, this is because the infantry is not fast and will not produce a huge reaction force like the cavalry hedging. On the other hand, the infantry is low and the cavalry is high, hitting the infantry behind.
The reaction force transmitted along the spear is diagonally upward and part of it will be broken down.
The cavalry charge is different. The reaction force generated is often several times that of the infantry, which is beyond what they can withstand.
Therefore, when the Seleucid cavalry fought against the cavalry, they usually threw their spears as javelins at the target, and then drew their swords to strike.
This is indeed lethal, especially since the Seleucid cavalry were trained to throw javelins regularly. They could even throw the javelin to kill the target, and then gallop up to pick up the javelin stuck on the body.
However, at this time, the heavy cavalry of the Pu Lei army suddenly penetrated their team from the flank, which caused the Seleucid cavalry to be in a hurry. Only a few teams had time to throw their spears.
Then... when the two armies met, it was a one-sided situation: the Seleucid cavalry was either knocked off the horse by the Qin cavalry, or was knocked off the horse.
In the blink of an eye, only half of the Seleucid cavalry was still on the horse.
Then the Qin army's Qingqi also launched an attack.
The typical Xiongnu circling tactics were used, with bows and arrows drawn, and when horses approached the enemy, they used their horse power to shoot the arrows into the enemy formation.
This cycle continued in circles, and arrows continued to shoot at the Seleucid army.
Akevus was stunned at that moment.
Because he found that these "barbarians" could shoot far and accurately on horseback.
Said far away, because the "barbarians" actually targeted the crossbowmen in the phalanx.
This was not the first time that Akevs fought against nomads, but he had never seen mounted archers who could cross the phalanx far beyond the range of the javelin and hit the archers inside.
This is actually the power of the Macedonian phalanx...
It was not without reason that Alexander sent an army of 50,000 to the east to destroy the Persian Empire. His force configuration was based on heavy-armed super-long gunners as the core and then covered each other layer by layer to achieve the best defense and attack power, especially against the enemy.
Horseback shooting of nomads.
For example, a heavily armed super long gunner has a heavy helmet and armor, and holds a shield in one hand and a super long gun in the other.
This equipment tests the infantry's physical strength, so it usually requires strong and well-nourished soldiers to serve.
The advantage is that it takes into account both defense and attack:
The spear wall composed of super long spears hardly needs to worry about the impact of cavalry, so the cavalry can only shoot arrows from a distance.
But the super spearmen only need to raise their shields to cover each other, and it will be difficult for arrows to hurt them.
Therefore, the spear phalanx is a stone that cannot be chewed by the cavalry.
If the cavalry wants to get closer and kill the archers in the square formation with arrows... the archers are not wearing armor or shields, so they can easily be shot.
At this time, the auxiliary soldiers distributed on both sides of the square formation would step forward and kill the cavalry with javelins.
Auxiliary soldiers usually do not wear armor for mobility, but their shields are larger to protect themselves from bows and arrows. They hold a shield in their left hand, with several javelins hanging on the shield, and suddenly rush out of the formation to throw javelins at the enemy.
Needless to say, the javelin can kill cavalry. Whether it hits a rider or a horse, it can make the target lose its combat effectiveness.
And the well-trained harpooneer has a very good shooting range and can throw up to 50 meters.
In other words, the harpooneer can force the enemy cavalry back 50 meters away from the square.
Therefore, the target of the enemy's cavalry bows and arrows can only be the super spearmen and cannot threaten the archers in the formation.
But because the Seleucid archers stood on the ground and used longbows with a longer range, the archers in the formation could hit enemies outside the phalanx.
This creates the advantage of "I can defeat the enemy but the enemy cannot defeat me".
This is one of the reasons why Alexander was able to defeat many with less in his Eastern Campaign and why Seleucid was able to defeat Parthia several times and make them surrender.
But at this time, the situation was completely beyond Akeves' expectation.
The arrows of the "barbarians" easily passed over the phalanx of super long spears, and fell into the phalanx of Seleucid archers with a "swish" sound... These archers were also lined up in a dense formation and did not wear armor.
Immediately, there were endless screams, and the archers fell to the ground one after another after being hit by arrows.
"What's going on?" Akevus shouted: "Where are our javelins? How did they let the enemy get so close!"
The subordinate looked at it and replied:
"General! Our harpooneers are driving them off!"
"But I think it's not the javelin that's the problem, it's the enemy's bows and arrows... they shoot very far!"
Akevus looked at the groups of enemies running past outside the phalanx, and found that his men were right. The enemy cavalry was attacking beyond the range of the javelin.