Chapter 316: The Brave Man
Unlike Wang Qian, in the face of the Macedonian Third United Phalanx, Meng Tian's approach seems to be more conservative.
A defensive barrier surrounded by chariots, followed by crossbowmen attacking behind the barrier, was a tactic commonly used by the Qin army when fighting the Xiongnu in the field without fortifications such as the Great Wall. As a result, the ratio of chariots to crossbowmen was the highest among the legions of the Celestials.
Of course, in addition to chariots and crossbowmen, there are also strong Qin cavalry, which is also a class with extremely strong combat effectiveness. Especially in the battle with the nomads, he learned some of the strengths of the other party, so as to exercise strong combat effectiveness, which can be described as a very powerful cavalry unit in the Qin army!
However, in the face of Meng Tian's tight defense, the Macedonian Third United Phalanx still chose to attack!
With Macedonian spearmen as the vanguard, and cavalry units on both flanks to outflank them, the two sides fought a desperate battle on the battlefield!
But before they could get close to the Qin army, the soldiers of the third Macedonian united phalanx were severely hit by the Qin army's bows and crossbows, and many Macedonian soldiers had completely fallen before they could get close to the Qin army's 100-meter distance, and many were even pierced by dozens of arrows.
However, the brave Macedonian soldiers still did not have the slightest intention of backing down, they kept moving forward, hoping to get close enough to each other before the whole army was annihilated, so that they could gain a slight advantage, and at the same time, they were also expecting that the cavalry troops outflanking on both flanks would be able to disrupt the opponent's formation and thus crush the enemy in one fell swoop!
"For the sake of His Majesty Alexander, there must be no retreat!"
In the crowd of the 3rd United Phalanx of Macedonia, someone shouted so loudly.
However, what they hoped for did not happen, even the elite cavalry of the Third United Phalanx of Macedonia still had no chance when they encountered Meng Tian's impregnable defense!
A large number of cavalry, like those unlucky infantry, had already fallen to the ground before they could get close to the formation of the Qin army, even if a few took advantage of their mobility to rush in front of the Qin army, they were already at the end of the crossbow, let alone fighting with the Qin army, and even the chariot barriers arranged by the Qin army around them could not pass through at all!
"Do you want to use cavalry to attack my defenses?, don't you know that what Meng Tian is best at is defending the enemy's cavalry troops?" Meng Tian, who has rich combat experience with nomads, seemed very unimpressed by the Macedonian army's attack.
Of course, this is not because of Meng Tian's blind arrogance, but because Meng Tian does have very rich experience in fighting with cavalry troops, and these experiences still come from the Hun cavalry units, which are known for their cavalry!
In contrast, the Macedonian cavalry troops that Meng Tian saw did not go beyond the Hun cavalry, so from the beginning of the battle to the present, Meng Tian still had absolute confidence in his defensive position.
"At this level, it is impossible for the other party to break through our defenses......" Meng Tian thought in his heart.
But after a while, suddenly, Meng Tian saw a young general suddenly appear in the Macedonian Third United Phalanx.
It was a fair-skinned, young, beautiful man, with sculptural muscles all over his body, which looked like a combination of strength and aesthetics, giving the impression of being brave and good at fighting. He had a shield in his hand, while in his other hand he rushed over with a huge battle axe.
Soon, the man proved by his actions that he was not a fool.
The young man shouted, "For His Majesty Alexander!" as he rode his war horse to the front of the Qin army's formation.
"So fast!" Meng Tian, who had been observing the dynamics of the battlefield, also noticed the approach of this person, with his rich combat experience, Meng Tian immediately realized that this person's strength was not trivial, and if he continued to approach, it was very likely to cause incalculable losses to the Qin army's defense line.
Therefore, Meng Tian immediately gave the order to concentrate the attack!
"Attack the man with the tomahawk and shield!" Meng Tian commanded loudly.
With the excellent fighting quality of the Qin army, almost all the crossbowmen who could attack the Ming man adjusted the direction of their attacks and aimed at this seemingly menacing enemy!
"Shoot!"
Countless arrows were aimed at the man who was rushing forward from multiple directions at the same time.
However, the man reacted immediately, first blocking the large number of arrows from front with the shield in his hand, and then using his other hand to wave the large battle axe that other people needed two hands to wield, blowing all the arrows in other directions away!
That's right, it was like the wind blowing away! The huge and heavy tomahawk was like a fan, and it just swept across with all its might, and it bounced all the other arrows away! It looked as if it was blowing the arrows away with a huge fan!
"This man...... What a lot of power...... Couldn't that stop him?"
Seeing that the other party was getting closer and closer to the Qin army's formation, Meng Tian immediately changed his tactics and issued a new order!
"Attack his horses!"
The Qin army, who had been instructed, adjusted the direction of the arrows again, and this time, a large number of arrows were shot towards the horse under the man!
The brave man swung his axe again, and swept away some of the arrows, but some of them flew almost close to the ground, so some of them were missing.
The missed arrows finally landed on the legs of the man's horse, and then the two front legs of the horse under the brave man knelt forward, and he was about to fall to the ground!
If it were an ordinary person, he would definitely fall to the ground with the war horse at this time, and then be pierced by the arrows of the Qin army one after another, but this man once again showed his amazing athletic talent!
Meng Tian saw that at the moment when he was about to fall on the war horse, he actually jumped hard and jumped off the war horse.
"What kind of power is this, holding such a big tomahawk, and still being able to jump so high!"
At this moment, even Meng Tian was a little stunned.
However, the well-trained Qin army reacted immediately, especially the spearmen who were in charge of close defense immediately raised the spear in their hands and stabbed at the man!
"Boom !!"
However, when the huge battle axe was chopped down from the air, the surrounding Qin troops were actually shocked and flew out together, and along with these Qin troops, there was also the Qin army chariot that was chopped by the tomahawk in that instant!
At this moment, for the first time, there was a dangerous gap in Meng Tian's defensive line!