"Huh, interesting......"

When he saw the arrows coming from afar, Alexander also felt a little surprised.

After all, even Alexander did not expect that the arrows of the Qin army could fly such a distance, and in comparison, neither the archers nor spearmen in the Macedonian army could cover the attack at such a distance.

That is, during this period of approach between the two sides, the Qin army will attack first, and Alexander's Macedonian corps will be powerless to fight back for a while.

But surprise is surprise, and in general, Alexander didn't care too much.

After all, even if the arrows shot by the Qin army's bow and crossbow were relatively long-range, it was very doubtful how much power was left after flying such a long distance. Moreover, for Alexander, such a situation was not unprecedented, and the wealth of experience quickly allowed him to make a decision.

"Light shield soldiers forward, ready to protect the phalanx!"

At Alexander's command, the light shield soldiers with large shields immediately stepped forward and raised their shields.

"It is impossible for the arrows of the Qin army to pierce the round shield of our army......"

Alexander confirmed.

This is not Alexander blindly confident, but the experience he has summed up in one war after another.

This time, however, he was wrong.

At the moment when the big shield came into contact with the Qin army's arrows, the flying Qin army's arrows actually pierced the big shield in front of them effortlessly, and then penetrated the soldiers' bodies!

"Ahh

Some screamed in pain, and many more fell to their knees. It can even be said that after this round of arrow rain, about one-tenth of the front-row shields of the Macedonian First United Phalanx fell.

"Great!

Qin Zhongyu, who was standing on a high place, shouted with some excitement.

Seeing so many Macedonian soldiers falling, Qin Zhongyu was of course happy, after all, before the two sides could engage in battle, the other side had already lost a lot of troops, and from this point of view, it seemed that Qin Zhongyu saw a little hope of victory.

However, Qin Zhongyu soon discovered that this level of attack was actually nothing to the Macedonian army led by Alexander.

Obviously, many people have fallen in front of them, but there is no sign of chaos in the entire Macedonian United Phalanx.

The soldiers, still advancing against the strong winds, stepped over the corpses of their comrades without hesitation with neat steps. There are also some people, although their bodies are injured and bleeding, they are not afraid, and they do not even have the will to bandage and stop the bleeding, as if the wounds on their bodies have nothing to do with them.

"It's better than I thought...... It's a pity that the number of enemies is a little smaller, otherwise it would have been more enjoyable to say......"

Alexander said this, raising his long knife as well.

"The enemy's attack is not over yet, the light shield soldiers in the back row continue to move forward to fill the extra gap!"

Immediately, more light shields hurried forward, filling the void left by the fallen soldiers.

On the other side, under the command of Ying Zheng, the Qin army began the second round of attacks.

It's a rotational attack tactic.

After shooting the arrows, the crossbowmen in the front row sat down on the spot, and then kicked the crossbow with their feet to load the powerful Qin crossbow with arrows, and at the same time gave up the position and space for the Qin army shooters in the back row to shoot the second round.

This rotational firing tactic allows for a shorter interval between rounds of fire while maintaining a constant firepower. Therefore, the first round of arrow rain has just passed, and the second round of arrow rain will soon fall from the sky.

"Wind!

Another group of Macedonian soldiers fell.

However, Alexander's army was still advancing, and they continued to approach the Qin army step by step with a firm pace.

Gradually, the Qin army went through several rounds of firing, and just as half of the light shield soldiers of the First Macedonian United Phalanx fell, the two sides began to enter the second phase of the battle.

At this time, because of the closer distance between the two sides, the troops of the Qin army also began to enter the attack range of the Macedonian long-range troops.

So under the command of Alexander, the archers and spearmen of the 1st Macedonian united phalanx began to move forward, using light shield soldiers as cover, and began to launch a counterattack against the Qin army!

Originally, there was still a certain gap between the range of the bow and arrow and the spear of the Macedonian phalanx compared with the Qin crossbow of the Qin army, but once the Macedonian army, which had a numerical advantage, narrowed the distance with the Qin army, its absolute numerical superiority was quickly brought into play.

What awaits the Qin army is a more dense and larger offensive than the rain of arrows just now!

Not only are there arrows, but after the distance is shortened, there are also throwing guns with more destructive power! At this time, the weakness of the Qin army, which lacks light shield soldiers, which is specially used to protect against arrows, is also exposed.

Arrows, spears! These long-range attack weapons fell from the sky, and soon caused huge casualties to the soldiers of the Qin army!

The Qin army fell one by one......

"Is this the difference in numbers?" Qin Zhongyu profoundly felt how difficult it was to defeat the opponent when the opponent's strength was overwhelmingly superior.

"If the number is comparable, then it doesn't matter if the Qin army doesn't have light shield soldiers, just relying on the Qin crossbow is enough to inflict enough damage on the enemy! Therefore, in the case of your own long-range firepower, of course, there is no need to specifically establish a shield-holding force for defense, but unfortunately, the current number gap is too big......

Seeing that the Qin army in front of him began to fall in large numbers, Qin Zhongyu looked at Ying Zheng with some concern, but found that Ying Zheng was still standing with a sword, unmoved.

At the same time, on the periphery of the battlefield, the cavalry of the Qin army and the cavalry of Macedonia also began to come into contact.

Originally, the Macedonian cavalry sent by Alexander was to outflank the rear of the Qin army, in order to take it by surprise, so he set off from the rear of his own phalanx and secretly made a large circle of distance, but he did not expect that he was robbed and killed by the Qin cavalry who suddenly killed him halfway, and he was killed and injured a lot at once.

At this time, these Macedonian cavalry were furious.

Unlike the well-disciplined infantry phalanx, the cavalry paid attention to a rapid impact, but under the sneak attack of the Qin cavalry, the Macedonian cavalry had no way to complete the rear outflanking and sneak attack of the Qin army's phalanx, so at this time, the commander of the Macedonian cavalry unit immediately temporarily changed the decision to fight.

"Destroy the cavalry units of the Qin army first, and then attack their phalanx!" said the Macedonian officer.

"Yes!"

Dressed in armor and armed with spears, these Macedonian cavalrymen immediately turned their horses' heads and began to rush towards the cavalry of the Qin army!