The old general wanted to listen to the poems of the nine daughters of Moor, and in order to "respect the old man", Jiu'er decided to show his talent.

Clearing his throat, Jiu'er said gently: "Old general, I will recite a song for you now, and I will take the battlefield as the theme." ”

"Okay." Parmanuel was still smiling.

Jiu'er looked into the distance, made a gesture that is common in reciting poems, and said loudly:

The beacon fire shines on Xijing, and I feel uneven in my heart.

Yazhang resigned from the phoenix, and rode around the dragon city.

The snow is dark and the flag is painted, and the wind is mixed with the sound of drums.

Rather be a centurion than a scholar.

Afraid that the old man would not understand, some words were replaced with Macedonian colloquialisms.

The old general looked straight at the nine women of Moer, smashed the corners of his mouth twice, and was silent for a long time, and suddenly clapped his hands and praised, "It is worthy of being a student of Pinda, like fresh flowing water, and like a spear on the battlefield, slowly entering the heart and being extremely powerful." Good poetry! What a poem! ”

It's really not easy to get the old general's praise, the old man's reaction is really slow enough, from the end of Jiu'er's poetry to the old general's applause, he can do ten squatting hips and belly tightening movements, and I thought he was not satisfied.

However, Jiu'er stole Yang Jiong's "From the Army", and the procedures that should be there must still be, and he was busy chattering in his heart: Yang Jiong's great poet is not strange, Mo Jiu can be regarded as winning glory for the Han nation, the little woman has spread poetry to ancient Greece thousands of years ago.

The old general Parmanuel finally calmed down, and his eyes actually added a trace of worship: "Although the imperial maid is young, she is erudite and talented, and I often hear my son boast of the talent and skill of the female priest, and the old man is really knowledgeable!" ”

"Wait, old general, you say that your son boasts about me? Which son is you? Jiu'er asked, staring at Parmanuel with wide eyes.

"Who else could it be, my unrestrained Philotas, isn't he always with His Majesty, there are more opportunities to see the female ritual, and the more he knows about the female ritual."

Jiu'er almost couldn't believe his ears, that "old and young" could praise himself, and even said so many advantages of himself, "Old general, don't hide it from you, I am indeed very familiar with your eldest son Philotas, it is because of his familiarity, so he always bullies me, today you always mention him, you have to be the little one, go back and be sure to warn General Philotas not to ridicule me anymore, he is a general who always squeezes me a little woman and loses his identity!" ”

Mo Jiu looked at General Pa with a blank eye, and he could be regarded as having found someone who could discipline Philotas.

Parmanuel smiled, turned his head to look at the cavalry regiment behind him, turned around and continued: "Don't blame my son for saying that the imperial maid is a humorous and witty lovely woman, you young people's affairs, the old man will not be involved, although the old man is a martial artist, but he has loved poetry since he was a child, and the old man will recite your style of poetry to the old man, the old man has never heard such classic poetry in his life, and he is worthy of being a student of the great poet Pinda, how about singing a poem about the life of the old general Rong Ma?" ”

Mo Jiu helplessly looked at the old general of the hundred battles in front of him who asked him to recite poetry, and asked him to discipline his own son and did not agree, and even asked his daughter to recite poetry, Jiu'er tilted his head to the side, which was a silent refusal.

"Okay, the old man will reprimand Philottas when he goes back, and ask him to find an opportunity to apologize to you, and don't joke with the female priest from now on." Parmanuel said with a smile.

Jiu'er turned his face, after all, he was a respected veteran general of the legion, except for Alexander, Parmanuel was the number two person in the legion, Jiu'er couldn't refute the face of the old general, so he had to search for the cultural essence of his predecessors again in his mind.

"The forest is dark and the grass is frightened,

The general draws the bow at night.

Pingming looking for white feathers,

Not in the stone ridge. ”

"Haha, this poem is good, it is written exactly what the old man and I fought with the former king more than ten years ago, who can defeat my spear at that time?" Parmanuelle's beard was cocked twice, staring at the direction of Macedonia in the distance, probably remembering the scene of the battle with the previous king, this respected old general, assisted the two dynasties, and made great achievements for Macedonia, who in the kingdom can not accept it?

But no matter how great the military achievements, he will definitely have the emotions that ordinary people have, and the character of this ageless child emerges invisibly, this poem is clearly written about a mighty general who shoots a bow and arrow deep into the rock, and he can also be moved to himself by the old general.

Along the way, the old general somehow became full of poetry, "pestering" Jiu'er and reciting no less than fifty poems, Mo Jiu also came to be interested, and performed a poetry conference with the old general, spitting and dying, and the general guards around him were stunned.

Ling'er couldn't stop looking at her young lady, pursed her lips and snickered, the character of young lady is really a babbling child, up to an 80-year-old man, can ramble a conversation.

Along the way, an old man and a young man immersed in poetry and songs talked very happily, and the two seemed to become old friends, and the old general Parmanuel changed from the initial temptation and caution of the nine women of Mo to an undisguised appreciation, and Mo Jiu also admired the old general's wisdom and chic humor more and more.

The rebellion a few years later, historians still have different opinions, and no one knows whether Parmaneux really rebelled, but it is certain that Parmanuelle was absolutely loyal here and now.

"Old General, what would you do if, I mean if, one day Your Majesty doesn't trust you?"

The old general looked at the Nine Maidens of Moore with a frank smile, and said with a smile, "What do you think I will do?" Will there be a mutiny? Parmanuhaha laughed, and continued, "By then I will be too old to move, and so will our royal maiden." ”

A joke resolved Mo Jiu's embarrassing problem.

A message came from the front that Alexander had met Darius's reconnaissance team, and His Majesty had killed hundreds of them, and learned from the other party's prisoners of war that Darius was waiting for battle with a million troops in Gaugamela.

A million troops, the Greek legions are added together to just over 50,000, what kind of battle will it be, wait to see how lively it will be.

Alexander ordered Parmanuel to hasten his march, join up with His Majesty, and wait for battle at the Sixty Platforms of Gaugamela.

Parmaneux ordered his troops to advance at full speed, and finally converged at the 60th platform from Gaugamela, and Alexander ordered his troops to repair their positions, dig ditches around the camp, and set up a fence to strengthen the defensive camp, and then left behind the baggage cattle and non-combatants among the soldiers, you must know that Alexander brought all the personnel of all departments of a country with him during the expedition, some of whom were in the legions, but they were simply outsiders, and they were left behind for their safety.

After that, Alexander led his combat troops into battle, bringing nothing but weapons.

Stopped at a platform of only thirty days away from Darius's million-lions, by which time the Greek legions had seen the Persian army in front.

Alexander gathered his friends, the generals of the corps, the commanders of the cavalry, the allies, and the mercenary commanders together to discuss whether to fight immediately or take Parmanuelle's suggestion to camp on the spot, and reconnoiter the entire battlefield and the opponent's countermeasures, whether there are ditches and hidden stakes, and finally everyone adopted the old general Parmanuelle's suggestion.

Set up camp on the spot, Alexander took his friends Ptolemy, Seleucus, Cosimachus, Perdicas and local cavalry to reconnoiter the entire battlefield at night, and after returning, Alexander gathered the generals together to carry out mental mobilization before the war.

Alexander ordered his generals to go back and mobilize their men mentally, and to ensure that everyone was involved, and this battle was unlike any previous campaign, not to take any city, but to solve the sovereignty problem of the whole of Asia on the ground at that time. Every soldier should bear in mind that individual negligence can cause danger to the whole army, and that individual efforts also contribute to the success of the whole, and that the Greek legions of war have always been coordinated as a whole, with a detailed division of labor, and each with different responsibilities, and must be as heroic and agile as ever.

The generals were ordered to go back to do mental mobilization.

Parmanuel suggested that Alexander attack the Polish army at night, but Alexander did not agree, and His Majesty thought that it would be dishonorable to win the war, and that Darius III must be convinced of the defeat, and he regarded the conquest as a noble undertaking, so the whole army rested and prepared for the battle tomorrow.

On the second day, as soon as the east was red, the soldiers got up early to prepare for battle.

Alexander held an impromptu morning meeting to make detailed pre-battle arrangements, and ordered his fellow cavalry to control the right flank, which was the squadrons led by Hephaestion, Seleucus, Ptolemy, Perdiccas, Cosimachus, etc., and these generals were Alexander's most trusted partners.

A general named Kretas commanded the royal squadron before the friendly cavalry, and then arranged four royal squadrons in turn, under the responsibility of different generals, Philotas was the commander-in-chief of all the cavalry, this old and young man was the same as his general's father, he was a general who could be a hundred on the battlefield.

The cavalry was followed by the Macedonian infantry, first the most elite regiments of the Guards Infantry, followed by the other Guards. The entire phalanx of infantry on the left was commanded by Parmanuel's son, Nikano, who was rarely seen by Alexander's side, often taking on heavy responsibilities at his father's side, and who was a calm and reserved commander unlike his brother Philotas.

This was followed by four brigades under the command of a commander named Simias, which were originally under the command of Amintas, but at this time Amyntas was sent back to Macedonia to gather troops.

The layout of the left flank was about the same as that of the right flank, the entire left flank was commanded by the son of the old and young, and the father of the old and young was in charge of the command of the reserve second line of the left rear of the whole army and the full movement of the left legion, and Alexander made detailed arrangements for the commanders of the second line.

Looking around the entire battlefield, the old general Parmanuel was the real winner in life, and the commanders on both sides of the combat unit were all from the old "Pamanuel" family, and Parmanuel's status at this time was unparalleled.

The troops marched forward closely, looking at the entire battlefield from afar, and it was very open, which was the battlefield chosen by Darius among the three thousand, and the king of Persia thought that the open battlefield was more conducive to giving full play to the numerical superiority of the Persian army.

Within a radius of 100 miles, even if there was a small hill, the king of Persia had already asked someone to raze it.