Chapter 82: The Luxurious Battlefield

Jiu'er followed the team of the reserve second-line Parmanuelle, watching the Persian army that was facing the battle formation, and was a little suspicious of the authenticity of history, although the black oppressive Persian army did not record the millions, but at least 500,000, ten times the number of the Greek army, how could Alexander win this battle?

Before this, Alexander received information from the spies as follows: Darius's army had 40,000 cavalry, 1,000 infantry, 200 chariots, long knives on wheels, and dozens of elephants.

Except for the infantry, which is around 400,000 in number, all other information is correct.

The reason why the Persian army is so large is because there are a large number of reinforcements, they come from different tribes, and the Persian army is like a large-scale "battle armor" fashion exhibition, with a variety of different styles of war armor, which attracts the attention of Mo Jiu, a bystander.

The warbands of the Persian headquarters were still relatively luxurious, and the warriors wore colorful satin robes with sleeves, decorated with fish-scale iron armor, wore tiras soft felt hats, and held twig shields, longbows, quivers on their backs, and short swords hanging from their right hips.

Medea and its West Asians and Persians were dressed similarly, except that they wore turbans instead of felt hats.

The Assyrians wore bronze helmets, Egyptian shields, spears and daggers, and some armed with iron-tipped sticks and linen armor.

Indians wore clothes made of kapok, with bows and arrows with iron heads.

The Arabs wore a robe of gila around their waists and a longbow on the right side, while the Essiopians wore robes of leopard or lion skin, half of their bodies painted chalk and the other half ochre, with bows and short arrows; and the Caspians dressed in furs, with bows and swords; Bucktolians with pointed hats ....

These are the costumes of the infantry phalanx, and the cavalry is even more eye-catching.

Jiu'er carefully searched for the legendary Persian 10,000-strong immortal army in this huge army, and finally let Mo Jiu see this team of bloody Spartan warriors in the center of the team.

The 10,000-strong army of the Achaemenid dynasty of Persia was the ace of the Persian dynasty, and fought under the command of the Persian king Cyrus the Great Cambyses Darius, and the members of the undead army were selected into the legion at a very young age for special training, they were all physically strong, super martial arts, and one thing is important, they were all handsome men with good looks, and they served as members of the Persian honor guard in peacetime.

The total number of undead troops is 10,000, under the jurisdiction of eight standard infantry thousand troops, a light cavalry team, a fast station team, the number of chariots and cavalry teams is 1,000 people, each soldier is equipped with a short spear, as well as a short dagger and bow, bronze chain mail, cavalry is equipped with a Persian long saber, secondary weapons are double-edged axes and bows.

During the reign of Darius I, the undead army suppressed the uprisings in Babylon, Elamite and other places, fought nineteen times in a row, captured nine rebel leaders, reversed the situation on the verge of collapse of the empire, and made great achievements; The Persian dynasty under Xerxes I took part in the expedition against the Greek cities, and was invincible along the way, annihilating the Spartan warriors who had killed thousands of Persians at Thermopylae.

Today is a real battle of kings, and I don't know if the Macedonian phalanx, which has won dozens of cities, can defeat this immortal army that has been famous for generations.

Of course, Darius III's Great Undead Legion is far inferior to the martial arts of the year, and extravagance is common within the legion, and the undead warriors enjoy the highest treatment of the dynasty, but they do not participate in many wars.

But no matter what, people are still undead legions.

The undead legion did not have the armor to cover their faces in their impressions, they showed their faces, and they had already seen the handsome faces of the undead soldiers from Mo Jiu, wearing golden armor, and Jiu'er's eyes were blind from afar.

According to the written materials obtained from the Polish army afterwards, the Persian army was disposed as follows:

The Bactrian cavalry took control of the left flank, and with them were the Dahai and Arakotians, and next to them were a mixed force of Persian infantry.

Next to the Persian infantry were the Susian troops, and further down were the Kaducian troops. From the left flank to the center of the entire phalanx.

On the right flank were the troops of Lower Syria and Mesopotamia, on their right were the Midia forces, and from them there were six different ethnic forces, and on the right flank, as did the left flank, from the opponent to the center of the group.

From the center of the army, where King Darius was located, was composed of the king's relatives, the Persian Golden Apple Spearmen, followed by the bow and arrow units of the various divisions, and backwards were the Euxians, Babylons, and Red Sea divisions lined up in a deep formation.

Further back were the cavalry and chariot units, with elephants deployed in front of the royal squadron, flanked by Greek mercenaries and the Persian undead army, the only troops that Darius could stand up to the Macedonian phalanx.

Looking at the equipment of the Greek legions, the warriors wore linen or leather cuirasses, metal shin guards on their legs, metal helmets on their heads, metal inserts on the sides of their cheeks, and short swords at their waists.

The infantry phalanx is armed with a six-meter spear, with a counterweight at the end to facilitate balance, the soldiers hold shields to protect their left side, divided into small units of 16 columns, and covered by cavalry and light infantry in loose formations, once the soldiers in the front row fall, the second row immediately fills the gap, the entire Greek legion, the essence of the battle is to work together and go hand in hand, and those who escape from the battle will be punished the most severely.

His Majesty today wears a light brown leather breastplate inlaid with metal scales, shin guards, and a helmet made of polished iron, which glitters from a distance, and has two white feathers stuck in it. The crotch war horse Ppsfillu wears bronze armor.

Alexander on the battlefield is very eye-catching, and the majesty is exactly what Alexander wants, and the soldiers can see from a distance that their Greek king is always fighting side by side with them, charging ahead, and this demonstration effect is immeasurable.

Alexander has an extraordinary personality, Mo Jiu has been in the Greek Legion for several years, from the original disdain to the current worship, you can casually list many points of Alexander: he has a clear goal in life - to conquer the known world (this is the desire of all the strong in that era, the law of the jungle, you don't conquer others, the next to be conquered is yourself, lack of ability is the only reason for being oppressed), he is humorous, and the journey of a few years feels like a journey; He had an astonishing talent, outstanding in sports, literature and art, and a wide range of knowledge, and even felt that Alexander had in his head all the knowledge of the time—astronomy, geography, physics, science, everything, and he made full use of this knowledge in the deployment of the army, and carried out the most scientific dispatch of troops; He has extremely quick judgment and can always find the best combat countermeasures at critical moments; He has the vitality of a young man, a bold and never-tired "professionalism".

Another point is that he is handsome and dashing, and his appearance is dignified.

Give Mo Jiu a reason not to worship him.

Because of this, the soldiers admired him so much, and were willing to live and die for him, and this surging power of worship of the commander could destroy everything, and it was the great power of the invincible Greek legion.

Looking at the black and oppressive Persian coalition army on the opposite side, the number of comparisons made by more than ten times the difference, the Macedonian troops on this side are like the stars next to the full moon in the night sky, and I feel that the Persian army does not need to fight, and it can destroy the Greek team by directly colliding.

The king in your heart, see what kind of military miracle you can create.

Jiu'er looked up at this king who was not amazingly tall, and did not hide his admiration.

"I heard that our lady wants my father to discipline me?" A baritone sliced past Jiu'er's ear.

This person who has suffered a thousand knives still has the energy to ridicule himself on this occasion.

Mo Jiu glared back at Baba looking at his Philotas.

The corners of Philotas' mouth tilted to the side, and he said defiantly, "Why can't you deal with me?" Ask our old man for help? ”

"You nasty general, always talk about our young lady." Ling'er couldn't stand it and continued.

Jiu'er hurriedly smiled and signaled Ling'er not to say much, although Philottas was very annoying, but Mo Jiu knew that this guy was just different-minded, and the war was boring, this was to make himself happy, but if Ling'er joined, it would be disrespectful.

This young man grasped the reason, "Yo, look, General Sai, look at your family's female worshipper, it's amazing, people's personal girls dare to criticize me, a general, is there any difference between dignity and inferiority?" ”

Seleucus glanced at Philotas and smiled helplessly, for this unforgiving guy, General Seyle had no choice but to return his family's female worship, which pot was not opened.

Jiu'er ignored Philotas and urged the horse to get closer to His Majesty, "Your Majesty, the king of this place will defeat Persia, but it will also be extremely dangerous, Your Majesty should be careful." ”

Although he knew the final result, Jiu'er was still a little worried about Alexander's safety for some reason, for the next bloody battle, Mo Jiu had an inexplicable distress for the king, so sunny and handsome face, how could he shuttle in the bloody wind for half a life? How can people not feel distressed.

"Lord Female Worship, I heard the old man say that you are very literate, what Tang poems and Song lyrics have you created, Your Majesty, don't you know?" Philotas urged the horse to take another step forward and leaned in front of Alexander's horse, "Our old man worships the female priest very much, and on the day when we went full speed to reconnoiter the enemy's situation, our female priest did not know what spell was cast on my old father, and recited nearly fifty poems along the way, and won the old man's heart in one fell swoop, and now he doesn't even recognize my son, saying that if I ridicule the female priest again, the old man will punish me with a rod." ”

Alexander raised his head and laughed, and stole an appreciative glance from Mo Erjiu: "I didn't expect that our imperial maiden can make the old general Pa, who is even a little afraid of this king, put down the shelf and talk about poetry with the female priest, which is amazing, worthy of being the royal female priest of this king, and has the means." ”

Several generals next to him also cast appreciative glances at Jiu'er.

Jiu'er shook his head helplessly, there is really nothing to do with these Macedonian generals and commanders, who makes the family so young, and nothing can affect the young man's sunny mentality and "boring" thoughts.

The afterglow from the corner of his eye inadvertently fell on Seleucus's face, and a very good-looking smiling face lined with golden sunlight quietly projected on Jiu'er's heart, Mo Jiu smiled lightly, but his heart was sour.