Hercules won two games in a row, a little lightly defeated, and ordered the cavalry to attack the archers.

The Macedonian phalanx lowered their spears and formed a dense array of guns, pressing the attack on both sides at the same time. The Pontic Iron Cavalry did not make a breakthrough, and the bronze shield phalanx made up for it. But the archers gave them a set of very painful bow misses, and the formation remained intact and was considered well-trained.

The Macedonian heavy cavalry on the other side began to launch a death charge from behind. The Pontic cavalry fell off their horses one after another, and most of them were pierced through the back of the heart by their rifles. Hercules died here.

Many of the cavalrymen who rushed up to the Pontic pikes were wounded and overturned. Because the extra-long spear commonly used in the world at that time had a rear spear tip, which was able to resist the cavalry's back charge to a certain extent. But it was also a beautiful blow, putting a lot of pressure on the Bronze Shieldmen of Pontus, destroying their tight formation.

Under the front and rear flanks, the Pontic soldiers fought less and less. Until in the end, Macedonia won.

The Sith proclaimed the occupation of Thebes.

The war for imperial supremacy has been going on for many years, and the fierce struggle between East and West in the Mediterranean Sea from Asia Minor to Egypt has continued to heat up.

The situation has reached this point, and the strong counterattack of the king of Pontus has been contained, and it is the end of the crossbow. On the two main land battlefields of Asia Minor and North Africa, the Macedonian army has firmly controlled all the fortified cities, fortresses, bridges, estuaries and mountains, and highlands. It is simply difficult for the Pontus army to take another step forward.

In this case, the Pontics still made a final attack, apparently very reluctantly. It's really better to return to the army to defend.

Their objective was simple and clear, and they were simultaneously attempting to capture the cities of Masaka and Alexandria. These two cities were important strategic strongholds in the northern and southern battlefields.

On the Harus River, the Pontic general Sauromatis, commanding more than 20,000 troops, tried to force his way across the river with chariots as the vanguard and the bronze shield phalanx as the support. Then part of the light infantry was smuggled from the shallow river beaches on the left and right to assist in the frontal breakthrough. The time they chose for the raid was four o'clock in the morning.

But the sentries on the Macedonian side did nothing wrong with the enemy's intelligence and Apalos. Then he immediately ordered his troops out of the city. It was dark, and Macedonian soldiers, familiar with the terrain, came to the river in the dark.

I saw that the lights on the other side were bright, and the firelight was shining brightly, which must have been the situation of soldiers on the march holding torches.

As for Pontus, because it was dark, it was difficult to see the situation on the other side of the river, and it was only known that troops were deployed, but there was no way to know much. When the large army got on the bridge, the torch was lit on the other side.

At this time, the Macedonian archers deployed on the shore fired arrows in unison, firing from the left and right. The dense and swift rain of arrows instantly terrified the enemies in the middle of the bridge. Torches were lit together on the banks of the river.

Sauromatis, wanting to save it, hurriedly ordered a retreat. But it was too late, and on the already chaotic bridge deck, the voices of people were boiling, the sound of soldiers falling into the river, the panicked shouts, and even the calm and neat sound of the bow and strings on the shore, as well as the cries of Macedonian soldiers. The order of General Pontus could not be conveyed.

The first to cross the river was the shutter chariot, but the frightened horses were out of control. The chariot with the knife wheel was forced back by the Macedonian gunfire.

Yes, I went back the way I came. At this time, the bridge was full of friendly troops, bronze shields and Cappadocian iron cavalry. The Macedonian soldiers watched excitedly at the big scene in front of them, but the extremely hard copper shield phalanx was cut off by friendly chariots with knife wheels. Some of the quick-reacting warriors opened fire on the chariot.

During this period, Cretan archers fired non-stop, inflicting great psychological and physical trauma on the enemy.

Believing that the Blade Chariot could break through all obstacles, Saulomatis regretted the fact that he had suffered a crushing defeat.

The Macedonian phalanx suddenly split the sides, and the heavy cavalry launched a counterattack. The Pontic troops, who had lost order, became sheep to the slaughter, weak and powerless. Apalos saw the warplanes coming.

Offensive!

The ferocious cavalry charge flanked from the left and right, dealing a fatal blow to the Pontus army ashore. The great rout began, and the Macedonian cavalry pursued and cut down desperately, destroying a large number of enemies.

Sauromatis committed suicide in defeat. 20,000 elite soldiers were lost.

Apalos was effortless, and the losses were handful. He felt that he could march into the army, and the front of the army was directed towards the Silesian pass. The military charge they had given up.

At the same time, a confrontational assault battle broke out along the Nile.

Dan Salez claims to be a team of 100,000 troops, but it is only a 50,000 main force. It was almost all of Mira III's go-get-your-go.

Emperor Podare Ríos remained unfought, and the young general Karamakh commanded the battle, with Hipotturad as his lieutenant. Here gathered the Roman Ninth Legion and Greek warriors, a total of more than 30,000 people. In front of favorable terrain, they were equal to Bendu, and the two sides were evenly matched.

The Nile River stretched across the river, which became the main obstacle for Denzares. But his tough and brave character made him decide to attack. His plan was:

Disperse the main Macedonian forces stationed along the river with ranged attack units, including catapults and chariots with archers; Then the main direction of attack was still in the middle lane, the shutter chariot opened the way, and the bronze shield spear infantry followed, and took the beachhead in one go. In addition, thousands of auxiliary attacking troops were sent to the left and right to wade across the river from the shallow river beach to achieve the effect of threatening the flank.

Objectively speaking, with the advantage of both the number of troops and the hardness of the soldiers, this tactic is completely feasible and is likely to win.

In the face of the fierce attack of the Pontus army, the 30,000 elite Macedonian troops were also fearless and spread along the river to wait for the enemy.

"The defense of the estuary must be arranged with caution and reasonableness. The enemy was well prepared for the attack, and there were many long-range attack troops, so it might be better to stand out of range from the bridgehead and defend it. When enemy troops cross the river, send some troops to the bridge to stop them. ”

Hipottulad

"I'm not unaware of what you're talking about: defense in depth. Let them go ashore and wait for them to cross halfway to attack them. But then I changed my mind when I thought about the powerful roller shutter chariots against the enemy and the more tightly lined phalanx of bronze shield spears. We should use the Macedonian style of estuarine defense, sealing the mouth with a gun array, and not giving the enemy any chance to go ashore. Even if our fighters are deployed within range and will be attacked from a distance, they will not hesitate.

Because that's the price we have to pay, and it gives us a good victory. ”

Karamach

"I have reservations, but you are the manager."

Hipottulad

The northern part of the Nile is wide, and the river rushes through. There were simply no shallow river beaches for Dan Sales to launch an offensive in the second direction. Unless you give up crossing the river from this place.

Karamakh swung all his ranged forces along the river, with the archers on either flank of the bridge, standing in a tight position, and the catapults on the far right. The javelinmen blocked the bridge, followed by the Macedonian phalanx.