"This is a battle of Greek military theories."

"It is a practical struggle supported by theory. Greek-style phalanx.

Macedonia represents the idea of focusing on the development of cavalry, and Bendu represents the idea of attaching importance to the development of infantry phalanxes. Both countries' ideological and cultural origins originated in Greece, and both inherited the rich heritage of Alexandria's Macedonian phalanx. Now the war between the two countries is like a civil war. ”

"But the army of Pontus was clearly orientalized, and oriental elements such as iron cavalry, oriental infantry, and roller shutter chariots were all expressed in their ranks.

For now, it seems that flexible ranged and cavalry forces can determine the final outcome of the battlefield. ”

"In fact, in this war, the performance of the Pontic Bronze Shield Spear Phalanx has long surpassed that of ordinary Macedonian pikemen. Our advantage lies in cavalry and long-range fire, compensating for the shortcomings. ”

"The Bronze Shield Gun is clearly a higher class of troops than the Macedonian Gun. It is the equivalent of our royal pike. However, training and organizing such troops is cumbersome, time-consuming, laborious, and restrictive.

Therefore, the enemies are also evenly distributed, with an average of one or two copper shield phalanxes in each combat legion. Three or six are already considered well-equipped troops.

On the other hand, on our side, the main infantry force is mostly the Macedonian phalanx. Stable performance and easy to replenish. But when it comes to really facing the bronze shield pikemen infantry, it can't help but be a little difficult. ”

"You must know that the training and assembly of a phalanx of bronze shields and spears takes almost twice as long as an ordinary Macedonian phalanx. Pondu began when he was preparing for war with the Egyptians.

All things considered, we can win by virtue of the advantage of cost performance. It's a big deal. ”

"Personally, I feel that we should have more royal guns. Leveling out the deficiencies in this area makes our infantry tougher. ”

"Yes, but that also needs to be in a city with conditions to explode."

"It must be replenished as soon as possible."

"I also hope soon, but as things stand, when the change of clothes is really completed, the war will be over."

This is the conversation between the Aris brothers before they leave in Rome. It objectively reflects the embarrassment of the war with Pontus at that time, but war is always a contest of comprehensive quality.

Apalos, who trusted the vanguard general of Asia, was annoyed by the lack of outstanding results in recent battles, and began to seriously think about how to destroy an enemy in one fell swoop.

Intelligence has become an important condition for military struggle in the Minor Asian theater. Ankara is a region of special significance, as its seizure can affect control over the entire peninsula of Asia Minor and is a symbol of control. But Ankara is a small town with little economic benefit and no strategic supply value. So it's easy to attack and hard to defend.

The practical Apalos ordered the withdrawal of the Ankara defenders. Officials in the neighboring cities were confused and asked why the guards were mobilized. Apalos did not answer.

The Pontic soldiers, who were paradling in Galatia, immediately discovered this loophole and concentrated two and a half legions, two or three hundred thousand men, and plunged headlong into the interior of the peninsula. Because the commander of the Pontus theater repeatedly urged his men to seize a foothold deep inland, the Pontic soldiers were forced to test the water for this death order.

Apalos spared the first group, and the soldiers looked visibly strong and refined, and their morale was high. When the second group reached the Galatian border, he did it. Immediately transfer the invincible army stationed at the mouth of the bridge in the middle reaches of the Harus River, intercept the enemy's way, and start a big battle.

The enemy army was the 12,000 regular army of Kerthis Serassus. Coming ferociously.

Before Apalos could set up a ballista array, the Pontic soldiers rushed forward impatiently. Both sides immediately entered a fierce battle. It's been a long time since Apalos has cleaned up the enemy on such a big scene, and he's so addicted. Leaving part of the cavalry to maneuver and contain, he himself led the main cavalry to respond left and right, covering up the real attack.

Klaus, the commander of the phalanx, commanded the infantry to respond calmly and advance and retreat freely. On the one hand, cooperate with the cavalry to suppress the enemy, on the other hand, resist the opponent's small-scale attack, and take the initiative to attack when the time is ripe.

After a bloody battle, the Macedonian side won and broke the enemy army. The enemy will be killed. Apalos tried to pursue the defeated enemy, but still a small number of them escaped. As it turned out, these deserters did not return to other friendly units. Kthis's legions were scattered.

Apalos packed up his men, counted the numbers, lost 900, and destroyed more than 10,000 land. It was decided to move on to the next battle.

Follow the vine and find out exactly what the siege of the city of Pontus is besieging the baggage troops. It seems that there are only 3,000 about him, and Apalos, who has the advantage of troops, chooses to attack quickly. On the one hand, it confronted the long-range soldiers of Pontus head-on and did not give them a chance, and on the other hand, they divided the light troops to outflank them in order to annihilate them all. Most of them were crossbow and javelinmen, and they could not withstand the Macedonian attack at all.

Apalos successfully annihilated the enemy's baggage, and also captured a huge stone crossbow and various cannonballs in Pontus, hundreds of strong bows, 10,000 sharp arrows, and a lot of grain, grass and gold coins.

Looking at the red earth, with its plains and distant peaks, Apalos felt that he had gradually grasped the pulse of the terrain of Minor. He was deeply and sincerely grateful to his teacher, General Thessaros. If it weren't for his careful arrangement, the Macedonian Asian Army would have been encircled by now. With so many enemy troops hidden deep in the mountains and rivers of Silesia and Syria, narrow passages and estuaries would block the Macedonian offensive. Wave after wave of heavy attacks will wipe them out. He, Apalos, feared that he would die of exhaustion. Macedonia properness could fall under the bronze shield of Pontus.

Yes, defend as an offense. Turn the bad into the good. At the same time, it wasn't just Galatia; On the vast battlefields of Cappadocia, Pontus, and Bithynia, Macedonia's mobile forces played an infinite role in their possibilities, thwarting the offensive momentum that Pontu was eager to achieve in successive battles. The balance of forces between the two sides has been reversed.

Macedonia retains a large number of elite backbones, and there is a steady stream of follow-ups. Pontus attacked from all sides, hitting walls everywhere, feeling that he had entered the sea of forests, and he couldn't find the direction for a while.

After completing his mission, Apalos threw himself into the city of Masaka, where he was replenished. A colleague forwarded Ankara's military intelligence to Pergamon.

Receiving the news, Ari Stackle sent a new regiment of the "Royal Guard" to fight in Ankara.

Ari Stockler, accompanied by his cronies, enjoyed the beautiful sea view from a very cosy seaside loft in Pergamón.

"The Aegean Sea, she gave birth to Greek civilization."

"Yes, Your Highness.

We, Macedonia, have absorbed his nourishment and developed into a broader civilization. ”

"But Roman civilization is not bad."

He said it in Roman.

"I love Roman beauties."

"Hahaha, the vision is unusual."