Chapter 205: Winning the Championship (8)

Loyal knights, armed with the hardest armor and armed with sharp spears or swords, underwent the most expensive training. Today is a normal time to show their strength and loyalty, and every young knight is passionate and fanatical, unleashing his wild and killing nature like a trapped beast that has broken free from its cage.

Good training has created their team discipline, strong in martial arts but not brutal, cooperating with each other, and understanding the overall situation. The greatest power of the Macedonian cavalry comes from the perfect combination of hard stun and maneuver. Frontal charge, flanking and outflanking, the Macedonian heavy cavalry showed the cavalry subjects to the fullest, and defeated the Pontus cavalry. Although they were also very good, and even put armor on the horses. Tyranis's guard was cut in half, and he had to withdraw from the pitch zone.

The cavalry won, and Podare Rios immediately seized the initiative. The Forbidden Army took the opportunity to cover up and repel the reservists on the left flank.

The Ninth Legion was flanked by some of the opposing Bronze Shield phalanx and Hill Soldiers. This legion was originally the emperor's guard, and its combat effectiveness was superb. The hoplites went on a rampage under the precision strikes of the Shenji battalion, pushing away the elite Pontus phalanx before turning around and crushing the hill soldiers. The right-wing troops as a whole appeared to be in battle with ease and unhurried. Of course, this part of Karamakh did not encounter too many strong impacts of cavalry and chariots, and only staged fierce infantry white-knuckle battles. Karamach's heavy cavalry played an important role and did a good job of copying, surrounding, and pursuing. Accelerate the victory in local battles.

The left and right flanks achieved major victories, but the Chinese army withstood the strongest offensive in Pontus. They were successively suppressed by chariot charges, iron cavalry attacks, and elite spear phalanxes. But it's not like you're beaten up in the middle. Taking full advantage of the tacit cooperation between the arms, using the tactics of Greek heavy pikes and Roman heavy infantry mixed formations and archers to support the most powerful pikemen in the East, it took a lot of courage for the Greek heavy infantry to challenge face-to-face.

In the battle, the Roman heavy army phalanx was mobile and flexible, using the tactics of throwing heavy javelins, tortoiseshell formations, and hand-to-hand combat to suppress the dense gun forest like the iron wall of Pontus, and broke the myth of the most dense and hardest frontal invincible advance of the elite pikemen of the copper shield of Pontus.

Even if the tactics were effective, in the face of the constant onslaught of Pontus's 10,000-strong cavalry and thousand-rider chariots, as well as the advance of the hardest gun formation, the Macedonian elite soldiers in the middle suffered great losses.

Podarerios was still in command of the center of the army, no longer a leading general as before, but more like a monarch to oversee the battle. He seized the plane, took advantage of the gap in Tyranis' breathing, and ordered the left and right flanks to strike together in the center. The Ninth Legion and the Matrix Legion are like two iron walls, bound to crush the besieged Pontus phalanx. The cavalry cooperated with the lightly armed troops to cover the periphery, and the Macedonian royal pikemen advanced at great speed, splitting the bronze shield elite array from both sides, and the Pontic cavalry and chariots had nowhere to escape.

As the enemy's main battle force was shattered, Tyranis' will to resist was shattered. Seeing that their own elite were wiped out, the ordinary soldiers of the rest of the Pontus army had the consciousness of fleeing.

At this time, the Macedonian army of three lines united and launched a full-scale attack. The Pontic Reserve Army was crushed at the touch of a button, and Tyranis was defeated.

The Macedonian cavalry acted as cold-blooded killers and carried out massacres throughout the battlefield. A specially prepared Macedonian light cavalry rushed out like a quick arrow, and the goal was to capture Tyranis alive. The light riders quickly caught up with the enemy general, and took advantage of his fatigue to trip over their mounts and rush to subdue them.

By the time the Macedonians had finished cleaning up the mess and cleaned up the battlefield, it was already sunset. Colorful clouds appeared on the horizon, and the kind afterglow shone on the earth, as if the light of happiness was sprinkled on the earth. The soldiers who survived the great war felt relaxed and happy.

The decisive battle on the Nile ended with a complete victory for the Macedonian army. The results were: capture the enemy general Tyranis, destroy the elite army of the Nile in Pontus, and destroy 200,000 enemies in the battle. Among the emperor's elite troops, the matrix lost 900, the 9th legion suffered less than 2,000 casualties, and the combined Roman and Greek forces lost 9,000. It's basically one-sided.

Ponticus' lieutenant general, Fanesi, was still struggling to besiege the fortress, and was devastated when he received the news that the main force captured by the Lord had been lost. Said to the left and right:

"Hey, the tide is over." When asked if they would surrender, Farnesi shook his head and said he would fight to the end.

Fanesi is a famous general in the East, and he is very good at arranging troops, and he has a unique experience in commanding operations. He immediately ordered the siege to be lifted, then divided the whole army of 50,000 men into two or three, camped back to back between the Sith and Podare Ríos, and built simple fortifications in front of the formation. The Pontic warriors lamented this war that could have been won, how sad! People know that this is to serve the country and to die to show their will, and they can't help but feel heavy.

Podarerios took advantage of the strength of his troops and took swift action. The day after the Armageddon, they began to move closer to the fortress of the Sith, so they lacked arrows and shells. He made contact with his brother and agreed to attack the 50,000 troops of Farnesi at the same time.

On the day of the battle, it was very hot. The Macedonian army launched a flank attack, and the cavalry troops circled the Pontus battle formation to find weak points. The side with the absolute superiority in strength won without any suspense. But the 50,000 dead soldiers almost did not desert, and all of them held out until the last breath. The superb command and the belief in fighting to the death made this battle very cruel. Because of this, in order to completely annihilate the enemy, the Macedonians paid the price of 3,000 casualties. At the end of the battle, when he killed the enemy general Fanesi, more than 100 people pounced on him and all of them were put down around him. Exhausted and wounded in many places, he had already been hit by two arrows, but he was still unafraid.

The Macedonian general Karamakh stepped forward to persuade: "The Macedonian emperor sees that you are brave and loyal. I appreciate your character very much, and I hope you will die well. As long as you lay down your weapons and take off your military uniform. Then you can go home, and we can reward you with a thousand taels of gold. ”

With tears in his eyes, Farnesi said, "If you let me go, I will be loyal to the king of Pontus and come to fight against you again." I am alive to be the general of Pontus. He looked around, and there were not many comrades left, and all the black pressure that surrounded him were Macedonian soldiers. So he committed suicide with a backhand and a kiss on his neck.

Podarérios and Sith reunited on the battlefield after a long absence, and the elder brother hugged the younger brother and said excitedly:

"I've protected you since I was a child, and no one can hurt you."

Sith said with emotion:

"Brother, thank you for coming to save me thousands of miles away. I didn't expect you to come and go for me. In fact, I was ready to sacrifice my life for the country. ”

"My king, the southern part of the empire is still counting on you to rule, how can you give your life? My good brother. ”

As he spoke, the emperor took off his cloak and put it on his brother with care.

"Come, come back to Alexandria with me. We have a new set of actions to unfold. ”