Why did the Macedonian generals suddenly have confidence in victory? What mystery did he discover?

It turned out that the battle-hardened veteran, Memon, realized from experience that in an encounter in the woods, the power of the bow and arrow would be halved. The dense woods made for good cover, as the most accurate archers could only shoot at targets in a straight line. In addition, regarding the field of vision, according to the principle of reversibility of light, we cannot see the enemy's situation completely, and the enemy will also not be able to detect our situation, so it is difficult for everyone.

Speaking of the decisive power comparison. It is their bow and arrow striking power that the Amazons rely on.

Although Macedonia prepared ample bow troops, the decisive force was still a hard-fought phalanx and cavalry charge.

What is beneficial to oneself is bound to be harmful to the enemy.

The combat capacity of the Amazonian female warriors was halved, so the Macedonian soldiers had the opportunity to show their skills.

Despite the trees, the arrows fired by the Amazonian warriors were still very lethal. Archers rode on horses and had the advantage of height and movement, the disadvantage was instability; The foot archer stands on the ground, which has the advantage of stability, but the survivability is a little worse; The archer of the archery chariot has the advantage of being higher than the flat ground and moving, and is relatively stable in the car. The bow and arrow chariot has a strong bow and arrow power.

The Amazonian warriors were skilled in archery, but the Macedonian troops suffered considerable losses, especially the light infantry and foot archers, who were less armoured.

The light infantry suffered heavy losses, and Memont ordered the light infantry to move, sending the rear forward, and the front in disarray, withdrawing to the rear. Who knew that this action attracted the attention of the enemy.

The enemy believed too much in the power of his arrows, and since he had seen so many Macedonian soldiers fall to the ground, it now seemed that the formation was scattered, and the soldiers must have been in disarray, and the time for melee combat had come. The Amazon chariot attacked, and this time Memon was happy.

Watch as the Amazon chariot emerges from the trees in front of it and rams into it.

"The phalanx soldiers immediately assembled, battle formation! Fast! ”

As soon as the general gave the order, the hoplites did not care how fierce the enemy's chariots were. The original scattered phalanx soldiers, who were squatting and hiding behind their shields, immediately stood up and gathered into a dense phalanx according to the phalanx to which they belonged. In an instant, the Macedonian side once again lined up in an inverted "concave" shape.

The Amazon warriors only vaguely saw the soldiers in the forest scattered outside the woods, and they did not know the specific situation. As they drove into the woods at lightning speed, they found that there were suddenly so many hoplites. Now only believe in your own tank to be strong.

But the Macedonian pikes phalanx were never afraid of heavy troops. The spear formation, in particular, can restrain cavalry, chariots, and war elephants, no matter how hard the opponent's equipment is, and how tall the war horses and war elephants are. The phalanx of pikemen was like an impregnable wall, and its front was extremely sharp and sharp.

At this moment, no matter how impactful the chariot is, it is not monolithic after all, horses, people, body and connections are all breakthroughs in the spear. And the dense trees once again acted as a shield for Macedonia, significantly canceling out the overall impact of the chariot. It is impossible for the enemy to crash into a tree with a cart and a horse without dodging, so don't you look for death? The left and right steering had to slow down, and the chariot formation did not mess up, and the impact force was weakened.

Sure enough, the chariot overturned instantly when it hit the phalanx spear, and the horse pulling the cart was directly stabbed to death, or the cart was pierced, and the members were thrown onto the spear head and pierced the body.

And those newly replaced light infantry also showed their skills, a team of three or five people, with a large space to form a brigade, cooperate with each other and flexibly fight against the car. They saw the opportunity to throw their javelins, or simply let the chariots pass and hand them over to the phalanx of spears to pack up. There were also some agile soldiers, and after the chariot encountered a big tree and slowed down, three or five jumped directly on the chariot and slashed the members of the chariot with their short swords.

The chariot formation of the Amazon was defeated by the Macedonian phalanx.

This kind of chariot, with two horses running side by side, has incomparable speed and momentum, but the steering is extremely inflexible and requires large turns. The Macedonian infantry line changed flexibly, and the back arms of the inverted concave font rotated 90 degrees to extend out, elongating the line of the Macedonian infantry, coupled with the extremely scattered formation of the light infantry, the entire infantry formed a large net, and the Amazon chariots came and went.

The Amazon sent half of its tanks to attack, but as a result of the heavy losses, the tanks that entered the woods retreated. The other team extended the distance and fired again with a bow and arrow.

The Macedonian army initially gained a favorable situation, and the soldiers chased out of the woods. As a result, as soon as he went out, he was confronted with fierce bows and arrows. The first phalanx was cut in half.

Most of the soldiers came to the clearing, and Memon had no choice but to fight. The infantry archers continued to shoot at the chariots with archers, which were outnumbered but could not match the moving chariots. The rate of loss to the Macedonians was obviously large, and the infantry archers suffered heavy casualties, and the rate of reduction was unimaginable. Memon knew it was time for the light cavalry to fight hard.

All Macedonian combatants took part in hand-to-hand combat, including foot archers. Memon's tactic is to pursue and surround on a large scale, compress the enemy's space for movement, and defeat him with stun troops. In the pursuit of the bow chariot, losses were inevitable.

As a result, the situation took a turn for the worse, and the battle became difficult. The phalanx was weakened by bows and arrows, and the light infantry was crushed by the high-speed onslaught of the chariots. The light cavalry did not dare to act rashly in the face of strong chariots. Because in the case of archers who have lost their ability to fight, the light cavalry is the only hope of victory.

Memon was still slow to get the light cavalry into the front line of battle. He was very conservative at the moment.

The infantry began to disperse, and the phalanx was defeated and fled after the elusive front and right of the enemy's chariots, losing their combat effectiveness. Memon was anxious to remember the advice of General Oonos. Principles for using hussar war vehicles:

Not afraid of head-on collisions, concentrate on ...... Concentrated......

"Ahh Concentrate your efforts. ”

His eyes lit up, and the enemy chariots were scattered in formation while pursuing the Macedonian infantry. This is the opportunity. So the Macedonian light cavalry made a desperate bet and charged the largest convoy under the leadership of Memon's general guard. This blow instantly destroyed the Amazon chariot.

Then, the rest of the Amazonian chariots came around, and the light cavalry put up a frontal resistance. Once again, the battle was in full swing, and all that was heard was the neighing and wailing of many horses, and the blood of men and animals was splashed.

The axed wheels of the cars, the wheels that rolled away on their own. The brigade was consumed in an instant, and the battle came to an end.

The Amazon tanks that participated in the battle were lost seven or eight times out of ten. Only a small number fled by car.

The Macedonian light cavalry still stood tall on the battlefield, and although the squadrons seemed to be a little short of major generals and uneven, their domineering spirit of the winner was naturally revealed.

The Macedonian warriors suddenly burst into cheers, they were victorious, and they embraced each other.

They won themselves the chance to see the next sunrise and defeated the "devil" in their hearts.

When cleaning up the battlefield, it was found that these Amazonian warriors were wearing golden armor and Greek-style helmets similar to those of Macedonians, with two pieces of armor protruding from their chests to highlight their feminine features, and their limbs were unprotected. Their white arms and legs were exposed.

The warriors looked at the scene before them and could no longer connect them with the devil.

The captured charioteers, the warriors took off their masks and armor, only to find that they were all young and beautiful girls.

Through this battle, the Macedonian soldiers not only discovered that the legendary invincible Amazon chariot had been defeated by them once, but also discovered that the Amazon warriors were not demons, but beautiful and almost angelic. Eventually, Memon decided to be merciful to the captives.

After all, these young women are courageous, and they are just defending their homeland. He also learned through his guide's conversation with the captives that Semikalas was nearby. He immediately came to his senses, and asked his troops to advance at full speed, pursue while they were victorious, and conquer the northern kingdom in one fell swoop.

The Macedonian army soon came outside the city of Semicaras. This is a large-scale city, surrounded only by wooden fences, and the construction is very exquisite.

Although there is no shortage of barbarian ghost and god architectural styles, people have seen Greek-style buildings. Could it be that the heroes of Greek legend really came here and lived with the local women?

The army had set up camp outside the city, they had obtained the necessary timber from the woods, and the engineers were busy making siege engines. Memont did not prepare to divide his forces to besiege the city, but waited for the siege engines to be built, and concentrated all his forces to attack the city from one side.

There were no more defenders left in the city, and the Amazonian warriors used chariots as their main means of combat. However, its main forces (almost a hundred tanks; Six chariot formations) are already running out. The remnants of the remnants who fled from the last battle and the rest of the original defenders were no match for the Macedonian army at all.

The siege battles proceeded in the usual order. The Macedonian phalanx of four-foot archers lined up in a line and suppressed the archery chariots in the city with a rain of arrows. They had limited space to move, and they couldn't dodge it, and they fell to the ground one after another. The Macedonian soldiers broke into the city and disposed of all the defenders cleanly.

Macedonia announced the occupation of Semicaras. The soldiers worked together to conquer this unruly region.