Chapter 137: Fighting for Land
?? The methods of using military force include scattered land, light land, land contention, land handover, qu land, heavy land, encirclement land, encirclement land, and dead land. Among them, I will benefit, and Peter will also benefit, for the land. The so-called land struggle is the place where soldiers must fight.
Now, securing the entrance to the Pyrenees is crucial for both sides.
The Macedonian side could smoothly enter the Iberian Peninsula, according to which the code could intercept the land passage of the Spanish army into Western Europe; The Spanish side obtained this place, and it was also offensive and defensive freely, and it was extremely active.
Narpung Gaul is Macedonia's land struggle with Spain.
Narpunmatius Siege
The Macedonian army quickly deployed outside the city, and the Spaniards defended the city. They believed too much in the role of wooden walls.
I saw a few fires streak across the sky, and a huge ball of fire fell into the city.
"Ah~"
The wounded soldier cried and howled. An Iberian infantry phalanx was hit. The brutes panicked, this ultra-long-range weapon they didn't have.
The Spanish general Junet remembered the archers that Carthage had trained for them, and it was time for them to come in handy. A phalanx of capable Carthaginian archers lined up, drawing their bows and arrows towards the air, shooting at a high angle, looking very spirited. The comrades-in-arms looked at them with anticipation and cheered.
However, the archers could not reach the catapults outside the city, and the Spaniards were disappointed again. In exchange for heavy artillery fire, which lasted for a long, long time.
The Spanish soldiers felt sleepy and suffering, and sometimes their teammates were blown to pieces, their brains burst out, and blood splattered. There was a widespread fire in the city, and the smell of charred corpses was disgusting. Houses are destroyed, or collapsed in the burn. The Spaniards repented of their sin of slaughtering civilians, and perhaps they should not have entered the city. No, it's hell for them.
After the artillery fire, the Macedonian archers went into battle, and the javelinmen also ran to the wall and threw javelins violently. The Spanish soldiers calmed down a little and came to the edge of the city to block the enemy from entering the city. The wall here was destroyed and temporarily erected after the last siege, and most of the wall had already been knocked down by the first round of stone bullets.
Many Spanish soldiers fell to the ground with arrows, and the new bow and arrow unit had long been drowned in a rain of arrows. Warnet knew that if he fought hard today, he would die here, so he was the first to slip away. Then more Spanish soldiers on the second line also sneaked away. The fighters on the front line, unbeknownst to them, risked their lives to resist the Macedonian attack.
The phalanxes, under the cover of the archers, began to rush into the city, and the Spanish cavalry rushed first, essentially all of them being put down under the platoon of guns. Another Iberian infantry phalanx, then shield soldiers. The Spanish sergeants, who were in turmoil, had lost their due combat effectiveness and were defeated one after another. The Macedonian phalanx advanced into the city, killing and wounding the enemy, and the corpses lay strewn in the streets.
When Parmanuel noticed that an enemy had escaped through the side gate, he immediately sent cavalry to intercept it. The Spanish army was wiped out in the city of Narpunmaticius. Only Warnett and several of his retinue fled.
The battle achieved Parmanuel's original objective, not only to recapture the town, but also to destroy one of the enemy's legions. Pamanuel was not careless, and he asked his soldiers to clean up the city, collect the available arrows and stone bullets, and then withdraw from the camp outside the city as soon as possible. He didn't know if more enemies would come, so he resorted to a conservative strategy.
Moreover, the First Army Corps had fought several bloody battles, and the phalanx was short of men. Parmanuel thought silently in his heart, in urgent need of replenishment. But he could not show it, because his legion was now at the forefront and could not back down.
"If the next enemy army comes to us for a field battle, then the situation is not easy to say. But let Warnet run away, I'm afraid the enemy won't jump into the trap on their own again. In any case, to inspire the fighters to persevere to the end! ”
Parmaneux sometimes had negative thoughts, "In case the enemy is numerous, they will come straight at us." Aren't you waiting to die here? Can... It cannot be returned. ”
The Kingdom of Macedonia has a vast intelligence network, but no matter whether it is Oonos or Podarerios, their spy tentacles have never been able to penetrate the Spanish land. Because of the years of warfare here, the situation is complicated, the roads are treacherous, and the rebels and robbers are rampant. The spies who came here to try their work were all cut off. If we compare the intelligence network of Macedonia, the entire European continent and the Mediterranean Sea are transparent and visible, but the Iberian Peninsula is foggy and unpredictable.
This makes Parmanuel extremely cautious and worried. But he didn't expect that it was such a harsh environment that helped him a lot.
Warnett was defeated and encountered by robbers on the way. Because he had no money to redeem himself, he died under the sword of a robber. Another Spanish legion, which followed them a week later, also reached the Narpung Gaul region, failing to get important information from Warnet.
On this day, the scouts suddenly returned: another Spanish legion had passed through the Pyrenees Pass and was approaching Narpampimatius. Parmanuel was in a heavy mood and a little worried about the situation in his army. Although their food routes were unobstructed and supplies were intermittently delivered, the gap between the phalanx and the heavy cavalry could not be filled. He needed support from the general rear. In the current state of the First Army, there is no certainty of winning a field battle.
In the last battle, the Spanish army did not exert its might at all, and it can be seen from the weapons and equipment and the tenacity of the Spanish army that they fought to the death that the Spanish troops were stronger than Gaul. Shieldmen were similar to Roman infantry and could pose a threat to opposing formations in mobile warfare on the plains. The point was that the cavalry of the 1st Greek Army was insufficient, that is, his troops were not decisive enough.
Parmanuel calmly analyzed the situation of the enemy and the enemy, and after comprehensive consideration, decided to keep the forward position.
The weather, which had been overcast for many days, finally cleared, and the mood was the same as that of General Parmanuel. Because a large fleet close to the coast of Narbang Gaul was the Macedonian navy. Thousands of troops were unloaded from the fleet. Parmanuel went to meet him, ah! It was the 2nd Greek Army, the Aegean Naval Regiment led by Apollonia of Polype. Friendly! The fighters of the 1st Regiment cheered.
Pamanuel admired Podare Ríos' military talent, and admired his ability to strategize and transport troops in time from thousands of miles away.
What Parmanuel did not expect was that the Spanish troops had once again broken into Narpampimatius. This made him cry and laugh, laughing because the enemy had fallen into the trap again, crying... It should be a stupid cry for the enemy...
As a result, the Macedonian legion, which had been strengthened several times over, repeated a good show for the Spaniards to shut down the door and fight thieves. It's just that the fire is more intense, and the siege is more thorough, so that the enemy who broke into the wolf's den either died or surrendered, and none of them escaped the net.
In this way, Macedonia firmly controlled Narpung Gaul.