According to intelligence, the Parthian capital of Asakia was guarded by only one legion, and most of them were infantry. Phonesi led his troops into the Medes with ease, passing through unhindered.

They successfully surrounded Asakiya.

Artaxerxes, king of Parthia, was in the middle of the city, and he was not afraid of the overwhelming army.

In the ornate court, the old Parthian king arrogantly admired his sword as he stroked it. The military officer next to him was reporting on the information he had gathered, and the maids waited.

"Your Majesty, do you want to send someone to Seleucia to ask Prince Darius to come back for reinforcements."

The King's Staff Officer.

"Nope."

Artaxerxes

The pale beard is beautiful, and the closed lips are just starting.

"I can't get into the city. The forces of other routes have their own usefulness and do not need to be mobilized.

It won't be long before someone will help me out of the way. ”

"The Holy King is wise. The ministers were so impressed that they threw themselves to the ground. ”

The civil and military officials said in unison.

No one dared to continue to ask what was going on. The king has always been unfathomable, calculating like a god, as long as everyone knows that the king has his own tricks.

After the siege of Brick Phoenicus, he observed the terrain, the enemy's situation, captured prisoners, captured local people, and learned about the defenders. He learned that the Parthian king was in the city, leading the most elite ironclad cavalry, as well as some archers and a large number of infantry. Although there is only one legion, it is difficult to conquer with his current strength.

Still, Brick decided to besiege the city, and if the enemy made a rash move out of the city to break through, he could take full advantage of the mobility of the Macedonian Eastern Army. In the wilderness, the long-handed attacks of hired archers were very effective against the eastern infantry. Even if you don't have to win completely, you can destroy a lot of the enemy's living forces. In that case, the capture of Asakia, the capital of Parthia, would immediately become a breeze.

On the second day of the siege, a Parthian army arrived. With a quick move, Brick lifted the encirclement and rallied his forces to meet the comers. And deliberately left the back in the direction of the city.

This was a flaw that gave the Parthian army a flaw that should be combined inside and outside. But in reality, the outlying forces were too weak, and the defenders in the city were slow to move, but the Macedonians were more mobile.

"Insect carving skills.

The intention to lure us into attack is too obvious. ”

The Parthian king said only one thing, and stood still in the city. Completely ignorant of the lives of their own soldiers outside the city. It was just a reconnaissance force of centurion Xsandos outside the city of Asakia, and it was barely enough to detect the enemy and suppress the bandits. The ranks of 300 cavalry and 600 infantry are not enough.

For the king, these cannon fodder were not at all noticeable.

Brick easily ate the small force of Xandos, knowing that Artaxerxes didn't take the bait. So the siege was renewed.

Sure enough, Artaxerxes was soon relieved of the siege. Armenia declared war, and its troops launched a full-scale offensive on two fronts.

Along the way, he tried to end the temporary Macedonian stronghold and went straight to the center of Atropatne, Fraspa. This is the shore stronghold of the Macedonian invasion of the Medes, and the loss of this stronghold will cause the Eastern Army to suffer a devastating blow, and Brick will have to save it.

He left two squadrons of archers under the command of Adjutant General Selephox, who kept an eye on Artaxerxes' movements. He himself hurriedly led a large army back to the beachhead stronghold.

The other way, ready to pass through the Caucasus Pass, tearing apart the soft lower belly defense line of Ajani.

In order to make up for the mistake of the Macedonian town border, Zoelos is also trying to piece together a defensive line to defend the borders of the kingdom. Finally, a mobile corps and an auxiliary supplementary corps were assembled on the north side of the Caucasus Pass, under the personal command of Zoelos, and he did not dare to slack off.

In an undulating mountainous terrain, the two armies met.

The Armenian army was fierce, and Zoelos felt that his troops were weak, but they could not retreat. Now it is the main road between Colchis and Ajani, and he would rather face each other than let the torrent of enemies enter his own land. If the Armenians surround them, they will have to die.

Zoelos had a heart, closed his eyes, and decided to fight to the death. He pulled the auxiliary legions closer and made some exchange adjustments. Then personally lead the soldiers to rush to the front.

The Armenian army was flat and straightforward, and the three formations approached directly and quickly, very decisively, like a large number of wolves running wildly.

Zoelos' main forces were: Greek militia spearmen, mercenary pikemen, javelinmen, archers, and hussars, and these junior and junior classes were very difficult to fight against the Armenian high ranks. Especially under the strong assault of the opponent, it is easy to be scattered.

At this point, Zoelos still scraped together his belongings, many of which were temporarily recruited. There was no way, and the Eastern Legion he had carefully built was handed over to Brick. Now the situation is urgent.

Zoelos decided to divide his forces and deploy three squadrons of archers and three light cavalry on the hill next to him. The rest of the main force is on top of this hillside. The phalanx adopts a two-column depth type, so that when the first phalanx is broken through or copied, the comrades in the second row will immediately fill in and help. This is a weak combat countermeasure.

His combat idea was obviously to use the main force to confront the enemy, and the mixed light cavalry troops used speed and bows and arrows to lure and rape the enemy, and then quickly break through the flanks to complete the outflanking.

However, the opponent is the warring people of the East, who are also very good at war. Armenian general Mates Tegranosta has his own tactical play, and he simply attacks the main Macedonian force directly. Only one squadron of archers was assigned to hold back the Macedonian detachment.

The battle unfolded as scheduled, turning from calm to fierce.

The eastern infantry and hill soldiers were wild and unrestrained, and they came up directly to engage them head-on. The Macedonian infantry line was attacked in the first wave, and before the infantry archers could do anything, the enemy was already rushing forward in a frenzy. The stragglers were on the opposing side, and the Macedonians did not suffer. The right flank repelled the opposing infantry.

The battle on the nearby hill also began. The mixed detachment of light cavalry immediately rushed down, eliminated the Armenian archers, and immediately went around the enemy's rear.

The Macedonian light mixed forces are now independent of the larger forces and are under the orders of the Young Cavalry Commander Bloss. They act on their own experience and consciousness. The cavalry reacted quickly and together charged the Armenian archers from behind. I didn't expect the archers in the East to have good melee ability.

The light cavalry swarmed up, the archers calmly responded, and both sides slashed and slashed. The cavalry still stood up for the advantage and scattered the archers. The archers shot the javelinmen on one side and covered the flanks. Bloss led the group to fight hard and break through behind the enemy army. At this time, he looked back at the main force and was in a panic.

The Armenians attacked by surprise, it turned out that their mediocre infantry charge was only a smoke screen for the ironclad cavalry.

It's like a sharp knife wrapped in cotton.

(End of chapter)