In the afternoon of the same day, the Macedonian expedition arrived in the coastal city of Meotis, Tanes.

Disembark, set up and prepare to head for the town.

I happened to catch a few fishermen who were fishing, and through interrogation, I learned that Tanes in front of me was a city, and there were about 700 defenders in it.

Zoe Rose immediately ordered to advance, and before it got dark, he went outside the city and set up a camp. The defenders of the city discovered the enemy's situation.

Zeeras, the leader of the Meotis region, led two teams of archers out of the city to meet the enemy. When the Macedonian soldiers saw that there was a battle, they immediately put down their work and picked up their weapons. The infantry archers were even more busy, even wearing their shirts, picking up their bows and shooting in unison. The Macedonian warriors, inspired by their winning streak, were keen to fight.

The Scythian cavalry was stopped by a large number of bows and arrows as soon as they saw the Macedonian light cavalry, and retreated to the city, shutting their doors.

The Macedonians outside the city besieged the city for two days, blocking all roads, observing the enemy's situation and making siege weapons.

On the morning of the second day of the siege, reinforcements from Chenissos (by water) arrived. At first, Zoe Ross thought it was an emergency on Adymos Skokinsa's side and withdrew. He personally went to the shore to greet him, and when he met him, he saw that it was Campinis, Adimos Skoyuanza's deputy. Campinis explained to the general, and Zoe Rose was delighted. It was immediately decided that:

"Siege tomorrow."

He also wanted to test whether the hired archers were combat-ready.

On the third day of the siege, the Macedonian army was heavily armed, pushing siege vehicles, with the momentum of conquering and winning.

Six teams of foot archers were more than 900 bows, plus hired cavalry archers. Macedonian long-range forces completely overwhelmed the enemy forces. They fired arrows at the same time, and a rain of arrows covered a large area behind the city gates. The defenders simply could not defend themselves at the gates.

The stubborn Scythians, a squad of archers and a squad of archers were shot and killed.

Siege engines opened the way into the city, and soldiers poured into the city. I saw a phalanx of barbarian axemen blocking the main street, and the Macedonian auxiliary infantry was about to step forward desperately. The three teams of mercenary archers next to them had already rushed out under the leadership of the captain Paracus.

These archers were very good at fighting, they were in one team on the left and two teams on the right, and after standing still, they fired arrows in unison. In this way, the left and right diagonal shots increased the damage rate, and the barbarian axe soldiers fell to the ground one after another. The archers in the city came to reinforce them, but when they saw that there were more archers than them, they turned around and retreated.

Seeing that they had been abandoned by their teammates, the axe soldiers, who had lost more than half of them, simply turned around and fled. At this time, the archers took their longbows and drew their short swords and rushed forward. Mercenary archers with good melee combat skills cut down the enemy in the back row in one batch. The axe men were completely scattered, and the archers pursued until they eliminated the enemy.

Mercenary archers are good vanguards. They then made their way to the central plaza and immediately engaged the Scythian archers who had retreated there. As soon as the enemy's heavy cavalry came up, they retreated, and the heavy cavalry could not catch up and gave up, and they approached again.

Both sides suffered casualties, and in narrow city streets, the area of contact was limited, and the effective rate of fire of the archers was reduced.

The auxiliary infantry followed, all pikemen phalanxes. The purpose of equipping these auxiliary infantry is to deal with the enemy's heavy cavalry during siege.

The Scythian heavy cavalry, the general's guard was very strong. The combat capability was stronger than that of the Macedonian heavy cavalry, and the Macedonian generals were slightly inferior in the early days.

Fighting in the wilderness in peacetime, the Macedonian light cavalry could take full advantage of mobility and outflank the enemy's back, thus assisting the heavy cavalry against the strong Scythian cavalry. Now in urban street battles, the contact surface has become narrower, and the competition is who has the strongest frontal combat ability. And the spearmen can restrain the cavalry, no matter how strong the cavalry, the infantry armed with spears always has a bonus against the cavalry.

Zoey Ross had all the auxiliary infantry pressed from the front, and he himself led the light cavalry around the streets of the city, preparing to launch a flank attack from another street leading to the central square.

The phalanx infantry began to advance to the last positions in the face of enemy bow strikes. For the infantry, your own archers can only provide some cover, the teammates in the front row and the round shield in their hands are the only support, and the rest is to pray that the enemy's target stinks, or take the meat top.

Strict discipline told them that when the trumpet of the charge sounded, no one in the phalanx was to take half a step back, not even the centurion or the general in the first row.

Don't hesitate, don't flinch. Advance! Advance!

Nothing but death could stop the advance of the Macedonian phalanx, and the destruction of the enemy was the reason for the stoppage of the charge.

The fighters in the front row fell, and the men in the back row made up; The drummer died, and the other soldiers took over and continued to blow the loud trumpet; When the standard-bearer falls, the comrades-in-arms will pick up the flag from the dirt and once again raise the military flag of which they are proud.

If you ask:

"What is the power of the Macedonian phalanx?"

"You can kill a Macedonian phalanx, you can destroy a Macedonian phalanx, but you can never stop the Macedonian phalanx from advancing!"

That's what every Macedonian phalanx warrior who has ever fought in a real battle will tell you.

Experienced veterans in the phalanx would also often tell the recruits:

"You turn around and run away, and you get two more stabs in the back. When you get home, your mother won't cry for you. And your family will feel disgraced by your cowardice. ”

The phalanx gradually approached the central square.

Zeelas rushed down the steps of the square with all his heavy cavalry, and condescendingly rushed into the phalanx of pikes.

His lieutenant Maadis was the first to come down, only to be killed by a direct crash into the gun.

These hoplites broke through the first phalanx of Greek militia with good armor and then slashed to their heart's content. The phalanx of conscripted pikes in the back hurriedly made up for it, stabbing them with spears, and piercing the cavalry that had hesitated a little one after another.

At this time, Zoe Rose arrived with the guards and light cavalry from another road. They saw the Scythian archers hiding in a corner of the square, firing incessantly at the friendly infantry fighting in front of them. The painful appearance of the ally who was hit by the arrow as it fell to the ground ignited the anger in their chests.

"Personally, I was the first to disagree. I will never allow these bastards to cause any more harm to my brothers who live and die with me. ”

After Zoe Rose finished speaking, he yelled and was the first to rush forward.

The cavalry behind him also let out a roar that shook the whole city, and one by one they rushed to ride their horses and gallop.

It was so fast that the Scythian archers had little time to react. The Macedonian light cavalry charged swiftly and slashed at the enemy in the square.

In an instant, the enemy archers flipped on their backs, screaming again and again. There was only horror and despair in their eyes.

The Macedonian cavalry, having disposed of the archers, flanked Zeeras's cavalry from behind.

The enemies were eliminated one by one. Zeelas was wounded and dismounted, and was captured by the Macedonian infantry.

Macedonia declared victory and captured the city. Zeelas was executed.

It's different from Scythia City. Zeeras, the leader of Chenissos, was a blessing and a powerful man on weekdays, oppressing the people and despising the young and beautiful women. The people of the city hated him, and when they heard that they were going to submit to the Macedonian kingdom, they beat their gongs and drums and rejoiced.

The Macedonian general executed the incompetent regional chief, as well as his recalcitrant henchmen.

The barbaric and backward tribal system was abolished and replaced by a more civilized and liberal political system from the Greek world.

The Scythian tribal alliance was now left with only two towns in the deep wasteland, and it had reached the point of surviving.

Defeating them is only a matter of time.