Antigone led his army on a rapid march, and as he passed through the region of Thessaly, he was reinforced by a new army from Larissa.

A large force was stationed in the Attica region to raise its vigilance and gather intelligence. Soon the spy was picked up. According to information, the rebels consisted of three phalanxes of Greek militia, as well as a squad of javelinmen.

The main Macedonian army has an absolute advantage. The configuration is two Macedonian royal cavalry squadrons, two Macedonian light cavalry to form a mobile force, and seven Greek pikemen phalanx to form the main force of the Chinese infantry; The deputy commander was the king's second son, Oonos, 27 years old, who commanded the advance force, consisting of two cavalry teams, two Greek phalanxes, and archers.

It is time to stop the barbarism of burning, killing and plundering, and to stop the unjust means of robbery and murder.

◎ Capture the city of Athens

The Macedonian army marched under the city of Athens and surrounded it with lightning speed.

Athens was a large and developed city with high walls. The rules of urban construction are scattered. The north gate of the city faces a high mountain.

Early in the morning, after the Macedonian army occupied the high mountains. The situation in the city is unobstructed. When the soldiers saw the landscape in front of them, they couldn't help but praise in unison:

"What a beautiful city!"

Antigone says:

"All we're going to do is take the city and give her stronger protection. Let her no longer be victimized by the rebels.

Therefore, when we attack the city, we must quickly storm the city and deal with the rabble! lest the glorious Athenian culture be destroyed. ”

The soldiers raised their hands and cheered.

The general observed the defenders from the mountainside: a group of javelinmen was on the gate tower, a phalanx was behind the gate, and the rest of the rebels were on the city square. This and so on is nothing more than a regular defensive posture, and the troops are scattered and deployed.

The troops were then ordered to advance beyond the left corner of the northern wall and stand in formation outside the enemy's firing range.

Oonos led the leading contingent of soldiers and craftsmen to begin assembling the siege towers.

The main material of the siege tower is wood, and when the wooden structure of the tower is built, the craftsmen will cover the front of the tower with treated animal skins to prevent fire.

Everyone was very enthusiastic, and the two siege towers were assembled before noon.

The general gave the order to attack the city!

The first soldiers to ascend the city came from the phalanx of the Greek militia. At this time, they were armed with short swords, pushing the siege tower towards the edge of the city. One of the siege towers was a feint, moving to the right of the gate, and their task was to lure the enemy's attention and put pressure on the enemy, without necessarily climbing the wall; The tower, which was really going to attack, was pushed to the left of the wall.

The siege party entered the range of the fortifications, and the enemy in the tower began to fire arrows. Fortunately, the besieging soldiers had a safety guarantee behind the siege tower, and continued to advance to the edge of the city despite the blows of arrows and stones.

Then the archers in the back followed, forming a loose formation, and then bent their bows and arrows at the enemy towards the city. The dense rain of arrows made it difficult for the defenders to show their heads.

This provides effective cover for friendly forces rushing ahead.

By this time, the siege engines had approached enough distance, and the first echelon began to climb the tower. The soldiers crowded into the siege tower and ascended to the top of the siege tower in an orderly manner from the hanging ladder erected inside.

In front of this floor is a large closed wooden plank, which can be used as a guard to block arrows when it is put away, and can be used as a drawbridge when it is placed when it is close to the city.

It was flanked by chest-high, semi-open wooden balustrades, and soldiers on the towers were also hit with bows when they threw javelins at the defenders.

These are probably the structure and characteristics of the primary siege tower, and before the stone catapult, it was necessary to attack the city protected by stone walls.

The Macedonian infantry met the enemy face to face on the narrow city walls and suddenly became agitated. They lowered the drawbridge, quickly stepped over the tall walls of the city of Athens, and rushed into the midst of the enemy with short swords and swords, engaging in hand-to-hand combat.

They soon cleared the defenders of the city wall and successfully occupied the northern section of the city wall, the gate tower and the arrow tower. Then he threw stones and arrows at the Greek phalanx in the city, and the enemy could not hold back and retreated to the inner city.

At this time, the first soldiers who arrived in the city opened the city gates. Lined up outside the city, friendly troops who couldn't wait to join the battle took the opportunity to rush in.

Seeing this, the enemy hurried back to resist. But it was too late, the four phalanxes that entered the city first had already opened their gun arrays.

Front-on, the Macedonian soldiers shouted slogans and marched forward bravely, charging the rebels with a dense array of guns. The enemy failed in the confrontation, and the phalanx was scattered. The light infantry chased after him and slashed and slashed.

The city of Athens was already in chaos, and the streets were littered with scattered deserters and citizens fleeing in panic.

The Vanguard Commander regrouped.

"Quick! Go to the central square to fight the remnants of the rebels and end the battle as quickly as possible. ”

The Macedonian warriors marched into the square again, completely surrounded the remnants of the enemy, and called for a challenge. The rebels are clearly inferior, but it looks like they will fight the trapped beasts.

Don't be forced to be poor. The commander did not send the infantry directly, he brought in the archers, and carried out a continuous fire preparation.

The rebel soldiers were scattered by random arrows, and the psychological defense line and the queue defense line collapsed at the same time.

The Macedonian generals gave the order to attack. The infantry struck a resolute blow and besieged all the rebels.

Macedonia declared the occupation of Athens, and Antigone personally pacified the inhabitants and took care of affairs.

◎ Battle of the Peloponnese

When the city-states of the Greek alliance learned the news, they exploded inside and outside the government. The main battle faction and the main peace faction argued endlessly, and there was a war of words in the government hall. In Parliament, the two factions of lawmakers are even more fought.

There were serious divisions in the Greek coalition. The Spartans insisted on going their own way, declaring war on Macedonia despite the threat of war from the Carthaginians on Sicily. Threaten to retake the city-state of Athens.

According to the spies' reaction, the Spartan king Cleomens left only the elite Spartan hoplites to guard the capital city of Sparta, and he himself led the city guard and auxiliary troops to pounce on Athens with great vigour.

It is undeniable that the Praetorian Guard of the king of Sparta was very combat-ready. But it was clear that the king of Sparta had rushed to war and was ill-prepared.

The Macedonian side had already prepared, and Antigone learned that the Greeks had declared war, so he left part of the defenders in the city of Athens and drove straight to the Peloponnese. Intercept the Spartan army.

Encounter each other head-on, then use numerical superiority and mobility against the elite heavy infantry of the Spartans. In addition, he initiated a pre-prepared program.

The current governor of Corinth, Damasos, is the third son of Antigones, and he is only 20 years old as the young general who has been sent on a mission not long ago. But he was calm and humble. Strong management ability.

When they first arrived in Corinth, the inhabitants were emotionally unstable due to the Athenian rebellion. When Damasos took office, he strengthened the fortifications of the city and recruited auxiliary vigilantes to train and expand the elite troops he had brought with him.

The people of the city felt a sense of security when they saw that the new governor was young and capable, and that he was unequivocal in his work. The situation has calmed down.

On this day, Damasos was discussing a project to design an aqueduct with several artisans. Suddenly, I received an urgent secret letter from the king.

He immediately changed into a military uniform and selected generals. After the troops were assembled, he told the soldiers to remain in combat readiness and that there would be an operation the next day.

The next morning, it was still dark. The young general ordered his troops and gave the order to set off! At this time, the soldiers learned that they were going to be ordered to quickly capture the city of Sparta.

Let's talk about Antigones' side. He budgeted the steps of the Corinthian concerted action, actively intercepting the troops of Criomenices.

Eventually, the main forces of the two armies met on the road to Athens. This is the main force of Cleomenus leading the Greek heavy infantry to meet the Macedonian king. Strong confrontation.

The Greeks, knowing that they were outnumbered, retreated, and Antigone led his troops into the Greeks. Neither side acted rashly and confronted each other in formation.

At the same time, Damasos's fast troops had arrived outside Sparta. The Spartans did not believe in the fortifications of the city, but believed that the best defense of the city was the warriors. So the city of Sparta had no walls. This was very beneficial for the Macedonian rapid forces to sneak up on the city.

With too few defenders of Sparta, Damasos' troops made it to the gates. Soon come to the central square.

Here a Spartan hoplite phalanx is in full formation, and they may be able to fight with one enemy and a hundred, but they cannot deal with an attack from all sides at the same time.

The Macedonian spearmen phalanx all came to the square, lined up in a tight phalanx, and attacked from three sides, winning by numbers.

The Spartan Praetorian Infantry really lived up to its name, and the solid and dense phalanx was surrounded by the front and rear, and it was still in danger and fought in an orderly manner.

In the first contact, on average, for every 2~3 Spartan infantrymen, 7~9 Macedonian spearmen fell.

The morale of the Spartan phalanx was still high, but some of the Greek militia and conscripts in the Macedonian ranks trembled. Because they were facing the most powerful infantry phalanx in the world at the time! Fortunately, most of his teammates remained calm and tenacious and pushed forward with their guns.

In cold weapon warfare, the number of people is superior, but it also breaks up quickly. Because emotions are more contagious and more influential in a crowded collective.

Damasos knew that he must not let his soldiers disperse first. He kept cheering behind the infantry, and finally everyone persevered.

As the infantry on both sides was depleted, the Spartan phalanx appeared to have a larger and larger gap, and the Macedonian soldiers continued to attack without fear of losses.

The Spartan Janissaries were outnumbered and all killed. Damasos' sneak attack was successful.

Macedonia proclaimed the occupation of Sparta.

The news of the loss of the Greek capital reached the frontal battlefield and caught them by surprise. When Cleomennis learned of this, he knew that he had made a mistake and was ready to take a chance.

Antigone took advantage of the situation to develop an attack.

Come to the battlefield. The Macedonian army occupied high ground, and the general transferred his troops. The archers fired arrows in unison, and the phalanx soldiers lined up their spears.

Cleomennis lacked a long-range configuration, so he had to start the attack with Greek heavy infantry in a phalanx of pikes.

The Macedonian side is dominated by militia guns and pikemen. At a quality disadvantage, a quantitative advantage. If you want to win, you must use the tactics of outflanking and flanking to defeat the elite Greek infantry.

So the Macedonian cavalry took the lead in launching a counter-attack. The target is the enemy's flank.

As soon as the cavalry engaged, they were red. While the other side covered the flank of the Greek heavy infantry was the Greek peasant troops, which were easily dispersed by the Macedonian light cavalry.

The cavalry continued to chase and slash, and the scene was like a one-sided slaughter.

At this time, the Macedonian infantry spread out a long line beyond the Greek heavy infantry line. So, the infantry began to advance and encircle the enemy.

The Macedonian light cavalry also folded back and frantically attacked the flank and rear weakness of the Greek heavy infantry. The Greek infantry line was defeated.

Encircled and annihilated the Greek heavy infantry. The Greek forces had been wiped out, and Cleomenes, as the commander of the battle, saw that the tide was over, and led the cavalry guards to charge the Macedonian pikemen, who were quickly collecting the isolated cavalry, and the Greek commander was killed. The battle is over.

After the war with the rebels and Sparta, Macedonia had established itself in the Greek peninsula. With the first solid rear, the Macedonian kingdom will have a lot to do on the basis of this.

◎ Capture Semon

Antigone decided to form a new legion in Corinth, with the King's Guard as the core, and he made Oonus a general, leading the main army westward to take the Greek land of Etoria west of Thessaly.

Oonus received the order, while recruiting troops in Corinth and Athens to reorganize the troops, and at the same time sending spies to explore the terrain and defenders of Semon first.

After two days of rest, Oonos' troops set off.

According to intelligence, Etoria is adjacent to Thessaly across the mountain. The important town is Semon. It was the last power of the Greek alliance on the Greek peninsula.

The defender of the city of Semon is Mideros, and the general is mediocre. The garrison under his command was quite strong, mainly equipped with javelinmen, a group of Cretan archers, two phalanxes of Greek militia, and the cavalry force was only a large squadron of the general's guard. The fortifications of the city were reinforced wooden fences with arrow stacks.

The Macedonian army reached Semon and besieged the city. The general then ordered the construction of siege engines.

The Greek army in the city began to set up, crowded with people, and the flags were numerous. The Greeks apparently formed a long serpent formation on the inside of the wooden walls, intending to use javelinmen and Cretan archers to carry out long-handed attacks.

Although the Greeks were superior in numbers, they were mainly light infantry. If they go out of the city to face the battle and take advantage of their mobility, then they can still fight.

In fact, they stuck to the city and had lost the initiative. Now that they are surrounded, it is too late to go out of the city and line up. In the ensuing street battles, hand-to-hand combat, the Macedonian heavy infantry would inevitably have the upper hand.

Soon, the craftsmen built the siege engine.

The general ordered the archers to form a skirmish array and concentrate fire on the Cretan archers inside the fence.

At the same time, a squad of infantry pushed siege engines and rammed the wooden gates.

Cretan archers are the top class of the military, and they wield longbows that have a longer range and are more powerful than regular bows.

The Macedonian side had two archery teams that tried to overpower the Cretan archers with a 2-to-1 advantage in the number of bows and arrows.

After gaining the initiative in the long-handed attack, the archers fired a volley of arrows at the javelinmen. (The archer has a longer range than the javelinmen)

The gate car tore multiple gaps in the city walls.

The Macedonian general Oonos began to send troops into the city.

The phalanx soldiers took the lead, and after they rushed into the city, they quickly set up a phalanx of spears, which was a very timely action.

It was too late to say that it was too late, and the enemy's heavy cavalry rushed up immediately, and the two armies engaged. Spearmen and cavalry can repel the enemy. They stood their ground and pushed forward. He engaged the oncoming Greek light infantry and kept advancing. In order to make room for the follow-up troops to enter the city.

The second order entered the city was the Macedonian light cavalry, and the brothers in front of them resisted the pressure, and the cavalry smoothly rushed into the gap and protected the back of the infantry in time.

As a result, the Greek javelinmen, outflanked from the other direction, were routed by the light cavalry.

The Greek general led a small number of defeated soldiers to retreat to the inner city.

Oonos replaced the two phalanxes, which had suffered more than half of the casualties, and brought in three more phalanxes. It's time to go to the square for a decisive battle.

While the infantry regrouped, the light cavalry was still on horseback, rampage through the city's roads. Eliminated more javelinmen.

The Macedonian follow-up troops stormed the city and completely crushed the resistance in the city.

At this point, Antigone unified Upper and Lower Macedonia and the Greek Peninsula. The kingdom of Macedonia doubled its territory.

After leaving behind the necessary garrisons in the newly occupied Greek cities, the king instructed the governors to strengthen the recruitment and training of the new security forces.

As promised, he led the victorious army back to the capital, Thessaloniki, to receive the cheers and celebrations of the Macedonian people.