In the autumn of 315 BC, Alexander crossed the Syrian pass on Mount Amanus with the last reinforcements to Alexandreta. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 At this point, the King's Army had more than 37,000 men plus engineering troops. Among them, the friendly cavalry had a personal attendant cavalry, and this team that always accompanied the king was actually about 1,000 people.

The King's Camp.

"Your Majesty, General, now that all our available armies have been assembled, and Antigonus is no more than 4 parasanga away from us, I wonder what strategy you have to deal with Antigonus's army."

Alexander and Eumenes glanced at each other, and Alexander made a gesture of invitation and said, "You are the commander-in-chief, and the layout of this battle will be handed over to you." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty." Eumenes opened the sheepskin map, pointed to the narrow strip of land in the Amanus Mountains and the coastal area, and said: "I am going to distribute our soldiers on the south bank of the Pinaro River, because the width of the Pinaro River Plain does not exceed 16 stadia (3 kilometers) in total, so the depth of the phalanx on both sides will be very long, but this time our opponent is not Darius, but the same army as us, the generals of the unified army are all veterans of the battlefield, and the battle situation of that year can never be replicated." So this is a competition of combined forces between the two sides, and the only thing we can do in strategy is to deploy an ambush on Mount Amanus as a reserve, waiting for an opportunity to be dispatched at a critical moment. And with the help of the Macedonian Navy, this is our killer weapon, and until now, I am not sure if it will be used. Because it is a decisive battle in a rather narrow place, it is difficult for Antigonus's cavalry to deploy, of course, we are the same, so the role of cavalry is greatly reduced, but Antigonus's cavalry must be much more than ours, so this situation actually makes the opponent's strength weakened to a certain extent, which is more advantageous for us. Antigonus as an attacker, he must cross the Pinaro River, just crossed the river when the formation is the most chaotic, we can take advantage of its sudden attack before the assembly is completed, we can definitely catch him off guard, but the next situation on the battlefield is not something we can control, although the Pinaro River is relatively narrow, but fighting in the river will inevitably cause the teams on both sides to fall into a state of chaos and disorder, and there are too many uncertain factors at that time. Therefore, if the other side is in good order, we must not easily go down the river, and only drive them into the river. But it is very likely that the other party will be very careful when crossing the river, so that we have no chance to take advantage of it, so we will have to bite the bullet next. I ask every general to do it, never panic under any circumstances, resolutely carry out orders, stabilize their formation without orders, resist all incoming enemies, never retreat without permission, and try not to let go if they find a gap to take advantage of. For the sake of His Majesty, for the sake of the Macedonian Empire, all the kings must work together to annihilate the invading enemy. ”

"Obey the instructions."

"Dias."

"The subordinates are here."

"Immediately arrange fortifications and maximize non-combat casualties to the enemy in order to reduce our losses."

"Don't worry, I've brought 20 trebuchets with me, and I'm sure I'll toss Antigonus before he makes contact with us, and in such a narrow plain here, the depth of the battle is too deep for our trebuchets to last a lot of time, thanks to the wisdom of the general. In addition, I have also discussed with His Majesty just now, I will nail some iron spikes and wooden spikes in the riverbed, and some stakes on the wings, to limit the gallop of chariots, Antigonus has 200 chariots, what a staggering number, he will not hit the muzzle of the pikemen from the front, only the possibility of attacking our cavalry from the flanks and attacking our troops from the flanks, and once the successful cut, it will be devastating for us. Our cavalry simply could not stop the high-speed chariots, and only well-prepared infantry could contain this terrifying assault weapon. In addition to the dense forest of guns, it is a good idea to nail enough stakes into the ground, of course, this must be at a very close distance in front of our army, and it is easy to be cut by the enemy at a distance. There is also when the chariot rushes over, the chariot at high speed can not easily turn, and after rushing into the passage, we can use the hook to hook the person above, or directly stab the gun to death, but this must be tacitly coordinated, otherwise it is easy to be cut by the sharp and rapidly rotating knives on the wheels on both sides of the chariot, as long as it touches, it will either die or be disabled. I have made a lot of hooks and sickles, and when the time comes, they will all be issued to the phalanxes on both flanks, which can not only pull people off the carts, but also cut off the legs of horses, and have a certain flying lethality against the chariot cavalry. ”

"That's great, what's the good thing?" Ares seems to be a child.

"I have brought more than 100 oxen from the city of Alexandreta, and you will still be able to see the spectacle of a hundred oxen galloping, and the custody will make the army of Antigonus panic." Eumenes said with a smile.

"And play like this, the general is really talented."

"Okay, you guys go back to the team and prepare, do your part of the task, whoever dares to disobey the order or retreat without authorization, don't blame my ruthless military law."

"Don't worry, General, I'm sorry for you, General, and I can't be sorry for His Majesty! You can rest assured that they will want to go through unless they step on my corpse. Cretos exclaimed.

Mount Amanus.

"How's it going, do you see people?" Oak Yates asked, he had just come from the woods, and Phoenix was looking north.

"Antigonus is almost here, there is still 25 stadia away, report to His Majesty the King and the general immediately, it is expected to arrive in half an hour, please be ready for battle." Phoenix said with a little excitement.

"Yes!" The herald immediately galloped away.

Alexander was waiting quietly at the back of the army at the moment, he was guarded by his fellow cavalry and royal spearmen, but he knew that his weak line could collapse at any time, although in this narrow place it could achieve a better defensive effect by strengthening the depth, but this was also relative, although his right flank had the Guards cavalry to suppress the formation, but it was actually very weak, because the left flank beach was not conducive to the cavalry charge, so the right flank was bound to become the main assault part of Antigonus's cavalry, although there was a mountain on the right flankBut on the gentle slope at the bottom of the mountain, the cavalry could still easily pass through, so Eumenes had already ambushed two cavalry in the depths of the forest, ready to stab Antigonus in the ass, and a large herd of cattle was also placed on the mountain. In short, he is safe for the time being.

The Pinaro River is what is today the Payas River. The river originates in the Amanus mountain range and is about four kilometers long, with more than a kilometer upstream running through the valley; The first 500 meters into the coastal plain can only be considered a stream; In the middle reaches, the nearly two-kilometre stretch of the river widens to 35 metres, the riverbed is rocky, and the banks are high and steep due to flash floods, with only a few gentle sections to wade; The 500-metre stretch downstream into the sea is relatively flat and open. According to the records of Calisthenes, the historian of Alexander, the width of the plain of the Pinaro Valley was no more than 2.5 kilometers, and even with the addition of a gentle hillside on which troops could be deployed, the width of the entire battlefield would not have exceeded three kilometers (the current plain of the Payas Valley was 3.5 kilometers wide).

Antigonus's army soon came to the north bank of the Pinaro River, which was once the place of the decisive battle between Alexander and the Persian king Darius III, and now he was opposite the king of Macedonia, less than twenty years later, Persia was destroyed, Macedonia was almost finished, and he was the gravedigger of the empire, and now the battle to determine the ownership of the empire was about to begin, this time it was relatively fair, although the battlefield was very narrow, but it was better than attacking a fortified city. This battle is destined to be only you and me.

"Rest for an hour and start fighting." Antigonus ordered.

"General—" Philotas stopped talking.

"What's the matter?" Antigonus asked, looking back.

"That's what's going on—"

"Father!" Philotas was about to explain when a young man dressed as a spy ran out behind him, lifted his black headmantle, and shouted to Antigonus.

This surprised Antigonus, he didn't want his son to go to war because he didn't want him to have anything to do, but it seemed that his son, like himself, was born a warrior, and he began to fight with him before he was a minor, and this time he still didn't fall behind. Looking at the embarrassed eyes of Philotas and the expectant look of Dmitry, Antigonus smiled helplessly.

"Father and son, it seems that nothing can separate us."

"Dmitry is your pride, and he will definitely be another generation of war gods in the future, father and son are of the same heart, their strength is gold, and General Antigonus is invincible!" Philotas shouted, and the soldiers were also excited.

Antigonus was very pleased to see that the arrival of his son had instantly increased the morale of his army, and he knew that his son's status in the hearts of the soldiers was also very high, so he didn't say anything.