The army began to cross the river, the Pinaro River is very shallow, and only 30 meters wide, but not everywhere can cross the river, there are still a few shoals to cross the river, and so many troops cross the river, the team will inevitably be more crowded and chaotic. Writing www.biquge.info but fortunately, Alexander's army was at a distance from the Pinaro River, enough for Antigonus's men to cross the river and form a formation on the bank before the other party arrived. Han Xin's defeat of 200,000 in the battle of Jingcheng is also a great use of the enemy's pursuit of the river and finally the result of Han Xin's half-crossing attack, Philip also used the power of water attack in the battle of the Aliakmon River. However, Antigonus is not a fool, and he is also a general, the situation in the upper reaches has long been figured out, and the Pinaro River is a relatively shallow river, and Antigonus is not worried about the other party's water attack at all. But to see the crossing of the river as a very easy thing because of this would be to underestimate Alexander, who occupies the position of the first hand, and naturally it is impossible not to make good use of the advantages of the terrain.

"Flutter!" The sound of sharp weapons into the flesh continued to sound, and the trebuchets and longbowmen on the opposite side had begun to fire stone projectiles and arrows due to their long range, although they were mainly concentrated in the middle, and they were not too dense, but because the soldiers crossing the river were too dense, these stone projectiles and arrows rarely missed, so the archers and slingers of Antigonus were also rushing forward frantically, this distance was really torture for them, completely passive beating, and from time to time someone was pierced through the chest and head or smashed to pieces.

"Ahh The screams rang out again, but this time it was a large crowd of screams, almost instantaneously hit at the same time. It turned out that they fell into a trench dug by Dias 30 meters from the south bank, although it was not deep or very wide, but this caught the unprepared Antigonus soldiers off guard, because the people who did not know the situation behind continued to move forward, so even if the people who found the trap still many people fell into the trench, and thousands of people were either killed or injured at once, the first two rows of people were directly killed by the sharpened wooden thorns arranged in the ditch, and the people in the back were mostly crushed.

Fortunately, they had not yet formed a formation and advanced side by side, otherwise the casualties would have been even heavier. It was depressing that the north side of the trench was still a little short of the range of Antigonus's archers, which was really depressing. The trenches held them back, and Alexander's long-range troops were firing non-stop, and any more of them would result in more casualties, and the wounded in the trenches were struggling to get up, and Anticulus, as soon as he thought about it, ordered the soldiers to pile up the dead, paving a path for each section, and those who were seriously wounded and unable to get up were left there forever. This is not a simple task, paving this section of the road, plus the previous one, there are three or four thousand casualties, although most of them are those lightly armored infantry, but it also has a lot of impact on morale.

Finally crossed this hurdle, after entering the range of Antigonus's bow troops, their advantage of being more numerous, at this time the trebuchet was still firing, but the longbowmen had retreated, Alexander's whole army began to move forward, this time it was Alexander's turn to be beaten, but one was that Antigonus's bow troops were far less lethal than the longbow, and Alexander's bow troops had retreated to the back, except for the Syrian servant army basically had no armor, and the armor of Tyre's conscription spearmen was a little weaker, The armor of the other units is very good.

However, Alexander's lack of archery was indeed a disadvantage, and he could only be beaten passively before hand-to-hand combat, just as Antigonus's troops had just been in the face of trebuchets and longbowmen. On Alexander's left flank, however, the situation was better, as Philateros had no long-range strike force, and in the face of the flying stones of the Rhodes slingers, whether infantry, cavalry, chariots, livestock, or people, all those who were hit were in pain. In particular, the horses on the scythe chariot were scurrying like crazy after being hit, and since the chariot was a two-horse chariot and the other horse was at a loss, Mide was completely unable to maneuver it, which caused a lot of confusion.

"Warriors of Thrace, go and cut me all the stakes that block our path, and the chariots are ready to strike at any time!" Phileteros commanded loudly.

The Rhodes slingers first attacked the menacing Thracians, who did not have much time, but fortunately the stakes bought them more time. Gretas stood on the far left of the front row of the line, waving the slings in his hand, and the heads of those who were hit by him all burst into brains, and red and white rushed out, but if they hit the armor, the killing effect was not very good, and only light infantry with little armor could be smashed into internal injuries. Soon the scytherians with scythes were quickly sharpening the stakes as if they were chopping vegetables, and although they were killed and wounded by the Rhodes slingers because they had little armor, the chariots quickly rushed over, the slingers slowly retreated, and the shield-gunners were about to appear.

The main direction of attack of the chariot was Alexander's left flank, the cavalry and leather shield men on the left. Originally, Alexander's plan was to use the wooden stakes on the battlefield so that there were not many places where the chariot could pass, and once the chariot rushed over, he would immediately get out of the way, and then kill Mide from the side, but this move was risky, and someone would be injured if he was not careful, and it was basically either dead or disabled, and the sharp scythes on both sides would ruthlessly cut off the soldiers' legs, so it required the soldiers to have strong experience and high-intensity training to deal with it. There is also the ability to use your shoulders to hold up the tower shield and push it to the wheels on the side of the chariot to make it roll over, which is very effective, but it must be fast and accurate.

The most important thing to deal with chariots is not to let them get close, once they get close, it must be the price of blood, so the best way is to kill the horses or drivers of the chariot through long-range strikes, especially horses, once the horse is killed, it will lose its mobility all of a sudden, and the chariot will move forward if the driver is killed, but if the horse is injured, then the horses running around with the sickle are not a small trouble.

Now, the Thracian Scythes are the best at destroying stakes, making them stand in the way of extreme effect, and the Leather Shield Lancers must be used immediately. Shielded spearmen armed with medium armor, with good mobility and considerable defense (no amount of armor is useless against a scythe chariot), this is the first time they have appeared on the stage of history. In the face of the chariots, they formed a scattered formation, which seemed to be no different from those ordinary leather shield soldiers, in fact, if there were light javelinmen or leather shield soldiers, they really did not need to play against the chariots, but due to limited manpower, Alexander was almost not equipped with any light troops, so he could only be replaced by leather shield spearmen.

However, it turned out that this newly developed leather shield spearmen had a power that no other class of troops had, and because the javelins they were equipped with were even longer and heavier than the later Roman infantry phalanxes, they were so powerful that even men or horses armed with bronze or scale armor would be pierced at close range, and this was the power of armor-piercing; The size and mass of the shield surpassed that of any other class at the time, so although it was not as exaggerated as the tower shield, they could still overturn the chariot if they were properly coordinated.

And so, something surprising happened that had never happened before. The menacing chariots advanced like tanks, and they all had the desire and confidence to crush everything. However, it didn't take long to usher in the javelins flying in the sky, the initial velocity plus the effect of gravitational acceleration, wherever it went, it would be inserted, although the chariots were not densely come, but 100 chariots in the originally not wide space The target is still very large, even if more can only fall on the dirt, but more than a third of the chariots have not escaped the javelin attack, many of them are horses and riders both killed.

However, the javelin only has a chance to throw once, they have to adjust their mentality to deal with the fleeting close contact, even the bravest people in the face of the torrent of chariots do not dare to say that there is no tension at all, because a little carelessness will be killed, not to mention that they are the first time to go to the battlefield, although the training intensity is very high, but after all, it is not as good as the actual combat training, many people were crushed to death or cut their bodies at the moment when the chariot passed.

However, the soldiers of Phileteros had not long recovered from their surprise before an even more surprising scene was played. The leather shield gunners arranged the depth very long, one by one squatting on the ground and holding the shield obliquely, several of them were connected together, and on the oblique basis, a plurality of shields were lined up into a slope, as long as the wheels of the chariot rolled over the shield, the result was bound to be a rollover, and the result of the rollover was only one.

Although the cooperation of the leather shield spearmen is very tacit, but the loss is also quite large, after all, the chariot will not rush over exactly according to the trajectory they imagined, as long as there is a slight difference, the soldier will be cut a blood groove or even a corpse, even if there is a shield, it is useless, and the chariot scythe at high speed is not something that the shield can block.

However, the chariot passed the first layer of defense and did not necessarily pass the second weight, and the second layer did not necessarily pass the third weight, and in the face of the heavy resistance of the leather shield spearmen, in the end, few vehicles could pass, and almost all of the riders were killed, and they either fell from the car and died, or they were poked into several holes after falling. Many of the horses did not die, but dragged the overturned wagons for some distance before they became exhausted and stranded in place.

Patrocles was very excited, although his own army was established according to Alexander's instructions, but he himself had been training hard, and now he had achieved such an achievement as soon as he entered the field, his surrender would inevitably be recognized by other generals, which meant that he could truly integrate into this military group from now on. Not only was this a great deal of face for him, but the other generals would also praise Alexander's = insight, and his king would feel more pleased and trust him even more.

Phileteros was so frightened that he almost fell off his horse, and the Thracian soldiers who were rushing behind the chariot gradually stopped, and they were about to rush over and slash and kill, but now they looked behind them and waited for orders. The other soldiers who were slowly advancing also stopped, and the soldiers looked at each other, and then looked at Philaeros suspiciously, and their eyes showed confusion, as if to ask: Do you want to rush forward?