Chapter 102: The Battle of Issus (4)

"Your Majesty, Antigonus's war elephants are beginning to rush towards us!" A soldier reported to Alexander that since he was in the rear of the Chinese army, he could not see what was happening in front of him, so he could only send someone to inquire. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Okay, give the order Attalus, open the gap, and set up a fire bull formation to meet the war elephant!"

"Yes!"

"Your Majesty, is this fire bull really more powerful than a war elephant?" Hercules asked.

"Of course, the ox is not as powerful as the elephant, but the charging power of the fire ox cannot be underestimated, after the tail of the ox is burned, the ox will run wildly when it feels pain, this uncontrolled force is more terrible than the impact of the trained war elephant, imagine what will happen if the war elephant is stabbed by that pair of horns, it is not lost to the power of the spear at all!"

"I see, it seems that Antigonus's calculation is wrong, once these two animals come into contact, they must all become crazy, and it will be up to him to see how he controls the battlefield." Hercules said with a grin.

"And if I'm not bad, the elephants of war will surely turn against Antigonus's Chinese army. After all, elephants are herbivores, they are still relatively gentle by nature, and they are afraid of fire. Alexander said confidently.

"Your Majesty is wise."

"Brother Wang doesn't need to praise me, the general has already thought of this idea."

Soon Antigonus discovered the gap, and he was about to order the war elephants to speed up, only to find that hundreds of cattle were rushing forward, and the galloping momentum was even more terrifying than that of thousands of war horses, because it seemed to be a decisive assault, and they would not hesitate to rush forward no matter what stood in front of them. Antigonus soon discovered the problem, there seemed to be a faint flame behind the cows, smoke rising constantly, and all sorts of strange cries from the herd, apparently caused by pain.

"It's not good, let the war elephants avoid the impact of those cows, hurry!" Antigonus said in a hurry.

However, both sides were originally attacking, and the war elephant was too large and clumsy, so it was easy to turn around and command like a war horse. However, the war elephant is not so stupid, originally the elephant is afraid of fire, some see that the signs are wrong, and they start to take the initiative to avoid the opponent's edge without waiting for the commander to command, some are standing on the spot, and a few are not afraid of death to continue to move forward. In this way, it will be chaotic, and the pilots will no longer have a way to effectively command, so they can only follow the war elephants and run blindly. As soon as some saw that they were about to rush into their own formation, they had to pierce their spears into the brains of war elephants; Some followed the elephants into the herd, and the war elephants were soon bruised by the surging herd, and fell unwillingly, while the riders were trampled into meat sauce by the herds while being beaten to pieces. At this time, the attack of the herd was far from over, and more than half of them continued to charge forward, and the next thing to suffer was the cavalry and infantry phalanx.

Antigonus never thought that this group of damn cows would be so fierce, and he was really heartbroken when he broke away his war elephants and did not give up, but wanted to rush again. Although many of his archers were killed, he saw that the remaining cattle were about to rush into the cavalry formation. Although the horses were terrified at the sight of the cattle, they were more disciplined than the elephants, and Mithridates and Nicanor reacted in time to split the cavalry into two parts and retreat to both sides. After seeing the series of tragedies caused by the herd before, the infantry also quickly adjusted, the herd did not cause them much damage, and the archers who were shooting became the target of the herd, many of them have a lot of arrows inserted in their bodies, but they can still run, I have to say, many animals are really much stronger than humans. Although the formation of the archers was very loose, there were still many archers who were stabbed all over the ground, and their condition was unbearable.

The confusion caused by this mutation to Antigonus's army was more than a loss, but the almost total annihilation of the war elephant army was indeed a big blow, so it would be difficult to break through the opponent's formation. As a last resort, he had to let the cavalry stand by behind the infantry first. Alexander's Chinese army was demoralized, shouting "Long live the king!" Antigonus, angry, gritted his teeth.

"Let Ptolemy's axemen storm Attalus's phalanx at once, and at all costs must tear a hole in me. Once the opponent's formation was broken, Mithridates' Pontic cavalry quickly extended their victory. Antigonus angrily ordered the herald.

"Yes, General!"

Antigonus sent another 3,000 friendly infantry to fend off the opposing team's infantry, and he personally led 2,000 friendly infantry to attack the weakest Syrian servant army, with Nicanor following closely behind. I have to say that the combat effectiveness of the Syrian servant army is still relatively low, and Alexander has no way to take them out to make up the number, but out of concern about this force, he has made their depth very long, trying to make them last a little longer. Antigonus discovered this weakness of the other party, but he did not dare to rush to let the cavalry attack, although the number of cavalry in Nicanor was even more than that of the Syrian servants, but such a narrow place was not conducive to the cavalry at all, so he decided to open the gap himself. In the face of the fierce offensive of the battle-hardened veterans, the Syrian army was beaten to the point of being helpless, and people kept falling, and the phalanx was even retreating. Alexander noticed all this, and if this continued, the right flank of Dokamos would soon be exposed to Antigonus, and even be interspersed by the opposing side to break through the Chinese army, which would be too dangerous at that time.

"Those Syrians are so useless, they won't work so soon." Hercules also noticed this.

"Brother Wang, those Syrians will soon be unable to support it, you hurry up to support, you must plug this gap, and you must not let the other side break the formation, otherwise our army will be in danger."

"Yes!" Alexander's order was exactly what he wanted, although he had been practicing martial arts since he was a child, but this was his first time on the battlefield, he wanted to rush to the front of the battle, who knew that Alexander arranged him in the rear, and now it was finally his time to show his strength, he couldn't help but get excited.

The addition of the Royal Lancers quickly turned the tide, and Hercules simply had the Syrian Servant Army withdrawn so as not to affect the morale of the troops. In this way, the two sides fell into a stalemate, and the fighting was extremely fierce, but both sides deserved to be elites, and their fighting spirit was very high.

"Boom! Bang! A loud bang suddenly sounded behind Antigonus, and this sudden change made both sides of the battlefield stunned for a moment.

Alexander laughed and said, "The big picture can be decided! ”

Soon Antigonus learned of the situation, he never expected that someone would attack him from the sea, only to see that the sea was densely packed with warships, although these warships actually really worked on the dozens of ships closest to the shore, but it was already a terrible thing. They were firing fireballs and bows, and although some of them inevitably smashed into Alexander's camp and caused some accidental damage, many more fell on the heads of Antigonus's army. On the right flank, Philetellus bore the brunt of the attack, and Ottolicus was even more frightened, fearing that he would be accidentally hit and lose his life. Not only that, but many soldiers came down from the ship one after another, rushing towards the rear of Antigonus.

"General, there are a lot of people coming down from the ship, they are landing, and they are about to attack!" A herald reported loudly.

"What are you yelling, let the archers go to support the right flank and block the landing of the other side." Antigonus roared, thought for a moment and then said, "No, immediately call the Taranto cavalry of Aristo de Mus to support, Nicanor, you go too!" ”

"General, where are you?"

"Leave me alone, let them land and it's over, now the infantry can't pull out, so I can only send your cavalry."

"General, no, the left flank can't hold it up!" As soon as Antigonus finished speaking, a cavalryman rushed towards him with blood on his face.

"What! How can it be? The right wing of the other side is so small, and our left wing is so strong, how can it not be supported? A bunch of idiots! Antigonus was furious and pulled the cavalryman off his horse.

"General, the enemy has more than 3,000 cavalry in ambush on the mountain, so it is not less than us in terms of numbers, so-" The soldier was shocked, but before he could finish speaking, a slap in the face came over.

"The number is about the same, but you are all the most elite escort cavalry, is the other party stronger than you." Antigonus asked, puzzled.

"On the other side, only the 1,000 of Eumenes are Guards cavalry, and I don't know what kind of cavalry the others are, they are not Macedonians anyway, but their combat effectiveness is not worse than ours at all. Their horses all have a device that gives them the upper hand against us on their horses. So saying, the knight gave Antigonus the stirrup that was untied to his horse.

"What is this?" Antigonus wondered, and he began to calm down.

"This is the new harness of their device, and these two ring-like things are placed on the left and right sides of the horse, and their feet are on it, and they are firmly on their horses when they fight, and they can even stand up, which our cavalry can never do." The soldier gushed.

"Is this the will of the gods? I'm so unfavored Antigonus!? Antigonus muttered to herself.

"General, please send troops to support, otherwise the left flank is likely to collapse!" The cavalry said anxiously.

"You go and call General Mithridates and have his cavalry go to the aid of Dmitry and Philip."

"Yes!"