Chapter 147: The Weakness of the Macedonian Army

Yun Yue also put out her own formation, and countless four-wheeled carriages galloped out. At a distance of about a thousand steps from the Macedonian phalanx, the carriage came to an abrupt halt! Then the spearmen dismounted, and the body of the four-wheeled carriage was lifted with a horizontal roof, revealing crossbowmen armed with bows and arrows.

The spearmen quickly assembled in front of the wagon, their entire body covered by a huge shield. On the two flanks of the chariot array were the four cavalry divisions of the Yun family, with the fighting cavalry in front and the archers in the rear. A well-organized and balanced firepower formation was formed, if anyone dared to attack this military formation. You will be shot as a hedgehog on the way.

All this Alexander can see clearly from the top of Naitou Mountain. I have to admit that this is an almost perfect military formation. Compared to their own phalanx, it is more effective and faster.

The tall carriage used as a means of transport greatly increased the mobility of the infantry. And the front row of spear infantry was in charge, and the crossbowmen in the carriage would let their phalanx shed the last drop of blood. Even if he charged with cavalry, he was helpless against those tall carriages after paying heavy casualties. This is an almost inexplicable military formation, and perhaps only elephant soldiers can defeat such an army formation.

More than 30,000 men of the client state were already standing, and they were waiting for Alexander's orders. Today, however, is somewhat different from the past, and Alexander does not seem to have placed the elite Macedonians in the middle of the army, as he has done in the past. Acting as a key point of support, those fierce Greek warriors seemed to disappear.

The carriage on the opposite side made the soldiers a little flustered, but they saw that the number of the other side was far less than their own. The hearts of the soldiers were settled again. He followed Alexander the Great on his expedition to the west and west, and he had yet to meet an opponent who could defeat him. Even the servant army often received a large share of the spoils. In terms of rewards. Alexander the Great was a generous man.

"What will they do next?" Alexander asked the Black Wind Passage beside him. He needed this guy who had fought with the Huaxia people to tell him about the possible movements of the enemy army.

"Yunhou will send cavalry archers, and their cavalry will shoot very far. The infantry's bows and arrows could not shoot as far as theirs, and even if they did, they would not penetrate their armor. Cavalry archers will deplete the personnel and morale of our troops, forcing them to attack the enemy's chariot formation. But the chariot array will shoot a more dense rain of arrows, and as far as His Majesty's infantry is concerned, the casualties will be very heavy. When the morale and strength of our troops are about the same, their cavalry will rush up. Until then. Our army will be scattered and slaughtered. Often, after a battle, the ground is littered with our corpses. The losses of the enemy troops were very small, very small. Black Wind recalled the battle with the Yun family. Still palpitating.

As if to confirm the words of the black wind, with two loud trumpets. In the left and right cavalry formations, each rushed out of a cavalry division. These archers all wielded compound bows with eccentric wheels in their hands, and quickly formed a circle. They went back and forth. A dozen large circles are formed. The knight followed the horse's impulse. Shoot the arrow farther.

Even if the Macedonian phalanx reacted, there was no way to fight back. Because the enemy was so far away, the arrows that the archers fired back fell far to the ground, and a layer of wheat seemed to grow out of thin air.

Screams rang out one after another, and arrows poured into the dense array like water. Although some people use shields to protect vital points, small round shields can only protect the upper body. Even the armor has no thighs but is exposed, and seven or eight out of ten people who fall are injured in the thighs. The wails of the wounded soldiers could be heard clearly even by Alexander on Mount Naitou.

"The camel cavalry pressed down the opposing archers. Infantry attack! Alexander gave the order calmly. The drums of war "knock" and "knock" sounded, and groups of tall camel cavalry rushed forward. Almost at the same time. The commander of the infantry gave the order. More than 30,000 soldiers rushed towards the Qin army with overwhelming momentum.

Camels are much taller than horses, and camels are much more violent than horses. On the grasslands, rampaging camels have even bitten people to death. When the horses smelled the smell of camels from afar, they became restless. There was a rapid sound of gongs from the Qin army's main formation, and the archers turned around and threw the camel cavalry. While galloping towards the main formation, after entering the main formation, he quickly got behind the infantry, and began to change to his horse to replenish the arrows.

When the camel cavalry saw the other party fleeing, they were willing to give up. The Arabs on the camels shouted wildly, like hungry wolves, and rushed towards the Qin army.

Three hundred steps, this is the line of life and death. As soon as the footsteps of the camel warriors stepped on this line of life and death, the sky suddenly darkened. The dense arrows shot from the four-wheeled carriage actually blocked the sunlight, and the sky seemed to rain arrows. The camel cavalry screamed and wailed. Many people were shot into hedgehogs along with the camels, and the people were dead, but the camels were still struggling. The screams and screams were short and intense, and the two thousand camel cavalry were hit by a rain of arrows. Less than a third are still sitting on camels. Before the camel cavalry could turn around and flee, another round of arrows rained down......!

The generals were all shocked, they had never seen such a dense and powerful rain of arrows. Even when he fought against Darius's million-strong army, he never encountered it. They all looked back at Alexander, and for the first time felt that Pallas Athena, the goddess of wisdom and victory, was not on their side. (This goddess is the queen of spades in poker, and she is the only one with a weapon in all the queens.) Friends who have playing cards, you can turn it out and see, the old dragon does not lie to you. )

"The infantry continued to attack, and the shieldmen stood in the front row." Alexander calmly gave the order, and the so-called shield hands were actually improvised organized. There are all sorts of things in hand, most of which are just thick planks. It was a man's height and resembled a door. The guy with this thing can't hold a weapon. He could only hold the door panel with both hands, standing at the front of the line while resisting the arrows in the place, while advancing steadily.

Looking at the Macedonian phalanx, which was several miles long, a bunch of guys with door panels suddenly poured out, Yun Yue put down the binoculars and said, "It's okay, let Fan Zeng attack!" ”

A short trumpet sounded three times, and a sudden puff of smoke and dust rose on the horizon in the distance. All the Macedonians were taken aback, and did not expect that there were ambushes in the shadows. This ambush rushed to the flank of the Macedonian phalanx, and there were still five or six hundred paces. The four-wheeled carriage stopped, and the sound of the three-bow bed crossbow "Ga Zhizhi" winding rang out.

Fan Zeng found the weakness of the Macedonian phalanx, that is, they could not stand the flank attack.

PS: Dear book friends, yesterday the system failed! The same chapter has been changed twice, and today there is one more chapter to apologize to all book friends. In the previous chapter, I have asked the editor to change it. Book friends on the mobile client, re-download it and watch it again. This time, it's really not my fault...... (To be continued.) )