Chapter 116: Unscientific Alexander III
At this moment, the superiority of the army's training came to the fore, the professional Macedonian soldiers proved their courage, and the strong infantry phalanx slowed down the momentum of the Persian offensive, because to break through the line of pikemen, it was not the bravery of the riders, but the bravery of the horses!
But no horse wants to be pierced by the tip of a spear for some great reason......
As the momentum of the Persian offensive weakened, the Macedonian cavalry began to launch a series of attacks in squadrons, constantly beating the superior Persian horses!
The Macedonian cavalry was valiant, and the Persian army, even if not immediately repulsed, stopped their attack. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
Then, Alexander's right flank was like a death vortex, and when the attack met a counterattack, thousands of soldiers, driven by a crazy and ferocious bloodthirsty instinct, slashed each other with axes and spears, and killed each other, and the battlefield was completely transformed into a melee of flesh and blood!
And looking at the evenly matched situation of the fight, thanks to the extremely low killing efficiency of hand-to-hand combat in the era of cold weapons, the whole battle is over, and it may not be possible to distinguish the winner or loser......
Of course, if the battle is really over, one side will inevitably be defeated, and this battlefield will naturally collapse with it!
Darius was completely dumbfounded, he had already spoken highly of his enemy Alexander, but the strength of his opponent was still beyond his imagination, and his resistance began to be greatly shaken!
He had placed the best cavalry of the empire on this flank and had high hopes for an attack on Baisu, but the Macedonian army had stopped the Persian cavalry attack at the outset and then had it in pieces......
To make matters worse, Macedonia thwarted his plans with relatively few troops!
However, Darius was far from the point of exhaustion, and he watched the slow attack of the Macedonian phalanx, calculating the right time to use his secret weapon!
When Darius felt that he could, at the sound of an order, hundreds of horses in the center of the Macedonian front began to drag the chariot with huge lethality and galloped on the flat battlefield!
Li Liguo frowned slightly and looked at those curly sickle chariots, not to mention his own descendants, the more than 20,000 troops who first boarded the army, in the flat terrain, were properly crushed by this kind of curly sickle chariots!
The Macedonian troops greeted these chariots with a rain of arrows, javelins and even stones thrown by the Aguilian soldiers!
The Agylian soldiers, trained in skirmishes, accustomed to fighting alongside cavalry, hurried into the chaotic chariots of Persia and began what they did best - to kill Alexander's enemies!
The Persian car formation seemed to have a strong impact, but the ability to resist long-range fire made Li Liguo lose his eyes......
The Persian chariot formation was overturned on the back of a group of elite light infantry slaughtered, and some of the wounded war horses turned around and ran back to the Persian camp under the frenzied torture of pain, causing great damage to the Persian army......
And the chariots that were heading for the Macedonian phalanx began to avoid the Macedonian spears, and instead chose the seemingly safe paths left for them by the Macedonian army, and after entering these paths, they found that what awaited them was the siege and massacre of Alexander's royal guards!
This chariot charge, which carried Darius's great hopes, turned into a miserable defeat......
Li Liguo looked at the situation on the battlefield and finally understood why the chariot troops withdrew from the battlefield during the Warring States period of China so quickly......
The defeat of the chariot troops was not without effect, and there was a brief confusion in the Macedonian phalanx, however, the Macedonian army, which was disciplined, quickly restored order, and after a short pause, the Macedonian phalanx charged again!
After a few moments, the phalanx would break through the Persian line and begin a merciless slaughter.
Alexander finally waited for a good opportunity, when the left flank of the Persian army led by Baisu attacked, leaving a gap in the center of the Persian army, and the second column of the Persian army did not fill this gap, at this time, the situation of the Persian Empire was precarious, but for Darius, the war seemed to be moving in his favor, if not a complete victory, his Persian army was struggling to attack the left flank of the Macedonian army, and Paminio was also trying his best to seize the dominant position on the battlefield.
Although Baisu's offensive was in a difficult situation, Darius was still confident that the numerically superior Persian army would eventually drag down the stubborn Macedonian right flank!
The failure of the chariot assault and the continuous advancement of the Macedonian phalanx made Darius a little anxious, but Darius was convinced that his Immortals and Greek mercenaries could hold out for a while, and that the left and right flanks of the Persian army would have enough time to sweep through the flanks of the Macedonian phalanx and finally win the victory!
The idea is very good, however, in the eyes of the experienced Alexander, although the pressure on the two wings is very huge, a gap in the Persian front makes his eyes shine!
What's even more amazing is that this gap is directly in front of Alexander, and Alexander immediately sends his friendly cavalry to form a wedge formation and attack this gap.
Sensing that Alexander was about to embark on a decisive charge, Nikano ordered his elite shield-wielding infantry to advance at double speed, and the four Macedonian camps next to them launched a new attack after successfully resisting the attack of the Persian chariots!
Restrained by the shield-wielding infantry attack, the Macedonian camp had to trot.
Alexander had by this time mounted his mount, the furious Bucephalas, and he led his friendly cavalry to the breach!
The companion cavalry was actively stopped by some Persian troops, but the resistance was very weak, and the Persian soldiers were completely frightened by the fierce attack of the companion cavalry!
The friendly cavalry soon broke through the Persian line, and it was then that Alexander spotted Darius, changed direction, and ran directly to Darius.
Darius was still in his royal carriage at this time, and the huge number of guards cavalry was close behind, just when Li Liguo thought that this cavalry of the guards, which looked very good in numbers and equipment, plus mental outlook, was enough to resist Alexander's friendly cavalry, Li Liguo finally understood that without stirrups, there was also a terrifying existence in the cavalry troops!
The cavalry of the Guards were panicked by the fierce fighting style of Alexander after being led by a charge, and the cavalry of the Guards drove away all the Persian soldiers and routs who could go to the battlefield, trying to share the pressure of some friendly cavalry, however, those huge numbers of Persian infantry, except for disturbing their own cavalry array, encountered Alexander and were all defeated with one blow!