Chapter 117: Unscientific Alexander IV
The cavalry of the Guards did not betray their duty and loyalty, and even though Alexander's companion cavalry was full of frightened Persian soldiers who had been attacked, these cavalry of the Guards still fought for the Persian emperor Darius behind them!
They knew that they couldn't beat each other, but they continued to fight unwaveringly, and what awaited them was a bloody massacre!
Li Liguo was surprised to find that this friendly cavalry was not only invincible in courage, but also rode a war horse without stirrups, but it was like opening the 'Wushuang mode' when fighting......
This is so unscientific!
What's worse is that the elite Immortal Army could not rescue Darius, and the phalanx adjacent to the Macedonian shield-wielding soldiers had already rushed into the camp of the Immortal Army, and the two sides played a game, and the outcome of the battle was not suspenseful, the wicker shield and armor of the Persian Immortal Army were no match for the Macedonian heavy armored infantry at all, and the spears of Darius' Greek mercenary phalanx could not catch up with the extra-long Macedonian spear. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
Now, the bravery of the Immortal Army has become their disadvantage, what they need to do at this time is to find a way to get mobile, but this group of brainwashed Immortal Army, in order to protect their Emperor Darius, has no hesitation to fight against the invincible friendly cavalry!
The Immortal Army was very brave, almost using corpses to delay the Peerless Companion Cavalry, and even the elite Companion Cavalry suffered no more or no less casualties, which was not a common occurrence in previous battles!
Darius stood silent, watching in horror as the best infantry of Persia died tragically under the Macedonian spear!
With the classic cooperation of the friendly cavalry and the Macedonian phalanx, the horror, cruelty and bloodshed of the hoplites have been vividly displayed, whether it is the cavalry of the Guards or the Immortal Army, they cannot resist this torrent at all!
Darius's chariot was close at hand, his nerves were close to collapse, and he was afraid to turn the head of the chariot and flee, but his charioteer, because the chariot was surrounded by piles of corpses, and the frightened horses did not obey the call, he could not turn the chariot at all, at this time, a Macedonian spear stabbed Darius's charioteer, Darius had to abandon the chariot and abandon his armor, stepped on a neighboring war horse, and fled......
Li Liguo originally wanted to enter the battlefield at this time, but the situation in other directions made him resist the impulse, the Persian army was not defeated, and they still had the possibility of victory!
Alexander's fierce attack on the gap in the Persian front had opened a wide opening in his own line, and although most of the Macedonian phalanx had followed Alexander into the gap, the camp led by Simias and Kraterus was forced to hold their ground to support Paminio and the troubled Macedonian left flank.
The large-scale Persian and Indian cavalry found an opportunity and plunged straight into the gap in the Macedonian front, just when Li Liguo thought that this Persian cavalry could pass through this gap and sweep through the left or right flank of the Macedonian army, rush into the rear of the Macedonian flank, or penetrate the undefended area of the Macedonian phalanx and annihilate them, these second-rate cavalry of the Persian Empire did something that surprised Li Liguo!
They even quit the fight!!
That's right, just quit the fight! Breaking through the gap, they can turn the tide of the battle no matter how they fight, and the only thing they can't do is to withdraw from the battle!
And that's exactly what they did......
The direction in which they aimed was very much in line with the logic of the robbers, and they rushed directly towards the Macedonian tent!
Plundering the enemy's camp is indeed a great temptation for these soldiers who are fighting for money, especially for the undisciplined troops!
These cavalry units, which could turn the tide of the battle, chose to continue to plunder the Macedonian tents rather than launch a charge that would win the victory......
However, this act allowed Li Liguo to once again see the fierceness of the Macedonian army, they could see their camp tents looted, thousands of enemy cavalry in their rear, and still continue to fight!
Such an army is extremely rare, especially among the cold weapons troops of ancient times!
Without any panic among the Macedonian troops, the front-line soldiers, who had already been caught in a fierce battle, ignored this new threat and continued to attack the collapsed Persian formation, and in their rear, Alexander's phalanx deployed for the unforeseen need rushed towards his camp, and the Thracian soldiers deployed by Alexander to guard the camp in the rear put up a stubborn resistance, waiting for reinforcements to arrive before the entire camp was plundered!
Then, the appearance of the well-organized Macedonian reserve phalanx caught the Persian soldiers who plundered the camp by surprise and had to rush into battle, but the Macedonian unstoppable counterattack ended the lives of many Persian soldiers in an instant, and those who survived were in a state of confusion and had to flee back in the direction they came......
Even in this case, Li Liguo still refused to go down, because the Persian army had not completely collapsed!
That's the advantage of having a strong army!
In the chaotic battlefield, except for the Persian soldiers of the central front who could detect Darius's escape for the first time, most of the Persian soldiers did not know that their emperor had escaped and continued to fight, and these Persian soldiers still had the command of their respective Persian generals!
The Persians have one chance left to win!
Almost from the very beginning of the battle, Paminio and the Macedonian left flank had been fighting fiercely, and now, at the climax of the battle, the Persian right flank general Mazai played his trump card and brought his Armenian and Cappadocian cavalry into the battle!
As with Baisu's left flank attack, thousands of cavalry rumbled across the plain, threatening to overwhelm Alexander's exhausted infantry, but Paminio, who remained calm and calm, also held a trump card in his hand, his Thessalian cavalry!
These are as proud as the cavalry of their friends (just as proud...... ), launched a counteroffensive against the Persian soldiers.
The two armies collided in a thunderclap of steel, in a tumbling of blood and death!
The Persian offensive stopped, but Paminio's condition remained precarious, and if his line was lost, the Persian cavalry could bypass the Macedonian flank and go straight to Alexander's rear!
Paminio had to send a messenger to Alexander, asking for help and informing him of the impending disaster!
By the time the messenger catches up with Alexander, the center of Persia has been torn apart, and this is the climax of the battle, and Alexander, after receiving the messenger, has to face 3 choices!
Li Liguo looked at the stalemate battlefield, and once again pressed the desire to participate in the war, let the two sides consume a little more first!