Campaign Dungeon: Battle of Gaugamela

The two sides involved in the war: Alexander the Great's Crusade Legion vs the Persian Legion led by Darius of the Persian Empire

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Reserve conqueror Li Liguo has an exclusive civilization of Sparta, due to historical origins, Li Liguo's army is automatically identified as the enemy of the Persian Empire and Alexander the Great, who was born in the Greek city-state of Macedonia, the mission objectives have been adjusted, and the new mode is being generated......

Open the personal war mode, the reserve conqueror Li Liguo is forced to be listed as the enemy of the warring sides due to the particularity of his exclusive civilization, and the victory condition is to defeat the warring legions of both sides!

Due to the difficulty of the mission, Li Liguo, the conqueror of the reserves, will gain the following two advantages. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

1. The two sides of the Battle of Gaugamela will not be able to know any information about Li Liguo's army before Li Liguo's army takes the initiative to sacrifice itself to the battlefield, and all trajectories will follow the course of history!

2. Reserve Conqueror Li Liguo obtained a full explanation of the Battle of Gaugamela!

Background information:

The Greeks' trifecta of Marathon, Salamis, and Platais shocked the entire Central Asian and European continents, and the attitude of the Greeks towards Persia began to change, and Greek national pride soared!

The myth of the strength and invincibility of the Persian Empire was destroyed by the Greeks themselves, and the attitude of the Greeks towards the Persians changed from feared warriors to 'soft sons of luxury', and in the eyes of most Greeks, the Persians were a group of weak and decaying, arrogant and lascivious cowards!

And in the eyes of the Greek authorities, the three great victories also created the impression that the Persian army was nothing more than that, and they felt that the defeat of the Persians was due to the backwardness of their civilization, and the word barbarism was placed on the heads of the Persians for the first time, until the fall of the Persian Empire!

Alexander, who was born in the heyday of Greece, was fully influenced by this kind of thinking, and Alexander's teacher, the famous philosopher Aristotle, wrote in his book "Politics": "The races of Asia (the Greeks at that time thought that the Persians were Asians) also had brains and skills, but they lacked courage and willpower, so they were always in a state of enslavement and domination." ”

Aristotle later declared that the Persians were hardly human beings, only fit for slavery!

One can imagine what kind of thinking Alexander would have if he had such a teacher......

However, the Greeks were carried away by their victory, and in fact, on the eve of Alexander's offensive, the Persian Empire was at the peak of its strength!

In the 4th century BC, the Persian Empire was still the largest country in the world, covering 7.5 million square miles, stretching from the Aegean Sea to India, with a population of probably more than 40 million!

In addition to its vast territory, it also had a huge army in the ancient world, as well as a huge wealth beyond Alexander's imagination, which is why Alexander has always had the money to support his crusades, and the wealth of the Persian Empire is enough to support Alexander's continuous wars!

But before the war, contrary to the Persian Empire at its peak, Alexander, although nominally ruling Greece united by his father's conquest, was not yet firmly rooted, and for many Greeks, Alexander's homeland of Macedonia represented a vulgar, uncultured place, on a par with barbarism, and they thought that Alexander was still a barbarian!

Despite Alexander's self-esteem and Aristotle's teachings, most of the Greek city-states were dissatisfied with Macedonian rule, especially the Spartan city-states, which were still stirring up trouble!

Alexander's father, Philip II, warned Sparta during his conquest of Greece: "As soon as I enter Laconia, I will raze Sparta!" ”

Sparta's answer was succinct: "Just once!" ”

By his death, Philip II had not completed that once ......

Therefore, the political situation in Greece was unstable, and when Alexander sent troops to Persia, he was forced to leave a considerable part of his troops behind, just in case, in Greece, Alexander's words were the law, but it was the Macedonian spear that made the law work!

In 334 BC, Alexander crossed the Dardanelles into Asia and embarked on an expedition to Persia!

Alexander first encountered a hastily organized Persian army at the Granicas River, but it was this Persian army that was not very effective and almost took Alexander's life, and after the vicious battle, the Macedonians routed the Persian army and opened the prelude to the conquest of Anatolia.

In the months that followed, Alexander continued to fight until the following spring, when he encountered the main force of the Persian army at Issus, commanded by Darius himself!

In the ensuing fierce battle, Alexander seized a small gap in the Persian army with his elite friendly cavalry and the Macedonian phalanx, and finally won the victory......

But the vast treasures left behind by Darius's hasty escape secured Alexander's expeditions for the next few years, along with his wife, mother, and two daughters......

The Battle of Issus buried the main forces of Darius and the Persian army, but Alexander, who had won a great victory in the field, spent more than a year in attacking Tyre and Gaza, and ordered all men of military age to be crucified, and all women and children were sold into slavery!

During the siege of Gaza, Alexander was seriously wounded in the shoulder, so disaster also befell the inhabitants of Gaza, and all adult men were executed by Alexander! Women and children are also sold into slavery!

When the people of Jerusalem saw Alexander's deeds, they opened the gates and surrendered, presenting the Book of Daniel, prophesied that a great Greek king would overthrow the Persian Empire!

Alexander was very happy and pardoned the inhabitants of Jerusalem!

Next, Alexander marched to Egypt, where he was warmly welcomed as a liberator and worshipped as the god of Egypt!

At the beginning of 331 BC, after consolidating Macedonian's rule in Egypt and establishing the city of Alexandria, Alexander was ready to strike hard at the heart of the Persian Empire!

Darius's authority was shaken to a certain extent due to his previous defeat, and in order to restore the authority of the royal family and enforce the divine power of his rule, Darius fought a decisive battle with Alexander's main force in the open Gaugamera Plain!

The Gaugamela Plain, located 50 miles northwest of the city of Abel, was a stronghold that connected the roads to Armenia and the eastern provinces, making it ideal for mobilizing scattered Persian troops.

After the background information is introduced, the integration of Li Liguo begins to cut into the time point!