At the forefront of the Persian array were Darius' secret weapons, including 15 elephants and about 100 chariots, each wheel of which had bayonet-sharp scythes extending outward, and in order to increase the lethality of these deadly weapons, Darius also ordered the ground in front of the battle to be leveled to ensure that the chariots would not encounter obstacles on their way to the Macedonian phalanx. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

The left flank of the Persian army was commanded by Darius' most trusted commander, Baisu, and his main line consisted mostly of infantry from his Bactrian possessions, and in front of his line, the best Persian cavalry was lined up, including 1,000 Bactrian cavalry, thousands of Scythian cavalry, and about 100 chariots.

On the right flank of the Persian army was a multi-ethnic mixed infantry commanded by Mazai, who was no less than the most elite cavalry controlled by Baisu, and the Cappadocian cavalry and Armenian cavalry deployed by Mazai in front of his trapezoidal formation were no less impressive!

After Li Liguo finished watching the composition of Darius's army, the subtitles began to introduce the advantages and disadvantages of the armies of both sides.

Darius's army, despite its large numbers, still had many weaknesses, the most important of which was that the Persian army had elite troops, but most of the soldiers in the army were not strong in combat, which made Darius regret that many of the empire's most elite troops had been depleted in the first two battles with Alexander......

In addition, diversity is usually not an advantage in actual combat, and an army as large as Darius's army, even under the best of conditions, poses a huge challenge to command and control, which is a nightmare for an army with little combat experience and multiple languages!

Li Liguo agrees with this!

Stalin said: quantity is quality!

But in some cases, this idea is just a fantasy, as the 2003 US-led joint operation in Iraq proved that when a large but ineffective force is confronted with a well-trained, well-commanded and well-equipped force, it is highly likely that the superior force will quickly degenerate into a chaotic mob!

In the face of such a huge military force, Alexander only brought a relatively weak less than 50,000 men, however, this is not an ordinary army, it is the essence of Alexander's men!

It was a well-integrated combined arms force, and although Alexander's soldiers were horrified for a moment at the first sight of the huge Persian army, these Alexander's veterans were not intimidated, and they met the Persian army with a solid column!

The Macedonian troops quickly occupied the designated position of the battle line with clockwise accuracy, and for this campaign, Alexander made the army adopt a new formation, and the Persian army could easily outflank the Macedonian troops by virtue of their numerical superiority, in view of this, Alexander ordered the army line to turn back at an angle of 45 degrees along the center, and the Macedonian army did not charge the Persian army head-on, but attacked from the right diagonal direction, and if there was no strong resistance, Alexander could mobilize the main force of the army, Attack one of the flanks of the Persian army!

Perhaps considering that the decisive battle would be fought on the right side of the Macedonian army, Alexander personally commanded the right flank, and after Alexander deployed himself and his friendly cavalry (Macedonian elite heavy cavalry) in place, mercenary infantry and cavalry teams also began to deploy to his right at certain angles.

To Alexander's left, connecting the friendly cavalry with the solid Macedonian phalanx were the Nicano shield-bearing infantry, a hand-picked selection of elite hard-armored Macedonian assault infantry.

Behind the front was the irresistible classic phalanx of the Macedonian army, arranged in 6 battalions, lined up along the front line.

These determined veterans were Alexander's hope, for their task was to wear down and break the will of the Persian army, wait for Alexander to discover the weak link in the Persian front, and then, like daggers, his friendly cavalry, plunged into the Persian line!

On the far left of the Macedonian phalanx were the Thessalian cavalry, second only to the friendly cavalry, and from the Thessalian cavalry, which turned a certain angle backwards were the Thracian soldiers, as well as other mercenaries and the cavalry of the allied army.

Behind Alexander were Greek allies and mercenary phalanxes that could support and increase the power of the Macedonian phalanx! Moreover, if the Persian cavalry did sweep Alexander's flank, into the rear of his army, the units could resist as instructed and form a new defensive line.

Finally, lined up directly in front of the army were the Aguilian soldiers, armed with javelins and slings, very good light infantry, and these skirmishers were crucial to sabotaging Darius' plans!

Alexander's army slowly and coldly pushed forward, and by moving diagonally forward, Alexander hoped that the Persians would stay still long enough so that he could destroy the left flank of the Persian army before it destroyed his left flank!

Seeing that Alexander's army was leaving his well-leveled flat chariot for chariot attacks, Darius immediately decided to stop the advance of the Macedonian army, while the main force of Alexander's army was still in front of Darius, Darius ordered his left flank cavalry to intercept and surround Alexander's right flank, and after General Baisu received the order, he ordered his 1,000 Bactrian cavalry and 1,000 Dayi detachment cavalry to attack the moving Macedonian right flank!

Perhaps surprised by the Persian move, or perhaps buying time, Alexander ordered the reliable Minidas to carry out a counterattack against the Greek mercenary cavalry troops, Minidas had only 400 recently arrived and untested cavalry, and had no chance to launch a counteroffensive at all, the number of soldiers played a decisive role in this battlefield, and Minidas was quickly defeated, but! Their purpose was achieved!

They bought Alexander the precious time he needed to organize a more effective counterattack, and while the Minidas cavalry fled, Alexander began to send heavily equipped sentinel cavalry and Peonian cavalry.

With the support of Klinder's heavy infantry, this powerful force stopped the Persian attack, and Baisu's attack on Macedonia was panicked for a moment, and he immediately put the remaining Bactrian cavalry and Scythian cavalry into battle, trying to turn the tide, thousands of energetic heavy cavalry, rushing into the battlefield with great momentum, they most likely trapped and annihilated Alexander's already very tight right flank troops!

Well, the heavy cavalry on the battlefield is just relative, in Li Liguo's eyes, they are just a group of armored cavalry teams, and the real tin can heavy cavalry are two species!

Of course, it was impossible to have tin can cavalry in this era......