Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece - v9 Chapter 241： Battle of Asia Minor (2)

In fact, the predicament of the light infantry in the front has also had a certain impact on the Greek coalition soldiers in the rear, but Agcilius, Ipamirunda, Iphikratus… these very capable generals are on the same list. Oticides’ thoughts were the same, so he firmly controlled the army he belonged to and stayed still.

Although there were some minor commotions among the Allied forces in central Italy, they have been attached to the Kingdom of Dionia for more than 10 years. The long-term close exchanges and military cooperation have made them accustomed to obeying the orders of the Dionia commander and did not issue an offensive order. They will never attack easily.

However, there are some Greek city-state troops, whether they are generals or soldiers, seeing the light infantry in front of them continue to fall, and begin to restless. Fortunately, Leotichides sent more than 10 messengers to gallop across the right wing. From the rear, he shouted his orders to forbid them from attacking, which barely controlled the entire army.

On the other hand, Fanabazos, after learning that the opposing cavalry suddenly appeared on his right flank, worried that the Greek coalition forces would make the cavalry raid the Persian archers who were too forward to recover their current disadvantages, so he quickly issued a “All Army Forward” In order to shorten the excessive distance between the main force and the archers, and to provide support and protection for the archers.

Fanabazos had a good idea, but when an army of seven or eight miles long and 80,000 troops moved forward, the whole situation was beyond his control.

Some of the Persian generals in charge of leading the cavalry have long been impatient with a long confrontation, ignoring that what Fanabazos gave is only an order to advance, but directly ordered his cavalry to attack the enemy on the opposite side.

Their unauthorized actions naturally drove the other Persian cavalry, so the cavalry at both ends of the Persian army quickly increased their speed and galloped towards the two wings of the Greek coalition army.

Even if Fanabazos got the news no matter how angry, he had to let the buglers sound the offensive bugle.

Standing on a high place on horseback, Leotichides saw the Persian army approaching fast, and immediately made the buglers sound their bugles.

The two trumpets with similar sounds and different rhythms echoed throughout the battlefield. It is easy for untrained soldiers to be confused. But for the Dionian Light Infantry Brigade, this is not a problem at all. Under the reminder of the team officers, The soldiers assisted the wounded comrades and quickly retreated, passed through the gaps in the chessboard formation, and retreated to the rear of the entire army formation. The other coalition light infantry received repeated instructions from their generals before the start of the battle, “Keep up with the pace of the Dionian light infantry brigade”, so they also followed suit.

The retreat of the entire Greek coalition light infantry undoubtedly provided a good opportunity for the Persian archers to attack, but the Persian archers did not take the opportunity to attack. On the contrary, they retreated earlier than the opposing light infantry because the Persian infantry formation was denser. Waiting for the Persian infantry unit to retreat before the Persian archer retreats, which will inevitably lead to some confusion in the formation. If at this time, the Greek coalition forces that are already close together suddenly attack, then the entire Persian army will encounter big trouble.

The archers who finally retreated to the rear of the Persian army followed the infantry array, while the Dionian Light Infantry Group retreated to the rear of the array, but quickly ran toward the left flank of the entire formation. At this time, there were no cavalry on the left end of the left wing of the Greek coalition, but there were three Dionian light armoured brigade arranged in a loose formation, perpendicular to the left wing army formation to guard the flanks.

The Epirus light shields, who had fewer than a thousand men, did not follow the light infantry brigade to the left flank, but under the leadership of the Dionian team officer to support the cavalry on the right flank.

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On the frontal battlefield, facing the approaching Persian infantry array, the Greek coalition array still stood still, but the left-wing coalition cavalry moved.

The Persian infantry was still halfway, and the Persian cavalry had already rushed down the hillside. At this time, the Greek coalition cavalry at the right end of the right wing was arranged in a square formation, and the commander of the Thessaly cavalry corps at the front of the center immediately issued the order to attack. The flag bearer waved the legion flag embroidered with a Pegasus, and finally pointed forward.

The cavalry squeezed the belly of the horse, shook the reins vigorously, and the horse moved four hooves and started to run…

From top to bottom, the speed increases very quickly. First, the Thessaly cavalry, followed by the Macedonian cavalry, and finally the Greek city-state cavalry, gathered into a powerful force, like a torrent of torrents, making a deafening noise, roaring toward the Persian cavalry at the foot of the mountain.

Most of the Persian cavalry are light cavalry, some of them are equipped with javelins, some are equipped with bows and arrows, close fighting is not their strong point.

Although the terrain of Thessaly and Macedonia is relatively flat, the edge areas are mostly hills, and their main opponents are the indigenous people in the surrounding mountains. Horses galloping on the hills, and the riders cannot maintain a stable posture to throw javelins or shoot arrows. It is easier to be overtaken by the natives, which forces the cavalry to improve their ability to fight in close quarters, so the Thessaly and Macedonian cavalry are mostly melee cavalry.

In fact, not only them, but also the Gallic cavalry and Lusitania cavalry in the Western Mediterranean. Only the Numibians have exercised horseback archery and tender gun abilities in the flat and vast Africa inland.

After Dionia incorporated the Thessaly Cavalry into the Legion, he was equipped with a full set of leather armor, a 3-meter spear and a saber specially built for the Cavalry, which enhanced their melee combat capability without weakening the cavalry on the horse. Balance and flexibility.

The Persian cavalry originally wanted to use javelins and bows to injure the cavalry and infantry of the Greek coalition forces after approaching the two wings of the Greek coalition forces, thereby disrupting the enemy’s array. They have a loose formation and are very fast, but their speed naturally slows down when going uphill.

But at this moment, the Greek Allied cavalry, who had been motionless, suddenly rushed down at them. The speed was as fast as lightning, and they rushed to the front in an instant. The Persian cavalry could not make a timely dodge, and they fought more. The other side bit the bullet and pushed it up.

If the entire Greek Allied Cavalry was a sharp knife that was pierced quickly, the Thessaly Cavalry was the sharp blade of this sharp knife. Although the speed of the gallop made them feel heart palpitations, they still stared at the front with wide eyes. Hugging the horse’s neck with his left hand and the spear with his right hand, immediately let go of his right hand when he hits the enemy to avoid being pushed down by the strong momentum.

Although the Thessaly cavalry has undergone countless assault training in the past few years, many people still fell off the horse because of this. Of course, the Persian cavalry fell even more, and they were either killed or injured.

What’s more terrifying is that due to the powerful kinetic energy of the straight down, the Allied cavalry could not stop the horse at all. They watched the horse under the hip slam into the Persian cavalry in front, not only knocking it into flight, but also causing serious injuries. The subsequent coalition cavalry stepped on the wounded soldiers and horses everywhere, and soon pierced the Persian cavalry array.

The charge of the Greek coalition cavalry caused the Persian cavalry not only to stop advancing, but most of them were still crowded together. The horses shouted, chaotic, and unable to quickly resume unified command.

After the Thessaly cavalry who fell off their horses got up from the ground, they immediately drew their sabers from their waists and slashed at the surrounding enemies and horses, making the scene even more chaotic.

The coalition cavalry who had pierced the enemy line quickly came back and once again attacked the chaotic Persian cavalry…

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The 4000 cavalry on the right flank of the Persian army smoothly approached the left flank of the Greek coalition army, but after the Dionian light armour guarded its side, the arrows and javelins they fired caused some casualties to the light armour, but they did not reach it. The purpose of disrupting the main array.

Later, the light infantry arrived one after another. Their bows and arrows and javelins had a longer range, more stable and accurate output, which posed a great threat to the Persian cavalry, forcing them to retreat to a greater distance, thereby alleviating the light The pressure of the soldiers.

At the same time, the soldiers of the Persian army have successively set foot on the gentle **** and began to march upward.

When the crooked Persian army formation was about five to sixty meters away from the main force of the Greek coalition forces, and the Persian archers behind it began to bow and shoot arrows, the Dionian soldiers on the center and left wing of the Greek coalition suddenly strode forward neatly. After taking a big step, he hurled the javelin in his hand.

When the light infantry and the Persian archers were at a disadvantage in the fierce battle, the Legionnaires did not step forward to help their comrades under the strict orders of the team officers. This was the moment they were waiting for.

The Persian army didn’t know much about the tactics of the Dionian Army. Although Jason had heard of it before, he had never fought with the Dionian Army before, plus the previous Dionian Army soldiers. Our silence caused the Persian infantry and Greek mercenaries to relax their vigilance, UU reading www. uukanshu.com As a result, when the javelin that covered the sky came, they hurriedly defended, and it was too late.

Because the Dionian soldiers were located at a high place, the javelin thrown was more lethal. After a round, they fell down and injured either death or injury.

When the Persian army was in shock, another round of javelins followed, like a gust of wind, and the center of the Persian army and the front of the right wing suddenly became fragmented.

“Woo!…Woo!…” Just then, the offensive bugle of the Greek coalition blew.

Whether it was Dionian soldiers, Greek soldiers, or Italian allied soldiers, they all roared in unison, and launched an assault one after another. The six-to-seven-mile army lined up down like a mountain, and the momentum was amazing.

The Persian archers desperately pulled the bowstrings, trying to let the arrows that cover the sky and the sun to weaken the enemy’s charge, but most of the arrows fell on the heavy armored heavy infantry, basically not causing much damage, so when both sides have When the military formation collided head-on, it was almost a one-sided situation. The left, center, and right sides of the Persian military formation were all awkwardly responding to the enemy’s attack. Under strong pressure, the entire military formation was forced to slow down. Back slowly…

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