Battlefield of All Sides

Chapter 159 Preparations for Gaugamela
Alexander's explanation to Li Mu made Li Mu understand a realistic truth, that is, expanding the territory cannot avoid such cruelty, and everyone needs to adapt to it.

In fact, Li Mu didn't listen to this truth at all, but the words after that made Li Mu choose to continue to face it.

Alexander has promised that such brutality will never happen again.

Li Mu didn't think that this must be achievable, but Alexander had already given him a guarantee, and he also gave himself a step down, so why didn't he make a concession to him?

So in the early morning of the next day, Li Mu turned and left with Philip, looking at the ruined city on the hillside in the distance.

"So Yake, I'm right, you bow your head and admit your mistake to His Majesty, and he won't embarrass you naturally, right, how good it is now."

Philip was talking next to Li Mu, he was quite proud of the fact that Li Mu came out of the city hall without being beheaded by Alexander, and he also vaguely felt that he had saved Li Mu's life.

Li Mu didn't speak, but just urged the phalanx to move on, but Philip was still following beside him, as if thinking of something, he hurriedly asked.

"Yake, what you told me before the war last time..."

Philip is still so fat, but now his dark skin looks more capable, but this still can't stop his hesitating, even anxious expression.

Li Mu paused for a moment, turned his head to look at Philip, who had changed a lot from before, and asked.

"Philip, do you hate this war?"

"Huh?" Philip's eyes were full of surprise.

Li Mu didn't say any more, turned his head and continued to walk forward, while Philip hurriedly followed, and then said in agreement.

"You can't say I hate it, but if Yake wants me to say it I hate it, that's fine, but what you said originally counts."

Philip said so, but Li Mu did not stop this time, but spoke directly.

"Philip, I know what you're thinking, and what I'm talking about is naturally what I'm talking about, but I also hope you promise me two things."

Philip raised his eyebrows to the sky when he heard Li Mu's words, and walked forward almost overjoyed, nodding his head very intensively.

"You say Yake, as long as you don't break the law, I will definitely promise you."

"Then don't kill civilians anymore, don't order others to do it, and... finish this Eastern Expedition alive."

Li Muyu said this to Philip earnestly, and Philip agreed without thinking. Li Mu didn't know if he heard it in his heart, so he could only sigh and move on.

When the troops left Tire, they did not go directly to the Persian Empire in the east, but went all the way south, straight into Egypt. At this time, the Suez Canal had not yet been dug, and the troops were able to reach Egypt very smoothly and conquered all the city-states of Phoenicia , into the territory of the Macedonian Empire.

Here, Li Mu did see Alexander's actions. Although he encountered resistance, he did not carry out such brutal massacres. However, it was necessary for those people to be reduced to slaves. Li Mu knew that this was caused by the state of this society. Yes, not to mention that Alexander wanted to appease the soldiers.

The soldiers gained visible wealth, while Alexander, who chose hope, gained the world and riches beyond sight.

But this was only halfway through the Eastern Expedition. As Li Mu expected, after being canonized by Egypt as the son of God Amon and the city of Alexandria was established, Alexander led the soldiers to the east with confidence.

This time Alexander's action was more purposeful. He wanted to completely wipe out the Persian Empire. Originally, Darius sent a lot of wealth when Alexander was in Egypt. He hoped that these things could be exchanged for him. wife and daughter.

But Alexander did not agree, he only said a word to the messenger.

That is, as long as the Persian Empire is destroyed, they can also be reunited.

Alexander had already expressed his attitude, and Darius had no choice but to fight Alexander again.

So in this hot summer, Alexander led his [-] cavalry and phalanx troops to drive straight in, crossed the Tigris River directly, and came to Gaugamela.

During these days of marching, the Macedonian army can be said to have suffered extreme damage from Alexander. These days, the entire army was in a hurry to cross mountains and rivers, and everyone was exhausted by such a high-intensity march. The plump Philip also lost a lot of weight because of this.

"This place is not very good, sandy land, then Darius has already planned to fight here."

At this moment, the troops had already stationed under Alexander's order, and what appeared in front of them was a piece of Gobi with only a little bit of weeds growing. The situation here seemed as if someone deliberately crushed the land with a stone roller.

Li Mu looked up, looked at the mountains at the end, and frowned: "The terrain here is so open, it is not conducive to our defense."

When Li Mu said this, Philip also looked up at the moment, but he let out a big sigh and sat on the ground, then said nonchalantly.

"Hey, this is His Majesty's will. Since His Majesty is ready, we just have to wait for the battle."

"The Persian Qingqi has been following us from afar for a long time these days, and everyone knows that this place is a trick, but I don't know what His Majesty thinks."

Li Mu lowered his head in thought when he heard what Philip said. It is true that the position of Gaugamela is too obvious, and that Persia claims to have assembled hundreds of thousands of troops, and his side now adds the supplementary troops later. The soldiers are only in the early [-]s, which is obviously not suitable for head-to-head confrontation.

Li Mu also couldn't figure out what Alexander was thinking, but Li Mu knew that Alexander's Eastern Expedition was victorious, so this battle must also be won by Alexander, but how would he win it?
The human-level strategy technique Li Mu had learned could not allow him to fully comprehend this truth, but at this time a guard came running from behind, saying that Alexander called the two of them to attend the military meeting.

Li Mu interrupted his thoughts immediately, turned around and went to the camp behind with Philip, and saw a few Persians in gorgeous costumes coming out of the camp in a state of embarrassment when they walked halfway. , obviously this was a mission that came to negotiate, but Alexander drove them away.

"Yake, you said that His Majesty dared to fight here, did he dare to do it because he captured the wife and daughter of Darius? After all, I think His Majesty even brought those Persian women with him this time. Let me take good care of you."

Philip watched the envoy leaving dejectedly, but he also asked Li Mu the same question. Li Mu didn't pout his lips and didn't speak, but just urged him to go to the tent for a meeting.

When they arrived at the camp, many officers were sitting under Alexander. Li Mu and Philip also quickly found a place to sit down, and heard one of Alexander's generals, Parmenio, explaining to Alexander.

"Your Majesty, the night attack will definitely benefit us and will not cause any harm. The soldiers will not be afraid if they don't see the mighty enemy army. The enemy and the enemy can't speak the same language, and it is easy to distinguish between the enemy and us. When the time comes, we will definitely be able to kill the big army." The doctor was caught off guard."

Aristande, a high priest wearing a plain robe next to him, also echoed, saying that this is God's will and the key to winning this battle.

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(End of this chapter)