I am the son of the traveler

Chapter 102

"It really is a dream."

Antigonus, who woke up from his sleep, calmly looked at the familiar white ceiling, thinking so.

Although he had been prepared for a long time in the dream, when he realized that it was really just a dream, Antigonus's heart was still empty. He lay on the bed, stared at the ceiling above his head with empty eyes, and after more than ten minutes Finally, he made a move, turned his head to look out the window, and found that it was in the darkness before dawn.

Antigonus didn't feel sleepy at all, so he turned over and got up, put on his shoes, opened the door and walked out.There were only a few lights in the Vagina Palace before dawn, and heavily armed soldiers could still be vaguely seen standing on their posts on the distant city wall, as well as patrols advancing in an orderly manner, and their armor collided with each other as they advanced. The sound was so ear-piercing in the silent night sky that Antigonus felt that he could hear the slight movement from afar.

What a quiet and peaceful moment.He thought to himself, and then walked towards the study. In just a few minutes, the brightness of the sky increased a lot, and the poultry raised by the citizens outside the palace also began to crow loudly. There was a high cry, as if roosters were competing for who could crow the loudest.

Listening to the crowing of the cock, which was hardly different from the ones heard in later generations, Antigonus remembered the time when he heard the crowing of the cock outside the window when he stayed up late reading novels. He smiled faintly, calmed down his thoughts, and came to the study.

There was still a stack of documents on the desk in the study room, which were left over from yesterday's unfinished business. Antigonus sighed softly, picked up the matchbox on the table, and used it to light the fire in the room. ——Matches are naturally also a masterpiece of King Philip. Such a convenient gadget is extremely sought-after in this backward era when ignition is all based on flint, and it is also a large export commodity in the foreign trade of the Kingdom of Macedonia.

After the wick was lit, most of the area in the study was immediately illuminated. Antigonus flicked the matchstick in his hand to extinguish the flame, then threw it casually on the ground. He sat on a wooden chair and picked up a book. The documents were read under the light of the fire.The document reported on the construction progress of the paved road starting from Thermopylae. After half a month of hard work, the paved road has led directly to the new city of Larissa and gradually approached the city of Arcelos. Thanks to this paved road, Along the highway, communication from Guannai to the city of Larissa became closer, and more merchants brought goods to new cities and barbarian tribes along the road, stimulating the economic development of the region.

As the old saying goes, if you want to get rich, build roads first. The roads they built can not only bring wealth to the local people, but also increase the marching speed of the army. For example, it took half an hour to travel from Pella to Arcelos It would take a month or even longer to arrive, but after the paved road leads directly to Arcelos, the marching time can be shortened to less than ten days.Although the stone-paved avenue built by the Greeks was not as powerful as the square avenue of the Romans, which allowed the Roman legion to drive from the city of Rome to the Macedonian region in only one and a half months, there was nothing to be picky about.

After reading the content, Antigonus put the booklet aside, and picked up another envelope. The top of this envelope was marked with an eye. Antigonus recognized this mark, which was a unique symbol of the Kingdom's Intelligence Department.

"what happened?"

He said to himself, unwrapping the wax used to seal the opening of the envelope and pulling out the letter inside.

A few minutes later, Antigonus put down the letter and murmured, "It really is."

This is a report from the Outer Barbarian Camp. After the defeat at the Battle of Arcelos, the barbarian allied forces retreated to the forest to the north, and then went their separate ways, returning to their respective homes. However, some of the tribes were unwilling to bear such a huge loss, so they sent His eyes were on those small tribes who also suffered heavy losses. After returning to the tribe, he assembled the army and provoked the war again.

Then, as if the scene in the Maliki Plain was reappearing, the former allies fell into civil war.Facing the menacing enemy, the small tribes were forced to contact their usual allies to fight together. When the big tribes who started the war saw that the other side dared to unite, they also followed suit. The war intensified and no one cared about Macedonia in the south anymore. People.

After reading the news, Antigonus couldn't laugh or cry. Although he had some understanding of the barbarian's habit of fighting among themselves and made some mental preparations for it, when the civil war really broke out, he didn't know what to say. What, should I say that I am lucky or mock the barbarians as barbarians, and it is difficult to achieve great things.

In addition to the barbarians in the north falling into civil war, there is also a news from the southwest that Antigonus did not expect. Seeing that they were seriously injured and had no energy to continue to suppress them, the tribes united to launch a rebellion. The coalition forces went all the way and conquered the "capital" of the Orcs. The new king who had just succeeded to the throne died in the chaos Among the army, all the supplies they stored were divided equally.

Antigonus was a little bit pained. If he had pursued the victory at that time, maybe all the supplies owned by the Orcs would have been his.

……

Unknowingly, the sky outside the window had already brightened. Antigonus put down the last document in his hand and stretched, feeling a little tired.

One of the reports just now came from the royal barracks. The Macedonian copper shield spearmen in training have all been replaced with standard equipment, and under the guidance of veterans and instructors, they can arrange various combat formations, such as circular formation and Crescent formation, or wedge formation and concave formation.Various formations are used in different ways. Take the concave formation as an example. They will form a concave formation with two wings protruding forward to surround the enemy, or a convex formation with two wings retreating to deal with the front and sides at the same time. s attack.

The Macedonian phalanx is not static. They are not the wrong impression of many people in later generations that they can win as long as they push forward with super long guns. On complex and changeable battlefields, they will also respond to changing formations according to the situation. Make sure you are invincible.

After all the standard equipment is replaced, the Copper Shield Pikemen only need to train for a period of time. After adapting to the equipment on their bodies, they can declare that they have officially formed an army. The speed of training is faster than Antigonus imagined. It may also be attributed to the fact that young people who join the army have more or less received certain military training.

After forming an army, Antigonus will consider the recruitment of auxiliary light infantry and cavalry.

(End of this chapter)