I am the son of the traveler

Chapter 107 The First Battle

The atrocities committed by the Macedonians against the four barbarian tribes also shocked the Salois and Faroms who took refuge in them. While these two tribes were afraid, they were also grateful that they had made the right choice and became vassals of the Macedonians. Otherwise, the fate of these four tribes might also befall them.

Antico didn't know what they were thinking, and even if he knew, he would just laugh it off, which could be considered unintentional.

The Macedonian army did not stop here after a few hours of revelry. Instead, they continued to march westward under the leadership of the Faromians. The west side of the Thracian Plain was originally the territory of the Duretikas, but in After losing the war with the Danno people, this land immediately became the new territory of the Danno people.Considering the animosity between the Faromians and the Danonians, it is obvious why they brought the Macedonian army there.

Antigonus is not going to reveal the intentions of the Faromians. In other words, he is very happy to see this scene happen. Only by keeping hatred in mind can a person persevere and not give up halfway. The same is true for a race .

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The Dannos, the Koritas, the Bretts... were still immersed in the mutual offensive and civil war, completely unaware that the disaster was coming to them, when they learned that the Macedonians had passed through Threkia It was too late when the plain hit the doorstep, and the huge Macedonian army appeared on the new territory of the Danuo people like a magic soldier, and launched the most violent attack on the Danuo tribe who migrated and settled here. The fall was declared in less than half an hour, and the entire tribe was slaughtered. Only a few lucky ones escaped in the chaos and brought the news of the arrival of the Macedonians to the barbarian tribes.

At first, all the tribes except the Danuo people didn't take this news seriously, thinking that it was just a small army of Macedonians who wanted to save face, but after learning that the number of Macedonians exceeded [-], they immediately panicked and started to attack. What a joke, I was only fighting with [-] Macedonian soldiers before, and my own side still had a numerical advantage and failed to beat the opponent (although there is also a reason why the enemy's reinforcements arrived in time), now the number of Macedonians has increased to [-]. How many soldiers will they mobilize to meet the enemy?Twenty thousand?Or thirty thousand?

Mobilizing 6000 to [-] will obviously be very difficult, because the soldiers lost in the Battle of Arcelos a month ago have not recovered yet, not to mention that some soldiers died in successive civil wars. Unless they seek foreign aid, at most More than [-] fighters were recruited (the quality is also very poor)-that is to say, but who would dare to join their coalition again?The lessons of those tribes that were annexed and wiped out after the battle are still in front of them.

To unite with these people is to fight against a tiger.

These tribes paid the price for their previous actions. When the Macedonian army took the former Douretica territory into their pockets and prepared to pursue the victory, the Danuo people gathered most of the tribes in their land with remorse. The birthplace of Hpa-an Plains, and gathered all the soldiers to prepare for a desperate fight with the Macedonians to defend their homeland.

However, it was too late.

In front of the main force of the Macedonians, the tribal army of less than [-] that the Danuo people hastily recruited was no match at all. Under the leadership of the chieftain, they attacked the Macedonian phalanx with unprecedented courage, but they were attacked by Cretan bows and arrows. Hands and the head-on blows of the Rhode Island slingers, without adequate armor protection, they were shot on their backs, their heads were broken, not to mention the deadly arrows, the Rhode Islanders threw them with slings Fist-sized stones with sharp parts can beat those Danuo people who don't wear helmets to cry. Although the fatality rate is not high, it can make people faint on the spot and lose their combat effectiveness after being hit, which is almost the same as killing Death doesn't make much difference.

After being attacked by long-range firepower, the Danuo people quickly launched a counterattack. They took the noble chariot troops as the vanguard, covered by light infantry, and tried to tear the left flank of the chariots in the Battle of Arcelos again. But this time But they lost their plan, because the left wing has been strengthened, and the rock-solid hoplites are waiting——

"The enemy tank troops are attacking!"

"Remember your training! Anti-tank preparation!"

On the left wing of the Macedonian army, centurions shouted one after another, and the soldiers gathered into a tortoise-shell shield formation. The soldiers in the first row half-knelt on the ground, holding their round shields diagonally in front of them, and their spears passed between the round shields. The soldiers in the back row stacked their shields on top of the shields of their comrades in the front row, and sandwiched their spears between the gaps in the shields, and so on.In just tens of seconds, a hedgehog-like tortoise-shell shield formation appeared on the left wing. The soldiers peered out through the gaps between the shields and watched the barbarian chariots gradually charging towards them!

At this moment, the arrow rain of the barbarian archers descended from the sky and hit the front of the Macedonian phalanx. They were blocked by the shields raised by the soldiers and made a clanging sound, but the round shields were not as good as the square ones after all. The shield was easy to use, but there were still a few unlucky people who were shot by arrows with tricky angles, fell to the ground screaming, and were dragged behind the phalanx by the surrounding comrades for treatment.

Seeing this, Antigonus immediately ordered his light infantry to launch a counterattack against the barbarian archers. Although the Cretan archers were outnumbered, they were skilled in archery. Together with the Rhode Island slingers, they managed to subtly suppress the attack of the barbarian archers.

Then, Antigonus ordered someone to blow the horn, and changed the formation of the entire army to an outer convex frame. The left-wing phalanx stood firm in place, and the central army and the right wing advanced slowly. , Antigonus also deployed a surprise soldier as a surprise for the barbarian chariots that were killing towards the left!

Rumble-

The speed of the barbarian chariots gradually increased. The momentum of nearly a hundred chariots running together almost made the ground tremble. They have already made preparations to deal with it, but in the coming violent charge, the veterans in the front row who knew they would die would still unconsciously feel fear in their hearts!

However, in the next second, when the barbarian chariot was only more than fifty meters away from the left-wing phalanx, a team of light armor and Thracian helmets suddenly rushed out from the right side, with their hands still clenched. The light infantry with javelins, these light infantry who appeared suddenly threw their javelins at the running barbarian chariot troops. Destroying people and killing people, the posture of charging is stagnant!
(End of this chapter)