I am the son of the traveler

Chapter 149 The Gap between the Two Armies
While the Gillis Council was still arguing about the war tax, "One-Eyed" Antigonus and his First Legion had already got the news that the Gillis army was coming here, but the intelligence of the Gillis army The number of people is not as large as the number of soldiers under his command, so neither the experienced commander nor the soldiers have the tension before the war.

There are 12816 soldiers in the headquarters of the First Legion, plus the newly joined [-] Silver Shield Army soldiers, the number will reach more than [-]. With Ipaminondas and his [-] Thebes army and [-] barbarian servants, once the war breaks out, the Gilis army with only [-] soldiers will definitely not be able to defeat the Macedonians, let alone Gilis Most of the soldiers in the People's Army were urgently recruited and mobilized citizens or free citizens. They had only received simple military training before, and they were almost left behind by several blocks compared with the elite Macedonian Legion.

Under the circumstances that neither the numbers nor the quality of the individual soldiers were dominant, the pressure on the commander of the Gilis people, Jisang, was unprecedented. The equipment of these federal soldiers is not uniformly distributed by the government, so it is uneven in style. Some soldiers can wear expensive breastplates and chain mail, and even scale armor from the other side of the ocean, while some soldiers can only wear the most expensive armor. Cheap leather armor, or even no armor at all, relying on civilian clothes to protect their bodies.

The shields of most soldiers are inherited from their ancestors. The surface of the round shield is painted with paint to depict their family totem or the symbol of the god they believe in. Some people also have varying numbers of white skulls painted on the surface of the shield. , these skulls symbolize the number of enemies killed by their ancestors. Some Gilis soldiers like to use paint to smear logos on their shields after the war to show their number of enemies killed and their bravery.

Fighting with the shields left by the ancestors can not only motivate oneself to live up to the glory of the ancestors, but also pray to the ancestors to bless you in the dark to survive the battlefield.

In this regard, the Gilis are similar to the Macedonians and even the people in the entire Greek world. In the Antigonian army, many soldiers joined the army with weapons and equipment inherited from their parents, which also caused the entire legion to look around. The shield patterns of the soldiers are various, and the colorful fields can almost dazzle other people's eyes.

In addition, the division of arms of the Gillis army is not much different from that of the Greeks. Among their conscripts, soldiers from the poor class can only be classified as extremely light infantry because they cannot afford a set of heavy infantry equipment. Can equip the cheapest javelin or sling to shoot at the enemy, consuming the enemy's combat power; people from civilian families with less assets can't afford a set of heavy infantry equipment, so they retreat to equip leather armor and the like They use round shields and spears to fight as light infantry, while those who are also born in the civilian class and have higher assets are required to have a set of heavy infantry equipment and become heavy infantry to fight for the country. These people belong to Gilis The mainstay of the army, but because of the small number of people, it still needs the next level of light infantry to assist in combat.

The last aristocratic class is required to have at least one horse in each family, and join the legion as a cavalry when they are called up. In order to save their lives, these nobles who join the army will be equipped with the best armor and weapons. Martial arts training, so the combat power belongs to the top of the army.

Among the more than [-] soldiers commanded by Jisang, more than [-] are extremely light infantry, more than [-] are light infantry, more than [-] are heavy infantry, and the last more than [-] are heavy infantry. Light and heavy infantry, in fact, there should be mercenaries in his army, but the House of Representatives did not believe those mercenaries from Pella and was worried that they would defect before the battle, so they gave up the idea of ​​letting mercenaries accompany the army.

Since the Kingdom of Macedonia declared war on the Gillis Federation, the Macedonian mercenaries in the army were not trusted by the Gilis. The generals transferred these mercenaries back from the front line and prevented them from continuing to go to the battlefield. Discuss whether the employment period of the Macedonian mercenaries should be terminated early. If they terminate the employment relationship early, the commission paid will not be refunded, which is also the reason for the hesitation of the parliamentarians.

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Three days later, on May 5th, "One-Eyed" Antigonus, who had received the news in advance, led his army to stop Guisan's army from going south outside a small town called Ausir, north of the port of Mehers. His intention is not only to repel the Gillian army, but also has a bigger appetite, which is to wipe them all out.In order to achieve this goal, Antigonus did not allow Ipaminondas' troops to join him, but ordered them to bypass the battlefield and outflank the eastern corps of the Gillians from the rear.

Antigonus had a very good plan. Under the situation of being attacked by the enemy, Gisan would inevitably choose to garrison the nearby town of Aosiur and wait for the reinforcements. The town of Aosiur had been blackmailed a day earlier when the Macedonian army arrived. There must not be much food in the storeroom. The huge army under Jisan's command did not receive food supplies after they entered Aosier Town, so they could only be trapped to death in this small town.

Gisan didn't know the strategy of "One-Eyed" Antigonus. He had already stationed the Macedonian army here in advance, waiting for their arrival. He also ordered the army to stop marching and sent envoys to the opposite side to negotiate with the Macedonian general.

The result of the negotiation was as he had imagined. The Macedonian general rejected the request to withdraw troops, but instead proposed a battle letter for a decisive battle on the plain between the two armies the next day.Although Jisan was unwilling to accept the opponent's letter of challenge, he also knew that it was not up to him to proceed. The Macedonians were now waiting for a decisive battle. If he refused a decisive battle two days later, the opponent would probably launch an attack directly. His soldiers came from afar Tired, how could he beat an energetic enemy.

In desperation, Jisan had no choice but to order the soldiers to take tools to cut down nearby trees and find a suitable place to set up camp. The reason why he did not choose to enter Aosiur Town nearby was because the town size of Aosiur Town could only accommodate a few people at most. Thousands of residents, if his more than 1 soldiers want to live in it, the entire town may be overwhelmed. Not only can the soldiers not live in houses, but they also have to sleep on the open streets. The poor sleeping environment is not conducive to the soldiers. morale.

That's why he chose to camp outside the city.

(End of this chapter)