I am the son of the traveler

Chapter 42
May 37, 5th year of the founding of Pella, is destined to be recorded in the annals of history.

Seeing the Macedonian army lined up in neat phalanxes on the wide flat ground, Antigonus, who was riding on a tall white horse, was full of pride. Although this was not the first time he had seen it, he still felt his blood boiling.

Because of his inferior strength, his army formation was not as long as the barbarians. According to the formation habits of the Macedonian army, he concentrated the phalanx spearmen in the middle army, and all shield soldiers (that is, Macedonian heavy infantry and armed Shield spearmen) are deployed on the right side of the phalanx, the more elite cuirassiers occupy the far right position, and on the farther right are all Macedonian citizen cavalry and most of the light infantry and Sarissa cavalry.Because the right wing is often the part that engages the enemy first, more troops are deployed here.

On the left side of the phalanx spearmen are Thracian spear-throwing soldiers and Greek raiding cavalry recruited by Antigonus. Here, because the Macedonian army uses an oblique sequence to the right, the fighting force is relatively small, so they are deployed. There are fewer troops.

On the opposite side of the Macedonian army that was waiting in full force, the huge barbarian coalition army came out of the camp in a mess, and arrayed with their backs against their camp. The barbarian army was arranged in units of tribes or clans, and they were holding all kinds of messy weapons. , the leading banner bearer held high the animal skin banner with the tribal totem painted on it, holding his head high, as if the totem could protect them and win the victory.

Taking advantage of this time, Antigonus led the flag officer holding the king's flag high and several cavalry companions to ride to the front of the army formation. As soon as he appeared, bursts of cheers erupted on the battlefield.

Looking at these elite warriors, Antigonus clenched his right fist and raised it high to signal them to quiet down. After they quieted down, Antigonus slowly spoke and said loudly.

"You and your fathers have won glory for your country and fought for its defense against our enemies. And today, just across from us, the barbarians have amassed a vast army, and they are numerous , far ahead of us, but it's only a negligible gap."

"We have a deep-rooted hatred against them! Ask yourselves, who used despicable methods to destroy our expeditionary army? Who used cruel methods to kill my father, our king? Their methods are so despicable and cowardly, Because they can't beat us upright, beat Macedonia's elite army!"

"Look at those poor savages standing across from us! They have no faith and none of the virtues of the free citizens of Macedon! They are nothing but a bunch of poor savages who were enslaved by barbarian chiefs and forced to come here to invade us. Worms! They will also turn into nothingness and be vulnerable when fighting, because they have no loyalty to their leaders!"

"And we, the free citizens of Macedonia, came here as envoys of justice to defend our home and country, and sent those sad beasts to hell with our own hands, and let the gods judge their guilt!"

"Hu! Hu! Hu!"

As soon as Antigonus finished speaking, the soldiers cheered loudly, and they clashed their spears and shields to strengthen their momentum.

As the voices of the soldiers gradually lowered, Antigono comforted the horse under his lap, and continued to speak loudly: "Although they outnumber us, we are far superior to them in terms of weapons and equipment, as well as our determination to fight... ..."

Antigonus's voice echoed over the empty military formation, and at the same time, a centurion wearing a Thracian helmet with vertical mane on his head heard a slight sound behind him, he turned around and saw a face The young soldier was trembling all over, and the ground between his feet was soaked with an unknown liquid.

"...I want to tell you a truth that every warrior has understood since the beginning of the world: as long as you defeat fear, I guarantee that you will defeat death!"

"Hu! Hu! Hu!"

"Macedonian warriors! Hold your spears and show off your shields. For the Macedonian Kingdom, for your families, we will win!"

"Victory! Victory! Victory!"

Amid deafening cheers, Antigonus pulled out the dagger of Siphus from his waist, raised it high, and roared, "I am with you! Zeus is with you!"

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The cheers from the Macedonian army made the barbarian side a little uneasy. Aktrick, who was wearing the captured Greek armor, frowned. He looked at the anxious former light infantry and ordered: "Send the order to go down!" , in the name of the commander-in-chief of the coalition forces, as long as they can defeat the Macedonians on the opposite side, everyone can share the spoils captured after the war!"

As a barbarian commander, he knew that fancy speeches had no effect on those barbarians. Instead of wasting his words, it was better to directly use benefits to motivate them.

Sure enough, after receiving Aktrick's promise, the morale of the soldiers immediately increased a lot, but it also aroused the dissatisfaction of the chiefs. They didn't care about continuing to testify to their troops and ran to Aktrick Protested to him, although Aktrick was very disdainful of their short-sightedness, but in order to stabilize them, he chose to give in and let them distribute themselves after the war (of course, the soldiers below did not know all this. They are still imagining that they can make a fortune after the war).

Antigonus didn't know what happened to the barbarians. After finishing his speech, he wanted to lead the team to charge into battle, but was dissuaded by Cronus and Agnes, and Antigonus' current body rode a horse and rushed down. It’s okay, but if it’s really on the battlefield, I’m afraid it’s not effective to send someone’s head thousands of miles away, and it will also distract the companion cavalry to protect him—even though the armor he wears on his body has changed his temperament, but Did not enhance his combat skills.

Fortunately, Antigonus was not a stubborn person. After understanding this, he accepted the dissuasion of the two men and stayed in the military formation with peace of mind. However, in order to enhance the power of the shock cavalry, he still let Croques Raunos took almost all the companion cavalry to the right wing, preparing to let the military consul lead the shock cavalry to charge behind when the infantry of the two sides engaged.

However, before that, the barbarian cavalry on the opposite side is also a threat. The Salo barbarian cavalry is not too many, about three or four hundred cavalry. Letting the Macedonian citizen cavalry cooperate with the shock cavalry can eliminate this threat, but Antigonus There will not be too many casualties of our own cavalry, so we decided to imitate Alexander the Great's operation in the Battle of High Price Mira, let the light infantry hide behind the cavalry, cooperate with the infantry and cavalry, and eat the barbarian cavalry together!
　"Alexander the Great" is a good movie
　　
　
(End of this chapter)