I am the son of the traveler

Chapter 44

"Go! Go!"

Rumble-

In the Macedonian central army, the spearmen of the phalanx held their sarisa spears and marched in unison. In front of the phalanx, the Macedonian light infantry continued to unleash their firepower on the barbarians on the opposite side. Javelins, arrows, or stones flew from mid-air from time to time. However, in the barbarian army formation, someone was wounded and fell down almost every second, and screams and wailing resounded through the army formation for a while.

whoosh-

A metal arrow accurately hit the chest of a tribal warrior. He clutched his wound and fell to the ground in pain. The surrounding warriors quickly raised their shields to defend, but in the next second, several javelins fell from the sky and directly shattered the shields they were holding. , penetrated deeply into the body of the warrior, and the barbarian army was thrown into chaos.

Naturally, the barbarians would not just watch their own army formation being unilaterally killed, and the light infantry who retreated earlier also returned to the battlefield at this time, but they did not target those arrogant Macedonian light infantry, and turned to the advancing side. The gunmen fired.The arrows of the barbarian archers were sparse and almost blocked by the round shields raised by the phalanx spearmen, but there were also a few unlucky ones who failed to block them and were shot and fell to the ground. They were quickly dragged down after falling to the ground , The original standing position was also filled in time.

The light infantry of both sides only had time to play for a while. As the distance between the infantry of the two armies became shorter and shorter, the Macedonian light infantry caught in the middle retreated directly from the phalanx and the vacant passage between the phalanx. There were bursts of sharp horns in the formation, and the Macedonian phalanx began to charge!

"Dududu-"

"charge!"

Amidst the sharp trumpets, the copper shield pikemen and heavy infantry roared loudly, and raised their spears to charge the oncoming barbarian warriors. Because the Macedonian army used an oblique sequence to the right, they The right-wing heavy infantry first collided with the barbarian army, and then the spear phalanx with forests of spears.

Under the terrified eyes of the barbarian soldiers in the front row, the Sarissa spear pierced into their bodies without any hindrance, and then passed through their bodies and penetrated into the tribe behind them , Just like the candied haws of a human body, countless corpses were hung in front of the phalanx of copper shield spearmen with just one meeting.

These barbarian warriors were not idiots who took the initiative to bump into the muzzle of their guns. They realized something was wrong when they approached, but just as they were desperately trying to stop, the warriors behind pushed forward desperately, abruptly Send them up to the gun!

After the spears were filled with corpses, the soldiers in the front two rows immediately gave up their spears and drew out their secondary weapon, the Siphus dagger, to fight close to the barbarians who took the opportunity to squeeze in, while their comrades in the back row He also leveled his spear in time and thrust forward.And at this moment, the Thracians on the left wing of the phalanx also came into contact with the barbarians. Facing these enemies whose civilization level was not much different from theirs, the Thracian warriors were not relentless. They held sharp long-handled reverse blades The crowd was slashing with knives and shouting wildly.

Antigonus, who was supervising the battle at the rear of the right wing, found that the barbarians, like him, did not leave any reserves. Their army was led into the battlefield under the leadership of all the leaders, and the most eye-catching performance was the army in Greek armor. Ke had a hunch that those armors must have been seized in the bloody battle half a year ago!

No matter what Antigonus thinks, at this time the front line has been completely engaged in a fierce battle. Whether it is copper shield spearmen, shield bearers or Thracian spear throwers, they are all in a melee with the barbarians. Under the cover of their comrades in the rear row, the soldiers using the Siphus dagger and the small Macedonian round shield cleared the enemies who squeezed in, and there was a faint tendency to lose their formation.

"Kill them all!"

On the noisy battlefield, the centurion Menipede, the bronze shield spearman, kicked away the corpses of the barbarians who tried to attack him, and shouted loudly that he was already sweating profusely while wearing a Thracian helmet , The sweat flowing into his eyes brought him a pungent stimulation.At this moment, a barbarian howled suddenly and threw him down from his side. He raised the battle ax in his hand and was about to strike down, but he was stabbed in the back by a dagger first, killing him on the spot. The dead body was then pulled away, and a phalanx spearman pulled up the centurion under the dead body.

Standing up quickly from the ground, Menipede clenched his dagger tightly. He looked around, and there was already a scuffle around him.A barbarian warrior roared and cut off the arm of a phalanx spearman with his battle axe. While the latter was screaming, he raised the ax again and cut off the soldier's head. The blood was as high as a fountain. Splashed up, forming a rain of blood.

"Ahhh-"

The uncontrollable shouts came from a young soldier. His face hidden under the Thracian helmet was very hideous. In front of him, the corpse of a barbarian lay quietly. Menipide knew the soldier , that was clearly the recruit who wet his pants during the previous king's speech.

boom!
A phalanx spearman was hit in the face by a big stick swung at him, and he flew out completely. His life or death was uncertain, and the culprit who knocked him away was surprisingly Mondo Gast, a warrior of the same race from Aktrik, who was more than two meters tall. He was tall and big, covered in blood, like a bloody man, and the big stick he waved in his hand was also stained with a lot of blood and pieces of meat and brains.Several soldiers surrounded him vigilantly, shouting and rushing forward together. However, Mondoggast swung his stick and hit the soldiers' shields hard, causing them to fly out with their shields and others, and fell to the ground a few meters away. On the ground outside, blood was vomiting from the mouth.

One of the soldiers was trying to get up while holding his helmet, but he was horrified to see that big man walking in front of him. He raised the stick high and then slammed it down vigorously. After a crisp sound of bone shattering, a body appeared on the ground. A headless corpse with bloody pieces of flesh attached to it.

"Hoohoho!!!!"

Seeing how brave Mondogast was, the morale of the barbarian warriors around him was high and they launched a more violent attack. For a while, the phalanx showed faint signs of retreat.Seeing this, Menipide quickly returned to his post and ordered loudly: "Keep the formation! Keep the formation!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the trumpeter behind him blew the long horn in his hand, and at this moment, a barbarian in green cloth was about to throw a hand ax at the trumpeter, Menipede's pupils shrank, His hands were faster than his brain, and before he could react, the dagger of Sifus in his hand had already been thrown and pierced into the barbarian's chest.

"Dududu-"

The sharp sound of the trumpet was very penetrating, and the soldiers of the phalanx immediately put down the battle in front of them and resumed their formation. Mondogast wanted to continue to charge up, but the phalanx spearmen had already used several spears Aim at him, so that he can only retreat in resentment. He is brave in fighting, but he is not immortal.

(End of this chapter)