I am the son of the traveler

Chapter 82 The Battle of Arcelos (2)
"emission!"

While the armies of both sides were slowly advancing, the war equipment of the Macedonian side was officially put into battle, playing a role in deterring the enemy.

Amid the roars of the equipment operators, twenty war equipment simultaneously projected the stone bullets contained in the leather bags. Under the scorching sun, giant stone bullets flew into the sky driven by powerful mechanical energy, whistling and flying. Towards the dense barbarian coalition formation, twenty stone bullets hit the crowd accurately before the barbarian warriors noticed it - in fact, in such a dense formation, the operators did not even need to debug and aim. Hit the target!

Under the blank eyes of the barbarian warriors, twenty stone bullets slammed into the crowd, crushing the barbarian warriors where they landed, and then ejected tens of meters forward according to the inertia, and fell into the crowd again. The lives of dozens of tribesmen were taken away. When the stone bomb stopped, it was already stained with mottled blood and countless pieces of flesh and blood.

The first round of tentative volleys undoubtedly gave the barbarians a great shock. They looked in horror at the comrades who were smashed by stone bullets and the blood and flesh everywhere, and stopped their progress. The armored warriors among the tribal people hurriedly yelled at them to continue to move forward, while at the same time, behind the coalition forces, the high-level leaders were still arguing endlessly over whether to dispatch chariot troops.

More than 500 chariots were put into the battlefield at the same time and the power brought by the charge could almost be said to be devastating. Those tribal chiefs who had never fought with the Macedonians stood up to let the chariots charge and tear the Macedonians apart. In order to give the infantry group a chance to break through, but the chief of the Duretika people did not agree with their choice. The painful lesson of the destruction of the Duretika chariot left a deep impression on his heart. He worried that his tank units would repeat the same mistakes.

"It is not a wise choice to let the chariots charge now. The Macedonian phalanx can easily defuse the offensive of our chariots. If you don't want to see the chariot troops suffer heavy losses, you must listen to me!"

"Then tell me, when will the chariots be able to enter the field?" Someone immediately asked him, "If the chariots are not allowed to tear apart the Macedonian phalanx, then our infantry will have no chance to break through their lines!"

"The gap between our infantry and the Macedonians should be very clear to everyone. In a head-on confrontation, we can't take advantage of it. Even if we have an advantage in numbers-in fact, our armored warriors only have more than 3000 people, and Macedonians are still too far behind."

Chief Duretika still refused to give in. He blushed and poked his neck, and said, "If you have the experience of fighting the Macedonians, you won't naively think that chariots can tear their battle lines apart. In a battle, the chariot troops of our tribe thought so, but they were all wiped out by the Macedonians after launching a charge, and the price they paid was almost negligible!"

"That's just because you are too weak." A chief of the Korita people said sarcastically, "In the face of absolute strength, no matter what tricks the Macedonians use are futile."

Seeing that they were faintly arguing, the Brit general who spoke heavily here couldn't help but stand up and said: "Since Chief Abalaban (Chief Duretika) is firmly opposed to dispatching chariot troops , why don't we send a small number of chariots to concentrate on charging towards a point of the Macedonians to see how the effect is, if it is true as he said, then we must change our tactics."

"Yes." Seeing that he couldn't convince them, Chief Duretika had no choice but to back down and agree.

Although the other chiefs were dissatisfied with the cowardice of Duretika's people, they all nodded and did not raise any objections.

Seeing that they were no longer arguing, the Brit general heaved a sigh of relief. He didn't know the reason why the Senate sent troops to participate in this war. In his opinion, the coalition had already gained an advantage in numbers, so it was time to send troops to participate in the war. It was just icing on the cake, and it couldn't help the battle situation. What's more, these chiefs couldn't really unite. They were like a mass of scattered sand. Before a coalition commander who could convince the crowd was elected, this situation might not change.

Speaking of which, a total of twelve tribes participated in this coalition. Among them, the Danuo, Corita, Brit, Rügen, and Heruli were the most powerful, and then the initiator Du Reti The Ka people and the other six small tribes, the Duretika people lost a lot of vitality due to the previous war, so the tribal strength has shrunk severely, so that they, as the initiators of this coalition, failed to become the leading party of the coalition. , in an embarrassing position.

Everyone wants to become the leading party of the coalition forces and gain greater benefits, but no one will obey anyone. Although the Duretika people are a branch of the Danno people, the latter is not of one mind with the former. In the face of tribal interests , even if they were from the same tribe.

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When the order of the high-level coalition forces was issued, the barbarian infantry who were still advancing suddenly stopped. They spread out from both sides in the middle and quickly opened a passage. Under the suspicious eyes of the Macedonians, hundreds of vehicles equipped with The barbarian chariot with sharp shaft knives rushed out on the rising smoke. On the chariot loaded with a coachman and a fully armed barbarian nobleman, it was equipped with extremely sharp shaft knives. Under the rotation of the wheel, the bow-shaped shaft knife also rotated extremely quickly. The sharp and bright shaft knife is very prominent on the horizontal axis of the wheel, reflecting the dazzling light in the sun!

"Damn it! It's a barbarian chariot!"

"Stop advancing! Stop advancing! Stand in place!"

"Form an anti-tank formation! Form an anti-tank formation!"

The Macedonian soldiers who fought against the Duretikas instantly recognized the menacing barbarian heavy troops. The centurions standing on the right side of the phalanx roared loudly, and the flag bearer standing behind them He Trumpeter also hastily followed the orders of the centurions to respond. Amidst the roars of the centurions, countless Macedonian phalanxes dispersed instantly, leaving as much space as possible between the phalanxes. At the same time, countless light infantry without armor ran out of the phalanx, bravely facing the barbarian chariot troops!
"Grab your spears and shields! Fear not, the gods are with you!"

The centurions loudly encouraged their subordinates, but judging from the throbbing Adam's apple and slightly twitching faces under their Thracian helmets, they were also very nervous, although they had dealt with the barbarian chariot troops before. experience, but this time, the number of enemy tanks is obviously more than last time!
(End of this chapter)