I am the son of the traveler

Chapter 88 The Battle of Arcelos (8)

"Your Majesty! Our left wing is about to lose its hold! The commander of the Thracian Guard Battalion, Thites, tells you that if you don't come back to help the left wing, they will leave the battlefield directly!"

On the frontline battlefield, the messengers from the left flank rode fast horses to Antigonus who was still chasing the barbarian archers, and shouted at him, Antigonus immediately turned his head to look at the precarious left flank , yelled in his heart that it was not good, and turned his head to look at the cavalry battlefield on the right. The barbarian chariots had been beaten to pieces. After losing their mobility, they could only be killed one after another under the attack of the Aguilian axemen.

Seeing this, Antigonus picked up the horn stuck in his waist, put it to his mouth and puffed up his cheeks, and blew vigorously. After the horn sounded, the cavalry would join him. This was what he had discussed with Cronus in advance. Yes, in order to prevent such a thing from happening-he was afraid that the left wing would be defeated by barbarian cavalry and chariots, so after defeating the enemy on the right wing, he had to lead the cavalry to the left wing for support.

After the horn of Antigonus sounded, the Macedonian cavalry who were still fighting were stunned for a moment. They all looked at the king's flag standing in the distance, and then at the barbarian chariots that were about to retreat. Gritting his teeth, he ordered the cavalry to retreat, leaving the battlefield to the Agile axemen. After he gave the order, the Macedonian cavalry left the battlefield without hesitation and rushed in the direction of Antigonus.Seeing this, Antigonus nodded. He looked at the messenger and said, "Go back and tell Shotes immediately that reinforcements will arrive soon!"

"Obey." The orderly promised and rode away on his horse. After he left, Antigonus took another look at the Macedonian cavalry who were approaching this way, raised his sword, and shouted: "Partner cavalry, follow me!" attack!"

"call!"

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Watching the Macedonian cavalry galloping on the battlefield, the high-ranking coalition forces in the rear who did not participate in the battle had very ugly expressions. The failure of the right-wing retreating force was something they did not expect. They originally thought that the Macedonians would divide their forces to resist, but were defeated by their own troops with superior numbers. Unexpectedly, they unexpectedly abandoned the left wing crazily, and after defeating the right-wing attacking force, they made a large circle to attack the left wing.

"We should send the last fighters up and storm their left flank!" In this quiet atmosphere, a chief first broke the silence and said.

As soon as he opened his mouth, the people around nodded in agreement. They didn't send all the troops, but left more than 3000 elite soldiers as a reserve team, also to protect the safety of the high-level coalition forces. If they send these three Thousands of soldiers were also sent up, so they had no choice but to go to the front with the troops.

The chiefs are not afraid to fight, on the contrary, they are eager to try.

After some votes, the chiefs almost unanimously approved the proposal to attack across the board. Immediately afterwards, the [-] elite warrior troops who had been watching the show at the rear moved slowly towards the battlefield along with the movement of the totem flags of each tribe.The movement of these barbarian troops frightened the Macedonian cavalry who were still running, and also attracted the attention of Antigonus. He discovered that the direction of movement of the last barbarian army was actually the left flank he was rushing towards, and on the left flank, the barbarian The chariot has entered the charging state, and although the imitation Roman-style legionnaires are still holding on to the thin shield formation, the emotion called panic has already spread in their hearts!
Antigonus hesitated for a moment, he didn't know if it was too late to rush to the left flank, but because of his hesitation, the barbarian chariot had already rushed into the left flank formation of the Macedonian army, on the positions of the legionary infantry and the Thracian guard battalion. Running wildly, the left wing of the Macedonians was already crumbling. Under the charge of the barbarian chariot, the infantry of the legion was almost defeated. Their thin shields were easily torn apart, and all the soldiers blocking the path of the chariot's charge were involved. Under the car, the surrounding soldiers were also killed by sharp shaft knives. The whole scene can hardly be described as cruel and bloody-this place is like hell on earth!
The soldiers of the Thracian Guard Battalion are worthy of their title. Although their leader, Shotes, kept saying that they would leave the battlefield directly, after the barbarian chariots rushed into the army formation, they rushed forward, trying to resist with their flesh and blood. The charge of the chariot - this is undoubtedly whimsical, the brave Thracian people fell under the charge of the barbarian chariot, the soldiers' limbs were flying all over the sky, and blood was sprinkled on the land like raindrops.

On the bloody battlefield, the Thracian Guards Battalion fell into chaos. Their leader, Thetes, was pierced through the chest by a javelin thrown from a chariot, and died on the spot. The flag officer of the troops also fell in a pool of blood. During the process, his hand holding the flag was severed by the shaft knife, and he lost consciousness due to excessive blood loss. No one in the whole Guards Battalion could give orders to stabilize the situation, and the soldiers could only follow their own hearts and choose to continue fighting or He turned around and fled back to the city of Arcelos.

The collapse of the left wing even implicated the central army that was still fighting fiercely. The copper shield pikemen who used the sarisa spears to fight were shocked to find that their flank had fallen. Surround them.The emotion of failure swept the entire phalanx, overwhelming the infantry in the phalanx!

At this moment, Antigonus's companion cavalry finally arrived. Antigonus, the leader, did not regret that he did not increase his troops on the left flank, and charged the barbarian infantry with his panting horses. Although the companion cavalry lost their Riding guns, but wielding the Kopis scimitar, they are still god-like existences to the infantry. More than 140 partner cavalry stepped on countless corpses on the ground and slammed into the back of the barbarian infantry. The power of the horse charge Any barbarian infantry standing in front of them were knocked over and flying, and the swords in the hands of the cavalry also cut off the limbs of the barbarian infantry with the help of the speed and power of the horse's charge.

The companion cavalry led by Antigonus was just the beginning. While they were about to break through the barbarian infantry formation, the main force of the Macedonian cavalry led by Kronos finally arrived. The scattered left-wing barbarian infantry launched a charge. This time, before they even rushed into the formation, the barbarian infantry lost their fighting spirit under the strong mental pressure, was completely defeated, and was massacred one-sidedly by the Macedonian cavalry!

The turmoil behind them quickly attracted the attention of the barbarian chariot troops breaking through the left flank. They looked back and found that the Macedonian cavalry was moving so fast that they were about to destroy their combat achievements. They made a wrong decision in a hurry— ——This wrong decision will lead to the balance of victory in the war tipping over to the side of the Macedonians, and will also ruin their lives!

(End of this chapter)