I am the son of the traveler

Chapter 89 The Battle of Arcelos (9)

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Amidst the dull sound of the horn, the running barbarian chariot troop lumberingly turned around and split into two groups to attack the left wing and the central army respectively. The barbarian chief who commanded the chariot wanted to lead all the chariot troops to the central army. Killing, tearing the front line of the Macedonian phalanx from the rear, allowing his own infantry to take advantage of the situation to advance, but the offensive on the left wing did not go well, so he had to send half of the chariots back to help.

We can imagine that if the barbarian chariots go all out to kill the Chinese army, what terrible consequences it will cause!With the successive defeats of the left wing and the central army, the right wing that is still fighting fiercely will inevitably be besieged by the barbarian infantry on the other two wings, and it is only a matter of time before the final defeat.

Fortunately, the commander of the barbarian chariot made a wrong choice. He led half of the chariots to fight back to the chaotic left flank. Antigonus, who had just rushed out of the crowd, saw this scene, and his heart trembled. He chose to retreat to the side without hesitation, and he, the 140 cavalry, still wanted to bear the charge of more than 100 chariots?That's obviously death.

Antigonus didn't notice that half of the chariots were heading towards the rear of the central army. The light infantry behind the phalanx watched in astonishment as the more than 100 chariots were coming towards him, and they rushed to the rear of the army. They scattered to both sides, trying to avoid the impact of the chariots, and the deputy centurion behind the phalanx also found the enemy behind him at this time, and quickly ordered the soldiers in the two rows behind to turn around to meet the enemy, although they only had two thin platoons, but the extra-long sarissas are more than enough to deal with the onslaught of barbarian chariots—so they thought.

But in fact, the impact of the chariot was beyond their imagination. Under the mighty charge of the barbarian chariot, the two thin rows were instantly crushed. Its powerful impact directly broke the spear, and then knocked down and flew the soldiers blocking the road, and was involved in the bottom of the chariot. It will collapse at the touch of a finger!
Of course, the chariots that forcibly charged the spear phalanx were also uncomfortable. The horses pulling the chariot were directly pierced by the spears, neighing and falling to the ground with inertia, and the chariots behind them also flew out along the inertia , smashed into the dense crowd, and knocked down the bronze shield spearmen.

The Macedonian central army that was attacked from behind suddenly fell into chaos. The soldiers in the front row were still stubbornly resisting the attack of the enemy several times in front of them, while the soldiers in the back row drew their swords and used their flesh and blood to resist the attack. They rushed onto the chariot, dragged the barbarian warriors off their horses, stabbed them to death with random swords, or directly killed the horses pulling the chariot, making them unable to move.Although the phalanx spearmen tried their best to maintain their formation, the phalanx was still broken through a hole, and countless barbarian infantry squeezed forward desperately along this gap, forcing the phalanx infantry to retreat.

At this moment, a sudden roar of cheers came from the left wing, attracting the attention of the soldiers who were fighting fiercely. In their doubtful eyes, a flag of the King of Macedonia with the sun of Virgina was flying over the left wing. More than a thousand cavalry were chasing the defeated barbarian infantry. Although the barbarian chariot troops wanted to support, they were intercepted by the Macedonian melee cavalry halfway. The two sides launched a life-and-death fight. With the loss of mobility, the Macedonian cavalry with stirrups clearly occupied the area. Upwind, under their joint siege, barbarian chariots fell one after another, and the warriors on them were killed!
Under the charge of the Macedonian cavalry wave after wave, the left-wing barbarian infantry finally collapsed. They abandoned the fruits of victory that were about to be obtained, which boosted the morale of the crumbling Macedonian central army and shouted slogans in unison. Pushed out again.Their defeat also put the three thousand elite barbarians who were rushing to reinforce them in an embarrassing situation.

Continue to attack?

Or reinforce the Chinese army?

They hesitated for a moment.

Soon, they won't have to hesitate.Because when the Macedonian cavalry was marching triumphantly on the left wing, on the southern horizon of the battlefield, a long horn sounded through the sky, occupying the entire sky. Antigonus, who was chasing after the rout, all set their sights there.

"Whose army is that?"

Both sides have such doubts.

But then, their doubts were dispelled. Under the gaze of everyone, a flag that the world had never seen before was held high by the flag officer in front of the army, fluttering with the wind, and behind the flag were several Thousands of heavily armed Greek heavy infantry saw this scene, and the morale of the Macedonian army was greatly boosted. They all recognized the power represented by this flag-the white clay pot flag on a green background was clearly the city-state flag of Thebes city-state! (Because the city-state flag of Thebes city-state cannot be found on Baidu, I can only refer to the flag of the city-state of Thebes in Rome, the general of the viper)

"Ipaminonda, are you finally here?" Antigonus heaved a sigh of relief, and a smile could not help but appear on the corner of his mouth.

"Damn it, it's Macedonian reinforcements!"

"We should retreat! Their reinforcements have arrived, and our left wing has collapsed. If we join the enemy's reinforcements, we will be defeated across the board."

"Retreat! Retreat!"

The barbarian chiefs shouted one after another, not only the chiefs were timid, but also the barbarian infantry in the battle panicked. The tenacious resistance of the Macedonians who were at a disadvantage in front of them prevented them from making progress until now. There are more reinforcements from the enemy, I am afraid that the chance of winning is very small!

On the other side, Ipaminondas, riding a war horse, appeared in front of the Thebes army's formation. He was wearing a white battle robe, and he looked down on the battlefield in the melee on the opposite side.After receiving the news from Antigonus, he immediately gave up the construction work at hand, recruited male citizens among immigrants to join the army, and went north to Arcelos to reinforce Antigonus. On the way, he was still worried that it would be too late. Now it seems , he just caught up.

"Soldiers of Thebes, prepare to fight!" He shouted loudly, and at the same time took the double-headed lance handed over by the guards around him, and pointed it at the battlefield outside the city of Arcelos, "Follow me to attack and reinforce the Macedonian friendly army! "

"Hoo! Hoo! Hoo!"

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As soon as Ipaminondas finished speaking, the two thousand Greek heavy infantry behind him slowly marched towards the battlefield in a neat Greek phalanx. Their movements were uniform, and the momentum they brought almost overwhelmed the barbarian infantry in the fierce battle. , Let their morale fall into the ice valley.Seeing that our own infantry was showing faint signs of defeat, the high-level coalition forces who had not yet joined the battlefield finally issued an order to retreat, ordering someone to blow the horn representing retreat!
(End of this chapter)