I am the son of the traveler

Chapter 92 Conversation
Amid the shrill screams of the defeated Thracian soldiers as they were being whipped one after another, Antigonus, with a frosty face, watched some of the soldiers being affected by the screams on the school field, and spoke loudly again.

"I hope you can take this as a warning and not be part of those who accept whipping in public. The dignity of Macedonian military discipline cannot be desecrated, and the glory of the Macedonian army needs to be safeguarded by each of you."

"Also." Speaking of this, Antigonus's tone slowed down in vain, and the frost on his face melted, and he said: "The war is over, and the barbarian army will not make a comeback in a short time. I will take you back to Peiping." La, I believe you must miss your family very much."

"After returning to Pella, the kingdom will hold a grand triumph for you, soldiers, you deserve it."

After Antigonus finished speaking, the school field was quiet for a few seconds except for the screams of the rout soldiers, and then there was a burst of enthusiastic cheers. If there is anything that can lure these classical soldiers, then it is nothing more than money, Women and glory, although glory seems illusory, but in a sense it is real, making the world obsessed with it.

And holding the triumphal ceremony will undoubtedly bring them great glory, not to mention that this is the first official triumphal ceremony held by the Kingdom of Macedonia since the founding of the kingdom in another world 37 years ago (it was only when Antigonus returned to Pella that Citizens organize spontaneously and cannot be counted as formal).Just imagine, many years later, when you hear others discussing the first triumphal event that year, you are very proud to tell them that you were one of the soldiers who participated in the parade at that time, how much admiration and admiration you will get,

The soldiers surrounded by this great good news no longer paid attention to the howling Thracians. They were so immersed in the great good news that they did not even notice when Antigonus left.

Antigonus left the military camp and returned directly to the governor's palace. With him was the Theban consul Epaminondas. Although this famous general in the world had not yet shown his talents to Antigonus, Antigonus Ke was still full of respect for him.

"General Ipaminoda, while I lead the army back to Pella for repairs, the front line depends on you." Several people walked on the gravel road, watching the Greek immigrants coming and going around, Antigonus said to the Thebes Consul, who was half a step behind him, that although the total of [-] Greek heavy infantry under his command plus the holy army was not enough, it was still enough to defend the city. What's more, he However, I heard that Ipaminondas left nearly a thousand conscripts in Thebes city-this is almost all the combatable soldiers that can be mobilized among the immigrants in Thebes.

"I understand, Your Majesty." Ipami Nunda nodded simply and agreed.

However, he also had difficulties. After forcibly recruiting a wave of troops, the construction progress of the city of Thebes was forced to slow down to the slowest. There were no male Thebes citizens working on the construction site, and the only thing he could rely on was a huge number of slaves. The task of the soldiers who stayed behind was naturally to suppress the slaves and prevent them from doing anything stupid.

In other words, as long as he does not lead his army back to Thebes City, the construction progress of Thebes City will not return to normal for a day.

Although Antigonus knew his difficulty, he had no choice. The main force of the kingdom killed more than 2000 people in one battle. This has already affected morale. Let the soldiers feel war-weary.The soldiers under him are not all systematic soldiers, even if they are systematic soldiers, their willpower is only a little higher than that of ordinary soldiers.

This is also the shortcoming of the total war system in the hands of Antigonus. The soldiers produced by the system are not like war machines at all like the novels Antigonus has read in his previous life. Compared with ordinary soldiers, except for eating, drinking and urinating, they have no other functions. It was completely different. The soldiers produced by the system in his hands were completely ordinary people with stronger willpower, full of humanity.

However, from the bottom of his heart, Antigon still likes the system in his hands. Although the war machine-like soldiers are good, they are cold and cold, as if they are data, which makes Antigon unable to integrate into it. It feels different from They were out of place.Although the system soldiers who are full of humanity are not that strong, they make him feel very comfortable and will not feel that kind of rejection.

Cough, far away.

A few minutes later, several people entered the governor's palace. Antigonus sat on the main seat without any dispute, and the other three generals took seats on both sides.

Antico picked up the battle report on the table and checked it briefly, but this made his brows wrinkle involuntarily.

In this battle, the left wing was defeated by the barbarian cavalry and chariot troops in turn, so the loss was the highest. The five imitation Roman legions organized by Antigonus were almost wiped out, only a few The wounded survived, but it was useless, they were destined to be cancelled; the Thracian Guards Battalion deployed 750 fighters to fight, minus the 210 eight routs, there were 140 survivors , the rest of the people, including the commander Shutes and the banner officer, all died in battle-it is worth mentioning that Shutes, who received a lunch box as soon as he had a name, was also the chief of a Thracian tribe.

In addition to the casualties of the Chinese army in the frontal battle with the barbarian infantry, there was also the back charge of the last wave of barbarian cavalry. This wave of their charge could almost change the direction of the battlefield. If there were more of them, The front line of the bronze shield spearmen of the central army will be completely torn apart, and they will step into the footsteps of the left wing under the strong attack of the barbarian infantry with a superior number.

Needless to say on the right wing, the heavy infantry deployed here faced far more barbarian infantry than the friendly forces on the other two wings. As mentioned above, because Macedonia used an oblique front, the right wing was the first to encounter the enemy The place is also the place with the highest offensive intensity. Because of this, the most traditional heavy infantry of the Macedonian army using Greek tactics are deployed here. The casualties they suffered and the number of enemy casualties they caused were higher than those on the other two wings.

Of course, if Antigonus's army had a large number of phalanx spearmen, they would not steal the limelight from the phalanx spearmen, but now the Macedonian Kingdom still has a large proportion of traditional heavy infantry in its military force, so they cannot The spear phalanx is the main one.

Finally, there is the Macedonian cavalry unit that has been galloping on the battlefield during the battle. Because they are equipped with saddles and stirrups, the casualties suffered by the cavalry are far lower than Antigonus imagined. The fighting of the chariot troops and the casualties caused by the barbarian infantry on the left flank were almost negligible compared to their fellow infantrymen.

(End of this chapter)