Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 241: The Battle of Asia Minor (2)

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Actually, the predicament of the light infantry in the front has also caused a certain impact on the Greek coalition soldiers in the rear, but Agcilius, Ipamirunda, Iphikratus... these are very powerful. The generals of the army are almost the same as Leotichides' thoughts, so they firmly control the army they belong to, and stay still in place.

Although there are some minor disturbances in the Allied forces in central Italy, they have been attached to the Kingdom of Dionia for more than 10 years. The long-term close exchanges and military cooperation have made them accustomed to obey the orders of the Commander Dionia without giving orders. Offensive orders, they will never attack easily.

There are some Greek city-state troops. Whether they are generals or soldiers, seeing the light infantry in front of them continue to fall, they began to restlessly. Fortunately, Leotichides sent more than 10 messengers to gallop The entire rear of the right wing, shouting his orders, forbidding them to attack, barely controlled the entire army.

On the other hand, when Fanabazos learned that the opposing cavalry suddenly appeared on his right flank, he worried that the Greek coalition forces would make the cavalry raid the Persian archers who were too abrupt, to recover the current disadvantage, so he quickly issued a "full The command of "army advance" wanted to shorten the excessive distance between the main force and the archers, and to provide support and protection for the archers.

Fanabazos had a good idea, but when an army of seven or eight miles long and an army of up to 80,000 moved forward, the whole situation was beyond his control.

Some of the Persian generals responsible for leading the cavalry have long been impatient with the confrontation for a long time, ignoring that what Fanabazos gave is only an order to advance, but directly ordered their cavalry to attack the opposite enemy.

Their unauthorized actions naturally drove the other Persian cavalry, so the cavalry at both ends of the Persian army quickly increased their speed and galloped toward the two wings of the Greek coalition army.

Fanabazos, who received the news, had no choice but to let the trumpeters sound the offensive bugle even if he was annoyed.

Leotichides, who was on horseback, saw the Persian army approaching fast, and immediately made the buglers sound their bugles.

The two trumpets with similar sounds and different rhythms echoed throughout the battlefield. It is easy for untrained soldiers to be confused. But for the Dionia Light Infantry Brigade, this is not a problem at all. As a reminder, the soldiers assisted the injured comrades and quickly retreated, passed through the gap of the checkerboard formation, and retreated to the rear of the entire army formation. The other coalition light infantry received repeated instructions from their generals before the start of the battle, "to keep up with the pace of the Dionian light infantry brigade," so they did the same.

The retreat of the entire Greek coalition light infantry undoubtedly provided a good opportunity for the Persian archers to attack, but the Persian archers did not take the opportunity to attack. On the contrary, they retreated earlier than the opposing light infantry because the Persian infantry formation was relatively Intensive? If the Persian archers retreat until the Persian infantry unit is behind them, it will inevitably lead to some confusion in the formation? And if at this time? The Greek coalition forces that are already very close suddenly launch an attack? Then the entire Persian army formation will be. There will be big troubles.

The archers who finally retreated to the rear of the Persian army followed the infantry array, while the Dionian light infantry group retreated to the rear of the array, but quickly ran towards the left flank of the entire formation. At this time, there were no cavalry on the left end of the left wing of the Greek coalition army? But there were three Dionian light armoured brigade arranged in a loose formation, perpendicular to the left wing army formation to guard the flanks.

The number of Epirus light shields was less than 1,000, but did not follow the light infantry brigade to the left flank, but under the leadership of the Dionian team officer? To support the cavalry on the right flank.

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On the frontal battlefield? Facing the approaching Persian infantry array? The Greek coalition array still stood still? But the left-wing coalition cavalry moved.

The Persian infantry is still halfway? The Persian cavalry has rushed down the hillside. At this time, the Greek coalition cavalry at the right end of the right wing was lined up in a square formation. The commander of the Thessaly cavalry corps at the front of the center immediately issued the order to attack.

The cavalry squeezed the horse belly, vigorously shook the reins, and the horse moved four hooves? Start running...

From top to bottom? The speed has increased very quickly. First, the Thessaly cavalry? Followed by the Macedonian cavalry? Finally, the Greek city-state cavalry, gathered into a powerful force, like a torrent of torrents? It made a deafening noise, and roared toward the Persian cavalry at the foot of the mountain.

Most of the Persian cavalry are light cavalry. Some of them are equipped with javelins and some are equipped with bows and arrows. Close fighting is not their strong point.

Although the terrain of Thessaly and Macedonia is relatively flat, the marginal areas are mostly hills, and their main opponents are the indigenous people in the surrounding mountains. The horses gallop on the hills, and the rider cannot maintain a stable posture to throw javelins or shoot arrows. On the contrary, it is easier to be overtaken by the natives, so the cavalry has to improve the ability to fight in close quarters, so the Thessaly and Macedonian cavalry are mostly melee cavalry.

In fact, it is not only them, but also the Gallic and Lusitania cavalry in the Western Mediterranean. Only the Numibians have exercised their horseback archery and tender gun abilities in the flat and vast inland of Africa.

After Dionia incorporated the Thessaari Cavalry into the Legion, he was equipped with a full set of leather armor, a 3-meter spear and a saber specially built for the Cavalry, which enhanced its melee combat capability without weakening it. The balance and flexibility of the cavalry on the horse.

The Persian cavalry originally wanted to use javelins and bows to injure the cavalry and infantry of the Greek coalition forces after they approached the two wings of the Greek coalition forces, thereby disrupting the enemy's array. Their formation is loose and their speed is very fast, but their speed naturally slows down when going uphill.

At this moment, the Greek Allied cavalry, who had been motionless, suddenly rushed down at them. The speed was as fast as lightning. They rushed to the front in an instant. The Persian cavalry could not make a timely dodge. There were more people than the other side, and bit the bullet and pushed forward.

If the entire Greek Allied cavalry was a sharp knife that was pierced quickly at this time, the Thessaly Cavalry was the sharp blade of this sharp knife. Although the speed of the gallop made them feel heart palpitations, they still had their eyes wide open. Gaze ahead, hug the horse's neck with his left hand and the spear with his right hand. When he hits the enemy, he immediately releases his right hand to avoid being pushed or pushed by the strong momentum.

Although the Thessari cavalry has undergone countless assault training in the past few years, many people still fell off their horses because of this. Of course, the Persian cavalry fell more often, and they were either killed or injured.

What’s more terrifying is that due to the powerful kinetic energy of the rush down, the coalition cavalry could not stop the truce horse at all. They watched the horse under the crotch slam into the Persian cavalry in front of them. Seriously injured. The subsequent coalition cavalry stepped on the wounded soldiers and horses everywhere, and soon pierced the array of the Persian cavalry.

The charge of the Greek allied cavalry caused the Persian cavalry to not only stop advancing, but also mostly crowded together. The horses shouted, chaotic, unable to quickly restore unified command.

And after those Thessaly cavalry who fell off their horses climbed up from the ground, they immediately drew their sabers from their waists and slashed at the surrounding enemies and horses, making the scene even more chaotic.

The coalition cavalry who pierced the enemy line soon came back and once again attacked the chaotic Persian cavalry...

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The 4000 cavalry on the right flank of the Persian army smoothly approached the left flank of the Greek coalition army, but after the Dionian light armoured soldiers guarded it, their arrows and javelins caused some casualties to the light armoured soldiers. But it did not achieve the purpose of disrupting the main array.

Later, light infantry arrived one after another. Their bows and arrows and javelins had longer range, more stable and accurate output, which posed a great threat to the Persian cavalry and forced them to retreat to a greater distance. Relieve the pressure on light armored soldiers.

At the same time, the soldiers of the Persian army have stepped onto the gentle **** one after another and began to march upwards.

When the crooked Persian army formation was about five to sixty meters away from the main force of the Greek coalition forces, and the Persian archers behind it began to bend bows and shoot arrows, the Dionian soldiers in the center and left wing of the Greek coalition suddenly became neat. He took a big step forward and threw the javelin in his hand vigorously.

Before, when the light infantry and the Persian archers were at a disadvantage in the fierce battle, the Legionnaires did not step forward to help their comrades under the strict orders of the team officers. This is the moment that they are waiting for.

The Persian army didn’t know much about the tactics of the Dionysian army. Although Jason had heard of it before, he had never fought against the Dionysian army before, plus Dionysian before. The silence of the runners-up soldiers caused the Persian infantry and Greek mercenaries to relax their vigilance. As a result, they hurriedly defended when the javelin hit the sky, and it was too late.

Because the Dionian soldiers are located at a high place, the thrown javelins are more lethal. After a round, they fall down and are either dead or wounded.

When the Persian army was in shock, another round of javelins followed, like a gust of wind, and the center of the Persian army and the front of the right wing suddenly became fragmented.

"Woo!...Woo!..." Just then, the offensive bugle of the Greek Allied Forces blew.

Whether they were Dionian soldiers, Greek soldiers, and Italian allied soldiers, they all roared in unison, and launched an assault one after another. The six or seven-mile army formations poured down like mountains and oceans, and the momentum was amazing.

The Persian archers desperately pulled the bowstrings, trying to let the sky-shielding arrows weaken the enemy's charge, but most of the arrows fell on the heavy infantry with heavy helmets and heavy armor, which basically did not cause much damage, so When the two teams collided head-on, it was almost a one-sided situation. The left, center, and right sides of the Persian army were all in an embarrassed response to the enemy's attack. Under strong pressure, the entire army was in a state Forced to retreat slowly...