Pivot of the Sky: 298, Macedonian phalanx

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Alexander is very curious about all unknown things, and also likes to talk about marching to war, but unlike other children, he is not just dancing guns and making noises, but seriously discussing various strategic issues. This is very temperament to Mei Danzuo. . Amon dwelled in the Aristotle house, and did not have much contact with other people. It was not easy to meet, but Mei Danzuo often talked with Alexander about things in the South and the North.

From the information that Philip II knew, Mei Danzuo is also a remarkable character, and may even be another god. The king also specifically asked Alexander to respect Mei Danzuo like a respected teacher. It ’s not difficult for Alexander to do this, except for Mei Danzuo, except for his trembling power, he does n’t have a lot of humor on weekdays. Alexander has deliberately made friends. The two are getting along well. Alexander is only 18 years old this year. Mei Danzuo saw him in him The shadow of the young David. David Solomon is a disciple of May Danzuo. May Danzuo likes the Duquestown miner when he was a boy, but he is a little disappointed by the current lord of the cold. David Solomon ’s ambition was to establish a kingdom of cold-blooded people. Out of love for his disciples, Mei Danzuo still hoped that David would get what he wanted.

David dismantled Amon Temple and changed the Master of Gods Hall of the Alien River Temple to the Temple of Aro. Although the gods did not care, they escorted Aesop from the Alien City. David Solomon already has the Seventh Level achievement of the original power, but his biggest vow is to establish a cold country. The achievement of the original power in this life may end here, because he is pursuing another achievement.

When May Danzuo saw Alexander, he remembered David Solomon as a teenager. He liked the child very much, probably because of some kind of inexplicable compensation. Perhaps he felt in his heart that he had not brought David into the Garden of Eden, nor had he been able to help him realize his desire for founding the country. There is always some unspeakable regret.

Alexander was influenced by his father since he was a child. His life desire is similar to that of David Solomon, and it is more grand. He wanted to succumb to the huge and unimaginable Boze Empire and avenge all the Heaton. The young madman is the most imaginative time, which in the eyes of others is simply a fool who said that Meng Ke Alexander seriously told Mei Danzuo that he had this desire.

May Danzuo neither laughed nor hit him, but patted his shoulder and said: "It's so small

Son, be ambitious! It's just that the road has been taken step by step. Now that the Heaton Peninsula hasn't been unified yet, there is no need to talk more about how to conquer the Boze Empire. Wish and whether it can be realized in the end, the real difference between empty talk and implementation lies in what is going on in the future, what are you doing now? "Alexander is not empty talk, he has been studying the military formation and the art of war and let his guards line up to perform. This is very similar to the children's game but he plays it very seriously. After knowing Mei Danzuo, he was pestering Mei Danzuo begged him to teach about the local customs, population distribution, wars, military command, etc. across Tianshu mainland.

Aristotle has also been to the Tianshu continent and experienced wars. Naturally, they will also teach these courses to Alexander, but when this sage mentioned military issues, he mostly talked about national strategy. Mei Danzuo was born as the captain of the guard in charge, and often tells about the details of a series of strategic command and tactical arrangements from the large army array, the coordination of various arms, the logistics system scheduling to the charge duel, the rotation of the battle line, and the joining of short troops.

Aristotle teaches students how to see the world, and Mei Danzuo has become another teacher in Alexandria. Alexander may learn from Mei Danzuo how to conquer the world. Mei Danzuo did not deliberately teach this way, but the Alexander Conference learned the required knowledge from its own perspective.

One day May Danzuo tentatively asked Alexander: "You know my origin and story, if one day in the future when you really conquer the Poz empire, David Solomon has the opportunity to establish a cold country, you will Support and allow? "This sounds like a joke, but Alexander knows that people like Mei Danzuo will not ask casually, so he answers directly:" The cold people want to build their own country, they must get rid of the Boze Empire. Reigning is consistent with my goal. If my wish to defeat Potts is fulfilled, I will also help them. "May Danzuo nodded:" Very well, I hope you do n’t forget what you said today. I will ask you again, I was disappointed that a Solomon demolished Amon ’s temple. If you were in the same position one day, would you do that? ”Alexander replied seriously:“ I swear to the gods, never! If I One day I will be able to arrive in Iju and I will sacrifice to Amon Temple in person and rebuild the Temple of Isis! "The child actually added the idea of ​​rebuilding the Temple of Isis on his own, and he knew how to invest in Amon . Amon was a warrior from the Temple of Isis, and was recommended by the guardian of the Virgin Mary in the Temple of Isis.

Among the ancient deities of the various gods on the Tianshu mainland, Goddess Isis is the most respected by Amon.

Rebuilding the Temple of Isis is not detrimental to the glory of Amun, but instead has a deep commemorative meaning.

I did n’t expect this eighteen-year-old child to have such a mindset.

When Alexander answered this, Mei Danzuo's soul vaguely heard a cough, but could not tell whether it was Zeus in the sky or Amon in the world. May Danzuo patted Alexander's shoulder again: "Go, don't sit here and chat all day, take me to the military camp of Macedonia."

One morning a few days later, Amon and Aristotle were talking in the book 〖Room〗, and Mei Danzuo walked in with Alexander. Alexander said happily: "Mr. Amon, teacher Aristotle, I have something to show you!"

He ordered Shiwei to move in a sand table model. The terrain of the sand table is an open field at the foot of the mountain, with soldier puppets standing in an array. At first glance, it looks like a bare wood. Amon frowned and asked, "What formation is this?"

Alexander replied: "Infantry battle line." Amon: "The soldiers are standing very densely. Are they holding a spear? According to the ratio of height, they are twenty feet! I haven't seen this before. This kind of tight battle array, and such a weapon that is not easy to manipulate, how did you come up with it? "Alexander:" It was Mei Danzuo that the teacher helped me think, it solved the biggest military problem in the Kingdom of Macedonia! "Mei Danzuo He smiled and waved his hand: "I just gave some inspiration. The child organized a man ’s drill and figured out the military formation. In fact, there are already such an army on the Heaton Peninsula, but there is no systematic drill."

Aristotle stood up and waved towards Amon and May Danzuo: "Don't talk, let your Highness speak for yourself." Then asked Alexander Avenue: "What is the military problem of the Kingdom of Macedonia? What are you doing? How did the army formation overcome those problems? "Standing in front of the sand table, Alexander began to explain one by one that Macedonia is the most powerful state in the northern part of the Heaton Peninsula, and its power is no less than that of Yaron and Kibada in the south. However, in the eyes of the well-known generals such as Mei Danzuo, Macedonia and the entire Heaton Peninsula are just a projectile land, far from being compared with the countries of Ecu, Barron, Hatti, Assyria and other countries. The huge Boze Empire is now.

The Seaton Peninsula is surrounded by sea and mountains. The Kingdom of Macedonia has a rare open plain, but more than half of the country ’s land area is still mountainous. It is difficult to open the battle tanks common on the battlefields of the nations of the Tianshu Continent in combat. Due to the relatively small size of the city-states, the number of heavy cavalry is also very small,

Often only wealthy noble citizens can afford the knight ’s armor and weapons. When fighting, usually a small number of cavalry rushed to kill each other with a large number of infantry.

It is difficult to build and exercise chariot arrays, and there are not many cavalry. In addition, there is a biggest problem. The limited number of samurai is difficult to form a regular legion like the traditions of the countries of the Tianshu mainland.

The regular legions that Amon has seen in various countries, except for the powerful and abnormal metamorphosis of the Uruk Legion, basically the standard system is five thousand soldiers with fifty clergymen, and the official soldiers are at least awakening the blood. First Level Samurai of power. Because the large legions are most afraid of defeating the battle, ordinary people can hardly afford heavy weapons without powerful bloodline power. Even if they can move, it is difficult to cooperate with the battle array to launch continuous assaults.

For a country with a large population base, it is not difficult to organize several regular legions. As for combat effectiveness, it depends on the training level and logistics support. However, this is difficult to achieve in the Heaton Peninsula. In addition to the conflicts between the city-state citizens of the Heaton Peninsula, there are many mercenaries wandering around the city, and most of them are ordinary people. The farmer, although strong and strong, is not a samurai.

Therefore, the war scenes between Heaton ’s city-states are a bit messy, and only regular cities can be formed when the Kibada perverts to a city-state formed entirely by military means. Among the formal citizens of the Kipada city state, all adult men are warriors, and if they do not have the power to awaken their blood, they will be eliminated by brutal training before the age of twenty.

Kibada warriors can organize highly effective battle formations, but it is difficult for other city-states to follow suit. The shield of the kibada warrior is very heavy, and it needs to be tied to the left arm with a belt to be level. The prismatic gun can be used for melee or throwing. Ordinary warriors in other states do not meet this requirement at all, so they are always at a disadvantage in confrontation with the kibada warriors.

If you follow the conventional way of thinking, as Macedonia expands its sphere of influence and population grows, more people can try to practice martial arts, and the lucky ones will awaken the power of the bloodline to become samurai, and then form a military corps in the traditional way of Tianshu mainland. Training, I don't know how long to wait, and it is difficult.

Inspired by May Danzuo, Alexander created a new type of battle formation, emphasizing formation and cooperation. The first change is the main battle weapon. It is no longer the traditional throwing prism nor the tomahawk sword shield, but a 20-foot long spear.

Mei Danzuo is also a martial arts master. He told Alexander that for ordinary soldiers, it takes a long time to learn to use the sword and the axe, but after simple training, almost everyone can master the most basic assassination. Technique.

And the cost of building other weapons is relatively expensive, large-scale equipment is very expensive, and the wooden lance is the cheapest.

And Alexander took this idea to the extreme, and the designed spear stood more than three people tall. It is very difficult to manipulate such a long gun barrel, if you want to dance freely in the chaotic army, unless it is a powerful warrior. However, Alexander does not require the soldiers to have this ability, but assassinates forward with a dense formation. The techniques used in the battle are relatively simple. More importantly, the strength of the coordination is organized. The tight formation cannot be chaotic when advancing. .

Mei Danzuo helped Alexander make a spear, about twenty feet long, with the tip of the spear pointing at the sky, the **** on the ground, and the position of the hand is exactly the position to grasp during the battle. Such a rifle should be made as much as possible without being too heavy, but it must have good toughness, and the weight on the **** should also be weighted so that the center of gravity is between the positions of the grips, so that it is easier to maintain balance when leveling.

When marching, you can lean your lances on your shoulders and slant your fingers toward the enemy, the first row of soldiers will lay the lances flat, the second and third rows of soldiers will point your lances forward, and the back queue will keep the equidistant heel on. Such a tight spear battle, when viewed from the front, looks like a hedgehog with nowhere to go. Even a powerful samurai can't exert his superiority in fighting against this situation.

If you form an army formation in this way, and solve the three most troublesome problems at the same time: one is the source of soldiers, ordinary people other than samurai who are strong and strong can also be put into the battle formation queue, greatly expanding the regular formation The size of the legion. The second is that its equipment is not expensive compared to other weapons, and can be built in a large amount in a short time. The third is the effective use of arms. It is difficult for the Heaton Peninsula to fight into chariots of large scale. This battle array makes full use of the advantages of infantry.

Why did Mei Danzuo make the gun barrel so long? The distance it pierced from the front of the soldier just exceeded the length of a tank.

After Alexander ’s slightly introductory introduction, Aristotle frowned and asked: "Well, you have formed a battle array like this, which really solves the biggest problem in the Kingdom of Macedonia. But what is the biggest problem with this battle array? ,, Alexander replied: "I have already let the guards perform. Such a long queue of guns can't stand in the battle and can only move forward, and the advancing front must not be chaotic. This requires focused training, and the order must be unified with the pace. If the soldier in front falls, the soldier in the back must make up immediately. If the order is violated, he must be severely punished. Ameng smiled and said: "This is the usual training problem. The array is the simplest and most important training for the big army. This kind of queue can only go forward during the battle, and it is difficult to turn around. It is the same when marching. From the combat state to the marching state, the commander must make at least three commands to turn the battle array in one direction. How fast can it be completed, it depends on your level of operation. "

Alexander nodded and said: "Yes, I let the guards line up in sixteen square formations, which is very good. But if you let ordinary soldiers form a large-scale battle array, you have to exert great effort to train." Ah Meng pointed to the sand table and asked: "In the state of engagement, the front of this battle is very strong, but the flanks are very weak. This is not compensated by training. If the enemy outflaps from the flanks or the rear, what are you going to do?"

Alexander replied: "Because there are not enough warriors and the number of cavalry is limited, I thought of letting ordinary strong men form a battle formation. In this way, the liberated warriors can flanks and The rear formed an auxiliary battle array, and the two wings could also be protected by cavalry. "Amon pointed to the sand table again:" In such a dense spear battle, there are two fatal weaknesses. First, if you encounter an archer volley, even hide There is no way to hide: Second, if the battle fronts are staggered, the opponent ’s morale is strong, and the casualties will not retreat. It is impossible to fight close with a lance. What should I do if the sword and shield soldiers are forced to reach them? "Alexander showed a hesitant look, scratching Thinking in the back of the head: "The range of the bow and arrow is limited. It is a method to use two-winged cavalry to attack and cover the advance of the battle array. When the national strength of the Macedonian kingdom is enhanced in the future, these pikemen can also be equipped with short shields and short swords." A Mengxiao He smiled and said, "This kind of tactics that you think of because of the limited number of warriors and the inability to organize large-scale legions. It is very popular and may cause a major change in military history. But I suggest that the pikes of the first three rows and the last row and still use regular warrior. "

Alexander blinked and thought for a long time, and said with some disappointment: "I thought my idea was perfect, but after asking you this question, I discovered that the battlefield has many weaknesses, not as powerful as I imagined. "

Mei Danzuo said comfortingly: "There is no perfect military formation in this world, and it is already perfect to maximize the combat effectiveness under the existing conditions. Anyone can follow the same tactics, but usually depends on training and Military discipline depends on command and logistics during wartime. Your battle formation weakens the difference between individual combat effectiveness and solves the most important issue of military resources. It is also a pioneering initiative.

Based on the current situation in the Kingdom of Macedonia, it is the most appropriate. Did n’t Mr. Aristotle say that the world we perceive is imperfect, but you need to know its shortcomings and know how to avoid it. This is the difference between genius and mediocrity. Child, take this sandbox to meet your father, and tell him what he just said, and he will know what to do. Aristotle also waved his hand: "His Royal Highness, I don't have to take the class today. You take this sand table and the guards to the palace, your majesty will be pleasantly surprised. "

Alexander is gone, Mei Danzuo sighed: "I have to admit that there is indeed a genius in this world! Unfortunately, this little prince is born with a weak bloodline and cannot awaken the power of the source. If you want to be healthy and live long, you must be careful about your body . "