Chapter 215: The situation reverses

Seeing that the right-wing cavalry was progressing smoothly, Darius believed that the decisive battle had arrived, so he ordered the cavalry on both sides to attack. The other right-wing cavalry units commanded by Mazayi immediately rushed to the left wing of Macedonia behind, launched a cluster attack from the front and side, and sent 3,000 elite cavalry, that is, the "Golden Apple Immortal Army" of the Persian Empire's guards, penetrated deep into the target, and pointed directly at the Macedonian camp.

At the same time, Persian chariot assault groups also began to attack the dense array of Macedonians. Alexander obviously had long studied Persian chariots, and the deployed straggler lines were their nemesis. Persian chariots rolled in iron wheels and galloped in a huge roar. Macedonian guerrilla infantry dexterously avoided the frontal impact and followed them on the side. The infantrymen divided their work and cooperated in groups. Some used shields to resist the spears of Persian chariot soldiers, while others used javelins to attack the ribs and coachmen who lacked armor protection. Most Persian chariots lost their ability to move without rushing to the dense array. Macedonian infantry phalanx was well trained and gave way to avenge the remaining Persian chariots, all of which were seized by the Macedonian defenders.

The periphery cavalry's detour to the left of Macedonia also forced the latter to continuously extend the defense line. The Tesari cavalry, implicated by the left wing, had to move left to keep the defense line intact, which led to the Macedonian dense array on their right to move left. The first four square formations on the right of the dense array are facing a dilemma, whether to move left or stay in place. Following the left will expose the flank of the Alexander's guard infantry, and stay in place will cause disconnection of the dense array. According to Alexander's pre-war deployment, the task of the four square formations in front of the dense array is to cooperate with the right.

Wing, so the commander of the 4th square formation, Melig resolutely decided to hold his troops still. In this way, the dense formation front quickly became disconnected, and the persian right-wing cavalry tore the second gap to the Macedonian front. Darius saw that the Macedonian dense formation opened, and immediately sent the imperial guards and Indian cavalry of the Central Front of the Persian Front to break through the gap at a high speed. The Macedonian camp was under the strong pressure of the two wings of Persian cavalry, and was split in half at this time. The breakthrough Persian guards would cause it to collapse quickly no matter which side of the Macedonian front attack from behind.

Judging from the form in front of you, the Persian camp was already in sight.

However, an incredible thing happened. The Persian cavalry who broke through the dense formation did not attack the Macedonian front from behind, but passed through the gap on the left side of the second defense line at high speed and rushed straight to the Macedonian camp. Obviously, the Persian Imperial Guard received clear instructions from Darius and rescued his mother and children at all costs. Alexander's psychological stimulation of Darius before the war finally worked. His concern for his relatives really made the Persian king lose his mind at a critical moment and gave up his victory. The Persian Imperial Guards joined forces with the three thousand gold apple undead army led by Hobuyer, easily dispersed the Thracian infantry guarding the Macedonian camp, and then began to plunder the baggage carriage and look for members of the royal family.

A more ridiculous scene appeared. When Darius's mother learned from her servant that the Persian army had won a great victory, she felt unbelievable and refused to follow the Persian reinforcements to leave the camp. In any case, the loss of the camp severely damaged the morale of Macedonian officers and soldiers. Parminio, who was stationed in the camp, sent someone to ask Alexander how to deal with it. Alexander replied: "Tell Parminio not to care about the gains and losses of logistics supplies. If we win, even the Persian camp will belong to us."

It is worth mentioning that Alexander led his two thousand guards cavalry to sway near the battlefield without participating in the war.

The Macedonian army had never experienced such a bad situation. Not only were the two wings surrounded by the enemy, but the center of the front was broken by the enemy cavalry, and even the battalion lost its enemy. The will of Macedonian officers and soldiers had reached the critical point of collapse. At this time, a miracle happened.

A goshawk suddenly flew over the right wing of the Macedonian Front and circled above Alexander's head. The priest Aristander immediately jumped onto a war horse, galloped along the Macedonian Front, and shouted loudly: "Look at the hovering eagle, this is a sign of Macedonian victory!"

The battlefield of Gaugamira is a soft sandy land. The melee of hundreds of thousands of people and horses for several hours will inevitably raise dust. With this visibility, Macedonian officers and soldiers could not see a low-altitude eagle. In any case, it was obvious that this sign greatly boosted the morale of the Macedonian soldiers. The already shaky Macedonian front suddenly stood up. The Greek Alliance infantry on the second line even successfully counterattacked the camp and drove the Persian cavalry out.

When the Macedonian army fought fiercely with Persian cavalry and chariots, Alexander and his two thousand guards were still holding their troops, waiting for the fighter plane. After Darius issued the general attack order, the Persian left-wing cavalry came out in full swing. For some reason, they did not attack the guard cavalry phalanx led by Alexander, but rushed to the right defense line on Macedonia, which was in full swing. All the Persian left-wing cavalry were dispatched, causing a gap in the junction of the left-wing and the central phalanx. The flanks of the Greek mercenary phalanx that guarded Darius were exposed, and the fighter planes that Alexander had been waiting for for a long time finally appeared.

Alexander waved his spear in his hand and led his guards cavalry to circle a big circle from the left wing of the Macedonian army. His destination was obvious to bypass the left wing of Macedonian wing, penetrated the Macedonian right wing, which had little force, and headed straight for the central army in Macedonian, with the goal: Darius III!

This was an opportunity that Alexander had been waiting for for a long time, and it was also the most critical part of the entire battle. This genius commander may not know that his tactics had a very resounding name in later generations: the beheading operation.

The Persian army is no better than the Macedonian army of Alexander. Not to mention the slave infantry that were forcibly conscripted, even the Babylonian Governor Mazayi had a dissatisfaction. The means to maintain them were huge profits and cruelty, as well as a strict officer system at one level, and Darius III was at the top of the entire officer pyramid. If Darius III was killed in front of the formation and lost the commander's army, and the generals with dissatisfaction, mixed with various factors, it would definitely cause the collapse of this army.

Li Yeling has always been paying attention to Alexander's every move. He will never allow himself to make a fatal mistake. He must protect Alexander's safety. At the same time, this is also protecting his name. If Alexander dies, then everything will be empty.

When Li Yeling saw Aunt Alexander in front and the horses galloping behind her, she felt a sense of excitement in her heart, and her face turned red with a burning blazing. Is it finally about to start? It's finally about to enter the climax! Then, let yourself follow this King of Kings to witness this most magnificent era in BC!

Li Yeling split a Persian cavalry into two pieces with an axe, jumped onto the horse, slapped his feet hard, and chased Alexander.

The melee on the left wing has been going on for a long time, and the war is basically about to end. Only some of the remnants of Persian cavalry are still resisting. Everyone is not too surprised to see Li Yeling's actions.

Li Yeling could not ride a horse, but he was extremely powerful and could do it steadily. The horse was extremely fast. Under his driving, it didn't take long to arrive at the outer edge of the guard cavalry cluster behind Alexander. The guard cavalrymen saw an Arab horse running from afar and were a little reckless and wanted to shoot arrows. Li Yeling shouted loudly: "I am Hogles, don't shoot arrows, don't shoot arrows!"

After a closer look, the man was riding an Arabian horse, but he was wearing Macedonian armor and his own. After a while, Li Yeling came nearby and met with them.

Li Yeling just now roughly estimated the manpower this time. The entire cavalry cluster was about 7,000, which were almost all the available cavalrymen on Alexander's hands. Li Yeling even saw the figures of mercenaries in the formation. At this critical moment, these unreliable forces could only be used.

About 2,000 out of the seven thousand people were guard cavalry holding spears and wearing a red cloak on their backs. The entire cavalry formed a front arrow formation, but it was still a little different from the traditional Chinese ancient army. This formation was an extremely sharp awl shape, which was most suitable for dealing with infantry. Now, the front of the entire front arrow formation is Alexander and his guard cavalry. These most elite cavalry in Europe in the Middle Ages formed a big arrow, stretched straight, and shot towards the main formation of the Persian army, with the target directed towards Darius III.

Li Yeling ran wildly and rushed to the front of the team, only half a horse behind Alexander. Alexander turned around and saw him. Now the horse was galloping, and there was dust in the sky, so he didn't say anything, but just smiled at Li Yeling, with no strangeness on his face. It was as if this was not going to fight, but an ordinary outing in the suburbs.

Li Yeling also secretly admired her. In the battle, she could still have such calmness as Alexander, which is definitely not a performance that a general at a tactical level can do.

He ran all the way, and in a blink of an eye, he had already gone around the left wing of Macedonia in the melee. Li Yeling also saw Alexander's plan at this time. Although the Persian army and the Macedonian army were mixed and fought together, and it seemed that the Macedonian army had the upper hand. However, the Persian army was almost four times that of Macedonia. Darius III still had many trump cards in his hand, and there were still many unused troops in the Persian formation.

Alexander chose to go around the back of his army, which increased the suddenness of the appearance of this cavalry. He could rush to them without any defense. Now the entire battlefield was in chaos, with thousands of troops scattered, and Gaugamira was a wasteland terrain, and now it was already filled with smoke and dust. By the time the Persians discovered it, Alexander had already rushed to their formation. Although the Persian army was quite large, there were not too many cavalry, and they had been sent out. At that time, the Persian Empire was already a yellow flower tomorrow, and the empire's national strength had declined and could not afford too many cavalry.

Just because of those temporarily recruited infantry, how could they be low-end Macedonian knights like wolves and tigers?

As smoke and dust filled the Macedonian cavalry almost passed by the rear troops of the Persian cavalry and rushed towards the Persian army from the diagonally forward.

The Persian army camp is only two or three kilometers apart from the Macedonian army camp. This distance is almost fleeting for the galloping horses.

When Alexander's cavalry emerged from a dust of smoke, Darius III finally discovered the arrival of this surprise soldier.

To be honest, Darius III could not be considered an incompetent emperor in the history of the Persian Empire, and even in the history of all the great empires in the world.

He joined the army when he was young, and later became the emperor of the Empire. He devoted all his energy to governing the declining Nuo Empire, which led to great improvement and development in the internal affairs, diplomacy, economy and culture of the Persian Empire. From the perspective of martial arts, it is extremely rare among emperors in history to be the emperor who dared to command the army and command it himself until now. Although such an emperor could not be said to be wise, wise and brave, he could at least be regarded as a wise ruler in Zhongxing. If it were placed in Chinese history, he would be a figure like Emperor Xuanzong of the Ming Dynasty.

But unfortunately, he met Alexander, a demon-level strong man who had only produced a monster for thousands of years.

Seeing the Alexander cavalry suddenly rushed out, Darius III looked a little flustered at this time, but he still did not mess up. He closed his right hand and pressed it down, and a yellow flag fell down.

Seeing the flag slogan, a general with a big beard with a face like black iron and extremely thick long waved the battle axe in his hand and led his cavalry out.

As long as they are cavalry, the weapons in their hands are roughly spears, no matter Asia, Africa and Europe, they are no exception. Perhaps in order to highlight the differences in status, most of the weapons of cavalry generals are not spears, sledgehammers, horse lances, square painting halberds, etc., and there are many kinds of them. Persian cavalry can also be regarded as aliens. Their weapons include spears and scimitars, and the generals prefer long-handled battle axes.

Li Yeling followed Alexander and rushed forward all the way. He saw the group of Persian cavalry rushing over from a distance. His eyes were extremely vicious and he could see it at a glance. The number of this group of Persian cavalry was only about a thousand, and they were wearing worn leather armor and had a variety of weapons in his hands. It was obviously not elite cavalry.

Such a cavalry team is obviously delivering vegetables. However, although they are a little weak, if they just want to entangle Alexander's cavalry for a while, they can do it. Li Yeling instantly understood the idea of ​​Darius III. He did not expect this cavalry to achieve success, but just wanted to gain more time to facilitate his formation.

Just as he was thinking, a voice suddenly came from behind him: "Hogles, then!"

Li Yeling turned his head and saw that it was Matherus. Matherus shook his hand and threw a ball over. Li Yeling's ape's arms were lightly relaxed and he held it steadily. After a closer look, it turned out to be a bundle of short spears, each of which was about one meter long and the thickness of his wrist, which was exactly the kind of javelin that the Macedonian Javelin soldiers were good at using. There were probably not a dozen poles in this bundle. Li Yeling was overjoyed. The Macedonian army was not good at using bows and arrows, and he was worried that he could not conduct long-range attacks on the horse's back. With these ten short spears, they could immediately kill the Persian cavalry.

He could see the situation on the battlefield, and Alexander could naturally see that when the two surprise soldiers were still 110 to 20 meters apart, Alexander suddenly raised the short spear in his hand and shouted: "Macedonia, prepare for the short spear!"

The sound of killing shook the sky. Maybe he didn't hear his voice, but everyone in front saw his movements and knew that it was a signal emitted by the short spear, so they raised the short spear one after another. When the people behind saw the movements of the Thousand Faces, they followed suit and raised the short spear in their hands.

The two armies approached about ten meters again, and Alexander shouted: "Throw!"

He shouted wildly, his whole body bent backward into a bow shape, and threw the short spear in his hand out with all his strength. Alexander was extremely powerful, and the short spear in his hand shot out fiercely, penetrated the chest of a Persian cavalry, and flew out about ten meters before slowing down and landing.

With Alexander's actions, the remaining Macedonian cavalry also threw out the short spears in their hands. Suddenly, more than seven thousand and short spears formed a dark black cloud in the air, and pressed down hard towards the Persian cavalry.

Strictly speaking, the Javelin soldiers are considered an imported product. Although there were such troops in ancient China, they died very quickly, probably because of the emergence of powerful crossbows. The Javelin soldiers flourished in Rome and originated in Greece. The most fundamental source is Macedonia. Generally speaking, the range of javelins rarely exceeds fifty meters, usually about thirty meters. However, at this time, these Macedonian cavalry, with the help of extremely fast horsepower, actually increased the range of javelins to one hundred meters.

More than 7,000 black javelins were shrouded in fiercely, and a rain of death broke out on the heads of Persian cavalry.

Although the Persian cavalry had raised their shields, their small round shield with a diameter of no more than 30 centimeters had no protective effect at all, and could only cover the small area of ​​the head and face. Moreover, there were many Persian cavalry not even such small round shields. They easily broke through the fragile leather armor and learned that the linen clothes were lined with sharp spears pierced into the bodies of these Persian cavalry from above. The sound of sharp weapons entering the flesh kept ringing, and the short spear opened a big blood hole on the Persian cavalry.

The huge force made the short spear penetrate the cavalry's body directly, and the sharp spear tip was exposed from behind. The Persian cavalry screamed and was dragged forward by the horse for a few meters, and then they would fall off the horse. Even if the little wooden shield was lucky, it would be useless. The huge force would directly explode the wooden shield and then penetrate into the body of the Persian cavalry.
Chapter completed!