I am the son of the traveler

Chapter 17
For the next few days, Antigonus stayed in Clark Manor. News from Pella City, Thermopylae, and various tribes and clans reached him through Evanus from time to time. The companion cavalry in the city except Agnes who pretended to be him And the captain of the guard, Kronos, basically returned to the team.

The mobilization of the armies of various tribes and clans has also come to an end, but Antigonus is still full of unease. According to the information of Evanus, the Thermopylae Pass army led by Nicanor has left the pass and entered the Macedonian Plain. .

Although this had been expected for a long time, Antigon was still a little caught off guard when it really happened. It was still a day before the complete mobilization of the army of the tribe and clan. At present, there are only more than 800 soldiers mobilized to participate in the battle. With more than 700 soldiers under him, the strength is not much different from that of Nicanor's army.

If the thousand pikemen in Nicanor's army were ignored, Antigonus would be sure to fight the opponent. If the terrain of the battle was more complicated, Antigonus would be able to achieve an epic victory.However, don’t think about it. The Macedonian plains are flat, and even big rocks are rare. This terrain is suitable for two types of arms to fight—pikemen and cavalry. It can rely on the flat ground to increase the speed of the horse to the highest and make the most violent charge.

At this moment, Evanus brought a new message from Pella City.

"Your Majesty, Claire, the priest of the holy ceremonies, publicly announced that the divination will be carried out in three days. At that time, everyone in the city can go to the Great Temple of Zeus to watch."

Hearing Evanus' report, Antigonus frowned. The armies of various tribes and clans will be mobilized tomorrow, and Nicanor's army will also arrive in Pella tomorrow. The time has become so tight that he cannot continue It was wasted.

"Evenus." Antigonus suddenly stood up from his chair, and said, "Order the general guard to prepare horses. I'm going to find a suitable battlefield."

"Ah?" Evanus was taken aback for a moment, then quickly reacted, and said, "Of order."

Antigonus's idea was to intercept Nicanor's army on the way before they arrived in Pella and start a battle. Since the troops of various tribes and clans were not fully assembled, he could let the surrounding tribes fight when the battle broke out. The army came to support and besieged Nicanor's army from all directions.

Although the pikemen under Nicanor are powerful, they still have a fatal flaw, that is, they move slowly. Antigonus has many light infantry with fast movement, and it is not impossible to use kite flying tactics.

This shortcoming came to Antigonus suddenly. I still remember that in the game Total War Rome, the pikemen of Macedonian and Greek city-states moved slowly, almost as fast as a turtle. When fighting them, Antigonus generally used light infantry. Go forward and drive automatic evasion, shoot from a distance, and after running out of ammunition, there are only corpses left on the ground.

This tactic is still useful in the game, but in reality, when the phalanx spearmen only have small round shields and linen breastplates as protection, wouldn't the more powerful javelins used by light infantry produce better results?

……

After more than 30 years of transformation, most of the Macedonian plains are farmlands that have been planted with sprouts. There may be some forests that are deliberately protected, but they are basically unusable for Antigonus, especially operations such as deploying ambushes—— It's not impossible to deploy, it's just too small to be useful.

In a short distance from Thermopylae Pass into the Macedonian Plain, there is a large piece of wood that has rarely been cut down. If you want to follow the example of the barbarians next door and use ambushes, that is the best place to set up an ambush. But now that Nicanor has entered the plain, Antioch Ke can only fight on the plain.

That is to say, to challenge in an upright manner.

Because no suitable battlefield could be found, Antigonus had no choice but to set up a battle on the paved avenue leading from Thermopylae to Pella. gathering place.

……

The next day.

"Didn't you say that those tribes are going to rebel? Why haven't I seen the rebels yet?"

"Yes, yes, and I see that there are still many pedestrians on the road, and there is no sign of war at all."

"..."

On the paved avenue leading to the city of Pella, a long snake-like army is marching slowly. The soldiers are equipped with the standard equipment of the Macedonian Kingdom. They march neatly, but there will be a few discussions from time to time, and then they are stopped by the officer. .

The general at the head of this army wore bronze muscle armor and a pushable Corinthian helmet. He sat on the back of a chestnut war horse and advanced slowly. He had a Seaphus dagger stuck at his waist and behind his back. A red shirt swayed with the movement.He was the commander-in-chief of this army, the military consul of the Kingdom of Macedonia and the defender of Thermopylae.

There is still half a day away from the city of Pella. Although he has not arrived at the destination, he has already thought about the next plan in advance: first pretend to be obedient, become Euphemia's aid, and wait for Cleantes to divination After the results of the oracle came out, he and the empress dowager would be exposed, and then rely on sufficient military advantages to force those nobles to recognize the ruler of their kingdom.

Generally, those who take advantage of military advantages to succeed are called tyrants. Although they have a bad reputation, they still have a way to transform themselves into the most orthodox king of the kingdom during their reign.

Before that, he had to wipe out the tribal coalition forces that were going to support King Antigonus. After entering the Macedonian plains, his scouts scouted around and got information that several tribes were mobilizing their troops.

Although I don't know how the little king who lived in the deep palace for a long time made the tribes and clans outside the city support him, Nicanor didn't take Antigonus seriously. According to Euphemia's letter, Antigonus Ke has been staying in his palace since he was attacked, and he hasn't left half a step.This gave Nicanor an illusion: as long as Antigonus stayed in the palace until he was deposed after the oracle was announced, he would never be a threat again.

However, the reality quickly gave him a big mouth, because about an hour later, the scouts who explored the road reported that there was an army of thousands of troops ahead, ready to prevent them from moving forward.

　Thanks to [Yang Yangjun driving here] for the reward, and became the first apprentice of this book

　　
　
(End of this chapter)