I am the son of the traveler

Chapter 46 After the War
In the end, the barbarian army on the center and right wing finally chose to surrender in desperation when they were flanked by the Macedonian cavalry. Some of them tried to resist, but were quickly killed by the Macedonians. Put an end to their determination to resist.

The barbarian army on the left was also dispersed by the Macedonian cavalry. Kronos wanted to go to meet Antigonus, but was interrupted by the latter's order. Antigonus did not want to miss the opportunity to expand the battle. He immediately ordered the cavalry and light infantry to pursue and kill or capture the rout of the barbarians as much as possible.

For a time, the battlefield was filled with screaming and fleeing barbarian troops, as well as cavalry riding horses and light infantry chasing them with secondary weapons. How could those barbarian troops outrun the four-legged cavalry? He was soon overtaken and killed from behind in the most humiliating way.

When his own army was chasing him, Antigonus came to the central army. He couldn't help being surprised when he saw the barbarian army laying down their weapons and surrendering. is the most reasonable.

Seeing Antigonus coming, Aristophanes, the leader of the spear phalanx, pushed aside the crowd and walked out. This man like an iron tower was covered in blood at this time. His arms were cut with several large wounds, and there were also marks on his armor. There were many dents, obviously from a fierce battle.

"Your Majesty, congratulations on this great victory."

As soon as he saw Antigonus, Aristophanes said with joy on his face. Antigonus noticed that not only the commander of the regiment, but all the soldiers in the phalanx also carried the joy of victory and the rest of their lives Fortunately.

"This is a great victory for all of us." Antigonus said with a smile. He looked at everyone at any time, pointed at the dejected prisoners of war, and said loudly: "In order to reward you for your heroic performance in this battle, every Everyone can get a barbarian slave!"

"Hu! Hu! Hu!"

"Long live Antigonus!"

After hearing Antigonus's promise, the soldiers cheered loudly. Although the surrounded barbarian soldiers couldn't understand what they said, they were still disturbed by the warm atmosphere. Among them Some warriors and chiefs wanted to stand up and resist, but the shining swords and tall horses around them frightened their eager hearts.

In the sea of ​​cheers, Antigonus and Aristophanes reminded them to remember to collect all the weapons of the barbarians in time, and tied everyone's wrists with ropes to prevent them from attacking suddenly, and then Clean up the battlefield and count the battle damage.

After counting for 10 minutes, Cronus came back with the panting cavalry, followed by a large group of dejected barbarian prisoners of war. Their weapons and equipment had been unloaded. Everything is clean.

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The processing of the huge number of prisoners of war and the clearing of the battlefield continued until the evening of that day. At this point in time, Antigonus received the battle report submitted by the military consul Kronos, because the system did not report the battle settlement. function, so he can only rely on his subordinates to carry out the most primitive and time-consuming inventory.

In this battle, the left-wing Thracians, who had been under tremendous pressure, suffered the highest casualties. They originally numbered 500 people, but after the war, only half of them were left. This was inevitable, because this heroic group Except for a few of the Thracian warriors who had armor, the rest had at most a shield as protection, and they were extremely easy to die in fierce battles.

Although the bronze shield pikemen and shield bearers in the center and right wing also suffered casualties, these casualties were insignificant compared to the damage they caused to the enemy. After counting, three barbarians died in the battle with them. More than 400 people, including Aktrick, the commander of the barbarian coalition (this warrior who could kill a brown bear by himself was still no match for the spears attacking from all sides. He was pierced by several spears and held up high. died on the spot) and two-thirds of the barbarian chiefs, and Mondogast, the strong man who showed his prowess in the battle, also died from the dagger piercing his heart in the battle with the pikeman centurion Menipede.

The middle army and the right wing, which caused such considerable casualties to the barbarian army, lost 48 bronze shield pikemen, 23 Macedonian heavy infantry, 79 breastplate swordsmen, 150 breastplate spearmen, 420 Spearmen and [-] Macedonian lightly armed Greek infantry, in addition to the [-] killed in battle, there was also a centurion who was seriously injured and numerous minor injuries.

The light infantry also suffered some casualties. These casualties were either caused by the previous confrontation with the barbarian light infantry, or when they were forced to raise their swords to support the left wing, or they were caused by cooperating with their own cavalry to destroy the enemy cavalry.Among them were 27 Cretan archers, 25 Rhodes slingers, 63 Agirian axemen, 38 Greek archers and forty Greek javelins.

Finally, in terms of cavalry, Antigonus imitated the tactics of Alexander the Great. The Macedonian cavalry, with the assistance of the Agyrian axemen, destroyed the Salon cavalry at the lowest possible cost. According to statistics, more than 200 cavalry were killed. In their hands, the price in exchange was the death of 29 Sarissa cavalry and 32 Macedonian citizen cavalry.

In general, the Macedonian army exchanged more than 920 corpses and more than 800 prisoners of war from the barbarian coalition at the cost of [-] six people killed. Some of these prisoners were nobles or warriors in their tribes, and some were the most common tribes. The slaves and the temporary slave soldiers, but no matter what their previous status was, they are now slaves of the Macedonians.

This battle brought more benefits to the Macedonians. After they attacked the barbarian camp, they seized several carts of grain, grass, gold and silver treasures-God knows why these barbarians brought treasures when they went out, they just Like the evil dragon in Western Fantasy, he is extremely greedy and attaches great importance to wealth. Now it's all over, and it's all in Antigonus's pocket.

After winning the battle, the Macedonians built a monument on the main battlefield with rich booty in accordance with the Greek tradition (because they considered themselves a member of the Greek city-state, so they adopted the same customs and traditions as their Greek neighbors), with a monument written in Greek on it. The course and results of the battle are written, as well as the names of the commanders of both sides.This monument is also an altar dedicated to the dead, ensuring that the souls of the brave warriors who died here can safely go to the underworld under the guidance of Hades, the king of the underworld.

(End of this chapter)