I am the son of the traveler

Chapter 124 The Old Story
When the Macedonian army arrived at the city of Tiru, ​​the barbarian tribes in the western region who were unwilling to surrender united one after another in an attempt to resist the invasion of the Macedonian army.Perhaps because of the great reputation of the Macedonians, the Silurians and Usidians, who had always been unwilling to get involved in the inland war, also sent troops to participate, increasing the number of people who resisted the coalition forces to nearly [-].

Of course, Antigonus knew how much water was in it, and he was not afraid, especially after the Tirgtai army joined in, he became more confident.

As mentioned earlier, the Tirgtai people have always had a tradition of bows and arrows. Many of their troops are bow and arrow infantry equipped with special short bows-the Tirgtai people's archers are not wastes that can only be used for long-range but not close combat. In addition to a thousand ordinary archers, there are also [-] main battle infantry equipped with short bows and spears. They can switch to spears for hand-to-hand combat when approaching the enemy; as for the remaining [-] or so men, they are cavalry archers equipped with short bows.

The First Macedonian Army has faced the problem of insufficient long-range firepower since its establishment. Now that the Tirgtais have joined, the combat effectiveness of long-range troops has risen sharply, and this problem has been solved.

Antigonus was worried about the loyalty of the Tirgtai people. Anyone who has studied history knows that there have been countless intrigues in history, especially among the barbarians who have always been considered barbarians. Surrender-betrayal-surrender —Treasons happened from time to time, like Caesar conquered Gaul, and the Eastern Roman Empire allowed the Goths to enter and take refuge, all of which were betrayed by treacherous barbarians.

It can be seen that Antigonus's worries were not groundless, but he also responded accordingly. He asked King Blelim to hand over his children and the children of a group of elders as hostages, and he must Stay with Antigonus at all times, so that they will have no chance to send out a signal of rebellion, and even if their army wants to defect before the battle, they will be afraid of it because of the hostage problem.

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In order to ensure that the barbarian tribes in the west could be put down in one battle, Antigonus sent people to submit a letter of war to the coalition forces, and set up a battle on a relatively wide plain for a decisive battle.After receiving the letter of war, the allied forces were afraid that the insidious and cunning Macedonians would do something, but after sending people to the field to investigate, they found that there was nothing there, so they accepted Antigonus' letter of war with confidence.

But at the same time, in order to be able to reach the decisive battle site before the Macedonians, the barbarian coalition forces were also mobilizing troops to the decisive battle site while sending out the news of accepting the letter of war.

On April 4, when Antigonus led his army to the plain named Sega by the locals, the rebel coalition had already established a camp here. As far as the eye could see, their simple camp stretched for several miles, with countless painted The banner of the tribal totem stood tall and fluttered in the wind, and the barbarian soldiers in animal skins walked around the camp like ants.

Seeing the Macedonian army appearing from the other side of the horizon, a black smoke soon rose from the barbarian camp, followed by a fluttering of chickens and dogs, the barbarian infantry hurriedly took the Weapons left the camp and ran around like headless chickens, looking for their own tribe's army, but because the scene was once chaotic, it took them a long time to find their own tribe, or they just found a nearby tribe and squeezed in, messy and disorderly.

Assemble to assemble, the rebel coalition forces still had no intention of attacking. They watched the Macedonian army slowly walk to the plain behind the thin and low wooden fence, stopped the supply convoy accompanying the army, and the soldiers then leaned against the convoy Put down the battle.

"What are they trying to do?"

"Aren't these damned Macedonians going to fight us right away?"

"This is a challenge to us!"

In the barbarian camp, the chiefs and warriors talked a lot, cursing the arrogance of the Macedonians. It is no wonder that in their eyes, the Macedonians must be exhausted from a long distance and need to rest for at least one night. They didn't fix it, and just made a posture of preparing for battle, which simply didn't take them seriously.

Seeing that the Macedonian army was ready to fight, the high-level resisting coalition forces followed their will and ordered the soldiers of various tribes to leave the camp to teach the arrogant Macedonians a lesson.Taking advantage of this time, the engineers behind the Macedonian army unloaded the parts and components as quickly as possible, and looked for open space nearby to build ballistas and trebuchets. Stones can be seen everywhere on the Sega Plain, which is the source of their ammunition. .

Standing beside Antigon on a war horse, King Bralim of Tirgetai looked solemnly at the barbarian coalition forces that were gathering in the distance. The coalition forces far outnumbered his own. What Antigonus heard during the conversation with several officers under him was that in the concept of barbarians, numerical superiority often determines the victory or defeat of the war, so they all like to form gangs when they start a war, and try to fight as much as possible. Let your own number become more than the enemy's.

King Bralim had never seen the scene of the Macedonian army fighting, and his combat effectiveness against the Macedonians was only at the level of hearsay. Because of this, when the Macedonian envoy persuaded him, what he considered was not Macedonian The combat effectiveness of the army is not the national strength of the Kingdom of Macedonia - if it can conquer both the eastern and northern tribes, its national strength must be very strong.

The young Macedonian king noticed the strangeness of the foreign king beside him. He glanced at the latter calmly and said, "Your Majesty Bralim, what do you think about this battle?"

Bralim, who was suddenly named, was stunned for a while, and it took a few seconds for him to react. He looked at the Macedonian phalanx with strict military discipline, and unconsciously gained some confidence in his heart, but he still told the truth: "The number of enemy troops advantage, but I think your country's army is more elite, and if there are no accidents, it should be able to win."

"It's not that I should be able to get it." Antigonus corrected him with a smile, "It is definitely possible to win."

"My army destroyed the barbarian tribes occupying the eastern land, and forced the northern barbarian tribes to surrender to me. Which battle was not won when the enemy was outnumbered, let alone the current war .And I am aided by an army of excellent Tirgtais."

After hearing Antigonus praise his army, the expression on Blelim's face softened a lot. He raised the corners of his mouth, squeezed out a smile, and said: "Then I will wait and see for this great victory."

(End of this chapter)