I am the son of the traveler

Chapter 167 The Battle of Motianji (2)

"Ambush! This is a despicable ambush!"

"Retreat! Retreat quickly, get out of this trap!"

The Harlan cavalry, who were stunned by the Agirian axemen and Thrace light spear-throwing soldiers, quickly reacted after a short period of confusion. The leader, General Nicole, hurriedly shouted and ordered his subordinates to turn around and retreat. The Harlan cavalry equipped with saddles and stirrups are naturally inconvenient to move. When they tried to turn their horses and retreat, the Macedonian warriors killed all directions, dragging many Harlan cavalry off their horses, hacking them to death, or directly He killed the horse's leg, man and horse together.

The dense weeds covered the figures of the Macedonian warriors, and also made it difficult for the Harlan cavalry without the aid of riding equipment. This abandoned farmland suddenly looked like a slaughterhouse, with the corpses of the Harlan cavalry everywhere. Their screams and The horses neighed one after another, and the ground was stained red with blood—after the war, if this farmland can be reused, the crops planted must grow very well.

Prince Dickens, who was sitting at the back, couldn't see the fierce battle on the left wing in the distance. He could only see dust rising from the abandoned farmland, and faintly heard the sound of fierce fighting and roaring. For some reason, he suddenly felt uneasy. There is no sign of anxiety, it just pops up out of thin air—it’s like the so-called sixth sense, people will notice something in the dark before something happens, but few people will pay attention to this feeling until It was only after things really happened that I woke up like a dream, regretting endlessly.

"Sapir Fergus!" The restless Prince Dickens called to his loyal lieutenant, and the middle-aged general immediately responded.

"Your Highness!"

"You lead [-] infantry to the left flank to cooperate with General Nicole's cavalry." He ordered.

"Yes..." Sapir had just responded when an officer pointed at the chaotic right wing and screamed: "Our light infantry collapsed!"

Prince Dickens subconsciously followed his prestige. Those light infantry equipped with bows and arrows sent out by him only resisted for a short time after being rushed into the crowd by the Macedonian cavalry. They were brutally slaughtered like lambs targeted by hungry wolves. They screamed and fled in all directions. Although the light infantry conscripted from the poor class had no fighting spirit, the Macedonian cavalry still did not intend to let them go. Harlan light infantry, drive them away from the battlefield, lest they turn around and return to the battlefield after recovering.

Seeing the infantry under his command being slaughtered, Prince Dickens almost burst out of anger. He turned to another officer and ordered loudly: "Gray Cook, you lead 1000 infantry to reinforce the right wing and force the Macedonian cavalry to retreat. It is possible to bypass the infantry battlefield and outflank the Macedonian infantry battle group."

"Of order, Your Highness." The lieutenant-general called Gray Cook responded angrily.

Immediately afterwards, His Royal Highness looked at Lieutenant General Sapir who was about to leave, changed the previous order, and said again: "You lead [-] infantry to set off, and cooperate with General Nicole's cavalry to pinch the Macedonian infantry regiment."

Sapir was shocked when he heard this, and quickly said: "Your Highness, if we leave, there will be less than [-] reserve troops left. If the Macedonians launch a surprise attack, the consequences will be disastrous."

"Damn it, the Macedonians are surrounded by our army, how could they bypass our soldiers and fight here?" Prince Dickens scolded, without giving Sapir a chance to continue talking, let him and another lieutenant general Let's go now.He didn't think that the Macedonians still had extra troops to fight to his side, which stemmed from his proud and complacent character.

Seeing the prince's insistence, the two lieutenants looked at each other, and they didn't continue to insist. They each left the main formation with their soldiers and went to the left and right wings for reinforcements.

While Sapir led the soldiers to the left flank, Nicole, who was ambushed, finally rushed out of the farmland with the cavalry unit that suffered heavy losses. They were all injured, covered in blood, and in a panic. He and his men and the left-wing Harlan soldiers in the fierce battle were taken aback-they didn't think that their own cavalry could attack and fail without the Macedonians' reserve. In fact, they even failed to rush into the rear of the legion He returned home in defeat.

More than 1000 cavalry escaped from the farmland one after another. The terrified cavalry followed Nicole and retreated to Sapir before stopping. He disappeared in the melee, his handsome face was distorted due to panic, it was stained with dust and blood, the armor he wore was dented in several places, and a javelin that was broken in the middle was stuck in his right shoulder shoulder pad , but did no harm.

"General Nicol, what happened?" Sapir looked at his appearance and asked in confusion.

"Trap...Trap...That's a trap." General Nicole said out of breath, and the cavalry behind him were also panic-stricken, obviously not recovering from what just happened.

Sapir frowned slightly. He didn't continue to ask, but waited for Nicole to recover slowly before asking tentatively, "You were ambushed just now?"

"Yes." Nicole took a deep breath, then let it out slowly, and angrily spit bloody spittle on the ground, saying: "Damn Macedonians, they ambushed a lot of weeds in the abandoned farmland Soldiers, after we rushed in, they attacked us, damn it!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a citizen cavalry soldier whose arm was still bleeding behind him added: "General, we have more than five hundred brothers staying inside."

"Damn it, damn it!" Hearing what his subordinates said, Nicole became even more angry. Only then did he notice the half javelin stuck in the shoulder guard on his right shoulder. He pulled out the javelin as if venting his anger, and threw it on the ground.

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On the other side, the Macedonian light infantry who had defeated the Harlan cavalrymen cheered and stabbed the undead Harlan cavalrymen who had fallen off their horses one by one. The dead horses were not wasted. A group of them carried the corpses of the horses back to the rear of the army. These corpses could also be recycled. The skins of the corpses could be cut to make leather, and the meat could be cooked and eaten by the infantry of the army.

After hearing the news of the defeat of the Harlan cavalry, General "One-Eyed" Antigonus was very happy, and immediately rewarded the Agirian and Thracian commanders, but he also knew that the Harlan cavalry would not If they are willing to fail, they will definitely make a comeback, so Antigonus asked the soldiers to go to the supply wagon to replenish the javelins, and then return to the left flank to prepare for the enemy - with the lessons learned, the Harlan people will not be ambushed by them again So Antigonus asked the soldiers to dig a pit in the farmland with the help of dense weeds. The pit does not need to be too deep, mainly to delay the progress of the Haruns. When the Haruns fell into the trap, the light infantry would Javelins can be thrown from all directions and teach them another lesson!

Nicole and Sapir didn't know that the Macedonians were already preparing to give them a new gift. After the two teams met, they first took a look at the exhausted battle group that was still fighting, and knew that there could be no further delay. They went down, so they used Sapir's infantry as the vanguard, and rushed into the blood-stained farmland first. When the infantry was attacked, the cavalry could rush forward in time to cooperate with the infantry to pinch the Macedonians, so as to avenge their shame.

They had good intentions, but the Macedonians were more prepared. Just in case, each light infantry dug as many holes as possible until the soldiers on guard discovered the Harlan infantry entering the farmland. Then they put away their tools and retreated to their pre-planned hiding places.

With the lessons learned from their own cavalry, the Harlan infantry were indeed very vigilant. They marched slowly with their shields in front of them in groups of several.

"Be careful around you, the Macedonians are probably hiding in the weeds!"

A Harlan centurion reminded the surrounding men. The palm of his hand holding the shield was wet with sweat. Although the surroundings were not silent, he could hear shouts of killing coming from the distant battlefield and his men stepping on the debris. The grass rustled, but he was still nervous.

This piece of farmland is very large. It is estimated that before the war it was property under the name of a certain Gillies nobleman. There will still be hundreds of serfs or freemen working hard on this piece of land, but now, this piece of land that once shed sweat The bodies of many Harlan soldiers fell on the fertile ground, and the ground was dug with many small holes enough to trip people.

The Harlan centurion was thinking in his heart, but he didn't notice a small earth pit under his feet-in fact, because of the dense weeds, it was difficult for the soldiers to notice the pit hidden in the weeds under their feet Hole.So, he stepped on it, and the sudden weightlessness caused him to fall down unprepared. Just after he fell, a series of Macedonian words suddenly sounded from the surrounding weeds, and then dozens of javelins shot from the grass. The bushes pierced through and roared towards them. The Harlan soldiers facing him were unprepared, and were directly pierced by javelins, and fell to the ground with a scream.

The centurion responded to the attack the moment it happened. He blocked his shield on himself in an attempt to defend himself against the flying javelins. Hearing the sounds of several flesh slurping and the sound of people falling to the ground behind him, the centurion Before the commander had time to get up, he saw a large number of barbarian warriors in armor wielding long-handled reverse-blade knives rushing out of the surrounding weeds. Stepping over, he charged into the Harlan infantry who were under attack.

Under the attack of the sharp long-handled counter-blade knives and javelins, the Harlan infantry in front suddenly collapsed. They turned around and ran away, breaking up the formation of the following infantry. Before the scattered soldiers had time to react, Seeing the blood-soaked enemy roaring and rushing towards him, he was also taken aback, and subconsciously turned around and fled along with the fleeing comrades.

The abandoned centurion saw that there were enemies all around him, and he was the only Harlan left, so he simply couldn't get up, and continued to lie on the ground and pretend to be dead. The Macedonian soldiers didn't bother to pay attention to him, and they all rushed up , and the Harlan infantry fought fiercely together.And at the same time, the Harlan cavalry who heard the movement in the farmland, led by General Nicole, rushed into the farmland aggressively, brandishing cavalry swords, in an attempt to avenge their shame.

The sudden appearance of the Harlan cavalry really caught the Macedonians by surprise. Some Thracian warriors rushed forward and just wanted to kill, but the Harlan cavalry rushed in with the speed of their horses and cut their throats with long swords. Unwillingly, he clutched his neck and fell to his knees, letting the blood spurt out from the wound.Seeing that the Harlan cavalry dared to come back, the soldiers at the back gave up on the defeated Harlan infantry, retreated towards the trap, and shot at the ignorant cavalry with their javelins.

Seeing the Macedonians retreating, the Harlan cavalry, suffocating anger in their hearts, were overjoyed. Regardless of whether the opponent was luring the enemy to go deep, they shouted and chased after them. General Nicole, who was surrounded by the cavalry, felt something was wrong, but he didn't He spoke out to stop his subordinates from pursuing him - and this is where the tragedy occurred.

The Harlan cavalry didn't know that they had stepped into a trap. Their speed was gradually slowed down by the weeds, but the javelins flying in front were still shooting some unlucky ghosts from time to time, which made them even more angry.At this time, General Nicole finally decided not to pursue any more. Just as he was about to order a retreat, the cavalry of his side who was running in the front suddenly let out a scream, and then fell out together with the horse and man. What happened to the cavalry was as if It was like opening a precedent, and the cavalry who followed also stepped on the horse traps on the ground one after another. The horseshoes of the horses were stuck in the small holes in the ground, and they fell forward screaming, and the cavalry on the horses followed closely. flew out.

"Damn, this is another trap!"

"Retreat! Retreat!"

"Damn Macedonians! I curse you!"

Nicol subconsciously ordered a retreat, but the previously retreating Macedonian warriors came up again. They roared and brandished long-handled reverse blades or battle axes and rushed out of the grass. They swung their butcher knives at the fallen Harlan cavalry. , seeing the lives disappearing one after another, Nicol's eyes were broken. He looked up to the sky and screamed. He wanted to rush forward to fight with the Macedonians, but was stopped by the loyal guards around him. He reluctantly looked at the slaughtered subordinates, once again embarrassed. Evacuate the battlefield.

By the time Nicol and his cavalry withdrew from the farmland, Sapir had already led the infantry waiting outside. As soon as he saw Sapir, the anger in his heart could not stop rising. He rode forward directly, waving his whip and heading towards Sapir pulled his face away, Sapir didn't expect the opponent to attack him at all, a bloody scar appeared on his handsome face.

"General Nicole, what are you doing?"

Touching the scar on his face, Sapir looked at Nicole in disbelief and asked.

"What am I doing? Damn Sapir, if it weren't for your infantry being too cowardly, how could I lose so many heroic cavalry again?" Nicole said angrily. His status is higher than Sapir, so even if he To flog the other party, the other party has nothing to do except sue Prince Dickens.

Sure enough, facing Nicole's accusation, although Sapir wanted to refute, but because the opponent's status was higher than his own, and it was indeed his own infantry that was defeated first, he could only break his teeth and swallow it in his stomach.

(End of this chapter)