Chapter 105: Han Army vs Macedonian Square

"Chinese General, you are very arrogant!" Mitradati raised his throat and roared, pointing his right hand at Zhou Yang, his chest fluctuating rapidly.

His country was overlord in Asia, which made the Roman Empire unable to move eastward. In Asia, he was the master and no one dared to stroke his tiger beard. Zhou Yang said this, which was challenging his authority and he could not bear it.

"Is it crazy or arrogant? You will know if you fight." Zhou Yang glanced at the Mitradati army that had been lined up, and he broke his lips, feeling quite disdainful: "If you want to be with me, your army is not enough! You have to send at least three times the strength!"

"I'm the Macedonian phalanx!" Mitrada's voice became even higher, saliva splashed, and his beard was raised: "Emperor Alexander had been exploring thousands of miles to fight to China! Unfortunately, he was not lucky and did not fight to China. Otherwise, you China would have conquered Alexander Alexander!"

"Haha!" Zhou Yang looked up at the sky and laughed loudly as if he had heard the funny thing.

"What's so funny about this?" Mitradati's eyes rolled, shining brightly, but he was very puzzled.

"I tell you, it is his luck that Alexander's madman did not hit China! If he hit China, he will make sure to regret it!" Zhou Yang said loudly with a solemn face.

"You China is regretting it!" Mitradati was so excited that his heart almost popped out of his chest.

Alexander the Great has always been a godlike being in the Western world. His expedition was admired by countless people. His Macedonian phalanx is a classic military formation that the Western military community regards as a classic. The wind of imitation is endless. Even such a godlike person, Zhou Yang doesn't even take it seriously. Mitrada Tier is absolutely unbearable, which makes him feel more uncomfortable than digging his ancestral tomb.

"I tell you, just before Alexander's expedition, China had a phalanx called the Qin army's phalanx!" Zhou Yang's eyes burst into flames, staring at the Mitrada Tidal, and shouted: "Their phalanx is stronger and much stronger than your phalanx. They have chariots, and they can rush straight. Can your chariots be in your phalanx? There are a large number of powerful crossbows in their phalanx, do you have it?"

"Charge?" Mitradati raised his brows, a little stunned. There are also chariots in the West, but it was really a mistake not to be incorporated into the Macedonian phalanx.

"Strong crossbow? What is a strong crossbow?" Immediately afterwards, Mitrada Tier looked confused, as if he heard the heavenly book.

The powerful crossbow has always been a powerful weapon for China to enter the world in the era of cold weapons, and Western countries do not have it. This is the first time that the monarchs of Western countries have heard this name. If Mitrada Tier knows what a powerful crossbow is, the sun must come out from the west.

Not only did he not understand, but his ministers were all like the vassal of the vassals and were confused.

"Haha!" Cheng Buzhi held his beard and couldn't help laughing: "I don't even know the power crossbow, I'm really ignorant!"

"What is a powerful crossbow? You will know if you use your army to fight me!" Zhou Yang sneered, waved his right hand, and ordered loudly: "Range the array!"

The Han army took the order and began to line up. Mo Dao, who was riding on the horse, jumped off the horse's back, held Mo Dao, stood in rows, and leaned Mo Dao on the ground.

The crossbowmen jumped off their horses, took off the parts, and began to assemble the powerful crossbows. The Han army was well-trained and the assembly was very fast. In just a short while, the powerful crossbows stood on the ground, like ancient ferocious beasts, emitting a terrible murderous aura.

Mitradati and his ministers, with their eyes wide open, looked at the Han army formation foolishly, but did not order an attack. It was not that he did not know the benefits of the attack at this time, but that he was very curious that he knew nothing of the Han army's equipment except bows and arrows.

During this period, Western weapons were nothing more than bows, short swords, spears, and mail. In addition, there were chariots and trenchers.

The Han army's Modao, ring-headed sword, armor, strong crossbow, and Mitrada Ladder saw it in their eyes, and they were very strange. Not to mention that he had never dreamed of such strange weapons in the world.

Mitradati was just surprised and didn't say it, but his ministers were screaming in surprise.

"What is that? So heavy! How to use it?" For Mo Dao, they not only had their eyes tight, but also were very curious. How to use it? At that time, the Western melee weapon was a dagger, which was only two feet long and very light. The Mo Dao was extremely heavy, which was very different from their military theory. It would be impossible to be curious if they were not curious.

During this period, the West did not have iron smelting technology, but was far inferior to the Han Dynasty. Not to mention the Han Dynasty iron smelting technology improved for Zhou Yang, even the Han Dynasty in history, its iron smelting technology was much higher than that of the Roman Empire. The iron production of the Han Dynasty was many times that of the Roman Empire.

In the eyes of Westerners, this is unimaginable. It is a mountain that they cannot reach!

"What is that? It's like a monster!"

The powerful crossbow is a powerful weapon for China to enter the world. It has killed countless enemies for thousands of years. However, the West does not have such a weapon. Their long-range weapons are bows and arrows and spears. The West is not unaware of the importance of long-range strikes, but has not developed weapons in this area.

In the Western understanding, long-range weapons are all about throwing spears, and therefore a kind of military system was developed, called spear throwing soldiers. Friends who have played Western games know this. In the Battle of Zama, Scipio and Hannibal threw spears at each other on the battlefield, trying to kill their opponents, but no one could do anything to anyone.

There is a big gap between crossbows and spear throwers. With this point, the Han army is enough to gain the upper hand. Throwing spears is like throwing grenades. How far can it be thrown? Forty or fifty meters, it is soaring to the sky. The range of powerful crossbows is about 500 meters, ten times farther away. If you use Qin crossbows, it will be almost twenty times, one in the sky and the other in the ground, and there is no comparison.

"Why are their armor like that?" The generals looked at the armor on their bodies, then looked at the armor of the Han army, and were very surprised. Compared with the Han army, they were no different from the beggars.

Mitradati's helmets were not tight enough, and their faces were exposed, not like the Han army, with only a pair of eyes exposed outside. Their armor was mail, mainly to protect the chest and back, and their arms were exposed outside.

The Han army was covered with armor, with only a pair of eyes exposed outside. At first glance, it looked like an iron monster, which was shocking.

Just when they were surprised, the Han army had already formed a formation. The front row was Mo Dao Hand, and the Mo Dao shone in the sunlight. The two wings were protected by cavalry, and archers and light infantry were deployed in the formation to protect them.

Mitradati's eyes widened and wandered around the Han cavalry, as if he could not recognize the cavalry. The reason why he was so surprised was that the equipment of the Han cavalry made him confused.

The Han cavalry had four types of equipment: spear, ring-headed sword, hand crossbow, bow and arrow. The cavalry guarding the two wings of Mitrada ladder, their equipment was spear, bow and arrow, dagger, and round shield.

"Why don't they equip shields?" Mitradati puzzled and stroked his forehead and thought.

Once the Han cavalry launched a charge, it means that the situation of the battle has been determined. Once they entered the range, the crossbow fired first, then the bow and arrow, then the spear, and finally the ring-headed sword talked, one by one, no gap, the enemy had no power to fight back, and there was no shield. Besides, the Han army was wrapped in steel and had excellent protection, so why bother to get a shield to get in the way?

The reason why the Mitradati army wanted a shield was because their protection was poor and they could not protect the whole body. This shield was indispensable.

"What weapon is that?" What surprised Mitrada Tier the most was that the crossbow on the Han army's weapon hook looked a bit similar to the powerful crossbow, but it was too small that he didn't know at all.

"I will remind you again that you have to use three times the strength of your troops, preferably ten times the strength of your troops, and fight with us!" Zhou Yang slapped the Fengqiao Joker, rushed to the front of the formation, and roared at the Mitrada Ladder.

"You, you, you..." Mitradati was very angry and looked at the Han army's formation for a while, and couldn't help but feel heartbroken. Just now, Zhou Yang said this, and he thought it was arrogant, but now he dared not think so. At least the Han army's armor was much better than theirs.

He is a good general, proficient in military affairs, and knows what it means to have good protection. Although he is very unwilling to give up, he has to remain rational: "I satisfy you! I hope you don't regret it!"

"It's you who regrets it!" Zhou Yang smiled coldly: "You will regret it, why didn't you fight with us with thirty times your troops! You attack, I defend, I will let you see the power of our defense first." He slapped the horse and returned to the formation.

"Master, why bother so much? Just kill them with one move!" Cheng Buzhi was a little impatient.

"General Cheng, this battle is very important. The country of Mitradati is a great country here, and its products are abundant. It is very important for us. I want to annihilate his army, shock his heart, and then force him to surrender!" Zhou Yang shook his head slightly and expressed his intention.

Zhou Yang was determined to build the country of Mitradati into a strategic base for the Han army's western expedition, and it was necessary to force Mitradati to subdue. The army was its support. If there was no army, what else could he do? The Han army defeated Mitradati with few attacks and few attacks on the masses, which was enough to make him feel terrified. By then, Zhou Yang would be able to succeed in forcing another subdue.

Forced to descend Mitrada Tier brought a lot of convenience to the Han army, and it is worth doing this.

"Oh! Still the handsome man is smart!" Cheng Bushi suddenly realized and agreed.

"Warriors: They are from the East, China! The Chinese are arrogant and ask us to attack them with ten times the force. This is contempt! Unacceptable! Put your sword in the chest of the Chinese!" Mitradala returned and spoke loudly at his army.

"Kill the arrogant Chinese!"

"Kill the arrogant Chinese!"

The soldiers of Mitradati burst into a shocking roar. They were the overlords here and they were invincible in this area. Who dared to despise them so much? They could not bear it, and they all used their strength to roar.

"I don't overestimate myself!" Cheng Buzhi heard it and said mockingly.

"Kill!" Mitrada Ladder waved the short sword in his hand and pointed at the Han army formation. His army rushed over like a tide.

There are more than 100,000 troops here in Mitrada, and they all surged up like a honeycomb, with a huge momentum, which was extremely amazing. At this moment, if you look from the air, you will definitely be shocked.

Mitradati looked at the indomitable army and couldn't help but smile. Chinese people, you are happy! I want you to know that He Wang's consequences are death!

However, Mitradati didn't know Zhou Yang, Gongsun He, and Cheng Buzhi looked surprised, as if he had seen the most strange thing.

That's right, the way of playing in Mitrada was the first time he saw Zhou Yang, Gongsun He, and Cheng Buzhi. There was no way to fight a war and leave no reserve force. This way of playing is no different from gambling. Once unexpected situations occur, all the troops have been sent out, which is equivalent to betting on all the chips in gambling and cannot be recovered at all.

When fighting, leave a reserve team and use it at critical moments. This is the basic common sense of war. There is no Mitradati. Zhou Yang, Cheng Bushi, Gongsun He and his friends have encountered the first encounter in the war for so long. Even the Huns will have a certain number of reserve teams. The famous Macedonian phalanx users did not reserve reserve troops. Zhou Yang and the others really couldn't imagine that it would be.

At that time, the West not only lags behind China in science and technology, but also far behind China in strategy and tactics. Not leaving a reserve team is a good example.

During the war, it was a Western tradition that rushed up and did not leave reserves. This was the Western tradition. Alexander the Great, Hannibal, Scipio the Great, and Scipio the Younger did this.

There are also Pompeii, Crassus, and the early stages of Caesar, among the later top three giants.

The one who really changed this tradition was Caesar. When he fought with Pompey, his troops were too small, and Pompey had an absolute advantage of military strength, which was more than twice his. In the face of a huge gap, Caesar decided to change his previous style of play, leave a reserve team, and send it to him at critical moments.

Pompei was a famous military commander in Roman history. He was very good at fighting, but he didn't expect Caesar to do this. When Caesar's reserve team appeared, Pompei discovered that something was wrong, but he could not call out the army to respond. He knew the final outcome, and Pompei was defeated miserably.

This is the "leave a hand" that Western historians have repeatedly praised. In their eyes, this is the first time that reserves a reserve team in human history. Many Chinese scholars also believe this.

However, they did not know that when Wei Qing defeated the Shanyu, Wei Qing left a reserve force. He first used Wugang chariots to block the attack of the Xiongnu and consumed the Xiongnu, but hid the Han Dynasty cavalry. At dusk, a strong wind blew on the battlefield and the two armies did not meet each other, Wei Qing decisively sent cavalry to encircle the Xiongnu from the left and right wings, and finally had the feat of "Chanyu escaped at night". In that battle, Wei Qing left a move, almost a hundred years earlier than Caesar.

"I can't fight, I'll teach you!" Cheng Buzhiji was disdainful.

"Rumor!" As soon as the Macedonian phalanx moved, the crowds of people formed an indestructible formation. At first glance, there was a forest of spears. Countless soldiers rushed towards the Han army formation with spears in their right hands and shields in their left hands.

The smoke and dust they splashed over the sky and the sun could not even penetrate the sun.

"The power is pretty good!" Zhou Yang praised.

The most important reason why the Macedonian phalanx swept across the West was that before that, the war in the Western world was no different from the Huns. They rushed up and had no organization and fought each other. Philip formed the Macedonian phalanx and used dignity to fight the chaotic crowds, and the result was self-evident.

The Macedonian phalanx is indeed worthy of it, but they encountered the Han army and were doomed to fail. Not to mention the more powerful Han army, even if the Macedonian phalanx encounters the Qin army, they will not be able to bear it. The Qin army also has a large number of spears, which charges, which is very similar to the Macedonian phalanx, and is a world of spear forests.

What is more advanced in the Qin army's phalanx than the Macedonian phalanx is that it is equipped with a large number of chariots and a large number of powerful crossbows on the chariots. This dense formation is a typical human sea tactic. When encountering Qin crossbows, it is a living target.

If Alexander the Great really came to China, his glory would probably not continue. Many people regretted that Alexander the Great did not come to China, but they did not know that it made the prince famous! If he fought to China, his failure would be destined.

"It's not useful!" Gongsun He was very disdainful.

"Strong crossbow, prepare!" Zhou Yang waved the flag in his hand and shouted: "Let it go!"

"Swish!"

The sky suddenly became dark, as if it had been covered by dark clouds. Countless crossbow arrows appeared in the air, like poisonous snakes, and rushed towards the Macedonian square formation.

"What is that?" Mitradati, his ministers and soldiers, had never seen a crossbow arrow. At first sight, they all widened their eyes, as if they were looking at a diorama, and they didn't even know that the god of death was approaching.

"So long, so thick, it's like an arrow and longer than an arrow."

“It’s much thicker!”

The long-range weapons in the eyes of Westerners are either bows and arrows or spears. They don’t know that there is a powerful weapon in this world called a powerful crossbow, and they have never seen a crossbow arrow, and they are all surprised.

"What a powerful sound!"

"The sound is very loud, will it be because of the noise and the effect is small?"

Some people praise and some people question it. They can’t blame them. Who said that it was their first time to encounter a powerful crossbow?

Soon, there were very accurate answers and bloody lessons.

"Ah! Ah! Ah!"

The soldiers in the charge suddenly found that they had mastered peerless light skills and could fly in the air. There were many people flying in the air, and they were dancing and screaming in endlessly.

The soldiers flying in the air found that the colors on the ground turned red, and there were more and more reds. As for why such changes occurred, they could only ask the Great Alexander the Great who created myths through the Macedonian phalanx.

The key point of the Macedonian phalanx is the human sea tactic! The spacing between the spearmen and the spearmen is very small. Each spearmen holds the spear in the right hand and the shield in the left hand. The shield protects its left hand, and at the same time protects the right hand of its companions. This requires them to stand very close, otherwise they cannot be protected.

It is precisely because the interval is not large that their rush is extremely powerful. No matter how many enemies there are, they always face opponents that are far better than themselves. An enemy often has to face more than a dozen or even more spears. Even if the enemy has three heads and six arms, it is not enough. There is no other ending except failure.

However, that is based on the fact that there is no such powerful crossbow in the West! Such a dense formation, if you encounter a strong crossbow, you will die!

After the first round of strong crossbows, the soldiers who were still charging suddenly disappeared, and evaporated as if air was air. Mitrada Tidal was surprised and almost smashed the horse's back. When he saw it clearly, he realized that his soldiers had piled up into mountains of corpses.

Such power has never been encountered in Western history, including Alexander the Great, Hannibal, Scipio the Great, and Piazzaro, who made Westerners proud. But Tamitradati was so lucky that he actually met it!
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