Dawn, Persian camp.
Prince Mitrobuzans got up early, or rather, the enemy of Macedonia kept him awake all night.
His brother Rosax understood his thoughts, but she herself was not immune to the anxiety that consumed her.
Even though behind them was one of the elites of the Persian army, the Cappadocia cavalry, they also hoped to face the enemy quickly to reveal the outcome of this battle as soon as possible.
But things happened to be unsatisfactory.
While the shadow of Macedonia lingered across the river, another demon was already attacking their left flank.
The soldiers who reported the news soon appeared in front of them. Less than a thousand strange soldiers were harassing the coalition forces. They set fires everywhere, but did not stop to fight with others, so that many forts chose to attack this weak army, but so far there was no result - Mitrobuzans smelled the conspiracy, although he did not know how to use it. There must be something abnormal like a demon, but his intuition made him immediately pay attention to this strange thing.
He went to Memnon and asked him about the enemy's possible purpose.
Memnon was unwilling to withdraw Li Ning, but his purpose was somewhat obvious. He was worried that he would not be able to hide it from the clever prince opposite him, so he gave a relatively reasonable explanation: "This is to disrupt our formation, at least to disrupt our formation." flank us during the war."
"Such an insidious trick is not the work of a hero."
"I'm afraid it's the general from heaven..."
The prince's face was shocked and he asked nervously: "Is he really from heaven?"
"It's possible. At least it's a country that is more powerful than us. But I can't think of any country around that can defeat Alexander. So, there is indeed something fishy in that light curtain."
“If that’s the case, I’ll have to check it out.
Memnon frowned: "No." Time is too tight. "
"No, I'm not worried."
Memnon knew that Prince Mitrobuzans was actually afraid. So he stopped trying and demanded, "Be careful on the road and don't confront the enemy head-on."
"knew."
Mitrobuzans agreed and immediately left with his elite.
Before leaving, he suddenly turned around and said to Memnon: "Thank you."
Memnon's heart suddenly became filled with mixed feelings.
Unfortunately, he and Li Ning had already completed most of their plan, and it was too late to turn back.
If you want to blame, blame those arrogant Persian governors.
Those governors were indeed too stupid, otherwise, Li Ning would not have succeeded so easily.
He was now riding a Chidonian war horse, constantly using the light bow in his hand to shoot arrows at the Persian pursuers diagonally behind.
Along the way, Ariston and Sopolis twice led the cavalry to attack the enemy's pursuing troops diagonally. On one occasion, they even directly cut the enemy troops in two.
Unfortunately, they did not have many troops and were unable to complete the tactical action of dividing and encircling them.
However, benevolence will lead to benevolence, and being able to confuse the enemy into such chaos is undoubtedly the fulfillment of the tactical intention.
It's just that Li Ning is a little unhappy. He had not planned an ambush.
The so-called Mangu evil tactics are just using speed to make detours, and then using light bows and rapid fire to kill the enemy's horses. This was a classic cavalry tactic in the eleventh century, and the Song Dynasty army was not ignorant of it.
Moreover, their recurve compound bows are more advanced. After all, they are 1,300 years ahead of the competition. They have an advantage in range and can shoot from a distance.
Taking these two points together, the ambush is completely redundant.
But after discussing with the other two people, Ferotas decided to ambush. Li Ning speculated that this was probably related to the warlike thoughts of the Macedonians.
He did not know that Ferotas had taken his warning to heart and refused to let his tactics become known to his Asian enemies, so he made the decision to ambush halfway, which had achieved the purpose of confusing the public.
This is common on the battlefield.
Even the enemies generally understood it, so that when Alliston came out, they fell into a huge panic because they realized that they were ambushed. Only then did the Macedonians have the opportunity to cut the enemy army in two.
However, the enemy force was outnumbered, and the Macedonians suffered heavy casualties. But Ferotas still thinks it's worth it.
It's a pity that he doesn't know that retreat is part of "Mangu evil".
And Ferotas' little calculation failed to stop Li Ning from completing his performance.
Because at this time, Mitrobuzance came to the battlefield and became the background of this wonderful performance.
The Cappadocia cavalry behind him instantly changed the balance of power between the two sides.
Li Ning smiled.
He called a Song Dynasty soldier and handed him a note, and then she quickly ran towards the direction of the light curtain.
Another Greek soldier also received a note and quickly crossed the Granicus River and rushed to Alexander's camp.
Ferotas stepped forward to ask curiously, but Li Ning did not explain. Instead, he pointed to the woods in the distance and said: "We have to escape for our lives. The woods can help us slow down the pursuit of soldiers."
Ferotas was not stupid, so he immediately led two squadrons to escape.
At the same time, a donkey's braying sounded from beside Ferotas.
Because the war horse was too tired, Li Ning replaced him with a donkey.
The donkey was not running slowly, and at least Ferotas was prepared to praise its speed - of course, if he saw the dagger behind the donkey's butt, he would definitely not think so.
Mitrobuzans was very excited when he saw the enemy's escaping in embarrassment. He even thought that there was something wrong with the enemy's escape direction, and it must be a mistake caused by panic.
The direction of the woods pointed to the hinterland of Asia Minor, not to the north of the Granikas River.
"Don't these people want to go back?" Rosax also smiled. But the figures of Li Ning and others soon brought the forest closer to the sight of the two princes.
"Damn it!"
Mitrobuzans cursed lightly. He immediately led his army in pursuit, hoping to catch up with the enemy before they entered the woods.
They almost succeeded.
Li Ning's donkey was indeed slower, so that the two Persian princes soon felt that their javelins could poke each other in the back.
But they saw something they would never forget.
Li Ning grabbed the reins near the donkey's neck, moved his right leg to the same side as his left leg, then rotated his body to look up at the sky, then slightly raised his neck to look behind him, and showed a mysterious smile.
The Greek cavalry accompanying him were making exclamations of surprise, but Li Ning's feet were already waiting for the bow arm. He held a bow and arrow in his hand and accurately moved it to the bow string.
"Oh, my Zeus! This is..."
There was a buzzing sound from the bowstring, and it accurately hit the horse of a Persian cavalryman.
"Great!" The Greek cavalry cheered, while the Persian cavalry was frightened.
Mitrobuzance tightened his grip on the reins in horror, but Li Ning's performance was not over yet.
He held the bow string in his hand, suddenly raised his left foot, and then used his waist to move his hips onto the donkey's back.
"My Zeus, my Hera, my Athena! It's amazing!"
The Persian pursuers also saw all this - because they were surprised to find that this guy was actually facing them.
Now that the left leg has been replaced by the right leg, of course the entire body has been reversed. The eyes that were originally looking forward can now be aimed at the enemy behind him.
Thus, a new wave of fear arose among the Persians.
Li Ning was seen riding a donkey backwards, firing two arrows in succession. The first one stabbed the nearest pursuer to death, and the second one penetrated the body of a commander with gorgeous armor.
The middle part is on the shoulder, which should be able to save a life.
This was the first thing Rosax thought of.
At this time, Li Ning didn't know that he had stabbed a prince to death, and he didn't have the time to pay attention. Because there was a small traffic accident around him.
After hearing the exclamation of the Greek cavalry, Philotas, who was running in front, lowered his horse speed and looked back to check. Unexpectedly, Ariston behind him failed to react in time and almost collided with him.
And the spear in the latter's hand almost killed Philotas.
Philotas jumped off his horse in fright, and Alliston dropped his weapon. However, his follow-up reaction was quick and he easily pulled Ferotas onto his horse.
"Both of us are worse than the one riding the donkey."
Ariston later commented.
After the donkey rider entered the forest, he quickly jumped off the donkey and changed to a war horse.
"I have to demonstrate Mangu'e to you." He said to Ferotas, "I have already boasted to the king, so I have to make it happen! You think so."
"You can do what you want!" Ferotas stopped blocking him. He already knew that Manguyi was based on skilled equestrian skills, while the Persians seemed to be immature children in front of Li Ning.
Therefore, Ferotas saw no need to block it.
But this is obviously wrong. Any skill is trained, and once the Persians see it, they will try to imitate it.
However, there is a prerequisite for this, that is, they have to live.
The Macedonian cavalry were left in the woods to form their proud phalanx and prepare to face the enemy.
Li Ning led his soldiers through the small woods and then headed north and east, successfully approaching the flank of the enemy cavalry.
Light bow! Rapid cum!
This is the biggest feature of Manguya.
Although the soldiers of the Song Dynasty had poor riding skills, the bumpy horseback made their lack of training greatly reduce their accuracy.
However, the enemy's sudden deceleration in front of the woods caused a crowding of personnel, which caused huge disadvantages and paid a bloody price for it.
The advantage in shooting range was taken to the extreme by the timid soldiers of the Song Dynasty. Their mentality that they would rather fail than risk their lives to get closer was quickly reprimanded by Li Ning, but no one made any changes.
The helpless Li Ning knew that this could not cause greater damage and could not completely kill the enemy's will with fear. Therefore, he could only lead his troops north to end this Manguji battle, which could not be called a textbook.
The Macedonian soldiers soon emerged from the other side of the woods, chasing Li Ning's army anxiously.
The Persians finally broke free from fear and chaos and rushed forward like the wind.
Li Ning immediately ordered his troops to disperse, using a formation that would only appear in naval battles. It was a pity that their side firepower was not fierce enough, otherwise the T-shaped crosshead would be very beautiful.
But the Persians are not stupid. If you disperse, they will disperse. How can the Song Dynasty riders take advantage?
Fortunately, the Granicas River is almost here. The first of the two notes Li Ning sent earlier also played its due role.
There are two contents in that note:
1. The naval boat, equipped with archers, quickly enters the light curtain, facing the west against the sun, waiting for me on the other side.
2. There may be 20,000 mercenaries waiting to be received as a complete preparation.
So Pang Ji sent a group of small boats filled with archers for Li Ning.
At this time, the warships of the Song Dynasty had not yet completely entered the stupid paddle wheel era. Gao Xuan, the guy who added eight wheels to a ship and made a water truck, probably wasn't born yet at this time.
As for the firepower configuration of this group of sailors, there is no need to worry. In the third year of Emperor Zhenzong's Xianping reign (1000 AD), a captain of the Shenwei Navy named Tang Fu installed long-range weapons such as rockets and fireballs on the ships.
He was also praised by the court for this.
The naval tactics of ancient my country were basically based on long-range strikes. So there is no need to worry about small things like archery.
Therefore, the fate of the Persian pursuers was basically determined.
