"what's the situation?"
Amyntas roared loudly.
At this time, the siege against Mendos had just begun. Amyntas, who was focused on the war, did not want to be interrupted by anything unnecessary.
However, when he turned around to look, he was surprised to find an army of about a hundred people approaching the rear of the queue.
That scream was exactly the sound that came out after the javelin thrown by the charging enemy stabbed a certain Macedonian deputy battalion commander to death.
As a rule, each battalion has two battalion commanders, one commander and one commander.
The battalion commander directs the battle from the front, and the deputy battalion commander holds the battle from behind.
Therefore, it is usually the battalion commander who is injured or even sacrificed.
But this time, the enemy came from behind.
So the deputy battalion commander unfortunately lost his life.
But the problem is, if you don't face such a tragedy happening to yourself, then finally turn around and see who the culprits are?
The answer actually did not surprise Amyntas.
The seven-character Sis was waving the weapon in his hand at this time, leading a small number of his men to rush towards the rear of the Macedonian army.
Of course, the soldiers in the rear are not to be outdone. According to Macedonian custom, the soldiers in the front and last row of each phalanx are the most elite. Only those who are not very reliable will be arranged to be relatively safe. Go in the middle.
Therefore, when the rear line was attacked, the sturdy Greek barbarians immediately launched a ferocious counterattack.
The course of the war was undoubtedly one-sided, after all, they had taken the initiative on the battlefield.
However, there were two unexpected situations that caught them by surprise.
First, the troops in Mendos City suddenly came out and immediately formed a double-team attack on Amyntas and others.
Secondly, in Halicarnassus in the distance, earth-shattering shouts suddenly came out, and at the same time, patches of smoke rose in the sky, which showed that a large army was approaching.
In this way, the number of enemy troops is increasing in an unknown direction, and for Amyntas, the situation of the battle may turn for the worse at any time.
However, his worries proved to be unfounded.
Because the first person to appear in front of them was the imperial army of the Song Dynasty holding high a red flag and wearing red jackets.
In the Song Dynasty, the Forbidden Army was no longer a military branch used by the emperor to look after his family and courtyard, but became the main component of the country's armed forces.
The reason for this name is probably to tell those proud soldiers: "You also have the qualifications to guard the emperor's gate."
In this way, soldiers who love vanity will have a greater sense of accomplishment and know how to be loyal.
But this is actually of no use in improving combat effectiveness. Especially after the signing of the Chanyuan Alliance, the Song Dynasty's imperial army lacked war experience all year round, so that after the Song-Xia war began, they were almost completely in a passive position.
After the Jurchens emerged in the Northeast, they lost half of the country in the north after the Jingkang Disgrace.
However, if their enemy was the Persian Empire before 1300. So the Song Dynasty army, which still had the power to expel the weak Cochin people from the country, could still stab them hard when attacking from behind.
This knife stabbed very fiercely, almost using the strength of a lion to fight a rabbit to deal with an army of only a hundred people.
Because Li Ning had repeatedly warned before leaving that they must show their prestige after engaging the enemy.
Therefore, the army led by Ma Sui went straight into the battle without even considering the fatigue of marching all night and the risk of being misunderstood by friendly forces.
Fortunately, Amyntas was already familiar with the attire of Chinese and North Korean soldiers. Therefore, when this self-proclaimed heavenly army appeared, Amyntas expressed their warm welcome with bursts of fanatical cheers.
As for everything that follows, there is no need to go into details.
Poor Neoptolemus never expected that a Song Dynasty army would appear behind him.
Although he had heard before that Alexander's army received strong support from a friendly army during the Battle of Granicus River, he had not observed this in the enemy's camp in the past month. With the existence of a force, he relaxed his vigilance against this group of people.
Unfortunately, just when he was most relaxed, something he should be wary of appeared and gave him a fatal blow.
After all, the strength of 100 people is extremely limited. Even if they face Amyntas, they have no confidence in winning.
What Orontobatis meant was to tell the defenders of Mendos that they would not be abandoned and had every reason to continue to persevere.
Based on this idea, he agreed to the seven-word Si's request to attack.
I just didn't expect that their failure would come so suddenly.
Neoptolemus had been lost in the chaos. Ma Sui, who was leading the Song Dynasty army, had already met the Macedonian commander Amyntas.
Since the conversation between the two parties still had to be conducted through translators, as soldiers, they knew what they should understand most at this time, so their communication was simple, clear and full of key points.
"I brought two commanders, 1,000 men, all equipped with gunpowder."
"What is gunpowder?"
"The city's nemesis."
"Okay, very good! It looks like we're going to get a big win today."
"I don't know how many people your army used to attack this city."
"Three infantry phalanxes, 48 battalions."
Ma Sui was shocked by this number. If we follow the military system of the Song Dynasty, 48 battalions would be a huge army of 24,000 people.
This requires at least a military general at the level of a palace commander to lead it.
But the Macedonian military system was different.
Different from the 500-man battalion of the Imperial and Song Dynasty armies, the Macedonian battalion only had slightly more than 250 men.
In later generations, such a number may not be as good as our reinforced company. Of course, an ordinary infantry battalion is larger than this number. However, in terms of scientific and reasonable staffing, as the ancestors of the Western military system, the Macedonians naturally have some flaws.
People use a simple four-digit system - sixteen soldiers form a "line", four lines form a company, four companies form a battalion, four battalions form a regiment, and four regiments form a brigade - just to show that It’s just a simple mathematical perception.
This is also common among the armies of the Imperial Song Dynasty.
However, the army of the Emperor and Song Dynasty adopted a simpler five-base system - one slap can use all - five men per group, five teams and one battalion, and five battalions and one box.
The management science of later generations believed that one person could manage up to 7 people. In the military system of later generations, military units above the company level generally include 2 to 3 sub-level units.
However, even with all the differences, Ma Sui's speculation on Amyntas's identity is basically consistent with the facts.
This guy, according to Song Dynasty standards, is indeed a high-ranking general at the level of palace commander.
