Before the new appointment was passed to Li Ning, the prelude to the war was already over.
As in history, Alexander seemed to really not believe that Darius III would appear behind him. Therefore, after receiving news that the other party was heading south, he actually sent a reconnaissance fleet from the sea back to Ys in the north. Reconnaissance was conducted near Sri Lanka.
What was slightly different from history was that when he received the news, there were no problems in the logistics hospital in Issus. The reason is naturally because the arrival of people from the Song Dynasty allowed him to have richer intelligence channels. So this time his soldiers were able to provide their king with timely information without the need for blood.
But the terrible situation still happened.
Because they were notified in advance, the fleet set off earlier. However, when they landed, they happened to encounter field hospitals again and again, and encountered fierce attacks from Darius III.
This slave-owning monarch from Persia mercilessly killed all the wounded soldiers here, even posing a threat to some medical personnel.
Several Chinese medicine practitioners from the Song Dynasty followed Alexander. They also encountered this catastrophe, but they were lucky.
To be precise, all the wounded soldiers and medical staff including them were lucky.
The reconnaissance fleet that had just landed launched an attack on the Daniu City army without mercy. Although they only had more than 100 people, they were not afraid at all when faced with the astronomical figure of 500,000 Persian troops and the vast sea of slaves.
The charge was quite brutal. With the tactical and equipment advantages of their comrades, the Greek soldiers attacked the enemy several times their own and rescued more than a dozen doctors.
The injured soldiers saw their companions coming for reinforcements, and they all moved forward bravely. Although many people could no longer move, they still tried their best to fight against the enemy.
Under such circumstances, the Persian army fell into chaos. After the follow-up troops discovered all this, they immediately reported to their king and sent reinforcements here.
Darius III was furious.
They immediately sent more manpower to rush there, but at this moment, an army suddenly appeared behind them.
That army was far less numerous than him, but it was also unable to easily see the margins.
They formed an orderly phalanx of heavy infantry, advancing steadily like Alexander's soldiers.
The sand contained in the shadows frightened the Persian slaves and soldiers. The poor fighting skills displayed by Alexander also killed them at this time.
Some people fell into panic and were immediately swallowed up by chaos, followed by the appearance of a large number of deserters. Others seemed to be ready to persist, but their persistence was instantly wiped out by the enemy's next attack. .
Among the neatly arranged square formations, the archers in the front row suddenly raised their crossbows. Accompanied by a buzzing sound, overwhelming bows and arrows flew towards them, throwing the chaos into chaos. The slaves in a group poked like hedgehogs.
Metropolitan Event saw all this and immediately fell into a huge panic. He immediately ordered the troops to turn around and turn towards this group of strange soldiers from the north.
At the same time, his staff also began to get busy, constantly analyzing the true identity of the enemy.
After a fierce quarrel, the Persian counselors and the rebel generals from Greece finally recognized the true identity of this army.
Ametas, the son of Antiochus, pointed out clearly that this was the celestial army that defeated them at Halicarnassus.
Yes, they are the army of the Kingdom of Heaven, but they are not the army of more than 1,000 people around Li Ning, but the main force of the Song Dynasty that came south from Cappadocia.
The general who led the troops here was naturally Pang Ji.
Pang Ji actually did not expect that he would encounter 500,000 enemy troops. Before that, he had even made plans to hide quietly in the mountains of Pyramus according to Li Ning's plan.
However, the dangers encountered by the wounded made it difficult for him to sit there and wait for death. In addition, there were indeed some Chinese medicine doctors among them who were treating at the front line. Due to Li Ning's greed, these Chinese medicine doctors were probably among the best in the country, so it was their fault that Pang Ji could not do it. No matter life or death.
But when he actually faced the 500,000 enemy troops, fear once again occupied his heart.
However, the bravery of the soldiers at this time helped him drive away these fears. He only heard shouts echoing between the military and the government, as if the 500,000 troops in front of him were nothing to worry about. In fact, when the troops of the Song Dynasty followed the instructions As they marched forward step by step to the beat of neat drums, fear appeared more in the hearts of the enemy.
No one could have expected that all this would happen so suddenly.
But what he didn't expect was that what happened next was when the two sides were about to break out. A small group of people rushing over from the south brought Pang Ji a huge surprise. It turned out that Alexander's men, through the fleet at sea, Many of the wounded and doctors were successfully transferred out.
Seeing that his goal had been achieved, Pang Ji no longer faced his own army to attack, but slowly retreated. At this time, 1,000 people led by Li Ning also came from Maras. , when he found out that Pang Ji led 40,000 troops to fight against 500,000 troops in order to rescue those doctors, the shame in his heart almost kicked him into the Mediterranean Sea.
Fortunately, Pang Ji, most of the 40,000 soldiers and doctors were rescued by Alexander's prime ministers, so his shame did not need to last long.
However, the stalemate between the two sides formed a stalemate for Alexander. It was impossible for Alexander to retreat to the north, but Pang Ji, who had insufficient troops, would not risk launching an attack.
So the two sides reached a stalemate near Issus, and Pang Ji, who was good at civil engineering and had a large number of Marston engineers at his disposal, took the lead in using his crazy trench tactics to prevent the possible ferocious attack of the Persian soldiers, and then brought a large number of The construction machinery and gunpowder bags were pre-deployed on the front line, and they showed their skills a little when the enemy was not prepared.
The Persian army instantly fell into greater panic. The violent explosions and the rumored ferocity confirmed each other, seeming to continuously declare that the heavenly army was invincible.
The depressing slavery system pushed the chaos of the Persians to a climax at this time. The slaves who lacked education fell into huge chaos. They even openly disobeyed the slave owners' orders, leading to more than a dozen inhumane tragedies.
And those seemingly educated nobles are actually just living in backward educational content, so their fear of sanity is not much different from ordinary people. In fact, they are the main component of ordinary people, so even if Some people still want to suppress the resistance of the slaves, and the uneasiness in their hearts will only make the people in their forest more obvious.
And they were also worried that the enemy would launch an attack during this chaotic time. After all, the enemy's combat effectiveness had already been praised to the heavens in legends. Therefore, it is extremely important for the Persians to stabilize their front.
As a result, Pang Ji and others achieved their original goal. Once the war continued to stalemate, Alexander from the south would definitely attack the Persians from the north and stab the Persian army from behind.
The Persians obviously realized this and sent a large number of troops southward. Unfortunately, Alexander had already received accurate information from the retreating sea fleet.
I heard that the heavenly army led by Li Ning has engaged the Persians. Without any hesitation, Alexander immediately led his army conference room northward, trying to attack the Persian army from behind as quickly as possible.
Although the reasons for his choice were completely different from those in history, the direction was exactly the same.
That night he began a reverse march toward the coastal pass of the Syria Gate. He used cavalry and archers to reoccupy the place in time and opened up the road to Xisi.
At this time, looking at the place he had just passed two days ago, Alexander had mixed feelings, but he could only convince himself and the soldiers to spend the night in the pass surrounded by rock gardens to make final repairs before the battle.
In the early morning of the second day, he led his army across the plain north of the Syrian Gate, extending to the north and gradually increasing in width, until it was as long as a thread, about 20 miles, with the coast on the west side. As a boundary, on the east side is the mountain Amanus described before.
Although this section of the plain is not wide, it is enough for Alexander to arrange his troops calmly. The originally long and narrow military formation spread out to both sides at this time. The cavalry that originally followed the infantry also quickly filled the two wings at this time. Since then, the entire army has formed a familiar battle sequence.
At this time, Darius III, who was entrenched in Issus, finally came to his senses and sent 30,000 cavalry and 20,000 light infantry to advance to the north bank of the Pinarus River.
If it were a wide river, his purpose might be to prevent the enemy from crossing the river, but the Pinarus River was not wide, so the role of these 50,000 soldiers was mainly to block the spread of the army behind him.
True shape was still very important at that time, so there was nothing wrong with keeping this a secret.
Of course, based on this consideration, he also ordered these 50,000 soldiers to retreat quickly to the left and right wings of the main army in the rear once they received the order to retreat, so that the main force could rush towards the enemy quickly.
The vanguard of this main army is a powerful array of 30,000 Greek heavily armed mercenaries.
He was led by Simondas, son of Mentor, and his combat prowess was enough to threaten the Macedonian legions' desire for victory.
