Chapter 1143 Famous Macedonian Generals and Founding Monarchs of the Two Kingdoms
Although Thor had a small victory, that was all.
The lack of hard power in their hands now is a fact they have to face!
After the large forces from the Macedonian rear arrived, Odin, Thor and the others were completely unable to retreat.
With just two thousand of them, they can attack the opponent's vanguard army, but their main force has already arrived. If they attack at this time, they will probably be swallowed up by others and not even the dregs will be left.
As for the soldiers and horses of Locke Kingdom, Thor once saw them, and they were really mixed.
Some of them are truly combatable soldiers. After all, they are in such an awkward geographical location, so they won’t be unable to get anything out of them.
However, some of them are just fake and useless.
To deal with a small kingdom like the Rock Kingdom, it was of course impossible for Alexander to do it himself. The general sent by the Macedonian Kingdom in this battle was Alexander's general, Seleucus, the leading young talent in the Macedonian Kingdom.
Alexander attached great importance to promoting young talents in the country, and Seleucus was one of them. He not only had excellent military capabilities, but also had outstanding political abilities. He was a very comprehensive talent.
Today, Seleucus serves as Alexander's general of the bodyguard, commanding the Silver Shields, the elite army of the Kingdom of Macedon.
In the history of Blue Star, Alexander the Great conquered almost all the "civilized worlds" that the Greeks could recognize in just ten years. However, this achievement did not last long, and the empire finally fell apart after the death of the great emperor.
But history has not given them the opportunity to reunify. The former is like the "pastor" Antipater who worked hard to revive the Macedonian Empire, and the latter is Seleucus I who almost succeeded in starting anew.
After Alexander's death, until the death of the imperial regent Antipater in 319 BC, the peace of the empire could not be maintained at all, and melees among the military leaders began again.
At first, the general Antigonus had the upper hand. He occupied the Medes, the Persian mainland, Syria and other key areas of the original Persian Empire, forcing Seleucus to escape from Babylon and flee to Egypt.
The rapid expansion of Antigonus forced the former Alexandrian generals to unite and form a coalition. Under the leadership of Ptolemy, who was in power in Egypt, the coalition first counterattacked Cyprus and gained control of the sea in the Eastern Mediterranean. Then Seleucus secretly sneaked back to Babylon and recaptured it.
gained the power to rule the province.
In the autumn of 310 BC, Antigonus led his army into Babylonia. In order to avoid his influence, Seleucus turned to the east and gained strong support from the old Persian nobles. He quickly established a foothold and expanded his territory to ancient India.
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In 301 BC, facing the powerful offensive of Antigonus, the endangered Lysimachus, Cassander and Seleucus I joined forces to fight against the Antigonus army. As a result, the war elephants hired by the Seleucid army were killed.
With help, Antigonus' army was in chaos, and the 81-year-old veteran Antigonus was killed in the battle.
At this point, the Macedonian Empire had four powers: Lysimachus controlled Thrace and Asia Minor, Cassander controlled Macedonia, Seleucus I controlled Babylon and Persia, and Ptolemy became king in Egypt.
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From 295 BC to 285 BC, Demetrius, the son of Antigonus, who gradually recovered his strength, occupied Athens and controlled Greece, and then became the king of Macedon after the death of Cassander.
However, Demetrius encountered unanimous opposition from Lysimachus, Ptolemy I and Seleucid I. Under this pressure, Demetrius made a desperate move and launched an eastern expedition. As a result, he was defeated by Seleucus.
He was captured by Ancient I and died in 283 BC.
After the death of Demetrius, the Seleucid Kingdom became the dominant family in the former Macedonian Empire. In order to inherit the legacy of Alexander the Great, the 77-year-old Seleucid I launched a western expedition and conquered the city of Kota in 281 BC.
After killing the 80-year-old Lysimachus in the Battle of Rupadium, the entire empire seemed to be within easy reach for Seleucus.
However, unexpectedly, shortly after the battle, Seleucus I died in a mutiny led by Ptolemy Claudius, and the dream of unifying the empire once again came to nothing.
Facing a small country like the Kingdom of Locke, it can be said that it was Alexander who sent Seleucus a military service in order to further promote him. Otherwise, for such a small kingdom, Macedonia would randomly send any general.
, you can come over and receive it if you lead a troop of troops.
Ares' vanguard was unfavorable, which surprised Seleucus, but it also gave him more expectations.
Seleucus was in his youth at this period, and he also had the characteristic reluctance of some young people to be ordinary. Now, he does not yet have the maturity and poise that he will have in the future.
If it was as originally expected, pushing with absolute strength would not interest him much, and it would be a routine matter at most. However, with the addition of an unexpected factor like Thor, it made him very interested.
Of course, he also displayed his usual cautious nature.
When the enemy's situation was unclear, he did not attack rashly. Instead, he first sent people to investigate the situation of Thor's troops, how many Beidi troops Thor had in his hands, and whether there were others nearby.
Beidi cavalry appears.
This battle was not as boring as he thought. Although he was pleasantly surprised, he would not take fighting as a joke and fully displayed the style he should have as a general. If he was a person who took fighting as a joke,
If you are a childish person, you are not qualified to be valued and cultivated by Alexander.
After sending people to explore for hundreds of miles, Seleucus finally relaxed and officially began to attack the Rock Kingdom.
In the first battle, due to the incoordination between the troops of the Rock Kingdom and the troops of Beidi, Seleucus was keenly aware of this in time and made full use of it. Thor suffered a big loss in the first battle and lost it directly.
A city.
You know, the Rock Kingdom is just a small country, with only four cities in total.
In this battle, even the high-level god general Thor was injured.
This time, Ares, as the God of War, finally won the battle.
With the cooperation of more than a hundred Silver Shield soldiers, Thor was successfully defeated.
However, due to Seleucus's caution at the beginning, it took a long time to explore Thor's situation. Although he won the first battle, he later learned his lesson and finally succeeded in defeating Thor after being unable to hold on.
They held on for more than twenty days until the arrival of the Mongolian advance troops.
This time, although Temujin's vanguard force of reinforcements was small in number, only 3,500 people, 3,000 of them were part of his personal guard, the Qixue Army.
Temujin's bodyguards were timid and only had 8,000 people in total. This time, fully half of them were pulled into the vanguard.
The remaining five hundred people in the vanguard army are naturally not unknown people. They are the famous eagle shooters on the Beidi Grassland. Each of them has the ability to hit the target with perfect accuracy and bend the bow to hunt eagles. Every one of them is a member of the Beidi Grassland.
Above, it’s hard to find a single shooter in a hundred miles.
This time, the commander of the vanguard army was no longer an unknown person, but Temujin's biological son, the fourth son Tuo Lei. In addition, Temujin's most powerful arm, one of his right-hand men, Zhebie, also Tuo Lei
Come and serve as deputy general.
Zhebie is known as the top archer of the Mongolian tribe. On the battlefield, countless enemies fell under his long bow. Moreover, he himself is a top-ranked general among the Mongolian tribe, and he is a man of both wisdom and courage.
, known as Temujin’s most loyal hunting dog.
Among Temujin's sons, Tuolei and Hua Zheng had the best relationship. As the golden sword's consort, Tuole was trapped in the Rock Kingdom. Therefore, Prince Tuolei personally asked Temujin to serve as the vanguard.
The leading general led the army and came to the Rock Kingdom with light cavalry.
It is precisely because of this that this time, although the Yuanmeng Pioneer Army is small in number, its configuration is very luxurious. Even people like Zhebie came to serve as his deputy.
With a son and a son-in-law, Temujin couldn't help but not paying attention to him.
Tuo Lei and Zhe Bie were both famous generals of Yuanmeng, and both were good at leading troops in battles. Neither of them was worse than the opposite Sai Shugu.
Although their troops and horses had entered the Kingdom of Locke, they did not join Thor at the first opportunity. Instead, before the troops and horses of the Kingdom of Macedonia had discovered them, the Qingqi detoured to Sesugu.
, prepare to disturb the opponent's food route.
As a generation of famous generals, of course they know very well that their troops are powerful, and the most important thing is their mobility.
Once he joins forces with Thor and enters the city, it is tantamount to cutting off his own front.
After dismounting, their best shot at riding and shooting loses its meaning.
The Xirong cavalry is good at frontal group charges and overcoming difficulties. This is their strength. The Beidi knights are good at running around, cutting the battlefield from the side, and unique mounted shooting.
Especially the condor unit, once it enters the city, it will be even more useless.
If the vulture shooters participate in the defensive battle, although they will have 500 more skilled archers, in the battle to attack and defend the city, the bows and arrows are used for large-scale rain of arrows and overwhelming firepower coverage, rather than one-on-one precision.
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If the vulture shooters climbed onto the city wall and faced the overwhelming rain of arrows, their survival rate would be basically impossible to be higher than that of other armies. It would be a waste of the role of this army.
Only by avoiding the enemy with a weak point can it bring the greatest help to Thor.
The good news is that Tuolei and Zhebie successfully found Seleucid's grain transport troops.
After all, Xirong also has troop carriers.
In order to save manpower and material resources, reduce unnecessary consumption of food and grass on the road, and ensure logistics in the fastest time and with the highest efficiency, troop carriers are basically relied on.
However, the disadvantage of this method is that the lines are very fixed, which greatly increases the probability of exposure of grain roads. There are only a few lines for personnel carriers, making it much more difficult to detect.
The bad news is that although they successfully found the opponent's grain transportation route and grain transportation troops, they also successfully encountered Antigonus, another famous general of the Kingdom of Macedon.
Antigonus and Seleucus were completely equal within the Kingdom of Macedon. If Seleucus was himself, he would certainly not be qualified to have such a person serve as his food-carrying general.
Even in terms of military ability alone, Antigonus was definitely above Seleucus.
In the Diadochi War, Antigonus was the only one who stood out in the early stage. His failure was caused by the joint efforts of his opponents, and he was defeated by the combination of his opponents, not by a single person.
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The reason why he appeared among the grain transport troops was entirely the result of Alexander's intervention.
Apparently, after Alexander learned that there was an unexpected factor like Mongolia, he deliberately transferred another famous general to help Seleucus.
After arriving in Beidi, Thor became the Golden Sword Consort of the Mongolian tribe. This is not a secret among Xirong. Not to mention, although their two families belong to Beidi and Xirong respectively, they are actually not far apart. A
One is on the edge of Beidi, and the other is on the edge of Xirong. They are not neighbors, but they are better than neighbors.
Antigonus and Seleucus sent troops at the same time to face such a small kingdom. This was unique in the history of Macedonian conquests in recent years.
These two people, one is the founder of the Blue Star Antigonus dynasty and one of the greatest commanders in the Hellenistic era, and the other is the founder of the Seleucid Empire and a world-famous politician. They are completely the two founders of the country.
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Even one person, let alone two, would be overqualified to deal with such a small kingdom.
Tuo Lei and Zhe Bie led their soldiers and horses to arrive very suddenly, and they were all elite soldiers and horses. Each of them was one to ten. Under completely unexpected circumstances, even if Antigonus was there, it was obvious that he would be beaten.
caught off guard.
The battle between the two sides was almost one-sided in the face of a surprise attack. Even his lieutenant was killed by Zhebie with an arrow during the battle.
However, Antigonus stayed calm in the face of danger and simply organized a line of defense with the help of troop carriers and grain trucks. It was with such a simple line of defense that it could resist the sudden attacks of tow mines and Zhebei.
Moreover, some of the food and grass were protected in time, and all the food and grass were not burned up by Zhebie.
Tuolei and Zhebie were unable to attack for a long time, and realized that it would take a long time to capture the remaining soldiers and burn the last part of the food and grass, even if they could do it.
Their tactical intention is to fight quickly and kill quickly. Once they get a hit, they can travel thousands of miles. Once they fall into the entanglement of others, reinforcements from around Macedonia will arrive. With their small number of soldiers and horses, no matter how elite the soldiers and horses are, they will not be able to survive.
This is consumed!
Therefore, the two people briefly discussed and decided to leave temporarily with their troops.
Of course, it is also because they cannot allow such elite troops to shoulder such a difficult task with such luxury.