In the invisible rear of the enemy, a thousand Swadia knights were already on standby, waiting for the front to disrupt the enemy's formation and launch a charge.

Thousands of Swadia knights cannot be thrown out directly on a battlefield where tens of thousands of people are fighting, otherwise it is almost inevitable that many ants will bite the elephant to death.

No matter how poor the anti-Han alliance army headed by the Thebes on the opposite side is, they are their own elite. Moreover, the single-body strength in this world is relatively high, and there will inevitably be a large number of warriors and even warriors in the enemy army, and there will even be wizards and priests who master strange magic.

However, what disappointed Xiao Yunyang slightly was that he did not see the shadow of the Macedonian phalanx in the enemy formation, and the other side was still the traditional Greek phalanx.

There are heavy infantry in the middle, light infantry and auxiliary soldiers on both wings, and there is also a row of thin projectiles in front, some with stone casters and wooden bows.

Xiao Yunyang has seen this kind of wooden bow. It is similar to a 4-power soft bow. Hunting may be very useful. If you fight, shooting through leather armor is difficult, and facing bronze armor or even iron armor is almost useless.

In other words, the Greek region, which is generally not covered with armor, will regard this soft bow as a treasure.

As for the stone-population soldiers... Xiao Yunyang is too lazy to complain.

The only thing that made Xiao Yunyang feel threatened was the javelin soldiers in the front row.

The city-state of Thebes would have organized light infantry people who were more accurate in throwing javelins into javelins alone. In this regard, the Thebesians had undoubtedly a higher understanding of war.

It has set a precedent for diversification of troops.

It’s not that other Greek city-states do not know the benefits of javelins, but that those Greek city-states do not notice the use of the javelin soldiers listed separately.

Of course, if we can reach the level of the Spartans who were once elite, we don’t have to distinguish the purpose of the troops.

Because every Spartan warrior has mastered all combat weapons.

It is equivalent to an all-round soldier, but the omnipotence here is only within the scope of the Greeks' understanding of war.

When the enemy entered about 200 steps, rows of light arrows suddenly shot out from the array of extramarital madmen.

The opponents are all long-range projectors without armor and light armor. The extramarital madman naturally has to choose light arrows with long effective range but weak armor-breaking ability.

The eight-force bow used by the extra-law madman is enough to eject it from 200 steps to effectively kill!

Such a long distance made the anti-Han coalition on the opposite side collectively confused, especially the front row quickly approaching the projectiles, and fell in pieces under rounds of light arrows!

They never thought that the enemy's bows and arrows could shoot so far!

You should know that the soft bow they use can be shot within 50 steps at most to effectively kill the enemy, otherwise the shot of the enemy would be considered a minor injury.

If you are facing an armored target, this soft bow is basically a waste, which is why the Greeks do not pay attention to bows and arrows.

The anti-Han coalition forces could gather thousands of archers because of the tribal archers from the Kingdom of Macedonia.

The Kingdom of Macedonia attaches more importance to long-range weapons such as bows and arrows, and even crossbows are equipped.

However, only the regular army of the Macedonian Kingdom is qualified to be equipped with crossbows, and these tribes have only bows and arrows.

In the Kingdom of Macedonia, the value of crossbows is higher than that of bows and arrows. The reason is very simple. The cost and cycle of training crossbow soldiers is much lower than that of archers!

Alexander the Great was a monarch who pursued effectiveness and naturally paid more attention to crossbow soldiers who were easy to form.

In addition, the armor-breaking ability of crossbows is beyond the reach of bows and arrows.

Although the Persian orcs faced by the Macedonian Kingdom were average in armor, the orcs were thicker than humans. The lowest-level orcs were equivalent to wearing a layer of leather armor. The skins of powerful orcs were even comparable to bronze armor and even light chain mail, which was difficult to shoot through with bows and arrows.

This is one of the reasons why the Greek army was very powerless in the face of Persian orcs.

There were more than 2,000 projectile troops in the front row of the enemy. As a result, before they could get close to within a hundred steps, they were knocked down by the eight-power bow that was constantly being shot!

After leaving more than 300 corpses and wailing seriously injured, the projectiles in the front row fled back crying and shouting, causing the main enemy formation to stagnate!

Morale increased and the other was weakened. After seeing the enemy's front line so easily defeated, the morale of the not-high quickly rose.

Grayfors was also a war-stricken master, so he immediately ordered a drum to march!

The extra-law madmen lined up to advance forward. The Greek vassal army responsible for cooperation on both wings naturally could not sell their teammates. These middle and senior officers of the Greek vassal army were all Han people and would not have any disobedience to the Yin and Yang.

A large group of tens of thousands of Greek servants were listed on the wings of the extrajudicial madmen, about a few dozen steps behind, and attacked forward in great strides.

The front row is full of shield and spearmen, which is the standard configuration of the Greek square formation.

Although the Greek square formation has very average effect, it is a formation that is as ordinary as a panacea, with neither obvious advantages nor fatal defects.

So Xiao Yunyang retained it.

Originally, Xiao Yunyang fine-tuned the Greek phalanx and arranged long-range troops in front of the phalanx, but Xiao Yunyang found that the Greeks' crossbow level was outrageously backward, and the javelin throwing distance was at most twenty steps, so there was no need to arrange front-row long-range troops...

However, the army formation of the extra-law madman was equipped with archers in front, spearmen behind, swords, shields, swords, shields, axes, shields, and other shield-holding soldiers guarding on both wings.

At the end are assault soldiers holding both hands weapons.

The weapons and equipment of extramarital madmen are relatively messy, but the quality is very good, so the cooperation of multiple troops has been initially achieved.

The enemy's defeated soldiers quickly drilled into the gap in the main force formation, and large pieces of spears and square shields appeared in front of Grayfos.

In order to facilitate the battle, Grayfors stood behind the extra-law madman army formation with a big golden sword on a wooden board carried by the four.

Around them are guards responsible for communicating orders and blowing trumpets.

Second-in-command Jelson followed the army on the flank of the front row soldiers. The view at this position is also very good, but it is more dangerous...

Grayfors' arrangement was not to eliminate dissidents, but the front-row soldiers really needed a qualified commander to deal with it randomly. After all, this is a team of thousands, not a team of hundreds!

Soon, the front row archers of the extramarital madman entered the 200-step effective shooting range again, and then another rain of arrows took off.

There are not many people shooting archers, but due to the strong bow power, the armor-wearing rate of the enemy's front row soldiers (in the eyes of extramarital madmen, leather armor is not considered armor) is too low, and the lethality is still considerable.

Even though the soldiers in front of the enemy formation raised their shields above their heads to cover them, the screams of those who were shot in the arrow still came from time to time.

The Anti-Han coalition forces naturally would not be so stupid that they were shot while standing. In just a few minutes, the horn of the entire army's attack began to sound.

Clustered together, the Greek spear square array, which became crooked due to movement, quickly approached the extramarital madmen!
Chapter completed!