Qin Shi Mingyue Taoist Master Uncle

"Further west? Where is that?"

Li Si and Wang Li were also quite curious about this question.

Bei Chen continued, "This world is very big, with many countries. As far as I know, the army that General Meng encountered should be from a western country called Macedonia."

Hearing this, Ying Zheng also became interested, "What kind of place is that Macedonia?"

Beichen said, "Macedonia is a powerful country. Although there is not much etiquette and civilization, the strength of the army is still quite strong. The overall national strength should not be much worse than that of Daqin."

"The Macedonian soldiers are especially good at using the phalanx, just like the one encountered by General Meng. Once ordinary soldiers encounter it, they basically have no ability to resist."

Ying Zheng's face was a little serious, he didn't know there was such a country.

Then he asked, "Since you know the Macedonian affairs so well, you should also know how to deal with them, right?"

Beichen smiled slightly and said, "I know a thing or two."

Hearing this, Li Si and Wang Li also looked at him, obviously waiting for the next article.

Beichen continued, "The Macedonian phalanx is very capable of fighting. Even if it is attacked by cavalry, it is difficult to gain an advantage. If it is forced to charge, it will suffer great losses."

"In addition, it has high mobility and can bravely rush to the enemy in a complete horizontal formation, dealing a heavier blow to the enemy who has not yet recovered from the cavalry attack."

Hearing this, Ying Zheng's face was a little serious.Li Si on the side asked, "So, does this Macedonian battle formation have any weaknesses?"

Beichen replied, "There is nothing absolutely perfect in the world. Although the Macedonian phalanx is strong, it is not invincible."

"The most powerful part of this phalanx lies in the formation. With the spears and round shields, the soldiers are combined into a fortress that can be attacked and defended."

"However, because of this, it is also restricted by the formation. Once the formation is in chaos, it only needs a wave of violent charges to defeat it."

Ying Zheng then asked, "How to break through its formation?"

Bei Chen replied, "The front of the Macedonian battle formation is the strongest, if you only attack its two wings or the back but not the front, you can kill it.

Once the flank is broken through, it will be difficult for the spearmen in the spear array to resist the attack..."

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The advantage of the Macedonian phalanx is very obvious, that is, the attack distance is longer, and the spears in the soldiers' hands can directly kill enemies several meters away, making it difficult to approach.

Moreover, they still have round shields in their hands, which can withstand most long-range attacks and are difficult to deal with.

But everything has advantages and disadvantages. Although the spear can attack farther, it is not flexible enough, and its melee combat ability is not strong.

As long as you can break through the attack range of the spear, you can turn the disadvantage into an advantage.

For example, it is possible to send elite armored soldiers to attack both sides of the phalanx in a deep way instead of spreading out across the board, using shields to resist spears, and then quickly rushing in with swords, going deep into the phalanx, and engaging in close combat with them. .

The Macedonian spear is the most terrifying only at a certain distance, but as long as the soldiers are close to each other, this weapon will become a kind of restraint instead.

And once it is successfully close, it will be difficult for the Macedonian phalanx to stabilize its formation.

After the formation is broken, it only needs a wave of charge to defeat it.

After hearing such an explanation, Ying Zheng nodded involuntarily. From this point of view, the Macedonian phalanx was not as strong as imagined.

"Besides this, is there any other way to crack it?"

Although this method is feasible, if it is impossible to get close in a short time, it may still cause relatively large casualties.

Hearing the question, Bei Chen thought for a while and then said, "If you don't choose melee combat, using arrow formation should also work."

Ying Zheng said, "General Meng's letter said that arrows cannot pierce the opponent's round shield."

Beichen said, "General Meng was leading cavalry at that time. In order to ensure flexibility and mobility, the cavalry were basically equipped with light crossbows."

"Although the light crossbow is easy to use and has a relatively fast firing speed, its power is relatively weak, so it cannot break through the opponent's defense."

"However, when using a large-scale Macedonian battle formation, you must choose a relatively open place to set up the formation in order to exert real power."

"In this case, we can use the more powerful Qin crossbow to carry out cover attacks."

There are many types of Qin crossbows. Among them, the more powerful ones can even shoot hundreds of steps away, and can directly penetrate multiple layers of armor, which is very terrifying.

Although the Macedonian phalanx is both offensive and defensive, it is generally weaker in defense. In order to ensure that the formation can be adjusted in time, the soldiers all use light armor, and the round shields are not very heavy.

If they were really head-to-head, they should not be able to resist the Qin army's crossbow.

Moreover, the Macedonian phalanx pays great attention to the integrity of the formation, and cannot be scattered at will, otherwise it will be self-defeating.

That is to say, even if they encountered an arrow formation, they could only thimble and shield hard, and could not spread out to dodge.

Such an arrangement, in front of the waves of arrow rain, is like a live target. As long as the general direction does not deviate too far, the hit rate will definitely not be low.

When countless crossbow arrows fall, one can imagine what kind of scene it will be.

Even if the Macedonian phalanx cannot be directly damaged, the formation will definitely disperse.

At that time, as long as you send cavalry to rush in through the gap in the battle formation, you can completely defeat it!

In fact, the reason why Meng Tian was defeated was largely because he had never encountered this kind of army before, so he was a little caught off guard.

If you give him another chance, as long as you prepare well, Qin Jun's chances of winning are not low.

At this time, Li Si said, "I didn't expect the national teacher to be so well-informed. It's really admirable."