Amon thought thoughtfully: "The formation of legions on the Tianshu Continent is likely to change because of this. The battle formation used by Alexander today maximizes the existing advantages of Macedonia. I am afraid that future generations will not understand. After the situation changes, if you still stick to the old rules, you will win and lose from this.
Medanzuo, have you thought about taking disciples again? In fact, there is no need to be sorry, everyone has their own pursuit, even if the original power is awakened, there is little hope of becoming a god. Alexander's vow is to be a king, so be a king, you feel sorry for him, who in the world is not worthy of sympathy? "
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Amon lived in Macedonia without attracting attention. Except for a few people who knew his identity, most Macedonians didn't even notice his existence. As for Medanzo, this handsome and majestic warrior is very eye-catching, but most people don't know his special identity. They only know that he is a foreign warrior who helped the mission on the road, and is very popular with Prince Alexander. of great importance.
After listening to Alexander's suggestion, King Philip II inquired in detail about the conversation between His Royal Highness and Amon and others, and then summoned his ministers to discuss military reforms, and formed the first legion in this way.
Although Macedonia is the most powerful state in the northern part of the Heaton Peninsula, it only has 1,800 warriors who have awakened the power of their blood, and there are only more than 1,000 standing cavalry. Philip II maximized the fighting power of the infantry and formed a spear formation, which was later the Macedonian phalanx that shocked the continent. The first commander of this regular army was his son Alexander.
Alexander became the commander of the legion at the age of eighteen. This is not only the test of His Majesty the king's successor, but also another more important reason. The new infantry battle formation was created by Alexander. This regiment was formally organized into 4,096 pikemen, and each thousand and twenty-four formed a thousand-man infantry, led by a general.
Each thousand-man team has four spear phalanxes, and each phalanx includes 256 fighters. Every one hundred and twenty-eight of them form a combat unit, and they can take turns to fight alternately during the battle. This most basic combat unit was further divided into two small teams, each with sixty-four people, commanded by a captain.
Philip II sent the most experienced generals in the kingdom to assist Alexander in the military formation, and Medanzo also often instructed Alexander and helped make suggestions.
These 4,000 pikemen are the core of the legion's operations, and Amon has pointed out the fatal flaws in this battle formation, so they usually have to train various arms to cooperate and protect the flanks. Cavalry and auxiliary infantry are also important combat forces of this legion. , most of them are composed of regular samurai.
Philip II had the ambition to unify the Sidon Peninsula. If he wanted to realize it, he started with building this legion, and let Alexander establish authority in the process of forming the legion. Alexander, the 18-year-old legion commander, is the future heir of the Macedonian Kingdom, and Philip II also hopes that he can gradually control the military from now on.
Since the return of the mission led by Aristotle, the shameful acts of treachery of the Yalun people have been made public, and everyone is waiting for when Philip II will send troops to attack Yalun. However, after the formation of the new legion, the first target of Philip II's conquest was Delphi in the central part of the Heaton Peninsula.
The first army formed by Alexander himself was called the Delphi Legion. When Philip II decided to drive himself to conquer, he decided to keep Alexander in the Macedonian prison, and His Majesty the King personally acted as the head of the legion. This legion has a chief priest and two deputy chief priests. The former high priest of Yalun, Merlin, is one of the deputy chief priests. The great warrior Imole who surrendered with Merlin is also one of the four generals commanding the thousand-man team.
It took a year to form and train the army, but it was left behind when it was time to go out. One can imagine the depression in Alexander's heart. Philip II said to him: "My son, don't worry, everything in Macedonia will be yours in the future. Delphi is a very special place for all Hidonians, and some things are not suitable for you. Do."
How special is Delphi? It is the "sacred place" of the gods of Olympus on the Heaton Peninsula. In terms of scale, Delphi is only equivalent to a small city-state. It has no walls and is built on the halfway of a mountain. The main buildings are various temples, and the main residents are priests in each temple. The city-state dedicated slaves to these priests.
As we all know, there are twelve main gods in the Olympus pantheon, and the main gods believed by each city-state are different, and they do their own things in the world. However, the existence of the concept of "United Kingdom of Heaton" is not only due to geographical reasons. Although the states are independent, there has always been a "Pan Heaton Alliance", and the core of maintaining this alliance is the God of Delphi. enjoin.
When the states of Heaton wanted to act together, they would send representatives to Delphi to ask the gods for instructions. The oracle obtained here was called the Delphi oracle, which had the highest authority beyond the oracle of the city-states. And the annual sacrificial ceremony here, all the states will send representatives to participate, it is the most important ritual in the United Kingdom of Heaton.
Therefore, the status of Delphi is nominally independent from the states, and it is not involved in the civil war disputes between the city-states. However, Delphi's superficially detached status is bound to be affected by the complicated political and military affairs in the world. Those who offered sacrifices to the gods were also Yalunites.
Now the Yalun League is in a difficult situation, the Kibata League has an absolute upper hand in the struggle for hegemony, and the power to promulgate the Delphic oracle is controlled by the Kibata people. This has become commonplace in the history of the Heaton Peninsula. It is often the most powerful state that has the power to issue the Delphic oracle by virtue of its strength, and thus in fact becomes the leader of the United Kingdom of Heaton.
But what Philip II had to do was different from his predecessors in history. According to the original tradition, he had to make the city-states surrender, establish the most powerful Macedonian alliance, and then try to control the Delphic oracle. However, he sent troops very simply and decided to directly occupy Delphi. This move would inevitably arouse fear and opposition from other city-states.
In doing so, Philip II would have made all potential enemies open opponents, but he decided anyway. This may be related to the oracle of Zeus, but the more important reason is that Philip II did not just want to be the overlord of the Heaton Peninsula, nor did he want to establish a powerful Macedonian alliance, but to unify the Heaton Peninsula into a complete country.
If the occupation of Delphi succeeds, it will lay the foundation for the Macedonian Kingdom to completely unify the Heaton Peninsula in the future; if it fails unfortunately, it will be an act of making enemies, and maybe it will offend the gods and expose all potential enemies. So this time Philip II decided to conquest himself, and did not allow his heir Alexander to participate.
At Alexander's age, he was naturally adventurous and impulsive. For such an important event, the legion formed by him was the one who went out, but he himself was unable to participate. Naturally, he was depressed, and he was not interested in anything. At this time, he thought of the old pedant Aristotle who always taught him dutifully on weekdays, so he ran to the teacher to complain.
Aristotle smiled and comforted him and said, "The king conquers himself and leaves the heir to the throne to oversee the country. This is the most normal way, and this is your responsibility. Shoulder your own responsibilities, why do you sigh?"
Alexander said with some frustration: "I understand this truth, otherwise I wouldn't stay in Macedonia obediently. But that is the battle formation I created myself, the army I formed and trained by myself, and I have no chance to carry out such a major task." Participating, you can't personally verify its combat effectiveness and enjoy the glory and achievements."
Aristotle persuaded again: "War not only means glory and achievement, this battle will determine the future of the Heaton Peninsula, and even the status of the gods. No one will let a nineteen-year-old who has never It is irresponsible for the fate of the entire kingdom to command the generals who have been on the battlefield.
If your father succeeds, the glory and achievements still belong to you, because that is the legion you formed and trained, but the command on the battlefield should be in charge of more experienced people. Summarizing the gains and losses of this new combat method in actual combat will allow you to better perform and train your army formation in the future.
If this expedition unfortunately fails, or even offends the gods, it is not your fault. The Kingdom of Macedon is still there, and you will inherit it, and all your experiences and lessons. What your father did was actually to bear the possible crimes and remove as many obstacles as possible for you. Instead of sighing, you should be filled with gratitude. "
Aristotle was clearly telling Alexander that Philip II would do all the dirty and tiring work, and he would also bear the consequences of offending the gods and the infamy he would incur. Achievements are left to future heirs. Philip II may not have been a benevolent and wise monarch, but from a father's point of view, what he did for Alexander was close to perfection.
Alexander calmed down a bit. Of course he could figure out these reasons, but he asked a little unwillingly: "I heard that Mr. Amon was only nineteen years old when he was the commander of the Ejuen-La Legion. That is also the legion that he and Mr. Medan Zuo formed and trained. If Mr. Amon was left behind during the expedition, what would he think?"
Aristotle smiled slightly: "You can ask Amon."
Amon just walked in and replied calmly: "Your Highness, my situation is different from yours. I have no responsibility to supervise the country, and the purpose of my going to the battlefield is to save my people. At that time, An- The La Legion is just a partial division, purely to attract the attention of the enemy, no one expects me to win the battle.
In that expedition, the real main forces were the Horus Legion and the Isis Legion led by Pharaoh. It was because the main force was defeated that I had my achievements. And the Delphic Legion you formed today is the main force of the Macedonian army, led by your father himself. If you take me as an example, do you want your father to fail and wait for yourself to succeed? "
Alexander quickly stood up and explained: "I have absolutely no such idea!"
Amon nodded and said: "Since you don't have such thoughts, don't have such sighs. When we sigh, we must be clear about what we are sighing!"
In front of this god, Alexander couldn't help but behave himself. He bowed and said, "I understand. Thank you sir for your explanation."
Aristotle said again: "Your identity is not just a legion commander, and you are not only interested in the military. You will inherit this kingdom in the future, and now you can learn from the ministers how to handle various government affairs. Solve all aspects of governing a country. Now that you understand, hurry back to the palace."
Alexander left, and Medanzuo walked into the room, frowning and said: "Philip II captured Delphi first, this is an act of making enemies, if not done, it will offend the gods, no matter whether you win or lose, you are poking a hornet's nest. "
Amon smiled and said: "I'm afraid that's the intention of a certain god. To unify the Heaton Peninsula is to unify the Olympus gods. To complete this task, the Macedonian Kingdom must first control the Olympus gods in the world." holy place."
Medanzuo said again: "The oracle of Delphi today is issued by the temple of Apollo, while the oracle of Delphi a long time ago was issued by the temple of Themis. This goddess of Themis is not you The Artemis I know is not one of the twelve main gods of Olympus today, have you heard of her?"
Amon shook his head and said: "I don't really understand, this situation may be caused by the battle of the gods, because Zeus replaced the original creation god."
Medanzo asked again: "But why is the oracle of Delphi issued by the Temple of Apollo?"
Aristotle explained: "I don't want to interrupt about the gods, but I know the history of Heaton better. According to ancient legends, in the battle of the gods you mentioned, Zeus won, and Apollo It may be that he contributed the most, which is the result of his victory. On the other hand, he may have received the most contribution in the world, which is the result of historical inheritance. As for the goddess Themis, it is the fairness and justice in the myth of Heaton. God of justice, the Oracle of Delphi was issued by her temple long ago."
Medanzuo smiled: "If Philip II occupied Delphi and the Kingdom of Macedonia controlled the right to issue the oracle of Delphi, then the oracle of Delphi would probably be issued from the Temple of Zeus, and Apollo might not be willing. .”
Amon also smiled: "Zeus is willing to see."
Aristotle said with a wry smile: "Do you still remember the drama I saw in the city of Yalun? The temple of Apollo held the oracle of Delphi, so this god was ridiculed the most in the world. In "Oedipus the King "In that play, the words 'Know thyself' are inscribed on the wall of the Temple of Apollo, referring to the Temple of Apollo at Delphi."
Amon said with emotion: "Actually, if that is the case, it is also written for the gods, and the gods should know what kind of god they are."