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Chapter 42 Mobile Warfare

Alexander killed all the captive Muslims in Syria. They chopped them with swords. Later, he felt that the speed was too slow, so he simply asked the pagans to dig a hole on the seashore and drove all the captives in. As soon as the tide came up,

All the people inside were drowned. However, Alexander, the second culprit, obviously had no knowledge of physics, so he had to kill him again later.

Today, the coast of Anatolia is full of corpses, Pennywise said.

Alexander has now caused serious pollution to nature!

Defeating the main force of the pagan army in Syria in one fell swoop, Alexander split his army into two without stopping. One part went to Jerusalem by ship, and the other part rushed to Jerusalem by land.

When the Muslims in Jerusalem heard the news, they quickly ran back. Tens of thousands of cavalry followed closely behind them. This group of pagans relied on the speed of horses and camels to flee in panic, widening the distance several times.

, but still encountered Alexander's besieging soldiers in the delta between Palestine and Egypt.

The besieged heretics were all wiped out, and they all ended up being beheaded.

This is different from what was agreed upon!

Didn’t I always tell Alexander not to massacre the prisoners?

You know, there are countless examples of killing captives, which resulted in the death of the enemy, and the united efforts, which slowed down the imperial strategy. Among other things, before Alexander left, I used my Nikephorus II, Nikephorus

Phokas went to warn Alexander to try not to kill prisoners.

Regarding Nikephorus II, I said before that in the history of the Arabs, he was called the White God of Death because he won successive victories against the Arabs and the Muslim Hamdan dynasty was overthrown.

Called the "sword of the country", the forces of Seph Daulai were beaten to the brink of death.

It can be called the "Sword of the Country". This "Sword of the Country", which covers northern Iraq and the Muslim Empire of Syria, is very powerful. In 945, he captured Aleppo from the Ikhshed Dynasty of Egypt and founded the country.

He conquered the Hamdan dynasty, captured Damascus the next year, and expanded his power to Antioch.

Ork and Husm later marched into Egypt and captured Ramla. The military front forced the original suzerain Ikhshed dynasty to make peace. Then, five years later, in 950, they fought against the empire every year. By 953

In 2001, near Malash, he defeated the attack of the Byzantine general Barzus.

But for such a capable man, facing Nikephorus II, and the defeated army led by Nikephorus only two years later, not only did Nikephorus beat him to the point of swallowing his

Aleppo was vomited back, and even the important town of Antioch was eaten into the stomach. The war that was ignited later led to the demise of the Hamdan dynasty, which had risen extremely fiercely and existed for only forty years.

In 1004.

Let’s put it this way. The confrontation between the “White God of Death” Nikephoros II and the “Sword of the Nation” Seifer Daurai was a struggle between two powerful powers. As a result, the empire seized a large amount of land and wealth in the east, and regained control from Arabia.

They captured the ancient city of Antioch, which had been lost for more than 330 years in the Roman Empire, and determined the empire's control over the entire Asia Minor and northern Syria. It laid the foundation for the revival of the Macedonian dynasty in the empire.

At the same time, Nikephoros II reorganized a powerful armored cavalry unit, which brought the Byzantine Empire cavalry into the glorious "super-heavy cavalry era." This armored cavalry changed the era of Justinian

The practice of combining the versatility of impact and cavalry shooting emphasizes the difference between cavalry impact and shooting. Simply put, the paladin of Justinian's era, which can both charge and shoot, has arrived.

Under Nikephoros, the cavalry should charge when they should charge. They should shoot arrows when they should. The division of labor is clear, instead of one person taking over multiple positions. The advantage of this is that the advantages of cavalry charge and mounted archery are combined.

It was put to use, unlike in the days of Justinian, where you had to draw the bow if you wanted to charge. If you wanted to charge with the bow, you had to charge after shooting a few times. Not to mention the heavy armor on the body, which was too heavy for the horses to carry.

Walk.

In addition, among the famous military works of several emperors of the empire, compared with Emperor Leo's "Tactics" and Emperor Maurice's "Strategy" which benefited many generals of the empire, the calligraphy he left include "On Military Affairs" and "On Military Affairs"

Harassment".

In short, even such an awesome emperor, such a God of War who made considerable contributions and innovations in Byzantine military technology, still made mistakes in killing prisoners.

Because of his mistake in killing prisoners, the old and weak soldiers vowed to defend the city to the death. Even the women in the city threw stones at the Byzantine army, vowing to live and die with the city. As a result, a brilliant attack on the Hamdan Dynasty could only be considered acceptable.

It ended in the end, allowing the Hamdan dynasty to continue until 1004, a total of 40 years. This was considered the most failed of the "White Death"'s few defeats.

But this time, Alexander's killing of prisoners was not as simple as the time hundreds of years ago. If the Muslims resisted resolutely, how could the imperial army send troops to Italy?

Regarding the killing of prisoners, the method of the Vampire Grand Duke was the most effective. He stabbed the Ottoman prisoners one by one on wooden stakes with knives. I once told this story to Alexander, but he had no brains to think about it. The Vampire Grand Duke was on the defensive side.

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Anyway, I was almost so angry that I spewed blood due to Alexander's actions, but luckily there was a girl next to me, otherwise, I might really die.

I know Alexander well. In my key points of mobile warfare, Alexander's army first appears in one place, making the enemy mistakenly think that this is our main attack area. After attracting enough attention, they quickly move to another place with the help of sea ships.

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Today, Alexander first appeared in the Italian peninsula, then withdrew and disappeared, and then appeared in Syria in an unexpected way, launching a surprise attack and defeating those Muslims who were careless and thought they were blessed by Allah. This is a good beginning to illustrate my point.

The feasibility of the strategy, however, my biggest fear in this strategy is that Alexander’s mobile force will stumble people!

Now he is killing prisoners on a large scale. Although we have artillery, and the pagan fortress in the south is in the medieval style of previous centuries and can easily be defeated by artillery fire, how many fortresses can he defeat?

Alexander is not an idiot. Would he not know that the army he has on hand is our only mobile force in a short period of time? If it is damaged, we will be completely passive?

The empire has more than 40,000 troops on the side of the Russian Kingdom, nearly 70,000 troops on Svyatos, more than 60,000 troops on Alexander's side, another 30,000 troops in the Austrian rear, and more than 70,000 troops in various parts of the empire.

Even if there are not enough people, the plan called Three Hundred Spartans is still going on, but conscription will also take time!

After thinking about it, I can think of only one possibility: Alexander deliberately killed the prisoners!

A month later, things turned out just as I imagined. Alexander was deliberately killing the captives. No, to be precise, he was performing a massacre of the captives. I think only the pagans who had retreated back to Egypt were all killed.

Those who had been captured in Syria were still alive and on board his ship.

The reason why I came to this conclusion is that the ships sent to supply Alexander and his fleet stopped moving. This is most likely that Alexander's army going south has disappeared again!

Having come to this conclusion, I can finally relax and tell Pennywise to wait for news of another big victory. If nothing happens, in about three or two weeks, the empire will gain control over Italy.

The good news of a great victory, of course, must be based on the premise that the supply fleet was transporting supplies for a period of time to hide from others.

In the winter of 1723, which was three weeks and a few more days, on the outskirts of Milan, the Italian city-state coalition forces and the French army, which once again raised troops to invade Austrian territory, were defeated. The 70,000 coalition forces who thought the imperial army was still gathering dust under the Egyptian city did not
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