In 334 B.C., Alexander led an army of 45,000 to the east and entered the territory of the Persian Empire.
He had officially begun his expedition to the east.
The conflict between Persia and Macedon began in the 6th century B.C., and by the time of Alexander, it had accumulated more than 200 years of resentment.
Persia once conquered Greece and burned the temples in Athens.
Therefore, Alexander had been instilled with the idea that defeating Persia was the greatest victory since he was young.
Therefore, defeating Persia would be the greatest victory, and it would also realize Alexander's dream of exploring the world's borders.
This was killing two birds with one stone for him.
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The Persian Empire was once an extremely powerful overlord.
During its heyday, its territory started from the plains of the Tianzhu River and the Pamir Plateau.
It reached Egypt and Libya in the south, Asia Minor and the balkans in the west, and the Caucasus Mountains and the Aral Sea in the north.
Its territory extended to Egypt in the west, India in the east, the Persian Gulf and Arabian Peninsula in the south, and the Caspian Sea and Black Sea in the north.
This was the first empire in history to cross the three continents of Asia, Africa, and Europe. It had already conquered three of the five origins of the world's five civilizations.
And their king, Darius, was known as the King of Kings.
Darius III of the Persian Empire was also an outstanding ruler.
When he knew that the Macedonian army was approaching, he remained calm and made a series of responses.
First, he used the favorable terrain to cut off the logistics of Alexander the Great's army, causing Alexander's army to completely lose contact with the Macedonians.
At the same time, Darius immediately reorganized his army and gathered 100,000 soldiers in a short period of time. At the same time, he also had hundreds of thousands of slave soldiers serving him.
They would constantly pacify the people and unite to kill the enemies.
If he only looked at the data on paper, Alexander had no chance of winning.
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However, Alexander's army had an absolute advantage over Darius 'undead army and slave army.
That was the Macedonian phalanx.
It was a tactic used by the infantry in the early days of combat, an improved formation of the Hina Heavy Infantry.
Before Homerism, infantry fought like a swarm of bees.
Therefore, the Macedonians with strict formations could easily defeat the enemies who had the advantage in numbers but were relatively chaotic.
This could be said to be a tactical innovation at that time.
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The regular soldiers with the most square formations.
There were many of these soldiers, and they held Macedonian spears and round shields.
The Macedonians 'spears were very long, and they would attack in turns.
Those who fled would receive the most severe punishment.
After the war with Darius 'army.
They formed a long line and successfully resisted the enemy who had an absolute advantage in numbers.
For Alexander to lead the cavalry formed by the young nobles and charge at Darius 'army of hundreds of thousands!
He had successfully achieved his goal of beheading the enemy and had obtained enough space and time!
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During the entire process of Alexander leading the cavalry charge.
The Persian cavalry also put up a tenacious resistance.
The charge did not go smoothly, and Alexander's cavalry was already at a disadvantage.
In fact, Alexander's defeat was already obvious.
As long as it was a slightly normal general, they might choose to retreat first to save their lives.
But that also meant that he would fail completely.
He could only run back to Sina dejectedly.
They might even have to face Darius 'counterattack.
Then the history of Macedon being occupied by Persia might repeat itself.
This was something that the dream-chasing Alexander didn't want to see.
If he did not win, he would rather die!
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So Alexander led the remaining cavalry and once again charged towards Darius III's position!
This time, he successfully broke through Darius 'cavalry defense line.
He himself had also entered deep into the enemy's battle formation.
This crazy fighting style also intimidated Darius 'slave army.
They began to panic, and their formation began to fall into disarray.
Seeing this, Alexander seized the opportunity and continued to advance deeper into the enemy!
After getting close to Darius, he threw the spear in his hand with all his might!
It successfully hit the driver of Darius 'chariot.
However, that was it.
If things continued to develop like this...
Then the first to die would definitely be Alexander, who was alone.
However, Alexander was quick-witted and immediately shouted,"Darius is dead! Darius is dead!"
Of course, it was also possible that the situation at that time was chaotic, and he really thought that the spear he had thrown had killed Darius.
The cavalrymen who followed him also shouted loudly.
Therefore, Darius 'slave army began to panic upon hearing this, and then completely threw away their helmets and armor.
If one ran away, there would be ten more, and if ten ran away, there would be a hundred.
Then there were thousands.
Darius 'defeat was irreversible.
The army was defeated like a landslide.
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"F * ck! This Alexander was simply a lunatic!”
"But everything went according to his original plan, didn't it?”
"He wanted to defeat Darius in this way, and he did it.”
"That can only mean that he's a lunatic who got what he wanted!”
"To be able to defeat an opponent at an absolute disadvantage, which one of them isn't a madman?”
"When Li Shi Min charged at Dou Jian De's 100,000 strong army with 3,000 cavalry, wasn't he even crazier?”
"At least Li Shiming's cavalry still had their foot pedals at that time?”
"When Alexander was charging, I was really afraid that he would fall off his horse.”
"I can only say that he's skilled and bold."
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Every time they witnessed the incredible victories of these great figures in history.
The audience watching the historical projection would find it unbelievable.
However, it was undeniable that it had really happened in history.
Not only did Alexander defeat Darius 'army, but he also took over his vast empire.
Relying on this huge empire, he continued his journey to the distant east.
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However, after the defeat, the Persian King Darius III also wanted to negotiate peace with Alexander.
He promised to give Alexander a lot of money, half of Persia's territory, and Darius 'daughter as long as Alexander stopped fighting.
But Alexander refused. He replied to Darius,""What you said already belongs to me, why should I negotiate with you? If you want to keep the throne, come forward and fight me.”
It was obvious that Alexander was not satisfied with the result of Darius successfully escaping.
What he wanted was to completely defeat his enemy and wipe him from this world.
This once again proved that Alexander was a merciless conqueror.
As long as the enemy was targeted by him, there would be no surrender.
There was only one path left, and that was to die.
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Darius III of the Persian Empire died after being defeated by Alexander and living in exile for a few years.
During this process, his beautiful wife, who had stayed in the city, had died due to childbirth.
One day after he had been in exile for two years.
According to the history books, Alexander treated Darius 'womenfolk with courtesy.
He had never touched his beautiful wife.
As for why his beautiful wife died from childbirth.
The historical projection didn't say anything either.
That was because it was a plot that didn't cost money and couldn't be watched.
Of course, it was also possible that Cao Cao had transmigrated and done it.
Anyway, it had nothing to do with Alexander.
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