Rome: Total War - Greek Camapign - Chapter 2 - Part 9

Rome: Total War - Greek Camapign - Chapter 2 - Part 9 Chapter: Strike First Year: 260 BC Antigonos of Sparta prepares for a testing battle. Remarkably, the enemy seem content on death, as they line up against the walls as the Greek warriors emerge. The enemy soon pounces upon the vulnerable troops at the gate in a cunning charge. However, with all the enemy in one place, there is the chance that a mass rout can occur if the units mopve at the right time. The first Greek unit disintegrates amongst the Macedonian horde, but they managed to kill a respectable amount of foes. The next unit forms and draws up paralell to the adjacent phlanx unit. Another unit pulls up behind the Greek Hoplites as flank protection. The Macedon menace draws weaker against the walls due to the missile fire from the wall turrets. At the gates, an overlapped flank attack occurs. Macedons flank the first Greek unit, and another Greek unit flanks them. Whoever wins the battle is any Gods guess. Constant flanking charges prove to waver the Hoplites of Greece, and the notoriously vulnerable Macedon Lancers rout easily. Antigonos orders a reformation of the Greek lines, as more Mecdons approach, and it proves do or die as at the same time the already engaging Macedons move around aswell. Halfway into the conflict things look to be going badly for Antigonos. Outnumbered but not outgunned. The Macedons had already suffered heavy missle losses, and they were beginning to waver. The Grecian lines held firm ...