King Alexander
When Alexander was king, we have never lost any battle. The Macedonians attacking the Persians and their king Darius was because of their invasion in the 5th century and the fact that they planned to make us drink our own blood. Which meant killing us and driving us out of Asia minor. We also fought Greek mercenaries who were campaigning against Darius. Ironically, this city was known as Sparta; they had once lost their king together with 300 warriors in the battle of Thermopylae in an attempted Persian invasion, seeking help in their efforts to overthrow Alexander. However, our troops, especially those stationed in Asian minors, were well organized, trained, and patriotic to our own territory. Agis, the king of Sparta, collaborated with Persians to have the Phalasarana harbor fortified.
Alexander was made to believe that he was born through a divine birth. Nothing ever discouraged this belief. However, his personality was a great paradox. He was of great charisms, but his character was full of contradictions. However, he knew how to motivate his army to achieve what was thought to be impossible. He was a visionary and was also able to dream, plan, and strategize, which gave us a chance to win almost all battles. Note that most troops used to outnumber our troops. He was more devoted to training us on fighting various battles, giving us honors, making us face each battle with a lot of confidence and devotions. Given that Alexander was young, it helped in extending his influence.
Persians developed a scorched earth strategy. They hoped to destroy the land called Infront of Asian minor to make our army turn back and starve. However, we advanced more into the Persian territory, and Darius ordered Anatolia provinces to pool all the necessary resources together and attack the Macedonian army. The battle was fought at the Granicus River in Northwestern Asia minor. The troop from the Persian empire gathered themselves around the riverbanks of the Granicus River. Most times, we fought near the riverbanks to minimize the Persians’ advantage in terms of numbers. Also, Persian troops used to perform poorly in a cramped, muddy riverbank.
The Persians Calvary was placed in Infront of the infantry near the east bank of the river. The Macedonians, the calvary led by alexander was placed at the right side, heavily armed phalanxes at the middle and Thessalian cavalry on the left. The Persians hoped that the main attack was to emanate from Alexander, placed on the right, and the Thessalian cavalry placed on the left. Parmenion thought of crossing the river the following day and launching their attack at dawn while Alexander ordered that the attack be carried out immediately. He suggested that a certain group of troops to attack the Persians from Macedonian on the right side to draw the Persians troops into the river. Alexander successfully got into the Persian line and led his troops to the right to buy time for the Persians infantry to cross the river. Most of the high-ranking individuals in Persia were killed by Alexander himself together with his bodyguards. Even though Alexander was also confronted with an ax blow by a Persian nobleman, before he could use the death-blow, he was also killed by Cletus the black; the Macedonian cavalry left a crack the Persian line while the Macedonian infantry advanced, making the enemy to retreat. When the Persian Cavalry saw this, they fled the battlefield as the Macedonians also captured their Greek Mercenary infantry