Tristan Hughes

We get the deployment of Alexander's army.

He approaches this very small river, so not a big obstacle.

They can get troops across and there's no massive current.

Then that Persian army, lots of cavalry and the Greek mercenaries are reposing it.

When we get to the battle itself, there's a funny anecdote and one of many that will follow of Alexander versus Parmenion, isn't it?

Parmenion urging caution

Alexander deciding, no, screw this, we're going to attack straight away.

And then it all focuses in on Alexander, doesn't it?

Like the narrative follows Alexander as we go through the battle.

The idea we get in regards to the larger battle, and then this is basically it, we can focus in on like the stories of Alexander, is that I think like cavalry go across first and they're actually annihilated by the Persians, so the Persians kind of get first blood.

Then Alexander, who's on the right wing with his companions, he charges across the river.

He is actually fighting where all of their governors are on the Persian side.

So you can get a sense why he's aiming for that area.

And that will be something that repeats again.

So that all the big figures on that area.

And then I guess you can just imagine in the meantime, the, the pipe men, the infantry in the middle are going across the river against the Greek mercy.

Well, well against whoever's fighting on the Persian side in the middle.

And then Parmenion's on the left with the Thessalians or whatever.

And he's doing that.

We don't hear much about that at all.