Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

The Persian sickle chariots, though formidable weapons, were either shot at by light infantry or destroyed by legionaries, causing minimal damage to the Dionysian army in the face of the Dionysian army's well-prepared tactics.

Therefore, soon after the chariots and elephants were launched, the king of Persia dispatched 3,000 cavalrymen to the front of the middle column, hoping that they could follow the onslaught of the chariots and elephants and completely break the Dionysian army.

The Persian immortal army consisted not only of infantry, but also of chariots and cavalry, and these 3,000 horsemen were part of the immortal army. They were the best of the huge Persian cavalry, and rode on the strongest and tallest horses, which were covered with armor, and the horsemen wore full leather armor and carried Persian sabers, as well as double-edged hand axes and bows and arrows. In the traditional strategy of the Immortals, the cavalry was the second round of attack after the chariots, and often defeated the enemy without waiting for the infantry to move out, which they hoped to do this time.

After the king of Persia gave the order, the cavalry began to jog forward in a horizontal formation of three columns across the entire front of the middle (the reason why they did not take a dense diamond-shaped array, Terebasus considered that the impact of the chariots and war elephants must have caused damage to the Dionysian army, and the cavalry's charge was not much of an obstacle, so he wanted to maximize the range of the cavalry's attack, and cause more extensive damage to the Dionysian array, making it difficult for them to recover, and allowing the infantry's subsequent charge to completely crush the middle of the Dionysian army).

The cavalry, however, encountered some trouble soon after they set out, as they ran head-on into the fleeing war elephants, who were so sensitive and irritable due to their injuries that they saw the Persian cavalry coming at them and thought it was a disadvantage.

A very few of the elephants lost control of their backs in a run and crashed straight into the dense infantry array, causing a commotion.

Artaxerxes felt a little uneasy at the sight of this: "Terebassus, what is going on?!"

Trebassus did not dare to respond directly, but reminded urgently, "My king, the undead cavalry has been dispatched, and it is time to launch a full-scale attack!"

"Now?" This was a plan that had already been drawn up, but as things came to a head, Altaxerxes hesitated again.

On the contrary, he was glad that the Persian king's attention had been diverted. He had led his troops into battle many times, and he knew that the greatest disadvantage of war elephants was that they were difficult to control. "Chariots, war elephants, and cavalry have already struck at the Dionysian middle formation one after another, and we must seize this opportunity to launch a full-scale attack and completely rout the enemy on the opposite side!"

Trebassus' words temporarily dispelled the haze that had risen in Altaxerxes' heart again, and he nodded his head with renewed vigor.

Hearing the high-pitched bugle call and seeing the Persian orderlies running past in front of him, Remy took a deep breath, knowing that the moment that would decide the survival of his tribe was finally upon him, and suddenly his heavy heart was filled with relief, for he had been suffering for a long time, and now he was finally getting results.

He looked back at the Persian commander, who had been shouting for an attack from the rear, and smiled with contempt.

At the front of the rightmost wing of the Persian army, Mardonius, who was waiting impatiently, received an order from the king of Persia, which was relayed by the orderlies, and at once turned his anger into joy, waving his long saber in his hand impatiently: "Attack! Offensive! ......"

He was so excited not only because he was the son and grandson of Gobryas, but also the son and grandson of the commander of the Persian army who had commanded the battle of Plataea, where he had died bravely on the battlefield. Mardonius had decided to take the lead in the battle and clear his family's name.

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The undead cavalry's horizontal formation was long, and the slight confusion caused by the flight of a dozen war elephants was not enough to affect the advance of the entire group, but the next few thousand Dionysian light infantrymen shot a shower of arrows that caused the Persian cavalry more trouble.

McGargides, satisfied with the sight of the Persian cavalrymen rolling to the ground with their horses and men in the distance, was about to take out his second arrow when the cries of his officers rang out in his ears, but the battlefield was too noisy for him to really hear. Retreat!"

Micah Geddes, dragged back by his teammates, said loudly and resignedly, "There's still time for one more arrow!"

"Bullshit!" The teammate cursed, "It will take time for the heavy infantry to line up!"

In traditional Greek battles, the light infantry acted as auxiliaries, attacking and retreating on their own, while in the Dionysian army, the various branches of the army needed to work closely together, to which he, as a new recruit, had not yet fully adapted.

Megakides and his teammates fled into the infantry array, while Alcinis and the other officers looked forward nervously, the Bosnian cavalry was coming fast and was already very close to the infantry line.

"Javelin!" Alcinis shouted, and the ready legionnaires threw their javelins.

The Persian cavalry and horses were easily pierced by the heavy javelins, and fell in pieces with screams and sobs, hindering the advance of the cavalry behind them.

Taking advantage of the confusion, the rear squads that had finished throwing their javelins quickly came up, joining the front squads, but also blocking the light infantry that had not yet been able to withdraw to the rear of the array.

The undead cavalrymen who were fortunate enough to escape the long-range attack never thought that the Dionysian army could remain so intact after the impact of the chariots and war elephants, but as the most elite and courageous soldiers of Persia, they did not hesitate to move forward in the face of the well-prepared shield wall of spears.

The dense bayonet spears poked the horses, but they could not stop the tremendous kinetic energy contained in the nearly 1,000 pounds of weight as they continued to run, and in the mournful cry of the horses, "Boom! Boom! Boom! ......" the tremors continued to ring out, along with shouts of alarm, and the soldiers in front of them were knocked out of the sky, and a small gap appeared in the middle of the formation.

But unfortunately the Persian cavalry, with only three horizontal columns and weakened by arrows and javelins, could not sustain themselves after this round of impact, and the Persian infantry array was still halfway forward, so the Dionysian soldiers quickly destroyed the immortal cavalry that had fallen into the line.

"Your Majesty, it appears that our infantry squads have held off the Persian cavalry and have not suffered too many casualties ...... There is no need to use the reserves to replace them for now." Felicius, who had been paying close attention to the situation in the middle, said loudly and happily.

Amintas, Epithenius and other veteran generals were relieved when they heard this: they had a lifetime of military experience and were extremely experienced in warfare, but they had never encountered such thrilling scenes as today's battle, where chariots, war elephants, and cavalry took turns striking the military formation.

The Persian infantry are coming up. Their cavalry on both wings should be attacking as well " said Davos in a calm voice, pausing to ask, "Our casts are coming up.

"The Persian infantry is coming up, and the cavalry on their flanks should be attacking as well ......" said Davos in a steady tone, and after a pause, he asked: "Have our stone-throwers started attacking? "

The Persians' full-scale attack had just begun, and the Bariariari stone-throwers were located on the two wings of the army, eight or nine miles away from the command center in the middle.

Felicius was momentarily dumb, but it was Tormid, who was beside him, who reacted quickly: "Your Majesty, I beg your pardon! Although the citizens of Bariariari are less likely to be recruited after the incorporation of Bariariari into the Kingdom, they have participated in the training of Iberian military camps for many years and have no problems cooperating with other soldiers.

Davos nodded his head after hearing this, and said leisurely, "As long as we can crush the Persian cavalry again, I have nothing to worry about in this war."

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Drive! Drive! Yo! Yo! ...... amidst the constant yelling of various accents, more than 30,000 cavalrymen on the two wings began to advance one after another, like a flood, the momentum of which was far more terrifying than that of the infantry attack in the middle.

Looking at a rolling wall of dust in the distance in front of him, the First Cavalry's commander, Koochius, did not have a trace of tension on his face, and he had the leisure to look back.

"450 meters! ...... 450 meters! ...... 450 meters!" The observers at the forefront of the Dionysian line at either end of the line reported the distance of the Persian cavalry unit from the line to the Bariariari, at the rear of the line, who were unprotected except for a catapult and a couple of lead shot bags, and who had begun shifting the catapults at the order of their squad leader as soon as the cavalry from the opposite side moved out.