Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

"Report, the Persians are out of the canyon, they have been chased!"

"Very good. How many people?"

"There are about six or seven thousand people, as if they were archers and bow cavalry!"

"Damn the Persians! It must be the ridiculous idea of ​​crushing us all with bows and arrows!"

"That's right! The more they come, the more we kill!"

"Can Daphes block it?"

"So our attack must be fast and brave!" Kirithops said firmly: "You guys, please return to your commanding position immediately, and immediately form a formation, we will push up!"

"Roar!!!" The leaders rubbed their hands and started to move.

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After Altauzus left the canyon, he could not wait to put up a battle formation, and as before, the archer was centered, and the cavalry was on both wings.

As soon as he ran out of Taniguchi Erli, Scout Rider came back and reported: "The Greeks are heading towards us!"

Although Altauzus is in high spirits, after all, he has rich combat experience. This tactic of harassment requires maneuvering space. He doesn't want to be limited to the mouth of the canyon.So he immediately ordered the entire team to move to the left.

Both the cavalry and the archers are considered to be highly mobile, but when the 7,000-person team has already set up a battle formation, it takes time to change the formation, and the Greeks did not give him this time.

Shortly after Altauzus issued the order, the Greek figure appeared in his vision.He suddenly became nervous, and he was very clear: when an enemy is advancing, it is undoubtedly to make a change of formation, which is undoubtedly a self-defeating way.

He re-ordered to resume the battle formation, and he quickly calculated: after shooting two rounds of arrows, after disturbing the enemy's progress, he immediately moved quickly to the left, disengaged from contact with the Greeks, and searched for a fighter again.

However, his face quickly changed, because the front of the Greeks was very long, far beyond his own wings, and he continued to extend to the wings during the process of traveling.

Altauzus knows the traditional Greek phalanx, they often pile up the array very thick, usually more than seven or eight columns, using strong impact to crush each other.Now that the opponent's formation is so thin that there are only two or three columns, why dare to do this?Altauzus immediately understood that because he was full of light cavalry and archers, the Greeks did not need to be crushed by the strength of the number, and they could still win.

The Greeks wanted to surround themselves!Careful!Altauzus was a little flustered, his expression changing.He wanted to retreat immediately, and he felt that the formation had already been set, so he went back in a sullen manner, morale was not affected, the key is the time delay.

But I have made a promise, at least let me shoot a round of arrows.He thought to himself: Seven Thousand Arrows can disturb their formation, and may even cause their confusion, even if there is no time to retreat.

Thinking of this, Altauzus decided to take risks.He quickly called his generals and told them to remember the order of withdrawal...

When everything was arranged properly, he felt more relieved, looking at the approaching Greeks, and he decided to wait until the distance between the two sides was about 100 meters, and he ordered an arrow to be released.

Come on, the Greek barbarian came to die!He grinned.However, at a distance of about two hundred meters, a brass horn sounded across the street, and the Greeks stopped moving!Anxious, but he did not want to push the team forward, it is easy to cause confusion from the immediate attack to retreat, and Altauzus just wants to retreat smoothly and smoothly, or continue to wait for the Greeks to attack, he now feels that he has more troops There are also disadvantages of impeded command.

Then he suddenly saw countless arms outstretched behind the heavy Greek infantry opposite him, and began to circle around his head.

Catapult!!Altauzus was terrified. He remembered that there was no slingman in the Greek mercenaries. Why did he suddenly have it again?!

At this time, there was no time for him to think about it. Thousands of fist-sized stones hit the center of the Persian army densely like hail. These Persian archers were drawing their bows and were about to strike. They were instantly hit by this, and they were not protected by armor. The smashed head broke the blood flow, and even more was smashed directly...

The Persian army was suddenly in chaos.

The slingshot's launch frequency is very fast, and the other party's array suddenly throws another flying stone, covering the sky...

Altauzus' eyes were flushed with anxiety, and he shouted with exhaustion: "Retreat! Quickly retreat!!!"

The trumpeter was about to sound the horn, but the opposite was the first to sound the high-pitched brass trumpet. The originally quiet Greek heavy infantry shouted: "Aris!!!" began to take a big step, rushing towards the Persians, the whole The Greek front was like a surging tide, without fear of the reef shoal in front, vowing to engulf the land, it was a strong momentum forward, enough to break down the morale of the Persians who were not strong, and even split a line in the forefront of the Greek army. In the passageway, dozens of cavalry came out and charged the enemy Persians first.

The Persians collapsed!They didn’t listen to the general’s orders at all, even wrapped around them and ran violently. The pre-arranged retreat sequence could not be executed at all. Cavalry, archers, right wing, left wing, and the middle road swarmed towards the mouth of the canyon. One thought: stay away from those terrible Greeks!

Defeated!Defeated!Defeat without throwing a arrow!!Altauzus previously participated in the Battle of Kunasak, as a teammate he cheered for the Greeks' easy defeat of the Persian army.But now when he personally faced the Greek charge, he felt the horror of the heavy infantry of Greece. At this moment, his brain was blank, but his hands were hugging the neck of the horse, surrounded by the servants, and rushing towards the mouth of the canyon.Because he was in the middle of the back team at the time, the closest to Taniguchi, so he and the cavalry cavalry ran almost in front of the Persian army.

In front is the valley entrance, where the vast space suddenly narrows, and the steep and continuous mountain peaks allow the air to flow only at the mouth of the canyon, making Altauzus who just entered the valley entrance blown by the fierce mountain breeze.

"Driving!" He clamped the horse's belly, and his heart was clear: the faster he rushed across the canyon, the less he lost some people!

The road of the canyon is not a straight line, but a curved "S" shape. This is not a problem for Persian cavalry who ride the sand all the year round. They control the war horse very well. Even if there is a bend in front, they are not too Slow down the horse speed.

As they hurriedly crossed the foot of the mountain, a half-height wall that was simply piled and cut by stones and wood appeared in front of him. Altauzus and his servant cavalry were too short to hit them. Suddenly, people shouted Ma Si, screaming again and again...

Altauzus was flung out, and the scene he finally saw was the rapidly magnifying mountain...

The collapse of the Persian soldiers into the gorge is like a torrent of torrents, cramming the gorge full, pushing forward...

When the remaining cavalry in the front stopped in advance in horror, the soldiers behind were still desperately running forward...

So, a more tragic scene happened: the soldiers in front were crushed, and before they could get up, they were trampled by the soldiers pouring in from behind, and they struggled and stumbled over the soldiers who were advancing. Fleeing the killing of the Greeks, there is still a crazy influx...

Someone in the canyon kept falling down, being trampled, fell, trampled... After the stone wall, the Persians piled up one after another and extended to the valley entrance, some soldiers had been trampled into meat emulsion, some were still struggling, in the blood pool Howling in the finished stream...it's a purgatory on earth!

"Erector wall!"

"Javelin ready!"

Seeing the Persian soldiers crowded in front of the stone wall, Daveus was still awake and pronounced in order, despite the nervousness!

The Persians struggling to cross the stone wall were first shot by the light shield soldiers led by Epitanes, and then arranged in a dense formation of heavy Greek infantry to form a shield wall, blocking their way. Back, giving the first soldiers strength support, their spears can also be extended in front of the first soldiers to form a spear wall, blocking the passage tightly and easily, frightened and unorganized Persian stabbing inverted.

Daphes let the soldiers carry stones and wood, and simply piled up the stone wall. The original intention was to prevent the impact of the Persian cavalry, because once the horses were run wild, the heavy infantry would not necessarily be able to block even if there were more rows , And it will cause heavy losses, so use a roadblock to slow down the speed of the Persian cavalry.Unexpectedly, the effect of the stone wall was far beyond imagination. It blocked the canyon with a pile of corpses, so that the strength of the defeated soldiers could not converge and hit the defense line organized by Davis.

The battle did not last long, and the Persian soldiers collapsed mentally and surrendered under the harsh conditions of chasing soldiers behind, no way forward, and hell in the middle...