Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

The next day's march, Daveus rode on the horse, the spring breeze was proud, and his mind was lingering with the joy of last night with Christoya: Christoya is not only beautiful, but also his figure is indeed like appearance Sexy, white and smooth skin, and the undulating curves made him put it down, plus her extremely flexible body, let him indulge in it, trying to vent the desire accumulated by this young and strong body for nineteen years, lingering into the night, If it were not for Olivers to cover up for him outside, he might have been broken through by others, so he also let Oliver out of the "crime" eavesdropping outside.

When passion passed, Christoia lay in his arms and shyly expressed his willingness to be with him. Davers felt that the gap between him and the world seemed to be much smaller. Having this concern also made him right Where to go in the future, one more thought: Daveus is from a modern society and an adult. He knows that passion cannot be lasting.Christosia was born into a noble family, and once served as a concubine of the little Cyrus and enjoyed a luxurious life.But now he is just a mercenary, an ordinary civilian in Greek society, not even a citizen. He lives in an unfixed place and wanders around. It is okay for a short period of time. It is difficult to guarantee that Kristoa will not be tired of it for a long time... of course This idea was buried in his heart, and now is not the time to ponder, because the current primary issue is to return to Greece alive and safely.

The appearance of the Persians ruined his good mood.

This time, Tisafnis changed his strategy, no longer attacking, but attacking.The Persians followed the mercenaries and kept a safe distance. From time to time, another team of archers rushed up and shot a round of arrows, immediately escaping.The damage to the mercenaries is not great, but their nerves are always in a tense state, which affects the speed of marching and also affects morale.

In this regard, the leaders have no choice. The only thing they can do is to mix the catapults, archers and heavy infantry, so that when facing the fast Persian cavalry, they can force them not to be too arrogant.

At the same time, the Greek mercenaries encountered other difficulties.As the distance to the Duqueya mountains became closer, the plain gradually became hilly, and the terrain became rugged. The huge square formation of the Greek army could not be kept intact, especially when crossing rivers and trekking narrow mountain paths. Fragmented.The Persian cavalry took advantage of the situation and used bows and arrows to cause greater chaos to the mercenaries.

After deliberation, the leaders had to pull out the small mercenary teams that had originally joined Kirithorpes from the avant-garde forces (since so far, the Persian attacks have mainly come from the rear and the flanks), forming four or five companies Each company has about 200 people and is placed on the inside of the flanks and guards.Once the formation had a large rift or was compressed due to the narrow terrain, they rushed out to form a new guard unit, blocking the Persian cavalry's charge, and providing a barrier for the archers and slingers who arrived later.

In this way, the mercenaries tried all kinds of measures to deal with the Persian cavalry while marching. This situation lasted for four or five days. When the continuous mountains appeared on the front, the whole army was relieved, because they all knew that the cavalry It is impossible to go up the mountain.

They wandered breathlessly through the rugged mountain road, over the first mountain, and came to the foot of the second mountain, the team stopped and rested because of fatigue.

Most of the soldiers took off their armor, wiped their sweat, and sat down to rest. The rest of the guards of the heavy camp also checked the damage and damage of the pack animals and vehicles. The entire army of hedgehogs gathered in the narrow area between the two mountains, preparing to first After a short rest, after restoring strength, continue to march.

The attack came suddenly, countless bows and arrows and flying stones roared, and the mercenaries were caught off guard: the soldiers screamed, the women screamed, the pack animals ran around, and the whole team was chaotic.

The first reaction came from Krithorpes and his 800 Spartan soldiers, because these Spartan soldiers did not throw away their weapons and armor like other soldiers after going down the mountain. Enough, when Kelithops discovered that the attack came from the second mountain, he immediately and decisively ordered: "Sparta, move on!"

The Spartan warrior immediately followed him, and lifted his shield to the top of the mountain.

The Persian light infantry had a rapid rate of fire, and its arrows flew down the mountain.

After experiencing the initial chaos, mercenaries responded quickly. After all, they were war-hardened veterans. They quickly grabbed the round shield beside them and hid themselves under the shield.Only the personnel of the yinjun camp, except for the guards, are mostly slaves or looted women. They have no combat experience. Under the drive of fear, most people do not escape, but scream and run, so in the intensive arrow rain There were many injuries.

At this time, Davers was anxious. In recent days, in order to take into account the impact of the camp, he did not go to Christoya. Now the situation is urgent and I don't know whether she is safe.

"Asistes, notify the team officers to form a shield wall and move closer to the yoke and medical camps!" he shouted.

"Yes, leader!"

In fact, without his order, Felix, Capps, and Antonios have led the troops to hold the round shield above their heads, forming a shield formation to move toward the center.

Olivers and Matonis immediately raised their shields and rushed forward to protect Davos

Daveus yelled, "Maliji! Mariji, are you okay?!"

"I'm fine!" Mariji shouted behind him.

"Quickly protect him, don't let him get hurt!" Daveus ordered.

Although Matonis despised the Persian, Davos' orders had always been carried out meticulously.

At this time, he was already the acting captain of the escort team, and under his command, several people of Georgris caught up to protect Marighi.

Mariji stared at Daphes's back without saying a word, his eyes filled with gratitude.

Daveus had no time to see the situation of Mariji. He knelt halfway and tried to look in the direction of the camp from under the shield, where there was chaos.

He hurried to the center anxiously, and when he saw that the shield camp was also erected over there, he was slightly relieved. In order to avoid suspicion, he shouted first: "Helps! Hlps!"

"I'm here!" Helps' voice came under the shield: "We are all fine!"

Hearing this, Davers relaxed completely.At this time, Hilos came over and briefed him on the situation: the reason why the doctors and slave girls in the medical camp were safe was also related to Christosia.When the first wave of arrows rained down, she immediately greeted them and hid under the pack, and Hilos then directed more than a hundred wounded soldiers to form a shield to protect the safety of most people.

Silos reacted quickly and calmly to Cristoia in the face of danger, and greatly appreciated it, giving Davis another layer of understanding of this woman, perhaps this is why only her concubine from Cyrus was the only one from Persia The reason why people escaped from looting.

The camp was much worse. Mercis was not injured under the protection of the guards. There were many arrows among the slaves and women, and several pack animals died.Faced with the mourning face of Mercis, Daves, who was used to life and death, did not send manpower to protect these non-combatants who had been scattered around.Fortunately, the Persian attack stopped shortly afterwards, because the forces led by Krithorpes had already rushed to the top of the mountain.

The Persians certainly wouldn't fight hard with the mercenaries, they quickly retreated.

Kleethorpes left the Spartan fighters on top of the mountain as a precaution.

After going down the mountain, Kleethorpes summoned the leaders to discuss ways to deal with it. He said: "The Persians are light infantry. We can't catch up with them. Although they retreated, they may still be in the third and fourth places. The mountains continue to attack us with bows and arrows. Our team is too large to avoid."

He said that it was deliberation. He actually thought about the countermeasures on his way back down the mountain: "I have carefully surveyed the mountaintops just now. These mountains are not high, and the land occupation is not large. You can send an army and start with the next one. On the right side of the mountain, go to the back, and then on the front, I lead my soldiers to play the vanguard. If the Persians want to occupy the heights and continue to attack us, we will be cut off by us."

Kerry Thorps poked the sketches drawn on the ground with branches hard: "Then surround and kill them."