Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

"The place to cross the river is the place upstream from our camp. The river is about 85 meters wide. The deepest part of the river reaches the waist span. The bottom of the river is stone sand, which is not too slippery and hard. The river bank is flat here. , There are more rocks on the opposite bank..." Kelithops explained the exploration in a simple and important way.

"It seems to be a good place to cross the river! We immediately assembled the whole army and crossed the river quickly!" Tima Song said excitedly.

"However, we have to take into account that the forces of Aurontas will block us across the river and force the crossing of the river, and the casualties of our soldiers will increase!" Zantiparis said cautiously.

"The Persians never thought we would cross the river so easily! As long as we rush to the other side of the river at the fastest speed, we will definitely be able to give them a sudden attack!" Tima Song said confidently.

"Don’t forget, there are Duqueyas behind us! What about our battalion? And, the Persians have more troops than us, and they also have the Kaldans, as long as they can withstand our impact on the river bank for a while. , We will have trouble, who knows how long the sand in the river can support the soldiers!" Zantiparis said with a little worry.

Tima Song immediately asked, "What do you do?"

Zantiparis said: "So everyone needs to discuss how to cross the river smoothly and minimize our losses?"

"I thought you had a good way?" Tima Song glanced at him.

"I have a suggestion." Xenophon interjected: "We can separate a part of the soldiers to protect the battalion. When the big troops prepare to cross the river, this part of the soldiers will lead the battalion to pretend to cross the river at the original pontoon. The Persians must think that we will cross the river again from here, attack them from the rear, and will divide their troops to defend. When the large army defeats the enemy opposite, this part of the soldier is protecting the battalion and returns to the place where the large army battles. This disperses the troops and protects the battalion. What do you think?" Xenophon said slightly complacently.

It must be said that Xenophon's plan was good, and everyone fell into thought.After a while, Kriano asked: "The battalion of the barracks is huge, how many soldiers do you have to protect? If there are too many, it will affect our time to defeat the Persians, and you let the barracks and soldiers go back and forth. Marching is not only easy to cause them fatigue, but it is also easy to be attacked by Dukes. Have you considered this?"

"This..." Xenophon said suddenly, "It's inevitable that there will be death and injury in battle, as long as the loss can be minimized..."

At this time, Davers said: "I was inspired by Xenophon and I came up with a solution."

As soon as he opened his mouth, everyone focused their attention, because it has been proved many times that the youngest leader has never spoken lightly, and his speech can always solve the problem.

"Today we can't reach the river during the day." Daveus glanced at the leaders, and although they were slightly surprised, they continued to listen quietly: "After the Persians have entered the camp to sleep at night, you can send a force first. Cross the river, find a place to hide, and when our large forces fight the Persians tomorrow, they will suddenly attack the rear of the Persian formations, which will disrupt the Persian array, so that they can strike back and forth, not only to defeat the Persians, It may even annihilate part of them, thereby weakening the power of the Persians, so that after we enter Armenia, we can reach the Sea of ​​Yokexing more smoothly..."

Everyone's eyes lit up, and Davis's suggestion was really unique and different.In fact, the thinking of the chiefs was trapped in the positive impact of the military tradition that the Greeks admired for centuries, and Davers’ plan to cross the river was a strategy adopted by the great red army of the past to liberate Hainan. Inspiration of "the combination of the smuggling of small units and the strong forward of large units".

"Daveus, the soldiers have no experience crossing the river at night. How many people do you want to cross the river first? In case they riot because of fear when crossing the river, it is easy to cause drowning and death, and it will even alarm the Persians, let us Failed to let the Persians know the location of the river we had explored so hard!" Kriano's tone was much better than before when he met Xenophon. His concerns are also an important reason why mercenaries dare not cross the night. .

"How to hide after the team has landed? When will the attack be carried out against the Persian rear? I'm afraid all of these should be considered," Tima Song reminded.

Daveus said without hesitation: "For a unit, the problem you said is not a problem!" After he finished, he looked at Kleethorpes.

Kerry Thorps nodded tacitly.

That night, 700 Spartan soldiers stole across the Kentrit River smoothly.

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In the early morning of the next day, mercenaries began to draw camps.

The Persians saw it and quickly assembled on the other side.

The mercenaries slaughtered the three lambs, and the leaders sacrificed to the god of the rivers of the ocean, Okeanos, and the whole army sang carols.

Oriontas foreseen that the Greeks might cross the river and ordered the army to prepare immediately.

At the end of the worship, the mercenaries began to march down the river bank. After walking a few miles, they stopped and rested for a while.Then he turned and marched upward...

The handsome Armenian governor, who was so beloved by the Persian king, did not understand where the Greeks were going, thinking that they were afraid to cross the river with the Persian army on the other side, and were chasing their way.Seeing them wandering around like headless flies, I felt a sense of pride in my heart.

The Persian army continued to follow the march on the other side.

The mercenaries finally reached the crossing place marked by Kerry Thorps, and immediately stopped. Then, according to the plan in advance, with the left wing end as the axis, the entire team quickly rotated towards the river bank...

When Aurontas hadn't understood it yet, the mercenaries had already formed a formation facing the Kentrit River. The whole team was divided into three parts: The first part was the 7,000 soldiers preparing to cross the river to fight the Persian army. The horizontal and thick vertical formations stand on the shore (because the section that can smoothly cross the river is not long); the second part is the battalion, they are followed; the third part is three thousand soldiers, they are located Behind the yoke camp, facing away from the river bank, to prevent the Dukeya attack.

As the Persian army slowly adjusted its formation, the mercenaries blew the offensive horn, and the seven thousand soldiers stepped into the Kentrit River without hesitation...

Oriontas changed his face, and he finally understood that the Greeks were ready to cross the river from here!

Without worrying about the long-range strike of the mercenary slingers, Orientas shouted eagerly: "Quick! Let the infantry block up! Archer! Archer release the arrow!" He roared and hoped for the energy of the Kentrit River Slowing the advance speed of the mercenaries, and bow and arrow strikes can cause confusion for the Greeks, causing the Greeks to drown due to panic and crowding.After that moment of panic, Orjontas regained his composure, after all, he tried the water depth of the river himself.

Maybe this is my chance to make great achievements!He was thinking excitedly.

Daves followed the soldiers in front of the rear of the right wing of the troops, stepping on the hard sand and striding forward.

The river in the early winter was already biting, but the soldiers with high fighting intentions had no time to feel at all. Their hearts were filled with an idea: they rushed to the opposite bank at the fastest speed!