Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

Reaching the middle of the river, the depth of the water really spread to the crotch just as Kerry Thorps said, which made some uneasy soldiers feel completely relieved, and the pace was accelerated.

The Persian army was originally some distance away from the river bank, and in a hurry, because of the dense reefs on the river bank, their speed was affected.The slingers at the rear of the mercenaries disrupted the array of the Persian army with their ultra-long range. Therefore, some chaotic Persian troops have not fully rushed to the shore, and the archers have not fired two rounds of arrows in total. Rushed to the shore.

Oljontas, a Persian nobleman who spends more time drinking wine and playing dancing on the camp tent, has never conducted a detailed investigation and understanding of the surroundings of the battlefield. He waded across the river and approached him fiercely like a hungry wolf, and he completely panicked.

Fortunately, his lieutenant was calmer and urged the infantry to quickly move forward to contain.

After the first few soldiers of the mercenary rushed ashore, they had to slow down because of the rugged reefs on the shore. This gave the Persian army a breathing time. They finally surrounded them like a tide and gradually wrapped the mercenaries on the shore. Yan Shishi...

Mercenaries are never afraid of close combat.Their left hand shield shielded themselves and their teammates, their right hand raised the bayonet, over the shield, and slammed the enemies opposite, and the soldiers in the next few rows also extended the bayonet as far as possible to protect the forefront of the battle. At the same time, his teammates also deter the enemy.Although the soldiers behind the array could not participate in the fighting, they did not stand idly by. They tried their best to push forward the soldiers in front, hoping to use force to push the opponent's front back, or even squeeze...

The sturdy Kaldan directly faced the fierce impact of the mercenaries, and showed back with no spear, while the Persians' more troops and higher terrain also offset some of the Greek heavy infantry's impact.Archers at the rear of the Persian formation and archers at the rear did not dare to show weakness, desperately shooting a round of sharp arrows to counter the long-range strikes of the Greek slingers and archers.

The two sides launched a bloody fight on the north bank of the Kentrit River.If the mercenaries win, they will set foot on the land of Armenia and devastate the land of Armenia, which is very unwilling for Orientas and his Armenian soldiers to see; when the mercenaries fail, they will face destruction.So both sides are trying their best.

The mercenaries standing in the river face the biggest dilemma: on the one hand, the biting river water is gradually taking away their physical strength; on the other hand, most of the arrows of the Persians fell on them.So that they will protect themselves with the round shield while also preventing them from being washed away by the river.

Daveus saw a soldier who slipped and the surrounding soldiers came forward to rescue him, escaped the protection of the shield, were shot by an arrow, and poured into the water. This was not a very serious injury but he was very heavy. It's hard to get up...

Why didn't the Spartan soldiers show up yet?Davers looked forward anxiously in his heart.

Standing at the height of a large rock, Orjontas stabilized his mind because of the balance of the battle. Seeing the Kenterite River from time to time, mercenaries struggled to be washed down by the river, and his heart began to have hope.Of course, he couldn’t see and wouldn’t see the soldiers under his hands falling likewise...

Suddenly, a loud noise came from the right of the formation.

"What is Artukas doing?" Orjontas looked angrily to the right, and he saw an amazing scene: the light infantry and bow cavalry behind the right wing were fleeing in panic, hundreds of them behind these defeated soldiers The heavily armed Greek soldiers formed a thin infantry front and drove the defeated soldiers towards the middle...

"Greek! It's Greek! Hurry! Hurry!..." Orjontas panicked again, shouting in chaos.

The adjutant hurriedly led the governor's guard to meet him, trying to stop the defeated soldiers and prevent them from rushing through the middle of the formation. Who knew that the Greek soldiers were completely unlike ordinary Greek heavy infantry. They ran fast and chased the fallen soldiers who fell behind. I swooned a shield and stunned one. When I shot a gun, I stabbed one. It was a highly effective killing tool. The Persians ran away like hell demons. The guards couldn’t stop them, and they were immediately wrapped around and fled to the left. Persia The formation of the right and the middle of the person is completely fragmented...

The mercenaries who were blocked on the bank of the river easily broke through the panic's panic of the Dans of Cardan, and began to kill...

I have to say that the Spartan soldiers who had been engaged in military training since they were young had extremely strong tactical qualities. According to the rough plan in advance, they began to consciously drive the broken soldiers to the river bank. Except for a few sober Persians, most soldiers did not distinguish The direction is just to escape with the flow of people. When I see the broad Kentrit River ahead, I cry in despair...

After the guards escorted Orjontas to a safe place, Orjontas could not help crying when he saw that the mighty army of more than 20,000 troops followed only a few hundred people.He knew that with his strength he could not stop the Greek mercenaries from settling on the territory of Armenia.

The mercenary leaders were excited. In the face of the large number of surrendering Bosnian soldiers, they quickly made a decision: to release soldiers of other ethnicities in Armenia, such as the Kaldans, and to express the goodwill of the Greek mercenaries to them; and to the Persians, The choices of the leaders, including Daveus, are slaughter!

The dense array of Greek heavy infantry ignored the grievances of thousands of unarmed Persian soldiers, drove them into the Kentrit River with shield walls and bayonets, stabbed at them, and caused them to be in the river with stones and arrows Pushed by chaos, people who fall into the water will pull down other people around in order to survive, just like crabs in pots are pulling each other's legs, no one can escape...

Soon after, Davies watched the river covered with floating corpses, he sighed, turned his eyes away, and cast it to the other side: the Duques had no trace of it, obviously after they saw the big defeat of the Polish army , Frightened not to flinch.

The mercenary guards and the battalion were able to cross the Kentrit River easily, and then the whole army led the leaders to occupy the empty camp of Orientas, and the fleeing Persians left a lot After the sacrifices to Zeus and Okeanos, the whole army began the carnival celebration after the victory.

Because everyone knows that: after the defeat of Ojontas, no one in Armenia ahead can stop them from moving forward, and they are more confident in whether they can return to Greece!

Concluding remarks of volume one

After finishing the first volume, Davis temporarily ended his adventures in Persia. In fact, the content I wrote was only a small part in Xenophon's "Long March". The mercenaries later experienced many difficulties. And frustration, but there is no need to waste pen and ink on it, because that is not the focus of this book, and it is not that I boast, I don’t like to write water when writing a book (in fact, the author is poor in writing and writing, and will not pile up gorgeous words... laugh !).

Daveus reborn in this era, adapted to this era, and through his own wisdom and efforts, became a mercenary leader, gradually mastered military skills, won the military's heart, and established a foothold, and has achieved the purpose of this volume.Next, he should fight for his ideals, instead of fighting endlessly on the way back to his hometown...

For me, it's also a relief, because this volume is too restrictive for my imagination and thinking. After all, the concept of this volume of the novel cannot deviate from the clues of time, characters, events in the "Long March". More, 80% of innovations have been made on the basis of retaining about 20% of the story in the original book.

The next place where the story takes place is an area that is very strange to readers and equally unfamiliar with scholars. The history of this area is only in Herodotus’ History and Thucydides’ Peloponnese There are only a few words in the history of war and other fragments of the works left by scholars of that era, combined with historical evidence such as ruins, inscriptions and cultural relics excavated by later generations, scholars have a general understanding of the history of this area in that period. But there is no detailed record of its history, so the recorded history of each city-state is intermittent. Not only are the political systems and diplomatic relations of each city-state ambiguous, but also the characters, events, and time of occurrence are not very specific.

Based on the collected information (there is less information about it in China), combined with my own inferences, combined with imagination, I conceived a story clue that I feel more reasonable, as Davis moved forward, Uncover its mystery.I hope you will be satisfied.

Dave's life journey is still long, this is just the beginning.Let us accompany him, encourage him, and experience his legendary journey together...

Tomorrow, please start to appreciate the second volume: ####