ancient greece mediterranean ruler

Chapter 1 The Death of Cyrus the Younger

"The king's army is coming! The king's army is coming!!..." A scout cavalry galloped from a distance, shouting repeatedly in Persian and Greek.

The soldiers who were about to stop and rest began to commotion.

"Partikias, are you telling the truth? Artaxerxes is really here?!" Seeing the cavalry who had just jumped off the horse, little Cyrus asked impatiently on his horse.

"Yes, Your Highness. Artaxerxes is here! Artaxes is here too! And that... damn Tissaphernes is here too!!" Partikias gasped. , said in a hoarse voice.

"Very good, my friend! Very good! He is finally here!!" Little Cyrus jumped off his horse excitedly, asked his servants to put on his breastplate, and shouted to his adjutant Alireus: "Notice All troops, prepare to fight!!"

"Yes, Your Highness!" Alireus hurriedly called to the messenger: "Inform the Greeks immediately and quickly form a formation on our right flank! Prepare to fight!"

The messenger galloped away.

Alireus called for the Persian generals.Cyrus the Younger asked them to lead the soldiers to spread out on his left flank, while he led [-] cavalry in the center.

The attentive Artapates asked: "How many enemies are there?"

"About [-]...or [-]..." Partikias recalled what he saw, with a hint of fear on his face.

"So many people!!" the attendants exclaimed, with fear on their faces.

"Haha! Are you scared? My friend." Little Cyrus stepped forward and gave Partikias a strong hug, not disdainful of his dusty and sweaty body.Then, he turned around and mounted his horse, shouting to everyone around him: "Friends, are you scared?!"

Of course, the followers and bodyguards of Cyrus the Younger expressed their bravery.

"No matter how many soldiers Artaxerxes had, he was still the timid Artaxerxes! Don't forget, a beagle could scare him into peeing!" The vulgar words of little Cyrus made him pee. There was laughter all around.

"And I have you! And my army! Together we defeated the powerful Athens! The Athens that had defeated our Persians many times!" Every time little Cyrus glanced at a person, that person straightened his chest.

"We also have brave Greeks! They fight side by side with us!" Little Cyrus looked to the right - there, the Greek heavy infantry began to form a slow formation.Seeing this, he was filled with confidence: "We are irresistible! We are invincible!!"

"Wan Sheng!" Artapatus shouted first, and then everyone rushed to shout: "Wan Sheng!!"

Facing the high morale, Cyrus raised his right hand high: "Friends! Warriors! After this victory, I swear to the Supreme God Mazda that I will do my best to repay your friendship and dedication!! "

"Cyrus, THEGREAT!!" Someone shouted.Immediately, like a flash flood, there was a flood of shouts.

.....................

"Hey, Matonis. Is there anything going on?" Davos couldn't help but patted the soldier in front on the shoulder again.

"How many times have you asked! No! No!" Matonis wiped his sweaty neck with his free left hand and shouted irritably: "Why hasn't the enemy come yet? The sun has already reached the middle of the sky. ! If I wait any longer, I will be scorched by its flames!"

"Matonis, even if your meat is roasted, I don't want to smell it. During this period of time, I feel like throwing up after eating meat." A soldier next to him said glibly, which caused the soldiers to burst into laughter.

"Shut up! Olivers, you lecherous guy, if you want me to put your hands in your mouth and let you taste your own flesh, just keep talking!" Matonis waved Holding his strong arms, he threatened fiercely.

"Oh, I'm so scared!" Olivers pretended to be scared, causing everyone to burst into laughter again.

"Stand still, stop making trouble! Menon is here!" As soon as Hilos finished speaking, he heard a sharp voice: "You brats, where do you think this is! Is this your banquet? ?”

A well-proportioned warrior with a red tassel on his helmet stood in front of the phalanx, pointed at them and cursed: "This is a battlefield! If you don't go all out, Hades will be happy to visit you!"

"Poor-mouthed Menon!" someone shouted in the queue.

"Who said that?! Stand up for me!!!" Everyone suppressed their laughter and gloated as they watched Mei Long jumping in front and shouting angrily.

At this time, someone shouted loudly: "Look, ahead!!!"

The soldiers immediately turned their attention to the front.Soon, the smile on his face was quickly replaced by horror.

Smoke and dust rose all over the sky as far as the eye could see, shrouding the hills, trees, and houses in a blanket of gray.

After a while, a thin black line drilled out of the smoke and dust, began to stretch to the sides, and gradually became thicker...

A moment later, when the soldiers could barely see the outline of the enemy, countless lights began to dazzle everyone's eyes under the dazzling sunlight.

The cold light emitted by armor, spears, shields... is like the endless Milky Way in the night sky; footsteps, shouts, and horses' neighing converge into a roaring sound that makes even the earth tremble, not to mention human legs.

Just when Olivers felt like he was about to fall, he heard Hilos shout: "Get ready to fight!"

"Ready to fight!!"

"Ready to fight!!!"

The Greek mercenary soldiers put on their helmets, took off the round shields hanging on their left shoulders, held bayons in their hands, and began to beat the shields.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!..." The huge noise made the soldiers like Olivers realize that they were also in a powerful force, and their mood gradually calmed down.

........................

The Persian king's army is still advancing slowly and orderly: the hob chariot is at the front, followed by the archers without armor, then the light cavalry, and at the end are the infantry with long shields and the spears and shields. infantry.The heavy armored cavalry was divided into two parts, one part surrounded the Persian king; the other part was deployed on the extreme left wing of the military formation...

The mighty Persian army was like thick clouds in the sky before a storm, slowly pressing down and making people suffocating.

........................

At this moment, little Cyrus led several followers along the military formation, galloping left and right, giving instructions to each Greek mercenary leader...

Accompanied by continuous cheers, he had reached the far right end of the Greek army's array, and could even see the roaring Euphrates River not far away.

"I salute you, Your Highness!" Clearkus gave a military salute.

Looking down at his most trusted Greek, Cyrus the Younger pointed to the location of the Persian king's army on the opposite side, and said, "When the battle begins, I hope you will lead your men straight to the center of the enemy. Defeat Artaxerxes , The victory of this battle is definitely ours!"

(End of this chapter)