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Chapter 1302 Izam’s suggestion
"...In July, the King of Persia ordered us to break camp and march westward. Because the team was too large and the marching speed was slow, it took us two months to reach Taposacus. By this time, your Majesty had already led the army to conquer We entered Syria, so the Persians ordered us to camp near Taposacus.

In order for me to leave quietly and facilitate future contact, the Xokant tribe army chose the northern outskirts of Taposakus as its base, not far from Mount Amanus, so one evening half a month ago, I secretly left the camp , heading north into the mountains, without being discovered along the way, and then made a big circle before returning here..."

"Izam, this time you risked your life, went deep into the heart of Persia, successfully contacted the Xokant tribe, and persuaded them to support Dionia and made great contributions to the kingdom. I express my gratitude to you on behalf of all the soldiers in the army. grateful!"

Davos saluted him solemnly, which made Yizam stand up quickly, waved his hands repeatedly, and did not dare to accept the salute: "Your Majesty, as a citizen of Dionia and a senator of the Senate, this is my obligation. ! And although I have retired, as a member of the former Mountain Reconnaissance Brigade, this is my duty! I cannot deserve the gratitude of Your Majesty and the entire army!"

These words were very appropriate, and Mariji blinked: You must know that when Izam first started to follow Davos, he was a barbarian who did not understand the etiquette of dignity. After decades of edification in Dionia, Especially his life in the past few years after retirement has completely changed his temperament.

"Okay, since you still regard yourself as a Dionysian soldier, then I will give you a major credit according to the army's reward and punishment system, and then reward you after the war is over." Davers was satisfied with Iza Seeing Mu's performance, a smile appeared on his face, and then asked: "You have been there for so long, do you know how many people there are in the Persian army? What is the composition of their army? What is their combat effectiveness?"

As the former captain of the Mountain Reconnaissance Brigade, Izam is best at detecting enemy situations, so he thought for a moment and immediately replied: "Your Majesty, according to my observations during this period, the Persians were in Taposakus There are about 35 troops stationed there, of which the Persian army has about 20 people, and the rest... like the Dukiya army has 30000 people, the Tauchia army has about 1 people, and the Amelia army has about 3 people. , there are about 1 people in Arabia, 5000 people in Scythia, 1 people in Cardan, and more than 1 people in India... Oh, they also have more than 2 Greek mercenaries.

Among so many armies, the approximately 5 to 6 Persian troops guarding the King of Persia should be the most effective. Except for the immortal army stationed in Babylon, the others came from Susa and Persepolis in the east. area--"

"Artaxerxes personally led the army to the expedition?!" Davos interrupted him and asked a little surprised.

Izam quickly responded: "I'm sorry, Your Majesty! I forgot to say just now that the Persian king led the undead army to Taposakus at the end of last month. After arriving, he stayed in the city without showing his face."

"Well..." Davos nodded: "You go on."

"In addition to the 5 to 6 Persian troops, the Persian army has one advantage over us. It has a huge cavalry. Including the cavalry in the affiliated areas, there are about 3 people. In addition, it has as many as 5 There are more than 1 archers. But they do not have powerful heavy infantry! This is the biggest weakness of the Persian army, but the Dukyan tribe army, Cardan people, Greek mercenaries...the infantry combat effectiveness of these troops is not bad, and it is likely that they will Placed in the [-]st line by the Persians during the battle against our legionnaires.

In addition, there are some special units in the Persian army that need our attention.One is the sickle chariot. It is said that the reason why Artaxerxes arrived at Taposakus so late was to prepare more than 200 chariots. I have seen this thing from a distance, and its axle is equipped with It has a long and sharp double-sided blade. When the chariot is moving, the blade will keep spinning with the wheels. It is very scary to use it to charge into the formation.

In addition, there are war elephants, brought by the Indians, with more than 50 in total.Although I have watched elephants many times at Thurii Zoo, this is the first time I have seen someone using it for combat.The Indians place a small wooden tower on the back of the elephant. Two people can sit on the tower, one is the mahout and the other is the archer.The elephant is huge, and using it to charge into the formation should pose a certain threat to our infantry array.

Another one is the Arab camel soldiers. The camels are tall but slow. At first, the Arab camp was very close to the Amelias, but the Amelias' horses were restless because of these camels. The Persians The Arabs were asked to build a camp by themselves away from the large army, but they didn’t have many camels, probably only more than 500..."

Izam paused for a moment. Seeing that Davos was silent, he hurriedly said in a more serious tone: "Your Majesty, although the Persian army is huge in number, its origin is too complicated. In addition to the tens of thousands of main troops, I found other Most of the troops lacked discipline, lacked fighting spirit, and lacked effective organization. The various troops did not even understand the language, making it difficult to cooperate well.

I deeply realized this when I followed the Ducyan tribe army on their march from Opis to Taposacus. Each army lost control within an hour of marching according to the march route prescribed by the Persians. They were mixed with each other and scattered across the entire plain... So every day in the afternoon, the entire Persian army had to stop advancing, and then each unit regrouped its soldiers. This took at least two hours, including the Dukiya tribe. The same is true for the army, which often conflicts with other troops...

Such a Persian army with no fighting spirit, no discipline, and no unity is unable to compete with our army, even if we are at a numerical disadvantage.But the Persians also realized this, and after all the large forces arrived at Taposakus, they began to reorganize all the troops——"

"How did the Persians reorganize?" Davos asked seriously.

"For some troops with a small number, such as the Cardans and Arabs, they merged them into the Persian army; for the troops with a larger number, such as the Dukiya and Amelia, they stationed some Persian generals Among its troops, on the one hand, they are responsible for conveying the orders of the King of Persia, and on the other hand, they are responsible for supervising the execution of the orders by the troops. At the same time, these generals are also responsible for training these troops to cooperate with the Persian army... Therefore, the Persian army has been near Taposakus these days. I took the time to train on the plains. Before I left, I felt that the condition of the Persian army was better than when it first arrived in Tacusacus.

Your Majesty, if the Persians continue to do this, even if we win in the end, we will have to pay a considerable price, so—" Izam begged loudly with a solemn expression: "Your Majesty, we should take advantage of this When the Persian army is still relatively loose and not kneaded together, attack it as soon as possible! "

Davos pondered and did not express his position immediately.

Seeing this, Mariji immediately changed the subject: "Izam, you have spent so much time in the plains of Mesopotamia. What do you think of the attitude of the people there towards the entire Persian army?"

"Of course it won't be too good!" Izam replied with a look of disdain: "The Persian army is not our Dionysian army. It is bound by strict military laws. Their affiliated troops come from different regions and different races. Not only Military discipline is lax, and some even have grudges against the Persians. For example, the army of the Dukiya tribe came to a rich place like Mesopotamia. They looted, destroyed, and even raped women and killed people every day. The Persians did this for A large military law team was also organized to deal with these disciplinary violations, and even had several minor conflicts with affiliated troops.

But even the Persian soldiers themselves were doing these disgusting things, so as soon as the towns along the way heard that the army was coming, they closed their gates and refused to let the soldiers in, even to the Persian army... I heard some Rumor has it that some Mesopotamian nobles intercepted the King of Persia’s vehicles on the road several times and complained to the Persian army, but the King of Persia did not seem to impose any punishment..."

Hearing this, Davos asked Mariji with interest: "The residents of the Mesopotamian Plain seem to be somewhat dissatisfied with the rule of the Persians?"

"Your Majesty!" Mariji replied with some excitement: "Although Persia has ruled the Mesopotamian plain for more than a hundred years and has always operated it as a core area, so far the Persian residents have been in Mesopotamia. The Asian plains still do not make up the majority. The main ethnic groups on this plain are still the Babylonians and Medes, but they have always been submissive to Persia, and Persia treats them almost as equals. Outsiders also regard them as a real part of Persia.

But in fact there is still a difference between the two!Especially the Babylonians, because they have been ruled by multiple foreign races for hundreds of years, they have become accustomed to indifference to wars between countries. acceptable.Therefore, when Cyrus the Younger led his army into the Mesopotamian Plain from Asia Minor, and almost approached Babylon without any obstacles along the way, this may be an important reason.

I don’t know if Artaxerxes ever felt resentful about this, but the information obtained from Mazayas shows that he clearly felt towards Susa and Persepolis, who gave him great support during that turbulent period. The nobles were more trusting and later gave them more power and preferential treatment. They even gave them some land on the Mesopotamian plain. These Persian nobles expanded their land wantonly in Mesopotamia. , which once caused tension between the nobles and residents of Mesopotamia and the Persians. Although Artaxerxes later realized this problem and mediated, the Mesopotamians were definitely dissatisfied with the Persians. Will not be eliminated.

Your Majesty, as long as our army does not harm the people of Mesopotamia after defeating the Persian army and promises them some benefits, they will definitely regard us as the masters of this land and open their city gates to welcome us. us! ..."

(End of this chapter)