ancient greece mediterranean ruler

Chapter 54

Arriving at the middle of the river, the water was as deep as Cleethorpes had said, only reaching the crotch level. This made the somewhat uneasy soldiers completely relieved and their pace became faster.

The Persian army was already some distance away from the river bank, but in a hurry, their speed was affected by the dense rocks on the river bank.The slingers at the rear of the mercenaries used their ultra-long range to disrupt the Persian army's array. Therefore, the somewhat chaotic Persian army had not completely rushed to the shore. The archers had not fired two rounds of arrows in total, and the mercenaries were Washed up to the shore.

Orontas, a Persian nobleman who spent most of his time in the camp drinking wine and playing dancers, had never had a detailed investigation and understanding of the surrounding areas of the battlefield. Faced with the mercenaries who could so easily and quickly He waded across the river and approached him fiercely like a hungry wolf. He was completely panicked.

Fortunately, his adjutant was relatively calm and urged the infantry to quickly move forward to encircle him.

After the first few rows of mercenary soldiers rushed ashore, they had to slow down because of the rugged rocks on the shore. This gave the Persian army time to breathe. They finally surrounded them like a tide and gradually wrapped up the mercenaries who came ashore. Strictly...

Mercenaries are never afraid of close combat.The round shields in their left hands protected themselves and their teammates. With their right hands, they raised their bayonets high, crossed over the round shields, and stabbed at the enemy on the opposite side. The soldiers in the following rows also stretched their bayonets forward as much as possible to protect the front line in the battle. While teammate, it also acts as a deterrent to 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 with the soldiers in front, hoping to use their strength to push the opponent's line back, or even squeeze through...

The sturdy Cardans directly faced the ferocious impact of the mercenaries and fought back with their spears without showing any weakness. The Persians' greater strength and higher terrain also offset the impact of part of the Greek heavy infantry.The archers at the rear of the Persian army and the cavalry further behind did not dare to show weakness, and desperately fired rounds of sharp arrows to counter the long-range attacks of the Greek slingers and archers.

The two sides started a bloody fight on the north bank of the Kent River.If the mercenaries win, they will set foot on Armenian land and ravage Armenian land. This is what Orontas and his Armenian soldiers do not want to see; if the mercenaries fail, they will face destruction.So both sides are doing their best.

The mercenaries standing in the river faced the biggest dilemma: on the one hand, the biting river water was gradually taking away their physical strength; on the other hand, most of the Persian arrows fell on them.This allowed them to use their bucklers to protect themselves and at the same time prevent them from being washed away by the river.

Davos saw with his own eyes a soldier who slipped and fell. The surrounding soldiers stepped forward to save him. He escaped from the protection of his shield and was hit by an arrow. He fell into the water. The injury was not serious, but it was very serious because he was wearing heavy armor. Difficult to get up...

Why haven't the Spartan soldiers shown up yet?Davos looked forward anxiously in his heart.

Standing high on a large rock, Orontas stabilized his mind because of the balance of the battle. He saw mercenaries struggling and being washed downstream by the Kentrite River from time to time, and he began to have hope in his heart.Of course, he couldn't see or look at the soldiers under his command who were also constantly falling...

Suddenly, a huge noise came from the right wing of the military formation.

"What is Atukas doing?" Orontas looked to the right with some annoyance. He saw an astonishing scene: the light infantry and horse archers behind the right wing were fleeing in panic. Behind these defeated soldiers were hundreds of soldiers. A group of heavily armed Greek soldiers formed a thin infantry line, driving the defeated troops toward the center...

"Greeks! It's Greeks! Hurry! Hurry!..." Orontas panicked again, shouting randomly.

The adjutant hurriedly led the governor's personal guards to meet them, hoping to stop the broken troops and prevent them from rushing through the formation in the middle. Unexpectedly, those Greek soldiers were not like ordinary Greek heavy infantry at all. They ran quickly and chased the broken troops behind. He knocked someone unconscious with his shield and stabbed him down as soon as he drew his gun. It was simply an efficient killing tool. The Persians ran as fast as they could to escape from demons in hell. The Guards were unable to stop them at all. In an instant, they were dragged forward and fled to the left. The formation on the right and center is completely fragmented...

At this moment, the mercenaries who were blocked on the river bank easily broke through the panicked Kaldane's line, and began to kill wantonly...

It has to be said that the Spartan warriors who have been engaged in military training since childhood have extremely strong tactical literacy. According to the rough plan in advance, they began to consciously drive the broken troops to the river bank. Except for a few sober Persians, most of the soldiers did not know. Direction, just running away with the flow of people, when they saw the wide Kentrit River in front of them, they all cried in despair...

After the Guards guarded Orontas and fled to a safe place, Orontas couldn't help crying when he saw that the originally mighty army of more than 2 people was now followed by only a few hundred people.He knew that his power could no longer prevent the Greek mercenaries from setting foot on Armenian territory.

The mercenary leaders were excited. Faced with the large number of surrendering Polish soldiers, they quickly made a decision: to release soldiers of other Armenian races, such as the Cardans, and express the goodwill of the Greek mercenaries to them; while to the Persians, The choice of the leaders, including Davos, is massacre!

The Greek heavy infantry in a dense array ignored the pleadings of thousands of unarmed Persian soldiers and drove them into the Kentrite River with shield walls and bayonets, stabbed them randomly, and used stones and arrows to kill them in the river. In the chaos of pushing and shoving, people who fall into the water will pull down others around them in order to survive, just like crabs in a tank pulling each other's legs. No one can escape...

Not long after, Davos looked at the densely packed floating corpses on the river. He sighed secretly, looked away, and looked to the other side: there was no trace of the Dukyan people. Apparently, they saw the rout of the Polish army. , too scared to cringe.

The mercenary rearguard and the baggage camp were also able to easily cross the Kentrite River, and then the entire army, led by the leaders, occupied the deserted Orontas camp. The fleeing Persians left behind a large number of The materials and supplies, so after the whole army sacrificed to Zeus and Oceanus, they started the carnival celebration after victory.

Because everyone knows: after defeating Orontas, no one in Armenia in front can stop their progress, and they are more confident in whether they can return to Greece!
Conclusion of Volume [-]
After finishing the first volume, Davos's adventures in Persia came to an end for the time being. In fact, the content I wrote was only a very small part of Xenophon's "The Long March". Later, the mercenaries also experienced many difficulties. and frustrations, but there is no need to waste more words on this, because that is not the focus of this book, and I am not boasting. I don’t like to fill in the book when writing books (actually it’s because the author’s writing style is poor and he doesn’t know how to pile up gorgeous rhetoric...laugh !).

Davos was reborn in this era, adapted to this era, and through his own wisdom and hard work, became the leader of the mercenary army. He gradually mastered military skills, won the military's morale, established a firm foothold, and achieved the purpose of this volume.Next, he should fight for his ideals instead of endlessly fighting on the way back home...

For me, it was a relief, because this volume too restricted my imagination and thinking. After all, the concept of this volume of the novel cannot deviate too much from the time, characters, events and other clues in "The Long March". On the basis of retaining about 20.00% of the story of the original book, 80.00% of innovations have been made.

The place where the next story takes place is a region that is very unfamiliar to readers and unfamiliar to scholars. The history of this area is only mentioned in Herodotus' "History" and Thucydides' "Peloponnese". "History of War" and fragments of works left by other 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 during that period. However, there is no detailed record of its history, so the recorded history of each city-state there is intermittent. Not only are the political systems and diplomatic relations of each city-state unclear, but the characters, events, and the time they occurred are also not very specific.

Based on the information I collected (there is even less information about it in China), combined with my own inference and imagination, I conceived a story clue that I felt was more reasonable. As Davos moved forward, Unveil its mystery.Hope you will be satisfied.

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

Please start enjoying the second volume tomorrow: ####
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