"Report, the Persians have come out of the canyon and have already chased after them!"

"Good. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 🔥 How many people are there? ”

"There are about six or seven thousand people, and it seems that they are all archers and cavalry archers!"

"Damn the Persians! It must be the ridiculous idea of crushing us all with a bow and arrow! ”

"That's right! The more they come, the more we kill! ”

"Can Davers stop it?"

"So our attacks must be fast and courageous!" Krysops said firmly: "Everyone, please return to your command position at once, immediately start the formation, we will force up!" ”

"Roar!! ......" The leaders geared up and began to act.

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When Artauzus came out of the gorge, he couldn't wait to set up the battle formation, and as the day before, the archers were in the center and the cavalry were on the flanks.

As soon as we chased out of Taniguchi Erli, the scout came back and reported: "The Greeks are coming towards us!" ”

Although Artauzus was in a state of excitement, after all, he had a lot of combat experience, and this kind of harassment tactic needed room to maneuver, and he didn't want to be confined to the mouth of the canyon. So, he immediately ordered the entire team to move to the left.

Cavalry archers and archers are considered to be highly mobile troops, but it takes time for a team of 7,000 men to change formation when they have already set up a battle formation, and the Greeks did not give him this time.

Not long after Artauzus gave the order, the Greeks appeared in view. He suddenly became nervous, and he knew very well: when the enemy was approaching, it would undoubtedly be self-defeating to change the formation.

He re-ordered the resumption of the battle formation, and quickly calculated in his mind: after firing two rounds of arrows, after disrupting the enemy's advance, he immediately moved quickly to the left, disengaged from contact with the Greeks, and re-searched for fighters.

However, his face soon changed, for the line of the Greeks on the opposite side was very long, far exceeding his own two wings, and was constantly extending towards them as he went.

Artauzus knew the traditional phalanxes of Greece, and they tended to pile up the arrays very thickly, usually in more than seven or eight columns, and used the powerful impact to crush each other. And now the opponent's formation is so thin that there are probably only two or three columns, why do you dare to do this? Artauzus quickly understood that because his side was full of light cavalry and archers, the Greeks could still win without being crushed by numbers.

The Greeks are trying to surround themselves! Careless! Altauzus was a little flustered, and his expression changed. He wanted to retreat immediately, but he felt that the formation had been set up, so he went back in disgrace, not to mention the impact on morale, the key was that time was delayed.

I made a promise to shoot at least one round of arrows. He thought to himself: Seven Thousand Arrows could disrupt their formation, and maybe cause them confusion, even if they didn't have time to retreat.

Thinking of this, Artauzus decided to take the plunge. He quickly summoned his generals and told them to remember the order of retreat......

When everything was in order, he felt much relieved, and looking at the approaching Greeks, he decided to wait until the two sides were close to a hundred meters before giving the order to fire the arrows.

Come, Greek barbarians, come and die! He grinned. However, at a distance of about two hundred meters, a brass trumpet sounded from the opposite side, and the Greeks actually stopped advancing! In a hurry, he didn't want his team to force forward, and it was easy to cause confusion when he immediately switched from attacking to retreating, and Artauzus just wanted to retreat smoothly, or continue to wait for the Greeks to attack, he now felt that there were too many troops and there was also a disadvantage of poor command.

Then, to his astonishment, he saw countless arms stretching out from behind the Greek heavy infantry on the opposite side, and began to circle around their heads.

Slinger!! Artauzus was frightened, he remembered that there were no slingers in the Greek mercenaries, why did they suddenly have them again?!

At this time, there was no time for him to think about it, countless fist-sized stones were smashed into the middle of the Persian army like hailstones, and these Persian archers were preparing to draw their bows, and they were instantly hit by this blow, and they had no armor to protect them, and their heads were smashed and bleeding, and even more so, they were directly knocked unconscious......

The Persian army was in chaos in the middle.

The slinger's firing frequency was very fast, and in an instant, the opponent's array threw another flying stone, obscuring the sky......

Artauzus's eyes were red with anxiety, and he shouted hoarsely: "Retreat! Retreat!! ……”

The trumpeter was about to blow the horn, but a high-pitched brass trumpet sounded on the opposite side, and the Greek hoplites, who had been standing still, shouted: "Ares!! "Began to take a big stride, rushing towards the Persians, the whole Greek front was like a surging tide, fearless of the reef and shoals ahead, vowing to swallow up the land, it was an indomitable momentum, enough to crush the Persians' already weak morale, and even split a passage in the front of the Greek army, and dozens of cavalry poured out, charging at the enemy Persians.

The Persians have completely collapsed! They did not obey the orders of the generals at all, and even coerced them, and ran backwards, the pre-arranged retreat order could not be carried out at all, and the cavalry, archers, right flank, left flank, and the middle flank rushed towards the mouth of the gorge like a swarm of people, and they had only one thought in their hearts: to stay away from those terrible Greeks!

Defeated! Defeated! Defeated without firing an arrow!! Artauzus had previously participated in the Battle of Kunasak and, as a teammate, he cheered for the Greeks to easily defeat the army of the King of Persia. And now, when he personally faced the Greek charge, he felt the horror of the Greek heavy infantry, and at this moment his mind was blank, but his hands clasped around the horse's neck, surrounded by the attendants, and rushed towards the mouth of the gorge. Because he was in the rear of the middle at that time, closest to the valley mouth, he and his cavalry were almost at the front of the Persian army.

Ahead was the mouth of the valley, where the vast space narrowed abruptly, and the steep and continuous peaks made it possible for air to flow only through the mouth of the valley, so that Artauzus, who had just entered the valley, could hardly open his eyes due to the fierce mountain winds.

"Drive!" He clamped his horse's belly, knowing in his heart: the faster he rushed through the canyon, the less he would lose some men!

The road through the canyon was not a straight line, but a curved "S" shape, which was not a problem for the Persian cavalry, who had been galloping on the battlefield for many years, and they controlled their horses well, and even if there was a bend in front of them, they did not slow down their horses too much.

As they were hurrying to the foot of the hill, a half-man-high wall of stone and wood appeared in front of them, and Artauzus and his cavalry attendants could not stop their horses, and they crashed straight into it, and immediately the men screamed and screamed......

Artauzus was thrown out of the way, and the last thing he saw was the rapidly enlarged mountain wall in front of him......

The Persian rout entered the gorge like a torrent, filling the gorge to the brim and pushing forward......

While the remaining cavalry in the front stopped advancing in horror, the soldiers in the rear were still desperately running forward......

So, an even more tragic scene happened: the soldiers in front were crushed down, and before they could get up, they were trampled by the soldiers who poured in behind, and they tripped over the advancing soldiers in desperate struggles, and the rout soldiers behind were still frantically pouring in to escape the killing of the Greeks......

There are constantly people in the canyon who fall, are trampled, fall, trample...... Behind the stone walls, the Persians piled up in layers to the mouth of the valley, some of the soldiers had been trampled to minced flesh, others were still struggling, wailing in the blood-soaked stream...... It's a hell on earth!

"Erect a shield wall!"

"Javelin ready!"

Seeing the Persian soldiers crowded in front of the stone wall, Davers, although he was a little nervous, still gave orders in turn with a clear mind and a clear pronunciation!

The Persians who struggled to climb over the stone wall were first shot by the light shield javelins led by Epitenis, and then the Greek heavy infantry formed a shield wall in a dense formation to block their way, and the soldiers of the first four columns were pressed against their chests and backs to give the first column of soldiers strength support, and their bayonets could also reach in front of the first column of soldiers, forming a spear wall together, blocking the passage tightly, and easily stabbing the panicked and unorganized Persians down.

Davers asked the soldiers to carry stones and wood, and simply piled up this stone wall, the original intention was to prevent the Persian cavalry from attacking, because once the horses were allowed to run wildly, the heavy infantry would not necessarily be able to block it even if they lined up in many columns, and they would suffer heavy losses, so they used barricades to slow down the Persian cavalry. Unexpectedly, the stone wall had a much more effect than expected, and it and the mountains of corpses blocked the canyon, making it impossible for the forces of the rout to gather and attack the defense line of Davers's organization.

The battle did not last long, and the Persian rout, in the harsh conditions of having pursuers behind, no way out, and hell in the middle, completely broke down mentally and surrendered one after another......