"The catastrophe of the Persians is coming!!" Martonis laughed happily, as if the Greeks really did that. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

"It seems that the Persians really want to send us away!" Shilos said thoughtfully.

Or maybe Tisa Finnis just wants you to think so. Davers thought to himself, but he didn't say it, he always felt that Tisa Furnis was anything but simple. After all, his thoughts were different from those of the Greeks of this era, and according to the in-depth contact with the Greek soldiers during this time, he found that most of these Greeks grew up listening to the stories of their fathers telling how to beat the Persians, advocating strength, and liking face-to-face fighting.

It was precisely because he knew that Tisa Finnis was a clever politician that Davers was constantly uneasy in his heart: "Xenophon, do you know the route of our march? ”

"I don't know, it's all decided by Tisafnes, Clearcus, and Arius. However, it is certainly not the way it came. Because you know-" Xenophon shrugged, "your chieftain, Menon took the lead, collecting a lot of good things along the way, and the local Persians hated us...... Rest assured, we will go back! ”

Gather? I think it's looting! I'm afraid that in the eyes of the Persians, we are invaders! It's a robber! Hearing this, Davers was always a little irritable in his heart, and he secretly exhaled to calm his mood as much as possible: "Do you know the mountains, rivers, cities, and roads in Persia? ”

"Davers, this is also the first time I have gone deep into the territory of Persia, in addition to knowing a few famous cities in the book, such as Babylon, Susa, Persepolis, etc., but I don't know where they are......" Xenophon raised a pile of papyrus in his hand and said excitedly: "However, I have briefly recorded what I see every day, and when I return, I will write them down, so that the Greeks can understand the situation in Persia!" ”

Davers smiled wryly: Well, I know you're going to write a book called The Long March in the future, but it won't solve the pressing problem right now.

Where can I find someone who is familiar with the geography of Persia? Davers thought to himself......

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As time passed, the Greek mercenaries and the Persian army camped in close proximity, but when they went to the river to fetch water and collect firewood, the soldiers of both sides would always meet, and often disagree, and a fight would occur, which increased the evil feelings of both sides.

A few days later, they reached the Physkus River and were confronted by an army led by another brother of the Persian king Artaxerxes. He had come to the king's aid, but when he arrived, the war was over, so he had to return with his troops.

Fearing an accident, Clearcus ordered the whole army to be fully armed, with its baggage in the center, to keep the battle column moving westward. The Persian army, which was not surprised by the presence of the Greeks there, may have been informed by Tisaphonis, and continued their march eastward. When the two armies were closest to each other, they were only a few dozen meters apart, and at a glance, even the faces and expressions of the other side could be clearly seen, and the degree of tension could be imagined.

However, for the first time, Davers saw the whole picture of the Persian army: at the forefront were the two-man chariot and the four-man chariot, with two horses and four horses pulling respectively. One of the chariots was a master, who was in charge of the chariot, while the other one or two soldiers were supposed to be in charge of the battle, and they could be seen with spears, shields, and bows and arrows on the chariots. There are only a dozen chariots, and I don't see the legendary long sickle chariot (that is, the wheel axle sticks out of a long sharp blade), but if you think about it, you can understand that this long sickle must be disassembled, otherwise it is easy to hurt your own people when marching in peacetime.

The chariot was followed by cavalry. Most of the horses are about four meters tall, which is noticeably shorter than the horses Davers had seen at the Olympics in his previous life. They had brins, but they had no saddles, and of course no stirrups, and only a thick blanket on their backs. The horsemen, some wearing helmets and soft hats, did not wear leather armor or heavy shields, and wore short robes. They had a wide variety of weapons in their hands: horse archers were the most numerous, followed by javelin cavalry, then spear cavalry, and a few with short hammers in their hands......

Hundreds of cavalry galloped by, and a huge contingent of infantry was unfolded. After looking at it for a while, Davers noticed that the marching ranks of the Persian infantry were mixed: a large shieldman, whose shield was high to the shoulder, and the shield was wide enough to hide people, followed by a spearman, followed by six or seven archers, and then repeated.

This is very similar to the battle sequence of the Persian infantry mentioned by Antonios: the large shield bearers are the first column when engaging the enemy, and a shield wall is erected to protect the formation. The spearmen fend off the enemies who come to fight and prevent them from storming the shield wall. The archers in the rear, on the other hand, inflict heavy damage on the enemy with their bows and arrows. Whether it is a large shieldman, a spearman, or an archer, they all have a common characteristic, light armor or even no armor, plus the previous cavalry, on the whole, Davers can easily make a judgment: the Persian army is a force with excellent long-range lethality, strong mobility, but weak combat effectiveness in close combat. It is no wonder that they were always defeated by the Greeks in battles, because in face-to-face battles, their infantry were no match for the Greek heavy infantry. The characteristics of the Persian army were more suitable for long-range killings and harassment without being close, and even for a larger range of roundabout maneuvers.

The two armies staggered each other, nothing happened, a false alarm.

After this little episode, the troops soon entered the Medes. This land once nurtured the fierce Medes, who founded the Median kingdom that was once a nightmare for the people of the two river valleys, but after a few hundred years, the glory is gone, and the land under the Persian rule has for some reason become somewhat desolate, and the terrain has begun to rise and fall.

As a result of the decrease in market supply, the two armies began to fight each other for resources when they set up camps......

"Davers, you made this...... Tie...... The leggings really work! Today is another day of walking, if before, in the afternoon, the calves should be swollen and unable to walk, but now there is no need to worry about this! Shiros sat in his tent, untying his leggings in admiration.

"Of course, we Davers are 'gods'! With the blessing of the Immortal King, will the method he came up with not work? Now, many of the other squads are learning to use leggings! Oliver said proudly.

Davers didn't speak, and now that he had heard so many good things like this, he was even a little numb. He knew very well that these small means that he knew in his previous life were only used to improve the soldiers' marching conditions and increase his influence in the Menon camp, but they would not change the situation of the mercenaries in Greece as a whole.

"Davers, it has been rumored in the ranks these days that the Persians are going to do something to us, capture us and sacrifice us to the king of Persia as slaves, do you think...... Could this be true?! "The voice of Giogris came from around the corner.

That's exactly what Davers had been thinking about. Although there had always been suspicion between the two armies before, such rumors could quickly spread within a day or two, and everyone knew about it. With the experience of his previous life, it is impossible that there is no one behind him.

Is it a Persian? Or are we ourselves? Why spread such rumors? Let the Greek-Wave agreement break? Let the Greeks nervous to the point of collapse? …… Davers didn't have a clue for a while, in the face of everyone's concerned eyes, he smiled bitterly in his heart, but said calmly: "Don't be so nervous, we just need to be vigilant, haven't we all spent these days safely!" ”

As he spoke, a man slipped into the tent.

"Matonis, you're out fighting again!" Shilos saw the bruises on Mattonis's face and said with a slight reproach.

Mattonius spat out a mouthful of blood and said excitedly: "Don't look at the Persians to fight, they are not weak in fighting, I and Martius and a dozen others beat more than 20 of them, and it took a lot of effort to beat them away!" ”

As he spoke, he sat down on his bunk, rubbed his cheeks, and said mysteriously, "I'm not just going to fight, I've heard a piece of news." ”

"What's the news?" Shilos asked.

Mattonis scanned the crowd and said loudly, "Further on there is Cyrus the Younger and his mother's fiefdom, and I have heard that there are many villages there, and they are relatively rich!" ”

"So we can eat something good!" Oliver shouted happily.

The others were also a little excited, the supplies were insufficient these days, and everyone was not full.