"Poof!"

In the forward area of the phalanx of the Huaxia Coalition Army, where the spear formation, all the soldiers were afraid of death to block the front.

This spear formation is actually an evolution of the Macedonian phalanx that celebrates the example of later generations.

The entire phalanx, roughly composed of a hundred soldiers.

The length of the spears used by the soldiers in the first row to the last row increased in order to ensure that the spearheads could appear in front of the enemy.

The bronze spear they used was six or seven meters long, and a soldier held a shield in one hand and a spear in the other!

Of course, the average person can't do this kind of thing.

When choosing the soldiers in the first row, Qingji preferred the lower ones, and let the soldiers in the back row put their spears on their shoulders to launch an attack.

If any soldier in the phalanx dares to escape, he will be punished with the strictest punishment!

"Ahh

"Chirp—"

The wails came and went, and everyone was shattered.

The chariots of the Persians, relying on their own advantages, crushed one phalanx after another of the Chinese coalition army, but they also suffered heavy casualties.

A large number of soldiers and horses were impaled by spears, and they may not have come close before they were coldly pierced by spears......

For a while, mourning was everywhere, and the red blood soaked the wet snow.

"Yiqu Mo!"

"In!"

"Lead 8,000 cavalry to break through from the front and defeat all the Persian chariots!"

"No!"

After receiving Qingji's order, Yiqumo immediately led 8,000 Xirong cavalry, like wild horses that had lost their reins, and rushed towards the Persians' chariot array.

At this time, the mobility of the Persian chariots had been greatly reduced, and they were surrounded by the spear formations of the Chinese coalition army, and if a cavalry attacked them, the whole army would be annihilated.

"Charioteers, all out! Be sure to cut off both enemy wings! ”

"No!"

With Qingji's order, the eight hundred chariots of the coalition army rushed towards the two wings of the Persian army, preparing to outflank in a roundabout way.

Seeing this scene, Darius I was so angry that he quickly switched from attack to defense, transferring his most elite troops to the Chinese army to guard and prevent the coalition forces from further breaking through his own formation.

However, the defeat of the Persians was assured.

Just when the two armies were fighting fiercely at Wulei, according to Qingji's orders, the 7,000 elite soldiers led by Heifu had already captured the city of Shule and cut off the Persians' back route.

By the time Darius I reacted and gave the order to retreat, it was too late.

At the Cheshi Ancient Road, the Persians, who had fled in a hurry, were ambushed by the Wu army and suffered heavy losses.

After moving to Shule City, he still stopped there, and had to retreat to the front line of Duanshui.

Under the command of Qingji, the Huaxia coalition army pursued the victory, pursued and killed more than 80 miles all the way, beheaded tens of thousands of people, and captured countless people.

In this battle alone, Qingji wiped out more than 100,000 Persians.

In desperation, Darius I could only lead an army of less than 10,000 people, relying on Nanshan (Qilian Mountain) and Duanshui to resist the advance of the Chinese coalition army.

……

In the city of Shule.

At this moment, Qingji is receiving the messenger of Darius I-

Dattis!

The Persians of this era looked different from their descendants.

Datis in front of him has red hair, brown eyes, a helmet and armor, and a full beard, which is extraordinarily dense......

The Persians are Aryans, Caucasians, a warlike tribe that did not expect to fall to the point where they are today.

What makes Qingji feel even more surprised is that the height of Westerners in this era is actually not as good as that of Easterners.

Even the soldiers of Wu from the south are generally between 1.75 and 1.9 meters tall.

Since ancient times, the height of Westerners has not been comparable to that of Chinese.

The average height of the Persian soldiers, as well as the Westerners that Qingji had seen, was generally only 1.7 meters.

Nutritional conditions can't keep up?

Different eating habits?

What are the effects of climatic conditions?

Qing Ji is unknown.

"Your Majesty King Wu."

Datis respectfully bowed to Qingji and said, "On behalf of the king of Persia, I would like to express my highest respect and greetings to you!" ”

"Dattis, no need. Can a widow not afford the respect of Darius, who calls himself 'king of kings and king of nations,' is not above the widow? ”

Qing Ji said with a surging smile.

It is worth mentioning that Mill was on the side, translating Persian for Qingji, otherwise Qingji would not have understood what Datis was saying at all.

King Wu laughed.

Datis said embarrassedly: "This so-called king of kings, the king of all kingdoms, is just a false name. King Wu, if you want, take it yourself......"

How can Qingji be rare in this mere title of "king of kings, king of nations"?

If it weren't for the fact that his two sons, Gongzi Fan and Gongzi Hong, had returned safely, Datis in front of him would have been sentenced to death and dismantled.

Where can I talk to Qingji about these gossips?

"Datis, the king of kings, the king of kingdoms, is the title of Darius himself. The widow disdains to take it. ”

Is Darius I really qualified to be called "the king of kings, the king of kingdoms"?

Yes!

Qingji vaguely remembers that Darius I in history, his martial arts can be said to be comparable to few emperors.

In less than a year after he succeeded to the throne, he fought 18 major battles with various strategies to eliminate the leaders of the eight major separatist forces, and the huge Persian Empire was reunified.

Darius was accomplished, ambitious, and traveled from place to place.

While touring to a small village called Behistown, he had the famous Behistown Inscription engraved on a nearby stone wall to sing his praises for generations to come.

He called himself "the king of kings, the king of all countries", and later generations even honored him as the "Iron and Blood Emperor......

It is worth mentioning that Darius I was not the heir to the Persian throne.

He was descended from a side branch of the Achaemenid royal family of the Persians, and his father, Histaspa, was the governor of Parthia.

Like previous Persian kings, Darius I was a "war maniac", a brilliant conqueror.

As early as thirty years ago, Darius I served as the chief general of the "10,000 immortal army" and accompanied King Cambyses II on an expedition to Egypt.

Later, he took advantage of the coup d'état in his country and the violent death of Cambyses II on his way back to China, united with some Persian nobles, killed the coup leader Gaumata and ascended the throne.

Then he suppressed the uprisings in Babylon, Elam, and the Medes, and reversed the situation on the verge of collapse of the empire.

After consolidating his rule, Darius I continued to expand outward.

In 518 BC, he sent troops on an expedition to Shenxin (India) to conquer the northwest region of Shenzhi and establish the twentieth province of the Persian Empire.

In 513 BC, Darius I led an army to the west, occupied Thrace, and crossed the Danube estuary north into Scythia, but was forced to withdraw from the stubborn resistance of the Scythians......