Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 41: Hell-like war of siege and annihilation (below

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"Report that the Persians came out of the gorge and have chased them!"

"Very good. How many people are there?"

"There are about six to seven thousand people, all seem to be archers and archers!"

"Damn Persian! It must be the ridiculous idea of ​​using a bow and arrow to defeat us all!"

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

"Can Daves block it?"

"So our attack must be fast and brave!" Kerry Thorpes said firmly: "Everyone, please return to your command position immediately, start the formation immediately, and we will push forward!"

"Roar!!..." The leaders geared up and started to move.

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Altauzus came out of the gorge, and he couldn't wait to open the battle formation. As the day before yesterday, the archer was in the center and the cavalry was on the two wings.

As soon as he chased out Taniguchi Erri, the scout came back and reported: "The Greeks are coming towards us!"

Although Altuzus is in excitement, after all, he has rich combat experience. This kind of harassment tactics requires room for maneuvering, and he doesn't want to be confined to the mouth of the canyon. So he immediately ordered the entire team to move to the left.

The archers and the archers are all highly mobile units, but it takes time for a 7,000-man team to change the formation, and the Greeks did not give him this time.

Shortly after Altauzus gave the order, the Greeks appeared in his vision. He suddenly became nervous, and he knew very well: When an enemy is advancing, to make a formation change is undoubtedly seeking a dead end.

He re-ordered the resumption of the battle formation, thinking quickly in his mind: After shooting two rounds of arrows, after disrupting the enemy’s forward pace, he immediately moved quickly to the left, separated from the Greeks, and re-searched for fighters. .

However, his face quickly changed, because the Greeks facing him had a long line, far exceeding his own wings, and they continued to extend to the wings as he progressed.

Altazus knows the traditional phalanx in Greece. They tend to pile the array very thick, usually in more than seven or eight columns, and use powerful impact to crush the opponent. And now the opponent's formation is so thin that there are only two or three rows, why dare to do this? Altauzus immediately understood: Because his side is full of light cavalry and archers, the Greeks do not need to be crushed by the strength of numbers, and they can still win steadily.

The Greeks want to surround themselves! Careless! Altauzus was a little flustered, his expression changing. He wanted to retreat immediately, and he felt that the formation was already open, so he went back in a desperate manner. Not to mention the impact on morale, the key is time delay.

I made a promise, at least let me shoot a round of arrows. He thought in his heart: Seven Thousand Arrows can disrupt their formation, and maybe it can also cause chaos for them, even if there is no time to retreat.

Thinking of this, Altauzus decided to take a risk. He quickly called his generals and told them to remember the order of retreat...

When everything was arranged, he felt a lot more relieved. Looking at the approaching Greeks, he decided to wait until the distance between the two sides was about 100 meters, and then ordered the arrows to be released.

Come on, the Greek barbarians come and die! He grinned grimly. However, when the distance was about two hundred meters, a bronze trumpet sounded on the opposite side, and the Greeks actually stopped advancing! He was anxious but didn’t want the team to push forward. It’s easy to cause confusion when he switched from offensive to retreat. Altauzus only wanted to retreat smoothly, so he should continue to wait for the Greeks to attack. He now feels that he has more troops. There are also the disadvantages of improper command.

Then, he suddenly saw countless arms stretched out from behind the Greek heavy infantry on the opposite side, and began to circle the top of his head.

Slingers! ! Artauzus was shocked. He remembered that there were no slingers among the Greek mercenaries. Why did they suddenly have them? !

At this time, there was no time for him to think about it. Numerous fist-sized stones slammed into the center of the Persian army like hail. These Persian archers were drawing their bows, and they were instantly hit by this, without armor protection. Of them, their heads were smashed and bleeding, and even more so, they were directly stunned...

The Persian Army's middle road was suddenly chaotic.

The firing frequency of the slingers is very fast, and instantly the opponent's array throws a flying stone, which obscures the sky...

Altauzus was so anxious that his eyes were red, and he shouted hoarsely: "Retreat! Retreat!..."

The trumpeter was about to blow his horn, but the opposite side was the first to hear a high-pitched bronze trumpet. The Greek heavy infantry who had been standing still yelled: "Aris!!!" began to take strides and rushed towards the Persians. Come, the entire Greek front is like a surging sea tide, without fear of the reef shoal ahead, vowing to engulf the land. It is an indomitable and powerful momentum, which is enough to crush the morale of the Persians, even at the forefront of the Greek army. Splitting a channel, dozens of cavalry rushed out to charge the enemy Persians first.

The Persians have completely collapsed! They did not listen to the orders of the generals at all, even wrapped them around and ran back. The pre-arranged order of retreat could not be carried out at all. The cavalry, archers, right wing, left wing, and the middle road swarmed towards the mouth of the canyon. There was nothing in their hearts. One thought: stay away from those terrible Greeks!

Failed! Lost! Defeated without an arrow! ! Artuzus had previously participated in the Battle of Kunasak, and as a teammate he cheered for the Greeks' easy defeat of the Persian king's army. But now when he personally faced the Greek charge, he felt the terrible Greek heavy infantry. At this moment, his brain was blank, but he was holding the horse's neck with his hands, surrounded by the attendants, and rushed towards the mouth of the canyon. Because he was in the back team in the middle, closest to Taniguchi, he and his cavalry were almost at the forefront of the Persian army.

Ahead is the valley mouth, where the vast space is suddenly narrowed. The steep and continuous mountain peaks make the air flow only at the mouth of the valley, making Altauzus just entering the valley mouth almost invisible by the fierce mountain wind. Open your eyes.

"Drive!" He clamped the horse's belly, clearly in his mind: The faster he rushed through the canyon, the less he would lose some people!

The road in the canyon is not a straight line, but a curved "S" shape. This is not a problem for the Persian cavalry who gallops on the battlefield all the year round. They control the horses very well, even if there is a turn ahead, they It didn't slow down the horse too much.

Just as they swiftly turned over the foot of the mountain, a half-person-height wall made of stones and woods simply piled up in front of them. Altauzuus and his cavalry were unable to keep their horses, just like this. When I ran into it, people screamed and screamed again and again...

Altauzus was flung out, and the scene he finally saw was the rapidly magnified mountain wall...

The Persian soldiers entering the gorge are like torrential torrents, filling the gorge full and pushing forward...

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

So, an even more tragic scene happened: the soldier in front was crushed, and before he could get up, he was trampled by the influx of soldiers behind, and struggling desperately, they tripped the advancing soldier, and then In order to escape the slaughter of the Greeks, the soldiers are still pouring in frantically...

In the canyon, people keep falling, being trampled, falling, trampling...Behind the stone wall, the Persians piled on top of each other, extending to the mouth of the valley. Some soldiers have been trampled into meat, and some are still struggling. Howling in the stream of blood...It's just like purgatory on earth!

"Vertical shield wall!"

"Javelin ready!"

Seeing the Persian soldiers crowded in front of the stone wall, although Daves was a little nervous, he was still sober and clearly pronounced to give orders in turn!

The Persians struggling to climb over the stone wall were first shot by the light shield javelins led by Epithenis, and then the Greek heavy infantry lined up in a dense formation to form a shield wall to block their way. The soldiers in the first four rows were in front of them. The chest is attached to the back to give strength to the first row of soldiers. Their stabbing guns can also be extended in front of the first row of soldiers to form a spear wall, blocking the passage tightly, and easily panic and flee without organization. The Persian stabbed.

Daves 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 ran wildly, the heavy infantry would not be lined up. It will definitely be able to block it, and it will suffer heavy losses, so roadblocks are used to slow down the speed of the Persian cavalry. Unexpectedly, the effect of the stone wall was far beyond imagination. It and the mountain of corpses blocked the canyon, making it impossible for the forces of the defeated soldiers to converge and attack the defensive line of the Daves organization.

The battle did not last long. The Persian soldiers collapsed completely mentally and surrendered one after another under the terrible conditions of chasing soldiers behind, no way forward, and **** in the middle...