Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 252: Izam’s suggestion

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"...In July, the King of Persia ordered us to leave the camp and march west. Because the team was too large and the marching speed was slow, it took us two months to reach Taposakus. By this time, Your Majesty Led the army to conquer the Syrian region, so the Persians ordered us to build a camp near Taposakus.

In order for me to leave quietly and to facilitate future contact, the Xokant tribe army chose the northern outskirts of Taposakus as a resident, not far from Amanus Mountain, so one evening half a month ago, I He secretly left the camp and drilled north into the mountains, without being spotted on the way, and then went around a big circle before returning here..."

"Izam, this time you risked your life and went deep into the hinterland of Persia, successfully contacted the Xococant tribe, and persuaded them to support Dionia and make great contributions to the kingdom. I represent the entire army. Thank you!"

Davers saluted him with a solemn expression, and bluffed Izam to stand up quickly, wave his hands repeatedly, and dare not accept the ceremony: "Your Majesty, as a citizen of Dionia and the senator of the Senate, this is what I should do. My duty! And even though I have retired, as a member of the former Mountain Reconnaissance Brigade, this is my duty! I can't afford to thank you and all the soldiers in the army!"

These words were very decent, and Mariji blinked his eyes: You know, when Izam first started following Davers, he was a barbarian who didn’t understand respect and etiquette. After decades, he was in Dionia. His influence, especially his life in the past few years after his retirement, has completely changed his character.

"Well, since you regard yourself as a Dionian soldier, then I will follow the military's reward and punishment system and give you a big credit first, and then reward you after the war is over." Daves Satisfied with Izam's performance, with a smile on his face, he then asked: "You have been there for so long, do you know how many people are there in the Persian army? What is their army composition? What is the combat effectiveness?"

As the former captain of the Mountain Reconnaissance Brigade, Izam is best at investigating enemy situations? So after a little thought, he immediately replied: "Your Majesty, based on my observations during this time? The Persians are in Tabor. The army stationed by Sarcus is about 350,000? Among them, the Persian army is about 200,000? The rest... For example, there are about 30,000 people in the Dukeya army, about 10,000 people in Taukya, and about 10,000 people in Ameria. 30,000? Arab has about 10,000? Scythian has 5,000, Kardan has 10,000, India has more than 10,000... Oh? They also have more than 20,000 Greek mercenaries.

Among so many armies? About 50,000 to 60,000 Persian troops guarding the Persian king should be the most effective? Except for the undead army stationed in Babylon? The others are from the eastern part of Susa and Persia. Polis area--"

"Alta Xerxes personally led the army out?!" Daves interrupted him? asked a little surprised.

Izam hurriedly replied: "I'm sorry? Your Majesty! I forgot to mention that the Persian king was Taposakus who led the undead army to arrive at the end of last month. After arriving, he stayed in the city. No Show up."

"Um..." Daves nodded: "You continue to speak."

"In addition to the 50,000-60,000 Persian army, the Persian army has an advantage over us? It has a large cavalry? Counting all the cavalry in the attached area? There are about 30,000. In addition? There are more than 50,000 archers. But they do not have strong heavy infantry! This is the biggest weakness of the Persian army, but the Dukya tribal army, the Kardan people, the Greek mercenaries...their infantry combat effectiveness is not bad. It is very likely that the Persians will be placed on the first line in the battle? Face our legionaries.

In addition, there are some special units in the Persian army that need our attention. One is the sickle chariot. It is said that the reason why Altaxerxes arrived at Taposakus so late was to prepare more than 200 chariots. I have seen this thing from a distance, and its axles are installed. Long and sharp double-sided blade, the blade will continue to spin with the wheels when the tank is driving, it is very scary to use it to rush into the formation.

In addition, there are war elephants, brought by Indians, with more than 50 heads in total. Although I have seen elephants many times in the Turiyi Zoo, this is the first time I have seen someone use it to fight. The Indians placed a small wooden tower on the back of the elephant. Two people could sit on the tower, one is a mahout and the other is an archer. The elephant is huge, and using it to rush into battle should pose a certain threat to our infantry array.

Another one is the Arab camel soldiers. The camels are tall but slow. At first, the Arab camps were very close to the Amerians, but the Amerian war horses were agitated by these camels. , The Persians kept the Arabs away from the large army and built a camp by themselves, but they didn’t have many camels, probably more than 500..."

Izam paused for a while, seeing Daves being silent, he said in a hurried tone: "Your Majesty, although the Persian army is large in number, its source is too complicated. In addition to the tens of thousands of main forces, I It was found that most of the other troops were poorly disciplined, lacking fighting spirit, and also lacking effective organization. The various troops did not even communicate with each other, and it was difficult to cooperate well.

I followed the march of the Dukya tribe army from Opis to Taposakus, and I deeply realized this. All the troops were lost in less than an hour following the marching route prescribed by the Persians. They are intermingled with each other, scattered on the entire plain... So every day in the afternoon, the entire Persian army must stop advancing, and then each unit gathers its own soldiers. This will take at least two hours, including Du The same is true for the Kaya tribe army, and it often clashes with other troops because of this...

Such a Persian army without fighting spirit, discipline and unity cannot resist our army, even if we are at a disadvantage in terms of numbers. However, the Persians also realized this. After the large troops arrived at Taposakus, they began to reorganize all the troops——"

"How did the Persians organize it?" Daves asked seriously.

"For some troops with a small number, such as the Cardans and Arabs, they merged them into the Persian army; for the troops with a larger number, such as Dukhya and Armeria, they combined some of the Persian troops. The generals are stationed in their army. On the one hand, they are responsible for conveying the orders of the Persian king and on the other hand supervising the execution of the orders. At the same time, these generals are also responsible for training these troops to cooperate with the Persian army... So these days the Persian army has been in Tabosa. Hurry up and train on the plains near Kus. Before I left, I felt that the state of the Persian army was better than when I first arrived in Takusakus.

Your Majesty, if the Persians continue to do this, even if we are able to win in the end, we will pay no small price, so--" Izam solemnly asked loudly: "Your Majesty, we should take advantage of it. When this Persian army is still relatively loose and not kneaded together, attack it as soon as possible! "

Davers groaned, but didn't immediately express his opinion.

Seeing this situation, Mariji immediately turned the subject away: "Izam, you have spent so much in the Mesopotamian plains, how do you feel about the attitude of the people there towards the entire Persian army?"

"Of course it won't be too good!" Izam replied with a disdain: "The Persian army is not our Dionian army, which has strict military laws. Their affiliated units come from different regions and different Race, not only has a loose military discipline, but some also have hatreds with the Persians. For example, the Dukya tribe army came to a place as rich as Mesopotamia, looted, destroyed, even made women and killed people every day. For this reason, the Persians also organized a large number of military law teams to deal with these violations, and even had several conflicts with attached troops.

But even the Persian soldiers themselves are doing these disgusting things, so when the towns along the way heard of the arrival of troops, they closed their gates and refused to let the soldiers in, even for the Persian army...I I heard some rumors that some Mesopotamian nobles intercepted the car of the Persian king several times on the road and sue the Persian army, but the Persian king did not seem to have given any punishment..."

Hearing this, Daves asked Mariji with interest: "The inhabitants of the Mesopotamian plain seem to be dissatisfied with the Persian rule?"

"Your Majesty!" Mariji replied with excitement: "Although Persia has ruled the Mesopotamian plains for more than a hundred years and has been operating as a core area, so far Persian residents have been in Mesopotamia. The Plain of Potamia is still not in the majority. The main peoples on this plain are Babylonians and Medes, but they have always been obedient to Persia, and Persia treats them almost equally, and outsiders regard them as part of the real Persia.

But there is actually a difference between the two! Especially the Babylonians, because they have been ruled by multiple foreign races for hundreds of years, they have become accustomed to being indifferent to wars between nations. As long as their interests are not violated, they will rule the Mesopotamian plains. acceptable. Therefore, the small Cyrus led an army from Asia Minor into the Mesopotamian plains and was almost approaching Babylon without any obstacles along the way. This may be an important reason.

I don’t know if Artaxerxes has had any resentment about this, but the information obtained from Mazayas shows that he obviously had great support for Susa and Persepolis during that turbulent period. The Persian aristocrats in Sri Lanka trusted more, and later gave them more power and preferential treatment, and even gave them some lands on the Mesopotamian plains, and these Persian nobles lived in Mesopotamia. The wanton expansion of the land once caused tension between the nobles and residents of Mesopotamia and the Persians. Although Artaxerxes realized this problem later and conducted mediation, the Mesopotamians were against the Persians. The dissatisfaction will certainly not be eliminated.

Your Majesty, as long as our army, after defeating the Persian army, does nothing against the people of Mesopotamia, and promises to give them some benefits, they will definitely regard us as the masters of this land and open up one after another. Welcome to City Gate! ……"