Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 261: Taposakus Battle (3)

lnmao.org, the fastest update to the latest chapter of the Mediterranean Overlord of Ancient Greece!

Davers lifted up his spirits and immediately asked: "Great! Where are they?!"

Philips passed the plank over knowingly.

Izam panted heavily, took the wooden plank, and carefully looked at the diagram of the Persian formation drawn on it, then pointed to the center front row of his right wing, and said excitedly: "It's here! Remy follows me. The previously agreed signal is to let those people use the copper shields equipped by the Persians to swing up and down regularly against the sun. This is different from other Persian troops. Even if I stand here, I can see clearly. , I think that when we captured the city of Asprostum, our Mountain Reconnaissance Brigade also used a similar method—"

"Very good! You did a great job!" Davers interrupted his chatter, and then asked, "Which unit are we against?"

"The third and fourth battalions of the Eleventh Army Corps." Izam responded immediately.

"Your Majesty, you can send the Eighteenth Army Corps as a reserve, so that when Brother Izam's troops retreat, they can make full use of this opportunity to increase the attack on the Persian army! Phillips also suggested excitedly.

"One legion is not enough!" Daves shook his head, lit the board hard, and said firmly: "Send the 19th legion over, here will be the breakthrough for our infantry!"

…………………………………………………………………

Just as the two armies of Dionia were quietly mobilizing behind the array, Maldonios had already rode up to the carriage of the Persian king, and said anxiously: "My lord, the troops have already lined up. When it's over, why haven't you given an offensive order?!"

Altaxerxes hesitated and said, "...Would you like to wait for the Dionians to attack first?"

"Dionia has few soldiers, it is impossible to attack us first!" Maldonos endured the dissatisfaction in his heart, turned his head to look at Trebasus not far away, and vented his anger at him. Body: "Aren’t you claiming to be the most resourceful minister in the kingdom? How did you advise the king on the military! Since the offensive plan was formulated before the war, you should assist the king in execution! The army formation is almost half an hour away, soldiers Silly standing and waiting, did you know that when I came here from the left wing, I saw that many affiliated units were already a little unstable, and even the formation of the East Ukxis began to appear chaotic!"

Terrebasus remained silent and did not refute. He had urged the Persian King several times before, but the Persian King seemed to be a little worried and never made a decision, so he procrastinated.

Altaxerxes changed his face. Of course, he could hear Maldonos being accusing Sang Huai, but he was not easy to be angry on the spot. On the one hand, the current enemy will affect morale, and on the other hand. Because of guilt. Before the war, he indeed worked out an offensive-oriented tactic after repeated discussions with several important ministers, only when he saw the concise and quick array of the Dionian army on the opposite side, and then the soldiers in the array stood silently and calmly. Compared with the hustle and bustle of his own army, he suddenly felt a strong anxiety. The past few failures came to mind, which inevitably made him suffer from gains and losses.

But when he heard the words behind Maldonos, he was taken aback.

Teribasus, who is good at observing words and acting, said immediately: "The king, those affiliated troops are not our well-trained Persian army. Although they have been strictly trained during this period, they are also difficult to maintain for a long time. Formation, we must attack as soon as possible!"

Alta Xerxes looked at Trebasus, then at Maldonos: "Then order an attack?"

Maldonios anxiously said: "My lord, don't hesitate, give orders now!"

Alta Xerxes squeezed the armrests of the carriage, his eyes swept across the imposing undead army, the Greek mercenaries like bronze walls and iron walls, huge war elephants, terrifying murder weapon chariots, and well-trained archers. ...Finally, he looked at the silent Dionian army on the opposite side. After a moment of silence, he took a deep breath and said loudly: "Ready to attack!"

Maldonios smiled and ran back.

Terrebasus then shouted: "Ready to attack! Ready to attack!..."

"Woo...Woo..." While the Persian bugle sounded, Trebasus continued to give orders to the Persian King: "Archers attack!"

Alta Xerxes’s carriage raised a banner embroidered with bows and arrows, but only the archers in front of the center of the banner can be seen swinging. The entire army is more than ten miles long. Not to mention seeing the flag being raised, even the soldiers on both sides of the wings may not hear the bugle sound, but the Persian army has its own way.

Two teams of Persian messengers in colorful military uniforms galloped out from both sides of the carriage, crossed the gap between the teams, rushed to the forefront, and then ran to both sides along the army formation while shouting: "The archer strikes ! The archer strikes out!..."

The bow and arrow in the middle lane are now manual! The bow and arrow of the left wing are now manual! The bow and arrow of the right wing are now manual! At the forefront of the Persian army, the archers lined up in a loose formation for more than ten miles, like a long snake that has just awakened from hibernation, began to slowly advance towards the Dionian army.

Just hearing the sound of a bugle from the other side, Alsinius immediately raised his spirits like other team officers, and shouted to the soldiers under his command: "Attention brothers, the Persians are going to attack!"

While shouting, he saw that some soldiers in the unit were overly excited and eager to try, and immediately reminded: "Everyone must strictly follow the pre-war arrangement and be prepared for defense! Anyone who dares Violation of military orders must be severely punished!"

The soldiers' hearts shuddered, and their expressions became solemn.

"Captain, the Persian archers are here!" the soldier in the first column shouted.

"Prepare to defend!" Alsinius' heart tightened, staring forward.

The advance speed of the Persian archers is very slow, because the Persian generals in their army have known the details of the battle of Asia Minor, and they know that there are also a large number of light infantry in the Dionian army, which is not weak in combat effectiveness, so they Be careful to guard against the appearance of the opponent.

However, they were already less than 250 meters away from the Dionian army, and the opposing light infantry still did not appear in front of the formation. Although the generals were puzzled, they did not stop the soldiers from advancing.

As they approached 100 meters from the Dionian army, the archers consciously stopped advancing.

"Let the arrows!" Amid the shouts of the generals, the archers used arrows to draw their bows, raising them high at a large elevation angle.

"Swish! Swish! Swish!..." Thousands of thousands of light bowstring sounds gathered together, and they could make the Dionian soldiers a hundred meters away hear very clearly.

"Tortoiseshell formation!" Alsinis shouted.

The soldiers who had lined up in a dense formation quickly shrank inward, and at the same time they blocked the long shield in their hands from the outside and above the small square. In the blink of an eye, it seemed to give the 50-man team a stamp. Layers of black iron sheet protect them tightly.

Alsinius, located in the middle of the phalanx, looked up through the small gaps between the long shields, and saw arrows that covered the sky and the sun in mid-air pouring down like heavy rain, even if there were thick long Protected by the shield, he couldn't help feeling his heart tighten.

"Peng! Peng! Clang! Clang! Peng!..." The arrows continued to fall on different parts of the long shield, making different sounds, as if playing a melody of death.

The Dionian soldiers in the Tortoiseshell Formation were all nervous, but when the melody disappeared, none of them were injured.

They didn't have time to catch their breath, and the melody played again.

After repeated three or four times, there was finally a long pause.

This is because the generals of the Persian archer mixed forces found that the front units of the Dionian army had adopted this peculiar formation, so that their projectiles caused almost no damage, so they urged the soldiers to move on and use A closer distance to increase the penetration of the arrow.

As close as 50 meters away, the Persian archers did not dare to move forward because they had heard that the heavy infantry of Dionian could shoot javelins, and they were too close to the enemy. When they shot arrows, the opponent Dai The Onia soldiers charged suddenly, and it was difficult for them to escape. It is precisely because of this danger that not all archers are willing to continue to approach the Dionian army. Archers of some other races shrink back even if they are repeatedly urged by Persian generals.

The front ranks of the Persian bow and arrow troops use direct shooting, and the rear ranks use projectiles, and they shoot more concentratedly at the tortoise shell formations instead of large-scale attacks, which leads to inefficiency, because of Dionia’s checkerboard array. Disperse the entire army formation, making many of the arrows projected fall on the open space.

More intensive noises sounded outside the tortoise shell formed by Alsinis’s unit, like a heavy rain hitting lotus leaves, each side of the long shield was filled with arrows like a hedgehog, and the soldiers from time to time uttered anguish. With a muffled hum, it was a sharp arrow tip that pierced the shield surface and touched the bare arms or thighs of the Dionian soldiers. Occasionally, arrows passed through the gaps in the shield formation. It was also because of the thick helmets and breastplates. Blocked, did not cause major damage.

The Dionian soldiers clenched their teeth motionlessly. Of course, they were almost side by side and close to the chest. Even if they were injured, they could not evade and retreat.

As the squad leader, Alsinius not only watched the movement of the enemy in front of him from time to time, but also listened to the frequency of the arrows hitting the long shield.

Suddenly, he said in a deep voice: "Brothers, hold on for a while, the Persians should not have many arrows!"

As soon as his voice fell, the noise outside the array began to become thinner, and it didn't take long for it to disappear.

There are three or four arrows left in the quiver of the Persian archers, but they choose to withdraw at this time. On the one hand, the continuous draw of the bow causes the arm to tingle and need to rest. On the other hand, they also need To provide support for the infantry in the next close combat is a traditional Persian tactic. Of course, you can't use up all your arrows at this time.