Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 265: Mediterranean Overlord (End of Book)


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Daves squinted his eyes, his sharp gaze passed through the soldiers fighting in front, through the dust and fog, and saw the Persian king flags fluttering in the wind gradually increasing in his field of vision, and couldn't help but smile. .

When Altaxerxes ordered all the reserve forces to press down, his horse-drawn carriage had to follow the large forces slowly. If he stayed still, only the royal guards were left to guard him. , The number is only a few thousand, and it is too eye-catching, making him feel very insecure.

The driver carefully drove the four "Nicea horses" carrying the royal carriage (this white horse is produced in the Nisiah Plain, the most fertile land in the Zagros Valley, and is regarded as the best by the Medes. The tallest horse was offered as a tribute to Assyria. The Persian royal family even sanctified it, claiming that the white horse of Nisiah was a holy artifact bestowed by the gods to the Achaemenid royal family, except for the Persian officials licensed by the king. , No one can own it privately) Follow the reserve forces and move forward to the battlefield that is fighting fiercely.

Altaxerxes, who was a little worried, felt that the reserve force was moving too slowly, and was about to give an order to Trebasus to urge the troops ahead to speed up, but he saw the adviser. Suddenly he stopped the war horse, put his forehead, and looked up at the sky, and the royal guards beside him made the same move one after another.

Altaxerxes subconsciously looked at the sky ahead.

At this time, the sun was already westward, and Artaxerxes raised his eyes hastily. Even if it was covered by dust and fog, he felt the sun was particularly dazzling. He closed his eyes quickly and was about to open, but he heard Trebasu Screamed in panic: "Ballista! It's the stone fired by Dionia's ballista!"

Altaxerxes was shocked, ignoring the tingling of his eyes, hurriedly opened his eyes, and saw a dozen round black shadows flying over his head quickly, and then there was a roar from behind.

Altaxerxes looked back and saw that a few dozen meters away was dusty, and dozens of coconut-sized round rocks had smashed into a pit.

Alta Xerxiston was shocked in a cold sweat.

"My lord, the Dionians tried to attack you with a ballista! Hurry! Hurry back!" Without the permission of the King of Persia, Trebasus eagerly asked the carriage to turn around and retreat.

The luxury carriage of the King of Persia is pulled by the "four Nisiah horses". It is not only larger in size than ordinary carriages, but also heavier. It is not easy to make quick corners, let alone Turning around, and the carriage is surrounded by royal guards, it is difficult to clear enough space in a short time.

At this moment, in the rear of the Dionian infantry formation, a simple three-meter-high outpost has been erected at some point. Under the control of the engineering battalion workers, the experienced ballista troops Meowman was standing on the outpost, looking forward, and based on the impact point of the first round of stone bullets and the position of the Persian king carriage, quickly corrected the ballista firing data, and reported loudly to the ballista unit next to the outpost.

The ballistamen quickly adjusted the elevation angle of the ballista and the strength of the string... Soon, the second round of stone bullets was ejected.

At this time, the carriage that Altaxerxes was riding in was still turning around, but he saw dozens of stone bullets roaring down in midair.

The first one fell on the side of the carriage, smashing a royal guard to pieces, and even splashing the brain and blood on Artaxerxes' face.

In an instant, Altaxerxes' mind was blank, standing blankly, without any response to the panic shouts of the guards.

"Boom!" Another stone bullet fell in front of the white horse of Nisiah, and the dust splashed on them. The fertilized white horse realized the danger and tried to break the yoke of the carriage. Do not listen to the command of the driver.

The carriage was swaying violently, and the lost Alta Xerxes was thrown out.

"The King!!!..." The royal guards rushed to the rescue when they were panicked. At this moment, a stone bullet hit the carriage, and the sawdust flew across and screamed everywhere.

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The high-ranking generals of Persia knew that the ballista was a siege weapon made by the Dionians, and the siege weapon was rarely used in field battles between armies, so they fell into a blind corner of thinking. Unexpectedly, the Dionian army would use the ballista to attack itself in the battle, so it entered the range of the ballista without any defense.

In fact, Daves ordered the deployment of 30 ballistas in the rear of the center before the war. Although he used the decapitation tactic with luck, he did not have much hope for its realization, because according to Daves knew that in previous battles, the Persian king Artaxerxes seldom came to the front line of battle.

The focus of the ballista attack is not in the middle, but the reserve army on the right flank of Persia and behind the Dukeya forces to prevent them from promptly rescuing the front.

According to the Dionian military system, a corps is equipped with 10 guns. Therefore, there are nearly 200 ballistas in the army commanded by Daves, 170 of which are concentrated in the Dionian army. The rear of the left wing was facing the Dukeya troops. While the Xokant tribe was defeated, the ballista troops here also erected outposts in time to closely observe the movements of the enemy's reserve forces.

Just when the ballista in the middle was aimed at the carriage of the Persian king, some of the reserve forces on the right wing had already been bombarded by stone bullets, because they were in a hurry to rescue them and entered the range of the ballista early.

Stone bullets fired by a single ballista did not cause much damage, but the concentrated firing of 170 ballistas was not only astonishing, but also caused terrible damage. As long as it falls within a general range, Can create a small **** scene of **** flesh.

Altaxerxes’ first-line troops deployed in the battle were either elites of the Persian army or affiliated ethnic troops with fierce combat effectiveness, and most of the reserve troops were of mediocre combat effectiveness, and those located at the rear of the Duqueya troops The troops of the Caspian states were not even reluctant to contribute to Persia. They came here just to cope with errands, but the Persians asked for emergency rescue. After several rounds of stone bomb attacks, their morale was not much. Nothing left, many people ran away in panic...

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And just as the right-wing messengers of Persia went to the Persian king for help, after the well-prepared soldiers of the Dionian legion poured into the gap in the Persian front, they would meet with the fighters of the Xokant tribe. Launched a fierce attack on the Persian archers who rushed to close the gap.

When the Persian reserve forces were dispatched, the Persian archers who had suffered a large number of casualties had been forced to retreat. Taking advantage of the Persian reinforcements being attacked by ballistas halfway through, they fell into chaos. Countless soldiers of the Dionian regiment continued to charge. After passing through the gap in the Persian front, they attacked the side and rear of the Duja army on both sides of the gap.

The originally low morale of the Dukeya fighters was flanked back and forth and quickly collapsed. Some even responded to the Xocokant tribal warriors and devoted themselves to the Dionian side.

When the messenger reported the situation of the left wing to the command center, there was a lot of laughter. Whether it was a veteran or a young staff member, they were all excited because they knew the victory was set.

Davers also had a smile on his face and asked: "How is the cavalry fighting on the two wings?"

Philipsius replied in a loud voice: "Your Majesty, the Persian cavalry has begun to retreat. Our cavalry is reorganizing and preparing to attack the flanks of the two-wing enemy formation."

"Very good! Very good! Very good!" Daves praised three times in succession, with a bigger smile on his face, completely relaxed in his heart, and looked back at these old comrades who were also talking and laughing easily: "The weather is very Is it hot, everyone is thirsty? Henney, let everyone drink the syrup that I brought."

"Your Majesty, it's boring to drink pulp water, we want to drink fine wine in the palace of Babylon!" Amintas jokingly said loudly.

"Hahaha..." Everyone laughed.

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Although the soldiers of the Dionian regiment continued to defeat the enemy on the left flank and widen the gap in the enemy's front, although the Dionian cavalry and light armoured soldiers turned to attack the enemy's flanks after defeating the Persian cavalry...The Dionian army The key to victory has been grasped, but for a huge battlefield that stretches for more than a dozen miles, a full victory will not come soon.

It was almost dusk when the Persian army completely collapsed. The Persian Undead and Greek mercenaries in the middle of the battle were the ones who fought until the end. As a result, they were surrounded and unable to escape.

This great battle caused heavy losses to Persian elite troops, such as Maldonios, Halpergs, Persitiday and other Persian senior generals who were either captured or killed in battle. The only regret is that Altaxerxes fled the battlefield.

Daves, who won the battle, gave an order: Cavalry troops continued to chase the defeated army, and each legion should shorten the rest time and speed up the march to Babylon.

The fastest pursuit is of course the Numibian light cavalry. They did not have much advantage in the battle with the Scythian cavalry in the Persian mixed cavalry unit, but because of the main force of the Persian cavalry. After being defeated, the opponents had no desire to fight and fled one after another, making them start to rest in the second half of the battle, so they have more physical strength than other troops.

The rapid advance of the Numibian cavalry made the city of Nisefonia, which was not far from the battlefield, lacking adequate defense. When it contained the ruined soldiers, it broke into the city and had to surrender.

Before Davos enters the city to rest, he sends a messenger to the west to tell Leotichides who is hurriedly: The Dionian army has completely defeated the Persian army, so that he does not need to lead the army again. Came to rendezvous, but returned to Asia Minor to completely conquer the area.

Early the next morning, the Dionian cavalry continued to pursue eastward and caught up with Artaxerxes and the royal guards beside a tributary on the north bank of the Euphrates River.

At this time, the Persian king was completely different from the spirited appearance when he led the mighty army from Babylon before. After the army was defeated, the soldiers fled and the king’s prestige disappeared, even he was the most. The trusted Royal Guard also had many soldiers fleeing in the dark, and there were less than 500 guards beside him.

After he himself was attacked by a ballista and fell from a carriage, his 60-year-old was hit by such a strong impact, and he fell into a coma and has not yet been awake, which also slowed down their escape speed.

After being overtaken by the Dionian cavalry, Trebasus, who was next to the Persian king, led the remaining guards and chose to surrender very simply, and at the same time demanded that Artaxerxes be given what he deserves. King courtesy.

Daves, who arrived later, readily agreed, and sent the best medical staff in the army to treat him.

With the King of Persia in hand, the attack of the Dionian army to the east will be smoother. Corsotti, Talmand and other important towns along the Ratti River have been surrendered.

In early December, the Dionian army entered the Babylon region.

When Daves's troops passed a small village, all the veterans in the army became excited because the name of the village was Kunasak.

"Back then, we camped here! I still remember that the tent I lived in seemed to be in this location!"

"Over there! Over there is the battlefield! One of our charges defeated the left wing of the Persian king. It's a pity, Cyrus was too reckless, otherwise we should have won the battle..."

"What a shame! Fortunately for him to fail, your Majesty will stand out, lead us to create Dionia, and allow us to come back here today as a conqueror!"

"That's right, we all have to thank your majesty! Your majesty is victorious!"

"Your Majesty Wansheng!!"

When the veterans cheered Daves heartily to express their gratitude, King Dionia, the new overlord of the Mediterranean Sea, Daves rode motionless on the horse like a clay sculpture. Staring at the open space where Georgris stood in front of him, he was filled with emotion: It was there that he was reborn from a 21st-century Chinese citizen to a lowly mercenary in the ancient Greek era, struggling from the very beginning. Survive, to Yanlu, Lanliu founded Dionia, struggling hard in this unfamiliar world for more than 30 years...

At this moment, scenes of past events flashed through his mind quickly, like a dream.

"Report! Your Majesty, Babylon surrendered, the commander of the Kutchius army has entered the city!" The voice of the messenger awakened the dazed Daves, and he looked around at the soldiers who had begun to cheer. , A smile slowly bloomed on his face: No, this is not a dream! Here is the turbulent ancient Mediterranean world! And I, Hades Davos, is now the most powerful person in the world!

He waved his right hand vigorously: "Go! Let's go to Babylon!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Everyone responded in unison. Thousands of soldiers surrounded the great king with excitement, and drove toward the big eastern city that had opened their arms to them...

(End of the book)


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