Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 38: Rhode Island slingers

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Heavy infantry is impossible to catch up with lightly armed archers, not to mention the faster cavalry. The full-armed heavy infantry charge is also impossible to last. When they stop to rest, the Persian bow and arrow strikes begin again.

The Greek heavy infantry hides the body under the round shield, and the chance of injury is greatly reduced, but it cannot be said that there is no. First, the arms and thighs are not protected. Second, the thick breastplate is made of linen, although it can prevent the bow and arrow from penetrating. But some skin injuries cannot be avoided.

If you can't get close to the enemy, you can't use the power of heavy infantry, you can only stand and stand by arrows. Crianno dared not send light infantry up, because the range of the javelin was not as far as the bow and arrow, and the protection was not as strong as the heavy infantry, which would increase casualties.

At this time, Tima Song sent two hundred Cretan archers to rush to reinforcements.

Kryano, who had hopes for them, was quickly disappointed: the range of the Cretan archers, who were famous for their bows and arrows in the Greek city-states, was not as far as the military-dominated Persian archers who dominated the Mediterranean with bows and arrows. Reduced the range, separated from the protection of heavy infantry, causing more than a dozen casualties...

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At this time, the entire mercenary team stopped, and the leaders were thinking of a way.

Davers was also anxiously listening to the report of the messenger from the left. At this time, Tolmeid came on horseback: "Leader Davos, Gleethorpes wants you to send a force to go around the long way, avoid the enemy's reconnaissance, go around behind the enemy, and attack them."

Daves thought about it for a moment, and he understood the plan of Grithorpes. He looked at Felicius beside him, and Felicius nodded at him.

"Asisters, go and notify Capps to come!" Daves ordered.

"Yes!"

Philipsius originally thought that Daves would discuss with him who to send, but he did not expect that he made the decision directly, and he was the most suitable candidate. In a gesture, this young leader is really strong in learning ability.

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When Capus led the heavy infantry squadron to set out, Hieronymus also sent a heavy infantry squadron on the other side, all attempting to go around behind the Persians, and then cooperate with the frontal Kriano to encircle them.

However, the experienced Altuzus was prepared for a long time. The two wings of the geese formation were Persian archers. They were scattered widely. They were also used as scouts. He quickly discovered the anomaly, so he quickly retreated. Frustrated the mercenary's attempt.

The prudent Capus retreated as soon as the plan failed; while the leader of Hieronymus was Xenophon, who was actively seeking war. He was unwilling to continue chasing, but he stopped chasing. Not only did it not injure a Persian, but instead caused more than a dozen people to be injured. If it hadn't been for the arrows of the Altuzus army to run out, Xenophon's squadron would have lost more than that. So after returning, he was reprimanded by Hieronymus.

Without the entanglement of Altauzus, the Greek army speeded up and finally arrived at the villages mentioned by the guide before sunset. Although most of the villagers have fled, the tired soldiers are still refreshed. Daves has no intention of stopping the robbery of the soldiers. He only suggested that Melses try to capture some Persian slaves and promise them freedom. In exchange for their sincere help, they rushed to the commander's account.

Before making the money, I heard Crianno's complaint: "These Persians are like flies, they can't be beaten or driven away. We don't have enough cavalry, and there is nothing we can do with them!"

Daves and Felicius walked into the big tent, and everyone nodded to them. Compared with yesterday's estrangement, today they can take a lot of initiative. Obviously Daves' performance won everyone's approval, but he didn't have the intention to express their enthusiasm because he was worried about the attack by Altuzus.

"If tomorrow the Persians still attack us in the same way as today, what should we do?" Kriano said worriedly. Today he has the heaviest loss of personnel.

"What is even more worrying is that if we cannot quickly find a way to repel the Persians, then the Persians will definitely think that this attack method is the most effective for us. They will not only continue to use this method, but also Next time, there will not be a few hundred people, but thousands of archers and archers! I think that will be our disaster!" Xenophon said with a heavy heart, and today he has suffered a lot.

The other leaders also looked solemnly. They easily won the previous general battle with the Persian king, and Tisafonis's forbearance made them believe in their own strength even more. But today, a small number of the Persian army composed entirely of archers and archers has made their proud heavy infantry suffer a lot. They suddenly realized the shortcomings of their army.

"We must have the same range or longer range than the Persians—" Kerrythorpes said word by word.

"Rhode Island slinger!!" Xenophon suddenly shouted.

Daves' eyebrows twitched. He heard from Antonios that the people of Rhodes in the Greek city-states are good at throwing stones. They can throw stones as far as four to five hundred meters, and the accuracy is extremely high within 100 meters. Therefore, the Mediterranean city-states love to hire Rhode island slingers. , As an important auxiliary force of the army.

Daves is familiar with the name Rhode Island, not only because of the slingers, but also the "one of the seven wonders of ancient times" widely circulated in previous lives-the Rhode Island sun **** colossus was built on this island , But it seems to be built after Alexander the Great.

Daves thought to himself: In fact, in terms of military affairs, the Greek city-states have many unique and elite arms, such as Cretan archers, Thessaly cavalry, Rhode Island slingers, Spartan heavy infantry, The Athens Navy...If Greece is unified and these arms are united together, it will surely be able to dominate the Mediterranean! It is a pity that the freedom-loving Greeks have always been a mess. The last Athens who wanted to make this effort has been defeated, and the current Greek hegemon Sparta, regardless of the historical ending, is not based on its extremely closed and conservative political system. Maybe...

When Davers sighed in his heart, Tima Song said regretfully: "It's a pity that we don't have a Rhode Island slinger!"

"But we have Rhode Islanders!" Xenophon said excitedly: "Everyone, slinging is a skill that Rhode Islanders have cultivated since childhood. They make a living from it, just like Cretans use bows and arrows. It’s the same for a living! When we recruited mercenaries in Eoria, many Rhode Islanders joined in. It was only because of Cyrus’s generosity and a large amount of weapons and equipment that they would abandon the slings and take the slings. Starting with the bucklers and lances that they can afford for a large sum of money. Now it’s time for them to pick up the slings again!"

"Xenophon is right. We should gather them immediately and form slingers to fight the Persian archers." Kriano continued.

Everyone agrees.

Kerry Thorpes nodded and said, "Then do it right away. We have a lot of sheep. We slaughter some of them and use the intestines as slings."

"In addition, we also need cavalry, otherwise we will not be able to catch up with the Persians when they retreat. I suggest that the battalions gather the extra pack horses and select soldiers who are good at riding to form a cavalry team." Zantiparis said in an interface. .

"Agree!"

"Agree!"

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When faced with a crisis, the leaders all united and quickly reached an agreement.

The whole army acted immediately. Soon, more than 300 Rhode Islanders who were good at slinging stones were organized, and more than fifty pack horses were also gathered. Most of the selected cavalry came from the Davos Barracks. Who made his barracks most of the soldiers be Cesar Liren.

When Xenophon recommended the Athenian Lysius as the captain of this cavalry squad, Daves expressed disagreement. He thought: Rides from Thessaly in his barracks (Recommended by Felicius) more suitable.

Given that most of the cavalry were Sesari, the chiefs finally agreed.

The next day, the mercenaries did not continue their march, but took a day off to conduct assault training on the newly formed slinger company and cavalry squad.