Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 39: Respective plans

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And on this day, the Persians were not idle either.

After the successful harassment of Altauzus, he returned to the barracks and triumphantly showed his record to Alireus, and proposed: Let Alireus hand over all the archers and archers to him in command, he The Greeks will be defeated in one fell swoop.

Arirus first congratulated him, and then began to find reasons to perfuse Altauzus. After all, this time the little Cyrus’ army was defeated in the battle with the King of Persia. After he gathered it, there were only more than 7,000 people left. If it were to be done according to Altauzus’s words, Alireus’s men would There are only more than three thousand people left. As the nominal commander of this army, he does not have as many troops as his subordinates. How can he give orders to the whole army? What's more, a Persian army cannot become a Persian army without archers. Therefore, the cautious and stingy Alireus did not approve of this gambling style of tactics.

Altauzus saw Alireus disagree and was furious. He thinks: This is Alireus jealous of him and does not want to see him succeed.

So, in a fit of anger, he ran directly to the camp of Tisafonis.

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"As long as you have enough archers and archers, you can defeat the Greeks?!" Tisafonis asked suspiciously.

"Your Excellency, because of Cyrus, I have had many contacts with Greek mercenaries to understand the situation of their army. Most of their soldiers are heavy infantry and they are clumsy, as long as they don’t fight at close range. , They could not exert any strength, and their archers were very few, and they were not our opponents at all. Therefore, I only took four hundred cavalry and archers to attack them, without losing a single soldier, which caused the Greeks. About five hundred casualties (this is obviously an exaggerated result), if it were not for the exhaustion of bows and arrows, the Greeks would have more casualties!" Altauzuus respectfully said: "Therefore, I want to increase the number of archers and archers. In order to increase the number of long-range attacks on the Greeks and increase their casualties, I hope that they can be defeated as soon as possible, and these Greek barbarians can be resolved for the adults and the king as soon as possible!"

Then he changed his words: "But Alireus rejected my proposal. I can only come to the Governor-General!"

Tisafonis did not answer directly, but said with a grieving expression: "I am sad and surprised at Mithradat's death in battle!"

"At the same time, his death may also give the Greeks who have lost the leader gain confidence!" Tisafonis's expression turned serious: "I heard that the Spartan inspector Lithorpes became this The new leader of the second army, isn't it?"

"Yes, the governor. The Greek soldiers who escaped said so." Altauzus said.

"He must not be able to successfully take over the Greek army and gain prestige!" Tisafonis said coldly and firmly: "We must keep hitting them, let them keep running away, crying for death , Wailing for hunger! Altauzus, since your method works well, let me continue to fight the Greeks with this tactic! I will give you two thousand archers and five hundred archers, and there is also Alireus. ——"

Tisafunis turned his head and said to Sister who was standing aside: "I have to trouble you to go first. Since Alireus dare not fight the Greeks, then hand over the soldiers to someone who is capable. Command! Otherwise, I don’t mind discussing with him what he did during the Cyrus rebellion!"

Sister smiled disapprovingly: "Master Governor, don't be so angry. I believe Alireus is a sensible person."

"He better be like this!" A cold light flashed in Tisafonis' eyes.

"Thank you Governor-General for your trust, I will bring you the news of victory!" Altauzus thanked him excitedly.

"When you win, you will be my adjutant." Tisafonis promised.

Looking at Altauzus happily following Siste out of the tabernacle, Aujuntas said with some worry: "Can this Altauzus really succeed?"

"Since he has already won a perfect victory, why can't he have a second time? If he can eliminate the Greeks at once, I am willing to take a gamble!" Tisafonis said firmly.

"I didn't expect the Spartan inspector to be in this mercenary! It seems that Cyrus's rebellion must have been supported by the Spartans!" Orontas said in a bitter voice, as The son-in-law of King Artaxerxes, of course he was wary of any accomplices who might be little Cyrus.

"The Greeks hated us for decades. I was opposed to funding Sparta and fighting against Athens. Unfortunately, His Majesty Darius was deceived by Cyrus the little and removed my position and reused Gulu. Spartan, support Sparta!" Tisafonis said grimly: "What is the result! Sparta supported the Cyrus rebellion, so as to profit from it! Sparta and Athens should be allowed to continue the war, and It should not be in the interest of us Persians to help Sparta win!"

"You are right, Tissafunis! When things are over here, I will definitely suggest to the king to reconsider the relationship with Sparta."

"Yes, this is why I have to deal with these Greeks quickly. Altauzus will bring us good news, he will definitely!"

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At dusk of this day, the leaders once again gathered in the military tent.

"The slinger company already has one sling. After a day of training and skillful use, it is ready to go to battle and kill the enemy!" Criano reported to everyone that because his troops acted as guards, they were fighting yesterday. The most losses in China. Therefore, at his strong request, this new company was temporarily under his command.

Next, Daves also made a report: "There is no problem for the cavalry to kill the enemy." Because most of the cavalry came from his barracks, and he was on the flanks, the cavalry was temporarily under his control.

Daves spoke briefly. After watching the cavalry training for a day, he also got a general understanding of the cavalry attack methods of this era: horse hitting, spear poking, bidding spear, bow and arrow shooting. Because there is no stirrup, he dare not run with all his strength, nor do he dare to fight with all his strength, otherwise the horse is easy to fall.

The newly-built cavalry is equipped with only one weapon-a lance, so their best attack method-is to chase down the rout enemy.

At this time, Kerry Thorpes said: "Everyone, today I took my guide and went out to explore the path of the march tomorrow and the surrounding terrain—"

"It's so dangerous! Now the Persian scouts are wandering around our camp, if you run into them, you will be in trouble!" Timathon shouted.

"I was prepared for this, and with the blessing of Zeus, I did not meet the Persians." Kerry Thorpes nodded to Timathon, thanking him for his concern: "Instead, there is an important Found."

"What important discovery?!" Kriano asked urgently.

"I found that there are a few high mountains about four miles ahead, and only one canyon can pass through, otherwise it will only be a long way around." Kerry Thorpes said as he gestured on the grass with a wooden stick : "This canyon can accommodate about twenty people passing side by side."

"You mean... fear that the Persians will attack us as we pass through the canyon!" Zanteparis asked worriedly.

"This is indeed a problem. However, it can be resolved. We set off through the gorge before dawn. The Persians must have never thought of it." Xenophon said with a thought.

"This is a good way! The Persians are afraid of the night, especially when their cavalry cannot see the way under their feet in the dark. It is easy to fall off. Therefore, when Cyrus was in the past, he marched with the Persians. They always have to wait until dawn is completely clear before leaving the camp, and the day before yesterday Mithradat caught up to us for a long time at dawn. If this is the case tomorrow, we would have passed through the canyon a long time ago." Kriano agreed, others People also agreed to each other one after another, and then set their sights on Gleethorpes, who has the final say.

Krythorpes glanced at the crowd and said in a deep voice, "Everyone, I have a plan. Since the Persians are chasing us, we can use this gorge to hit them hard!"