In fact, the dilemma of the light infantry in front also had a certain impact on the Greek coalition soldiers in the rear, but Agsilous, Ipa Mironda, Ifikratus... These powerful generals were almost the same as Leotichides's ideas, so they firmly controlled their troops and remained motionless in place.

Although there were some minor commotions in the central Italian Allied Army, they had been dependent on the Kingdom of Dionia for more than 10 years. The long-term close contact and military cooperation made them accustomed to obeying the commander of Dionia. Without giving off offensive orders, they would never attack easily.

However, some Greek city-state troops, whether generals or soldiers, saw the light infantry in front of them falling down, began to restless. Fortunately, Leoticides sent more than 10 messengers to gallop behind the entire right wing, shouting loudly with his orders to prohibit them from attacking, and thus barely controlling the entire army.

On the other hand, after learning that the opponent's cavalry suddenly appeared on his right wing, Fanabazos was worried that the Greek coalition would let the cavalry attack the Persian archers who were too sudden to recover their current disadvantages, so he quickly issued an order to "advance the entire army" to shorten the excessive distance between the main force and the archers and provide support and protection for the archers.

Fanabazos had a good idea, but when the array was seven or eight miles long and the number of troops as many as 80,000 people moved forward, the whole situation was not something he could control.

Some Persian generals responsible for leading the cavalry had long been impatient with the long confrontation, ignoring that what Fanabazos gave was only the order to advance, but directly ordered their cavalry to attack the enemy opposite.

Their unauthorized actions naturally led other Persian cavalry, so the cavalry at both ends of the Persian army quickly increased their speed and galloped towards the two wings of the Greek coalition formation.

Even if Fanabazos, who received the news, had to let the horn soldiers blew the attacking horn.

Leoticides, who was standing on a high place on horseback, saw the Persian army approaching quickly, and immediately asked the trumpet soldiers to blew the trumpet.

The two sounds are similar and the sounds of different rhythms echoing throughout the battlefield, which makes it easy for soldiers who lack training to distinguish them. However, this is not a problem for the Dionia Light Infantry Brigade. Under the reminder of the team officials, the soldiers helped their injured comrades to retreat quickly, through the gaps in the chessboard formation, and retreated to the rear of the entire military formation. The other coalition light infantry received repeated instructions from their generals before the battle began, "follow the pace of the Dionia Light Infantry Brigade", so they also followed suit.

The retreat of the entire Greek coalition light infantry undoubtedly provided Persian archers with a good opportunity to attack, but Persian archers did not take the opportunity to attack. On the contrary, they retreated earlier than the opponent's light infantry because the Persian infantry formation was relatively dense. If the Persian archers retreated again after the Persian infantry troops arrived behind, it would inevitably lead to some disorder in the formation. If the Greek coalition, which was already very close, suddenly launched an attack, then the entire Persian army would be in great trouble.

The archers who finally retreated to the rear of the Persian army followed the infantry array, while the Dionian light infantry brigade retreated to the rear of the array, but quickly ran towards the left wing of the entire formation. At this time, there were no cavalry on the left end of the left wing of the Greek coalition, but there were three Dionian light armored soldiers arranged in a relatively loose formation, perpendicular to the left wing army formation to protect the flank.

The Epirus light shield soldiers, who had a population of less than a thousand, did not follow the light infantry brigade to the left wing, but instead supported the cavalry on the right wing under the leadership of the Dionian team.

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On the front battlefield, facing the closer Persian infantry array, the Greek coalition array was still standing still, but the coalition cavalry on the left wing moved.

The Persian infantry was still halfway through, and the Persian cavalry had already rushed to the bottom of the hillside. At this time, the Greek coalition cavalry located at the right end of the right wing were arranged in square formations. The commander of the Thessalian cavalry, located in the front in the middle, immediately issued an order to attack. The flag hand waved the legion flag embroidered with a Pegasus, and finally pointed forward with force.

The cavalry clamped the horse's belly, shook the reins hard, and the horses stepped out of their four hooves and began to run...

From top to bottom, the speed increased very quickly. First, the Thessalian cavalry followed closely by the Macedonian cavalry, and finally the Greek city-state cavalry gathered into a powerful force, like a mountain torrent that poured down, making a deafening loud noise, whistling towards the Persian cavalry at the foot of the mountain.

Most of the Persian cavalry were light cavalry. Some of them were equipped with javelins, and some were equipped with bows and arrows. Close-up fighting was not their strength.

Although the terrain of Thessali and Macedonia is relatively flat, the edges are mostly hills, while their main opponents are indigenous people in the surrounding mountains. The horses gallop on the hills. The riders cannot maintain a stable posture to throw javelins or shoot arrows. On the contrary, they are more likely to be caught up by the indigenous people, which forces the cavalry to improve their close-killing ability. Therefore, most of the Cavalry and Macedonian cavalry are melee cavalry.

In fact, it was not only them, but also the Gaul cavalry and Lusitanian cavalry in the Western Mediterranean. Only the Numibians had the ability to ride horses, shoot archery and bid for javelins in the flat and vast inland Afilica.

After Dionia formed the Thessali cavalry into the legion, he equipped it with a full set of leather armor, a 3-meter spear and saber specially made for the cavalry. While enhancing its melee ability, it did not weaken the cavalry's balance and flexibility on the horse.

The Persian cavalry originally wanted to use javelins and bows to kill and damage the Greek cavalry and infantry after approaching the two wings of the Greek coalition, and then disrupt the enemy's array. Their formation was loose and their speed was very fast, but their speed naturally slowed down when they were uphill.

At this moment, the Greek coalition cavalry, which had been stationary, suddenly rushed towards them, as fast as lightning, and rushed to the front in an instant. The Persian cavalry could not make timely dodges. They relied on the number of people that were more than the other party, and they gritted their teeth and rushed forward.

If the entire Greek coalition cavalry was a sharp knife that pierced out quickly at this time, the Thessalian cavalry was the sharp blade on the knife. Although the speed of the galloping made them feel palpitations, they still stared at the front with wide eyes, hugged the horse's neck with their left hand and held the spear with their right hand. They immediately let go of their right hand as soon as they poked the enemy to avoid being pushed off by the powerful momentum.

Although the Thessalian cavalry has undergone countless charge training in recent years, many people have fallen off the horse. Of course, more Persian cavalry have fallen off the horse, and they are either killed or injured.

What's even more terrifying is that due to the powerful kinetic energy that rushed down, the coalition cavalry could not stop the horses at all. They watched the war horses under their crotch suddenly hit the Persian cavalry in front, not only knocking them away, but also causing themselves to be seriously injured. The subsequent coalition cavalry stepped on the wounded soldiers and injured horses everywhere, and soon broke through the array of Persian cavalry.

The charge of the Greek coalition cavalry caused the Persian cavalry not only to stop advancing, but also mostly to crowd together. The horses neighed and the people shouted in chaos, and they could not quickly restore unified command.

After the Thessali cavalry who had fallen off the horse got up from the ground, they immediately pulled out the sabre at their waists and chopped and slashed at the surrounding enemies and war horses, making the scene even more chaotic.

The coalition cavalry that killed through the enemy formation quickly returned and launched an attack on the chaotic Persian cavalry again...

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The 4,000 cavalrymen on the right wing of the Persian army successfully approached the left wing of the Greek coalition, but with the Dionian light armored soldiers guarding their side, the arrows and javelins they fired caused some casualties to the light armored soldiers, but they did not achieve the purpose of disrupting the main formation.

Subsequently, the light infantry arrived one after another. Their bows and arrows and javelins had a longer range, more stable and accurate output, posing a great threat to the Persian cavalry, forcing them to retreat to a longer distance, thereby alleviating the pressure on the light armored soldiers.

At the same time, the soldiers of the Persian army had stepped onto the gentle slope one after another and began to march upwards.

When the winding Persian army formation was about 5 or 60 meters away from the main force of the Greek coalition, and the Persian archers behind it began to bend their bows and arrows, the Dionian soldiers on the middle and left wing of the Greek coalition suddenly took a big step forward in an orderly manner and threw out the javelin in their hands.

Before, when the light infantry and Persian archers were at a disadvantage, the soldiers of the Legion did not come forward to help their comrades under the strict orders of the team officials, and were waiting for this moment.

The Persian army did not know much about the tactical style of the Dionysian Legion. Although Jason had heard of it before, he had never fought with the Dionysian army. In addition, the silence of the Dionysian Legion soldiers made the Persian infantry and Greek mercenaries relax their vigilance. As a result, when the javelin that covered the sky and the sun hit, they hurriedly defended, and it was too late.

Because the soldiers of the Dionians were located at a high place, the javelins they threw were more lethal. After one round, they fell down and either died or were injured.

When the Persian army was still in shock, another round of javelin was followed, as if a strong wind had blown by, the middle road of the Persian army and the front of the right wing suddenly became fragmented.

"Woo!...Woo!..." At this moment, the attack trumpet of the Greek coalition forces sounded.

Whether it was the Dionian soldiers, Greek soldiers, the Italian allies roared in unison and launched charges one after another. The six or seven-mile army formation poured down like a sea of ​​scattered land, with amazing momentum.

Persian archers tried their best to pull the bowstrings, trying to reduce the enemy's charge by the arrows covering the sky and the sun. However, most of the arrows fell on heavy infantry with heavy helmets and armor, which basically did not cause any damage. Therefore, when the two sides collided head-on, they almost showed a one-sided situation. The left, middle and right sides of the Persian archery were all coping with the enemy's attack in a mess. Under the strong pressure, the entire archery was forced to retreat slowly...
Chapter completed!