Davers narrowed his eyes and his sharp eyes passed through the soldiers fighting in front of him, through the dust and mist. Seeing the Persian king flags fluttering in the wind gradually getting bigger in his vision, he couldn't help laughing.

When Artaxerxes ordered all the reserve troops to be pushed on, his chariot had to follow the main force slowly forward. If he still stayed still, there would be only the Royal Guards guarding him, with only a few thousand people, which was too eye-catching, which made him feel very unsafe.

The driver carefully controlled the four "Niseian divine horses" carrying the royal carriage (this white horse was produced from the Nisai Plain, the most fertile land in the Zagroche Valley. It was regarded as the best and tallest horse by the Medes. It was presented to Assyria as a tribute. The Persian royal family even sacred it and claimed that the Nisai white horse was a sacred object given to the Achaemenid royal family by the gods, and no one shall own it privately except the Persian officials licensed by the king) followed the reserve troops and advanced towards the battlefield where fierce battles were being fought.

Artaxerxes, who was somewhat anxious, felt that the reserve troops were moving too slowly and was about to order Tribasus to urge the troops in front to speed up the advance, but saw the adviser suddenly slam the war horse, put his hand on his forehead, and looked up at the sky, and the royal guards beside him also made the same move.

Artaxerxes subconsciously looked at the sky ahead.

At this time, the sun was already west. Artaxerxes raised his eyes in a hurry. Even if there was dust and mist, he felt that the sun was particularly dazzling. He quickly closed his eyes and was about to open it, but he heard Tribasus shouting in panic: "Boxcannon! It is the stone fired by the Bienia's Biennon!"

Artaxerxes was shocked, not caring about the stinging of his eyes, and hurriedly opened his eyes and saw more than a dozen round black shadows passing by above his head, and then a roar came from behind.

Artaxerxes looked back and saw that more than ten meters away from him were dusty, and dozens of round stones the size of coconut were smashed into a pit.

Artaxerxes suddenly burst into cold sweat.

"King, the Dionians are trying to attack you with crossbows! Hurry up! Retreat!" Tribasus urgently asked the carriage to turn around and retreat without obtaining the consent of the Persian king.

The luxury carriage of the King of Persia was carried by the "4 Pinissia Cats". Not only was the size larger than that of ordinary carriages, but it was also much heavier. It was not easy to make a quick turn, let alone turn around. Moreover, the carriage was surrounded by royal guards, so it was difficult to clear enough space in a short period of time.

At this moment, a simple three-meter-high sentry tower had been erected behind the Dionian infantry formation. Under the control of the engineering battalion's laborers, the experienced crossbow gun troops were standing on the sentry tower and looking ahead. According to the bounce point of the first round of stone bullets and the position of the Persian king's carriage, they quickly corrected the crossbow gun firing data, and reported loudly to the crossbow troops next to the whistle.

The crossbow gunners quickly adjusted the elevation angle of the crossbow gun and pulled the string force... Soon, the second round of stone bullets was ejected.

At this time, the carriage that Artaxerxes was still turning around, but saw dozens of stone bullets roaring down in the air.

The first one landed next to the carriage, smashing a royal guard to pieces, and brain matter and blood even splattered on Artaxerxes' face.

In an instant, Artaxerxes' mind went blank and stood blankly, without any response to the panic shouts of the guards.

"Boom!" Another stone bullet fell in front of Nisai's white horse, and the splashed dust hit them. The fertilized white horse realized the danger and tried hard to break free from the yoke of the carriage, without obeying the command of the driver.

The carriage shook violently and actually threw the lost Artaxerxes out.

"King!!!..." The royal guards rushed to rescue when they were panicked. At this moment, a stone bomb hit the carriage, and wood chips suddenly flew everywhere, screams burst into tears.

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The senior Persian generals all knew that the crossbows were powerful siege tools made by the Dionians, and siege equipment was rarely used in field battles between the army, so they fell into the blind spots of their thinking. They never expected that the crossbows would use crossbows to attack themselves in the battle, so they entered the range of the crossbows without any defense.

In fact, before the war began, Davers ordered the arrangement of 30 crossbows in the rear of the middle lane. Although he was lucky enough to use the decapitation tactic, he did not have much hope for whether it could be realized, because as far as Davers knew, in previous battles, Persian king Artaxerxes rarely visited the front line of the battle.

The focus of the attack on the crossbows was not on the middle road, but on the right wing of Persia, and the reserve troops behind the Dukeya troops, to prevent them from rescued in time in the front.

According to the military system of Dionys, a legion was equipped with 10 pirates, so there were nearly 200 pirates in the army led by Davers, of which 170 were concentrated on the last side of the left wing of the Dionys army formation, facing the Dukeya army. While the Ksocont tribe was defeated, the pirate troops here also set up a whistle in time to closely observe the movements of the enemy's reserve troops.

Just as the crossbows in the middle were aiming at the Persian king's carriage, some of the reserve troops on the right wing were bombarded by stone bombs, because they were in urgent need of rescue and entered the range of the crossbows early.

The stone bombs fired by a single crossbow actually cause very little damage, but the concentrated launch of 170 crossbows is not only amazing, but also the killing effect it causes is very terrifying. As long as it falls within a rough range, it can create a small bloody and bloody scene.

The front-line troops arranged by Artaxerxes in the battle were either the elite of the Persian army or the fiercely combat-capable affiliated racial forces. Most of the reserve troops were average in combat. The Caspian states located behind the Dukeya army were not even willing to contribute to Persia. They came here just to deal with some errands, but were asked by the Persians to come forward to rescue urgently. After being attacked by several rounds of stone bombs, their morale was gone, and many people fled in panic...

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And while the Persian right-wing messengers were seeking help from the Persian king, after the soldiers of the Dionian Legion who had prepared in advance rushed into the gap in the Persian front, they would launch a fierce attack with the soldiers of the Ksokant tribe on the Persian archers who rushed to block the gap.

When Persian reserve troops were dispatched, Persian archers who suffered a large number of casualties were forced to retreat. Taking advantage of the attack of Persian reinforcements halfway through the attack of the crossbows and fell into chaos, countless soldiers of the Dionian Legion continued to rush through the gap in the Persian front and instead attacked the side and rear of the Dukeya army on both sides of the gap.

The Dukeya warriors, who were already depressed, suffered a front-and-back attack and quickly collapsed. Some even responded to the warriors of the Ksocont tribe and joined the Dionia side.

When the messenger returned the battle situation on the left wing to the command center, there was a lot of laughter, both the veteran and the young staff members were excited because they knew the victory was decided.

Davers also had a smile on his face and asked, "How is the battle between the cavalry on both wings?"

Phyllissius replied loudly: "Your Majesty, the Persian cavalry has begun to retreat. Our cavalry is reorganizing the formation and preparing to attack the flanks of the enemy formations on both wings."

"Very good! Very good! Very good!" Davers praised three times in succession, with a smile on his face even more, and he completely relaxed his heart. He looked back at his old comrades who were also talking and laughing easily: "The weather is very hot, everyone is thirsty, right? Heny, give everyone the water they bring."

"Your Majesty, it's boring to drink too much water. We want to drink good wine in the palace of Babylon!" Amintas said loudly jokingly.

"Hahaha..." Everyone laughed.

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Although the soldiers of the Dionian Legion continued to defeat the enemy on the left wing and expanded the gap in the enemy's array, although the Dionian cavalry and light armored soldiers turned to attack the flanks of the enemy's array after defeating the Persian cavalry... The Dionian army had already grasped the key to victory, but for the huge battlefield that stretched for more than ten miles, a comprehensive victory would not come soon.

It was almost dusk that the Persian army completely collapsed. The Persian Immortal Army and Greek mercenaries in the middle were trapped in numerous encirclements and could not escape.

This battle caused severe damage to the elite Persian troops, such as Maldonios, Halpergos, Pestidayi and other senior Persian generals were either captured or killed in battle. The only regret was that Artaxerxes fled the battlefield.

Therefore, Davers, who won the victory in the battle, issued an order: the cavalry troops continued to pursue the defeated army, and the various legions should shorten the rest time and speed up their march towards Babylon.

The fastest chasing was of course the Numibian light cavalry. They did not have much advantage in the battle with the Scythian cavalry and other light surprises among the Persian mixed cavalry units. However, because the main force of the Persian cavalry was defeated, the opponents were unwilling to fight and fled one after another, which made them start to rest in the second half of the battle, so they have more physical strength than other troops.

The rushing advance of the Numibian cavalry made the city of Nisephonia, which was not far from the battlefield, lacked sufficient defense. When they were accommodated, they broke into the city and eventually had to surrender.

Before entering the city to rest, Davers sent a messenger to the west and told Leotićdes who were rushing to come: The Dionian army had completely defeated the Persian army, so that he would no longer have to lead his troops to meet, but returned to Asia Minor and completely conquered the area.

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

At this time, the Persian king was completely different from his previous energetic appearance when he led a mighty army to leave Babylon. After the army was defeated, the soldiers fled everywhere, and the prestige of the king disappeared. Even his most trusted royal guards had many soldiers who had escaped in the dark, with less than 500 guards beside him.

After he was attacked by a crossbow and fell from the carriage, he was in his 60s and fell into a coma and was still unconscious, which also dragged down their escape speed.

After being caught up by the Dionysian cavalry, Trebasus, who was still following the Persian king, led the remaining guards to surrender easily, and demanded that Artaxerxes be given the kingly courtesy.

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

With the Persian king in hand, the attack of the Dionian army to the east was smoother, and important towns on the banks of the Ratchati River were triggered to surrender.

In early December, the army of Dionian entered the Babylonian region.

When the troops where Davers were located passed through a small village, the veterans in the army became excited because the village was named Kunasak.

"We camped here back then! I still remember the tent I stayed in seemed to be at this location!"

"Over the other side! That's the battlefield! We defeated the left wing of the Persian king with just one charge. Unfortunately, Cyrus was too reckless, otherwise we should have won the battle..."

"What's the pity for this! Fortunately, he failed, His Majesty stood out, led us to create Dionia, and allowed us to return here today as a conqueror!"

"You are right, we have to thank Your Majesty! Your Majesty will win!"

"Your Majesty is a thousand victories!!"

When the veterans were moved and cheered to Davers sincerely to express their gratitude, King Diony, the new overlord of the Mediterranean, rode motionless on the war horse, like a clay sculpture. He stared at the open space where Giorgios stood in front of him, and felt deeply moved: It was there that he was reborn from a 21st century Chinese citizen to a lowly mercenary in the ancient Greek era. From the initial struggle to survive, to the arduous creation of Diony, he worked hard in this strange world for more than 30 years...

At this moment, scenes of the past flashed rapidly through his mind, like a dream.

"Report! Your Majesty, Babylon surrendered, and the commander of the Kuchius Legion led the vanguard troops into the city!" The cry of the messenger woke up Davers in a daze. He looked around the soldiers who had already started to cheer around him, and smiled slowly appeared on his face: No, this is not a dream! This is the ancient Mediterranean world with turbulence! And I, Hades Davers, are now the most powerful person in this world!

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

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Everyone responded in unison, and thousands of soldiers excitedly surrounded the great king and galloped towards the eastern city that had already opened their arms to them...

(The book is over)
Chapter completed!