"Will Persia do?" Ascesters asked curiously.

"Where is Greece?" Marigi immediately turned around and asked without being outdone.

Davers glanced at them and said half jokingly and half seriously: "If you live long enough, you might be able to see it in fifty years."

"Is this an oracle?" Ascesters asked excitedly.

Mariji obviously doesn't believe it.

Davers smiled and did not answer again. If the wings of his butterfly were not weak enough to change the course of history, decades later (he could not remember the specific time), Alexander of Macedonia conquered the Greek land and then destroyed Persia. Because the Greeks did not think that the Macedonians in the north were their own people, in a sense, he conquered the two most powerful forces in the Mediterranean at that time.

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In the next two days, Greek mercenaries continued to march lightly.

Until the third day, the army of Tissaffonys appeared.

Now, the Greek light cavalry team with fifty mercenaries was basically scattered by Daphs as a reconnaissance cavalry. After all, Persian cavalry has strong personal abilities and one-on-one fighting, and the Greek cavalry is not the opponent. So they teamed up in five people and dared not leave the large army too far, and only moved within a radius of two or three miles. When they saw the Persian troops from a distance, they immediately rewarded them.

"The Persians are here, prepare to defend!"

"Send Rithops' orders to prepare for defense!"

The messenger quickly wandered around the periphery of this huge square formation and conveyed orders.

The hollow large square formation used by the Greek mercenaries guarded the baggage battalion in the center, so it was impossible to change the formation before the enemy was received. They just asked the baggage battalion to gather in the center, and the soldiers held shields and spears, were vigilant, slowed down the marching speed, and kept the formation intact.

Soon, the Persians appeared directly behind the team. From the flying flags, the soldiers knew that Tissaffony was coming. The Greek mercenaries easily defeated him in the Battle of Kunasak, so they didn't take it too seriously.

Then, another team appeared on the left wing of Tisavones. As the array advanced, the Greeks felt tighter. This was another army of no less than ten thousand people! Everyone was familiar with the emblems on the military flag. The Armenian Governor Aorongtas came, which was originally under the estimation of the leaders.

Then, another large army appeared on the right wing of Tisavones, with no less than 10,000 people. The high military flag made everyone familiar with it.

"Oh, I remembered it! That was what we encountered on the road, and it was said to be the army led by the King of Persia!" Yasserz screamed.

"This army that should have marched in the opposite direction of us actually appeared here! It is probably always following us quietly! Tissaffenis had long been malicious about us!" Phelis said with a serious expression.

Davers nodded slightly stiffly, holding on to the reins with both hands.

Among the army of Tissaffony, there were also the remnants of Cyrus led by Aliros. Four armies gathered together in a mighty manner, unfolding in the shape of a geese, slowly approaching the Greek army...

The crowds of people seemed boundless and densely packed were the most common that Greek mercenaries had seen after the Battle of Kulasak. Last time, there was a little Cyrus who relied on the mercenaries, and the mercenaries were only responsible for the right wing. Now they had to face the entire Persian army, and everyone was inevitably nervous.

Despite the tension, when the Greeks knew that only bloody battles could lead to life. Criano had been watching the distance of the enemy who was traveling, and as he was about to enter the range of the stone-cattered soldiers, he immediately issued an order: "Get out of the stone-cattered soldiers prepare!"

The stone-cattered soldiers in the entire rear guard immediately began to swing the stone-cattered rope. The accuracy and strength of the flying stones were worse than 300 meters away. However, there were so many Persians and so dense that almost every stone fell, which aroused a cry. The Persian army in the middle was in chaos and the pace of progress almost stopped.

"Governor General, the enemy's attack is too fierce! Should we retreat temporarily and force the troops on both wings to force them first?" An adjutant next to him suggested to Tissaffonys.

Tissaffenis's face was also not good-looking, but he refused without hesitation. Although he was appointed by the king as the general leader of the Greek expulsion plan, Aojontas was only helping, while the king's brother Sithirs was only helping with friendship. But one was the same governor and the king's son-in-law, and the other was the king's brother. If he did not do his best, how could he hope that they would do their best to help? What's more, they had a close relationship with the king, and went back to tell Artaxerxes about his performance that he had finally established in the heart of the Persian king, all the good impressions he had finally established in the heart of the Persian king were destroyed.

Tissaffenis glared at the adjutant fiercely and immediately ordered: "Start up and keep approaching!" This time, he concentrated nearly 50,000 total troops in his hands. He had people! Since the Greeks wanted to compete with him for long-range firepower, then compete, see who can shoot accurately! See who can stand it! Anyway, he was not ready to fight with Greece in close combat. After the Battle of Kulasak, the scene where the Greeks charged heavily and easily defeated the left wing of the Polish army happened next to him, and the impact on him was too great.

The Persians screamed and ran all the way. Tissaffenis even sent his own troops to supervise the battle, chopping down the deserters one by one, warning the entire army. Under such circumstances, the two wings of the Polish army quickly surrounded the mercenaries. Because the Persians had too many troops and the mercenaries were in a circular formation, the Persian army lengthened the front and surrounded the entire mercenaries.

Davers had already dismounted and his horse was led to the baggage battalion in the center of the square. Facing the approaching enemy, he was not as nervous as he was at the beginning: "Hand up a shield wall!"

Yassistus and his two commanders conveyed Davers' orders throughout the left wing.

Four heavy infantry squadrons began to get closer and approach, with round shields stacked round shields, and soon erected a long copper wall. The round shield of Greek heavy infantry was unique among the infantry of various Mediterranean countries. The round shield was one meter in diameter, wrapped in wooden core, and wrapped in copper skin. It was not held by hands, but the entire forearm passed through the back of the round shield, so it was labor-saving and not easy to slip away. Because it was big and hard enough, it was difficult to penetrate by bows and arrows.

The archers who were wandering behind the heavy infantry quickly approached the shield wall to reduce the damage of the opponent's bows and arrows. Since the 6,000 Altaozus had been wiped out, the Cretan archers in the mercenaries not only exchanged Persian recurved bows, but also selected soldiers who were good at archers among the heavy infantry and light shield soldiers, and joined the ranks of archers, which reached 500 archers, who were scattered in the defenders and on the left and right wings.

When the Persian army approached within 100 meters, both sides fired arrows almost at the same time.

"Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!..." The strings of bowstrings sounded, and countless arrows flew into the air, like a large dark cloud, covering the blue sky and the scorching sun. The dense arrows even caused many arrows to collide in the air. When most of the "black clouds" fell on the mercenary army, a crisp sound of "Clang! Clang! Clang!..." sounded, and there were sometimes one or two screams; when a small part of the "black clouds" fell on the Persian army, there were screams...

Arrows from both sides come and go.

The Persians even pushed the front to fifty meters away and stopped moving forward a little. Because the Persians knew very well that it was time for the Greek light shield soldiers to enter the battle even further.

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The bow and arrow battle lasted for a while.

In addition to the clean land under this long and square shield wall, the mercenaries were densely packed with arrows around them. The Greek archers whose quiver had empty had no need to worry. They pulled out a "arrow grass" on the ground and then fought back.
Chapter completed!