Chapter 1 (2/2)
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Then someone shouted loudly: ”Look ahead!!!”
The soldiers then looked ahead Soon, the smile on their face was quickly replaced by panic
S the hills, trees and houses, all of which were grey
After a while, a thin black line drilled out the sradually beco thicker…
A moment later, when the soldiers could barely see the outline of the eneht
The cold light emitted by the armor, spear and shi+eld… seeht sky; The sound of footsteps, shouting and hissing of horses gathered into a rolling wave, which s
Just as Olivos felt like he was about to fall, he heard Hielos shout: ”Ready to fight!”
”Ready to fight!!”
”Ready to fight!!!”
Greek mercenary soldiers put on their hel on their left shoulder, held their spears, and began to strike their shi+elds
”Boom! Boom! Boom!…” The loud noise made Olivos realize that he is also in a powerful arradually cal's ar slowly and orderly: The chariots are at the forefront, followed by the archers without arht cavalry, and finally the infantries with long-shi+eld and spear, the sparabara6 The heavy cavalry is divided into two parts, so; so of the army…
The vast Persian army is like the thick clouds in the sky before a stor
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At this alloped left to right, giving instructions to every Greek mercenary leader…
With constant cheers, he had reached the far right end of the Greek ar Euphrates river not far away
”Honor to you, Your Highness!” Clearchus7 perforer look at the Greek whom he trusted 's arins, I want you to lead your ht into the center of the enemy Kill Artaxerxes, the victory of this battle er son of Darius II of Persia and younger brother of Artaxerxes II Mne from 404 BC till 358 BC
3 Tissaphernes was the Satrap(Governor) of Lydia
4 Ariaeus was a Persian general who fought alongside Cyrus the Younger
5 Menon was one of the Greek generals who had work under Cyrus the Younger as a mercenary
6 Sparabara were the front line infantry of the Achaeeneral and a er