Chapter 38 (1/2)

It was ihtly are could not last and when they stopped to rest, the Persian archers began to attack once more

The Greek hoplites hid under their round shi+eld, which greatly reduced the chance of injury, but that's not to say they wouldn't First of all, their arhs were unprotected, and secondly, their thick arh it can prevent the arrows fro, but soet close to the eneth of the hoplites, while the enemy only need to stand and shoot arrows Cleanor did not dare to dispatch the peltast because their javelins won't be able to reach as far as arrows, and their protection wasn't as strong as the hoplites, it will only increase their casualties

At this time, Timasion dispatched 200 Cretan archers to reinforce them in haste

Cleanor, who had expectations for them was soon disappointed In the Greek city-states, the Cretan archers was known for their archery, but their range wasn't as far as the Persian archers who dominated the Mediterranean On the contrary, in order for thee, they had left the hoplites' protection, which had caused dozens of casualties…

At this time, the entireto find a solution

Davos also listened anxiously to the heralds of the left wing At this ti on a horse, ”Leader Davos, Cheirisophus wants you to dispatched troops and you need to take a detour in order to avoid the scouting of the eneo behind the eneht about it, he understood the plan of Cheirisophus He looked at Philesius as beside hio and inform Kapus to coht that Davos would consult with him about who to send, but he instead directly made a decision, and it was thefor advice throughout the journey wasn't just a front, and the young leader's ability to learn is really strong

When Kapus led the hoplite unit, Hieronymus, as on the other side, also sent a hoplite unit, and all of the to circle behind the Persians, then cooperate with Cleanor to surround and annihilate theuard The tings of the goose formation were the Persian archers and mounted archers, they are very loose and can also be used as a scout, and soon they discovered the anomalies, so they quickly retreated and made the attempt of the mercenary to fail

The prudent Kapus i While Xenophon, as the leader on Hierony, so he took the initiative to seek a fight and continued pursuing As a result of chasing and stopping, instead of injuring the Persians, it had caused him more than a dozen of people to be injured If not for the arrows of Artaozus' troops running out, then Xenophon's unit would have lost ot reprimanded by Hieronymus

Without the harassment of Artaozus, the Greek troops increased their pace and finally arrived at the village that was h ers had fled, it still renewed the soldiers' spirit Davos had no intention in stopping the soldiers to pillage, and he only suggested that Mersis should capture soe for their sincere help He then rushed to the commander's quarter

He heard the complaint of Cleanor, before he could enter, ”These Persians are like flies, we can't get rid of the we can do about theh cavalry”

Davos and Philesius went inside, and everyone nodded to them Compared with yesterday's alienation, a lot of them took the initiative today Obviously, Davos' perfornition of everyone, it was just because they orried about the attack of Artaozus that they were not able to show their enthusiasm

”What should we do if the Persians still attack us like they did today?” Cleanor said worried, because he had suffered theis that if we can't quickly find a way to defeat the Persians, the Persians will surely think that this ainst us and they will not only continue using this method, and the next time they come will not only be few hundreds of people, but instead will be thousands of archers and mounted archers! I think that this will be our disaster!” Xenophon depressingly said, since he had suffered a lot today

The other leaders were equally serious They had easily won in the previous battle with the Persian king, and the tolerance of Tissaphernes th But now, a small Persian troops, composed entirely of archers and mounted archers had made the hoplites that they are proud of, suffer They then suddenly realized the shortcos of their troops

”We have to have the sae than the Persians -” said Cheirisophus