Chapter 40 (1/2)
”What do youthrough the valley, ill iht the Persians that ca us”
”Moreover, the path in the valley is narrow and will delay their retreat, which will make it easier for us to catch up with the, the slower their retreat from the valley, and the more Persians we could kill!” Timasion excitedly said
”But the Persians are not fools, ill they risk and cross the valley if they saw that we are ready?” Xenophon's question stunned everyone
Cheirisophus said with confidence, ”That's on't attack them near the entrance of the valley Once the Persians catch up with us, then ill attack! Therefore, we need to lure theht! Anyway, the Persians won't dare to fight us head-on, and we have the slingers and cavalry, which will surely give the Persians an unexpected surprise! At that tiether and drive them to the entrance of the valley, and the narrowness of the valley will delay their retreat and help us catch up with them!…”
Everyone said their opinions and soon the plan was perfected
Suddenly someone said, ”We should ambush the Persian army on this side of the valley and immediately block it after they cross it”
Everyone was stunned and abruptly turned around, it was Davos, he had been sitting in the corner and was seriously listening to them
”…Do you want to annihilate them all?!” Cheirisophus looked at Davos, as he tried to suppressed his astonishers, then squeezed it into a fist and forcefully slammed it, ”Of course! If we just defeated them, then they will surely return to once roup Only by surrounding and annihilating thereatest deterrence to the Persians!”
The Greeks advocates strength and preferred head-on clash, this characteristics was further emphasized by the fact that their mercenary troops mainly consist of hoplites The sa, the Battle of Marathon, the Battle of Platea… not to h their strength and head-on collision Even the countless s, a, surprise attack, and surround and annihilation… Everyone in the later generations knows soh they seehout the military history of the Greek city-states, the hoplites were theirforce Of course, such battles occasionally occured, but few people paid attention to it and was just skimmed Hundreds of years later, Hannibal, the coe, killed half of the men in Rome with repeated battle of annihilation, which have force Rome, the overlord of the Mediterranean, to learn from their enemies and finally take the reat level
Davos, whose soul had caeneration, is certainly won't be restricted by this era Although his military experience is still immature, but he is two thousand years ahead with hisat this tieneration, It is better to cut off one finger than to injure ten
Cheirisophus looked cal e and concept He ad and feasible, but he still asked cautiously, ”There is a dense forest not far from the valley, but if we have too many soldiers for ambush, then they will be easily spotted by the cavalry scout of the Persian But if there are too few soldiers and if there are too many Persians that co? What if the Persians doesn't co tomorrow? You should know that they didn't coht about it and answered seriously, ”There is no plan in the world that is perfect, there are risks in any military actions, therefore we should consider all possibilities as thoroughly as possible First of all, I want to ask you, Cheirisophus, how far is this forest from the entrance of the valley?”
”About 3 miles” Cheirisophus blurted out as if the terrain had been imprinted in histhe topography is a necessary skill for a qualified commander, and he also need to study it!
At the saest concern about the plan, he said it with his analysis, ”According to what has been said before, when the whole mercenary troops sets out before dawn, then the troops for the ambush will be able to arrive at the forest, and the ene We only need 300~400 soldiers for the ambush, therefore the chance for them to be discovered will be s and won't have the tih on't be able to wipe the the three sides was theorized by Sun Tzu, a ist and the first one to raise the ancient art of war to a new height, and should be living in the same era!' Davos' inexplicable sense of pride , then you don't have to worry If the enemy hasn't yet appeared after noon, the troops that is task for the ambush could withdraw on their own initiative, and their actions will be e, and our main force will also be at the entrance of the valley, so there won't be any big proble a place, but only 3 sides have troops and leaving 1 side unguarded in order to give the enee of the situation to surround thehts eventually conquered all the other leaders that are present and they all agreed with his suggestion: Adding an ambush force
Cheirisophus, who had always been unable to get used to Davos because of his youth, couldn't help but treasure his talents, but the way the Spartans treasure their younger generation is different, ”Davos, are you willing to command this ambush force?”
Davos was stunned, he saw trust and expectation in the gaze of Cheirisophus He carefully thought about it and despite the obstruction of Philesius, and faced with the coaze of everyone, he nodded, ”I can!”
The next day, before dawn, the Greeks got up at the urging of the bugle, they packed up their baggage and equipli on the horizon when they arrived at the entrance of the valley