Chapter 41 (1/2)
”Report, the Persians ca!”
”Very good How many people?”
”There are about 6,000~7,000 people, all of whom seems to be archers and mounted archers!”
”da arrows to defeat us all!”
”That is just right! The more that comes, the more we kill!”
”Can Davos block them?”
”That is why, our attack must be fast and powerful!” Cheirisophus firmly said, ”Everyone, return to your command post at once and immediately spread out the for for a fight and began to move out
When Artaozus left the valley, he couldn't wait to spread out his battle formation, and just like the day before yesterday, the archers were in the s
Just 2the mouth of the valley, the scout ca toward us!”
Although Artaozus was in high spirit, he after all has a lot of combat experience He doesn't want to be confined near thespace to maneuver So he immediately ordered his entire troops to move to the left
The archers and hly e their battle for after Artaozus gave his instruction, the Greeks appeared in his sight He suddenly beca death to change for
He ordered that the battle forht it in his mind that in a little while, after 2 rounds of arrows are fired, the advance of the enemy will be disrupted and they should quicklyanother opportunity to fight
However, his face quickly changed, because the Greek's front line was very long, it far exceeded both his wings, and as they s continuously extend
Artaozus is aware of the traditional Greek phalanx They often piled the formation very thickly, usually more than 7~8 rows, and crushed the other side with a powerful impact Now the other side's formation is so thin that they only have 2~3 rohy did they dare do that? Artaozus soon understood that it is due to their side being all mounted archers and archers, the Greeks can still ithout using the strength of numerous people to crush them
The Greeks wanted to surround them! He was careless! Artaozus was a little flustered and his expression change to confusion He wanted to immediately withdraw, but he felt that since the formation was already been spread out, and if they dejectedly went back, then theis that they will be delayed
He had ht to himself that even if they don't have the time left to retreat, they should at least shoot a round of arrows, 7,000 arrows can disrupt the Greek's formation and may even cause chaos
With this in mind, Artaozus decided to take risks He quickly called the officers under his command and told the was properly arranged, he felt a lotGreeks, he decided to wait and instructed the arrows to be fired when the distance between the two sides is about 100 meters
Come on, Greek barbarians, come and die! He smiled maliciously However, at a distance of about 200 le sounded on the opposite side, and the greek stoppedforward! He was anxious, but he doesn't want his troops toa sudden attack to a retreat, while Artaozus only wanted a smooth retreat But if he wait for the Greeks to attack, he now felt that there are too ht be some problems on the commands due to inconsistency
Then he saw the Greek hoplites facing hi overhead
Slingers!! Artaozus was so frightened that he reers in the Greek mercenaries, why did they appear all of a sudden?!
Then he doesn't have the time to think about it, countless fist-sized stones crashed into the middle of the Persian ar their bohen they suddenly got hit They aren't protected by arot knocked unconscious…