Chapter 44 (1/2)

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Chapter 44

Now, Tissaphernes was in a dilee shi+eld, but his recklessness on having too ht infantry on his army made not even half of them be protectedThere were too many soldiers and the formation was too dense, which made most of the stones and arrows of the mercenary troops hitBecause of his coercion, the soldiers could barely maintain their morale, but the horses of the cavalry ounded and wildly run around throwing a tantru with some soldiers and made the formation chaoticBy now, most of the cavalry had retreated to the rear

Tissaphernes looked at the forroans that he could hearHe look at the opposite Greek shi+eld wall that wasn’t as tightly close as before, although the protection of the Greek hoplite is tight, but they cannot coeWill he continue? He hesitated, after paying the price, but not getting the result he wanted, and such miserable retreat will not only affect the morale, but will also attract the dissatisfaction and conteeneralsBut if they continue the archery battle, the casualties will only increase and before the Greeks collapse, his own troops will first be in turmoil…

Just then, a herald came, “Lord Satrap, lord Siste said that he had too ested to either immediately attack? or retreat?”

Tissaphernes became relieve and answered without hesitation, “Retreat!”

The Greek soldiers who had been struggling could not believe their eyes when they saw the Persians receding like the tidesThey waited for a while and when they saw that the Persians did not appear again, they then began to cheer…

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In this battle, the Persian army suffered more than 4,000 casualties, and the mercenaries also have more than 900 casualtiesHowever, most of the wounded were arroounds in their hands and feet

After the battle, the soldiers were exhausted and hurriedly cleaned up the battlefieldThe troops went north for a while and before noon, they began to caently discussed how to treat the woundedDue to this battle, the troops under the jurisdiction of Davos had incurred 19 death and 185 wounded, which was totally beyond the capacity of the medical camp, they must reed and said, “There is no need for such troublesWhen ent out to fight as soldiers, we have long been aware of dying in battle! It’s just an arroound, just do a few casual treatment, that was hoe have handled it before”

When Davos looked around the crowd, he felt that Amintas is not the only one who had such an ideaTherefore, he said with earnestness, “You guys, we are far away froht, we aren’t only united in battle! In fact, we regard our friends as our relatives, and the caled with their wounds and remain indifferent! If so, e are wounded, there won’t be anyone willing to help us! You-” Davos said it with a deter as you are o of an eneive up on our coether!”

“Good Point!!” Philesius could not help shout with praiseThe other officers fervently applauded