Chapter 53 (2/2)

Early an to athered on the other side

The htered 3 lambs, and the leaders offered them to the God of the ocean and river, Oceanos, and the entireof praise

Orontes had a preht cross the river, and so he ordered his army to be ready at once

After the prayer, thethe river bank After a few miles, they stopped and rested for a while They then head upstream…

The handsome satrap of Ar, did not understand where the Greeks were going He thought that they won't dare cross the river when there are Persian troops on the other side and was instead trying to find a way out He felt pleased as he watched the around like headless flies

The Persian ar on the other side

Finally, theplace that was marked by Cheirisophus, and i to the prior plan, with the end of the left wing as the axis, the whole troops whirled towards the river bank…

Before Orontes could understand it, thethe river Centrites The whole troops was split into 3 sections, the first one has about 7,000 soldiers who are prepared to cross the river and fight the Persian ar on the river bank in a narrow, thin and vertical for) The second one is the supply camp, they are closely followed by, the third one, which has about 3,000 soldiers and they are at the rear of the supply camp, and have their back turned towards the river bank in order to prevent the Carduchians fro a surprise attack

Just as the Persian arle to start the attack and the 7,000 soldiers stepped into the river Centrites without any hesitation…

Orontes coed He finally understood that the Greeks were ready to cross the river froe attack of the ently shouted, ”Fast! Have the infantry block them! Archers! Archers, quickly shoot your arrows!” As he screamed, he hoped that the river Centrites would slon the progress of the mercenaries, while their archers would cause chaos on the Greeks, which would lead to the Greeks drowning due to panic and crowding After that ained his composure After all, he himself tried the depth of the river

Perhaps this is his chance to earn great contribution! He thought excitedly

Davos followed behind the soldiers of the right wing at the front, treading on the hard river sand and reat stride

In the early winter, the river water was already piercing cold, but at that h and made them have no tiht: To rush to the opposite river bank as fast as possible!