"But why can't the shadow of a Persian?"

"I heard that those Persians only know how to oppress their subordinate races, and they are all very lazy. I'm afraid they are sleeping in the camp, haha--"

"Hey, what are you doing?"

The soldiers who were chatting and joking saw their comrades resting on the grass suddenly turned around and pressed their ears to the ground. After a while, they shouted loudly: "The Persians are here!"

At the prompt from his teammates, the soldiers were surprised to find that the dry mud under their feet was shaking slightly.

After a while, the soldiers of the Dionian soldiers began to vaguely hear rumbling sounds from a very far ahead, as if muffled thunder were rolling on the clouds in the sky, and the sound became clearer and clearer.

Then, a brown-yellow cloud appeared at the junction of the sky and the earth, slowly floating towards the direction of the Dionian army, and gradually turned from the initial tiny smoke column to a rolling dust storm covering the sky and the earth, covering more than ten miles.

Under the reflection of Xiyang, countless lights shone in the gray dust fog, layer by layer, like stars in the sky. From the huge dust fog that enveloped the fields, people shouted, horse neighed, stepping, armor and weapons collision, and even beast roars... All kinds of sounds intertwined, like thousands of drums ringing together, shaking the sky and the earth, making people irritated and palpitations...

By the time the dust fog moved closer, the sharp-eyed soldiers of the Dionian were able to see the situation inside from afar through the flying dust: this is a real sea of ​​people! Tens of millions of soldiers were wearing various costumes, holding various weapons, speaking different languages, dense and boundless, like the vast sea, surging towards them. The heavy pressure even suffocated them so much that they could not breathe...

Many of the Dionian soldiers changed their faces.

At this moment, the commander of the First Legion, Matonis laughed loudly, "The Persian army is still the same. Although they have many soldiers, they are actually not useful! I remember when we helped the Persian prince Cyrus fight for the throne, Kunarisa, a few hundred miles ahead, fought a battle with the Persian army. At that time, the commander of the Persian army was the Persian king today. The number of soldiers was about the same as today, far exceeding that of the Cyrus' army.

But at the beginning of the battle, the right wing composed of our Greek heavy infantry defeated the left wing of the Persian army with one charge. If Cyrus had not been killed by the reckless behavior and risked to rush forward, the Persian throne would have been replaced by the master.

Today, our number of soldiers is far greater than that of the Little Cyrus Army at that time. Our army is more well-trained than the Greek mercenaries at that time. Our troops are more complete than the Greek mercenaries at that time. Our tactics are more advanced than the Greek mercenaries at that time... We will definitely be able to easily defeat the seemingly powerful but actually weak Persian army on the other side!"

Matonis's words greatly boosted the morale of the soldiers of the First Legion.

At the same time, other veterans in the army, such as Trotilas, were giving similar speeches to their soldiers.

Seeing that the soldiers returned to normal, the legion commanders issued orders one after another: "Get together and prepare for array formation!"

When Davers arrived, the sky was filled with dust on the side of the army.

"Your Majesty!" Alexis, Matonis, Lizaru, Phyllisius and Thormede arrived in a hurry.

Davers looked at the legion in front of him, and after returning the gift, he asked, "Have you started to line up yet?"

Alexis replied: "The Persian army is very large, but it is too disordered. It may take a long time to wait for the Persian army to take shape. So after we discussed it, we decided to let the soldiers rest first. At the slow speed of the Persians, after determining their central army, we started to arrange the array. It was completely time."

Davers nodded slowly and was about to speak when Amintas behind him shouted: "Since the Persian army is huge and chaotic, why not take this opportunity to launch an attack?!"

Davers coughed heavily and said in a deep voice: "This battle is of great importance. If the opponent attacks without the formation, even if we win, we will be ridiculed by the people of other countries. I need a dignified and brilliant victory to intimidate the Persians! Moreover, I need to severely damage the Persians in this battle, so that the Persians are unable to fight us in the future. If the attack is launched in advance, it will only allow the Persians to retreat early, but will not be able to achieve great results!"

Amintas was speechless when he was embarrassed.

Davers didn't want to care about Amintas's mood at this moment, and he continued, "Let's go ahead and take a look!"

After saying that, he drove his horse forward, and the palace guards immediately stepped forward to gather in the center. Alexis, Philicius, Matonis, Lizaru, and Thormede had no time to stop him and had to keep up. And Amintas, Hilonimus and others could only stay where they were because they had no military service.

Davers rode through the gap between the legions and came to the front of the team. Looking east, the Persian army stopped a mile away. Although the dust was still flying, the flat and vast plains were unobstructed and could see the situation inside clearly, and even the shouts of Persian generals could be heard.

The Persian army ran more than ten miles from north to south. In order to have a more comprehensive understanding of the Persian army's array, Davers rode forward from south to north at the forefront of the Dionys army, observing the situation of the enemy troops on the opposite side while walking.

However, when the soldiers of the Dionian soldiers saw their beloved king passing by, they were all excited and shouted: "Your Majesty is a victory!!! Your Majesty is a victory!!!..."

The news quickly spread throughout the army, and the sound waves increased significantly, like winter thunder, completely overshadowing the noise from the opposite side, forcing Davers to turn an enemy investigation into a pre-war military patrol, which also aroused the curiosity of the Persians.

"What happened?" The Persian king Artaxerxes, who was behind the army, heard the thunderous roar, couldn't help but ask the Undead Army Commander Pestidayi in front of him.

Soon the horse was sent back the news: "Report to the king, it was the king of Dionia who was inspecting the army."

"The victory or defeat of the battle is not determined by the strength of the voice." Artaxerxes said sarcastically. In fact, he knew very well that it would be difficult to get such long-lasting cheers if he had been to inspect the Persian army, not only because of the affiliated army, but also because of his lack of prestige among the Persian soldiers. It was precisely because of this jealousy that he said impatiently to Terebasus next to him: "Encourage all troops to complete the array as soon as possible, click to defeat the enemy sooner, and end this noise sooner!"

The Persian army was more than ten miles long from north to south. Although the Dionian army did not spread, the legions were almost evenly distributed within a range of more than ten miles. In order to save horsepower, Davers had to smile and wave to the soldiers while controlling the horse and slowing down.

It took him more than half an hour to return from north to south.

"Your Majesty, look! It should be Artaxerxes there!" Alexis suddenly pointed to the east and said loudly.

I saw a magnificent carriage in the Persian army opposite, pulled by four pure white horses, and a man stood on the carriage, wearing gorgeous clothes, reflecting the sunlight, which was particularly dazzling.

Daversler held the war horse and was a little curious and wanted to take a closer look at what this opponent, known as the King of Kings, looked like.

Artaxerxes was also watching the crowned King Dionia in front of him.

The two sides looked at each other for a while, and Davers turned his eyes to the front of the Persian king: dense arrays, thick round shields, helmets that completely covered their cheeks... It turned out to be Greek heavy infantry!

Davers was not too surprised because he had learned from the Battle of Asia Minor report of Leoticids that there were a large number of Greek mercenaries in the Persian army.

He also carefully observed that the guns and spears were erected in front of the carriage of the Persian king, like a dense forest. It could be seen that the infantry line was quite thick, and there were longer spears behind the erected thorn guns. Through the shaking gap of the heavy Greek infantry, he saw the long-bearded soldiers wearing long robes, covered with golden armor, and special spears and large shields. Corresponding to the information he learned, he knew in his heart: the Persian Immortal Army.

He immediately pointed to the carriage of the Persian king and said confidently: "The central army of the Persian army is there!"

In fact, there is no need for Daphis to say that Alexis himself had made the same judgment, so when Daphis returned to the rear of the team, the entire Dionian army's platoon began.

The staff officer of the First Legion rushed to the front of the First Army team and said to the legion flag manager: "Lead the troops to follow me and go to the position of the First Legion array."

Upon hearing this, the flag hand waved the flag, and the soldiers of the First Legion who were resting immediately stood up and lined up quickly.

Under the leadership of the staff officer, 6,000 heavy infantry of the First Legion bypassed several brother troops and arrived at the position opposite the Persian king's carriage.

"Random arrays!" As soon as the staff officer in front shouted, six heavy infantry captains commanded their own brigades to carry out three horizontal brigades, two vertical brigades, and each stretched out a distance. Then the captains of each company commanded the soldiers under their brigades to quickly form a square array, and the team leaders split them into four small square arrays, arranged in a cross-arrangement in front and back...

In less than 10 minutes, the soldiers of the First Legion completed the array. The reason why Matonis did not command himself was because in this battle, he was not only the commander of the First Legion, but also appointed as the commander of the middle lane by Davers. He also needed to issue orders to other legions.
Chapter completed!