It is impossible for heavy infantry to catch up with light archers, not to mention faster cavalry. The fully armed heavy infantry charge cannot last long. When they stopped to rest, the Persians' arch strike began again.

The Greek heavy infantry hid their bodies under the round shield, and the chance of injury was greatly reduced, but it cannot be said that there was no. First of all, the arms and thighs were unprotected. Secondly, the thick breastplate was made of linen. Although it could prevent the penetration of bows and arrows, it could not avoid some skin injuries.

If you cannot get close to the enemy, you cannot exert the power of heavy infantry and can only stand and get arrows. Krianno dared not send light infantry up because the range of the javelin is not as far as the bow and arrow, and the protection is not as strong as that of the heavy infantry, which will increase casualties.

At this time, Timasong sent two hundred Cretan archers to come and reinforce.

Kriano, who had expectations for them, was soon disappointed: the range of the Cretan archers, known for their bows and arrows in Greek city-states, was not as far away as that of the Persian archers who dominated the Mediterranean, which was mainly military, but in order to shorten the range, they escaped from the protection of heavy infantry, causing more than a dozen casualties...

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At this time, the entire mercenary army stopped and the leaders were thinking of ways.

Davers also listened to the messenger's report on the left wing anxiously. At this time, Thormeed rode his horse and rushed over: "Chief Davers, Keritopps hopes that you will send a unit to go around the distance, avoid the enemy's reconnaissance, go around behind the enemy, and attack them."

Davers understood Kerithops' plan after thinking about it. He looked at Phelisius beside him, and Phelisius nodded to him.

"Assisters, go and notify Capps quickly!" Davers ordered.

"yes!"

Phelisius thought Davers would discuss with him who to send, but he didn't expect that he made a decision directly and was the most suitable candidate. It seems that asking him about advice along the way was not just a gesture. This young leader had really strong learning ability.

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When Cappus led the heavy infantry squadron to set off, Hironimus on the other side also sent a heavy infantry squadron, all attempting to go around the Persians and then cooperate with Criano on the front to encircle and annihilate them.

However, the experienced Artauzus was prepared for a long time. The two wings of the goose-shaped formation were Persian archers, which were scattered very wide and used as a scout. They soon discovered anomalies, so they quickly retreated, causing the mercenaries' attempt to fail.

The steady Capps immediately retreated when he saw the plan fail; while the leader of Hironimus's side was Xenophon, who took the initiative to seek battle. He was unwilling to give up and continued to pursue. As a result, in the pursuit, not only did not hurt a Persian, but more than a dozen people were injured. If it weren't for the exhaustion of Artauzus's army, Xenophon's squadron led by Xenophon would have suffered more than this loss. After he came back, he was scolded by Hironimus.

Without Altaozus' entanglement, the Greek army accelerated and finally arrived at the villages mentioned by the guide before sunset. Although most of the villagers had escaped, the tired soldiers were still revitalized. Davers was no longer interested in stopping the soldiers' robbery. He just suggested that Melsis try to capture some Persian slaves, promise them freedom in exchange for their sincere help, and then rushed to the commander's tent.

Before we could enter the tent, we heard Criano's complaint: "These Persians are like flies, and they cannot be driven away. We do not have enough cavalry and we can do nothing to them!"

Davers and Philicius walked into the tent, and everyone nodded to them. Compared to yesterday's distantness, they were much more proactive today. Obviously, Davers' performance won everyone's recognition, but he was not in the mood to express their enthusiasm because he was worried about Arthaus' attack.

"What should we do if the Persians still attack us the way they are today?" Kriano said worriedly. Today he was the heaviest loss of personnel.

"What is even more worrying is that if we cannot quickly find a way to repel the Persians, then the Persians will definitely think that this attack method is the most effective for us. Not only will they continue to use this method, but the next time they will not be hundreds of people, but thousands of archers and archers! I think that will be our disaster!" Xenophon said in a heavy mood. He suffered a lot today.

The other leaders also looked solemn. They easily won the battle with the Persian kings before, and Tissaffonym's tolerance made them believe in their own strength. But today, a Persian army, which was not many, was composed of archers and archers, suffered a lot. They suddenly realized the shortcomings of their own army.

"We must have the same range or range than the Persians-" Kerithops said word by word.

"Rhode Island Stone Champion!!" Xenophon suddenly shouted.

Davers' eyebrows jumped. He heard Antonios say: Rhodes' people in Greek city-states are good at throwing stones. The stones they throw can reach as far as four or five hundred meters, and the accuracy within a hundred meters is extremely high. Therefore, all Mediterranean city-states like to hire Rhodes' stone casters as an important auxiliary force for the army.

The reason why Davers is familiar with the name Rhode Island is not only because of the stone-titling hand, but also the "one of the Seven Ancient Miracles" that was widely circulated in his previous life - the Colossus of the Sun God in Rhode Island was built on this island, but it seems to be built after Alexander the Great.

Davers thought to himself: In fact, in terms of military, Greek city-states have many unique and elite troops, such as Cretan archers, Thessalian cavalry, Rhode Island stone caster, Spartan heavy infantry, and Athenian navy... If Greece unified and united these troops, they would definitely dominate the Mediterranean! Unfortunately, the Greeks who loved freedom had always been a mess. The last Athens who wanted to make this effort had been defeated. The current Greek overlord Sparta, without looking at the historical ending, would be impossible with its extremely closed and conservative political system...

When Davers sighed in his heart, Timasong said regretfully: "It's a pity that we don't have a Rhode Island catapult!"

"But we have Rhodes!" Xenophon said excitedly: "Everyone, the catapult is a skill that Rhodes have learned since childhood. They make a living by living with it, just like the Cretans make a living by bows and arrows! When we recruited mercenaries in Ioria, many Rhodes joined. It was only because of the generosity of Little Cyrus and prepared a large amount of weapons and equipment that they abandoned the catapult and picked up the round shield and spear that they had to spend a lot of money to afford. Now it's time for them to pick up the catapult again!"

"Xenophon is right. We should gather them together immediately and form stone-populationers to fight against the Persian archers." Kriano continued.

Everyone agreed.

Kelithops nodded and said, "Then go and do it right away. We have a lot of sheep, slaughtering some, and use sheep intestines to make scattered ropes."

"In addition, we also need cavalry, otherwise we will not be able to catch up with him when the Persians retreat. I suggest that each battalion gather the excess pack horses and select soldiers who are good at riding horses to form a cavalry team." Zantiparis said.

"agree!"

"agree!"

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When facing a crisis, the leaders united and quickly reached an agreement.

The entire army immediately took action. Soon, more than 300 Rhode Islanders who were good at throwing stones were organized, and more than fifty pack horses were also concentrated. Most of the selected cavalry came from the Davers barracks, and most of the soldiers in his barracks were the Thessals.

When Xenophon recommended Lüsius, the Athenian, as the captain of the cavalry team, Davers expressed his objection, and he believed that Ledes, the Thessalien of his military camp (recommended by Phelisius).

Given that most of the cavalry were Thessalis, the leaders finally agreed.
Chapter completed!