On the next day's march, Davers rode on the horse, and was full of lingering in his mind. He had a happy relationship with Cristoya last night: Cristoya was not only beautiful, but also had a sexy figure as her appearance. Her snow-white and smooth skin, and the undulating curves made him unable to let go of her hand. In addition, her extremely flexible body made him indulge in it, trying his best to vent the desires accumulated by this young and strong body over the past nineteen years, and it lasted until late at night. If Olivers had not covered him outside, he would have been broken by someone, so he would have let Olivers over the "crime" that eavesdropped on outside.

When passion passed, Cristoya lay in his arms and shyly expressed her willingness to be with him, Davers felt that the barrier between him and the world seemed to be much smaller. With this concern, he also thought about where to go in the future and thought more: Davers came from modern society and was an adult, and he knew that passion could not last. Cristoya was born in a noble family, and he was a concubine of Cyrus, enjoying a luxurious life. Now he is just a mercenary, an ordinary civilian in Greek society, not even a citizen, he lives without a fixed place, wandering around, it is okay for a short time, but it is difficult for a long time to guarantee Cristoya will not be disgusted... Of course, this idea was buried in his heart. Now is not the time to think deeply, because the primary problem at present is to return to Greece safely.

The appearance of the Persians ruined his good mood.

This time, Tissaffenis changed his strategy and stopped attacking, but instead raided. The Persians followed the mercenaries and maintained a safe distance. From time to time, another team of archers rushed up blood, shot a round of arrows, and immediately fled far away. The damage to the mercenaries was not great, but their nerves were always tense, which affected the speed of the march and morale.

The leaders had no choice but to do this. The only thing they could do was to mix stone casters, archers and heavy infantrymen, so that they could not be too arrogant when facing the fast Persian archers.

At the same time, the Greek mercenaries encountered other difficulties. As they got closer and closer to the Dukea Mountains, the plains gradually turned into hills and the terrain became rugged. The huge square-space formation of the Greek army could not be kept intact, especially when crossing rivers and trekking through narrow mountain roads, the entire formation was completely broken. Persian cavalry took advantage of the opportunity and caused greater chaos to the mercenaries with bows and arrows.

After discussion, the leaders had to pull out the small mercenaries who had joined Kerithops from the vanguard forces (because so far the Persian attacks mainly came from the rear and flanks), forming four or five companies, each with about two hundred men, and were placed on the inside of the flanks and the rear guard forces. Once a large rift appeared in the formation, or was compressed due to the narrow terrain, they rushed out to form a new rear guard force, blocking the charge of the Persian cavalry and providing barriers for the archers and stone-throwing soldiers who arrived later.

In this way, the mercenaries marched and tried every means to deal with the harassing Persian cavalry. This situation lasted for four or five days. When there were continuous mountains on the spot, the entire army breathed a sigh of relief because they all knew that the cavalry could not go up the mountain.

They panted and walked through the rugged mountain path, crossed the first mountain, and came to the foot of the second mountain, and the team stopped to rest due to fatigue.

Most of the soldiers took off their armor, wiped their sweat, and sat down to rest. While resting, the guards of the baggage battalion also had to check the injuries and damages of the pack beasts and vehicles. The whole army gathered in the narrow area between the two mountains, preparing to rest for a while, and then resumed their strength, and then continue to march.

The attack suddenly came, countless bows and arrows and flying stones roared, and caught the mercenary off guard: the soldiers screamed, the women screamed, the animals ran around, and the whole team was in chaos.

The first thing that came to his reaction was Kerithops and his eight hundred Spartan warriors, because these Spartan warriors did not throw away their weapons and armor like other soldiers after going down the mountain. They were still physically strong, and when Kerithops found that the attack came from the second mountain, they immediately ordered decisively: "Sparta, move forward!"

The Spartan warrior immediately followed him and raised his shield toward the top of the mountain.

The Persian light infantry had a very fast firing rate, and wave after wave of arrows tilted down the mountain.

After experiencing the initial chaos, the mercenaries reacted very quickly. After all, they were all old war-torn soldiers. They quickly grabbed the round shield beside them and hid themselves under the shield. Only the personnel of the baggage battalion, except for the guards, were mostly slaves or robbed women, and had no combat experience. Driven by fear, most of them did not escape, but shouted and ran around, so they were injured in the dense rain of arrows.

At this time, Davers was anxious. In order to take into account the influence of the camp these days, he did not go to find Cristoya. The situation is urgent now, and I don’t know if she is safe.

"Assistes, inform the team officials to form a shield wall and move closer to the baggage battalion and the medical battalion!" he shouted loudly.

"Yes, leader!"

In fact, without his order, Philicius, Cappus, Antonios and others have led their troops to lift the round shield above their heads and form a shield formation to move towards the center.

Olivers and Matonis also immediately raised their shields and rushed forward to protect Davers

But Davers shouted, "Marigi! Marigi, are you okay?!"

"I'm fine!" Marigi shouted behind him.

"Protect him quickly and don't let him get hurt!" Davers gave the order.

Although Martonis looked down on this Persian, he always carried out Davers' orders meticulously.

At this time, he was already the acting captain of the guards. Under his order, Giogris and others rushed to protect Marigi.

Marigi stared at Davers's back without saying a word, his eyes full of gratitude.

Davers had no time to see Marij's situation. He half-kneeled and tried to look towards the baggage camp from under the shield, where there was chaos.

He rushed to the center anxiously. When he saw that the shield formation was also erected on the medical camp, he breathed a sigh of relief. In order to avoid suspicion, he shouted first: "Helps!Helps!"

"I'm here!" Herps' voice came from the shield: "We're all okay!"

After hearing this, Davers completely relaxed. At this time, Hilos came over and briefly explained to him the situation: the reason why the doctors and female slaves in the medical camp were safe was related to Cristoya. When the first wave of arrows came, she immediately called them to hide under the cart, and Hilos then commanded more than 100 wounded soldiers accompanying to form a shield formation to protect the safety of most people.

Hilos responded quickly and calmly to Cristoya in the face of danger and praised Davers, which made him feel a little more aware of this woman. Perhaps this is why she was the only concubine of Little Cyrus who escaped from the Persian robbery.

The baggage battalion was much worse. Melsis was not injured under the protection of the guards. There were many slaves and women who were shot in the arrow, and several pack beasts died. Facing Melsis's mournful face, Davers, who had been accustomed to life and death, did not send anyone to protect these non-combatants who had already run around. Fortunately, Persian attacks stopped short of long, because the troops led by Kerithops were about to rush to the top of the mountain.

Of course, the Persians would not fight against the mercenaries, and they retreated quickly.

Kerithops left the Spartan warriors on the top of the mountain to prepare for defense.

After going down the mountain, Kerithops summoned the leaders to discuss solutions. He said: "The Persians are all light infantry, and we cannot catch up with them. Although they retreated, they may continue to attack us in the third and fourth mountain. Our team is too large to avoid."

He said it was a discussion, but he had already thought of a countermeasure on the way down the mountain: "I just looked at the top of the mountain. These mountains are not very high and do not occupy a large area. You can send an army to go around the right side of the next mountain to the back, and then I led my soldiers to fight the vanguard in the front. If the Persians want to occupy a high place and continue to attack us, we will cut off the back."
Chapter completed!