Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece - Chapter 1303

[Chapter 252 Izam’s Advice]

“…In July, the King of Persia ordered us to pull out our camp and march westward. Due to the large number of troops and the slow marching speed, it took us two months to reach Taposakus. At this time, Your Majesty, you have already led the army to conquer The Persians ordered us to build a camp near Taposakus.

In order to facilitate my quiet departure and the convenience of future contact, the Xoxokant tribal army chose the northern periphery of Taposakus as a station, a distance from Ama. Mount Nus is not far away, so one evening half a month ago, I secretly left the camp and drilled into the mountain to the north. I was not found along the way. After that, I made a big circle before I came back here…”

“I Zam, this time, you risked your life to go deep into the Persian hinterland, successfully contacted the Xoxokant tribe, and persuaded them to support Dionia and make great contributions to the kingdom. On behalf of the whole army, I would like to express my gratitude to you! Davos saluted him with a solemn expression

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and Izam stood up quickly, waved his hands repeatedly, not daring to accept the salute: “Your Majesty, as a citizen of Dionia and an elder of the Senate, this is what I should do. Obligation! And although I have already retired, as a member of the former mountain reconnaissance team, this is my duty! I can’t be thankful to you and the soldiers of the army!”

These words were very decent, and Mariji blinked. Blink: You must know that when Izam first started following Davos, he was a barbarian who did not understand the etiquette of honor and inferiority. Completely changed his mind.

“Okay, since you still regard yourself as a Dionian soldier, then according to the army’s reward and punishment system, I will give you a major credit first, and then reward you after the war is over.” Davos was satisfied with Iza Mu’s performance showed a smile on his face, and then asked: “You have been there for so long, do you know how many people there are in the Persian army? What is their army composition? What is the combat effectiveness?”

As the former captain of the Mountain Reconnaissance Brigade, reconnaissance of the enemy is what Izam is best at, so he thought for a moment and immediately replied: “Your Majesty, according to my observations during this period, the Persians are in Tabosacus. There are about 350,000 troops stationed, of which the Persian army has about 200,000 people, and the rest… like the Duqya army has 30,000 people, Taoqia has about 10,000 people, and Amelia has about 30,000 people , Arabs have about 10,000 people, Scythians have 5,000 people, Cardans have 10,000 people, India has more than 10,000 people… Oh, and they also have more than 20,000 Greek mercenaries.

Among so many armies, The Persian army of about 50,000 to 60,000 guarding the King of Persia should be the most effective. Except for the undead army stationed in Babylon, the rest are from the eastern Susa and Persepolis area-”

“Arta Xerxes himself led the army to the expedition?!” Davos interrupted him and asked in surprise.

Izam quickly responded: “I’m sorry, Your Majesty! I forgot to say just now that the Persian king was Taposakus who led the undead army to arrive at the end of last month.

After arriving, he stayed in the city without showing his face.”

“Well…” Davos nodded: “You continue to speak.”

“In addition to the 50,000-60,000 Persian army, the Persian army has an advantage over us. It has a huge cavalry, which will take the cavalry in the subordinate areas. Including it, there are about 30,000 people. In addition, it has archers with a number of more than 50,000 people. But they do not have a strong heavy infantry! This is the biggest weakness of the Persian army, but the Duqya tribe army, Karl Danes, Greek mercenaries… The infantry combat effectiveness of these units is okay, and they will likely be placed in the first line by the Persians in battle to oppose our legionnaires.

In addition, there are some special units in the Persian army that need to be caused Let’s pay attention. One is the chariot of the sickle. It is said that the reason why Artaxerxes arrived at Taposacus so late was to prepare these more than 200 chariots. I have seen this thing from a distance, its axle It is equipped with a long and sharp double-sided blade. When the chariot is running, the blade will keep spinning with the wheels, and it is very scary to use it to charge.

In addition, there are war elephants, brought by the Indians, there are more than 50 heads.

Although I have seen elephants at Turui Zoo many times, this is the first time I have seen someone use it to fight.

The Indians place a small wooden tower on the back of the elephant. Two people can sit on the tower, one is a mahout and the other is an archer.

Elephants are huge, and using it to rush into formation should pose a certain threat to our infantry formations.

There is also an Arab camel soldier. The camel is tall but slow. At first, the Arab camp was very close to the Armenian, but the Armenian horse was restless because of these camels. The Persians Let the Arabs stay away from the main force and build a camp by themselves, but they don’t have many camels, maybe more than 500…”

Izam paused for a while, seeing that Davos was silent, he said in a busy tone. : “Your Majesty, although the Persian army is huge in number, its source is too complicated. Except for the tens of thousands of main troops, I found that most of the other troops are poorly disciplined, lack fighting spirit, and also lack effective organization. Even the language is not fluent, it is difficult to cooperate well.

I have experienced this deeply when I followed the army of the Duqya tribe from Opis to Tabosacus. Each army lost control in less than an hour after advancing according to the marching route prescribed by the Persians. Mixed with each other and scattered all over the plain… So every day just after the afternoon, the entire Persian army had to stop advancing, and then each army regrouped its own soldiers, which took at least two hours, including the Duqya tribe. The same goes for the army, which often clashes with other forces as a result…

Such an unmotivated, undisciplined, disunited Persian army cannot stand up to our army, even though we are numerically inferior.

But the Persians also realized this, and after the big army arrived at Taposakus, they began to reorganize all the troops—”

“How did the Persians reorganize?

“Davers asked seriously.

“For some troops with a small number, such as the Kardans and Arabs, they merged them into the Persian army; for the troops with a larger number, such as Duqya, Amelia, they sent some Persian generals to In its army, on the one hand, it is responsible for conveying the orders of the King of Persia, and on the other hand, it supervises the execution of the orders of the troops. At the same time, these generals are also responsible for training these troops to cooperate with the Persian army… So these days, the Persian army has been near Tabosacus. Before I left, I felt that the Persian army was in better shape than it was when we first arrived at Takusakus.

Your Majesty, if the Persians continue to do this, even if we can win in the end, It will cost a lot, so—” Izam pleaded loudly with a solemn expression: “Your Majesty, we should attack this Persian army as soon as possible while it is still relatively loose and not pinched together! ”

Davers pondered, and did not express his position immediately.

Seeing this situation, Mariji immediately turned the subject away: “Izam, you have been in Mesopotamia so much, how do you feel about the attitude of the people there towards the entire Persian army?”

“Of course not too much .

Alright!” Izam replied with a look of disdain: “The Persian army is not that our Dionian army has strict military laws. Their affiliated troops come from different regions and different races. They also have grudges with the Persians. For example, the army of the Duqya tribe came to a rich place like Mesopotamia to loot, destroy, and even rape and kill women every day. The Persians also organized a team for this purpose. A large number of military law teams came to deal with these violations of discipline, and even had several conflicts with the affiliated troops.

But even their Persian soldiers themselves were doing these disgusting things, so the towns along the way As soon as they heard the arrival of the army, they closed the gates of the city and refused to let the soldiers in, even to the Persian army… I heard some rumors that some Mesopotamian nobles had intercepted the Persian king several times on their way. I sue the Persian army, but the Persian king doesn’t seem to have given any punishment…”

Hearing this, Davos asked Mariji with interest: “What do the residents of the Mesopotamian plain have to say about the Persians? Domination seems a little dissatisfied?”

“Your Majesty!” Marighi replied a little excitedly: “Although Persia has ruled the Mesopotamia plain for more than a hundred years and has been operating it as a core area, so far the Persian residents have been living in Mesopotamia. The sub-Plain is still not in the majority. The main ethnic groups on this plain are still Babylonians and Medes, but they have always been obedient to Persia, Persia also treats them almost equally, and outsiders also regard them as part of the real Persia. .sonicmtl.com

But in fact there is still a difference between the two! Especially the Babylonians, who have been ruled by multiple foreign races for hundreds of years, they have become accustomed to being indifferent to wars between countries, as long as their interests are not violated They can accept whoever will rule the Mesopotamian plain. Therefore, when Cyrus the Younger led the army from Asia Minor into the Mesopotamian plain, almost approaching Babylon, there was no obstruction along the way. Maybe a big reason.

I don’t know if Artaxerxes ever resented this, but the information from Mazayas shows that he was clearly against Susa and the great supporters of those turbulent times. The Persian nobles of Persepolis were more trusted, and later gave them more power and preferential treatment, and even gave them some land on the Mesopotamian plain, and these Persian nobles in Mesopotamia The wanton expansion of Damia once caused tension between the nobles and residents of Mesopotamia and the Persians. Although Artaxerxes later realized this problem and mediated, the Mesopotamians did not The dissatisfaction with the Persians will certainly not go away.

Your Majesty, as long as our army does nothing against the people of Mesopotamia after defeating the great Persian army, and promises them some favor, they will certainly regard us as such. The masters of the land have opened the city gates to welcome us! …”

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