Although the Persian scythe chariot was a terrible weapon for charging into battle, in the face of the prepared tactics of the Dionian army, it was either shot by light infantry or destroyed by legionnaires, and the damage inflicted on the Dionian army was extremely light.

Due to the dust and fog raised by the chariots and war elephants in the advance, Artaxerxes and Tribasus, a few hundred meters away, could not see the battle situation on the opposite side at all, and once the attack was launched, it must be carried out according to the plan drawn up in advance, so soon after the chariots and war elephants were dispatched, the king of Persia sent 3,000 armored cavalry in the front of the middle road, hoping that they could follow the impact of the chariots and war elephants and completely break the Dionian army formation.

The Persian undead army is not only infantry, but also chariots and cavalry, and these 3,000 armored cavalry are part of the undead army, they are the elite selected from the huge Persian cavalry, and they are also riding the strongest and tallest war horses, the war horses are covered with armor, and the cavalry wears a full set of leather armor, holding a Persian long sabre, and is also equipped with double-edged hand axes and bows and arrows. In the traditional tactics of the undead army, the cavalry team launched a second assault on the enemy after the convoy, often crushing the enemy without waiting for the infantry to come out, and this time they also hoped to repeat the same old trick.

After the Persian king gave the order, the cavalry began to jog forward in three horizontal columns across the entire central front (the reason why the dense diamond-shaped array was not adopted, Terebasus considered that the impact of the chariots and war elephants must have caused damage to the Dionian army formation, and the cavalry charge was not greatly hindered, so it was necessary to increase the range of the cavalry as much as possible, cause more damage to the Dionian array, make it difficult to recover, and let the next infantry charge completely defeat the middle of the Dionian army).

However, the cavalry team ran into some trouble not long after they set out, they ran head-on into the fleeing war elephants, these behemoths who had become sensitive and irritable due to injuries saw the Persian cavalry rushing towards them, thinking that it was not good for them, so they angrily shook their proboscis and trampled and rammed, disrupting the cavalry charging formation, and then the red-eyed war elephants rushed forward with great strides to the Persian infantry formation, and the mahouts on the back of the elephants had to reluctantly drive long iron nails into the brain of the war elephants, causing them to fall to the ground suddenly in a cry of grief.

There were also a very small number of war elephants who threw off their backs in the runaway runaway and crashed straight into the dense infantry array, causing a commotion.

Artaxerxes saw this and felt a little uneasy: "Tribasus, what's going on?!" ”

Trebasus didn't dare to respond directly, but reminded eagerly: "King, the undead cavalry has been dispatched, it's time to launch a full-scale attack!" ”

"Now?" This was a plan that had already been drawn up, but when it came to the end, Artaxerxes seemed a little hesitant again.

Artaxerxes' hesitation did not make Tribasus dissatisfied, on the contrary, he was glad that the attention of the king of Persia was diverted, he knew that the biggest shortcoming of war elephants was that it was difficult to control, and the incident of rushing into his own army formation had happened from time to time in the past, but there had never been so many such a big battle as today, and at this moment he had no time to think about the reason, but urged loudly: "Chariots, war elephants and cavalry have successively launched an attack on the middle army formation of Dionia, we must seize this opportunity, Launch an all-out attack and completely crush the enemy on the opposite side! ”

Tribassus' words temporarily dispelled the gloom that had risen again in Artaxerxes's heart, and he cheered up and nodded.

Hearing the high-pitched sound of the military trumpet, and seeing the constant shouting of the Persian heralds rushing in front of him, Remy took a deep breath, he knew that the important moment that would determine the life and death of his tribe was finally coming, and his sudden heavy heart was mixed with a little relief, because he had been suffering for a while, and now he was finally about to have a result.

He looked back at the Persian commander, who was constantly shouting for attack in the rear, and a smirk appeared on his face.

In front of the rightmost flank of the Persian army, Mardonios, who was waiting a little impatiently, received the order of the king of Persia conveyed by the herald, and immediately turned his anger into joy, and waved the long saber in his hand impatiently: "Attack!" Offensive! ……”

He was so excited not only because he was not only a descendant of Gobrias, but also a descendant of Madonios, the commander of the Persian army who commanded the Battle of Plataea, who died heroically on the battlefield, but because of the defeat at the Battle of Plataia, he was criticized by the Persian nobles, which also affected the reputation of the entire family. Mardonhos has decided to take the lead in this battle and wash away the family's stigma.

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The undead cavalry was in a long formation, and the slight confusion caused by the flight of a dozen war elephants was not enough to affect the advance of the entire team, but the rain of arrows fired by the next few thousand Dionian light infantry caused great trouble for the Persian cavalry.

McGakides was satisfied to see the Persian cavalry in the distance rolling to the ground with their horses, and was about to draw the second arrow, but the shouts of the officers sounded in his ears, but the battlefield was too noisy for him to hear, he did not react, but his teammates next to him pulled him and shouted: "Retreat!" Retreat! ”

McCareides was dragged back by his teammates, and said loudly with reluctance: "There is still time, you can shoot another arrow!" ”

"Bullshit!" His teammates scolded: "It will take time for the heavy infantry to line up!" ”

Magakides was dumbfounded, in the traditional Greek battles the light infantry was the auxiliary, and the attack and retreat were completely up to his own hands, while in the Dionian army, the various branches of the army needed to work closely together, and as a new recruit, he had not yet fully adapted.

McCarekides and his teammates fled into the infantry formation as quickly as possible, while Arcinis and the other officers looked nervously ahead, the Bols cavalry came quickly, and they were already very close to the infantry formation.

"Javelin!" Arcinis roared, and the prepared legionnaires threw their javelins with all their might.

It was a more terrible wave of death than the rain of arrows that had preceded it, and the armor of the Persian cavalry and horses was easily pierced by heavy javelins, falling in pieces amid screams and screams, and also hindering the advance of the cavalry behind.

Taking advantage of the confusion of the enemy formation, the phalanx of the rear detachment after throwing the javelins quickly rushed up and joined the phalanx in the front, but at the same time, some light infantry who had not yet withdrawn to the rear of the array in time were blocked from the array.

The undead cavalry who were lucky enough to dodge the long-range attack never expected that the Dionian military formation, which had experienced the impact of chariots and war elephants, could remain so intact, although they were surprised, but as the most elite and brave soldiers in Persia, they had rushed to the front of the formation, facing the heavily guarded shield array spear wall, and continued to rush forward without the slightest hesitation.

Although the dense bayonet spear stabbed the war horse, it could not stop the huge kinetic energy contained in the continuous running of nearly a thousand catties, and in the mournful cry of the war horse, "Boom! Rumble! Rumble! The ......" sound continued to sound, accompanied by exclamations, and the soldiers in front of it were knocked out and flew out, and small gaps appeared in the military formation in the middle in an instant.

Unfortunately, the Persian cavalry was only in three horizontal formations, weakened by arrows and javelins, and after this round of impact, it could no longer be sustained, and the Persian infantry array was still halfway through, so the Dionian legionnaires quickly wiped out these undead cavalry trapped in the formation.

"Your Majesty, it looks like our infantry phalanx has stopped the onslaught of the Persian cavalry without much casualties...... For the time being, there is no need to use reserves to replace them. Felicios, who had been keeping a close eye on the battle in the middle, said happily.

When Amyntas, Epitenis and other veterans heard this, they all breathed a sigh of relief: they had been fighting horses all their lives and had extremely rich experience in warfare, but like today's battle, the thrilling scene of chariots, war elephants, and armored cavalry taking turns attacking the army formation had never been encountered.

Davers looked calm, staring ahead, faintly revealing countless figures on the dusty battlefield.

"The infantry of the Persians has come up, and the cavalry on both flanks must have begun to attack as well......" Davers said in a steady tone, and after a pause, he asked, "Are our slingers attacking?" ”

The all-out assault of the Persians had just begun, and the Bariari slingers were on either flank of the formation, eight or nine miles from the command center in the center, and the heralds who reported the situation of the battle, no matter how fast they ran, could not have reached Davers in an instant.

Felicius was dumbfounded for a while, but Tolmid next to him reacted quickly: "Your Majesty, please rest assured!" Although the citizens of Baleari were rarely recruited after the annexation of Bariari to the Kingdom, they have participated in the training of the Iberian military camp for many years, and there is no problem at all in cooperating with other troops, and I am sure that they will complete the task assigned by Your Majesty very well! ”

Davos nodded after hearing this, and said leisurely: "As long as we can defeat the Persian cavalry again, I have nothing to worry about in this war." ”

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Drive! Drive! Yo! Yo! …… Amid the continuous shouting of various tones, more than 30,000 cavalry on both flanks began to advance one after another, like a flood overflowing the embankment, and its momentum was far more terrifying than the attack of the infantry in the center.

Looking at a wall of dust rolling in the distance ahead, the face of Kuchius, the commander of the First Cavalry Corps, did not show a trace of nervousness, and he also looked back at it quite leisurely.

"450 meters! …… 450 meters! …… 450 meters! "The observers at the foremost of the Dionian formations reported the distance between the Persian cavalry and the formation to the Barali slingers at the rear of the formation, who had no other protection than a sling and a few bags of lead pellets, and had begun to shake the slings at the orders of the officers after the cavalry on the opposite side had been dispatched.