"But why can't you see a single Persian?"

"I heard that those Persians only know about oppressing the subordinate races, and they are all lazy, so I'm afraid they are sleeping in the camp, haha-"

"Hey, what are you doing?"

The soldiers, who were chatting and laughing, saw their comrades resting on the grass suddenly turned sideways and put their ears to the ground, and after a while, they shouted loudly: "The Persians are coming!" ”

At the prompting of their teammates, the soldiers were surprised to find that the dry mud under their feet was shaking slightly.

After a while, the Dionian soldiers began to faintly hear a rumbling sound in the far distance ahead, as if it was a muffled thunder rolling over the clouds on the horizon, and the sound became clearer and clearer.

Then, a brownish yellow cloud appeared at the junction of heaven and earth, slowly drifting in the direction of the Dionian army, and gradually turned from a small pillar of smoke to a rolling dust storm that covered the sky and the earth for more than ten miles.

Under the reflection of the sun, countless lights shone in the gray dust mist, layer upon layer, like stars in the sky. From the huge dust and fog that enveloped the four fields, there were human shouts, neighing horses, footsteps, the sound of armor and weapons colliding, and even the roar of beasts...... All kinds of sounds are intertwined, like thousands of drums in unison, shaking the sky and the earth, making people irritable and palpitating......

By the time the dust had moved closer, the sharp-eyed Dionian soldiers could see through the flying dust from afar: this was a real sea of people! Tens of millions of soldiers, dressed in various costumes, armed with weapons, and speaking different languages, were densely packed and boundless, like a vast sea, surging towards them, and the pressure was so heavy that they could not breathe......

Many of the Dionian soldiers changed their faces.

At this moment, the commander of the First Army, Matonis, laughed loudly: "The Persian army is still the same, don't look at their large number of soldiers, in fact, they are useless!" I think that when we helped the Persian prince Cyrus the Younger to fight for the throne, there was a battle with the Persian army at Kunaresa a few hundred miles ahead, and the commander of that Persian army at that time was the king of Persia today, and their number of soldiers was about the same as today, far exceeding the army of Cyrus the Younger.

But at the very beginning of the battle, the right flank, consisting of our Greek heavy infantry, broke the left flank of the Persian army with a single charge, and if it had not been for the reckless behavior of Cyrus the Younger, who ventured into the battle and was killed, the Persian throne would have changed masters long ago.

Today, we have far more soldiers than the Cyrus the Younger, our army is more well-trained than the Greek mercenaries of that time, our troops are more complete than the Greek mercenaries of that time, and our tactics are more advanced than the Greek mercenaries of that time...... We will be able to easily defeat the seemingly strong but weak Persian army on the other side! ”

Mattonis's words greatly boosted the morale of the First Legion.

At the same time, veterans of other armies, such as Trotilas, were giving similar speeches to the soldiers under their command.

Seeing that the soldiers had returned to normal, the corps commanders gave orders one after another: "Assemble the whole team and prepare for the formation!" ”

When Davers arrived, there was also a cloud of dust on the side of the Dionian army.

"Your Majesty!" Alexis, Matonis, Lizaru, Felicios, and Tormid hurried to the scene on horseback.

Davers looked at the regiment in front of him, which was still in the formation of a marching column, and after returning the salute, he asked, "Haven't started the formation yet?" ”

Alexis replied: "The Persian army is very large, but it is too disorderly, and it may take a long time for the Persian army to take shape, so after a few discussions, we decided to let the soldiers rest first." At such a slow pace of the Persians, it was completely too late to wait until they had determined the location of their central army and then begin to line up. ”

Davos nodded slowly, and was about to speak, when Amintas behind him shouted, "Since the Persian army is large and chaotic, why don't you take this opportunity to attack?!" ”

Davers coughed heavily, and said in a deep voice: "This battle is attracting the attention of the world, if the opponent attacks before the other side is in formation, even if we win, we will be laughed at by the people of other countries, I need a dignified and brilliant victory to convince the Persians!" Moreover, I need to inflict heavy losses on the main Persian forces in this battle, so that the Persians will not be able to fight us later, and if I attack early, it will only make the Persians retreat early, but I will not be able to achieve great results! ”

Amyntas was speechless with embarrassment.

Davers didn't care about Amintas's mood at the moment, and he continued: "Let's go, let's go to the front and have a look!" ”

With that, he drove his horse forward, and the palace guards immediately came forward to gather him in the center, and Alexis, Phellisius, Matonis, Lizaru, and Tormid had no time to stop them, so they had to follow. And Amintas, Silonimus and others can only stay where they are because they have no military affairs on their bodies.

Davers rode through the gap between the legions, came to the front of the procession, and looked east, the Persian army was a mile away, although it was still dusty and foggy, but the flat and vast plain was unobstructed, and he could already see the situation inside more clearly, and even the shouts of the Persian generals could be heard.

In order to have a more comprehensive understanding of the Persian army's formation, Davers rode his horse from south to north at the front of the Dionian army, observing the enemy on the opposite side as he walked.

However, the Dionian soldiers, when they saw their beloved king passing in front of them, were all overjoyed and shouted: "Your Majesty is victorious!! His Majesty Wansheng!! ……”

The news soon spread throughout the army, and the noise increased even more, like a gust of winter thunder, completely overshadowing the noise coming from the opposite side, so that Davers had to turn an enemy reconnaissance into a pre-battle army parade, which also aroused the curiosity of the Persians.

"What happened?" Artaxerxes, the king of Persia, who was in the rear of the army, heard this thunderous roar and couldn't help but ask Pesitidai, the commander of the undead army in front of him.

Soon the horse sent back a message: "Report to the king, it is the king of Dionya who is reviewing the army. ”

"The outcome of a battle is not determined by the strength of the voice." Artaxerxes said in a strange way, in fact, he knew very well in his heart that if he were to inspect the Persian army, it would be difficult to get such a lasting cheer, not only because of those affiliated armies, but also because of his lack of prestige among the Persian soldiers, and it was because of this jealousy that he impatiently said to Tribasus next to him: "Urge all troops to complete the formation as soon as possible, defeat the enemy as soon as possible, and end this noise as soon as possible!" ”

The Persian army was more than ten miles long from north to south, and although the Dionian army was not deployed, the legions were almost evenly distributed within a radius of more than ten miles.

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

"Your Majesty, look! There should be Artaxerxes! 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 on top of the carriage stood a person, dressed in gorgeous costumes, reflecting the sun, which was particularly dazzling.

Davers reined in his horse, a little curious to take a closer look at what his rival, known as the King of Kings, looked like.

Artaxerxes was also staring at the crowned King of Dionys.

After staring at each other for a moment more than a mile, Davers turned his gaze to the front of the Persian king: a dense array, thick round shields, helmets that completely covered his cheeks...... It turned out to be Greek hoplite!

Davers was not too surprised, for he had already learned from Leoticides' report on the Battle of Asia Minor that there were quite a few Greek mercenaries in the Persian army.

He also carefully observed that the spears and spears in front of the carriage of the Persian king were erected, like a dense forest, and it could be seen that the infantry column was quite thick, and there were longer spears behind the erected spears, and through the gap of the swaying Greek heavy infantry, he saw a long-bearded soldier wearing a robe, covered with gold armor, and holding a spear and a large shield, which corresponded to what he had learned, and he knew in his heart: the undead army of Persia.

He immediately pointed to the carriage of the Persian king and said firmly: "The middle army of the Persian army is there!" ”

In fact, there is no need for Davers to say that Alexis himself has already made the same judgment, so when Davos returned to the rear of the group, the entire formation of the Dionian army began.

The staff officer of the First Legion rushed to the front of the First Legion and said to the Legion flagbearer: "Lead the troops to follow me to the position of the First Legion formation. ”

Hearing this, the flagbearer waved the flag, and the soldiers of the First Legion, who were resting, immediately stood up and quickly lined up.

The 6,000 heavy infantry of the 1st Legion, led by the staff officer, bypassed several fraternal units and came to the position facing the carriage of the king of Persia.

"Platoon Disperse Array!" As soon as the staff officer in front finished shouting, the leaders of the six heavy infantry brigades commanded their respective brigades to spread out in a horizontal formation of three brigades and two vertical brigades, and each widened the distance. Immediately after that, the soldiers under the command of the company commanders quickly formed a phalanx, and then the detachment leaders split it into four small phalanxes, which were arranged in a backward and backward cross......

In less than 10 minutes, the 1st Legion had completed the formation, and the reason why Mattonis's lack of personal command was that in this battle, he was not only the commander of the 1st Legion, but was also appointed by Davers as the commander of the center, and he also needed to go and give orders to the other legions.

With the First Legion as the base point of the entire array, all the legions began to move, and the generals and officers did not command the soldiers by shouting as the Persians did, but used the flag language to guide. The soldiers also strictly followed the orders, did not laugh or laugh casually during the formation, and only the sound of footsteps and the clash of armor and weapons came from the stirring dust and fog, and there was almost no noisy human voice.