Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece - v9 Chapter 256： Cross the river

And Daves once had a worry – that is, how to make the army cross the wide Euphrates River with the heavy defense of the Persians, but this worry no longer exists due to the retreat of the Persian army.

In the past few days, the engineering battalion has built three wooden bridges on the Orontis River in front of the camp, and 150,000 soldiers have crossed the Orontis River in Syria in an orderly manner. ’S going straight east.

Six days later, the vanguard had already approached Taposakus.

The Euphrates River, which rushes out from the mountains of eastern Asia Minor, flows from north to south at the westernmost end of the Mesopotamia Plain, and merges into multiple rivers to form a series of wide lakes, reaching Taposaku. When near Sri Lanka, it turned to the east, causing its river surface to suddenly narrow, making it the best section for crossing the upper reaches of the Euphrates River. The royal road connecting the Persian royal court to Asia Minor passed through here, which led to Taposaku. The prosperity of Sri Lanka.

When the pioneer troops of Dionian arrived on the west bank of the Euphrates River, they were pleasantly surprised to find that the Persian troops did not burn the pontoon bridge on the river when they retreated. The pontoon bridge is very spacious and can accommodate 10 soldiers walking side by side at the same time, saving the engineering battalion. Take the pontoon more hard work.

The next day Daves followed the Chinese army to the west bank of the Euphrates River. He stopped by the pontoon, watching the soldiers in singles and arms and armors, with a certain longing on their faces, stepping firmly on the pontoon, crossing the wide Euphrates River, and on. The strange Mesopotamian plain…

Daves, who was riding on a horse, straightened his upper body in spite of fatigue, with his right fist pressed against his left chest, with a solemn expression. The court guards who followed him also saluted the soldiers.

The soldiers passing by the bridgehead were surprised at first and then extremely excited when they saw this scene, but the long rolling dragon did not allow anyone to stop, and the heavy package on their shoulders made them unable to take it off. So most of these were in The young soldiers who were born in Dionia and grew up under the influence of countless victories and glory watched with unparalleled reverence the kingdom’s founder and the highest military commander of the kingdom who had created many military miracles. They shouted excitedly: ” Your Majesty Wansheng!”

“Your majesty is victorious!… Your majesty is victorious!!!… Your majesty is victorious!!!…” At the beginning, the rush of shouts quickly converged into the same voice, echoing at the bridgehead, and quickly addressed the team. After the spread of the news, the soldiers who heard the news seemed to have taken stimulants, forgot the exhaustion of the long journey, and accelerated the pace of advance…

Seeing this exciting scene, Epithenis couldn’t help but sigh: “We were here 30 years ago. Like these little guys, we stepped on this pontoon hopefully and entered the rich Mesopota ahead. Plain of Mia…”

“Don’t forget, Menon led us as the vanguard of the whole army at that time, but the Mesopotamian plain was the first to enter!” Amintas, who was half lying on the carriage, took the conversation and said proudly. .

He was paralyzed in his lower limbs and was unable to walk. Originally, he was carried by the servants in a wooden sedan to march, but the speed was slow and unable to keep up with the large forces, so Daves allowed him to ride in a small open carriage. Since the army landed in Egypt, he has been in poor physical condition due to unacceptable waters and soils, but when the army re-emerged on the route of the small Cyrus marching to Babylon, his spirit became better.

“Amintas, you’re so embarrassed to say this!” Agarcia, who once belonged to another mercenary team, said disdainfully: “Back then Menon rushed to be the vanguard, saying he wanted to find the way for the army, but Everyone knew that he just wanted to looting on the Mesopotamian plain first, so little Cyrus agreed to his request, and then issued an order to the whole army to prohibit looting on the Mesopotamian plain. , Did you feel disappointed at the time?”

“What’s so disappointing about me—” Amintas was about to refute, suddenly thinking of something, and deliberately loudly said: “Hironimus, did you mean’we’ just now! Don’t forget, His Majesty was also a member of’we’!” As he said, he also pointed to Daves standing in front of him.

Hearing this, Agarcia, who has always been invisible among the veterans, was a little panicked at this time, and eagerly defended: “Don’t talk nonsense, I…I–”

“Actually, the reason why we joined the mercenary back then to serve the little Cyrus is also to survive.” Hironimus, who was once the leader of another mercenary, spoke in time to resolve Agarcia’s embarrassment. “In fact, even the little Cyrus had allowed us to plunder Asia Minor many times in order to solve the tension of military expenditure. The reason why we were not allowed to plunder Mesopotamia was probably because he thought that after he seized the throne, Messo Potamia will be the core area under his rule, so the people here cannot be allowed to hold grudges against him.”

Alexis sighed: “Asia Minor is part of the Persian land, but neither Cyrus the Little nor Artaxerxes cherished the vast land. Instead, they regarded the people there as a foreign race and gave them what they wanted. How can people not rebel! How can people in other parts of Persia be truly loyal to Persia!”

“We should thank the Persians for doing this, because they do not regard other races as their own people, we have the opportunity to invade this vast land and finally defeat this powerful enemy!” Matonis pointed to the first crossing the river. A soldier of the Legion said proudly: “These little guys are luckier than us. We were only tools in the hands of the Persians, meaninglessly fighting for the power of the Persian royal family and died on this strange land, even though they repeated Our marching route back then was fighting for themselves and for the kingdom. They will create unprecedented victories!”

“That’s great, Matonis.” Ammentas leaned back on the carriage seat, and said with a slight sarcasm: “Although you were not in the team under my command back then, I had heard of it. You, a strong and brave recruit who has a rough temper and a headache for the team leader…No one would have thought that in the past few decades, you would have become a general commanding tens of thousands of soldiers, and your speech was so methodical… …”

“Master Amintas, I also heard of you back then.” Matonis retorted unceremoniously: “Do you know why I didn’t want to go to the Centurion you commanded back then? Because everyone said you belonged to Menon. A mad dog, although he often leads his team to the forefront, he has no tactics to speak of, and every casualty is not small…but I am afraid that the mercenaries who followed you and died here will never think of you decades later. He will become an important minister of a powerful kingdom and a famous general praised by the people.”

Matonis’s harsh words touched the heartstrings of Amintas. He did not refute, but he was silent for a moment in pain, and then said in a deep voice, “This time we come to Persia, not only to avenge the Persian king, but to wash away the past. Shame, and more importantly, find the scary bones of the comrades back then and take them home…”

As soon as these words came out, everyone fell into silence, and the atmosphere became a bit solemn.

Henipolis, who has been listening to the records and collecting materials for future biographies, couldn’t help but ask in a low voice: “My lord, you have said so much just now, can you… simply talk about your Majesty at that time? He should have been a young recruit at the time, right?”

Alexis, Felicius, Tolmeide and others seemed to have not heard Hernipolis speaking, and they began to talk to each other like no one.

Even Amintas and Epithenis, who usually speak without taboos, are afraid of being entangled by the annoying Hernipolis at this moment, so they simply closed their eyes and pretended to sleep.

Matonis, who was in the same squad with Daves and was very familiar with him, pulled Gioglis and left the crowd on the grounds of “urging the soldiers to speed up the march”.

It’s not that they can’t remember the performance of King Daves here, but they clearly remember: When mercenaries came to the Euphrates River, the young Daves was caught by this unusually wide river. Shocked, when he stepped on the pontoon bridge, his legs became weak, and he was supported by Matonis almost all the way to the other side…

If they truthfully tell the embarrassment of Daves back then, how much impact will it have on the people of the kingdom today? ! What’s more, today, 30 years later, they revisited the old place, looking back on the past, and feeling even more in their hearts: Compared with the companions who died here, how lucky they are! Not only escaped life under the siege and interception of the Persian army, but also can be killed again in the rest of his life, stepping on the once invincible enemy under his feet, and washing away the humiliation of UU Reading www.uukanshu.com! All this is because the person standing in front of him made the impossible possible and created an unprecedented miracle under his leadership!

At this moment, they were full of gratitude and admiration for Davers.

I don’t know how long it has been, Daves turned around and said vigorously: “Brothers, we should cross the river!”

Everyone responded loudly in unison: “Yes, Your Majesty!”

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Daves crossed the Euphrates River and found that the situation was just as the scout said: the original golden fields were burned to black, and there were villages that had become ruins everywhere. The largest ruin was the city of Taposakus. Not only the houses in the city were burned down, but even the walls were destroyed, making the Legionnaires who originally wanted to save the hard work of building camps to be angry and scold the Persians for being timid.

Although the surrounding environment has become a bit harsh, Dafus still issued an order: the whole army will build a camp near the city of Taposakus.

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