Arabia
Persia would pay for it's insolence. For many years now, Arabic forces were slowly marching towards Persopolis, yearning to breach the loosely defended city. If the stories that the Arabs had heard were true, Persopolis was truly a glorious city, almost as large and wealthy as Mecca itself. However, it was well known that Cyrus had sent a large army towards Media, which must've meant that Persopolis itself was guarded by a far smaller contignent than it should be. A young man from the country of Assyria, Bhokal, had enlisted in the army and brought to it the invention of the catapult, which he had seen used in his native land. It was a powerful device, built to destroy the walls of enemy fortresses and strongholds, allowing soldiers to breach it's defenses and rush to fight within the city's loose quarters itself.
The commander of the army, Mirsad Ibn-Sabaq, had immediatly gathered the materials needed and ordered certain soldiers to carry them with them. When they arrived at Persopolis, they would assemble the machines and use them to destroy the city's ramparts. From there, it was just a matter of time considering the training and size of the Arab army.
Meanwhile, messangers were sent to the Babylonians, requesting their aid in the upcoming battle. Everyone knew of the Bayblonians skill at archery, and how it could come in handy against the Persian. Speaking of which, most all excpected that Cyrus would rush Southward to either meet the Arab army at Persopolis, or cut off the army and Arabia. They were both constant sources of nerveousness for Ibn-Sabaq, but he trusted that the Caliph was thinking of these things back in Meccah. All he could do was win for his people. Of course... there was one more thing he could do. A messanger on a horse was quickly sent towards Media with the instructions of trying to gather up Media's old forces. Perhaps with their help, Persia would be finished once and for all...
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From Persia
To Babylon
We share the same religion and similar heritages. Would you not agree to help us in our war against Persia? And you could of course excpect thankfulnes and gifts from the rich people of Arabia afterwards... much more than Persia could ever offer you.
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- Keep marching army towards Persopolis. Put catapults to use.
- Train 100 spearmen and fortify them in Basrah.
- Send messanger to Median lands. Try to regather the old Median army under temporarily Arab command.