Chapter 671: Fighting
"Roar!" The Spartan soldiers around him formed a tight formation, shoulder to shoulder, holding huge round shields in formation, ready to meet the many Persian soldiers who shouted and roared. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
"Wait a minute." When King Leonidas prepared to lead his army against the Persian soldiers, Promise stopped them.
"It's just some little miscellaneous fish, it's not worth wasting your energy, look at me." Promise waved his hand to stop the Spartan attack, and then put on the Grim Reaper's Bracelet to summon hundreds of kobolds with three meters tall and dogheads, armed with heavy bronze weapons.
He had previously summoned kobolds in the tent of the Persian king Xerxes, but not many people had seen them at the time. At this point, when hundreds of these creatures, which clearly did not belong to humans, appeared on the battlefield, both sides were taken aback.
The Spartan soldiers, fortunately, were well-trained warriors. Although there was some commotion, it quickly quieted down, because they knew that these terrible-looking things belonged to their own forces. On the contrary, they quickly cheered.
And the Persians were dumbfounded, the body in front of them was tall and strong, holding a heavy cold weapon in his hand, and more importantly, there was a monster with a huge dog head on his neck, and he knew that it was not a good stubble.
What's even more terrifying is that there are very many of them.
Looking at the horrible monsters in front of them, the Persian soldiers who had been screaming and waving their spears and short swords paused one after another. Then, with a look of horror on his face, he kept crowding back.
It's just that the people behind him are constantly pouring over, and there is simply no room to move on such a narrow road.
Not to mention this era of poor information transmission, even in the modern world, people will have weak legs and be helpless when they see such monsters. After all, humans have an instinctive fear of strange and terrifying creatures.
"Kill them." Promise raised his hand and snapped, pointing to the kobolds to give orders.
Immediately, many kobolds let out a low sound like a cow's roar. They all raised the heavy bronzes in their hands and rushed towards the Persians who were already full of terror not far ahead.
When the kobolds ran, the earth seemed to tremble.
The kobolds moved fast, but after a short time they were brandishing their weapons and charging into the Persian formation.
The Persians in the front row tried to escape, but the narrow road was full of people, and there was no way to escape.
And many kobolds are almost half as tall as the Persians. They brandished the cold weapons in their hands without any fancy tricks, and directly slashed and smashed down, instantly setting off a bloody storm in the Persian military formation.
Most of these heavy weapons are not sharpened. But even if it didn't strike, it still had an extremely terrifying power under the wielding of huge power.
With the blessing of the kobold's huge strength, the bodies of many terrified Persian soldiers were directly cut off!
In a series of dull sounds, the Persian soldiers in the front row flew their limbs, and the fragments of their limbs flew around with the flying of cold weapons!
'Ah~~~' In the face of this terrifying creature, many Persian soldiers were almost completely desperate.
Rows and rows died tragically on the spot under the terrible blow of cold weapons. It wasn't until there was no way to retreat that the Persian soldiers, who were cornered, really resisted desperately.
The road here is very strange, with extremely steep cliffs on one side and rough seas on the other. The sea is not yet a gentle sandy beach, but a cliff that falls to pieces.
Behind these Persian soldiers who were cannon fodder on the spot were rows of undead legions armed with sharp blades, and any soldier who dared to retreat would be cut in two without mercy.
In this case, thousands of Persian soldiers either fell off the cliffs and into the raging sea to feed the fish. Or fight to the death with those tall monsters.
This group of Persian soldiers who were caught in the battle of the trapped beasts were forced to explode into great combat power in a desperate situation. Because whether it is retreating or fleeing to the sea, it is certain death, and only by continuing to advance and fight can there be a glimmer of life.
Therefore, even in the face of terrible monsters, these Persian soldiers had to fight to the death.
Before Xerxes launched a large army to conquer Greece, the Persians had already made two major expeditions against Greece. One of the most famous of these was the Battle of Marathon ten years ago.
At that time, the Athenians defeated the Persian army in one fell swoop against 30,000 on the plain of Marathon, and won the Battle of Marathon.
The famous marathon at the Olympics originated after the battle, when a soldier named Felipides ran back to the city of Athens, 42 kilometers away. This is where the marathon at the Olympics comes in.
The Persian army was killed on the spot, wounded and then wounded, infected and other causes that died within ten years or were expelled from the army. The rest was brought here by Xerxes.
These former losers were used as cannon fodder on the front lines. Either die on the spot, or wash away your shame.
Dressed in colorful linen coats and scaly armor, armed with short swords and spears, the Persian soldiers fought to the death.
They were attacked by heavy weapons in the hands of kobolds, and they were either killed or wounded. And the long-haired short swords in their hands were of little use to the kobolds.
Unless it can destroy the head directly, or it can only be dismembered in one fell swoop, until it is completely shattered and turned into black sand.
The Persian soldiers in the front row were desperately resisting, while the Persian soldiers in the back row were drawing their bows and arrows and shooting desperately at the kobolds. However, the Persians of this era did not equip the recurve bow on a large scale for technical reasons, and they already used the original straight bow.
The Straight Bow is very lethal, and after shooting those kobolds, it is just a tickle in the body.
The battle was fierce and bloody. Although the Persians desperately resisted, it was a pity that the difference in strength between the two sides was too great. As a large number of Persian soldiers fell in pools of blood under the attack of kobolds, these thousands of cannon fodder were soon consumed.
However, the annihilation of their army did not bring much damage to the kobolds.
Most of the appetizer cannon fodder was slashed by kobolds, or hacked to death by the undead army of overseers when they turned and fled in fear. Some of the Persian soldiers were pushed off the cliffs for various reasons, fell into the rough sea, and fed the fish.
Of course, there were still Persian soldiers who chose to surrender. It's a pity that surrender is not accepted on this battlefield. Even if you kneel and beg for mercy, you will only end up in a different place.
When the last Persian soldier fell, the kobolds were greeted by a large clearing. The cannon fodder sent by Xerxes has been swept away.
However, just as these kobolds were about to scream and continue to rush towards the Persian barracks, with a passionate trumpet, a huge black cloud suddenly rose from the Persian barracks in the distance.
If you look closely, you will know that the dark black cloud is not a real cloud, but a myriad of dense sharp arrows!
The mighty rain of arrows of the Persians once left a name for themselves in their conquest of the rest of the world. Countless vanquished people have fallen under this dense rain of arrows of extreme terror.
Only, unlike those who are in a very primitive state, even unclothed, the vanquished. Not only are the kobolds physically strong and protected by simple armor, but they also possess intelligence.
As the rain of arrows fell, the kobolds raised their cold weapons and swung them overhead, sending the rain of arrows flying out of their heads.
Although there are still a large number of arrows stuck in the kobolds, they look like large hedgehogs. However, these powerful but less powerful arrows can hardly really cause real damage to the kobolds.
As if to see this clearly, the Persian military camp opposite sounded again with a terrible trumpet sound after several rounds of arrows were fired in succession. Then, the ground shook slightly.
The Persians sent their elite cavalry units.
The cavalry of this era did not have simple and epoch-making tools such as stirrups and Takahashi saddles, so they were far less powerful than the cavalry of later eras.
However, the impact of the cavalry will not be greatly weakened by this. Especially when many of the Persian cavalry were battle-tested veterans.
A large number of brave Persian cavalrymen shouted and urged the blindfolded horses under their crotches, and brandished their swords and spears at the tall kobolds, almost taller than the men on horseback.
These cavalrymen were elite, and they knew that warhorses would cause unnecessary trouble out of fear when they saw such a terrifying creature. Therefore, they all blindfolded their horses.
Moreover, in the face of a terrifying opponent like the kobold, who seemed to come from hell, these elite cavalrymen rushed straight forward without the slightest fear.
Compared with the previous cannon fodder, the performance of these elite cavalry is much more heroic. And the threat they pose to the kobolds is far more powerful than that of the cannon fodder.
The blindfolded horses could not feel the terrifying aura of the kobold, because the kobold itself was just sand, and naturally there was no breath to speak of. Unable to see it, the horses galloped towards the kobolds. The huge impact force can shatter the body of the kobold by hitting it directly!
The kobolds that were smashed into their bodies must have turned into black sand and disappeared with the wind. And the horses that collided with them naturally broke their bones and tendons and fell to the ground with a bang.
However, many more Persian cavalrymen were slashed in two by their terrifying bronze weapons before they could crash into kobolds!
All of a sudden, the place where the two sides met became a sea of blood.
Rows and rows of Persian cavalry lay in pools of blood, and many of them and their horses were cut off and not dead when they fell to the ground. Still howling violently, the voice sounded like a fierce ghost crying from the Nine Shadows Abyss!