The entire noble private army was divided into four large parts, with Alubond himself commanding in the center, consisting of his own private soldiers and those of his supporters, about 2,000 elite soldiers.

The left and right flanks consisted of a patchwork of nobles, each commanded by one of the most powerful senior officers.

The Strikers were the largest number, at 4,000 men, and were led by a high-ranking officer named Nitos, and Kratos' slave troops were not surprisingly assigned to the Strikers' camp.

When he saw that the Spartan slave unit was assigned to the vanguard of his command, Nitos couldn't help but smile hideously, and he did not hesitate to place the 200 slaves at the front line, while the other soldiers all pushed back, forming a formation called the slave team.

The slave formation is a battle formation that is used by all nations, and the leader places prisoners or slaves at the forefront of the army, responsible for defending against attacks from the front, and depleting the enemy's living forces.

Behind the slave troops there would also be the most elite soldiers to supervise the battle, and if they did not risk their lives as pawns in front of them, they would be mercilessly stabbed to death by the soldiers behind them.

At this time, Luca, who was in charge of commanding the slave troops, was angry, but he did not make any irrational moves. As an experienced veteran, he deeply knew that if he disobeyed military orders on the battlefield, it was a felony that even the king could not forgive, and he would even be directly executed by the commander on the spot.

When the Mycenaean army set out again and advanced in the direction of the royal city of Thebais, it was not surprising that they were blocked by the combined forces of the two countries, and banners and dust and smoke appeared on the horizon, and the murderous aura revealed by the weapons appeared from all directions, as if they could instantly drown this group of reinforcements from afar at any time.

"Hmph, it's just a bluff, the main force of the alliance of the two countries must still be under the royal city of Thebai at this time. Ignore it, the whole army is moving faster!"

Alubond calmly sat in charge of the Chinese army, and just glanced at it to see the other party's tricks, and methodically issued military orders to each team.

Seeing that the Mycenaean Legion was unaffected and continued to advance at an undiminished speed, the combined forces of the two countries could not sit still, and the soldiers in sharp clothes finally appeared in sight.

The arrows like locusts came with a fierce murderous aura, and although the soldiers of Mycenae were all made up of various noble private soldiers, they were all strictly trained soldiers, and there was no need for officers to command them, and those who stood on the periphery raised their shields, and those who stood inside the military formation also used their spears to block.

However, it can be seen from the arrows fired by the combined forces of the two countries that there is a huge difference in the strength of the other side and the momentum displayed, and it is clear that the other side is just bluffing in an attempt to scare back the Mycenaean reinforcements, as Alubond guessed.

The Mycenaean reinforcements also knew that if they stopped here, they would only fall into an endless entanglement, so they immediately made a decision, ignored the harassment of the combined forces of the two countries, and quickly broke through to the predetermined position.

The topography of the land of Thebais is not a plain like Mycenae, but mainly composed of a variety of complex terrains such as forests and mountains. Therefore, the city of Thebais was only built on a relatively open hill, and the buildings of the commoners were lined up one after another, like the cornerstone of the foot, holding the nobles and kings high, so that the superior was condescending, looking down on everything in the city like a god.

The complex terrain of Thebais greatly affected the speed of the advance of Mycenaean reinforcements, and the combined forces of the two countries did not launch frontal attacks, but constantly sent mobile elite squads to harass them, although they could not cause too many casualties, but they made the morale of the army disordered, and even the marching formation seemed to be scattered.

Even if it is an elite army that has experienced a hundred battles, it has endured the blows of the enemy for a long time, but it has never been able to hold out, and it is difficult to avoid the shaking of morale, not to mention that the Mycenaean reinforcements are made up of dozens of nobles' private soldiers, and there are great hidden dangers within themselves.

The commander-in-chief of the coalition forces of the two countries was also an extremely powerful figure, keenly grasping the weakness of the Mycenaean army and giving the most fatal blow, believing that once the morale of Mycenae fell to the lowest, it was the time for a major war to break out.

There was no need for scouts to reconnoitre, and the terrain ahead was already undisguised in everyone's sight.

It was a mountainous area, with a juggly rock, and the occasional lone tree or two and weeds, like a natural barrier across the road to the royal city of Thebais.

As long as you pass through this mountain, you will be able to look down on the royal city of Thebais from a higher terrain, and the entire battlefield will be fully exposed.

Since the coalition forces of the two countries only flanked and did not launch a frontal attack, the slave troops who were the vanguard were fortunate not to suffer any casualties. And these new recruits, who have just entered the battlefield, have gained a rare opportunity to hone their training in the long-distance raid of the past few days, and although they are exhausted at this time, their hearts have gradually adapted to the atmosphere of war.

Seeing the mountains in front of him, Luca's heart contracted violently a few times, and then a solemn expression appeared on his vicissitudes of life.

As a veteran of a hundred battles, Luca has even participated in wars to defend the rupture rift, and has a wealth of experience and combat awareness that is almost comparable to that of an army commander, which is why Kratos can rest assured that he will be in command of the slave troops.

As if to confirm Luca's suspicions, a herald galloped from a central position, passing orders from the commander to the vanguard team.

"The striker picks up speed, reaches the mountains first, and clears the way ahead for the main forces!"

Luka's heart was pounding, but the forward officer himself stepped forward to supervise the battle, and he could not help but advance, and when the slave troops had just reached the bottom of the mountain, an overwhelming rain of arrows came from the mountain.

"Disperse cover!"

Under Luka's roar, the 200 slave soldiers reacted instinctively, as if they had been trained thousands of times, and immediately dispersed in units of 3 and rushed in the direction where the arrows were fired.

The sudden attack immediately shot hundreds of forward soldiers into hedgehogs, and the rest were so shocked that they waved their weapons to resist, and their progress was stopped in an instant.

"Damn, the one with the shield is at the front, the others follow, don't back down!"

Although the number of enemy troops ambushed in the mountains was small, only about 1,000 men, far less than the 4,000 men of the Mycenaean forward soldiers, they effectively occupied the complex terrain, and the fierce arrows shot from top to bottom could easily penetrate any leather armor.

The 4,000 forward soldiers had already lost hundreds of them before they even reached the mountain, and even if they were able to clear the enemy forces in ambush in the end, they would inevitably have to pay an unbearable price.

"What are these lowly slaves doing, keep in formation and rush forward!" Nitos roared angrily, and he swept away several arrows with his long sword, and suddenly noticed that the slave troops rushing to the front did not suffer too many casualties, and were still stubbornly groping their way towards the enemy's ambush position.

"What the hell is going on with these lowly slaves who are alive until now. Nitos was furious, his troops had suffered heavy casualties, and the lowly slaves seemed to be at ease.

Where can Nitos understand this seemingly chaotic formation, but it is the most suitable for forcing a breakthrough under a hail of bullets in difficult terrain.

But more importantly, the main force of the strikers led by Nitos has undoubtedly become the main attraction of the enemy's attention at this time.

In the face of thousands of people gathered together, and scattered targets that are difficult to target with bows and arrows, there is no need to think about how to choose the target to attack. The soldiers of the two coalition forces ambushed in the mountains all targeted the main force led by Nitos, and the 200 slave soldiers including Luca, who rushed to the front, were ignored and rushed to half the distance without danger.

"Damn, the troops I lead cannot continue to be damaged, otherwise it will be difficult to gain combat merits in the subsequent war, and it may even be squeezed out by other people with outstanding merits. ”

Nitos's facial muscles twitched, and he suddenly gave the order to stop his advance, and all the forward soldiers immediately used obstacles such as shields and rocks as barriers, and stayed in place to resist the overwhelming array of arrows.

If it were just the simplest, no-aim projectile, an adult man would be able to draw his bow and shoot an arrow 10 times in a row, and a trained elite soldier could not shoot more than 30 times at most.

The main forces of the Mycenaean advance stopped the charge, giving the combined forces of the two countries ambushed in the mountains a respite, while at the same time exposing the slave troops naked to the eyes of the enemy.

The commander of the enemy army in the ambush in the mountains immediately responded by making the enemy who was about to rush in front of him the first target, and at the same time divided a small part of his forces to take the initiative to attack, in an attempt to destroy all the main forces of the Mycenaean advance before they could move again.

As soon as the rain of arrows above his head stopped, Lukka immediately recognized the changes in the enemy, and he let out some kind of shrill bird chirp from his mouth, and all the slave soldiers in the vicinity seemed to receive some kind of accurate information, and they stopped moving forward to find cover, and according to the methods learned in training, they hid their bodies almost perfectly in the complex terrain.

Hundreds of soldiers from the two coalition forces formed a formation, cautiously moving in the direction of the enemy in their memory, but when they arrived at the location, they could only see the empty scene.

Poof!

A short spear suddenly dropped from a small lone tree branch nearby, piercing a soldier in an Argos uniform.

I saw the branches of the small tree shake for a while, and it was not until the second short gun came out and pierced one person again that the soldiers of the two allied forces finally saw that there was actually an enemy in a yellow and green camouflage linen suit hiding on it.