Chapter 66: Chariot Race

On the fourth day of the Olympic Games, horse racing and chariot racing were originally just for performances, and some nobles and slave owners let guards and slaves participate in competitions to win honor for them, but because the previous champions were all taken away by Yanluo, the result was a horse race, and the audience was shocked.

More than 200 athletes from various city-states participated!

At this time, the horses did not have saddles and stirrups, and the participants relied entirely on their own skills, and more than 200 real athletes launched a hot competition! In the end, Crotone's Odysses won - seven athletes were killed in the race, and another 13 were disabled after falling off their horses.

When Wang Dongwei and Zhu Xiaoyong saw such a scene, they all secretly smacked their tongues, the ancient people were really barbaric and brave enough.

The last chariot race has arrived.

Chariots, in this era, both in the East and in the West, are the most destructive weapons in war! The current Greek chariot has absorbed certain characteristics of the Egyptian chariot and the Persian chariot, with two-wheeled chariots and four-wheeled chariots, and two-horse-drawn chariots or four-horse-drawn chariots.

The largest chariot is, of course, a four-horse-drawn four-wheeled chariot, on which you can even stand a whole squad: a warband of 7 people!

The smallest, a two-wheeled chariot drawn by two horses, had only one rider and one soldier with a bow and arrow, a spear and a shield. Small chariots also have the advantage of small chariots, that is, they are easy to handle and the wheels are more flexible.

Dozens of city-states, most of the athletes participated in this competition, and almost all of them looked at Yan Luo's gaze, full of fighting spirit.

Seeing this scene, Wang Dongwei and Zhu Xiaoyong secretly felt bad in their hearts.

As for Yanluo......

The face is expressionless

The chariot race is not held in the Olympic stadium, but on a racecourse that is 800 meters long and 320 meters wide, and requires a distance of about 10 kilometers. Now that more than 40 vehicles are parked on the racecourse, it's time for a battle!

In fact, if it weren't for horses + chariots, it would be too expensive, and there would be even more athletes participating, after all, almost all the Greeks - except Athens - wanted to beat Yanluo in this race.

"Oh oh oh!"

In the cheers and applause of the audience, Wang Dongwei drove the chariot, and the four-wheeled chariot drove into the field under the pull of two horses.

On the chariot, the round Zhu Xiaoyong was carrying a big shield on his back, and he also held a big shield in both hands, as if two turtle shells were blocking his body. The chariot race was not allowed to wear armor, and the fat man was only wrapped in a crotch cloth, and his white fat flesh was rippling like water waves in the bumps, and he looked quite happy.

Yan Luo was only a linen cloth around his waist, and his hair wore a mask of joy and sorrow, and many athletes were in an uproar when they saw him, and he actually held a 6-meter-long spear.

"Macedonian spear!"

Someone exclaimed.

This is indeed a Macedonian spear, after the elimination of the Macedonian army, the 5 Macedonian spears that can be brought out of the Caspian world are 5 meters, and these 6 meters are the cavalry spears of the warrior Gulam, which is equivalent to the prototype of the dragon lance, with a length of about 6.3 meters!

It is not easy to use such a spear as a weapon in your hand, because it is too long, and the center of gravity will be carried forward, so the Greek athletes here are equipped with spears, each of which is only 2 meters, at most 3 meters, and now Yanluo has taken a weapon that is 2 or 3 times the length of them!

It's a foul!

The chariot was originally unstable when it was driven, and in the event of a collision or bump - there was no shock-absorbing device in this era, it was likely to fall, and it dared to hold a weapon of more than 6 meters! These athletes don't know the strength, flexibility, balance, and coordination of Yanluo...... There are no defects.

In addition to the 6.3-meter-long Macedonian spear, Yanluo's Beaulieu stick, and the 62-pound iron rod were also placed on the chariot.

There's even a mandarin duck knife!

Thanks to this four-wheeled chariot, if it is replaced by a two-wheeled car, it will be enough to fit Zhu Xiaoyong, a fat man of more than 300 catties, plus Wang Dongwei, Yan Luo and more than 60 catties of weapons...... It is estimated that it will fall apart when it runs.

Yan Luo stood on the chariot and looked around, there were more than 40 other chariots, large and small, many chariots, and they were painted in various colors, even the patterns of lions, poisonous snakes, oxen, and the names of the city-states. The smallest regiment of two, the largest chariot with seven people!

Equipped with four shields, six spears, and two iron swords, it is necessary to form a hedgehog-like attack array.

An athlete, all naked, with a shield as the only piece of armor.

The chariot race, originally participated by some slaves, but this time it was the first time in history that the most powerful warriors in Greece organized a chariot race in a group with the city-state as a unit, and the spectators were full of anticipation, especially when they heard that the priests had changed the rules of the race.

This time, all the fighters are real fighters, so it's allowed to attack others just like in the dogfight!

Of course, you can't use arrows, you can't attack the parts of others that cause death, such as piercing the heart with an iron sword, slashing the neck with a scimitar - but you can hit someone in the head with a wooden spear, cut off the hand with a sword or knife, and to put it simply, cripple.

In boxing and dogfights, people are often beaten to death! Therefore, these fierce ancient Greek warriors did not feel that this rule was excessive, but instead looked at Yan Luo with murderous faces and fierce eyes in their eyes.

Wang Dongwei pulled the horse's rope, his face was solemn, he also felt this atmosphere, and then the referee blew the flute violently, and the chariot race began in the sharp flute sound.

"Roar, roar, roar!"

At the call of the audience, the two chariots on the left and right immediately clipped towards the chariot where Yan Luo was, both of which were small two-wheeled chariots, very flexible, and the athletes on them, clutching spears and shields, bulging muscles all over their bodies, ready to attack after approaching.

And then...... There is no then.

"Smack, smack!"

With a crisp sound, Yan Luo held the tail of the gun with both hands, pierced the horse step under his feet, and threw the 6.3-meter Macedonian spear like a noodle! With great force, the spear first drew a semi-circular arc to the left, and directly drew it on the head of the chariot driver on the left.

There was a muffled "bang", this guy was definitely a severe concussion, and his head was tilted and flew out, and Yan Luo threw the shot to the right with the strength of the rebound.

The athlete above hurriedly raised his shield, but this force transmitted from the spear was not something he could resist standing on the chariot, this guy was smashed and fell to the right, and in the panic, the rider hurriedly pulled the reins of the horse, and there was a cry of "Herod", and the two horses turned around and ran to the right, and the violent inertial potential energy, the two-wheeled chariot with turned over.

"Bang Bang ......"

The wooden chariot immediately fell to the ground and broke apart, and the athlete driving it, falling to the ground, not knowing whether he was alive or dead, two round wheels were rolling on the ground, and one of the wheels rolled over the athlete's head......

Yan Luo stood on the chariot, just like the ancient general with a horizontal sword, a horizontal spear and a chariot, majestic.

The mask of joy, anger, sorrow and happiness in his hair has been set in "anger", he looked around at the chariots and opponents on the field, his eyes were cold, and his whole body exuded a chilling momentum: "This champion, I have won it!" Whoever wants to stop me, come on! ”