Chapter 49: An Unexpected Encounter
Even the Kingdom of Seris, which is not in the human world, can arm a group of heavily armored and ironclad armies, and the countries of the mainstream human world are not all a bunch of iron cans?
No way!
In that case, even the Spartan warriors would not be able to break the defense!
Forget it, don't think about the future of these egg pains, let's get rid of these 'Bronze Age' Pylos people in front of you first......
The fighting style of the Pylos people is obviously similar to the fighting style of the Greeks in the history of the earth in Lei Zihao's previous life, like the phalanx of Greek heavy infantry advancing through the wall, advancing steadily, and the big shield that can cover half of the body, looks so secure......
However, the people of Pylos seem to be very short of iron, whether it is a shield helmet or armor, there is not even an iron sheet, and even the weapons are bronze!
Li Qingmei seemed to guess Lei Zihao's doubts, and explained later: "The iron-producing lands of the Greek Peninsula have been occupied by the Kingdom of Seris, and the area where the city-state of Pylos lives has no iron mines, so their armaments can only use bronze. Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info"
"Don't the Pylos have ships? Can't they row to the human continent to trade iron? ”
Lei Zihao couldn't help but ask.
Li Qingmei sneered at the Pyros soldiers who entered in front of her, and sneered: "The Pylos people even have a problem with eating, how can there be trade goods that can make those human nobles look down on to buy iron?"
Iron is a strategic material among countries, it is forbidden to sell, without the nod of the kings and nobles of various countries, not a pound of iron can be shipped out!
This is also the reason for the lack of iron weapons in the Orc Empire, the number of half-orc legions is large, and the iron material consumed is also large, and the mines in the territory of the Orc Empire cannot be supplied at all!
The areas that really have a lot of iron are all in the areas controlled by human countries and dwarf countries, which is why the human world is called the center of the continent!
However, after being banished to the East, the Night Elves conquered a lot of land and obtained a lot of iron ore sources. ”
Sure enough, the Greek Peninsula in this world is fundamentally different from the Greek Peninsula on Earth, and the Greek Peninsula on Earth is not so iron-deficient!
No, it should be said that there is a lack of iron ore in this world, except for a few places!
Lei Zihao couldn't help but feel lucky that he had an iron mine, if he didn't have this iron mine, I am afraid that he would have to fight with stones......
At this time, the phalanx of the Pylos people finally rushed up the hillside, and the crossbowmen of the Qin State, who had been waiting for a long time, immediately shot crossbow arrows after they approached a hundred paces!
The crossbow bolts that shot straight were pierced on the bronze armor and shield that were not very good in defense, and the armor-piercing ability of the crossbow was reflected at this time, and many of the seemingly thick shields were shot through by the crossbow arrows, but the potential energy of the crossbow arrows through the shield had been exhausted, and it could not cause damage to the Pylos infantry behind!
The Pylos were lined up with only two platoons of soldiers with large shields, followed by spearmen and light infantry.
Lei Zihao frowned when he saw that the shooting effect of the crossbow arrows was far inferior to that of the half-orcs, but the second round of crossbow arrow salvo achieved a very good effect!
The closer distance means that the armor-piercing ability of the crossbow arrow is further enhanced, and under the second round of salvo, the bronze armor has no effect at all, and many soldiers with large shields have also been shot through the body by the crossbow arrows!
The Pylos phalanx could no longer keep strolling forward, and after a few unintelligible commands, the Pylos began to jog and sped up!
Immediately, the third round of crossbow arrows shot head-on into the phalanx of the Pylos people at a distance of more than ten meters!
Suddenly, the two rows of soldiers with shields in front of them hulala lay down, and after the crossbow arrows were fired, the spears of the Spartan general's guards on both sides were also thrown over!
Once again, the Pylos are lying down in a large area!
At this time, the Pylos were no longer able to maintain a tight phalanx, and most of the soldiers raising shields in front had lost, while the Thracian swordsmen had already rushed forward with two-handed broadswords!
The long knives used by the Thracian long knife soldiers are somewhat similar to the Japanese katana and Tang sword, and the wielding and slashing force of both hands is extremely powerful, and if you don't have heavy armor, you can't prevent it at all!
In addition, this group of Thracian longsword soldiers is a group of 'berserkers' who have been brainwashed and do not tolerate their lives at all, and they slaughtered into the loose group of Pylos soldiers in the phalanx, like a tiger entering a flock of sheep, and hundreds of people were cut down in an instant!
The assault of 200 Thracian swordsmen completely disrupted the offensive rhythm of the Pylos infantry, and the phalanx could no longer be maintained, and it fell into a melee!
The Pylos infantry had to draw their melee swords and fight the madmen of Thracian swords!
Under the Thracian long sword, the bronze armor of the Pylos could not play a protective role at all, but the naked Thracian long sword soldier was basically killed when he was stabbed by the short sword......
However, the combat effectiveness of the Thracian swordsmen was significantly higher than that of the Pylos infantry, and even if the number was absolutely weak, they could still suppress the Pylos!
It's just that the casualties are a bit big......
After the Thracian swordsmen suppressed the Pylos infantry, the Spartan general's guards on both sides had already circled the two wings of the Pylos infantry and inserted them fiercely!
These Pylos can't even beat the Thracian swordsmen, how can they beat the Spartan general's guard?!
The melee lasted less than half an hour, and the thousands of Pylos infantry collapsed in morale and fled backwards!
Under the command of Lei Zihao, Leonidas led the Spartan general's guard to continue the pursuit and expand the victory, and the Thracian longsword soldiers with large losses met the Pylos infantry who came down from the gap in the city wall!
Of course, the crossbowmen of the Qin State also followed!
So, it was still the crossbowmen who fired three times in a row, and the Thracian long sword soldiers charged and cut people!
The handful of Pylos infantry numbered less than 500 and collapsed once again after killing dozens of Thracian swordsmen......
At this time, there were only more than 50 Thracian swordsmen left, but they chased hundreds of Pylos routs and slashed!
The constant morale value of this ten-star full value is really not to be underestimated!
However, after defeating the last group of Pylos infantry under the city, the Thracian swordsmen seemed to find it too lazy, and climbed into the collapsed walls of Megara with their hands and feet, and rushed in with their long knives......
The task of collecting prisoners outside was entrusted to the people and the crossbowmen of the Qin State......
Until Lei Zihao led the Spartan General Guards to clean up all the Pylos infantry outside the city of Meghala, he didn't see the Thracian swordsmen who entered the city come out!
Lei Zihao, who sensed that something was wrong, immediately rushed in with the Spartan warriors!
After entering the city, Lei Zihao found that there were still thousands of Pylos people in the city of Meghala, who were fighting with the Seris militia!
Lei Zihao saw those Cyris people, who were originally civilians, resisting the Pylos people at the cost of their lives, and for the first time, he was shocked by the toughness of the Cyris!