Chapter 3: Encounters with Persian soldiers
Are you sure you're going from here?? ”
Li Xiang looked at Avalon who was in front of him with great interest, and Li Xiang suddenly wanted to change someone to lead him to Sparta.
The reason why Li Xiang took Avalon to Sparta was that in addition to completing the task, there was another important reason that Lucy did not recognize the road to Sparta, although this place in Greece was not very large, but it was obvious that two days were not suitable for Li Xiang to go to Sparta slowly.
And Li Xiang's official position as a lord doesn't even have a map, maybe in the eyes of ordinary locals, those geographical locations are memorized by their brains, and only those wealthy city-states will have such high-end things as maps.
Maybe Li Xiang's territory can also make a map, but if you want to count on the accuracy and visibility, it's better to find someone to lead the way.
Under normal circumstances, two days from Li Xiang's place to Sparta would naturally not be enough, but Li Xiang is not an ordinary person, and their speed naturally cannot be measured by the speed of ordinary people, in this case, if you know the specific route, it will not be a problem to reach Sparta.
But after walking with Avalon for a long time, Li Xiang found that this guy didn't seem to know where the road was at all, if it weren't for the fact that Avalon suddenly changed the direction of progress after walking for more than an hour, Li Xiang still thought that this guy would really take him to Sparta.
"My lord, my father told me that the route was like this, as long as we followed the iconic places along the way, we could reach Sparta."
Avalon looked at Li Xiang with a sworn expression, but Li Xiang found that there was some uncertainty in his eyes, and he had never been to Sparta, all of which he knew from his father, and this route was also the first time he had taken this route.
I thought it would be smooth, but after walking for a while, I found that some landmark objects on the road seemed to be gone, such as a large stone more than one person high before an intersection, but at this time, where and where there are any big stones, if it weren't for the surrounding terrain and after taking a wrong route, I wouldn't have recognized this as the place my father said.
"Well, don't make a mistake, we're going to get to Sparta in two days, and it's noon now."
Originally, Li Xiang was still very confident that he could arrive at Sparta in advance, but at this time, he suddenly lost confidence when he saw Avalon, a parallel import, and it was very good to find Sparta from here before the end of the mission time, as for what to say about arriving early, Li Xiang didn't dare to think about it.
The most annoying thing is that Li Xiang can't do anything to this bastard, if he leaves in a fit of anger after beating him, wouldn't he have to explore it himself? Thinking of his tragic experience of asking for directions, Li Xiang immediately gave up this idea, it is better to let others lead the way, as for asking for directions, it always feels easy to have problems.
"No problem, according to our speed, it will only take a day or so to reach Sparta, if we are all in a hurry at night, we may be able to reach Sparta before dawn tomorrow, and maybe we will be warmly welcomed by the Spartans."
Avalon's face was full of enthusiasm for Sparta, Li Xiang didn't tell him that the Spartans were actually not so hospitable, after all, that kind of people with strong folk customs can be enthusiastic, compared to what kind of hospitality, they want to fight with you more is true, if it weren't for this reason, why would the Spartans do three hundred people to fight for 500,000 people.
The most important thing is that the Spartans think that it is a glorious thing to die on the battlefield, which leads to these bastards being very belligerent, and the most important thing is that they are very warlike and also know how to cooperate tactically, after seeing Avalon, Li Xiang probably has a team of Spartan warriors in his heart, if it is really so good, maybe a few Spartan warriors Li Xiang can still easily defeat, but if there are too many Li Xiang, he may not be able to fight.
"Okay, you go ahead and lead the way."
Looking at Avalon's face that he was sure that he would definitely take him to Sparta, Li Xiang couldn't continue to say anything, but if there was a better choice at this time, Li Xiang would definitely give up Avalon, and he had been following him for several hours, and they didn't seem to be too far away from Li Xiang's territory.
It is not the first time that they have to go all over again because of the wrong way in the middle of the way, although at this time they can no longer see the town that Li Xiang and they came out of before, but Li Xiang always feels that the town should not be too far away from him.
This is still because Li Xiang has a very good physical fitness at this time, if it were the body of a few ordinary people, they might still be circling around the territory at this time, Axi, if it weren't for no one to lead the way, Li Xiang would have beaten this bastard a long time ago.
Maybe Avalon also felt that he was wrong, this time there was no accident and walked for more than two hours in a row, I have to say that this Spartan Avalon's physical fitness is really good, although his physical fitness should be about twenty-eight o'clock, but his endurance is very good, and he can run so far away with Li Xiang when his attributes are not as good as Li Xiang.
You must know that Li Xiang is not only as simple as having high attributes, he also has an energetic passive skill specially prepared for his talent, this skill can constantly restore his physical strength and increase the upper limit of his physical strength, in this case, Li Xiang's physical strength is naturally stronger than the same attribute, and in this case, Avalon can barely keep up with Li Xiang's footsteps is enough to show that his body is very strong.
This is supposed to be due to his talent, as an existence that can become a Spartan warrior, if he doesn't have a little special ability, then it's okay? That's a warrior who resisted Xerxes' army of 500,000 with 300 men.
Despite the terrain, this is a good record, and perhaps their way of fighting is one of the reasons why the legion let them in.
"Avalon, stop here."
After running for two hours straight, Li Xiang stopped running and called for Avalon, who was following behind.
At this time, Avalon was already sweating profusely, but his face still showed an expression of persistence, and it could be seen that the burden of running this distance was still not a small burden on him, and he could still keep up at the beginning, but then Li Xiang gradually increased his speed, although it was not very fast, but in this way, Avalon's physical consumption rose in a straight line.
Li Xiang also saw that he was about to hold on, so he asked him to stop and rest, although Li Xiang felt that this was not the limit of Avalon, but Li Xiang still decided to let him take a break, who called Li Xiang an honest and kind honest person? It's definitely not because Li wants to be thirsty.
Li thought that they were running along the main road, which was not very efficient, because the main road was generally convenient for those large carriages or something to pass, and the faster ones were those trails that passed through the mountains and forests, and the speed could be directly increased by more than half through those trails.
But it was obvious that Avalon didn't know those roads, and walking from the main road was a direction he had only found with great difficulty, and if he looked for any paths, Li thought that they would get lost and miss the mission time.
Although it is a little tiring from the main road, it is also a very good way, as long as you follow this road all the way down to reach Sparta, you may not be the first batch of people to pass by then, and some benefits may not be a part of Li Xiang.
"Okay, whew. My lord...... If nothing else, we should be able to reach Sparta in no time. ”
After stopping and gasping for breath on his knees, Avalon excitedly said to Li Xiang that he had seen a lot of signs his father had said along the way, and if nothing else, they should be able to reach Sparta quickly along this road.
At this time, he thought that the guilt of taking the wrong path in the previous time had been redeemed a little.
"Well, let's take a sip of water."
Li Xiang didn't comment on the question of whether he could reach Sparta, anyway, Li Xiang didn't have any hope for Avalon for the time being, his man's sixth sense always told him that they should be wrong, but he didn't know where to go.
Li Xiang ran with Avalon, but Li Xiang didn't have much sweat on his body, although this was because Li Xiang's physical fitness was better and the reason for passive recovery, but this armor on Avalon's body was also an important reason for Avalon's fatigue.
In fact, Li Xiang really wanted Avalon to throw away the weapons and equipment that his father had used, what era of weapons are these, after so many years, the weapons on the Spartan side should have been updated, and if Avalon could join in the past, he should have issued equipment at that time, why did he have to take his father's equipment?
However, looking at his firm eyes, Li Xiang still gave up this idea, this kind of person generally has his own thoughts and persistence in his heart, although Li Xiang does not understand very much, but Li Xiang will not oppose him at will, as long as he does not continue to lead himself to the wrong way.
Avalon took out a water bladder from behind, this huge water bladder can hold more than 20 catties of water, which is also their biggest luggage on the way, as for the rest, it is two meals of dry food, but Li Xiang is impossible to eat that thing, although there is a saying that Li Xiang will not deliberately treat himself badly.
It's not that Li Xiang hasn't tasted that thing, although it's not very delicious, but it's really hard to digest and the taste is not very good, anyway, after eating a bite, Li Xiang has no idea of continuing, go to his Mo's customs, this thing is still left to those who don't bring food to experience.
"My lord, it looks like someone is coming this way."
Avalon, who was gulping water, suddenly stopped, picked up the weapon in his hand, and looked around vigilantly.
"yes, got it."
Li Xiang was still very surprised that Avalon could detect the arrival of the enemy, because Li Xiang did not perceive the existence of any enemy, and Li Xiang was not a fairy, his perception was just that he could feel the breath of a small distance around him, how could he be so close if there was an enemy in such a desolate place, so Li Xiang was still very surprised that Avalon found the place.
Could it be that this is the powerful bloodline of the Spartan warriors? Could it be that his body, strengthened by the legion, is not strong enough?
However, when Li Xiang followed Avalon's gaze, Li Xiang instantly understood why Avalon could find places but he didn't.
The reason is very simple, that is, those enemies came on horseback behind Li Xiang, and the direction they came from was directly in front of Avalon, because the distance was too far Li Xiang did not hear the sound of their horses' hooves, so Avalon would find those enemies before Li Xiang.
Ahem, at this time, it is naturally impossible to show the fact that Li Xiang is inferior to Avalon, and at this time, it is just that Li Xiang's angle is not suitable, not that Li Xiang's strength is not good, this point cannot be admitted, if as a lord, he will be looked down upon by his subordinates if he is not strong enough for his subordinates.
And after hearing Avalon's words, Li Xiang looked back very calmly, and then went back to his own business.
Sure enough, this calm expression and posture shocked Avalon, and Avalon had a shocked expression on his face.
But soon Avalon reminded, "My lord, they are coming soon, and they look a bit like the Persians in the rumors before. ”
As he spoke, Avalon picked up his spear and shield, and looked warily at the three Persians and a group of four who looked like they were native Greeks.
They came on horseback, and the horses here naturally can't be the kind of ordinary horses, if they are ordinary horses, they may not be as fast as their mothers, and the speed of these horses in this world has been improved, and at the same time as the physical fitness of those people has improved, these beasts and the like have also been improved, so the speed of horses at this time is almost the same as the speed of humans who are equally agile, and the staying power of horses is stronger.
Of course, the most important reason is that these people are not very strong, and if they are those with strong attributes, they can run far faster than these horses.
Seeing that Avalon stood up, Li Xiang was still sitting on the ground and pretending to be forced to go too far, at this time, Li Xiangdu had already felt the sound of violent horses' hooves coming, and it was obvious that those people were not very far away from Li Xiang.
Li Xiang turned his head and found that those people were less than fifty meters away from Li Xiang's mother, and at the speed of this horse, he could reach Li Xiang in a few seconds.
When he saw the Greek native in the crowd, Li Xiang's eyes showed a look of hope, this uncle looked like a familiar person with the terrain of Greece, otherwise he would not have acted as a tour guide for these Persian soldiers, as for whether he betrayed Greece Li Xiang was not very interested, the only thing Li Xiang wanted to know was whether the road they walked together led to Sparta.
Yes, that's right, Li Xiang just doesn't believe in Avalon, at this time there is a person who can ask for directions, naturally he wants to ask, and judging from the face of this Greek, his age should be around thirty or forty years old, although it is not the age full of wisdom, but at this age, he should be very familiar with the surrounding routes or something.
Judging from the clothes he wears, his status should not be very low, and this kind of person with a high status is likely to travel around, even if he doesn't wander around, he will definitely know which direction the main place in Greece is, anyway, it is much better than this pit Avalon.
"Where are there two people, what should I do?"
A Persian soldier asked his companion that he had seen these two strange creatures a long time ago, and he didn't run away when he saw them, where he was sitting slowly and drinking water, and one of them was wearing armor and looked at them murderously.
This made this Persian soldier suddenly rise to the will to fight, as the invincible subordinates of Xerxes the Great, they were naturally confident, in their opinion, there was no one who could compete with the army of Lord Xerxes, that was Xerxes, the king of the gods.
"Forget it, we still have important tasks assigned by the king, let's let them go for the time being."
The man at the front thought about it for a moment and rejected the soldier's proposal, this Persian was not a soldier's attire, and the style of his clothes looked like that of a much nobler person, at least a guy from the political system, and I don't know how much better than these stupid soldiers who can only fight.
He had been sent to one of the city-states to carry out a persuasive operation, and the two soldiers behind him were there to protect him, and although it felt that no one dared to disobey the orders of Emperor Xerxes, he still brought two soldiers over to preach the force of Xerxes the Great, so that these foolish people knew what they were fighting against, and then they might give up their resistance.
He would be rewarded for bringing the city-state to its knees, especially since he might have received more credit for his success after their recent encounter in Sparta, so he wasn't very interested in the people on the road who didn't know if they had a cold.
Li Xiang stepped forward and shouted loudly, "Can the friend in front of you stop for a moment?" ”
Li Xiang's call for this life contains Li Xiang's full sincerity, Li Xiang believes that these people will be moved by his sincerity after hearing his words, and it is not easy to ask the road when the time comes?
However, Li Xiang hairstyle, these people just glanced at him and were ready to move on, without the slightest idea of coming down to talk to them.
Li Xiang glanced back at Avalon, it must be that this guy is too ugly, so these people think that they are not good people, Assi, it seems that they have to show more sincerity.
"Don't go."
The internal force was running under his feet, and the ground under Li Xiang was stepped out of a big pit by Li Xiang, and Li Xiang's figure quickly rushed towards those people, and the high speed far exceeded the speed of those horses.
Li Xiang is going to go over and tell them in person, he shouldn't be rejected by them after staying away from that guy in Avalon, after all, Li Xiang went over with full sincerity.
However, what Li Xiang didn't expect was that when he arrived at the side of those people, what greeted Li Xiang was not a friendly greeting, but the scimitar in their hands, and in their bodies, Li Xiang also felt something that Li Xiang didn't want to feel the most, killing intent, these guys actually had killing intent towards themselves?
What did you do wrong? He just wanted to ask them for directions, and he was still full of sincerity, in order to show his sincerity, Li Xiang's knife was not pointed at them, Li Xiang felt that if he pointed a weapon at them, he should not be very respectful, Li Xiang felt that he had done a good job.
But these guys still don't appreciate it and want to hurt themselves? That kind of strong killing intent Li Xiang will definitely not feel wrong, it is obvious that he wants to kill himself here, what kind of vicious heart is this to kill an honest passerby who has just met and doesn't even know?
Li Xiang thought that as a soldier of Xerxes the Great, he should still have a little quality, which is also the reason why Li Xiang could get up without hurrying before, and he naturally had to be treated with quality in the face of quality soldiers, but what Li Xiang didn't expect was that he just went to ask for directions, and he was actually treated like this.
Sure enough, they are not good people, but their expectations for them are too high.
Li Xiang remembered that there seemed to be a scene in the movie where the Persians killed all the people in a town and then stood down and put their heads on a tree, Li Xiang thought that this was just a scene prepared by the movie to set off the atmosphere, although the Persians wanted to unify Greece, but not so cruel.
But it turns out that Li Xiang is wrong, and he is still wrong, these Persians are so rude and rude, and the picture in the movie may still be beautified, the real truth may be more cruel than this, and that picture may be even more bloody.
Li Xiang's illusions about the Persians are all shattered, since they are not good people, and they still want to hurt themselves? So what can Li do about it?
Li Xiang didn't have any way to save them, he still needed to save himself, these people wanted to use the scimitar in their hands to cut off Li Xiang's head, would Li Xiang let them succeed? Obviously, no, Li Xiang doesn't want to hurt others casually, but he doesn't want others to hurt him casually, and he wants others to hurt himself, as long as he kills the enemy before he wants to kill him.
(Pushing a friend's book "Ten Thousand Worlds Military System")