The queen and the young prince of Sparta were already waiting by the roadside. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

She had the king's heavy shield in her hand, and when she saw the king approaching, she handed it to him.

The prince of Sparta looked to be only about 5 years old, and the little boy was bare-striped with thin trousers.

In the cool autumn wind, I didn't see him have any cold movements.

Perhaps he was in good health, or perhaps he was strong-willed and deliberately worked hard from snacks, which is the tradition of the Spartans.

The little prince vigorously lifted the metal helmet and handed it to his father, but the heavy helmet did not make the little boy feel aggrieved.

He didn't cry to his father or coquettish his mother, he just held it up silently and vigorously.

Although it was heavy, he did not want to give in, just like the Spartans were about to face the Persian army.

Perhaps every true Spartan should have such a stubborn spirit.

King Leonidas took up his helmet and looked at his son with pity, he did not speak and did not need to speak.

Because he was satisfied, satisfied that his heir had his own stubborn temperament, the temperament of Sparta.

He turned to take the shield from his wife's hand and turned away.

When he had not taken a few steps, he suddenly heard the queen behind him shout: "Spartan! ”

King Leonidas turned to look at his wife and replied, "Yes, Queen?" ”

The queen looked at her husband deeply, and said in a firm tone, "Take your shield and come back!" ”

"Yes ... Queen! ”

The king turned and chased after the procession again, leaving the queen with nothing but the flowing blood-colored cloak and the broad back of a man.

Those affectionate exhortations were not spoken, and in Sparta there could be no weakness, and there could be no emotional ties.

Only a truly strong person can be called a Spartan.

Only really strong people can be so strong.

The king did not need to tell the queen to persuade the senators to send troops in the shortest possible time, she would certainly do it.

Because it is related to the life of a husband, the integrity of a family, and the rise or fall of a country.

Ling Zifeng and Mo Sandi also rushed to Hot Springs Pass with Leonidas and his 300 warriors, and Mo Sandi looked back from time to time, looking at the couple in front of her, she felt a great emotion in her heart.

What kind of feelings can have a heart without words?

What kind of affection can make them have such an ineffable tacit understanding?

There is no need to say love or love, those children who are too young to stand the test.

With just one sentence, "Take your shield and come back!" ”

Those who can hold the shield are naturally alive, that is, they come back alive.

Thinking about these emotions in her heart, Mo Sandi secretly glanced at Ling Zifeng beside her.

I don't know what she thought of, her face flushed slightly, and her eyes unnaturally showed a strange look.

The emotions of these little daughters, Ling Zifeng naturally didn't notice it, and he didn't notice another thing, a very fatal thing.

At that moment, a rickety figure on a hillside away from the group watched the team in the shade of a tree.

The place where he stood was in the shadows, and no one in the ranks noticed.

At this time, Ling Zifeng Ghost glanced over here, but unfortunately he only saw a faint back disappearing behind the shade of the tree.

A hint of uneasiness gradually welled up in my heart.

……

There was silence all the way, and Ling Zifeng Mo Sandi and the team continued to move forward.

After climbing several hills, everyone saw a mighty but obviously untidy team.

There were about four or five thousand men in this group, but judging by their emaciated and thin stature and uneven equipment, it was clear that they were not regular troops.

According to what Ling Zifeng saw in his eyes, this army may not be called an army.

Compared to the Spartan warriors, the opposite side was just a group of people with weapons on their shoulders.

The leader of the other party saw the Spartans approaching, and he asked suspiciously, "King Leonidas, is this your Spartan army?" ”

"Just these people? We have heard that Sparta is preparing for battle, and although we are eager to join forces with you, you are 。。。。。。 in number ”

This force was a coalition of Athens, another Greek city-state, which had previously been told by King Leonidas that Athens had refused to surrender to Persia.

It seems that the advance army they sent is the unit in front of them, but their appearance is indeed flattering.

Leonidas looked at the person led by the other party and said happily: "If you want a bloody battle, you are welcome to join!" ”

Hearing his generosity, the other party's leader was even more puzzled in his eyes, and asked puzzledly: "Do you plan to take only these few soldiers to resist Xerxes's 100,000 army?" ”

"I thought you would at least be as many as us! I didn't expect you to have so many people here! This is child's play! ”

"How many of you are there? Two hundred? Or three hundred? ”

Leonidas grinned and said, "You guessed it, three hundred! ”

He thought for a moment, and then said to the man, "Do you think that I have brought as many people as yours?" ”

The king looked at a dark-skinned young man behind him, and saw that he was thin and thin, and that he was going to war.

Then the king asked, "You! What is your profession? ”

The young man didn't think about it, and replied casually, "I'm a potter, sir." ”

Leonidas looked at a man in the opposing team who looked gloomy and bowed his head speechlessly, and asked the same question, "What about you?" What do you do? ”

"I'm a carver, sir"

"Blacksmith, sir!"

"Mason!"

"Farmer!"

"Miner!"

"Chengguan!" (No, just kidding.) ）

Leonidas laughed at the yellow-skinny men in the Greek reinforcements, a smile that represented his attitude towards the troops in front of him.

He glanced meaningfully at the leader of the opposing team, then turned to the Spartans, and roared in a majestic voice:

"Spartans! What do you guys do?! ”

In an instant, the Spartan behind him raised his spear and stabbed it into the sky, as if to pierce the highest sea of clouds in the blue sky.

"Roar. Roar. Roar. ”

A thunderous roar reverberated through the valley, and Ling Zifeng felt a slight tingling on the soles of his feet, as if the ground under his feet was also trembling.

The earth-shattering three roars in unison seemed to come from the mouth of one person!

Ling Zifeng was secretly frightened, this is much more shocking than watching a movie!

Sparta's military discipline must be very strict, otherwise it would not have been possible to cause such a shocking picture.

The Spartan warriors didn't need to say anything, these three roars were already the best answer.

The leader of the opposing team was silent, he knew what the king of Sparta meant just now, and the "people" on his side were indeed dwarfed by Sparta.

Leonidas looked at him and said seriously: "Look, old friend, I have brought more soldiers than yours!" ”

His tone deliberately emphasized the word "soldier".

As the king said before, the Athenians were just a group of artists or masons, as it is said today, a group of little white faces and little fresh meat without fighting power.

It is really enough to let them go to war, and the role they can play must not be as good as the 300 warriors who can fight well behind him, so the Spartans came more than the Athenians.

To be precise, there were more soldiers from Sparta than from the Athenians, which was the pride of the Spartans but also the helplessness of the coalition forces, the Athenians were not good at fighting, but they still came.

They are weak, but they are not timid.

I don't know how much nobler than some priests who only know how greedy for gold.

Leonidas thought of this, and the resentment in his heart couldn't help but churn.

He thought that these Athenians, who were usually timid and fearful, could fight against the enemy without risk.

On the other hand, looking at the old immortal senators in his country, as well as the greedy priests and deacons who were as greedy as evil spirits, he couldn't help but feel even more angry at those cowards in his heart.

However, anger is never a problem.

The king quickly calmed his anger, and naturally he gathered reinforcements from the Athenians and led them on their way to Thermopylae.

Ling Zifeng and Mo Sandi saw all this, he knew that the plot was about to enter a critical moment, and silently followed the troops to continue north.

The march was fast, and they had to get to Thermopylae before the Persians invaded, so a day later the party reached a small village on the border close to Thermopyla.

From a distance, the village was filled with smoke, and the smell of choking and blood was permeating the smoke.

The village had recently been slaughtered by a squad of Persian scouts.

When everyone walked in, they were presented with a scene as cruel as hell.

Everywhere there were villagers who had been killed and lay in pools of blood in the mud, and everywhere there were houses burning with smoke.

Ling Zifeng couldn't help but sigh in his heart: "What a murder and arson, the Persians are really cruel!" ”

He had only seen these images on television before, and he didn't feel anything at the time, until he himself realized the cruelty and horror of war.

I don't know how many villages in Greece were slaughtered by the Persians, and I don't know how many civilians were innocent.

Leonidas looked at all this, his eyes were full of worry and anxiety, and he didn't have time to pay attention to these tragic deaths, and ordered the team to hurry to the hot springs.

They must not allow Xerxes's army to break through the moat, otherwise I don't know how many places such a tragedy will be staged in front of them.

Soon after the march, they encountered a group of dozens of men.

They were all dressed in black and hats, and although they were not as strong and brave as the Spartans, they also appeared to be professionals with some training.

Mo Sandi smiled when she saw these people.

She stepped forward and said something to them, then turned to Leonidas and said, "These brothers are the elite of our League of Assassins, and although they are not as brave as the Spartans, they are the best in the world when it comes to intelligence spying. ”

Leonidas nodded in acknowledgment and smiled good-naturedly at them, signaling his troops to continue on their way.

At this time, the son of the general in the procession rushed in front of King Leonidas, and said solemnly: "Starting from Sparta... Keeping track of me all the time... ”

Ling Zifeng was a little far away and didn't hear it clearly or care too much, because he couldn't help but feel a little uneasy at this time when he saw the tragic pictures of the village being slaughtered before.

The tree at the entrance of the village was full of dead people, as well as villagers who rolled their eyes and had black blood stains left in their mouths and noses.

These images are clogged in the chest and abdomen, disgusting and sad.

I think he was an ordinary citizen in the era of peace before he crossed over, where had he ever seen such a bloody and terrifying picture in front of him.

These Persians are also so brutal that they don't even spare innocent villagers.

After exchanging a few words with someone in the team, Mo Sandi on the side leaned over to Ling Zifeng with a slightly strange expression and whispered, "We are being followed!" ”

"When I set out from Sparta before, I found that someone was following us, and I couldn't see his figure clearly, only that he was a little rickety, and he only chose to walk on remote and difficult trails in the mountains, so he never met the big army."

Ling Zifeng nodded attentively, recalling the plot of the movie "Spartan 300 Warriors" in his heart.

There is indeed a very important person who has been forgotten by him.