Chapter 67: Spartan VIII
"Phew, where is this path, there is no road at all! Lao Tzu is a high-ranking undead legion soldier, and he was sent here to clean up weeds and thorns......"
A small leader of the Persian Imperial Guards grumbled as he slashed at the thorn bushes blocking the way with a knife, and the soldiers around him who were dressed in the same outfit as him also looked tired, obviously the journey was a manual work!
It's not a long journey, but the hard climb to the mountain and then the 'weeders' on a winding slope with lush vegetation are fed up with these elite soldiers!
It's called the Shepherd Trail, but it's actually just a path that isn't too steep!
The general of the undead legion frowned and watched the soldiers under his command advance with difficulty, called the guide who led the way in front and asked, "How long will it take to get out of the thorn bush?" ”
The guide looked at the surrounding environment and replied affirmatively: "It's not far away, we will soon reach the plain, and when we get to the plain, we will really be behind the hot spring pass!" ”
The general's brow furrowed a little, and since he began to climb the mountain with this guide, the march was more tiring than fighting......
However, with the road they cleared, it would be a lot easier for the friendly forces behind to pass through, and it was all worth it for the sake of victory!
Well, during the march of these undead legionnaires who opened the way, dozens of them lost their combat effectiveness and even their lives because of such and such accidents!
Soon, the general of the undead legion received a reward from the scouts, the good news was that he was about to reach the plains, and the bad news was that there were thousands of Greek soldiers stationed outside!
After listening to the scout's report, the general's whole person froze completely, and the soldiers around him also stopped moving forward, if there were thousands of Greek soldiers in front of him, think of the hundreds of iron-like Spartan soldiers at the entrance of Thermopylae, these self-proclaimed elite Persian soldiers felt that going out was no different from sending them to death......
There were so many terrible enemies guarding the other side, and even if this path was not blocked by the dangerous terrain of Hot Spring Pass, it was impossible to pass it......
The three locals acting as guides looked at the Persian soldiers who had stopped advancing, looked at each other suspiciously, and came to the general and asked, "General, why can't you stop?" ”
The Persian general said with an embarrassed face: "My scout told me that there are thousands of Greek soldiers stationed outside, this is ......"
After hearing this, the local guide smiled and said: "Those people are different from the Spartan soldiers guarding the Hot Springs, they are the allies of the Spartan city-states, although there are quite a few of them, but they are far inferior to the elite Spartan soldiers guarding the Hot Springs!" ”
When the Persian general heard this, the flame of hope rekindled in his eyes, and he knew very well that if he went back like this without fighting, it would be strange if Emperor Xerxes didn't skin him and cramp him!
Well, if you defeat him, you won't have to go back......
The Persian general sent an order down to tell the soldiers below that the opposite side was just an ordinary Greek army, not the elite guarding the Thermopylae Pass, and then the whole army was ready for battle!
Not long after the Persian scouts discovered the army led by Kuroko, Kuroko's people also noticed the movement of the Persian soldiers, Kuroko They are not like those Phosians, they just chat and fart all day long, and they don't look like they are fighting at all, not so much to garrison here, but to act as a sentry here......
After two days of observation, Kuroko had already discovered that these Phosis had no determination to fight to the death!
Even a few of the soldiers in it are professional soldiers, and the few Phosis soldiers that Kuroko talked to are either striking iron or selling goods, and even Kuroko chatted for a long time with a person who resembled a modern pimp, and the 'pimp' gushed about how white the skin of those Phossi girls was, how rich the 'water' was, how majestic the murder weapon was, and how skilled the technique was......
Of course, this is also the reason why Kuroko talked to him for a long time......
Kuroko even fantasized that after this battle, he would apply for a vacation with his own general and go to the Phosis for a few days, and he would be a man with a way now!
Well, if that 'doorway' can survive until that time......
After Kuroko noticed the movement of the Persian soldiers, he immediately notified the Phosians, avoiding the situation in which the historically loosely disciplined Phosians were rushed by the Persian elite due to their unpreparedness......
When the thousands of Persian undead legions stepped out of the thorn bushes, they were unsurprisingly confronted Li Liguo's army, which had already been arrayed!
The Persian generals had already sent someone back to report to Xerxes the Great before they came out, and there must be reinforcements coming soon, so he naturally wanted to take people to try the level of these Greeks first, and it would be better if he could take them by surprise, obviously, the Persian general's calculation was wrong......
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The Persian general looked at the Greek line opposite, and sure enough, it was different from the tight phalanx of the Spartans, with a group of soldiers in the front row holding strange equipment without armor, which should be the special long-range weapons of the Greeks, and melee soldiers in the back.
The phalanx with hundreds of people in the center is similar to the Spartan spear phalanx, and the two wings are much more chaotic, no different from the array of servants and soldiers of the Persians!
Moreover, the Persian general also keenly observed that there were about a thousand soldiers on the left flank of the other side, and they looked a little flustered, compared with other Greek soldiers, those people were easily reminiscent of the word garbage!
Maybe there can be a breakthrough?
Well, let's attack first!
The Persian general simply adjusted his own army formation, and sent most of his troops to the right flank, while the center and left flank were much weaker, and only played a diversion role, and the right flank of the Persian army corresponded to the left flank of the Greeks!
But whether it's on the left or the right, the first thing to face is the ranged arms that the Greeks are lined up in!
In the eyes of the Persian generals, those long-range troops can shoot two rounds at most, as long as they get through, they can't take back those tools that don't look light, and they are basically scrapped by their own people after the first battle!
"The warriors of the great king of kings, in front of them are the Greeks who won the weak, raise our butcher's knives, kill them, and win the glory that belongs to the undead legions of the Persian Empire!"
After saying that, the Persian general raised his saber and pointed at the Greek front on the opposite side, shouting loudly and angrily to kill the enemy!
A group of elite Persian soldiers in bronze armor, wielding scimitars and holding wicker shields, rushed forward with a roar!
The war has officially begun!