Chapter 48: Public Enemy II
This time, the Greek hoplites had been fighting for a long time, and the speed of the charge was not as good as at the initial moment, so the archers accurately estimated the firing position, and hundreds of archers covered the Greek hoplite phalanx and part of the rout together with a rain of arrows without regard for their own soldiers!
At this time, the Greek hoplites once again showed that in addition to phalanx combat, they had another advantage - strict battlefield discipline!
Under the loud orders of the centurion and centurion, all the Greek hoplites stopped neatly, squatted on the ground, raised their shields to cover their bodies, and faced the baptism of arrows!
Dangdangdang......
There was a dense metal crash, mixed with a lot of screams and arrows crashing into the flesh!
The Greek hoplites could do a good job of protection, but the defeated town infantry didn't have the leisure to do so, and many of them even threw away their shield weapons!
Of course, the Greek heavy infantry also suffered some minor casualties, which were insignificant compared to the scale of the rain of arrows!
The round of arrows just now was not a salvo, but a rapid continuous shot by the archers in order to kill the enemy with the greatest killing effect!
The phalanx of Greek hoplites, which have risen again, have become killing machines and are swept up in the terrified archers and routers of the town!
This time, there are no more obstacles to stop them!
The Greek hoplites shouted and burst into the array of archers who had no time to flee with their spears, sending these weak archers with weak melee skills to hell along with the fleeing town infantry!
The commander of the town looked desperately at the scene where his army was almost wiped out, and he still had the backbone to draw his sword, silently recite a word of repentance, and killed himself!
Seeing that their infantry had been completely finished, those extremely mobile archers roared and rode their horses away from the battlefield that had become the hell of Shura, and found a direction where there were no enemy troops and fled for their lives!
Li Liguo watched the enemy's cavalry flee, and sighed secretly, if he also had a mobile cavalry, he would never let go of those archers, and the war coin reward of the cavalry was much higher than that of the infantry!
The rout on the outskirts of the town turned into a massacre, and then, naturally, it turned into a mass surrender, with Li Liguo naturally capturing hundreds of enemy soldiers. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
In fact, in ancient cold weapon warfare, the number of people who died in the real battle was not much, limited by the lethality of the weapon and the limitation of human physical strength, the killing effect was often not ideal, and when the killing efficiency was really improved, it was only produced in the process of chasing and killing, which is also the reason why a large number of troops could be produced in the process of chasing and killing.
After all, when people are unable to resist, in order to save their lives, surrender is a very common subconscious behavior!
Wang Zhong looked at Li Liguo's smug smile and kindly reminded him: "General, the real strength of the trade town is not the direct army of those town lords just now, but the mercenaries and guards of all forces in the town, those people are not only better equipped than the direct army of the town lord, but also all of them are the elite of the knife and licking blood, and the mercenary squads led by those neutral soldiers are also experts in small-scale combat assaults!"
Since the general has won the victory, whether it is good or not, can we collect some protection fees from the lord of the town, in this way, in order to retain the strength, the various forces in the town will not attack the general's soldiers, and we can get a decent victory, otherwise it will ......"
Li Liguo squinted at Wang Zhong: "What?" Those scattered mercenary leaders and guards can still turn the sky upside down?
Hmph, war is not a battle that can be won if you are well equipped, before the strength reaches crushing, unity is the biggest prerequisite for victory! ”
Wang Zhong sighed helplessly: "Since the general has made up his mind, let's cut the grass and eradicate the roots, otherwise anyone who escapes from this town will pull out a hundredfold and thousandfold enemy to crusade against the general in the future!" ”
Li Liguo squinted at the town and said, "I have my own arrangements, you don't need to say much, just follow me into the city!" ”
This time it was the Greek heavy infantry who were busy collecting prisoners, and those spearmen were gathered by Li Liguo, who stood on a temporary high platform, pointed to the bustling and chaotic town, and shouted: "My soldiers, I have opened the door to this city of wealth for you, and then it is time for you to revel, I allow you to enter and loot what you like, but you are not allowed to loot the main warehouse of the town, I, as the boss, at least have to take a big head, right?" ”
Li Li's national bandit-style declaration caused a group of Yellow Turban soldiers below to laugh, what this boss said was quite in line with their temper, anyway, they didn't have the luxury of getting their hands on the materials in those warehouses!
"General, don't worry, old man, we will leave you the most beautiful girl!"
"Hahaha......"
Li Liguo did not blame the disorganization and undiscipline of these Yellow Turban soldiers, because these people would soon be used as cannon fodder by him to explore the way into the town!
"Well, from now on, the carnival begins, spearmen, attack!"
A group of Yellow Turbans who had long been unable to resist were excited, howling and rushing into the town without soldiers to defend the entrance, and began their raiding journey, or ......
Suicide Journey!
Wang Zhong pointed to the yellow turban soldiers suspiciously and asked: "General, the town is full of guards and mercenary groups of various forces who are waiting and watching, the reason why they did not dispatch is just to have a glimmer of hope for the general, your such a blatant attack will definitely cause the other party to counterattack, these rabble, wouldn't they bring food to the other party when they enter......
Li Liguo smiled and said: "You also know that the strength of the army gathered in the town is definitely stronger than mine, but my biggest advantage is that I am alone, and the opposite side is I don't know how many forces, if I muddy the stagnant water of the town, so that their originally scattered forces cannot be effectively concentrated, and then go and break them one by one, do you think I can win?" ”
Wang Zhong's eyes flashed, and he gave a thumbs up and praised: "The general is really wise, those forces don't dare to hand over their backs to others, and suddenly go in and burn and kill the looting spearmen everywhere, they will definitely fight on their own, and after seeing that the incoming army is so weak, they don't have the heart to unite others to resist the invaders together, and at that time, it will be the moment when the general leads the elite Greek hoplites into a little bit to eat those elites!"
If this battle can be won completely, not to mention the general's war currency income, even the armor weapons left over from the elite who died in battle are enough to greatly increase the general's strength! ”
Li Liguo laughed out loud after hearing this, and began to assemble the Greek hoplites!