The hoplites in the phalanx held a round shield about 1 meter in diameter in their left hand and a spear about 2 meters long in their right, and marched forward in a dense and neat formation shoulder to shoulder, like giant hedgehogs. The normal Greek phalanx www.biquge.info usually consisted of 8 soldiers in 1 column, and then extended to the left and right sides according to the total number of people. Assuming a total strength of 10,000 troops, the front of the phalanx would be composed of more than 1,200 soldiers, and its length would be about 1 kilometer.

However, the number of soldiers under Li Liguo's command was too small, and in order to increase the horizontal surface as much as possible, they could only be lined up in 4 columns......

The shields in the hands of the soldiers in the phalanx protect the left side of their own side and the right side of the bodies of their adjacent comrades, and once the soldier in the front row falls, the soldier in the second row will quickly fill in the gap left by him. The essence of the whole phalanx tactic is that all the soldiers work together and march together, and those who escape from the battle will be punished with the most severe.

Of course, the punishment Li Liguo said was really just talking, if he was really defeated, he would not have the opportunity to punish those soldiers who escaped from the battle, but these Greek hoplites are all veterans with rich battlefield experience, they know very well that there is still the possibility of survival in maintaining the phalanx, once the phalanx falls apart, they are lambs to the slaughter!

It can be said that in terms of the will to fight, the Greek hoplites under Li Liguo can definitely be called professional soldiers of the standard in the era of cold weapons!

This is the biggest reliance for Li Liguo to dare to take such a few people out to fight with thousands of Yellow Turban soldiers!

After all, there are many people, and no matter how timid people are, they will involuntarily improve their courage!

Although there are only 4 columns of the Greek heavy infantry phalanx, the first three columns of hoplites in the phalanx generally stand up their spears in front of them, the first row of hoplites is raised flat during battle, the second row is diagonally upward, and the third row is to put the spears on the shoulders of the soldiers in the front row, and the three columns of spears just form a steel jungle, which can assassinate the enemy who rushes up in all directions!

The back columns are generally used as substitutes and 'mending' to the living enemy left in the front row during the attack.

During the Battle of Marathon, the Athenian heavy infantry phalanx was the first few columns to knock down the enemy, and the last few columns continued to stab the living people lying on the ground, and the division of labor was very clear!

The Yellow Turban soldiers on the opposite side began to form an improvised battle line and walked towards here, it seems that the generals on the opposite side still have some military common sense, and they didn't charge just after they came up, just like a war movie in a movie......

Seeing that the enemy was not in a hurry to charge, Li Liguo ordered the crossbowmen to line a thin horizontal line in front of the Greek heavy infantry phalanx, and then, when the enemy entered the firing range, he sent out a volley of bullets!

Puff puff......

A series of arrows sounded on the Yellow Turban Soldiers' battle line, and the Yellow Turban Soldiers, who had been calmly marching forward, could no longer bear it, and many people howled and began to charge in order to reduce the number of enemy volleys!

In a sense, the Yellow Turbans did the right thing!

The battle line of the Yellow Turbans was already uneven, and this rush opened up the distance between the front and back, but the effect was very significant, and the crossbowmen had to retreat after the third round of shooting, and the Yellow Turbans who were running in the front were about to rush up!

"Defensive formation, ready!"

Li Liguo shouted, and the Greek heavy infantry next to him responded in unison, spreading the sound throughout the entire phalanx!

After the phalanx shouted, the Yellow Turban soldiers on the opposite side shouted loudly:

"For God!"

"For the yellow sky!"

"Virgin, I'm coming!"

"I want to eat enough every day......"

"Elysium, I love you!"

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All kinds of strange shouts with a strong brain wind sounded, and Li Liguo felt that the thick wind of middle two was blowing in his face, what kind of people am I fighting with......

Li Liguo was really thundered, and just when Li Liguo felt a faint sadness, the Yellow Turban soldiers and the Greek heavy infantry phalanx collided directly!

First, there was the sound of spears piercing into the flesh, and the unarmored Yellow Turban soldiers vomited blood and died without any resistance, rushing to the front, and the group of people with the most brains of faith went to their Elysium as they wished!

What followed was the muffled sound of the human body hitting the shield, and the Greek hoplites in the first row tacitly and forcefully knocked the Yellow Turban soldiers who were lucky enough to dodge the 3-layer spear away for a short distance, and then continued to stab with the spear!

The Yellow Turbans managed to break through the spear blockade and shield impact, and stabbed the Greek hoplites, and then were bounced off by the armor of the Greek hoplites, and were poked out of the ensuing counterattack with surprised eyes......

The entire Greek heavy infantry phalanx was close together, slaughtering the enemy with high efficiency and minimal losses of its own!

Of course, the biggest reason for the small losses of the Greek heavy infantry is that the weapons of the Yellow Turban soldiers are too simple, most of them are simple spears, and many of the spearheads are bronze, which is difficult to break the defense of the Greek heavy infantry, and the Yellow Turban soldiers do not have any armor-breaking weapons at all, and the distance of a small number of iron swords is not long enough, and they are restrained to death!

If there were a group of heavy swordsmen similar to the European Middle Ages, the Greek hoplite phalanx would have been split a long time ago!

Of course, even if the Yellow Turbans can't break the Greek heavy infantry phalanx for a while, their numerical advantage is too great, as long as they insist on filling it with human lives, when the Greek heavy infantry is out of strength, it will be the moment of victory!

It's a pity that these Yellow Turban soldiers are just garbage cannon fodder with half-baked beliefs, they are not fanatics of those religions!

After hundreds of casualties soon after the contact, these thousands of Yellow Turban soldiers who rushed in a swarm couldn't stand it!

This is talking about the first few rows of Yellow Turban soldiers, the Yellow Turban soldiers in the back can't see the tragedy of the battlefield in front of them and are still pushing to the front, the people in front want to run back, and the people in the back are still following the inertia and with the 'dream' of fighting for God to continue to charge, and the entire Yellow Turban Soldier array quickly squeezed into a mess!

Li Liguo saw that the other party's soldiers retreated in horror, and the offensive was frustrated, so he immediately ordered the Greek heavy infantry phalanx to charge!

The first few rows of Yellow Turban soldiers were already frightened to be killed, but the murderous demons in front of them rushed up in a tight formation, and this was worth it!

The Yellow Turban soldiers, who were originally just crowded backwards, completely exploded, shouting loudly that they were defeated and defeated, hoping that those colleagues who were still charging behind them would run away with them, at least let them get out of the way, right?

Anyone has to die here if it's so crowded!

The complete collapse of the soldiers in the first few rows and the momentum of the enemy phalanx rushing to the front of them finally sobered up the Yellow Turban soldiers who were immersed in Elysium, and their hearts began to waver.

Is it better to have 18 virgins or to live first?