Chapter 73: Spartan Civilization II
Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info has not been attacked by the Persian army for two consecutive days, although Leonidas is very relaxed on the surface, but his psychology has always been worried about the safety of the rear path, even if the friendly general has 10 times more men and horses than himself, but the terrain there is far inferior to Thermopylae after all, not to mention, Leonidas feels that those friendly troops are much worse than the Spartan warriors under his command!
It's not that Leonidas doesn't want to support the rear, it's just that he only has less than 300 Spartan royal guards in his hands, and other slaves and logistics personnel, and it really doesn't have much effect to send them over, and there are also a lot of people who fight here, and the Spartan warriors don't have to do any physical work except for fighting, and they have always been in the best condition!
Li Liguo looked up at the cloudless sky, feeling very 'unlucky', and I don't know if the system did it on purpose, since the battle started, this weather has always been the most suitable sunny day for fighting, there is not even a strong wind, how easy it is for Persian archers to shoot......
Li Liguo, who was already a little irritable because of the good weather, received another bad news!
Li Liguo, with the momentum of a great victory, placed the sentinel very deep, and discovered another invasion of the Persian army a long time ago!
Because the Persian soldiers were lined up in a thin long snake marching array, they couldn't see the end at a glance, and it was impossible to estimate how many people there were, but seeing that most of those soldiers were wearing leather armor, they should not be the Persian elite with tenacious combat effectiveness last time!
Li Liguo also learned from the words of the sentry that these Persian soldiers marched very slowly, and the slowness here was relative to the speed of passing through the thorn bushes and woods!
Walking so slowly on the road that has been widened and cleared, it is clear that the fighting enthusiasm of those soldiers is very low!
The victory I won the day before yesterday was not in vain!
Several Persian generals of the servant army fell at the back of the ranks, sighing and complaining to each other, they were afraid of the enemy who could crush the terrible army of more than 10,000 undead legions!
Since these Persian generals were able to come up with this idea of letting the Persian elite and the Greeks consume each other, they were naturally a nation dissatisfied with the rule of the Persians in their hearts, and of course, what several Persian generals discussed was not how to defeat the enemy, but how to retain their strength in battle without being beheaded by Xerxes the Great!
"Xerxes, that guy is just an opponent that we can't beat even the undead army, how can we win?"
These Persian generals are all in the same spirit, and they naturally have no scruples when they speak, and they have always been in a group to protect themselves, if they hadn't given Xerxes the Great an excuse to send them to consume their strength this time, they would not be in this situation......
"Hmph~ We must not really fight hard with the Greeks, even if their strength is greatly damaged, we will definitely suffer heavy casualties if we want to win, if our forces are greatly weakened, Xerxes will be better off against us!"
"Yes, which of those who were beheaded was not crippled by the Spartans when they attacked Hot Springs? I see, let's go up and put on a show, and then 'defeated' and go back, as long as our strength is still there, and a few of us will tell how powerful the Greeks are, and Xerxes will not dare to cut us all down, if we are really in a hurry, we will oppose him, and his expedition will be ruined! ”
"Well, let's go over and make a show first, there are supervising officers sent by Xerxes in the army, let's put on a show for Xerxes's people, hehe, of course, if the Greeks are really vulnerable, we can also easily reap the merits of war, in that case, our position in the Persian Empire will be even stronger!"
Along the way, several Persian generals quickly came to an agreement to put self-preservation first!
They all have their own tribal populations, and if Xerxes the Great wants to kill them, he can't kill them for no reason, otherwise he will kill the powerful and prestigious people of the various ethnic groups under his rule at will, and it is easy for everyone in the Persian Empire to endanger themselves, and if those in power do not have personal safety, the destructive power they set off is hundreds or thousands of times greater than that of ordinary civilians!
The soldiers at the front of the servant army marched cautiously, lest a Greek pop out of one of the 'holes' and stab themselves in the cross......
But in addition to the cautious soldiers in the front rows, the servants in the back completely restored their quality as 'cannon fodder', weapons were casually put on their shoulders or waists, one by one talking and laughing strolling forward, along the way also to the surrounding mountains and content, at first glance, these people were not wearing soldiers' clothes, they thought they were a group of idle men who came to the outing......
Li Liguo lay in the grass, let go of the Persian soldiers in the front row, and sure enough, a group of soldiers who were completely unguarded came, and next to Li Liguo there were also hundreds of crossbowmen with divine arms, and there were more hand-to-hand soldiers not far away, only the Greek heavy infantry was left at the forefront, and when the signal came out, the whole army attacked!
When the front row of the Persian soldiers reached the exit of the shepherd's path, the Greek heavy infantry stationed there immediately lit a plant stalk that could emit smoke, lit several piles, and after confirming that the smoke had risen, they began to attack the Persian servant soldiers who were hastily arrayed in the front row!
With a clear sky and extremely little wind, the ambush soldiers under Li Liguo's command had a very good vision, and they saw the signal of the general attack almost at the same time!
After the front row was handed over, hundreds of crossbowmen suddenly stood up from the grass, rushed a few steps into range, and shot at the Persian soldiers who had not recovered from the outing!
After two rounds of arrow rain, the Persian soldiers even put on a pretentious front completely chaotic, and the hand-to-hand fighters hiding elsewhere saw the opportunity and rushed forward with knives and shouting!
The Persian servant soldiers, who were dizzy by the crossbow arrows of the gods, were completely defeated by a charge of the high-spirited Greek hand-to-hand soldiers!
The entire procession of the Persian servant army was cut in half from the middle during the marching formation!
Li Liguo led the men and horses to drive the rout to the mountain to chase and kill, and the servants who were not attacked in the rear saw the defeat in front of them, first they were in chaos, and then under the sweep of the rout, causing a landslide and tsunami-like rout!
As for the soldiers of the Persian servant army in front of the front, who were cut off from the back road, they had to fight hard with the small number of Greek heavy infantry, and after the Greek flag appeared in their rear, the string of resistance to save their lives was completely broken!
In a short period of time, the battle is won and lost!