In addition to the first few waves of the Persian soldiers' wheel battle, although the soldiers who came up later were also a new force, after seeing the corpses of the friends covered with hot springs, the morale was not very high, which reduced the pressure on the Spartan royal guard a lot!

However, even if the morale of the Persian soldiers was not high, it was in the tens of thousands, and even if the Spartan warriors led by Leonidas were replaced to the front line in turn, the physical exertion was a bit too great!

The most direct embodiment is that the Spartan warriors went from zero casualties at the beginning, to single digits, and finally to two digits and close to three digits!

Even Li Liguo's soldiers are almost done, a lot of iron armor has been cut down, and even most of the plate armor is full of holes, Li Liguo knows that even if he can go back alive this time in the battle copy, those iron plate armor will not want to be used, he doesn't have the technology to repair these plate armor......

It should be said that in today's Li Liguo army, there is nothing else in logistics except for basic materials such as food, and it is extremely simple!

Fortunately, the cold weapon unit does not rely too much on logistics, and the demand of ancient soldiers is also low, and they do not need to be paid, as long as they can be fed, and the food here refers to the kind of eighty percent fullness......

Also, the ancients only ate two meals a day!

The Spartan warriors were tired, and the Persian soldiers shed a lot of blood, and eventually, when most of the Persian servant soldiers had taken their turns, the war of attrition finally stopped!

The number of dead and wounded of the Persian servant army is not too much, after all, after the Spartan warriors defeated the enemy, they did not dare to pursue and kill too far, but the blow to morale was still very large, so many people were killed so many without rushing in, these soldiers had to adjust their morale to fight again!

Xerxes the Great realized that he had made a common-sense mistake after the first round of cavalry charges did not work at all, and the infantry attack was basically behind, but the tenacity of the Spartan warriors shocked his cognition again!

Not far from the high platform where he was, the heads of several unfavorable generals had been hung, these were all generals who had been defeated by the servant armies of various nationalities, and Emperor Xerxes the Great could only use this method to deter those war-weary servant soldiers!

The method was cruel, but the effect was still good, and the servants looked at the head of their boss and didn't dare to say more......

"Fortunately, the Greeks only sent such a small number of troops to garrison the hot springs, otherwise, I wouldn't have been able to pass through here!"

Emperor Xerxes the Great said with far-reaching eyes, although he was once again defeated, but he saw the exhaustion and casualties of the Spartans on the other side, and if he fought like this for a few more days, the Spartans would die sooner or later, and they would not be able to stop themselves no matter what!

A Persian general next to him, who knew Greece very well, replied respectfully: "The Greeks should all go to the Olympics now, that's why they will send such a few people, the reinforcements should not be organized yet, at least until those Greeks hold their own festivals before they will assemble the army!" ”

Xerxes the Great, who knew little about Greek culture, asked curiously: "If you win the championship at the Games, what will the winner get?" ”

Emperor Xerxes, who thought he could hear some strange objects, heard the answer was......

The winner will be awarded a crown made of olive branches. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo”

Emperor Xerxes smiled mockingly and said nothing, but a general next to him couldn't help but say in surprise: "My God, who are we facing these two days?!" They went to the competition just for these illusory achievements, not for the money! ”

Obviously, the war-loving Persians could not understand the sacred 'Olympic Truce', which was both a desire for peace and a reverence for the gods and nature that the Greeks revered!

After the Persian offensive stopped, Xerxes the Great offered a huge bounty, and whoever could come up with or provide methods and strategies to break the defense line of Thermopylae Pass, and even intelligence, could get a lot of wealth and beauty!

No matter how high or low, regardless of the nation, as long as he is willing to serve the great King Xerxes the Great, the benevolent ruler of the Persian Empire will give him everything he wants!

This order was thoroughly communicated, and even the locals knew about the huge bounty offered by the Persian army!

As the saying goes, there is always a reward for the reward, and just one day later, on the third day of the Persian army's attack on Thermopylae, several locals came to the Persian camp and claimed that they knew how to break the defenders of Thermopylae.

Xerxes the Great received the natives very politely, and the tent was filled with golden Persian gold coins, and several beautiful slave girls stood in a row!

As soon as a few locals come in, the eyeballs don't belong to them, and this temptation is no different from heaven for the uninformed locals!

Oh, by the way, there is no such thing as heaven at this time......

Surprised, the locals fell at the feet of Xerxes the Great and told him in detail how to cross the shepherd's trail in the mountains around Thermopylae!

It is naturally impossible for this trail to pass through hundreds of thousands of troops, but if thousands of elites walk slowly, they can still pass to the back of the hot spring pass!

And the shepherd trail is not long, you can pass through it quickly, it is very hidden, and it was discovered by the locals by accident!

Xerxes the Great was very happy, rewarded a few locals greatly, and then selected thousands of elite Persian soldiers of the undead legion, and followed these guides through the shepherd's path!

On the side of Hot Springs, Li Liguo and Leonidas wondered why the Persian army did not attack today!

Leonidas had a completely indifferent attitude, and Li Liguo looked at the Persian camp with a melancholy face, it was already the third day, and he didn't know how many changes his arrival would bring to history, hoping that the thousands of people he sent could guard his own back road!

The Spartans didn't have so many concerns, the Persians didn't attack just what they wanted, the Spartans rested, shaved their beards, as if the bloody battle of the previous two days did not bring them any psychological pressure, this quality is the real iron-blooded soldier!

In contrast, the few remaining Li Liguo's soldiers sat on the ground exhausted, listless, and seemed to have lost hope for the future, and if it weren't for the friendly army of Spartan warriors who could fight well, these soldiers would have collapsed long ago......

Seeing this situation, Li Liguo was even more determined to recruit all Spartans from now on, only in adversity can we compare what is the real elite!

There was no battle at Hot Springs, but the shepherd trail in the rear ushered in a real test!