Chapter 61: Sparta II
The Persian soldiers all over the sky pounced, and the routine of attacking the Persians in the first wave was similar to Li Liguo's routine, all of which were to consume a wave of cannon fodder first!
Xerxes sent the armies of the servants of the Intermedia and Thracians, as well as the soldiers who had lost their relatives at the Battle of Marathon, to form the first wave of attack formations, and placed the Greek captives he had previously obtained at the front as cannon fodder, hoping to quickly defeat the defenders of Thermopylae with a numerical advantage. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
As the Persian army approached, Leonidas kept shouting: "Warriors, remember this moment, for it will be with you for the rest of your lives!" ”
Li Liguo couldn't help but look at Leonidas, of course, not because his voice was so high that even Li Liguo in the rear could hear it, but because when the enemy army rushed over, the timing of encouraging his own soldiers was just right, and the enthusiasm for honor among the Spartan soldiers was completely raised.
A whining horn sounded behind the Persian array, and the Persian soldiers, who had been jogging and charging, began to sprint!
Leonidas's voice rang out again: "Prepare for the charge!" ”
Thanks to the narrowness of the entrance to the Hot Spring Pass, Li Liguo's soldiers were placed on the second line, and the first wave of defense was taken over by Leonidas, and when they were tired, they would change Li Liguo's men to go up and take it!
Well, if the Spartans died, it would be Li Liguo's people who would bear it, but Li Liguo felt that this situation could not happen at all!
The Persian servant army with short spears, swords, and shields hula-la-la-hued and crashed into the Spartan spear phalanx full of spears, and the Spartan warriors didn't even have to stab forward at all, and many people were pushed and hit the spearhead by the people behind!
The offensive formation of the Persian army is no different from what Li Liguo saw last time in the marathon, there is no strict formation, just a front of people rushing up and fighting next to each other!
The momentum was good, but it did not work at all against the phalanx of spears of the Spartan warriors......
After withstanding the first wave of impact, Leonidas took the lead in shouting the roar of Sparta, then stepped forward with his shield and stabbed his spear!
The first three rows of spears pierced out in unison with the shouts of Sparta, bringing up a brilliant blood flower!
Then the lying Persian soldier was trampled under the feet of those behind, if not stabbed to death......
The Spartan spear phalanx is like this, stabbing it efficiently and neatly, and then collecting the gun and holding the shield to prevent the counterattack of the Persian soldiers.
Soon, on the ground in front of the Spartan spear phalanx, layers of corpses of Persian soldiers accumulated!
"Hold on!"
"Push!"
Puff puff......
The Persian soldiers' charging footsteps finally stopped when the corpses were piling up and it was difficult to charge, looking at the friendly corpses on the ground, these Persian soldiers finally calmed down a little from the passion of the charge, and few dared to touch the Spartan spears again!
The time has come for the Spartan spear phalanx to advance!
"Forward!"
Leonidas shouted, and the entire phalanx began to charge forward.
The sound of Sparta's shouts shook the sky, completely muffling the previous shouts of the Persians, and the footsteps of the 300 Spartan warriors never stopped!
Xerxes the Great sat on a comfortable platform carried by dozens of slaves in the rear, and when he saw so many Persian soldiers on his side, constantly retreating from the charge of hundreds of Spartan warriors, he stood up and shouted frantically at the generals below.
Then, the Persian servant soldiers, at the urging of the warlords behind, had to continue to ram into the Spartan spear phalanx, and Leonidas gave the right order to stop the charge, stop in place and continue to slaughter the Persian soldiers who rushed up!
The killing lasted for more than half an hour, and the Spartan phalanx had changed guards several times, after all, stabbing people was also a manual work, and it was common for soldiers to change lines with each other in high-intensity battles, and as long as they were well-trained soldiers, they were rarely taken advantage of by the enemy when changing lines!
Because it is not a change of the whole at the same time, but which position is less stressful, which position is changed, little by little the tired soldiers are changed to the rear line!
Due to the large number of people, Li Liguo could not see that the troops of the first wave of Persian attack had lost several percent, he could only see the corpses all over the ground and the Persian soldiers who fled backwards in terror!
Xerxes the Great's plan to consume the opponent with numbers completely collapsed, and at the end of the first wave of attacks, the Spartan soldiers suffered a total of 2 or 3 casualties, and there were at least a thousand corpses lying on the ground!
This casualty is more sour than Li Liguo's teeth, and I don't know if the servant army of the Persian Empire is too weak or the Spartan royal guard is too strong......
Even if you don't have to worry about the two wings by virtue of the terrain, and it is a condescending battle, this casualty ratio is too scary, you know, the Spartan Royal Praetorian Guard does not have any long-range delivery troops!
Emperor Xerxes the Great was stunned as he watched the tens of thousands of servants retreating like a tide, no matter how much the Overseers whipped and slashed them, they couldn't stop their collapse......
Xerxes the Great looked gloomily at the Spartans who were cleaning up the Persian soldiers who were still alive on the battlefield in the distance, he had seen such a powerful army for the first time!
Not inferior to the 'undead army' of the Persian Empire, that is, the Imperial Forest Army under the command of Xerxes the Great!
After Xerxes the Great gave a few words to his generals, the front of the Persian army began to mobilize, and not long after the Spartan warriors cleaned up the corpses of the Persian soldiers, the second wave of attacks of the Persian Empire came as scheduled!
This is also because of the slow pace of army mobilization in ancient times, according to the idea of Xerxes the Great, he did not want to give the Spartan warriors on the opposite side time to clean up the battlefield and rest!
He launched a second wave of 10,000 of his most elite Immortals. Of course, the front row still drove up thousands of servant army cannon fodder according to the usual practice, to consume the physical strength and sharpness of the Greek defenders, and more or less to give the undead legions who followed up some advantages.
Leonidas saw that the Persian Front had gathered forces again, and shouted the resting Spartan warriors again, and then he came to Li Liguo's side and said: "This time it's time for your people to play, my people will form a second line of defense behind your people, I hope this time I can rest, haha." ”
Li Liguo smiled confidently and responded: "Your Majesty, you will get plenty of rest!" ”
At this time, Li Liguo's 300 soldiers were already in full battle!