Chapter 35: Textbook Victory II

Damn, the Athenians in the middle can't stand it, maybe I should delay the attack speed of the Persian elite!

Li Liguo looked at the two wings of the Greek heavy infantry that was forming the team, and directly led people to rush to the flank of the Persian army in the middle, he brought few people and did not need to form a team, the speed was much faster than the Greek heavy infantry, and the Athenian heavy infantry in the middle was not forced into the woods, Li Liguo led people to rush over!

"The crossbowmen obeyed the order, lined up in two horizontal lines, and prepared to fire a salvo!"

After Li Liguo led people to rush to the flank of the Persian elite, he directly ordered the whole team, but this force of less than 200 people did not arouse the interest of the Persian elite in the slightest, and their attention was on the exhausted Athenian hoplites in front, and the battle was over if they were crushed!

"Archery!"

More than 100 crossbow arrows with great force shot those self-righteous Persian elite shield-belts wearing heavy armor and shields!

Li Liguo's Divine Arm Crossbowmen shot at the distance of the Persian archers, and within this distance, the Divine Arm Crossbow could drill a hole even in the iron scale armor, not to mention those bronze armors?

In this round of salvo, the Persian elite heavy armored infantry directly fell more than a hundred people, this casualty is nothing to the Persian middle army, but the shock effect is very good, those Persian heavy infantry were horrified to find that their own defense did not work at all in front of the enemy's arrows!

To be honest, it's pretty scary!

Of course, after all, the Persian elite heavy armor infantry has been on the battlefield for a long time, and it is impossible to give up the attack because of such a few crossbow arrows, but there is such a force of crossbowmen on the flank, and the attack of the Persian elite heavy armor infantry will inevitably slow down a little!

And the price of the crossbowmen who can shoot safely is that the dozens of sword and shield soldiers brought by Li Liguo were defeated by a small wave of infantry divided by the Persian army!

Well, Li Liguo didn't rush forward as a hero this time, but more than half of the casualties of the sword and shield soldiers were crushed back by the Persian tactics of the sea of people, and the morale collapsed almost......

Just when Li Liguo had no choice but to retreat with the crossbowmen and the remnants of the sword and shield soldiers, the Greek heavy infantry reinforcements on the two wings of the Athenians arrived!

The Athenian heavy infantry, who had iron discipline, shouted their slogans, and collided head-on with the Persian infantry who were pursuing Li Liguo and his party, and trampled these Persian infantry who were just about to enjoy the fun of chasing and killing under their feet!

Then the Athenians rushed to their target - the exposed flanks of the central Persian troops!

Ancient battlefields are chaotic melee combat, filled with screams, fear, and dust. www.biquge.info The Persians and Sekhs were engaged in a desperate duel with the hoplites in front of them, and they had a premonition of imminent victory, so it was difficult for them to detect the imminent threat before disaster befell them!

When the rout came, it must have been an all-out onslaught, with two murderous, disciplined, vicious and cruel killing machines crushing the exposed Persian army in the middle and taking away the victory of the war without accident!

Just after seeing the dawn of victory, the effect of the avalanche began to spread under a flanking attack, but unfortunately, many Persian soldiers were trapped during the escape! And died where they stood!

The hoplites of the two wings of Greece perfectly made dumplings for the Persian army in the center!

Li Liguo sat on the ground tiredly, just took the crossbowmen with the divine arm to provoke the boundless Persian army, in the battle, there were the heads of Persian soldiers everywhere, Li Liguo felt the horror of the crowd tactics for the first time!

Of course, this kind of sea of people must be veterans who dare to work hard! In the sea of recruits and farmers, as long as more than a few people are hacked to death in the front, it is a matter of whether they dare to continue in the back......

But that was not the case with those Persian soldiers, who had experienced many battles and knew that no matter how many people they killed, they would definitely be defeated, so these Persian soldiers smashed their sword and shield defenses one after another!

Fortunately, the Athenians arrived in time, otherwise, not only would the sword and shield soldiers not be able to return, but even the precious crossbowmen would have to be confessed here!

Sure enough, the campaign contribution is not so easy to get!

Li Liguo looked at the Persian army that was besieged and collapsed in the middle of the road, and smiled, there is no suspense about the victory of this war!

However, when Li Liguo turned his head to look for his spearmen, he found something that made him cry and laugh, the two wings were not suppressed by the Athenian heavy infantry, and many Persian soldiers were unwilling to be killed like chickens......

The Persian soldiers, who had the intention of killing a single person, saw that this kind of spearmen were so weak, and immediately became brave, looking for Li Liguo's spearmen everywhere to slash and kill, if it weren't for the suppression of the Athenian light infantry, the Persian soldiers might still be able to counterattack......

Of course, these scattered Persian soldiers have the courage to cut people at this time, that is, the Athenian hoplites are not there, as long as the Athenian hoplites annihilate the main Persian force in the middle and rush back, these frightened Persian soldiers who have already been killed by the Athenians will probably become slaughtered chickens again......

After witnessing the end of the Persian middle route army, Datis had no choice but to gather the remnants of the defeated army and the remaining troops to resist the Athenian light infantry that was still in hot pursuit.

The answer to this question was easy, for behind Datis thousands of terrified Persian soldiers were plunging into the sea, looking for any ship that could carry them......

Datis didn't blame the soldiers, because his original plan was to withdraw as many Persian soldiers as possible from the Marathon Plains, and even if he was defeated, he had to buy as much time as possible for the soldiers who were still alive!

If he can get enough Persian soldiers to evacuate, he'll have a chance to start a more courageous duel and emerge victorious on the next battlefield!

These are veterans of the battlefield, as long as you go back and adjust, you can face the Athenian army again!

However, the Athenians were clearly not going to let Datis's idea come true easily, and the phalanx of Athens was back!

Li Liguo watched the Athenians reorganize the phalanx after slaughtering the Persian army in the middle lane, and once again pounced on the defense line temporarily set up by the remnants of the Persian army on the side of the sea ship, and said lightly:

"Cutting the grass and eradicating the roots, this is what smart people do!"