Chapter 70: Spartan XI

Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info "Immediately order the Zhuge crossbowmen in front of you to retreat quickly!" ”

Li Liguo hurriedly shouted to the heralds, although the horn also has the function of retreating, but it is the retreat of the whole army, and it can't be blown casually, this blow will cause the army to be chaotic, and the opposite side will take the opportunity to kill it, then it will not be a matter of losing hundreds of Zhuge crossbowmen!

"However, those Zhuge crossbows are more bulky......

"Just withdraw the person, Zhuge Lian's crossbow is placed there, even if it is full of feather arrows, it can't be killed!"

The elm-headed herald finally ran over, and Li Liguo felt that he might need to pick more nimble heralds for backup......

When the Persian archers ran into the firing range and bent the bow and arrows to throw, the Zhuge crossbowmen also received the order to retreat, and at this time they didn't care about the formation, these Zhuge crossbowmen were ready to run away at any time, and they were not burdened by metal armor, and the retreat was very scattered, but the efficiency was very high!

When the rapid fire of the Persian archers arrived, most of the Zhuge crossbowmen retreated to safety, but the main target of these Persian archers was the hand-to-hand soldiers of the enemy behind!

The volley of more than 2,000 Persian archers did not shoot a single arrow, but until the arm was a little weak but there was still strength left, so that you could continue shooting with a little bit of strength!

Waves of feathered arrows rained down from the sky, naturally causing very little damage to the Greek heavy infantry, but it was different for those hand-to-hand combatants!

Although the hand-to-hand fighters are all wearing iron armor, and many of them are still holding shields, these hand-to-hand fighters do not have a good phalanx formation at all, and they are completely taking care of their own protection, and it is inevitable that some limbs such as hands and feet will be exposed.

Compared to the melee fighters who shouted cheerfully but did not suffer great casualties, the performance of the Phosis was even worse, they did not even have iron armor, and the formation was also not tight, as you can imagine......

The morale of the Phosians was directly knocked out by half!

The Persian archers retreated in an orderly manner after shooting, and then thousands of undead legions launched a collective charge!

Under Li Liguo's strict order, those Zhuge crossbowmen returned to the front line again, although some Zhuge crossbows were scrapped by shooting right at key positions, but the vast majority of them were still not delayed!

This time, it's the Persian soldiers' turn to taste the rain of arrows!

The charging Persian elite had already been informed in advance that the other party had rapid-fire crossbow arrows, but it was one thing to know it, and when they really faced it, they realized how pale and powerless the verbal description was compared to reality!

Once again, the undead legionnaires of Persia fell in pieces, and the front was shaken, but this time they had already understood the enemy's sharp weapons, but they did not completely collapse!

Even if the Persians did not collapse, the momentum of the charge was completely disrupted, and the morale of the Persians was naturally greatly reduced, and then they had to face the counter-charge of Li Liguo's army!

With Greek heavy infantry as the core, hand-to-hand combat soldiers as auxiliary, and Phosians......

Well, they didn't want to be shot by Persian feather arrows, and now they haven't sorted out their array, so they can be regarded as a soy sauce player......

Wearing Li Liguo's remaining intact plate armor, Heizi took the lead in brandishing a machete and rushed to the front line, giving great spiritual encouragement to the soldiers behind him!

And the same is true of the Persian general opposite, who came to the front line in person, but not as wild as Kuroko, standing in the first row of hand-to-hand combat......

The Persian generals who came had already given a death order to Xerxes the Great, and if they couldn't bring back the victory, they would send their heads back!

So the Persian general was really desperate and didn't leave any reserves, and the archers didn't count the reserves......

The whole army pressed up, and he personally followed the soldiers with his escorts to prevent them from escaping, and the archers behind acted as the overseers!

If this can't be defeated, Emperor Xerxes the Great should consider whether to continue to fill people with elites towards the shepherd path!

Although the Persian undead army was pressed by the whole army, but the terrain of the shepherd trail was limited, and it was impossible to press up in a straight horizontal line like Li Liguo's army......

Therefore, the battlefield of Li Liguo's army was wider than that of the Persian army, and it was more convenient to carry out a semi-encircled attack!

If Li Liguo had so many soldiers......

The lack of troops has obviously become Li Liguo's biggest flaw, if he had the same troops, he would have surrounded and annihilated these Persian elites a long time ago!

The Persian elite was very desperate and fought quite tenaciously, but they came out of the woods, and the inevitable formation was loose, and after colliding headlong with Li Liguo's army next to each other, they found that there were enemy weapons everywhere in all directions, and they could not defend themselves at all!

It can only be used to exchange lives for lives!

However, the Persian soldiers were not Spartan warriors who regarded death as their home, and there was still a long way to go to keep them alive......

This once again confirms a truth on the battlefield, the more afraid people are of death, the faster they die!

The Persian general could not understand why his own soldiers were also desperate, and there were more people than the other side, so why were the casualties so much higher than those of the other side?

There's even the danger of being pushed back into the woods!

Less than an hour after hand-to-hand combat, the Persian soldiers were already at a complete disadvantage!

The Persian general's face flashed, for his own life, for the victory of the Persian Empire, he could only sacrifice the Persian warriors who fought in front!

In fact, the most important reason for the psychology of this Persian general is the previous one......

However, when he gave orders to the archers, he added the latter reason......

Let his subordinates die in a high-sounding manner, but that's it!

When the Persian archers heard the general's order, coupled with the seemingly lofty reason, there was naturally no reason to violate it, even if they were held accountable afterwards, it was also carried by the Persian general, after all, he gave the order, and the soldiers would never carry the black cauldron, because the 'pot' was too big, and they were not qualified to carry it!

Li Liguo, who was looking at his own army blocking the entrance with a relieved face, pushed the Persian soldiers back little by little, suddenly saw the overwhelming rain of arrows again!

This time there are more than the first wave!

These Persian archers were clearly given death orders and were not going to reserve their strength! You must know that after this kind of person shoots more than ten arrows in a row, the arm is basically completely wasted, and the waste naturally does not mean that it cannot be used, but that the muscles are sore, numb, swollen, painful, weak, etc., anyway, you can't shoot arrows......

You have to take a long break before you can continue shooting!

Li Liguo squinted his eyes and looked at the rain of arrows in the sky, the Persians are really cruel!