When Li Liguo's eyes returned to light again, he was already in a huge military camp, behind him were neatly lined up sword and shield soldiers, divine arm crossbowmen and spearmen, Wang Zhong was still standing behind him with a simple expression, Li Liguo could see that these soldiers arrived here at the same time as himself!

Obviously, Li Liguo's hundreds of men and horses had their own small camp, so he didn't see too many troops from other forces. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

At this time, the battle had not yet begun, and after Li Liguo arranged for his soldiers to be stationed on the spot, he took Wang Zhong and several sword and shield soldiers to a high ground to observe the location at this time.

Through the previous introduction, this time it should be the marathon battle, to be honest, Li Liguo, who has not achieved good historical results, has no impression of this battle at all!

He'd heard of marathon running......

Could it be that athletics was developed from the war?

Under the blue sky and white sun, Li Liguo looked around and finally understood why the Persian Empire chose this so-called Marathon Plain to land!

The Marathon Plains generally seem like a safe landing spot, providing a safe harbor, and the plains allow for better garrisoning and rapid advance of troops!

But! This marathon plain has a serious flaw: the plain has only one exit suitable for the army to move quickly!

And Li Liguo easily found out, I don't know if the Persian army was delayed for too long, and this exit was firmly occupied by the military camp of the Athenian coalition army!

Moreover, the exit was heavily garrisoned by the Athenian coalition, where most of the Athenian heavy infantry were stationed and their own men were camped behind......

Li Liguo looked at the Greek heavy infantry at the exit, they wore high crowns with face guards and exaggerated headdresses, held a huge round shield with a diameter of three feet, and held a spear with a metal spearhead in the other hand, a little far away, Li Liguo couldn't tell whether it was an iron spearhead, his chest and abdomen were wrapped in heavy armor, a metal or leather battle skirt spread out below the waist, and there were shiny shin guards on his legs.

Although it is much worse than the medieval tin cans, in this era, it is definitely fully armed!

Well, compared to the leather-clad soldiers under their command, these Greek hoplites did a very good job of protection!

Li Liguo compared the camp of the Greek heavy infantry in the distance, and then looked at the friendly troops next to his camp who should be light infantry, just holding javelins and wearing leather armor......

It seems that this time his troops have been assigned to the 'cannon fodder' side......

Fortunately, the Athenians didn't seem to have a habit of using their light infantry allies as cannon fodder, and it was the Greek heavy infantry who were in front!

This is much more generous than what Li Liguo has done......

Of course, in the face of tens of thousands of Persian Empire troops and thousands of cannon fodder regiments, it is tantamount to a fantasy if you want to make the other side suffer any losses!

Li Liguo looked at Wang Zhong, who was frightened, and sent him back with a smile, this steward with good management experience, I'm afraid I have never seen so many soldiers in my life.

In order to get a better view, Li Liguo climbed to the top of a nearby mountain, where there was a sentry post of Greek heavy infantry, but when he saw Li Liguo and his party, he did not mean to obstruct or discriminate at all, so he naturally got out of the way!

Li Liguo smacked his lips, this time he could see clearly, the armor on those Greek heavy infantry was bronze, the spearhead of the spear they were holding was iron, and they also carried a small iron short sword, but that short sword didn't seem to be used on the battlefield......

If the phalanx is lined up, and the Greek heavy infantry holding spears uses short swords, it means that the phalanx has long ceased to exist, and by that time, how much combat effectiveness of the Greek heavy infantry will be left, Li Liguo is very skeptical!

When Li Liguo came to the top of the mountain, the time was close to evening, and then he saw a magnificent scene!

There are thousands of soldiers preparing dinner near the coast!

He simply couldn't take the entire camp of the Persian army!

Soon, Li Liguo laughed happily, the camp of the Persian army and the surrounding mountains, isn't this trapping the Persian army in a 'bottle'?

And the Athenian coalition is the cork of this bottle!

It is no wonder that in this battle, the superior forces of the Persian army will be defeated, first of all, in terms of geographical advantages, the Persian army has made a wrong move.

After Li Liguo confirmed the location of the Persian enemy, he took advantage of the fact that there was no war and began to collect as much information as possible on his side, but he wanted to collect information about the Persian enemy, but he could not get close to the Persian camp at all......

Because Li Liguo is also a small leader, those Athenian guards did not embarrass him, Li Liguo, who turned around in the camp twice, only to find that this is really a coalition army, 10,000 known as Athenian heavy infantry, not all of them are Athenians, including the Plataeans and many other small tribes with awkward names, Li Liguo can remember the name of Plataea, naturally not because he has a soft spot for it, but among the 10,000 heavy infantry, the entire 1,000 elite heavy infantry are composed of Platadians!

After Li Liguo heard the news, he also went to the camp in the temple where the Platean hoplites were stationed to observe, well, those soldiers are very elite, at least they have killed people!

The Athenians chose a position that was easy to defend and difficult to attack, and there were large woods around the position, which was also densely forested, and on the whole, this place could hold off both cavalry and infantry.

In front of the Athenian army was the Marathon Plain and the Persian army!

Even without the Athenian hoplites as outposts, the large number of hills around the plain would be enough to encircle the Persian army!

The Chaladra River (actually a larger stream, as the Athenians called it...... Divide the Marathon Plain into two halves, the north and the south, and to the north of the plain is a large swampy area that is impossible for any large-scale troops to cross.

To the north of the swamp, the Ginausola Peninsula stretched 90 degrees outward from the beach, providing a perfect shelter for the fleet of the Persian Empire.

The Persian fleet was anchored in a narrow sandbar between the sea and the swamp, and the rest of the plain between the swamp and the Athenian position was almost barren, with only a few sparse trees dotted with it.

Although Li Liguo was confused about the place names that the Athenians said, under the guidance of the 'kind-hearted' people, Li Liguo finally had a general understanding of the surrounding terrain.

Just when Li Liguo was about to go back to the camp for dinner, an Athenian heavy infantry came to inform Li Liguo that there would be a general meeting tomorrow morning, and Kalimash, the nominal commander-in-chief of the coalition army, called on all the tribal leaders to go and discuss countermeasures!

Well, Li Liguo turned out to be just a tribal leader in the eyes of these people......