Chapter Forty-Nine: Another Day

The whip is waving, and the barbarians are howling.

The people in the back shouted "rush", and the people in front shouted "retreat".

Under the golden sun, the speechless battle scenes were truly displayed in front of the Greek coalition forces.

The Assyrians, armed only with brass helmets, flax shields, and sticks, rushed to the Spartan phalanx under the drive of their whips; The Assyrians are definitely the cannon fodder in the Persian army, a typical three-no army, no training, no tactics, no equipment; However, even the undead army of the Persian Empire returned with a feather and lost half of its warriors, and Xerxes really did not have a better team to handle.

That being said, cannon fodder also has the value of cannon fodder.

For the king's side, the Persians came up wave after wave, even if the opponent's combat strength was very weak, but if they cut too many people, they would be tired; In fact, the Spartan warriors began to breathe a little just by killing the Assyrians back.

Xerxes had become much wiser today, arranging for the soldiers of the vassal nations to take turns and attacking continuously, in an attempt to overwhelm the defenders of the pass; If he had done this in the first place, perhaps the ace army of the Persian Empire, the Undead Army, would not have suffered such great losses.

The Caucasian warriors with their caps and ears and leather shields and short spears rushed up on the tail of the Assyrians, and of course the Persians had to have a leather whip, otherwise they did not want to go up and die; Wang Jun has always had a question, these so-called barbarian warriors, with weapons in their hands, know that they are forced to die, why don't they have the courage to resist?

Wang Jun did not choose to charge the battle today, yesterday's madness led to the death of 6 Roman hoplites, and today there are many surnames; Standing in the rear of the Spartans, the king's army continued to kill the enemy point by point with a longbow, and 12 hoplites honestly did the work of playing soy sauce; Due to the lack of sufficient numbers, it is difficult to realize the might of the Roman hoplites, especially in this semi-mythical film world of "inhuman".

In front of Leonidas, who had a great deal of slaughter, the Caucasians did not hold out for long, and collapsed like the Assyrians.

The Persians also seem to have beaten the blood of chickens today, and the Ethiopians, dressed in animal skins and painted with red and white paint, pounced on them; Their equipment was equally backward, with bows made of palm trees and arrowheads made of flint......

To be backward is to be beaten, and this is an extremely simple truth.

Needless to say, despite the exhaustion and panting, the Spartan warriors still slaughtered the Persians with cold and effective force.

The Ethiopians soon couldn't stand it, they stood in the middle of the battlefield in despair, I don't know if it was good to enter? Or is it better to retreat?

The ground began to shake, and one by one the rhino knights rushed out of the Persian camp with great gust of wind; It seems that people are unreliable, and Xerxes plans to rely on animals to solve the problem.

In this day and age, there is no fine for killing rhinos; Wang Jun immediately replaced it with a heavy arrow.

Young Astino, who had only spent a day and a half in the human mill at Thermopylae, grew into a true Spartan warrior; From the age of 7 to the age of 18, he practiced the art of killing and matured rapidly in brutal battles until he reached perfection.

Looking at the menacing rhino knight, Astino was calm and calm, and went out alone, quietly staring at the rhinoceros running all the way; The rhino knights flew wildly all the way, and the Ethiopians who were still in the battlefield suddenly became tragic; The luck is not too bad, one by one by the rhinoceros hit the bone cracked tendons, and the bad luck, either by the rhinoceros horn to fly, or by the thick rhinoceros hooves to flatten.

Astino lunges to lead the spear, and the sharp spear slashes through the gray battlefield in a violent tremble, like a stroke of genius, accurately inserted into the eye socket of the rhinoceros running at the forefront; The spear was struck, and the young Spartan warrior, Astino, like the god of war, stood in front of the Spartan phalanx, watching the rhinoceros sway and continue to rush, fall, and slide, until the rhinoceros's head was about to touch his left foot, and Astinos moved slightly; The dead rhinoceros stopped steadily in front of the Spartan phalanx, while the knight on the rhinoceros's back was pressed under the rhinoceros's body, and the air was more out and the air intake was gone.

"This time, it's a bit like a man." Starlius, who was in the phalanx, wasted no time in teasing; Wang Jun felt that he especially liked to quarrel with Astino, which may be a precursor to becoming a good friend.

There is more than one rhino knight, and Xerxes expects animals to be able to do what humans can, and throws all of them into battle; 60 rhino knights, a team of dusty people; Wang Jun gave way to the rhinoceros of Astino Liwei, but for the rest, Wang Jun took 10 of them. No matter how thick the rhinoceros's skin is, the heavy arrows weighing 70 grams and equipped with iron conical arrows do not bring much safety to the rhinoceros. To add insult to injury, Wang Jun also specializes in picking eye sockets and shooting with an arrow into the brain, once the tragic rhinoceros is hit by an arrow, there is still a chance to live.

Unlike human corpses, rhinoceros corpses are large and thick, and if they die a lot, they naturally hinder the charge of subsequent rhino knights; The long horn sounded, and the remaining 40 or so rhino knights slowly disappeared into the camp of the Persian army, never to be seen again.

The battle that had been going on since the sun had risen had finally appeared in a rare gap; Leonidas immediately began to arrange for the rest of his army, leaving only some of the sentinels. On the narrow mountain road, human corpses, rhinoceros corpses, can be seen everywhere; In the current situation, let alone sending cavalry or anything, it is very inconvenient to send infantry; In Leonidas's judgment, it was estimated that the Persians might have stopped for a while until the battlefield was cleared.

It was beyond Leonidas's expectations, and it was also expected by the king's army.

Xerxes did not give the Spartans much rest, and a group of Veiled Persians approached the pass step by step.

The melon-like clay pots were thrown on the battlefield by the Persians, and the round lumps emitting black smoke rolled on the ground for a while and exploded; For a time, the battlefield was full of churning smoke, bursting sparks, and corpses were blown up and blown away.

Is this still 480 B.C.?

Wang Jun was indignant, the Persians used "advanced weapons" nakedly, and this is a weapon that is unlikely to appear in this era, which is clearly the original version of the "grenade"!

Fortunately, this original "grenade" was much less powerful than the modern grenade, otherwise the Spartan warrior would have been tragic; However, even so, Leonidas and they were suppressed.

Wang Jun was a little curious, since these Persians had such weapons, why did they only throw them one by one? Can't they be hurled with trebuchets in piles by pile? Wang Jun is a modern person, seeing these things that are not too lethal, and he is behind the Spartan phalanx, he is just a little annoyed, and he is not hurt physically and mentally; And the Arcadians, the Koslins and the Spartan blacks are different, these uneducated friends are all frightened by the "grenades"!

"Witchcraft! The Persians use witchcraft! Daxos exclaimed, and his location was actually far from the battlefield! I don't know why, this thing always likes to be a negative teaching material, I don't know how he became the leader of Arcadia's reinforcements.

The Spartan warriors also believed that the Persians were practicing witchcraft, but they still held their posts, and they believed that the Greek gods would protect the Spartans in heaven; Wang Jun remained silent about this point of view expressed by the Spartans.

The wizards of Persia seem to like slow-paced combat, and they slowly advance under the protection of Persian warriors; One by one, the smoking "melons" were thrown into the battlefield, and the corpses of Persian soldiers and rhinoceros that were originally all over the mountain roads were blown off the cliffs in large numbers, and even if they were left on the road, they were blurred by the whole flesh and blood; Wang Jun couldn't help but wonder, feeling that these wizards were planning to clean up the battlefield by the way?

As the distance between the two sides narrowed, "Melon" began to fly close to the Spartan warriors, with the sturdy round shield, the Spartan warriors did not appear to be killed for the time being, but injuries were inevitable; Leonidas didn't have a good way to deal with such a weapon, his eyes stared at the slowly approaching Persian wizards, and he could only hope that the other party would come closer, it was obvious that the Persian wizards did not cooperate with Leonidas's wishes.

More and more explosions sounded in the Spartan phalanx, and the Spartan warriors shrank to the ground one by one with their shields on their heads, and it didn't look like they were doing well; Many soldiers were wounded by shrapnel, and the fierce Dilius was not only blown to the ground, but also lost an eye.

Wang Jun was not worried, because the blonde cool brother, Starlius, had already rushed into the Persian crowd with his shield and sword; More than ten seconds later, huge fireworks flashed on the mountain road, followed by a big explosion that shook the ground.

Ringing in the ears, all the Spartan warriors were deeply shocked, and Starius, who was lucky to be unharmed in this huge explosion, was also stunned, and it took him a long time to return to normal.

Xerxes was very happy to see his sorcerer on the battlefield from afar, suppressing the Spartans without the slightest temper, but unfortunately fate always likes to play tricks on people; A sudden and huge explosion exploded inside the wizarding troops, and brilliant fireworks carrying deadly shrapnel swept through the entire wizarding team. When the smoke settled, the wizarding ranks were scattered, and the Spartans took advantage of the situation to launch a counterattack; There is no doubt that this battle, which would have looked promising for victory, Xerxes lost again.

Xerxes could no longer contain the anger in his heart, and he began to roar!

One by one, the defeated generals were dragged to the bottom of the tall tower, and the mutant butcher, who weighed at least two hundred pounds, smiled and waved his arms; Yes, the mutant butcher doesn't need to wield a machete or anything, his forearms have directly grown into two "machetes" full of serrated teeth, like a praying mantis.

The heads of the defeated generals flew up to the roar of Xerxes, and fell to the ground in a whirl, rolling a few times with their bones; The Persian warriors were not out of the mood one by one, for fear of annoying His Majesty the Emperor, who was in a very bad mood.

"Don't stop, keep attacking me!"

Xerxes lost his mind again, and sent out in turns, regardless of his troops; If he didn't kill the Spartans, he would not be able to get rid of the hatred in his heart.

The continuous battle began again.

The Persian elephant soldiers in Wang Jun's memory finally appeared in a leisurely manner; The elephants in this world are really "elephants", which are two laps larger than modern elephants. On the back of each elephant was a wooden attic carrying 5 to 6 archers and 1 driver; Because of the narrow mountain road, the seemingly mighty elephants can only line up one by one. The corpses and blood all over the ground, coupled with the flying spears of the Spartan warriors, the elephants that could not escape, could only scream in grief and fall off the cliffs one after another; The king's army was only responsible for "caring" for the archers on the back of the elephants, preventing them from attacking the Spartan warriors from a high position.

Battles, which continue in bloodshed; The elephant soldiers were all wiped out, but the rest of the Persian army was still in a constant stream.

Astinos and Starlius fought side by side, living up to their ability to develop "good friends" in battle, and the combination was perfect.

Wang Jun stopped shooting and began to focus on the two fierce men; A flying arrow is attached to the bowstring and can be drawn at any time.

The two fierce men killed like hemp, and in a few minutes, a Persian squad was slaughtered by the two of them; The battle process is like flowing water, and every sword swing will inevitably bring a pow of blood; Unknowingly, Astinos and Starlius moved away from the Spartan phalanx.

There are only four enemies left nearby, two in front and two in the rear.

Starlius threw the sword in his hand with great force, and his head was deflected a little, but it also pierced into the thigh of a Persian warrior five meters in front of him; Without a moment's pause, Starlius immediately turned and raised his shield at the same time, which was able to block the powerful slash of the Persian warriors in the rear; Collecting the shield, turning 360 degrees sharply, and swinging the shield, Starlius struck the Persian warrior behind him with a gorgeous and violent whirling shield strike.

At the same time, young Astino, met another Persian warrior behind him; The two sides struck each other, and sparks splashed everywhere; With the help of his sword, from the bottom left to the right, Astinos slashed the Persian warrior's neck, pulling out a puddle of blood.

With one blow, both turned forward almost simultaneously.

The Persian warrior with the sword in his leg was still standing and screaming, while another Persian warrior had swung his sword in front of Starlius; Short and rolling forward with a shield, Starlius dodged the slashing slash in an instant, crouching down in front of the screaming Persian warrior; The Persian warrior was not slow to react, turned around, swung his sword, and slashed Starlius' head.

Raising his shield and drawing his sword, the rim of Starlius' round shield pressed against the shoulders of the wounded Persian soldiers, and at the same time he was able to block the sword that pursued him; With his right hand, he pulled out his own sword from the thigh of the wounded Persian soldier in front of him, spun quickly in place, and the sword he had just drawn out swung out rapidly behind him.

Just in time, Astino slashed with a backhand, and the sword swept over the shield held by Starleus, accurately slashing the throat of the wounded Persian soldier, ending the terrible scream; In the corner of his eye, there was another enemy attacking the "good friend", and Astino did not stop, and immediately turned left. I rub! The enemy actually gave up attacking Starlius and tried to slash at himself!

At this moment, Starlius' whirling sword slashed the psoas of the last enemy; The Persian warrior's sword at Astino was interrupted in the middle of the process; Astinos immediately seized the opportunity and raised his sword to stab, and it was all over.

"Homecoming!" Leonidas watched as the team scattered in pursuit of this wave of defeated enemies, the formation was a little loose, and immediately gave the order.

Centurion Fassbender looked up, nervously looking for his son, well, Astinos and Starlius were ahead, safe and sound.

"Astino, son!" Concern is chaos, Fassbender did something stupid, he shouted loudly for his child.

Astino, who was at the forefront of the battlefield, turned his body when he heard the sound, looked at his father, and smiled happily; Starlius also turned around and looked at Fassbinder.

A Persian cavalryman emerged from the fog of the battlefield behind the two; Maybe it was because of exhaustion, maybe it was because of Fassbinder's shouts, but neither Astinonor nor Starlius noticed the crisis coming from behind them.

"Astino!" Fassbender saw it, and he called out to his son in a loud voice, trying to remind him; But because of the previous shout, neither Astinonor nor Starlius, because Fassbinder was shouting with joy, did not react.

"No!" Fassbender roared in despair as he watched as the Persian cavalryman drew closer and closer to his son, and raised his axe......

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