The villagers of Thermopylae Village were coerced and lured by Wei Xuan, and finally all stayed, they are local residents, and they are very clear about the situation of Hot Spring Pass, the east gate of Hot Spring Pass is deserted for dozens of kilometers, wild beasts are rampant, and it is no problem to pass through with preparation, but if there is no preparation, it is better not to break in.

At this time, it was already about 3 o'clock in the afternoon, just after lunch, Wang Dahai was left in the hot spring pass to monitor the villagers, Liu Ping and Wei Xuan drove a carriage to Thermopylae Village, they wanted to ensure that there was no one left in the village at this moment, and by the way, all the food and living materials were scavenged, so many people had to be stationed in the hot spring pass for dozens of days, pots and pans, firewood, rice, oil and salt, these daily necessities were indispensable.

Although the village is not big, these living materials are not a lot, the two pulled back and forth several cars to loot the entire village, Liu Ping also found two baskets of fish from a fishing boat on the dock, and finally these two baskets of fish were received by Liu Ping into the ring, the mysterious space in the ring can not store living things, even bacteria can not survive in it, it is the most suitable for storing food.

When Liu Ping and Wei Xuan drove the last carriage into the Hot Spring Pass, a sail shadow appeared on the distant sea level, and at the same time, the banner of the wilderness outside the west gate was also erected, and the Persians came.

"Everybody hurry up! The wall must be built before the Persian army begins to attack! ”

As soon as Wei Xuan's words fell, Wang Dahai raised the horsewhip in his hand!

All the villagers hurriedly quickened their movements, although everyone was hungry and thirsty now, but they also knew that the situation was critical at the moment, if they could not stop the advance of the Persian army, no one present would survive, and the Persians would not care whether they were forced or not.

Liu Ping looked at the Persian ships that were already all over the sea, and gritted his teeth and said to Wei Xuan: "Damn! Is the main god playing with us, the Spartans have not even appeared until now! ”

Wei Xuan couldn't answer, you are a veteran who doesn't know what's going on, and as a newcomer, I don't know even more.

Wang Dahai looked at the simple stone wall that was being piled up, and said very worriedly: "Is it useful to simply pile up a wall with stones?" With such a thin wall and no cement reinforcement, as long as the Persian cavalry rushed, it would collapse immediately! ”

This is a stone wall built on the east side of the middle gate of the Hot Spring Pass, just like the Spartans thought in the movie, Wei Xuan also planned to use such a wall to block the road to the east, forcing the Persian army coming in from the west to attack the members of the reincarnation team defending at the middle gate, after all, the easiest passage to defend the hot spring pass is the middle gate, and the narrowest place here is only two meters wide.

Wei Xuan glanced at the wall contemptuously: "If the Persian soldiers attack now, of course that wall is useless, if you want to really resist the Persian army, this wall must reach a height of at least 3 meters, and the thickness must definitely not be less than two meters." ”

"Then you want them to work hard to pick up stones to build the wall?" Wang Dahai is very strange.

"This wall was not used to defend against Persian soldiers, and its only purpose was to block the view of the villagers before it was formed." Wei Xuan's answer is always beyond everyone's expectations.

"They are ordinary civilians who have never experienced the battlefield, and although they are forced to stay and help us build positions, there is a bottom line, that is, this war must not endanger their lives. As soon as they sensed that the Persian army might break through this line, they would all run away. ”

Wei Xuan said this, and pointed to the Persian army in the distance: "Now the Persian army is only the front, and the distance is still far away, they can't see how many people there are, although there are a lot of ships on the sea, but there are many reefs under the cliffs, and the ships can't get close at all, and they can't threaten here, so now the villagers can still hold on." ”

After speaking, Wei Xuan turned around and pointed to the wall that was already two meters high: "But once the Persian army starts to attack, that kind of momentum of thousands of troops and horses charging together, not to mention those villagers, it is estimated that except for a few of you veterans, no one present will be able to face it calmly." ”

Wei Xuan pointed at himself with a wry smile: "Including myself, I will also be afraid." Although I boast that my wisdom is better than Zhuge , but wisdom does not mean courage, after all, I live in a peaceful era, I have never experienced this kind of frightened days, yesterday when I fled from the village, because I saw thousands of cavalry chasing behind me, I was so scared that my mind was blank, if it wasn't for Liu Ping you thought of a way to burn the village, it is estimated that no one could survive the pursuit of the Persian cavalry in the end. ”

Liu Ping nodded: "So you came up with the idea of using this wall to block everyone's eyes, out of sight and out of mind." ”

Wei Xuan sighed helplessly: "The arrangement of the main god is really too unexpected for me, the Spartan soldiers have not appeared, and we must ensure that the hot spring pass is not lost." Time is of the essence, the Persian army will soon arrive, and with this wall there is hope that everyone will continue to hold on, and that the entire construction of the rear will not be stopped, even while you are fighting. ”

Wangshan ran to death, although the Persian army had appeared in the distance, but when they came to the hot spring pass, they still needed to run for a while, Liu Ping jumped lightly and jumped directly on the wall: "While there is still some time, I will cut down a few big trees, and if I use the huge trunk as a support column, the construction of this wall should be faster first." ”

After Liu Ping finished speaking, he jumped off the wall and disappeared, leaving only one sentence: "Wang Dahai, you stay here, call me if you have something." ”……

The total strength of the Persian army was 500,000, although not as many as the 5 million claimed to be in the world, but it was not transported by the ships of the Persian Empire.

There are a lot of ships in the Persian Empire, but because the ancient ships are generally very small, the performance of wind and wave resistance is not high, and the logistics supplies used to transport the entire Persian army are OK, if it is used to transport troops, such a long-distance voyage, those soldiers who have not undergone relevant training, it is good to survive five out of ten, and the rest will lose their combat effectiveness because of seasickness even if they do not die during the voyage.

And don't look at the Persian Empire's many ships, if they are really all used to transport troops, if they are all used to transport troops, they can fill 50,000 people in the space occupied by food and materials, and it is already considered against the sky to be able to fit 50,000 people, and the Persian king Xerxes I is not a fool, if he really wants to send only 50,000 people, it is estimated that it will not be enough for the Greek coalition to plug his teeth.

Therefore, the 500,000 troops sent by Xerxes I this time were all by land, and the huge fleet of thousands of ships was mainly responsible for transporting logistics supplies.

To the west of the village of Thermopylae is a vast expanse of wilderness, close to the sea, with a natural pier that was planned to camp the Persian army.

The first to arrive was a detachment of thousands of Persian cavalry, who were the vanguard of the Persian army.

After the cavalry entered the village and circled around the village, after making sure that there was no one left in the entire village, in addition to leaving dozens of soldiers to guard the various intersections of the village, hundreds of cavalry suddenly dispersed, and a team of ten began to search the surrounding environment to make sure that there were no ambushes nearby.

The remaining hundreds of cavalry marched into Thermopylae, and when they were still in the village of Thermopylae, they had already seen people building fortifications in Thermopylae.

It's surprising that these people didn't run away when they saw the great Persian cavalry appear, but it doesn't matter, they are just such a few people, as long as the team makes a charge, even if the other party is the legendary Spartan guard, under the torrent of iron cavalry, they can't make any waves.

I don't know if it was a special arrangement by the main god, or just a coincidence, when the Persian cavalry entered the West Gate of Hot Springs, 300 Spartan warriors finally appeared.

They wore iron helmets that covered their entire faces, spears in their right hands, shields in their left hands, knives around their waists, thick blood-red cloaks, no armor on their bodies, muscles as hard as rocks, and a pair of black underpants all over their lower bodies.

When everyone's attention was attracted by the Persian cavalry, the Spartan 300 warriors suddenly appeared in the Zhongmen Canyon of Hot Springs, their steps were not uniform, but they were very steady, slow but full of oppressive force, when they stood in front of the reincarnation team, everyone even seemed to stop breathing.

They are like a giant beast in the wilderness, before they have shown their fangs, they have already made its prey tremble, although the Spartan soldiers are 300 people, but at this moment they are like a whole, each of them is a bloody butcher, the murderous aura on the body is extremely heavy, and it has formed an irresistible momentum.

The Persian cavalry had begun to charge, and the tremors from the ground were getting louder and louder, but everyone's eyes were still drawn to the three hundred warriors, who were so eye-catching, and the yellow sun reflected a dazzling light on their shields.

As soon as the 300 warriors of Sparta walked out of the canyon, they immediately crossed the people of the reincarnation squad and formed a triangular defensive position under the leadership of King Leonidas.

In the face of the impact of the Persian cavalry, it was the corner tips of the triangular formation, it was Leonidas, behind him were two people, who protected his left and right with two shields, and then three people, except for the two people outside who guarded both sides with shields, and the middle one also protected the top with a shield, and pushed in turn, and the further back, the more people in each row.

This triangular defensive formation does not completely block the road, but leaves aisles on both sides of the road that can only be ridden.

In the face of the shield array that suddenly appeared in front of them, the Persian cavalry didn't care, even if it was a hoplite, it was more than enough for such a few people, and one horse for one of them was more than enough.

The Persian cavalry were in dense formation, increasing in speed, and when they were still 50 meters away from the Spartan soldiers, their speed of charge reached its peak.

At this time, the Persian cavalry, the interval between the two horses was very small, and a little accident would lead to a serious chain collision, but the Persian cavalry had no scruples, and rushed towards the defense line of the Spartan soldiers so wildly, like a torrent, unscrupulous and unreserved.

The Persian cavalry shouted frantically as they waved their weapons, believing that the iron hooves under their seats would crush all the enemies in front of them, they had charged so many times before, and no enemy had ever stopped them.