It's not that the Greeks don't have bows and arrows, but because the range is only a hundred meters, and the penetration is average, bows and arrows are of little value in the face of large round shields equipped with copper masks; In Greece, bows and arrows were despised by Greek warriors for these reasons. Only when defending a city, with its tall walls, which allowed the enemy to stay below for a long time, and increased the range and power of the bow, did the Greeks consider using more bows and arrows; And in the field, at a distance of 100 meters, the opponent rushed with a shield, not only did he lose nothing, but it didn't take long, at this time, using a bow and arrow, it was almost the same as looking for death.

Astinus, the Spartan longbowmen, because their training was still short, and their long-range accurate shooting skills were generally poor; However, due to their physique, height, and arm length, the range is surprisingly good; The arrow can reach 350 meters, but I don't know where it lands.

Flying arrows up and down 300 meters, heavy arrows 210 meters, these longbowmen can generally control the landing point within a radius of 20 meters; The distance of the flying arrow is 200 meters, the heavy arrow is 150 meters, and the landing point control can reach the range within 10 meters; Flying arrows of 100 meters and heavy arrows of 70 meters have a 20% chance of hitting a humanoid target. Compared with the Roman legion longbowmen led by the king's army, the average level of Astinos is very bad, very bad; However, compared to the ordinary Greek archers of this period, Astino was already quite terrifying.

Wang Jun understood this very well, and he didn't expect Astinos to be able to snipe the enemy from a distance and accurately; These rookie longbowmen can complete a salvo with relatively neat movements and relatively standard angles, even if they are barely qualified; As long as time passes, the longbowmen led by Astino will definitely grow into a formidable long-range strike unit, which can make up for the problems of inconvenient mobility, slow rate of fire, and small number of trebuchets.

Thirty large trebuchets lined up 300 meters south of the walls of Patras, and 3,000 trebuchets were busy nervously; On the 6-meter-high city tower, the Ahamia warriors looked curiously, what are these Spartans doing?

Unlike other Greek city-states, the city of Patras of the Achanians is definitely one of the easiest cities in Greece to defend and difficult to attack.

The city of Patras, bordered by the wide bay of Patras to the west and the towering Escuel Mountains to the east; There is a river flowing into the bay of Patras from the Teesg Mountains to the north and south, the river in the north is narrower, only a few dozen meters wide, and the river in the south is more than 100 meters wide.

The whole city of Patras is like a huge trapezoid, the south wall is built along the north bank of the river more than 100 meters wide, the east end is close to the mountain cliff, and the west end is close to the river estuary, with a total length of 6 kilometers; The north city wall is built along the south bank of the river with a width of several tens of meters, and it is also a mountain cliff in the east and an estuary in the west, with a total length of more than 1 kilometer. On the east side, there is no need for a city wall, and the towering Eisger Mountains become a natural barrier; On the west side, along the reef along the coastline, there is a wall, which runs north-south and east-north, about 11 kilometers long, and the port of Patras is built on the outer side of the middle section of the coastal wall.

Ever since the Ahamians had taken decades to build these three fortified walls by virtue of the excellent natural surroundings of the city of Patras, no one had ever been able to conquer the city; As soon as the Ahamia navy saw that the Spartan fleet was too strong, it directly slipped away, without the slightest resistance, in addition to timidity, more than worrying about the city being captured.

During this period, the Greek army used no more than spears, short swords, shields, bows and arrows, and javelins, which were difficult to deal with fortified cities under normal geographical conditions, let alone attack the city of Patras.

To the west of the city of Patras, it is very difficult to make even small landings in other places except for artificial harbors; Even if a hundred or so warriors ventured to land successfully, such a small number of people, standing on slippery large and small reefs, attacking the 6-meter-high city wall, the Ahamia people would not bother to take care of it; The walls are smooth and damp, so you can't climb them.

In the middle of the western end of the city wall, in the artificial port on the outside of the city wall, there are five high pile wharves 50 meters long and 5 meters wide, if they are arranged horizontally and squeezed, 50 triremes can be docked at the same time; However, if you rely on the landing operation, you can only dock 10 warships in the same direction.

Between the end of the wharf and the city wall, there is only more than 2,000 square meters of open space, 20 meters wide from east to west, and about 100 meters long from north to south; This narrow open space, with five piers, can only accommodate 3,250 people per square meter.

Although the navy of the Ahamians fled, and the port seemed unfortified, the royal army would never send anyone to land at the pier, not a single one; The city wall near the pier was built to a height of 10 meters by the perverted Ahamia!

Both the men standing on the docks and the warships docked on the docks were covered by the arrows of the Ahamia; If Wang Jun landed at this port in person, he would still be unable to escape death by virtue of his perverted body and surname; The round shield can defend against bows and arrows, but it can't defend against stones thrown from high walls, and the absence of trebuchets does not mean that others will not use stones to hit people; Besides, the people of Joahamia poured oil from the city walls, and then threw a few torches, and the king's army hiccuped.

If you can't attack from the sea, what about attacking from land at both ends of the south?

Two natural freshwater rivers became free moats and provided the city of Patras with an abundant source of fresh water; The walls along the river are only 10 to 20 meters from the riverbank, and there are not many people standing in this open space; Moreover, looking at the 6-meter city wall, it is not high, but you have to cross the river in the rain of arrows first, and then climb up with bows and arrows and stones.

In peacetime, the Ahamians set up three pontoon bridges over the river with fishing boats, and if the enemy attacked, they would dismantle them when they had enough time, and set them on fire when time was short.

Now, on the wide river, there is not half a plank; 23,000 Spartan warriors, just across the river from the Ahamia; The Ahamians could shoot their bows and arrows to the shore on the opposite bank, and they believed that the Spartans, whether with bows and arrows or javelins, would at most land in the open space under the city walls, and that they would be safe.

No Greek army could do anything about it, not even the Spartans before the king's army crossed; Forcibly crossing the river, swimming or building a pontoon bridge will pay a heavy price, and even if you break through to the city wall on the opposite bank, you may not have a chance to climb the wall alive; Of course, if you pile it with human lives, you might be able to pile up the city, if you have the same number as the Persian army.

Wang Jun looked coldly ahead, and many Ahamians on the city wall were shouting taunts; Who can bully whom, these goods obviously don't understand; No one else can force the attack, but today's Spartan army definitely can.

"Trebuchet, projectile!" Wang Jun drew his short sword, pointed it at the opposite bank, and roared and gave the order to attack.

These Ahamiyas really don't know whether they live or die, do they really think that with the help of natural dangers, they can steadily force back the attacking enemy?

The grinding stone, which leaped at high speed over the wide river, slammed into the walls of the Ahamiyah that the people were so proud of.

"Bang! Bang bang! ”

Huge crashes came and went, stone chips flew, and the fortified walls swayed and shook from side to side.

Confused!

The Ahamia warriors couldn't believe it, what was going on?

Dozens of strange instruments on the opposite shore flipped up and down, and one by one black shadows flew into the air, and then fell rapidly; Huge stones, huge stones, struck the outer edge of the wall, breaking down the parapet; The boulder fell on the tower, and the crowd screamed and blood splattered; The boulder fell on the house behind the city walls, and the house collapsed with a bang.

You have the right place, I have the weapon.

Looking at the thirty large trebuchets in full swing, Wang Jun thought.

The city wall of Patranam, which is 6 kilometers long from east to west, cannot be fought by the royal army, and the trebuchets are limited; Now the location of the attack, a city gate 2 km from the mouth of the sea was chosen; Thirty trebuchets covered a section of the city wall that was about 600 meters long centered on this gate.

First come 12 rounds of boulder attacks, then replace them with gravel, and then 12 rounds; On the 600-meter-long city tower, there was a mess, scarlet blood stained all over the stones, and miserable white brains were thrown everywhere.

The cruel reality frightened the self-satisfied Ahamiya; The Spartans were even more terrible than the legend! God knows how those huge stones flew over, those strange machines, not to mention the city wall on the north bank, even the south bank of the river, there are still 200 meters away!

The Ahamia people have always thought that a distance of more than 300 meters is absolutely a safe distance; The 6-kilometer-long and 6-meter-high walls are definitely a solid and reliable barrier.

But now, that common sense has been turned upside down.

After twenty-four rounds of stone-throwing attacks, the Spartans seemed to have temporarily halted this terrible attack.

On the tower of the city that was attacked, the power to fight back was completely lost; The broken body of the dead warrior is still faintly steaming; The wounded warriors lay there staggering and crying; The warriors who escaped the twenty-four calamities had already moved away from the 600-meter-long high-risk city tower area.

And in the bay west of Patras, Yuribiad, who had not enjoyed himself since the expansion of the army, finally showed the world the sharp fangs of the new Spartan navy under his command.

The 50 massive Class 101 ships are connected end to end, and are lined up in a parallel line with the 11-kilometer-long Patresi Wall, or the coastal wall; The distance between the Class 101 ships and the city walls was kept 300 meters away, and a total of 200 ship-based trebuchets began to work. The 11 km long coastal rampart, nearly 6 km long is covered by trebuchets, only at relatively large intervals.

The whole city of Patras seemed to be shaking, and the rumbling sound made the hearts of the inhabitants closer to the city walls thump; Panic spread like a plague throughout the city, and the people were terrified.

Because they liked to maintain their neutrality to the outside world, and benefited from the geographical location and the fortitude of the city, the Ahamians built the city of Patras very well, and it can be regarded as the best city in the Peloponnese; For the same reason, the Ahamia army, which did not suffer losses in the Greco-Persian War, was not bad, with a navy of about 8,000 men, including a large number of semi-military sailors and oarsmen, and an army of 12,000 people. Excluding the Spartans, the Ahamians were also the hegemons of the Peloponnese; It's just that they are not well-known because they are basically not involved in various disputes.

The army of 12,000 has to defend the nearly 20-kilometer-long city wall, which is obviously enough to choke; The Ahamiya people organized a large number of inhabitants to go up to the city wall to assist in the defense, mainly distributed on the north and west walls, because they felt that these two places were not a big problem, and only 4,000 troops were arranged; The remaining 8,000 troops are basically arranged on the 6-kilometer-long southern city wall opposite Wang's army, which is the main battlefield.

Of course, there was a difference between the inhabitants and the warriors, and the 101-class battleships under the command of Yuribiad had only fought twelve rounds, and were responsible for guarding a full 6-kilometer stretch of the coastal wall to the west; Those who disappeared were not killed, most of them were scared away; 2,400 large stones, not so powerful.

Since it was impossible to supply the cheap "weapon" of stones at sea, and there was always some stock to deal with the enemy's navy, Yuribiad had to stop the attack; In fact, there was not even a ghost on the opposite wall, and the fight was in vain. Although not many Ahamians were destroyed, the attack of the Spartan navy brought great fear to the inhabitants of Patras, thus causing a series of chaos; The comfortable life no longer goes on, and the myth of the unconquerable is crumbling.

Originally, Yuri Biad had planned to get close to the city walls and throw stones into the city, but he was worried that the huge warship would run aground or run aground if it got too close to the coast, so he just thought about it and left it behind.

The focus turns back to the south of Ciudad Patras.

Astino received orders from the king's army, and the longbowmen went into battle.

3,000 longbowmen, lined up in a rectangular line five rows deep, trotted to the left flank of the trebuchet; The front row of the longbow phalanx approached to stand 30 meters from the shore and 150 meters from the wall on the opposite bank, a safe position that the bows and arrows of the Ahamians could not reach.

Astino, who was in the middle of the front row, made two high-elevation test shots based on experience, and the second arrow landed exactly behind the parapet wall of the castle tower on the opposite bank.

Loud commands, like dominoes, were delivered to both ends of the line; The first wave of arrows began to rise into the air, and 3,000 heavy arrows pierced the blue sky, piercing the humid air.

On the opposite side of the riverbank, corresponding to the 600-meter-long wall, the Ahamians, who had just recovered from fear, watched with contempt as thousands of Spartan archers drew their bows and arrows; Those strange and terrifying instruments are fine, anyway, it is good not to stay directly opposite "them", but now the Spartans on the opposite side actually use bows and arrows, isn't this nonsense?

The Ahamia warriors standing on the city wall had the advantage of height, and they did not bother to shoot their bows and arrows, because the positions of the two sides were a little far away, just beyond the range of bows and arrows in this case; The Spartans stood on flat ground, and no matter how much they shot, they could not shoot at the city walls.

Experience ideas will kill people!

The first wave of arrows, 600 meters long and 5 meters wide, soon reached the highest point of flight and began to fall; Because the speed of the arrow was the slowest at this time, some of the Ahamia warriors with excellent eyesight judged the flight point of the arrow, and found that the situation seemed to be not good, so they hurriedly raised the round shield, the standard Greek round shield.

Horned wooden arrow shafts, conical bronze arrows, heavy arrows began to accelerate their fall, and their speed increased rapidly; 3,000 heavy arrows, like a slender dark cloud, shrouded the 600-long city.

"Cover!"

"Cover!"

One by one, the Ahamia warriors shouted at the top of their voices.

The gods are above, why can the Spartans shoot so far with a bow and arrow, and this still makes people not live?

On this section of the city wall, which was shrouded in a rain of arrows, 700 Ahamia warriors moved quickly, squatting down one after another, and covering their bodies with large round shields over their bodies, ready to meet the rain of arrows that were about to fall.

With a hint of luck, these Ahamia warriors all had such a thought: even if the Spartans could shoot so far, but after all, they were still bows and arrows, as long as the round shield was in hand, why would there be a rain of arrows?