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"Barefoot!"

"Straw sandals!"

"Barefoot!"

On the training ground outside Athens, Qin Ruishi, who looked majestic, shouted slogans loudly, sternly urging every soldier to conduct queue training.

As for why such a strange slogan is used, in fact, it is forced by these soldiers who have not received much education, and they have to use it as a last resort.

These slaves themselves were born poor, and they had no education at all, and some of them didn't even know the difference between left and right, didn't understand shouting one, two, one, and one, and didn't know which leg to take when shouting left foot and right foot.

In the end, Qin Rongshuai thought of a way to let these slaves take off the shoes on their left feet and wear straw shoes on their right feet, and directly let Qin Ruishi shout barefoot straw shoes.

The results were immediate, and the slave soldiers were soon able to walk in unison.

At the same time, Qin Rongshuai also selected the captain of these soldiers in groups of ten, and then selected a centurion for a phalanx combat unit of 100 people. The commander of the thousand was appointed by Qin Rongshuai, and Qin Ruishi was temporarily appointed as the commander.

Those who hold the positions of captain, centurion, and thousand-captain embroider V-shaped bars on the front and back of their clothes, with the captain being one, the centurion being two, and so on. It is a simplified military rank system, which makes it easier for soldiers to identify junior officers on the battlefield.

After breakfast every day, there is a queue formation exercise, in the afternoon there is an assassination physical exercise, and at night before going to bed there is ideological education and study, strict rectification of military discipline, coupled with sufficient material supplies, the mental outlook of the entire army has completely changed in the past month.

These soldiers swept away the numb expressions before they were swept away, and one by one they became high-spirited, and their faces were full of red light, and anyone who saw them would exclaim that this was a miracle.

Someone suggested that this army should be called the Army of the Gods, but it was rejected by Qin Rongshuai because of the second middle school.

Krossos proposed that it would be better to call the Qin Legion directly, because the adult's surname is Qin, and calling the Qin Legion can make people intuitively understand the belonging of this army.

Qin Rongshuai was not interested in this proposal, and after thinking for a while, he decided to call it the Sun Legion, which means to bring light and warmth to people like the sun.

He wanted to be called a liberator before, but unfortunately he was given a death advice by Krossus, because once the banner of liberator is raised, it will immediately become the target of public criticism, and even Athens and Sparta will turn their faces. Until it has a firm foothold, this banner will never be able to be played.

That's why he chose the name of the Sun Legion, and in this era, people were still quite superstitious, believing in various gods, and many people in Greece worshipped the sun god Apollo. The name was believed to bring good luck and was protected by Apollo.

After two months of waiting, at the beginning of July, Qin Rongshuai finally got the news that Leonidas led 300 Spartan royal guards to start heading north to Hot Springs, and the main Spartan army would not start until the Cania Festival had passed.

In addition to the royal guards and a thousand black laborers, Leonidas was accompanied by thousands of soldiers from other city-states, but these men could only fight the Taiping Fist, and they were all as fierce as tigers in the wind and as dogs in the wind.

Historically, a total of 1,000 soldiers from the city-state of Phosis were arranged to guard the hidden path at Hot Springs, but they were defeated in a wave of confrontations, giving way to the path, resulting in the defenders' back road being copied.

Therefore, Qin Rongshuai didn't expect these people to play any role at all, just to strengthen their momentum and carry the wounded and corpses.

Leonidas was very shocked when he saw the Sun Legion, and wondered where Qin Rongshuai had found these soldiers, Qin Rongshuai laughed, and just told Leonidas that this was under the guidance of God, allowing him to train 10,000 soldiers.

Leonidas was refreshed when he heard this, and his certainty of victory in this battle was a little greater, and the morale of the other soldiers was even greater, and they felt that it would not be a problem for so many people to guard the Thermopylae Pass, and maybe even be able to follow the example of the Battle of Marathon ten years ago and repel Xerxes's army in one fell swoop.

Nearly 20,000 troops together, known as 50,000 troops, began to march towards the hot springs pass, the banner stretched for dozens of miles, all the Greeks who saw this scene were all elated, running to tell each other, for a time the nearby Greek city-states had confidence in resisting the Persians.

On the third day of the march, the rearguard had not yet left Athens, and the advance had reached the city of Thebes.

The citizens of the city-state of Thebes were terrified by the sight of such an army, especially the great nobles and large lords of the city-state, who were staunch pro-Persian factions and naturally feared the anti-Persian alliance.

The officials of Thebes directly ordered the gates of the city to be closed and hid in the city, pretending not to see the army.

Qin Rongshuai looked at the closed gate and the Thebans who were hiding on the city wall and secretly observing, and sneered in his heart, you are really a thief.

Do you think you'll be safe and sound, it's naïve?

Qin Rongshuai discussed with Leonidas, and in the name of the king of Sparta, he went to visit the city-state of Thebes, and the Thebans were in a dilemma after hearing this request.

If they agreed, what if Leonidas had entered the city and made difficult conditions to agree, such as letting the army into the city, or letting Thebes send men with them to fight the Persians.

If he did not agree, Leonidas would be the king of Sparta, and humiliating a king was like declaring war, and there was no need to siege the city, and the army was encamped outside the city, and by the end of the month Bith himself would collapse. If they don't go out of the city, the crops outside the city will be cheap, and the Persian alliance will be cheap. This is absolutely unacceptable to the lords of the big estates, the city-state can not have it, and their crops can not be lost at all.

After some heated discussions, the Thebans agreed that Leonidas should enter the city, but that he could not lead more than fifty guards.

Leonidas only smiled when he heard this condition, randomly ordered ten royal guard soldiers, and went to the city of Thebes, and Qin Rongshuai followed with all thirty of his men.

When the gates of the city-state of Thebes were opened, officials and nobles of all ranks were seen standing inside the gates with their retinues, as if they had come to greet Leonidas.

But Qin Rongshuai noticed two details, these entourages were all carrying swords, and they were standing inside, refusing to step out of the city gate even a step.

When Leonidas and Qin Rongshuai entered the city gate, the Thebans were slightly relieved to see that they were not many in number, and there were several women.

The consul of Thebes stepped out of the crowd and asked, "Welcome, Your Majesty Leonidas, King of Sparta, what is the purpose of this here?" ”

"The purpose? Nothing for purpose. Leonidas smiled slightly, "I'm just walking around, hunting by the way." ”

"What do you need to take such a soldier for hunting?" The consul questioned directly.

"I only brought three hundred Spartans, and the rest belonged to this gentleman." Leonidas patted Qin Rongshuai on the shoulder, "This is an envoy from the Far East, Qin. ”

The Thebans were all stunned, their eyes looked at Qin Rongshuai in surprise, and the consul was also a little puzzled, "Your Excellency, what are you doing with these people in Thebes?" ”

Qin Rongshuai smiled slightly, revealing snow-white shining teeth, "I'm here to give you warmth and friendship!" ”

Before the words fell, Qin Rongshuai drew his knife with his backhand, the white light flashed, a head rose to the sky, and the archon who had lost his head staggered and fell to the ground.

The Thebans, who were sprayed with blood, were all stunned, and their brains went into a state of failure.

Qin Rongshuai shouted, "Thebes colluded with Persia, the evidence is conclusive, everyone kill me!" ”

The Sun Legion, which had been prepared for a long time, heard the order and rushed to the gate of Thebes like a tidal wave.