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It is unrealistic to expect to rely on natural disasters to destroy the Persian army, but this does not prevent Qin Rongshuai from using this matter to boost the morale of the anti-Persian alliance, otherwise he will be scared half to death before the war starts, and it will be a fart.

Early the next morning, Qin Rongshuai gathered all the generals of the anti-Persian alliance who had been excited all night, and poured cold water on them again, the storm did not destroy all the Persians, you laughed too early.

Of course, it is also necessary to exaggerate the losses of the Persians, Qin Rongshuai announced that the Persians had been wiped out by God, and only 300,000 people remained, which was God's will, and the time had come to test the courage and wisdom of the Greeks.

The number of 300,000 is scary, but it is easier to accept compared to the million army.

Leonidas also stood up and encouraged, "We just need to kill ten each, it's easy." ”

The Greek generals were in good spirits, everyone was full of confidence, and after the meeting was dismissed, they began to prepare for war in high spirits, and then the remarks that "the Persians have suffered a damnation and will be defeated" began to spread throughout the barracks.

Not long after breakfast, the soldiers on the low wall at the front came to report that a messenger from the Persians had arrived to deliver a message from Xerxes.

"What kind of message is nothing more than persuasion and declaration of war." Leonidas looked disdainful and wanted the soldiers to drive the messenger back.

Qin Rongshuai stopped Leonidas and said with a smile, "It's good to listen to what the Persians say." ”

The two of them came to the low wall together, and saw a Persian on a horse not far away, shouting: "King of kings, Xerxes the Great, the conqueror of the world, has commanded you to give up your resistance, and if you submit, you have innumerable wealth, beauty, slaves, and land, and those who resist will have their heads cut off and hung on the side of the road, and your cities will be flattened......"

"The army of Xerxes the Great is more numerous than the stars in the sky, they can level the mountains, block the rivers, and they shoot bows and arrows that can cover the sky......"

One of the Spartan soldiers sneered and shouted, "That's great, we can fight in the shade." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, the soldier picked up a javelin and threw it at the Persian, and the javelin flew straight over a distance of dozens of meters, nailing the Persian messenger on his horse to the ground.

Leonidas raised an eyebrow, "Stelios." ”

"Your Majesty." , the Spartan soldier who had just killed the messenger replied respectfully.

"Next time, I'll do it later, I'd like to listen to it a little longer." Leonidas patted the tall, shark-looking soldier.

"Whoosh!"

Suddenly there was a screaming sound in the distance, and everyone looked up, only to see a black oppressive thing rising in the direction of the Persian camp, and a line was drawn in the air, and the low wall that covered the sky and the sun was pressed down.

"Hidden!" The officers shouted in unison, and the Spartan soldiers raised their shields and curled up behind their bodies to meet the baptism of arrows.

The metal arrows struck the shield with a muffled "bang, bang", and the continuous arrows seemed to be non-stop like dense raindrops hitting the leaves.

After a while, the sound gradually stopped, and everyone poked their heads out from behind their shields, and found a dense grass on the ground, and countless arrows stuck in the ground.

Leonidas sneered, "Cowardly Persian. ”

"So that we don't run out of arrows." Qin Rongshuai ordered the soldiers to collect as many arrows as possible, and it seemed that these arrows were enough for the archers to use for a while.

Before the soldiers could start to move, the ground suddenly began to tremble, at first only slightly, and then like a hammer on a drum, even the small stones on the ground jolted.

"Toot!"

With a series of piercing horns, Persian soldiers poured towards the hot springs like a tidal wave.

With the terrain of Thermopylae Pass treacherous, the narrow mountain passes, the inability of the troops to carry out operations, and the inability of cavalry and chariots to be used, Xerxes sent infantry into battle to attack in turn, preparing to crush the Greek coalition army with numerical superiority.

At the forefront were the servants of the Intermedians, dressed in tunics with narrow cuffs up to the knees, and armed with short spears and wicker shields.

As they approached, the Median infantry threw out the other spear they were carrying, and slammed headlong into the low wall.

Looking at the low wall in front of them, the Median infantry were all dumbfounded, the short spears in their hands could not reach the Spartan soldiers on the wall at all, and they could only rely on the human wall, one stepped on the shoulders of the other to climb up.

The Spartans condescended to stab their spears down, like whack-a-mole, and the Median infantry fell down screaming after being stabbed through the body, and the Spartan soldiers standing in the back row could not catch up, so they could only stone them.

Every stone thrown down could have smashed a splash of blood, but in the midst of the large number of Medoan infantry, like a continuous tidal wave, the stone strike had little effect.

Faced with the low wall built by the Spartans, the Medean general shouted urgently, ordering the men to carry the thick trunk up and prepare to knock the low wall down.

The Spartans quickly noticed this movement, and their bows and arrows kept shooting at the soldiers carrying the trunks. The Median infantry held shields and desperately covered the trunk of the tree.

Seeing that the bow and arrow were not effective, the Spartans picked up the javelin.

The Spartan soldiers were trained and strong, and the javelins they threw could often shoot through two Medesbian infantrymen, and neither side could prevent the javelins from penetrating with their shields.

Soon, the corpses next to the trunk formed a small mountain, and the trunk was crushed to the bottom, and the Medes had to open the corpses of their own people to find the trunk.

By the time the blood-soaked trunk was brought to the wall, it was no longer useful, as the piled up corpses were as tall as the wall, and the Medes stepped on the wall with the corpses of their own companions.

In the open space more than ten meters behind the low wall, heavily armed Spartan soldiers were already in full formation, wearing tightly wrapped helmets, heavy breastplates and shins, wearing red cloaks, and the shields in their hands were painted with inverted triangle symbols.

Leonidas glanced at the soldiers who were still fighting on the low wall, buckled his helmet, and shouted, "Blow the horn and call them back." ”

When the horn of withdrawal sounded, the nimble Spartan soldiers jumped off the low wall, and under the cover of the archers, quickly retreated behind the phalanx, ready to rest for a short time and start a new round of fighting.

"My friend, you don't have to stand here." Leonidas said to Qin Rongshuai beside him, "This is the first line, you can go to the back." ”

Qin Rongshuai smiled slightly, "Leonidas, the reason why I am standing here is the same as yours, all to tell the soldiers that the Persians have nothing to fear. ”

Leonidas laughed, "Alright, let's fight side by side today." ”

"Whoa!" , the Spartans let out a neat howl.

And the Qin Ruishi in front of Qin Rongshuai pursed their lips tightly, didn't say a word, and watched calmly as the endless Median infantry rushed up.