king of war

Chapter 39 I order you, destroy!
Suddenly, the people of Thebes were stunned. Seeing the consul who had lost his head and the soldiers who were rushing like wolves and tigers, they were stunned for a few seconds before they realized it, and ran away screaming.

The brave ones drew their swords and charged forward, trying to block Qin Rongshuai's men, but someone kept shouting, "Close the city gate!"

Qin Ruishi raised his crossbow and shot an arrow. The people rushing up in front of him fell down, and then drew out their long swords to guard the gate of the city. The Amazon female warrior kept shooting arrows, basically shooting whoever made a sound, After a while, no one dared to call for the city gate to be closed.

Several guards beside the city gate were quickly cut down to the ground, and the followers of the nobles resisted perfunctorily for a few times before running away with their masters.

At this time, the Sun Legion was still one mile away from the city gate, and the defenders in Thebes had formed a spear shield and launched a counterattack towards the city gate.

Densely packed spears, half-man-high shields and gleaming helmets pressed up with neat steps. Facing the well-formed spear phalanx, bows and arrows were useless, and infantry could only be used to fight against them.

Qin Ruishi abandoned his sword and held a halberd, lined up in four rows with a large cowhide shield, shouted loudly, and pierced out with his halberd like a forest.

"Chong!"

Weapons collided, gold and iron clashed.

The sharp halberd hit the metal-skinned round shield, splashing golden sparks.Qin Ruishi's physique was as high as 14 points, which was simply crushing for ordinary Greek soldiers. Under the impact, the Greek soldiers couldn't resist at all, and kept retreating.

"Sweep Liuhe!"

The formation of Thebes defenders seemed to have been bitten. A large group of people in the front row were knocked down to the ground. Qin Ruishi in the back row picked up a crossbow and shot a burst, then raised his sword and rushed forward to face him and fell to the ground. The defender slashed wildly, then cut off the opponent's neck, picked up his head and hung it on his belt.

The Thebes defenders collapsed, and with screams, they turned around and dispersed.

At this time, the Soldiers of the Sun Legion had poured into the city, and began to occupy key positions such as city gates, ports, and city halls according to the plan in advance.

After controlling the whole city, the whole city was searched and arrested, and all the officials, nobles, big manor owners, big slave owners, and generals in Thebes city were arrested and imprisoned in the city hall.

At the same time, they occupied the warehouse, counted the supplies, and took out the weapons to arm all members of the Sun Legion.Before, due to the lack of weapons, the Sun Legion only had 3000 soldiers equipped, and everyone else only took a wooden stick to support the facade, and now they finally equipped their soldiers with complete equipment.

Then all that's left is to hold the ransom...

Ah, no, it's a sponsorship request.

Let each of these imprisoned people write a handwritten letter and bring it to their families. As long as they hand over a huge donation, they can be safe and sound, otherwise the whole family will be reduced to slaves.

Qin Rongshuai also ordered all the slaves of the city-state to be summoned, promising that as long as they cooperate, they will be freed after the war and become citizens.

These Thebes slaves immediately became enthusiastic, and began to actively cooperate with the Sun Legion's occupation work, and actively participated in moving supplies to maintain order in the city-state.

For those ordinary citizens in the city-state, Qin Rongshuai adopted a wooing strategy, promising to guarantee their personal and property safety, and exempting them from commercial tax for one year and halving commercial tax for two years.

As soon as the tax reduction and exemption announcement was released, small workshop owners, farmers and craftsmen immediately expressed that they were the most solid backing of the Sun Legion.

Afterwards, they began to collect the crimes of the great nobles colluding with Persia. After the trial, the anti-Persian alliance formed a jury and hanged them directly at the gate of the city.

After the pro-Persian forces were eliminated, the entire Thebes city-state was completely in the hands of the anti-Persian alliance. To be precise, it was in the hands of Qin Rongshuai. He elected his secretary as the consul of Thebes and controlled the city-state. daily operations.

So far, Qin Rongshuai has officially owned his own power and base in this plane, and the rest is to slowly digest, consolidate the foundation, turn Thebes into a basic disk, and use this as a base to start colonial expansion to the Italian Peninsula. It's good to be able to swallow the budding Rome in one gulp, and the magpie's nest will be occupied by the dove.

Of course, this is just a long-term plan, and the most important thing right now is to fight against the Persians.

After Athens heard that Thebes was under control, it was immediately overjoyed. Themis immediately organized personnel to transfer logistics supplies to Thebes, and sent the navy to the port of Thebes to protect the safety of the city's sea routes.

After half a month of operation, Army of the Sun gained a firm foothold in Thebes.At this time, the Persian army was gradually approaching, and Leonidas led the soldiers to set off again and rushed to Thermopylae to fortify.

Three days later, Qin Rongshuai, who was ready, mobilized [-] Sun Legion soldiers, [-] Thebes soldiers, and [-] slave servants, and marched towards Hot Spring Pass.

Leonidas had already set up a simple tent at the mouth of the Hot Spring Pass, and used stones to pile up a two-meter-high wall to block the narrow passage.

After Qin Rongshuai arrived, he didn't care about taking a rest, but started patrolling around Hot Spring Pass with Leonidas, exploring the terrain while discussing tactics, and finally talked about the hidden path.

Leonidas nodded, "I already know about that trail, and I sent Phocis to guard it. They should be able to do this kind of simple job well."

"I don't think 1000 people are safe." Qin Rongshuai suggested.

"I only have so many troops at my disposal. Even if you add your legions, we will increase the number of guards on the trail to a maximum of 2000 people." Leonidas sighed, "Everyone must be deployed on the frontal defense line, Persia People claim to have an army of one million people, but even if that is an exaggeration, I estimate there are 40 to [-] people.”

"As for us, including your Sun Legion, there are less than 2 people in total. The difference in numbers is too great. When we fight on this terrain, the competition is the number of soldiers. If Xerxes attacks here at all costs, then the number of soldiers The consumption will be staggering."

Leonidas said and pointed to the distance, "Look there."

Qin Rongshuai raised his eyes and saw lights all over the mountains and plains lit up on the hillside in the distance, like a sea of ​​stars in the sky, endless in the middle of the night.

On the beach not far away, densely packed warships were docked. There were so many of them that they filled the entire bay, as if an extra piece of land had been created out of thin air.

Under the light of torches, the Persians' simple dock was crowded with people, constantly carrying supplies and goods to the shore, like busy ants, tirelessly.

When seeing this scene, all the Greeks turned pale with astonishment. They had never seen such a large and magnificent lineup.

Qin Rongshuai patted Leonidas on the shoulder and suddenly burst out laughing.

Leonidas was a little puzzled, "My friend, what are you laughing at?"

Qin Rongshuai pointed to the sky, "You think the wind is going to blow."

Everyone looked up, and the thick dark clouds began to cover the starry sky, and the strong wind and heavy rain slanted down, and the flames of the Persian camp gradually dimmed.

In the distant sea, there was a huge wave, rolling towards the Persian warships, and those warships were like leaves in the strong wind, constantly bumping with the waves.

"This is God's will!" Qin Rongshuai said loudly.

"Boom!" A huge bolt of lightning pierced the sky. Under the thunder, Qin Rongshuai smiled broadly and pointed at the Persian fleet and said, "I order you to destroy it!"

In the strong winds and waves, the Persian warships could no longer withstand the ravages of the storm and began to fall apart. Countless soldiers were buried in the belly of the fish along with the wreckage of the warships.

The Greeks looked shocked and watched the whole process in stunned amazement.

Leonidas took a deep look at Qin Rongshuai, and asked seriously: "My friend, which god's illegitimate child are you?"

(End of this chapter)