king of war

Chapter 40 The Battle Is Coming
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It is unrealistic to rely on natural disasters to wipe out the Persian army, but this does not prevent Qin Rongshuai from using this incident to boost the morale of the anti-Persian alliance.

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 wipe out all the Persians. You laughed too early.

Of course, it is necessary to appropriately exaggerate the losses of the Persians. Qin Rongshuai announced that half of the Persians had been wiped out by God, leaving only 30 people. This was God's will, and the time had come to test the courage and wisdom of the Greeks.

The number of 30 is scary, but compared to an army of one million, it is easier to accept.

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

The generals in Greece were refreshed, and everyone was full of confidence. After the meeting was over, they began to prepare for the battle energetically, and then the remarks about "the Persians have suffered from heaven and will surely fail" began to spread throughout the entire military camp.

Not long after breakfast, the soldiers on the low wall at the front came to report that a Persian messenger had arrived to convey Xerxes' message.

"What kind of message is it? It's nothing more than persuading surrender and declaring war." Leonidas looked disdainful, wanting the soldiers to drive the messenger back.

Qin Rongshuai stopped Leonidas, and said with a smile, "Listen to what the Persians have to say."

The two came to the low wall together, and saw a Persian on a horse not far away shouting loudly: "The King of Kings, Xerxes the World Conqueror orders you to give up resistance, as long as you submit, you have countless Endless wealth, beauties, slaves and land, the heads of those who resist will be cut off and hung on the side of the road, and your cities will be flattened..."

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

A Spartan soldier sneered and shouted: "That's great, we can fight in the shade."

As soon as the words fell, the soldier picked up a javelin and threw it at the Persians. The javelin flew straight for dozens of meters and nailed the Persian messenger on the horse to the ground.

Leonidas raised an eyebrow. "Stellios."

"Your Majesty." The Spartan soldier who had just killed the messenger responded respectfully.

"Later next time, I want to listen a little longer." Leonidas patted the tall soldier who looked like a Fasha.

"Whoosh whoosh!"

Suddenly there was a burst of piercing screams in the distance, everyone looked up, and saw a black mass rising in the direction of the Persian camp, drawing a line in the air, covering the sky like a dwarf The wall came down.

"Hidden!", the officers shouted in unison, and the Spartan soldiers raised their shields and curled up behind them, welcoming the baptism of arrows.

The metal arrow hit the shield with a muffled sound of "bang bang bang", and the continuous arrows were like dense raindrops hitting the leaves, seemingly non-stop.

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

Leonidas sneered, "Cowardly Persians."

"This way we won't be short of arrows." Qin Rongshuai ordered the soldiers to collect as many arrows as possible. It seemed that these arrows were enough for the archers to use for a while.

Before the soldiers could take action, the ground suddenly began to tremble. At first it was just a slight vibration, but later it was like a heavy hammer hitting a drum, and even the small stones on the ground shook.

"beep!"

Accompanied by a series of piercing horn sounds, Persian soldiers poured towards Thermopylae like a tide.

The Thermopylae Pass was difficult, the mountain roads were narrow, the troops could not move, and the cavalry and chariots were useless. Xerxes sent infantry to take turns to attack, preparing to defeat the Greek coalition forces with numerical superiority.

At the forefront were the servants of the Medes, wearing tunics with narrow cuffs reaching to the knees, wearing scale armor and holding short spears and wicker shields.

When they were about to rush forward, the Median infantry threw out the other short spear they were carrying, and then slammed into the low wall.

Looking at the low wall with a height of one person in front of them, the Median infantrymen were all dumbfounded. The short spears in their hands could not reach the Spartan soldiers on the wall at all. They could only rely on the human wall, one person stepping on another Shoulders go up.

The Spartans condescended to stab down with their spears, like whack-a-mole. The Median infantrymen screamed and fell down after being pierced through. stoned.

Every stone thrown would cause a splash of blood, but against the large number of Mede infantrymen who were like an endless tide, the stone's impact was minimal.

Facing the low wall built by the Spartans, General Media yelled anxiously, ordering people to lift the thick tree trunk up, preparing to knock down the low wall.

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

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

The Spartan soldiers were well-trained and physically strong, and the javelins they threw could often penetrate two Median infantrymen, even if the opponent held up their shields, they could not prevent the javelins from penetrating.

Soon, the corpses piled up next to the tree trunk into a hill, and the tree trunk was pressed to the bottom. The Medes had to dig through their own corpses to find the tree trunk.

When the blood-soaked tree trunks were transported to the low wall, they had lost their function because the piled corpses were already as high as the low wall. The Medes stepped onto the low wall by stepping on the corpses of their companions.

In the open space more than ten meters behind the low wall, fully armed Spartan soldiers were already in full battle. They wore tightly wrapped helmets, thick breastplates and greaves, and wore red cloaks. The shields in their hands were painted with With the inverted triangle symbol, the spears were aimed at the front like a forest, and the murderous aura rose to the sky.

Leonidas glanced at the soldiers who were still fighting on the low wall, put on their helmets, and shouted, "Blow the horn and call them back."

When the withdrawal horn sounded, the agile Spartan soldiers jumped off the low wall. Under the cover of the archers, they quickly retreated to the phalanx, ready to take a short rest and start a new round of battle.

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

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

Leonidas laughed, "Well, let us fight side by side today."

"Aww!", the Spartans howled in unison.

The Qin Rui soldiers in front of Qin Rongshuai tightly pursed their lips without saying a word, watching the endless Median infantry rushing up with calm eyes.

(End of this chapter)