I am the son of the traveler

Chapter 52 System Tasks
"This is the former ambush battlefield."

Looking at the gloomy and claustrophobic jungle in front of him, Antigonus said with emotion in his tone.I don't know if it's his illusion, but he always feels that the temperature around him starts to drop when he gets close to the battlefield. The temperature in June is still rising, but he can't feel the slightest bit of heat here.

The trees in the ancient battlefield are lush and verdant, and the branches of countless towering trees almost cover the sky. Only wisps of sunlight shine on the ground through the gaps between the branches and leaves. The flowers and plants on the ground may have been nourished by human blood. , growing luxuriantly, covering many traces of battle.

However, Antigonus could still see a few human skeletons among the lush flowers and plants, and while walking among them, he could hear a crisp sound of objects shattering under his feet from time to time.

"Your Majesty, we still don't want to go in."

Feeling the coolness coming from the depths of the dense forest, the captain of the guard, Agnes, cautiously persuaded him, but Antigonus ignored him, and he continued to move forward, as if something in the dark was driving him generally.

Walking in the narrow path of the past, there were more and more skeletons of soldiers in Antigonus's field of vision. The postures of those skeletons were crooked, and the degrees of decay were also different. Some of them had completely decayed for some reason, leaving only one A pile of white bones, some corpses showed large traces of being eaten by wild beasts, revealing black and red rotten meat and bones inside, some of them were wrapped in armor, only the exposed skin and muscles were damaged, and there was a hole stuck in their bodies. Take the weapon.

Antigonus also noticed that some of the soldiers were leaning against the tree trunks before they died. After half a year of wind and rain, their corpses were already entangled by several vines, and they were integrated with the trunk. Traces of animal activity.

The deeper you go, the more and more corpses of soldiers are stuck on stakes and hang from the branches of towering trees. Corroded underwear.Antigonus clearly saw that each of them had extremely hideous expressions on their faces, as well as the fear of death!

This is a massacre.

It was also a massacre.

Through the hideous faces of those corpses, Antigonus seemed to be able to see what happened to them before they died.Amidst the melodious sound of horns, countless barbarians in black cloaks rushed out of the dense forest like a tide and rushed into the marching Macedonian army. King Philip, the leader of the army, had no idea that the barbarians would find their whereabouts, so he did not take any precautions In the eyes of these Macedonian soldiers, the barbarian warriors with terrifying tattoos were like messengers from hell, coming to claim their lives with bloody mouths, and the army was in a panic.

They wanted to organize defenses in place, but the barbarians rushing out of the dense forest seemed to be a constant stream, hitting the weak Macedonian defense line, and quickly dispersed their defense line, and the Macedonian heavy infantry who had lost their formation were forced to Each fights, and fights and retreats.

The battle lasted until noon on the third day. During the battle, some heavy infantry gathered and retreated to the nearby small high ground, using their portable tools to dig fortifications in situ, trying to rely on the simple fortifications to resist the barbarian offensive, but they finally Submerged in the sea of ​​barbarians—to this day, Antigonus can still see the temporary fortifications dug by the heavy infantry.

After the main force was annihilated, there were still many survivors who escaped and got lost in the complex dense forest and were chased by the barbarian patrols responsible for hunting down the rout. Fleeing back to Thermopylae, he conveyed the bad news to Nicanor, the military consul at the time.

The leader, King Philip, was captured alive by the barbarians on the second day of the battle, and the Greek nobles and guards who were with him were almost destroyed. Those who survived the battle also drew their swords and committed suicide before being captured by the barbarians for their own dignity.After all, the soul of King Philip came from modern times. He did not want to commit suicide, but hoped that the barbarians would let him go back and ask for a ransom. Altar, blood sacrifice to the gods.

"They are just a group of poor people who were led to hell by mediocrity." Antigonus sighed with emotion. With a wave of his hand, he asked Angnis to organize people to collect the corpses of the soldiers on the ancient battlefield. Although they were all wiped out here, It brought shame to the Kingdom of Macedonia, but the responsibility did not lie with them. They were all loyal soldiers. Antigonus had the responsibility to bring their bones back to Pella and bury them in their hometown.

At the same time as he gave the order, the system in Antiko's mind suddenly heard a voice. He listened carefully, and a look of surprise flashed in his eyes.

[New mission: Revenge and Rage
Half a year ago, the former king Philip and his army were completely annihilated in an ambush by the barbarians, and the king himself was humiliated to sacrifice blood to the barbarian gods. This is a shame for the entire Macedonian kingdom and a shame for the gods of Olympus.

Now that you've marched west, it's time to send all the barbarian tribes that participated in the ambush to the underworld and restore the dignity of the kingdom!
Mission Requirements: Destroy the following barbarian tribes: Puniki, Viridori, Durati, Pnicus, Kurkus, Oarosi (destroyed), Mandona (destroyed).

Mission reward: You will receive the allegiance of a famous general and a historical army, as well as an immigration wave with a minimum population of 5000]

Every task released by the system will not disappoint Antico, especially this system does not have any time limit and punishment for mission failure. , Then play with a hammer, this kind of system is the most poisonous.

Among the seven tribes that requested to be eliminated, the latter two were eliminated as early as the early days of the Macedonian army’s Western Expedition. All males were executed and their bodies were dropped in the woods outside the tribe. Their females were sold as slaves. Slaves, there is no possibility of revenge at all.As for the other five tribes, Antigon guessed that they must have foreseen the danger in advance and migrated to the land further west with the great current. It is indeed difficult to find them among so many tribes.

However, if there is no difficulty, the system will not be so generous to give such generous rewards. Let alone the immigration wave with a minimum population of 5000, the value of a famous general and a historical army is very high, and the latter is attractive to him. Not strong, he cared more about the former. What Antigon lacked most now was generals. If he commanded the army at the level of a man on paper, he might cause even greater losses.

(End of this chapter)