I am the son of the traveler

Chapter 91

On the afternoon of the second day after the battle, Antigonus woke up slowly. The news of his awakening quickly spread throughout the army, and the soldiers and officers were relieved. The front is very respectful to them, but they don't want the king to have any sequelae or accidents in the battle due to various reasons.

After waking up, Antigonus figured out how long he had been in a coma. He didn't bother to continue resting. He quickly got out of bed and asked the guard captain Agnes who had been waiting by his side: "During the time I was in a coma What happened?"

Because there is nothing special to mention, Agnes quickly told what happened in the past few days. During the time when he was in a coma, Cronus and Ipaminoda jointly managed After the army, Antigonus nodded in relief, and said, "Since it's managed by the two of them, I'm relieved."

"By the way, where is the barbarian army now?" He asked again.

"Our scouts reported that the barbarian army returned to the northern forest after retreating. It seems that they are preparing to return to their tribe."

"We still can't relax our vigilance. We need to send more scouts and spies to prevent the barbarians from making a comeback." Antigonus ordered.

"Yes, Your Majesty." Agnes agreed, and then he thought of something and asked: "Your Majesty, more than 200 soldiers from the Thracian Guard Battalion fled in fear of the battle, and now they have been defeated by Crono Master Si is arrested and awaits your disposal."

"There are more than 200 people fleeing?" Antigon was taken aback by this number. You must know that there were only 750 soldiers from the Guards Battalion participating in the battle. At this moment, more than 200 people became deserters. is shocking.

What's more, they only won the designation and honor of the "Guard Battalion" in the Battle of Hot Spring Pass almost two months ago, and now there are so many deserters, Antigonus only feels faintly as if he was given the title by someone. Slapped a few times, hot and hot.

Is this the legendary feeling of being slapped in the face?
The rout must be severely punished, and Antigonus knows this truth well. Looking at Rome and Greece, the treatment of routs has never been magnanimous. The Romans would use the famous law of tenths to deal with the rout of the legionary infantry. The legendary Caesar's The Tenth Legion suffered such torture, because they were afraid of the ferocity of the barbarians and refused to attack.In the Greek city-states, the Greeks would use the pottery exile method to exile the Greek citizens who had become defeated soldiers, depriving them of all rights within the city-state-although the punishment of the Greeks was still not harsh enough compared to the Romans, but Being driven out of your hometown with shame on your back is mental torture.

This is how the Greeks dealt with Greek citizens, but Antigonus didn't know how they would deal with foreigners, but he guessed that they would be sold as slaves or executed in public.The soldiers in the Thracian Guards Battalion happened to be foreigners recruited from the Thracian tribe, so naturally there is no need to worry too much about dealing with them (of course, in this world, Antigonus would be a soldier with citizenship Execution has no effect), Antigonus does not like the sloppy method of beheading, he prefers the punishment of the Romans. One-third of the people are like killing chickens to make an example to monkeys.

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A few hours later, all the Macedonian soldiers and Thebes soldiers were assembled on the military barracks in Aceros City to welcome the revived His Majesty the King's review.

This was the first time the soldiers saw His Majesty the King after the war ended. Under their reverent gazes, Antigonus was wearing the same composite breastplate he wore in battle. Although the blood stains on it had been removed long ago, the The traces of battle damage can still be clearly seen.

Followed by his fellow cavalry, Antigonus walked up to the high platform for review. He looked down at the more than 8000 soldiers assembled on the school field. Except for the Theban army who arrived later, all of these soldiers had experienced Aser. The blood on the battlefield in Los was stained with a strong evil spirit.

Looking at them, Antigonus suddenly forgot his words, he paused, cleared his throat a little unnaturally, and said.

"Soldiers, you are all good, you are the pride of Macedonia, and the pride of the Macedonian people."

After his first sentence, the soldiers below couldn't help puffing up their chests, their heads held high, and proud expressions appeared on their faces—the praises of His Majesty the King were all won by them with fire and swords, and they deserved the name.

"You have defeated a barbarian army twice as large as your own, thwarted their despicable plan to invade the Macedonian kingdom, and defended your homeland and compatriots. No Greek will forget your heroism. You will fight this battle The great battles will be recorded in the annals of history together, and will be admired by future generations."

"But—" Speaking of this, Antigonus changed his subject and raised his finger to the Thracian guarded by heavily armed heavy infantry on the side of the school grounds. Seeing his actions, the officers in the field With a shudder in his heart, he knew that the main event was coming soon.

"In our great army, there are actually cowards who abandon their comrades, abandon their glory, and run away from battle! They are not even worthy of being called soldiers, they are just a group of humble and pitiful slaves with free status!"

While Antigonus was speaking, the 210 eight Thracian spear-throwing soldiers who fled the battle were escorted and shoved to the front of the Greek soldiers, and they lined up. Once a brave Thracian warrior.

After they were escorted into the arena, Antigonus glanced coldly at everyone's faces, and then signaled to the military consul Cronus to announce the disposition. The latter nodded to him, then took a step forward and stood In front of the broken soldiers, said loudly.

"The 210 and eight members of the Thracian Guard Battalion Dostiza, Stowzi, and Moscon, etc., left the battlefield without authorization during the battle, abandoned the commander, and put their comrades in a dangerous situation, causing the entire left wing to be defeated. , is now subject to the ten-throwing law!"

"Among the 210 eight people, they will be divided into groups of ten, and one person will be selected to be sentenced to the death penalty. The rest will be whipped in public, kicked out of the barracks, and will no longer accept the protection of the Macedonian army until the next war comes... "

As soon as Kronos finished speaking, the heavy infantry began to execute. They distributed colored wooden sticks to every rout soldier, and ordered those who painted black sticks to go out and take them away alive. Crucified on a rough cross, the rest of them were whipped by soldiers with whips before they could express the joy of the rest of their lives...

(End of this chapter)