total war rise of empire

Chapter 70 Raid
The city wall built in Corinth City is very simple and looks like a large earthen platform.

Whoosh whoosh~~~
Dozens of hooks flew up the earthen city wall several meters high, and the sharp points got stuck on the uneven earthen wall enclosure. Immediately afterwards, the lightly armed Spartan general guards who had already lurked under the city wall grabbed the simple hook rope , began to climb up skillfully!
Spartan warriors are not only professional in killing, they are also very good at rock climbing!
The time Leonidas chose was after midnight, the most sleepy time for human beings. Most of the Pylos guards patrolling the city wall leaned against the sheltered places and went sleepwalking with Duke Zhou.

However, there are quite a lot of patrolling guards on such a wide city wall. After the first group of Spartan soldiers climbed up, a Pylos guard who got up at night to "shush" with his bronze helmet crooked, was in a daze. Standing on the soil fence of the city wall, he untied the obstacles below, and planned to have a refreshing 'sprinkling exercise'. It just so happened that when this person was sprinkling, he saw dense black spots climbing on the wall not far away. !

The bewildered Pylos guard suddenly became alert all over, quickly lifted his battle skirt, grabbed the short contradiction card in his hand, and walked there!
By the way, he kicked his lazy and sleeping accomplices awake!
Leonidas' raid routine was very simple. The lightly armed Spartan general guards and Qin crossbowmen took advantage of the darkness to climb up the not-too-high city wall, then rushed into the city gate, opened the city gate, and then locked their bodies together. Zijia's elite Wei soldiers will form a phalanx and push forward!
After achieving this strategic goal, whether everyone will continue to take advantage of the chaos to attack or stick to the city gate depends on the situation at that time!
When climbing the city wall, the Spartan warriors who are good at melee combat are naturally given priority, and the Qin crossbowmen are behind!
"Who are you?!" When the Spartan warrior climbed up the city wall, he finally caught the attention of the Pylos guards!
"The one who wants to kill you!" Facing the questioning of the Pylos guards, Leonidas, who was the first to climb the city wall, suddenly threw the short spear in his hand, and accurately pierced the stunned Pylos guards!
"Sparta! Kill the enemy!"

The Spartan soldiers consciously rushed towards the city gate!

"Enemy attack! Go and ring the alarm!"

Puchi...

The Pylos guards, who were not dominant in numbers on the city wall, were no match for the Spartans at all. Under the leadership of Leonidas, the Spartans wiped out dozens of Pylos guards who blocked and fled in a destructive manner!
At this time, Qin's crossbowmen had already boarded the city wall, and followed behind the rapidly advancing Spartan soldiers!
The endurance and speed of the lightly armed Spartan warriors were astonishing, and they quickly reached the heavily guarded city gate!

Even though Lei Zihao's intrusion was not noticed, because Megara City is too powerful, Corinth City, which is the closest to Megara City on weekdays, has deployed over a hundred guards at the city gate to guard day and night!

After Leonidas saw the Pylos guards who had already formed a phalanx at the city gate, he did not rashly lead the Spartan soldiers to attack the opponent's phalanx, but let the Qin crossbowmen go forward, facing the little The Pylos phalanx launched a dense close-range shooting!

The bronze shield and armor couldn't stop the crossbowmen who were specially designed to pierce armor from shooting at close range, and soon the relatively well-organized phalanx was shot full of holes. The Pylos guards were completely crushed!

The blood dyed the gate of Corinth red. After the Pylos guards who had been deployed at the city gate lost the support of the phalanx, who could be the opponent of the Spartan warriors?

rumbling~
The huge city gate opened, and the elite soldiers of Wei, who had been waiting for a long time, jogged forward into the city of Corinth under the guidance of the signal from Leonidas!

Until then, the elder Pylos in Corinth didn't notice the attack of the Sires!

The Pylos people have always regarded Lei Zihao's men as the remnants of the Siris Kingdom...

Anyway, the Pylos people couldn't tell the difference between Lei Zihao's people and Siris people!

"This group of treacherous Serisians, who agreed to cooperate peacefully with each other, suddenly carried out a despicable sneak attack! Warriors of Pylos, take up your weapons and kill the hateful sneak attack!"

"Kill all the Serisians!"

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Bright torches began to gather in the city of Corinth. This is a city of tens of thousands of people. In addition to the Pylos civilians who occupy the majority, there are many Pylos citizens with weapons at home. As for the Pylos guards, there are not many. Corinth City In addition to the guards guarding near the city wall, there are only dozens of people guarding the main hall of elders in Corinth City...

Under the order of Leonidas, the elite soldiers of Wei and the hand crossbowmen of the Qin State who had lined up used their crossbows to shoot down the soldiers of the nearby citizens of Pylos who rushed over. The armed forces of the nearby citizens of Pylos were very scattered And there were not many of them, they couldn't even walk in front of Leonidas and the others!

Apparently, the courage of the Pylos people is far from the slogans they shouted...

After repelling the early attack of the Pylos warriors, Leonidas quickly led people to set fire to all the wooden houses around the city gate, intending to block the Pylos warriors' attack with a sea of ​​flames!
Leonidas understood that no matter how elite his men were, once they were dispersed into a city of tens of thousands of Pylos, let alone whether they could defeat the resistance of the Pylos, their own casualties would definitely increase greatly!

Instead of fighting for an unknown result, it is better to firmly hold the city gate and wait for Lei Zihao's main force to come to help!
The two parties agreed that the arrival of the army will be at dawn!
As long as the main force of 3500 enters Corinth without damage, those Pylos fighters will be vulnerable!
The Pylos citizen veterans who really had war experience were all lost in the next battle in the city of Megara. Although there were still many Pylos citizens in the city of Corinth, most of them were old, young, women, children and recruits. Live in the regular army of the city!

And the Pylos citizen fighters subsequently organized a battle for the city gate, which also reflected how scumbag these people's combat effectiveness is...

They are not even as good as the Pylos guards who originally defended the city. At least the Pylos guards can quickly form a phalanx...

Those Pylos citizen fighters with all kinds of weapons simply formed a dense formation, rushed up shouting, and then fell down in rows of crossbows, and were easily shot to the ground!

Even if they relied on their numerical advantage to survive in close combat, facing Wei Wuzu's halberd phalanx in a small terrain, they would die as many as they came!
The massacre in the dark night ended with the heavy loss of the Pylos people. The elders of Corinth City were horrified to find that the more than 300 warriors blocked all the Pylos warriors like an iron wall!
(End of this chapter)