I am the son of the traveler

Chapter 35
"This is simply bullying."

After listening to the report of the Greek assault cavalry who had been beaten and fled on the front line, Antigonus could only say this sentence for a while.

The Greek assault cavalry deserved the title of the first cavalry like their colleagues, and their combat effectiveness was very low. After fighting with the Salo people's cavalry, they were beaten and fled within a few rounds, leaving several corpses behind.

But their sacrifices were not useless. Thanks to the intelligence they exchanged for their lives, Antigonus also knew that the Salois were good at cavalry combat in addition to ambushes and raids, and their cavalry combat methods were extremely strange, and they were actually one horse Serving the second husband... Ah bah, serving the second soldier.

This reminded Antigonus of the Germanic people who also used this method of warfare in the history of the original world. In his memory, he saw the description of the Germanic cavalry in the book "Traveling in the Ancient Roman Empire" written by Goose Dan. The human cavalry is also composed of two soldiers riding a war horse. Before the battle, the soldier behind will jump down and shoot from a distance, while the one controlling the war horse roars into the battle.

Therefore, coupled with the fact that the Salois and the Germans are very similar in their ambush and raid habits, he speculates that the Salois are likely to be the Germanic version of a different world.

Seeing that Antigon was lost in thought, Kronos, the military consul on the side, couldn't help but said: "Your Majesty, in order to reduce unnecessary sacrifices, we'd better stop sending people out."

"Well, let them all come back." Antigonus nodded. It would be a waste of troops to continue sending scouts out now. It would be better to strengthen the defense of Thermopylae Pass.

……

Five days later.

The barbarian army finally arrived at Hot Spring Pass. Through the three-meter-deep trench, they stared eagerly at the pass that had cost them countless compatriots.

Riding on the horse, Aktrick looked at this great pass with arrogance, his eyes were full of certainty, he slowly raised his right hand, and said loudly: "Camp in place and build siege equipment!"

"Camp in place! Build siege engines!"

"Camp in place..."

His order quickly spread throughout the army with the roar of the messengers. These barbarian warriors immediately unloaded their clothes, picked up their axes and went into the nearby woods. A not-so-strong tree trunk fell down.

Because the barbarian's construction technology is really low-level, they can only build the most common ladders and battering rams. The former can be made with two long logs and some short logs, and the latter is simpler. Alright, just let a group of people hug and smash into the city gate.

Before mastering the construction technology of catapults or siege towers, the barbarians could only use this primitive siege method. If the tribes were fighting each other, there was nothing wrong with such primitive siege methods, but Now they want to attack a civilized country with towering walls, so they can only pile them up with human lives.

Antigonus on the city wall looked at the heated scene outside, and the corner of his mouth twitched slightly. Those barbarians were indeed barbarians. They were all bare-breasted and wearing tattered clothes. Except for those who looked like they were warriors or nobles, they could wear them. Armor, the rest rarely have armor.

The difference between civilization and barbarism can be seen from this. Although it is only the difference in armor, it can still widen the gap between the two sides. Just imagine, the soldiers on both sides are brave and good at fighting, but no matter how hard one fights, one side can't break through the other side's soldiers. Defense, but the other side can kill the opponent with a single blow. After a few rounds, the side that lacks protection will easily collapse.

Because of this, Antigonus calmed down a little, and he was not so nervous.

……

Two days later, the barbarian army built a large number of ladders and battering rams, and fired the first shot of the siege.

Accompanied by the sound of long horns, countless ragged barbarian slaves, driven by tribal warriors, carried ladders and battering rams to charge towards the city wall of Thermopylae. Most of these barbarian slaves were prisoners of war captured in tribal wars, or were The civilians from civilized countries looted during the bloodthirsty moon in previous years, they were usually the most humble existence in the tribe, but when the war broke out, they also became cannon fodder for the barbarians.

"Hu! Hu! Hu!"

A large number of barbarians rushed to the city wall with slaves. From the perspective of Antigonus standing on the city wall, the army of these barbarians was crowded and crowded. If you can set up a few fortress catapults on the city wall, you can shoot them down , will definitely kill a large number of people.

It's a pity that this was not considered when building Hot Spring Pass, leaving space for setting up trebuchets on the city wall. In addition, he was not in power for a long time and had the technology to make trebuchets but no time to rebuild the city walls, so he only I can cope with it and get through it like this.

"Archers, prepare to shoot!"

On the city wall, under the supervision of His Majesty the King, the Greek archers, who were only dressed in civilian clothes without any protection, stood behind the walls of the city wall under the shouts of the officers, and put their arrows on the bowstring, eager to try.

Tens of seconds passed, and the barbarian warrior running at the front stepped on the pre-made mark in the eyes of everyone. The next second, under the gaze of Antigonus, the archer officers slowly raised their swords and raised their swords high. He raised it high and roared at the same time: "Elevation angle 45°, shoot!"

"Elevation angle 45°, shoot!"

"shooting!"

As soon as the officers roared, the archers reflexively let go of their fingers on the bowstring, and then a round of black arrow rain rose from the city wall, flew into the air, drew an arc, and then fell like raindrops. Like falling into the running barbarian army, he immediately shot down a large number of unarmored warriors.

With one hand resting on the cold wall, within Antigonus' sight, an arrow with a sharp metal arrow easily penetrated the thin cloth of the barbarian, bringing up a shocking blood flower, which was shot by the arrow. The barbarian in the middle had an expression of disbelief on his face, and he fell to the ground in pain with the inertia, and was trampled mercilessly by the tribesmen running up behind him.

Looking at this scene, Antico's heart twitched fiercely, although he often saw killing scenes in film and television dramas in his previous life, and even saw horrible car accident scenes from time to time when he was performing official duties.But after traveling to this world, it was the first time for him to see someone die with his own eyes. This sense of reality is unmatched by film and television dramas.

Fortunately, he had seen the scene of a car accident from time to time in his previous life, and he had developed a certain immunity, otherwise he would definitely vomit like Xiaobai who saw the corpse for the first time.

He still remembers that when he first joined the job, he followed his seniors to the scene of a large-scale car accident. In that car accident, several people were sucked into the bottom of the car by a big truck, and their brains came out. Pale and pale, he ran to the side and vomited. In the end, he could only vomit bile.

In just this moment, he thought of so many past events, but soon, the roar of the officer not far away brought his consciousness back to reality.

(End of this chapter)