Douluo: The Adventures of King Skin

"Polyperchon was the strongest warrior."

——When someone asked Pyrrhus who was the better musician, he replied

Cratersipolis seemed to have lost her interest in joking, and just put the ice cream cake into her mouth piece by piece.

Now even Pyrrhus could tell that she was in a bad mood.

But why?

If she doesn't want Zenas to go, she can just think of any reason to "decline".

That won't make you feel bad, right?

Or was she afraid that Pyrrhus would tell Dmitri?

It doesn’t feel like it makes sense.

The self-confidence brought by his status and martial arts allowed Pyrrhus to deal with all kinds of big shots calmly, but socially he sometimes really felt like an idiot.

You damn Zenas, why are you looking at me like I'm an idiot?

Think of a way!Isn’t this all for you?

Just when he was hesitating whether he should find a way to smooth things over or continue to ask questions sincerely, Cratessipolis finally finished the cake as if to eliminate harm.

She held her cold face with both hands and said "haha" for a while before saying coldly:

"Just ask Mr. Zenas to come over tomorrow."

Then he stood up, turned around, and walked away without looking at Pyrrhus again.

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When Polyperchon's army finally gathered, it was too late.

At first, the gap in strength between the two sides was not that big, but as many troops were caught off guard and almost meaninglessly sent away, the enemy's entire defense system in the Achaia region collapsed.

With Sirus's defenders annihilated, Pyrrhus had firmly gained the upper hand.

Polyperchone's remaining troops retreated inland to Ocommenus.

But according to the intelligence obtained, Polyperchon still did not appear. The commander in the city was still Stombicus, and it was not known whether he had 5000 people under his command.

Pyrrhus led his army in pursuit and surrounded the mountain fortress.

Since the staff system began to operate, all operations have become step-by-step. Especially in siege battles where accidents rarely occur, even the casualties of the troops have been roughly estimated. Even if this is a majestic city in the mountains, There is simply no passion at all.

Over there, they routinely sent riders to the city to persuade them to surrender, but here Pyrrhus was already thinking wildly.

I was thinking, is Polyperchon actually dead, or is he just one breath away from death?

Then I saw a bearded general at the top of the city yelling at the envoy to persuade him to surrender.

Ok……

The old man should not only not be dead, but also be alive and well.

Otherwise, if we are all Macedonians, how can there be any deep hatred between the big successors and the junior successors? Who do you vote for?

Now that he is willing to defend the city, he is obviously still optimistic about Polyperchon to some extent.

It's lucky to say that.

The terrain of the Peloponnese, or the whole of Greece, is terrible. The further inland you go, the more rugged and broken the land becomes. Bigger city-states will also build an extremely disgusting acropolis.

Along the way, the more Pyrrhus looked, the more frightened he became.

Polyperchon has been operating here for at least ten years. In addition to garrison troops, various city-states also have factions he established.

If the Achaeans really wanted to follow him all the way to the dark side, Pyrrhus might not be able to defeat so many mountain fortresses until he reached Polyperchon.

Dmitry was so wise to recruit Cratesipolis!

So it really doesn’t matter that she has her own little plan. As long as she can successfully solve Polyperchon and take all of Achaia, even if she jumps back again, it will be in the future. Maybe the Antigonus family will be on top by then. .

In the final analysis, it is none of Pyrrhus's business whether people have ambitions or not.

Moreover, they finally agreed to let Zenas go and learn advanced experience, and Pyrrhus had to thank them.

It's just that since then, there has been no such relaxed and casual atmosphere between the two of them. Whenever they meet, it is businesslike and without pretense.

It made Pyrrhus feel a little guilty for no reason...

Maybe, in fact, she was deliberately trying to please me before, but now that she has the strength at hand, she is inflated?

Just as he was thinking of Cratsipolis, he saw her also arriving in front of the battle.

It was impossible not to notice. While other senior generals were riding horses or simply standing, she was standing on a luxurious light chariot, attracting everyone's attention.

As the battle line advanced, this woman's appearance became more and more grand, and she seemed to have become the queen of Achaia. The Amazon female soldiers under her command also changed into armored horses, looking completely new.

I saw her holding Che Shi and looking intently at the city in the distance. Her golden-brown curly hair was exposed under the silver Corinthian helmet. She was wearing a gorgeous silk-blend war robe. There was also a female attendant wearing a helmet and armor. She carries a spear and a large shield.

That look, that temperament, I'm afraid I'm cosplaying Athena!

Her experience is actually somewhat similar to mine...

The siege is still the same as before, with various light and heavy firepower for long-range suppression. The heavy infantry escorts all kinds of war equipment to the city. They use carts to establish forward fulcrums, carts to fill trenches, giant claws to destroy battlements, and battering rams. Hit the city gate.

The opponent uses various instruments to counterattack, and we use various instruments to counterattack...

After three days of entanglement, the city wall fortifications were almost destroyed, and the defenders' equipment was also consumed a lot. Finally, they began to directly attack the city head.

Starting from the morning, heavy infantry, light shield soldiers, and light infantry launched an attack with long ladders and rows of ladders.

Not too many troops can go up at one time. The charge to the city must start with a war of attrition. The soldiers rush up in waves and retreat again and again.

In field battles, only a small part of battle casualties occur in prepared frontal confrontations, and most of them occur during routs and pursuits.

But Pyrrhus didn't expect that siege would be similar.

The losses were not as great as he imagined, and the experience provided by the Macedonian generals was very accurate.When soldiers rush to fight, if they are still unable to open up the situation after the formation collapses and their strength is exhausted, they will consciously withdraw, and will not really wait until they are pushed off the high wall like a rout.So most casualties occur while going up and down ladders.

Although the losses were small, the physical exertion was not small. Fortunately, as the besieging side, there were enough troops to carry out rotation operations.

After fighting like this all day, the sun has set and the fire clouds on the horizon are gradually dimming. At this time, while the two groups of siege troops are rotating, the staff officer responsible for the observation reports that a "win opportunity" has appeared.

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The other side also took the opportunity to rotate troops, but the new soldiers did not have enough rest and were obviously more listless.

So the general attack was launched when Polypercon's army was caught off guard.

A new round of heavy infantry immediately launched an attack. Archers and harpooneers also moved forward to the nearest location. Catapults and ballistae were fired at a speed completely beyond the defenders' expectations. As the city progressed, the attack continued. The position is also gradually extended backward to block the enemy's reinforcements to the greatest extent...

By the time the soldiers who had reached the top of the wall had formed a formation and more long ladders had been put up on the top of the wall, the outcome of the siege was already determined.

Polyperchon's army also lost its last stronghold and became a lonely ghost without a city.

The whole army burst into cheers, and the enemy quickly lost their will to fight.

Pyrrhus accidentally saw a sarcastic smile on the face of Cratesipolis.

Your father-in-law was beaten like this, and you still laugh?

Pyrrhus had never experienced a complete family since he was a child, so he did not know what the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, or father-in-law and daughter-in-law, was like among Macedonian nobles in this era, but obviously the relationship between Cratessipolis and Polyperchon was not Very good.

"That old guy has no descendants, and he still doesn't know why he was beaten." Kratsipolis sneered, "Even if he conquers the whole world, who will he inherit?"

This was the first time in the past two days that she took the initiative to talk to Pyrrhus, which showed that she was really in a good mood at this time.

But this was also the first time I heard her mention something related to Polyperchon. It seemed that not only did his son not leave a son and a half, he also had no other sons.

The only son was also assassinated by the West Sionians, and the murderer was already dead. Why did he persist until now?

Pyrrhus thought for a while and said:

"Maybe I want to leave something behind in the world."

Cratessipolis asked in surprise: "What are you leaving behind?"

"People's desire to carry on the family line may come from an instinct to continue life. As long as one's bloodline is still there, it is evidence that one has existed in this world. If there is no bloodline, then one can only leave oneself in the memories of others. Traces of it." Pyrrhus smiled when he said this, "I also made a wild guess."

Cratersipolis wrinkled her nose and thought for a while, "Well... your guess seems to make sense, but if that's the case, then he really should have made plans early." Then she smiled and said: "He is so old. A son was just born, and I don’t know if it’s his; but it might be his, after all, they should be similar in one thing.”

"Which point?" Pyrrhus asked curiously.

Cratesipolis raised her eyebrows at him, said "Guess!", then turned around and left.

Pyrrhus was left to ponder for a long time, and finally he suddenly realized

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This thing is also hereditary!