Douluo: The Adventures of King Skin

"The god of war is a tyrant."

——Timotheus

Philae is one of the few city-states in Greece with a city wall.

An average city-state only has one acropolis, and the urban area outside the acropolis is basically unprotected.Only naval powers such as Athens, Megara, and Corinth would build long walls between the acropolis and the port, and this long wall is two different things from the general city outline.

Because the population of city-states in this era was relatively small, it would be difficult for a city-state to mobilize an army of thousands of people to support the sky, and it would be difficult to accumulate enough troops to fill the city walls.Instead of building a city wall that cannot play a defensive role, it is better to take care of the ancestral acropolis.Of course, people like Sparta didn't even bother to build their acropolis, which only shows that they are stupid.

The mobilization rate of the classical military system is almost [-]%.

For example, in the far east at this time, the State of Qin sent an army of 60 to destroy Chu. Regardless of how many soldiers there were, the State of Qin relied on a population of about 600 million to maintain 60 troops fighting abroad, which was almost [-]%. proportion.

The city of Athens, which had more than 20 citizens, maintained [-] standing citizen soldiers at its peak, which was almost the same ratio.

Thessaly was only at the tribal alliance stage and was far from reaching this level.

For example, Philae has a population of 10, which is considered a big city in Greece, but in fact, only 5000 people were mobilized.

Therefore, Philae's ability to have this wall was due to the era when Jason of Philais ruled Thessaly.

At that time, Tagus had nearly [-] standing troops, which could be used to surround the entire city's walls.

But now, this city wall is in tatters and can only serve as a security function.

Again, it is better not to stand on a city wall that you are not satisfied with. Tagui who came from Larissa was not a fool, so when he learned that the Pyrrhic army was approaching, he left 100 people to guard the city and led him. More than 4000 people who merged with the Philai garrison formed an array outside the city.

Of course, Pyrrhus, who had come from afar, could not directly order an attack, so they found a low slope behind a small river and started camping.

From a short point of view, they can't let the opponent take advantage of it, so they might as well camp for a night's rest; from a light point of view, not to mention that Pyrrhus is not sure of defeating most of the enemies in one battle, even if he is, it is best to arrange a retreat for himself .

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How to build a military camp is also a big question.

Especially in this era, large-scale field battles have just become more frequent, and everyone is still in the exploratory stage.Including the Macedonians, Pyrrhus was not the only one who had never fought in a war.

Although Alexander defeated the Persians with three punches and two kicks, he might have to learn from the Persians in this matter. After all, they really have a historical background in this aspect.

As far as Pyrrhus' army was concerned, most of them had never done it a few times.

After the previous "Iolkos Landing Battle", they camped several times on the way into Philais.Despite the guidance of veterans like Oandros, new problems can be discovered every time after setting up camp.

And how long have these veterans been away from the front line?Can it still keep up with the most advanced cutting-edge camping technology on the market?

I felt unsure, so I had to try harder.After Pyrrhus's ideological mobilization with repeated boasts and threats, this fledgling team could only do its best to improve the camp.

First, the camp was arranged as a triangle according to the terrain, with two corners high on the two tops of the slope, and one corner extending directly to the other side of the creek - this creek is really small, but a simple bridge was built; then, starting from these three vertices Three high platforms were built as fire platforms; trenches were then dug on the outside of the triangle, the soil taken out was filled into a low wall on the inside, and a wooden fence was built on the low wall.

At this time, the veterans and scholars began to argue. The veterans felt that it would be better to have fewer gates - wouldn't it mean that the more gates, the easier it would be for the enemy to invade?Stratton and the others all felt that it would be better to have more doors. If there were too many doors, they could block them and not use them. It was better than having to open the door first before using them.

Pyrrhus thought for a moment and agreed with the latter opinion.

A village gate is opened on both sides of the high platform at each corner, and several archery towers are built inside and outside the door as cover; a village gate is also opened in the open flat area in the middle of each long side, and a high village gate with three sides of defense is built in front of the door. The wall can not only protect people, but also protect the people and horses attacking inside the door.

The tents in the camp are divided into six parts, leaving roads leading to the six exits in the middle, and keeping a certain distance from the outer walls.

Stratton felt that there should be as many arrow towers as possible inside and outside the camp so that most enemies could be attacked from multiple sides; but Desiachus felt that this would consume too much of the soldiers' physical strength.

Or Pyrrhus found a compromise from the depths of his memory - a relatively solid archery tower was still erected outside the camp; a large number of simple devices like mast buckets were erected inside the camp, allowing a soldier to carry a bow and arrows. The windproof blanket was kept on top for a long time.

Now everyone was happy except the soldiers who were going to go on duty.

Finally, a human-powered catapult was placed in the open space in the center of the camp, and fire sources and simple arson bombs were also prepared.I don’t know how effective this thing is. Pyrrhus is just testing the water first and does not place his hopes on it...

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When Pyrrhus' army was encamped, it always left a part of its troops to stand ready on this side of the river.

Tagui of Pyrrhatis saw the camp gradually being erected, and then withdrew his troops and returned to the city, leaving the enemy there to enjoy his life.

He was just sighing that Pyrrhus must be surrounded by experts at such a young age. The way the camp was set up was so dazzling that he couldn't even understand it.

Silent all night.

When he woke up the next day, Tagui received an urgent message from the rear:

Larissa also rebelled.

The six hundred defenders were left in the acropolis without knowing whether they were alive or dead.

When the situation developed to this point, he was forced to have a decisive battle with Pyrrhus as soon as possible.Otherwise, once Larissa falls, he will be attacked from both sides.

If you stay in Philae then, you will have a narrow escape; if you abandon Philae and retreat, and meet Cassander back, you will definitely die.

When he came out of the city with an army of 400, [-] men, he still thought that he might have to bite the bullet and attack that strange military camp.As a result, I saw the Pyrrhic army slowly coming out of the two small gates on this side of the river to form array.

Heavy infantry, pikemen, and a small number of Macedonian spearmen, as well as cavalry, and a small number of camels.

This team seemed to have much fewer people than him, and the colors of their uniforms were very messy, with only the uniform bright red tassels on their helmets.

Behind the line of infantry, there was a man on horseback in the middle.His helmet tassel was made of high-end ostrich feathers. It looked like a big red ball, shining brightly against the morning glow.

Is that Pyrrhus?