Douluo: The Adventures of King Skin

"I suggest you either conquer yourselves or side with the conquerors."

——Phocion

There has never been such a battle.

It has been several days since the landing at Philais and now, and not a single enemy has been seen.

Not to mention enemies, we didn’t even meet a few living people!

There were no enemies, no leading party, no farmers and herdsmen with numb expressions, and all the villages and towns were deserted.

However, the piles of straw left by the harvest in the fields are still there, which is different from what Feilai encountered.

"It's so strange!" Little Antipater couldn't help but said after sending away the sentry rider who reported the report, "It's so strange! They obviously burned all the weeds in Philais, why did they leave horse feed for us here? "

"I don't know." Veteran Glaucias said, "Maybe it's because we're afraid that we won't move forward."

"You know it too! I know it too! Cassander knows it too! Pyrrhus and the Thessalians are looking forward to us going to Larissa! Then why are we coming?"

"I don't know anything. I only know that this is King Cassander's order."

"You..." Little Antipater saw the old man getting furious and was about to continue talking when a group of cavalry from the front came back.

"There are no enemies in front as far as the Onchistas River." said the general of the vanguard.This man's name is Oplemous, and he is the commander of Cassander's cavalry.

Little Antipater didn't dare to talk nonsense in front of him, so he could only hold his words back in his stomach and waved his hand bitterly: "Keep going! Go to the valley before dark!"

The cavalry got on their horses, the pikemen and light infantry also stood up from the ground, and the officers scolded the civilians and the carriages to continue marching.

This is the former army unit of Cassander's Western Route Army.

The terrain from Filai to Larissa is flat and there are no big towns in the middle. If you go in a straight line, the distance is only 50 kilometers, and it will take almost three days at a normal marching speed.

But this is the speed at which 2 soldiers and civilians march together in a large column. When there is a close enemy army watching in the dark, walking like this is courting death.

Therefore, a reasonable method is for part of the troops to move forward lightly and reach the Onchisdas River close to the city of Larissa within one day to set up camp.The large army followed at a steady pace, keeping a suitable distance, and at the end of the first day, they camped only half a day's journey from the front army.

The Eastern Route Army led by Philip has not gone far yet and is still slowly crossing the hilly areas of Mount Pelion. The three of them are almost an acute triangle.

Just as Oplemous said, no enemies were encountered along the way, and the former army arrived near the Onchistas River at dusk unharmed.

They found a relatively high terrain and formed a circle around the cart. The officers directed some peasants to start digging trenches and erecting fences. However, the wood was far from enough to erect a camp wall, so another group led the farmers with soldiers. Go and cut wood nearby.

The courier who had just been sent to the rear army to report that he was safe was suddenly reported by a sentry that he had seen enemy cavalry.

"I knew it!" cried little Antipater, "Where is it? Take me to see it!"

A dozen riders came out of the formation, and the sentry rider pointed, "It's over there. He took one look at us from a distance and left."

"Why are they in the east?" Oplemous said. "When did Pyrrhus's men go around to the east?"

"You are not mistaken, are you?" asked little Antipater.

The sentry rider suddenly became embarrassed: "Maybe I saw it wrong. The man was not wearing armor. He seemed to be a herdsman, but he was holding a spear..."

Glaucias said: "Nine times out of ten, those people are Pyrrhus. Don't be careless."

At this time, another scream came from a distance.

"What's going on?" asked little Antipater, "Where did the fight start?"

Oplemous looked in the direction: "It's a team going to chop wood!"

A group of people hurried to the other side of the camp.The view here is very good, and you can see fields, trees, and rivers in the distance.I saw soldiers and farmers busy in the distance near the woods, as if there was nothing unusual.However, a cavalry was sent over.

Before the cavalry arrived, another scream came out.Now everyone stopped what they were doing and started to move away from the woods.

After a while, I saw two people being carried out of the woods from a distance.

The cavalryman ran back to report and handed over two sharpened branches with blood still on them.

"Two alert soldiers fell into the hunter's trap, and the team officer is already checking for other traps in the forest."

The three generals looked at each other, feeling uneasy.

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The camp was finally set up, but the army was already in panic.

Glaucias forcefully ordered the light cavalry to take turns to go out on guard at night. The Macedonians were okay, but the Thracians excused themselves in every possible way, saying that this was against the rules.Little Antipater was so angry that he almost used a knife.

But as the night darkened, news of the attack on the sentries came from all directions. Although there was not much actual loss, the Macedonians were unwilling to go out.

This was also a last resort. These days, there was no rule about sending cavalry to guard at night. The three generals could no longer force themselves, otherwise the soldier would get angry and kill the three of them and go to Pyrrhus.They could only order more torches to be set up outside the village wall.

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At this moment, Pyrrhus was also complaining.

He wanted to launch a night attack, but he also spent a lot of effort to convince the soldiers. Even Hippias and others did not agree.

Most of the heavy infantry and heavy cavalry were unwilling to come at all, so that a good night attack could only be turned into a night harassment.

Pyrrhus made another note for them in his little notebook.

In comparison, light cavalry, pikemen, and light infantry are really much more pleasing to the eye.

Fighting at night is indeed very risky, so he did not dare to bring more people, and only brought 2000 people.

Among them, 500 are the cavalry of the Alpha team. Their task is to drive away the enemy's possible sentries and do not directly participate in the night attack. After all, Pyrrhus himself is a little afraid of riding horses at night.

The remaining 1000 people were all selected from the infantry armies. These people were the main force and were divided into two groups to attack from two directions.

There are also 500 people who are the mounted infantry led by Oandros. These people are only responsible for receiving.

It is simply impossible for 1000 people to attack a camp of almost 6000 enemies during the day.

But humans are such magical creatures. Just because of the inconvenience of vision, they can no longer unite together.

The moon in the sky is very small, and this light is just enough to discredit the assembly of 500 soldiers.The fire from the enemy camp in the distance just weakened their own vision.

Pyrrhus looked at the torches outside the camp and couldn't help but chuckle to himself. This time, the source of the fire was also eliminated.

The current group is led by him personally.

500 people wearing short cloaks and holding a small piece of wood in their mouths were divided into 25 camps and each lined up in a column.

The captains were shoulder to shoulder in front; and the soldiers, led by the captain, grabbed the cloaks of the people in front one by one and advanced slowly towards the brightly lit enemy camp.