king of war

Chapter 32 Smoke Tactics
(seek collection, recommendation ticket, investment)
Tonight is another bloody night.

Qin Rongshuai said with emotion, he glanced out of the corner of his eye, and suddenly saw a few figures in the distance, who looked suspicious, and were sneaking towards the temple.

"Hey, it's Senator Theron."

Leonidas also noticed those people, and quickly grabbed Qin Rongshuai. The two hid behind a marble pillar and observed secretly.

After a group of people approached, it turned out that Congressman Theron was walking in the front, followed by a fat man with a big belly, dressed as a Persian, and a few Persian soldiers behind him, carrying heavy bags.There was the sound of metal colliding while walking, and through the gaps in the bag, you could still see the glittering golden light.

Leonidas looked at this strange combination thoughtfully, and walked into the Temple of Delphi. He patted Qin Rongshuai on the shoulder, "Qin, you bring your people here, I'll call people."

Qin Rongshuai was overjoyed when he heard this, he was very happy, it meant that things could not go well, he was afraid that Leonidas would pretend not to see, the more people he called now, the better.

There are also conservatives in the Spartan city-state. They believe that this war has nothing to do with Sparta. It was Athens that intervened in the uprising in Asia Minor. It was Athens that defeated Persia in the Marathon Plain in the last Greco-Persian War.

This time, under the banner of revenge for the late king, Xerxes said that he would flatten Athens. Everything was caused by Athens. What does it have to do with Sparta and me?
Moreover, the rear of the Spartan city-state is not stable, and the root cause lies in the large number of Helots.Heilos is the name of the slaves of the Spartan city-state. The Spartans were not the local aborigines. After they went south to conquer the local people, they turned the aborigines and the conquered leaders into slaves.

These slaves were state-owned and were fixed on the land to perform heavy manual labor. During wartime, they were also drafted to fight with the army. Their lives were miserable. Sparta often brutally killed helots, which often caused riots and uprisings among the helots.

The population of Heilos is as high as 25, and when Sparta had the largest population, it was only 9000 households, and the most mobilized troops were only 3 to [-]. The pressure can be imagined.

The maximum number of troops that can be fought against Persia is 40, while the Persian army is said to be one million. Even at a discount, there are [-] to [-]. There is a huge disparity in strength between the two sides, which is why conservatives are worried.

There is no benefit to winning, and the country may perish if you lose, and the benefits are not equal at all.

There are quite a few conservatives, and the representative is Congressman Theron. This is why Leonidas was afraid of Theron before, but he didn't expect this guy to be too conservative, and he directly joined the Persian camp.

Less than 10 minutes later, Leonidas ran back with ten people, and quietly hid aside to ambush.Leonidas came over and said to Qin Rongshuai, "Qin, my friend, let's make a battle plan now. When the Persians come out of the temple, they will be divided into two teams with the Order God, and we will deal with a team of enemies. , How about you against the other team?"

Qin Rongshuai agreed, he brought Qin Ruishi and the Amazon female warrior, even if they were all killed, it would not be a problem.

But what happened next left him dumbfounded. Ten minutes later, Theron walked out of the temple with a few Persians in a satisfied expression. Seeing this, Leonidas roared and led them to jump And out went straight to Theron and killed him.

Leonidas, you...

If anyone tells me that Spartans are upright again, I will fool them.

Leonidas surrounded Theron and the Persians on the spot, catching traitors and doubles, thieves and stolen goods, and Theron was directly caught.It is the king's duty to punish the traitors and eliminate the traitors, and there are only a few people on Theron's side.

Qin Rongshuai rolled his eyes, he didn't want to be attached to the affairs of the temple at all, but that's just right, I don't care about the gold and silver treasures in the temple of Delphi.

With a whistle, Qin Rongshuai led his men and rushed directly to the main entrance of the temple.

The guards guarding the temple were shocked when they saw a group of people rushing out of the darkness, "Who are you, stop!"

"Ouch, ah!", the screams sounded one after another, and several guards were knocked to the ground by a wave of arrows.

At this time, the god guards who heard the movement in the main hall rushed out of the main hall with weapons. Before they could see the situation clearly, there was a dense wave of arrows raining on them, and they immediately fell down.He reacted quickly and immediately raised his shield, retreated quickly, and shrank in the hall, refusing to come out again.

After a while, no one could be seen outside the main hall except for the guards who were killed and wounded all over the place.All I could hear was someone inside constantly giving orders, and the sound of chaotic footsteps running around.

Seeing that the situation was deadlocked, Qin Ruishi raised his shield and pressed towards the entrance of the hall. Unexpectedly, before he could get close, several arrows were shot out from the hall. The sharp arrows nailed the large cowhide shield hard. Qin Ruishi He immediately became furious and raised his crossbow in retaliation. Unfortunately, it was blocked by the opposite shield and had no effect.

Just as Qin Ruishi wanted to move on, he was called back by Qin Rongshuai. At this time, it is meaningless to attack by force, and it may cause casualties. After all, Qin Rongshuai is a good boss who puts people first.

"Come here!" Qin Rongshuai grinned, "Since you don't want to come out, then don't come out, go, collect dry firewood and oil, and keep them warm."

Five Qin Rui soldiers blocked the main entrance, and the others scattered around to find weeds, branches and other flammable materials, and brought them over and piled them directly at the entrance of the temple.

During the period, the people in the temple wanted to rush out to stop them several times, but they were all shot back by Qin Ruishi's strong crossbow. The crossbow's range is farther than that of bows and arrows.

After rushing several times and losing more than a dozen guards, there was nothing to gain, so the people in the temple stopped rushing out and let the door pile up higher and higher.

Seeing that it was almost done, Qin Rongshuai took out a lighter and lit the haystack one person tall. Due to the influence of the Mediterranean climate, the plants here are basically evergreen plants, and the branches and weeds brought back are not easy to burn. If it is not watered The kerosene wouldn't light at all.But after lighting it, there was a puff of thick smoke in an instant.

"Come here!" Qin Rongshuai looked at the billowing smoke very excitedly, "Find some fans and fan them hard for me."

The ancient Greek buildings were basically built of stones, and it was useless to burn them with fire. Qin Rongshuai's real purpose was to smoke them. Fearing that the other party would not be satisfied, Qin Rongshuai even sprinkled a handful of chili noodles on the fire.

The Temple of Delphi is often built on the hillside. At night, the mountain wind is especially strong. The wind blocked the fire and the thick smoke directly penetrated into the temple. The added smoke smeared on the face.

The people in the temple were soon choked out of their minds and kept shouting, "We surrender, we surrender."

Only then did Qin Rongshuai give the order to put out the fire, and released the people from the Delphi Temple. The person from the Order of God crawled out half-breathed, paralyzed on the square of the temple, gasping for fresh air, as if Like a fish that wants to be dried to death.

And during this process, Leonidas and his guards watched the whole process, as if they didn't see it, they only tortured Senator Theron and the Persians.

Seeing that the Temple of Delphi had surrendered, Qin Rongshuai rushed in like a hungry dog, ignoring the thick smoke that had not completely dissipated.

Here comes the treasure!
(End of this chapter)