total war rise of empire

Chapter 38 Under the Unexpected Encounter

Even the Kingdom of Seris, which is not popular in the human world, can arm a group of heavily armored troops. If it is a country in the mainstream world of human beings, wouldn't it be all a group of iron cans?

I rely on!

In that case, even the Spartans can't break the defense!

Forget it, let’s not think about this painful future, let’s get rid of these ‘Bronze Age’ Pylos people in front of us first...

The fighting style of the Pylos is obviously similar to the fighting style of the Greeks in Lei Zihao's previous earth history. The Greek heavy infantry phalanx advancing steadily like a wall, and the large shield that can cover half of the body looks It feels so safe...

However, the Pylos people seem to be very iron-deficient. Whether it is a shield, helmet or armor, they don't even have an iron sheet, and even their weapons are made of bronze!
Li Qingmei seemed to have guessed Lei Zihao's doubts, and explained later: "The land producing iron in the Greek peninsula has been ceded by the Kingdom of Seris, and the area where the city-state of Pylos lives has no iron ore, so their weapons can only be used. Bronze."

"Don't the people of Pylos have boats? Can't they row to the human continent to trade iron?"

Lei Zihao couldn't help asking back.

Li Qingmei sneered at the Pylos soldiers who were advancing, and said sarcastically, "The Pylos people can't even afford to eat, so how can there be trade items that human nobles can look up to to buy iron?
Iron is a strategic material among countries, and it is forbidden to sell it. Without the approval of the kings and nobles of various countries, it is impossible to transport a catty of iron!
This is also the reason for the lack of iron in the Orc Empire. The number of half-orc legions is large and consumes a lot of iron. The mines in the territory of the Orc Empire cannot supply it at all!
The areas that really have a lot of iron materials are all in the areas controlled by human countries and dwarf countries, which is why the human world is called the center of the continent!
However, I heard that after the night elves were expelled to the east, they conquered many lands and acquired many iron ore producing areas. "

Sure enough, the Greek peninsula in this world is fundamentally different from the Greek peninsula on earth. The Greek peninsula on earth will not be so iron-deficient!

No, it should be said that except for a few places, the world lacks iron ore!

Lei Zihao couldn't help but feel lucky that he owns an iron mine. Without this iron mine, he might have to fight with stones...

At this time, the phalanx of the Pylos people finally rushed up the hillside, and the Qin crossbowmen who had been waiting for a long time shot their crossbow arrows immediately after they approached a hundred steps!

The crossbow arrows shot straight into the bronze armor and shields, which were not very defensive. The armor-breaking ability of the crossbow was reflected at this time. Many of the seemingly thick shields were penetrated by the crossbow arrows, but the crossbow arrows penetrated the shield. The potential energy has been exhausted, unable to cause damage to the Pylos infantry behind!

In the Pylos army formation, only the first two rows of soldiers held large shields, followed by spearmen and light infantry.

Lei Zihao frowned when he saw that the shooting effect of the crossbow arrows was far inferior to that of fighting the orcs. However, the second round of crossbow arrow salvos achieved a very good effect!

The closer distance means that the armor-piercing ability of the crossbow arrows has been further enhanced. Under the second round of salvo, the bronze armor has no effect at all. Many soldiers with large shields were also penetrated by the crossbow arrows!

The Pylosian phalanx could no longer continue to stroll forward. After several incomprehensible commands, the Pylosian people began to jog and speed up!
Immediately, within a distance of more than ten meters, the third round of crossbow arrows shot head-on into the phalanx of the Pylos people!

Immediately, the soldiers in the front two rows holding their shields huffed and lay down. After the crossbow arrows were shot, the spears of the Spartan general guards on both sides also threw them over!
The Pylos once again lay down a large area!

At this time, the Pylos could no longer maintain a tight phalanx, and most of the soldiers holding their shields in front lost more than half of them, while the Thracian long-sword soldiers had already rushed up with their two-handed swords!

The long swords used by Thracian long sword soldiers are somewhat similar to Japanese samurai swords and Tang swords. They swing with both hands and have great slashing power. Without heavy armor, they cannot be defended at all!
In addition, this group of Thracian long-sword soldiers are a group of brainwashed "berrant warriors" who do not tolerate their own lives at all. When they entered the loose group of Pylos soldiers in the phalanx, they fell down instantly like tigers entering a flock of sheep. Hundreds of people!

The assault of 200 Thracian long-sword soldiers completely disrupted the attacking rhythm of the Pylos infantry. The phalanx could no longer be maintained and fell into a melee!
The Pylos infantry had to draw out their short swords and fight hand-to-hand with the madman-like Thracian long-sword soldiers!
Under the Thracian long sword, the bronze armor of the Pylos can't protect it at all, but the naked Thracian long sword soldier basically dies when stabbed by the short sword...

However, the combat effectiveness of the Thracian long-sword soldiers was significantly higher than that of the Pylos infantry. Even if the number was absolutely weak, they could still beat the Pylos!
It's just that the casualties are a bit large...

After the Thracian long swords suppressed the Pylos infantry, the Spartan general guards on both sides had already circled around the two wings of the Pylos infantry, and inserted them fiercely!

These Pylos can't even beat the Thracian long swordsman, how can they beat the Spartan general guard? !

The melee lasted less than half an hour, and the morale of these thousands of Pylos infantry collapsed and they fled backwards!
Under the command of Lei Zihao, Leonidas led the general Spartan guards to continue chasing and killing to expand the results of the battle. The Thracian long swordsmen who lost a lot met the Pylos infantry who came down from the gap in the city wall!

Of course, the Qin crossbowmen also followed!
So, the hand crossbowmen shot three times in a row, and the Thracian long swordsman charged and slashed people!
This small group of Pylos infantry numbered less than 500. After killing dozens of Thracian swordsmen, they collapsed again...

At this time, there were only more than 50 Thracian swordsmen left, but they were chasing hundreds of Pylos and hacking!
The constant morale value of this ten-star full value should not be underestimated!
However, after defeating the last group of Pylos infantry in the city, this group of Thracian long-sword soldiers seemed to feel unsatisfied. They climbed into the collapsed city wall of Megara with all their hands and feet, and rushed in with their long swords...

The task of collecting prisoners from outside was handed over to civilian husbands and Qin crossbowmen...

Until Lei Zihao led the general Spartan guards to wipe out all the Pylos infantry outside the city of Megara, the Thracian long sword soldiers who entered the city did not come out!
Feeling something was wrong, Lei Zihao rushed in with the Spartan warriors!
After entering the city, Lei Zihao discovered that there were thousands of Pylos in Megara city, fighting with the Siris militia!

Lei Zihao was shocked by the tenacity of the Serisians for the first time when he saw those Serisians who were originally civilians resisting the Pylos people at the expense of their lives!
(End of this chapter)