total war rise of empire

Chapter 97
"kill!!!"

"Ah ah ah ah..."

Driven by the officers hiding among them, the Crusader cannon fodder survived three rounds of arrows and finally reached the garrison formation under the city of Megara. A completely different shout suddenly resounded throughout the world!

Those who shouted to kill were the soldiers of the Seris Renaissance Army, and those who shouted randomly to vent their fear were the slaves of Pylos and the street boys with weak willpower among the cannon fodder of the Crusaders...

The Crusader cannon fodder climbed over the low wall of sheep and horses using both hands and feet, and then a hole was poked out by the Siris spearmen waiting behind!
Alibach knew very well how deceitful the fighting will of these farmers and soldiers temporarily recruited from the noble lords was. Behind them, he deployed a real elite soldier to serve as a supervising team. Any soldiers who turned around and fled could not escape them. Broadsword and long sword!
These war supervisors were standing just outside the effective range of bows and arrows on the walls of Megara!
The performance of the Pylos slaves was even worse than Lei Zihao expected. When the Crusaders rushed over, many of the Pylos slaves holding wooden shields were so frightened that they collapsed on the ground, pouring out feces...

The people of Pylos who are willing to be oppressed by Lei Zihao to become slaves are mostly cowards. At this time, facing the scene of so many people stabbing each other at close range, it is not uncommon for them to be scared to pee...

Standing on a hidden high point, Lei Zihao looked at the performance of the Pylos slaves in the formation below the city, and knew that his attempt this time was basically a failure...

"Those farmer conscripts are just numb and thoughtless. They still have some courage to be forced to desperately desperately, but these Pylos slaves are probably useless except for work..."

Under the continuous falling boulders, the infantry phalanx with Pylos slaves under the city could reach nearly [-] people, and the resistance was far less reliable than Lei Zihao imagined!
It's not that the soldiers of the Siris Renaissance Army don't work hard, it's just because they work hard that they can persevere!

The pension given by Lei Zihao for those who died in battle was very fair. Encouraged by the dual motivations of national survival and material interests, these Seris soldiers stabbed people very 6.
It's a pity that the slaves of Pyrrhus, who account for the majority of the people, can't even do something as simple as raising a shield!

The infantry phalanx under the city is very tight. Basically, two Pylos slaves have a large wooden shield, and each Seris spearman can be protected by two large wooden shields!

The spear only needs to poke through the gap between the wooden shields!
The idea is beautiful, but the fight is very irritating!

Leaving aside those Pylos slaves who were directly frightened and paralyzed on the ground, facing more and more crusaders cannon fodder than themselves, more and more people climbed over the wall of sheep and horses. The heart of these Pylos slaves collapsed faster than It was beyond Lei Zihao's imagination!

If it wasn't for the Siris soldiers who stabbed to death all the Pylos slaves who turned and fled, the phalanx would have collapsed long ago...

Of course, the Celestian spearmen can maintain the phalanx, and it has a lot to do with not fighting the Crusaders cannon fodder. These Crusader cannon fodders dare not turn around and become deserters, but when facing each other, they will use all their attacking strength. It's very simple to defend!

However, the crusaders' cannon fodder was continuously thrown into the new army, and the crowd behind them surged up. The cannon fodder in front couldn't move forward. Many people were unlucky enough to be pushed directly to the tip of the Serris soldiers' spears by the 'friendly troops' behind. superior!

At the same time, the rain of arrows on the city wall has been shooting at a constant speed. The archers on the city wall of Megara don’t have to worry about accidental injuries. The crowd of crusaders’ cannon fodder is thick. Will suffice……

Twenty thousand people crowded under the city of Megara. The archers under Lei Zihao's command had to worry about how long they could continue shooting, rather than whether they could hit the target...

Under the shooting of the arrow rain, the crusaders cannon fodder paid a great price. The Siris spearmen under the city didn't actually kill many people. Most of the crusaders cannon fodder who died were the archers on the city wall!

Of course, during this period, hundreds of soldiers on and below the walls of Megara also became the 'sauce' under the boulder.

After the fierce battle lasted for an hour, the Crusaders had to retreat under the heavy casualties. Alibach did not expect that the continuous attack of tens of thousands of people did not flatten the infantry phalanx under the city of Megara!

However, after the tide of crusader cannon fodder receded, the gate of Megara City was slowly raised, and the surviving Siris spearmen returned to the city one after another, including the slaves of Pylos who were lucky enough to survive!

Before the start of the war, nearly 5000 troops formed a phalanx under the city. After returning, there were only less than [-] left...

Although most of them were Pylos slaves killed by Seris soldiers and Crusader levies, among them, more than a thousand Siris spearmen were killed or injured!

It can be said that the establishment of the Siris Revival Army under the city has been disabled!
Fortunately, in the military system established by Lei Zihao, every level above the captain has a large number of substitute deputy positions. These Siris soldiers with a broken system can barely maintain their combat effectiveness. As long as they take a rest, it is better to go to the battlefield to continue fighting. no problem!

Compared with the fighting spirit of the Seris soldiers, the Pylos slaves who returned to the city seemed to have lost their souls, and many of them still smelled of excrement and urine, which made Lei Zihao very annoyed!

After the Pylos slaves returned to the city, a group of Pylos slaves who performed poorly were pulled out in public and had their heads chopped off!
This is a warning to the slaves of Pylos in the city, let them know that if they dare to cut corners in this battle, they will be decapitated anytime, anywhere!
Alibach was not surprised that Megara City withdrew its infantry phalanx. Although it was novel that the formation below the opponent's city was not defeated by tens of thousands of troops, anyone with a discerning eye could see that the Megara City infantry under the city was approaching its limit. , not only the casualties, but also the weakening of physical strength and morale!
Unless the Serisians pulled out another group of fresh troops to defend the city to form an infantry phalanx, they had no choice but to withdraw to the city for defense.

Compared with Lei Zihao's losses, the attacking Crusaders left nearly [-] corpses under the city this time. Many of them were seriously injured and were sent away by the Seris spearmen who were clearing the battlefield...

This is the cruelty of ancient wars. Due to the backwardness of medical conditions, most of the wounded and unable to run soldiers can only watch the victors execute themselves on the spot!

In ancient wars, even intact prisoners of war were at risk, not to mention these injured soldiers who could not move easily. Even in the eyes of their own generals, such soldiers were a burden!

Alibach didn't care about the Crusaders' losses. After resting for a few hours, the real siege began!

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