I am the son of the traveler

Chapter 118 Winter
Winter is here as expected.

A cold current went south from the north of Oglell and swept across the entire peninsula. Those tribes who were not prepared for the cold suffered one after another. Their poultry were frozen to death in the pen, and the roofs were crushed by the snow. Buried by snow-covered ruins, or frozen to death by the roadside.

Driven by the severe cold, the barbarian tribes in the north had to leave their homes and go south along the road traveled by the Macedonian Legion to ask for help from the Macedonian officials in Greatpolis or Lamia. The local officials did not dare to neglect, but they did not dare To the effect of putting everyone into the city, they first opened the city gates to let some old, weak, sick and disabled people live in the city, while the healthier people uniformly arranged to build shacks outside the city and distribute fuel for heating.

At the same time, they also sent a messenger to report the incident to Pella.

Arcelos City and other new cities have no large-scale disasters because of their stone buildings. The civilians are hiding in warm and safe homes, sitting on the stove to keep warm, or hugging their beloved lovers, lying on the bed. Exercise——After winter, Antigonus will be surprised to find that the national pregnancy rate has greatly increased, and countless newborns will be born after ten months.

The messenger from the north quickly sent the request for help to Antigon, which caught Antigon off guard. He never thought that the barbarian tribes in the north would be so weak that they couldn't even survive a simple winter and needed to ask him for help. He actually overestimated those barbarians. In previous years, these barbarian tribes would experience large-scale frostbite and frostbite every winter. They are old, weak, sick and disabled with poor physique, and this year because of the intervention of the war, they did not grab too many supplies to support them through the winter, so they could only ask for help from the nominal suzerain Macedonians.

No matter how puzzled he was, Antigonus still retrieved a batch of winter supplies from the warehouse in Pella City, recruited several companies of heavy infantry to escort them, and let them go on the road.

……

A few days later, the convoy passed through Arcelos and arduously headed north along the simple dirt road covered with heavy snow. The companion cavalry Cenares, who was appointed as the commander-in-chief, rode on his beloved horse and looked at the continuous convoy and packages behind him. The heavy infantrymen in animal skin coats opened their mouths and continued to move forward despite the snowflakes falling from the sky.

"This damn weather, it's really cold." The heavy infantry battalion commander Sopolis beside him spat, and when he spoke, the hot air he exhaled turned into white mist.

"Don't complain, save some energy and save the journey. I'm afraid we will have to walk for several days to make this forest, and then we will have to cross the plain of Serekia, and we will have to walk for a long time to reach Lamia. I don’t know if there are warm stoves and enthusiastic barbarian girls waiting for us when we get there.”

"Damn it, Cenares, it's not like you haven't been to Lamia. What else is there besides a pile of dilapidated buildings left by the barbarians? And are you sure you're interested in those black and strong barbarian women. Sopolis complained mercilessly, "The arms of those barbarian women are almost as thick as my thighs!"

"It's not that exaggerated anymore, Sopolis." Cenaris couldn't laugh or cry, he stretched out his hand to pat his colleague on the shoulder, but at this moment, the vision suddenly changed!
There were bursts of roars from the forest on both sides of the road, and then countless arrows and javelins flew out of the forest, shooting at the Macedonian heavy infantry marching hard on the road!
"Enemy attack! Enemy attack!"

In just one meeting, the heavy infantry walking outside were shot down dozens of people. Cenaris on the horse hurriedly stopped the horse, drew out his sword and shouted loudly, then he got off his horse and hid behind the horse. Behind—he knew very well in his heart that if he continued to stay on the horseback, he would be waiting for death. That was a very conspicuous target!

"Enemy attack! Enemy attack!"

"Array! Array!"

The officers in the queue roared loudly, rallied the soldiers around them, and formed a hedgehog circle around the carriages filled with supplies, watching the forests on both sides with vigilance.

"Guard the carriage! Be vigilant!"

Standing in a circular formation, Battalion Commander Sopolis shouted loudly, his eyes fixed on the bare and white forest. In the cold winter, the forest has lost the perfect cover of branches and leaves. Make those who hide inside have nowhere to hide.

A few seconds later, almost straight up from the ground, a large number of barbarian soldiers emerged from the snow in an instant, brandishing tomahawks and swords and roaring towards the Macedonian army on the road, watching this scene, holding shields Sopolis pulled out the sword from his waist and roared angrily, "Meet the enemy!"

"call!"

The shieldless and armorless barbarian infantry roared as they collided head-on with the already prepared Macedonian heavy infantry. The huge impact almost knocked over some of the heavy infantry soldiers, but they quickly stabilized their bodies and used The strength of his body holds up the shield, and the spear in his hand crosses the shield and stabs outward.An experienced Macedonian veteran looked at the enemy who was rushing towards him and jumped in an attempt to knock him down. He did not panic at all. He stabilized his feet, held the spear tightly with both hands, and stabbed the enemy who was still in mid-air. , the spear pierced into the body of the barbarian warrior almost instantly, and the spear head emerged from his back, bringing out a bloody arrow.

The ambush of this wave of barbarian infantry did not seem to be premeditated, or in other words, their fighting will was not firm, and the battle lasted less than 10 minutes. Those barbarian infantry left a large number of corpses and retreated in the direction they came from. , Cenaris stared at their retreating direction for a few seconds, then withdrew his gaze, wiped off the blood on the dagger with his robe, inserted it back into the scabbard, and ordered to the soldiers.

"Clear the battlefield and look for survivors."

About 5 minutes later, the battalion commander Sopolis came over. He pointed to the corpses of the barbarians piled up at random not far away, and said: "Cenaris, the barbarians who attacked us left 34 corpses. From the survivors’ inquiries, it is certain that they are from the Sisis tribe in the west, because the tribe suffered a snowstorm and lost a lot of supplies, and they happened to hear that we were carrying supplies north, so they set their minds on us.”

"It's quite courageous." Cenaris said with a sneer, "They should be glad that it is still winter, otherwise, with His Majesty's temper, the barbarian tribes in the west will also be attacked by our army."

Sopolis nodded, expressing agreement with his colleagues.

"How many men have we lost?" Cenarius asked again.

"Eighteen soldiers fell in the first wave of attacks, and nine soldiers were also wounded in the ensuing battle. Later, after inspection, we had seven soldiers killed, six soldiers were seriously injured, and the rest were more or less minor injuries."

"We can't heal seriously injured soldiers." Cenarius said after thinking for a while.

"I know that in such cold weather and in the wild, they probably won't survive tonight."

"For the sake of the gods, end their suffering, Sopolis."

"..." The battalion commander was silent for a while.

"I see," he said again.

(End of this chapter)