In the Battle of Salami, the Wu army won a complete victory, sinking nearly 300 warships of the Greek fleet and capturing more than 100 ships. The Greek navy was almost completely wiped out, and only a small number broke out of the encirclement and fled back to the Greek peninsula.

Under Qing Ji's order, the Wu Western Expedition Corps pursued the victory and broke through the Greek coastal Great Wall from Athens to Piraeus. They landed at Marathon and quickly arrived at the city of Athens.

The most famous place in Athens is the Acropolis.

The Acropolis is located on the Acropolis hill in the center of Athens and was built in 580 BC.

This acropolis was a fortress used to prevent foreign invasion. There were walls built around the top of the mountain. However, more than ten years ago, during the Greco-Persian War, the Athenians abandoned their hometown and traveled far away, so the city of Athens was burned to the ground by the Persians.

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After the defeat of the Persians, the Athenians returned to their hometown and began reconstruction work. However, it had not yet restored to its original state, but the most basic defense facilities were very complete.

After the Wu army surrounded the city of Athens, Qingji did not immediately order an attack on the city. Instead, he asked the army to camp and wait for the right time before making plans.

Night falls.

At this time, in the central tent of the Wu army, Qing Ji was discussing strategies to defeat the enemy with Wu Ji, Wu Ming, Sun Di and other Wu generals.

"Your Majesty, Ephialtes is on his way to Athens with the Greek coalition forces. He will probably arrive tomorrow."

Wu Ming reported to Qingji: "I believe that our army can take advantage of the great victory to break through the city of Athens in one battle, and finally fight to the death with the main force of the Greek coalition!"

In this regard, the emperor's grandson Wu Ji had different opinions and said to Qingji: "Grandfather and grandson of the emperor think that it is not difficult to break the city of Athens."

"The Greek coalition forces only number tens of thousands, but they still cannot be underestimated. After our army defeats the main force of the Greek coalition forces, it will not be too late to capture the city of Athens."

"good."

At this point, Qingji still won't take it lightly.

As the leader of all Greece, the city-state of Athens had a territory of approximately 1,600 square meters and a population of 250,000 during its heyday in ancient Athens.

At the same time, Corinth had a population of 90,000, Argos had about 45,000 people, and some city-states had only 5,000 people or less.

Athens has not yet reached its heyday, so Qingji estimates that the population of Athens will not exceed 200,000, maybe more than 100,000.

In a mere small area, the Wu army could still win a decisive battle.

"Wu Ji, is there any battle report from Wu Zhang?"

Qingji set his sights on Wu Ji.

"Reporting to the emperor's grandfather, the King of Liao has led his troops into Macedonia and is fighting the Macedonians. Thrace has also poured out its troops to help the Macedonians resist the attack of my Western Expedition. It is estimated that it will be carried out in the next two days.

decisive battle."

"good."

Qingji nodded slightly.

…

The next day, in the wilderness outside Athens, Wu's Western Expeditionary Army confronted the Greek coalition forces.

The total strength of the Wu army exceeds 190,000, while the Greek coalition only has more than 70,000 troops. There is a huge difference in strength!

With a "swish" sound, Qingji, who was sitting on the military chariot, pulled out the Longyuan Sword from his waist, pointed at the Greek coalition formation opposite, and said loudly: "Soldiers, the time has come for you to make contributions!"

"Sacrifice me, Da Wu, with the blood of your enemies! Dye your robes! Glory to Da Wu!"

"Start the war!"

"kill!"

Following Qing Ji's order, the elite soldiers of the Wu army who had been preparing for the attack rushed towards the enemy on the opposite side like a flood that had opened a gate.

The Greeks also held a shield in one hand and a spear in the other, and charged straight at the Wu army in a strict square formation.

"Pfft!"

"Whoosh!"

From the beginning of the battle, it was a very bloody scene.

Relying on the belief in protecting their homeland and their country, as well as years of military training, the soldiers of the Greek army have very strong individual combat capabilities. In one-on-one situations, they did not lose at all against Wu's soldiers.

It is worth mentioning that the first batch of Wu troops who rushed out were actually Lydians, Syrians, Egyptians, Assyrians, Persians and other foreign races who were organized into armies.

Their fighting power cannot be underestimated, and their weapons and equipment are sharper than the Greeks, but they can still only draw a tie.

As for these aliens, Qing Ji didn't actually care how many casualties they had.

Seeing that the battle situation was in a stalemate, Qingji waved his hand again and asked the first batch of foreign soldiers who rushed to retreat. After that, the real warriors of the Wu army came out.

The warriors of the Wu army formed an indestructible shield array and formed several arrow arrays at the same time.

"Fire the arrow!"

"Boohoo!"

The crossbow arrows thrown by the crossbow spread all over the entire dome for a while, and thousands of arrows were fired at once. The dense arrows made people with trypophobia tremble and even faint from fear.

"Pfft!"

"ah!"

"Pfft!"

The sharp crossbow arrows fell quickly, killing hundreds of Greek coalition soldiers.

Their weapons and armor are relatively poor.

The battle helmet was okay and covered tightly, but the rest of the breastplate, knee armor, wrist guards, etc. were all made of copper. They were still in the Bronze Age and could not withstand the sharp penetrating power of Wu Jun's crossbow arrows.

As soon as the crossbow arrows were fired, the armor on their bodies was like paper. It was penetrated in an instant, bleeding continued, and they fell into a pool of blood.

Many Greeks were shot directly into hedgehogs and died of anger.

Wu Jun's sharp crossbows were like cutting leeks, cutting off the Greek soldiers one after another.

After several waves of arrows, the Greek coalition forces suffered at least thousands of casualties!

However, the Greeks still stubbornly continued to rush towards Wu Jun.

The Greeks lacked war horses, so land battles basically relied on running on two legs and running wildly. Some people with excellent archery skills did not forget to unfurl their bows and nock arrows while running, hoping to retaliate against the Wu army.

It's just that the gap between bows and crossbows is not that big.

The Athenians were culturally advanced and once developed Wu's crossbows. The results were successful, but the specific details were not grasped. Therefore, the range and power of their crossbows were still completely incomparable with the Wu army's crossbows.

It can only be regarded as a "copycat"...

Seeing the Greeks getting closer and closer, Qingji did not panic at all, waved his hand and said: "Firegun soldiers, come out!"

As the command flag moved, the Wu army's formation changed rapidly. A huge gap was revealed in the shield array, and then two rows of firecrackers stood up. Three thousand firecrackers rushed over with their firecrackers pointed at them.

of enemies.

"Fire!"

"Bang bang bang bang!"

As the smoke filled the air, projectiles poured out one after another. The Greeks who were caught off guard on the opposite side were hit by the projectiles before they could react. They fell straight into a pool of blood and died with their eyes open...
Chapter completed!