I was a priest in the city-state era.

Chapter 324

The big tent of the tribal chief.

In this temporary palace, Roy and Harmonia are spending their second night together.

Lying in Roy's arms, Harmonia asked suspiciously.

"Honey, why didn't you destroy the Ferris tribe like you destroyed the Atamas tribe?"

"Because I want to raise an army of cavalry."

Roy said without any concealment.

"If you want to have cavalry, you must first have qualified war horses. I think the Ferris tribe, as a nomad, is a suitable horse breeder. Since they have not harmed the Pilaski people, I don't mind giving them a chance to survive. .”

"Not chariot soldiers but cavalry?"

"My cavalry army will use saddles and stirrups, an advanced unit more than 1000 years ahead of chariot soldiers. With the cavalry army, I can truly defeat the nomads on the grassland."

The defeat of the Dorians in Thessaly was not a real defeat of the nomads in Roy's view.

Because the Dorians were so close to the Kingdom of Athens, there wasn't much logistical pressure to attack the Dorians.

The biggest test of the war between the farming peoples and the nomadic peoples is that the long depth of the nomadic peoples thousands of miles away can drag down the supply lines of the farming peoples.

If Roy led a group of infantry to expedition against the nomads thousands of miles away, I'm afraid that if they didn't even see the nomads, Roy's army would starve to death first.

In order to fight the nomads thousands of miles away, Roy had to use cavalry against cavalry.

"Harmonia, you look like you have something on your mind."

"Um……"

Harmonia said with a worried face.

"Honey, you once said [rare things are more expensive]. I used to be the only blonde girl around you, and now there are more and more blonde girls around you, and you can even make hundreds of young and beautiful The blond girl entered the palace to serve you. Will my status by your side become lower and lower in the future?"

"How could you have such an idea?"

Roy couldn't help laughing.

"I'm not a person who likes the new and dislikes the old! To make you feel at ease, I promise not to let those blond Doric girls enter my palace. Even Heller and Alcestis, I can drive them away."

"Please do not!"

Harmonia immediately shook her head and said.

"Heller and Alcetis are not only noble tribal princesses, but also beautiful blond girls. If you drive them away for me, you will definitely blame me when you regret it in the future. Dear! As long as your heart With me, I am already satisfied."

the next day.

Roy set off again with [-] Iron Lancers, targeting the Aeolus tribe in the east.

If it was on foot, it would take at least three days for Roy's Iron Spearmen to reach the city of Aiolkas in order to maintain their combat effectiveness.

With war horses as a means of transportation, Roy's army set off in the morning and arrived outside the city of Aiolkas at noon.

The Atamas tribe was wiped out by Roy, and the Ferris tribe was conquered by Roy, which obviously aroused the vigilance of the Aeolus and Phthia tribes.

Roy's army came outside the city of Aiolkas, and [-] Dorian knights rushed out from the city of Aiolkas to meet them. This was obviously the result of the joint efforts of the Aiolus and Phthia tribes. Number of cavalry.

"dismount!"

Looking at the four thousand Dorian knights opposite, Roy immediately made the decision to dismount.

Because Roy's soldiers can ride on horseback, fighting against Dorian knights on horseback will not only have no advantage, but will also affect their own strength.

Seeing Roy leading the soldiers off the horse, the knights of the Phthia tribe immediately brightened their eyes.

Now that they can't defeat Roy's army, they can also leave on fast horses to ensure that they will not suffer too many casualties.

After all, the Phthia tribe and the Aeolus tribe belonged to different tribes. Of course, the knights of the Phthia tribe would not fight to the death for the Aeolus tribe.

The knights of the Phthia tribe can escape when they lose the war, but the knights of the Aeolus tribe cannot escape, because behind them is the city of Aiolkas where their parents, wives and children live.

Roy let his soldiers dismount and fight because of the city of Aiolkas, the knights of the Aiolus and Phthia tribes had to face Roy's army head-on.

After Roy's iron spearmen began to approach the city of Aiolkas, a 400-man cavalry team launched a tentative attack on Roy's army.

When the cavalry team was only 50 meters away from Roy's army, Roy took the lead in throwing wooden spears at the cavalry team.

brush brush brush brush --

The wooden spears came flying like raindrops. Some Dorian knights were hit by the wooden spears and fell off their horses directly.

Some war horses were hit by wooden spears, and they fell to the ground with their knights.

Most of this 400-man cavalry team was killed and injured before they rushed to the front of Roy's army.

When the remaining more than 100 knights rushed in front of Roy's army, Roy's army had already formed a gun battle formation, aiming their shining spear blades at Dorian knights.

Even if Dorian knights have the will to fear death, it doesn't mean that their war horses can restrain their survival instincts.

Many war horses rushed to Roy's gun forest and stopped their gallop. The knights on horseback were all stabbed to death by Roy's soldiers.

Aeolus, the leader of the Aeolian tribe, Eurytion, the leader of the Phthia tribe, Chiron, the high priest of the Dorians, and Aeacus, the son-in-law of Chiron, saw that the 400-man cavalry team was killed by Roy's iron spear. Aeolus was the first to frown at the picture of the soldiers solving the problem.

"If there were a tool to hold our knights on their horses, they would not be knocked off their horses by the enemy's wooden spear."

Eurytion continued.

"If there is a kind of metal armor protecting the knight's body, they can ignore the enemy's attack."

Chiron couldn't help laughing.

"We don't even have metal weapons. How can we afford to make metal armor to protect the knight's body?"

Aacos said with a lack of confidence.

"I think not only the knight's body needs protection, but even the war horse needs armor protection."

Everyone expressed their thoughts, Aeolus said with a wry smile.

"Everyone is right, but it's a pity that our knights don't have everything they need. Except for the advantage of speed, our knights have lost to our enemies in all other aspects. How can we defeat the enemy next?"

"Let our knights also dismount and fight."

Chiron said with a solemn face.

"Our soldiers all dismounted to fight, and they can still defeat the enemy by relying on numerical superiority. If our soldiers continue to fight on horseback, they have no possibility of defeating the enemy at all."

After Aeolus and Eurytion exchanged glances, the two immediately issued an order.

After the [-] Dorian knights dismounted, they immediately raised their long wooden spears to face Roy's Iron Spearmen.

Just when the war was about to break out, Chiron raised his hands and shouted.

"Great ancestor Hieron [Prometheus]! You are a god with foresight. You once guided us to leave our hometown with a harsh environment and come to the fertile and rich Thessaly Plain. Now I ask you to help us defeat the abominable enemy."

(End of this chapter)