So this led to the massacre of the Northern Greeks in an instant, and Xerxes was already full of anger. He had been waiting for this day for countless years. How could he have the so-called kindness at this time? So far, the North has been waiting for this day for countless years.

The Greek city-state was instantly devastated by such a sophisticated Persian army, as if it had been swept away by a super flood. The only difference from being swept away by a super flood was that the ground was covered with broken limbs, blood stains, and even

It was the painful screams of countless wounded soldiers.

However, although Northern Greece is like hell at the moment, being massacred indiscriminately by the Persian army, people in other parts of Greece are not even aware of the situation here. Under the erosion of the storm, it seems that the sky is washing away this most crazy land.

The scene of massacre is so general that it makes people shudder.

After the Persian King Xerxes attacked Northern Greece, he also captured too many slaves, and these slaves became the Persian army. However, Xerxes only gave these slaves very little equipment, and more sophisticated equipment

It was in the hands of the Persians. But the slaves in Northern Greece did not dare to say anything, because this was originally the plan of the Persian King Xerxes, and they were afraid that the slaves in Northern Greece would rebel.

After doing all this, the Persian army first began to plunder the various city-states in Northern Greece. Anyway, this kind of thing has always been standard in the wars in human history. Then there were a large number of Northern Greeks.

Greek women were tortured, and of course some northern Greek slaves who newly joined the Persian army did the same thing as the Persian army, so this kind of thing is not surprising at all.

Then Xerxes asked the Persian army to rest for a while. By this time, the storm had completely stopped, the blood-red sun was shining in the sky, and the sky was filled with predatory birds flying everywhere. This was because underneath this place, human beings

There were so many corpses that the blood and rainwater on the ground flowed together, completely dyeing the entire ground red. In some places, there were many carnivorous birds staying on top of the piles of corpses, like mountains.

They all ate happily, as if they were grateful to the Persians who had killed these northern Greeks and created food for their birds.

At this moment, under the sunlight, Xerxes also thought that this was what the gods meant. So after just letting the Persian army take a short rest, it was once again approaching Central Greece. At this time, Persia originally had more than 100,000 troops.

Although the army lost some, it was replenished by more slaves from Northern Greece. At this time, except for those who escaped from Northern Greece, the Persian army had already reached a super army of 130,000 people.

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At this time, the people in Central Greece already knew about the defeat of Northern Greece, and they all looked like the current enemy. Many nobles who originally believed in money first, and even some people from the royal family, began to deal with them.

Years of gold and silver treasures, began to quickly look for the carriage, and then fled to the rear of Greece.

Although the top Greek officials have issued an order not to allow anyone to escape from the battlefield, saying that this is the will of the gods. But some people will still run away, especially wealthy people and nobles. Therefore, the top Greek officials have ordered that all those who run away will be shot to death! That's why,

Many nobles in Greece who used to be aloof and did not regard the common people as human beings were also killed at this time. The situation was even completely out of control. After all, Persia already had an army of 130,000 people. Is this a joke? So many people escaped

The royal family was also killed by higher-ups, but even so, many nobles and even members of the royal family fled Greece.

Since high-ranking officials, nobles and even wealthy people are fleeing, not to mention civilians, Greek civilians are also fleeing. So we can also say that the current situation in Greece is completely out of control, but in the end the top leaders of Greece issued an order

The order said: If we lose Greece, there is no point in escaping anywhere, this is our home and must be defended.

The rhetoric of the Greek high-level officials has indeed played a certain role, and they have also adopted new methods. The Greek high-level officials will ask the civilians and other people in the city-states near the battlefield to evacuate quickly, and then mobilize heavy troops.

Another thing is that there is such a big thing happening in Greece. The Persian army of 130,000 well-equipped troops is about to fight, so the people in the various Greek city-states have begun to stop quarreling and completely let go of them first.

They unite their personal grievances and grievances. Because they all understand the Greek city-states. If they don't unite at this time, then God only knows what will happen, right?

At this point, there were more than 30 city-states in Greece. They mobilized their armies and formed a very large army to resist the Persian army. Especially when faced with such a national crisis, the city-state of Athens first launched a military

Sparta, the city-state with the strongest military force, is the leader. The other city-states, even Athens, have recommended Sparta as the leader of this alliance. In addition, the military force of Sparta is currently the strongest in the Greek Empire.

, so no one said anything else. Even other city-states could see how serious this incident was, because there were still grievances between the city-state of Athens and the city-state of Sparta. There was a big flow before.

I, that is, ten years ago, Darius I attacked Athens, and after the Persian army landed at Marathon, the city-state of Athens asked the city-state of Sparta for assistance, but the city-state of Sparta did not provide assistance, and now they have put aside their grudges.

So no one in the other city-states said anything, which immediately confirmed that the supreme commander of the coalition of more than thirty city-states in Greece was the King of Sparta, Leonidas.

However, in the formation of a coalition among more than 30 city-states in Greece, Athens was the first to initiate it. We can also understand that the reason why the coalition was able to unite this time was only because of Athens' contribution.

It was also thanks to Athens making the right choice that it gave the Greeks a glimmer of hope. Otherwise, the Greeks would have run out long ago. The other side's Persian Empire had an army of 130,000, and they were all equipped with abnormal equipment.

So sophisticated, are you kidding them, Greece?

Therefore, the Greek civilians also had a glimmer of hope, and some even stayed. After all, not everyone likes to escape. Escape is really not fun at all. So at this time, the Greek coalition also absorbed new fighters.

Mainly civilians from various Greek city-states also joined the coalition.

Finally, in June 480 BC, the Persian army arrived at the Thermopylae Pass in northern Greece. The Thermopylae Pass was the only passage from northern Greece to Central Greece. To the west of it was a very steep mountain.

, to the east is a dangerous swamp that leads to the sea. And in the narrowest place, only one chariot can pass. It can be said that one man can guard the barrier, and ten thousand people cannot open it.

Therefore, the Thermopylae Pass is very dangerous. There are two sulfur hot springs in front of the Thermopylae Pass, so it is also called Hot Spring Pass.

Another thing is that the Greeks were still holding the Olympiad at this time. According to the customs of the Greeks, the games were above all else. Therefore, all wars were banned during the games. As a result, there were only more than 7,000 people in Thermopylae.

Soldiers guard. After King Leonidas of Sparta heard the news of the approaching Persians, he quickly led 300 Spartan warriors to come to aid. Leonidas deployed 6,000 warriors on the line of Thermopylae

, a thousand soldiers were deployed on the trail behind Thermopylae, this was to prevent the Persian army from sneak attacks from behind.

The Persian king Xerxes wrote a letter to the Spartan king Leonidas. The letter said: The Persian army is so numerous that the arrows it shoots can cover the sky. Xerxes tried to use this letter

The Greeks were frightened, but the Spartans laughed and said: That's great, we can kill in a cool place.

At this time, the King of Persia sent spies to investigate the situation of the Greeks. The spies came back and reported to Xerxes that the Greeks had piled their weapons aside, some were combing their hair, and some were still doing exercises.

The look of fighting.

But Xerxes felt very strange, and at this time a Greek traitor in the Persian army said: This is the custom of their Spartans, which means that their Spartans are going to fight to the death. Xerxes heard this

After saying this, he just snorted coldly, because King Xerxes of Persia believed that it was impossible for such a small number of people to compete with his army.

Therefore, the Persian king Xerxes issued an attack order at this time. The Persians swarmed up and tried to seize the pass. But the Spartans were condescending, holding spears and stabbing at the Persians! In an instant, many Persians died.

Because Spartan warriors are no joke. Although the Persians are very well-equipped, the Spartans are on a relatively high ground, which makes it difficult for the Persians to attack. Another reason is that this place is too narrow, and the Persians

The army simply couldn't take advantage of it, so too many Persians really died.

This resulted in batches of Persians dying on the mountain road, and even the corpses of the Persians were piled up into a hill. However, the Persians still had not captured the pass until this time.

So King Xerxes of Persia was furious when he saw it! He then ordered his imperial army, the Immortal Army, to send the most powerful Immortal Army to attack, but they still could not conquer the pass.

Just when Xerxes was at a loss what to do, the Greek traitor spoke to Xerxes again: Dear King, I know a way to go around to the back of Thermopylae. Xerxes was very happy after hearing this.
Chapter completed!