"Y-your rule?"
Theodos was quite surprised and said:
"You are...the Queen?"
"Yes, I am indeed the queen."
At this time, Hilde walked in front of Theodos with a flawless smile on her face, but Theodos didn't know why he always felt creepy when he looked at this smile. Hilde stared at Theodos carefully, and then continued, "It's okay, it's okay. By the way, I have something to tell you. Are you willing to cooperate with me? I plan to establish the Black Sea Province on the west coast of the Black Sea. The center of the province is naturally Apollonia, so I need someone to help me."
"No way!"
At this time, Theodosius rejected Hilde very seriously.
"I am the consul elected by all citizens of Apollonia. How could I possibly obey you?"
"Really? You don't regret it?"
At this time, the smile on Hilde's face became even more intense.
An indescribable pressure made Theodos a little scared.
However, as a noble of Miletus and a trusted consul of the Apollonia people, how could he surrender like this? So Theodos straightened his back and said loudly: "You usurper tyrant! Tyrant! Not only did you take away the Byzantine city that should have belonged to Miletus, but you also became the king and turned the Byzantine city into a corrupt monarchy. I will accuse the gods of your evil deeds and curse everything you have! Let your country..."
The last sentence hasn't been uttered yet.
Theodos' head disappeared.
A large amount of blood suddenly spurted out of the broken neck, but at this time, Hilde was no longer there. She held Theodos' head and walked in front of the Apollonia. After that, she put Theodos' head directly in front of the Apollonia who was trembling with fear and said:
"My requests are not high, everyone."
"I just need you to listen to me."
"It will save your lives. There won't be any problems."
After Hilde finished speaking, the fear of the Apollonia people was slightly alleviated.
At least, Hilde wouldn't kill people at will.
It’s just that Theodos was the chicken that was killed to scare the monkeys, and he just happened to run into Hilde’s gun.
The Thracian Raid
After Hilde said these words.
The residents in the city also began to waver.
They knew that they had no chance of resistance against Hilde's army. Moreover, although Hilde looked beautiful and noble, she was a demon who killed people without blinking an eye. Theodos only said a few harsh words, but Hilde chopped off his head at a speed that could not be seen by the naked eye.
I saw the people below were quiet.
At this time, Hilde smiled and said:
"Everyone, listen carefully. From today on, Apollonia is part of the Byzantine Kingdom. From today on, you have nothing to do with Mili. As a part of the Byzantine Kingdom, I allow you to freely do business, emigrate to foreign countries, or do anything permitted by law. Your family, property, life and freedom will be protected by our Byzantine Kingdom! As the Queen of Byzantium, I sincerely hope that you can accept this fact."
"Of course, you don't have to accept it."
At this time, Hilde walked down the square and came to the head of Theodos.
"That's how it ends!"
"Remember, obey my rule, and you will have a better life than before!"
After Hilde finished speaking, she turned around, pushed the soldiers aside and walked out. At this time, the Byzantine army had already begun to count the armory of Apollonia, and found about five or six hundred sets of weapons and equipment. The population of Apollonia was only more than 7,000 people, so there were about 600 soldiers in the city. During the exchange of fire in the armory, dozens of soldiers died, and the weapons and equipment of these dead soldiers were also collected.
Although Hilde occupied Apollonia.
However, there is no intention to completely eliminate the armed forces here.
After all, Hilde's purpose in occupying other city-states was to expand the population and manpower.
Therefore, Hilde did not abolish the Apollonia army. Instead, Hilde disbanded the army and then integrated part of the Byzantine army into the Apollonia army. In addition, since the possibility of Apollonia being attacked was very small, Hilde only left about 200 soldiers in the city to prevent the roaming Thracians from threatening the city. The remaining 200 Byzantine soldiers and 500 Apollonia soldiers were organized into a team of 700 people, ready to embark on the road back to Byzantium.
But, at noon the next day.
Just when they were about to set off.
Suddenly, a group of troops of unknown origin appeared outside the city of Apollonia.
"Your Majesty!" At this time, Amyntas ran to Hilde and said anxiously, "About a hundred soldiers suddenly appeared in the west of the city! It seems that they should be Thracians."
"More than a hundred people?"
They were about to return, but Hilde still took the spear and walked out quickly.
She came to the city wall and saw the Thracians pillaging the villages outside the city.
"How did these guys get here?!"
"I don't know, it should have come through the forest!"
"These people don't look like people who are fleeing with their families. They look more like a professional army. They are probably the men of the King of Thracian." Hilde looked into the distance and said to Amyntas, "Order the army to prepare for battle immediately! Today, we must not let any of these guys survive! Got it!"
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
Amyntas immediately began to prepare for the attack.
Hilde brought three hundred men, and the city-state also had an army of seven hundred men.
One thousand people versus more than a hundred.
This is a one-sided battle.
However, the Apollonias on Hilde's side had little experience in fighting and had low combat effectiveness. They were not professional troops, but were recruited from free citizens, with limited training and combat effectiveness. Therefore, the role of the backbone obviously needed to be taken up by Hilde's army. So Amyntas ordered the crossbowmen to ambush on the city wall, and he led a hundred heavy infantrymen, opened the city gate and rushed out first.
While Hilde was holding the spear, he was thinking about other things.
So he said to another officer beside him:
"You watch here, I'll go down."
"His Majesty!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Hilde, holding a shield in one hand and a spear in the other, jumped directly from the city wall and jumped in front of the team.
Facing Hilde who suddenly appeared, Amyntas asked:
"His Majesty!"
"Warriors, form your battle formation!"
"drink!"
The heavy infantry immediately raised their shields and huddled together.
The large round shields formed a very solid defensive array, and the spears shining with cold light stretched straight out, aiming at the invading enemies. The Thracians also reacted, and they looked at the 100 heavy infantrymen coming out of the city, and smiled contemptuously. In their eyes, these colonists' infantry phalanxes were as ridiculous as bugs.
This is the most standard phalanx of heavy infantry.
"All troops, defend the city gates and wait for me to come back."
"Your Majesty, what do you want?"
Amyntas asked.
And Hilde turned around and smiled.
"Try to see how sharp the spear is."
After saying that, Hilde's figure immediately disappeared in front of everyone.
These Thracians could never have imagined that the silver-haired girl in the purple robe standing in the front would actually charge into their formation with a spear in hand. The steel shield in Hilde's hand hit the face of the nearest soldier heavily, and the huge impact force directly smashed his skull. With a loud bang, the poor guy's head was smashed like a watermelon. On the other side, the spear stabbed fiercely at an axe soldier.
Pfft——!
The sharp spear directly pierced through the opponent's bronze armor.
The fourth tune, the first section, the Adelixia tribe
"what--!"
The soldier screamed, but at this time, Hilde disappeared again.
In a blink of an eye, Hilde was back in front of his team.
"attack!"
Hilde, who killed two people in one breath, immediately boosted the morale of his own side.
Although Hilde felt that he should be able to deal with these 100 people, he didn't want to do that. After all, it had not been long since he fell into a bloodthirsty state. Hilde didn't want the blood on the battlefield to make him lose his mind again. So, this time Hilde decided that if there was anything wrong with his body, he would withdraw from the battlefield immediately.
Under Hilde's leadership, two hundred heavy infantrymen lined up in neat rows and began to attack the Thracians. Hilde rushed to the front. The stormy attack just now made the Thracians panic. Once the army's morale was unstable, facing the attack, their fate would only be defeat. However, Hilde did not allow anyone to escape, so she ran through the Thracian army at the fastest speed and came to the rear.
"Those who lay down their weapons will not be killed!"
Hilde alone blocked the retreat of all Thracians.
"Those who insist on resisting will be killed!"
"Kill! Kill! Kill!"
The Byzantine soldiers showed no fear.
Soon, the Thracians had no choice but to hastily fight back. They adopted the Thracians' best tactic against the Greek heavy infantry phalanx, which was to use brute force to break the opponent's phalanx. However, the soldiers they faced were no longer the free people of the past. After Hilde's military reform, the soldiers were completely professional. These soldiers did not need to engage in production, but only needed to work hard to train combat skills. Therefore, they were now complete killing machines.
The Thracians ran into the heavy infantry phalanx.
But before they could use their axes to break up the square formation.
The sharp spears pierced their bodies.
These Byzantines were strong and muscular. After several months of specialized training and nutritional enhancement, their bodies had developed muscles and they became brave and fearless in battle. When the Thracians had already come into contact with the phalanx, the heavy infantry in the back row rushed forward and stabbed the enemy with their spears. For a moment, there were screams and blood on the scene.
Suddenly, the Thracian army lost its morale.
Several soldiers tried to turn around and run, but Hilde blocked their way.
Just a moment to breathe.
The fleeing Thracians fell in a pool of blood.
Hilde used the Thracian's clothes to gently wipe her spear, as if she was treating some expensive treasure, but at her feet, there were already several Thracian corpses. In front of her was the indestructible heavy infantry phalanx, and behind her was Hilde, who was like a ghost and killed without blinking an eye. Under such pressure, the Thracians, who were full of confidence just now, were finally completely defeated. More than 60 survivors threw their weapons on the ground and chose to surrender.
"Don't, don't kill us!"
"We surrender!"
Seeing that the Thracians gave up resistance.
Hilde leaped lightly and came in front of them.
"Where are you from? What tribe are you from?"
"I, we are Adrichians..."
"Adlicia!?"
When Hilde heard this, he immediately put the spear on someone's neck.
"I ask you, are you the Thracian King's men?!"
"Yes Yes!"
"Where is the commander of your team?"
Hilde didn't expect to meet the Thracian King's men so soon.
Fortunately, I had foresight and did not let anyone escape. If I let them escape, they would tell the Thracian king what happened here. If the Thracian king came to attack Hilde in person, Hilde would not be able to resist. The Adlishia tribe was ruled by the Thracian king and was now the noblest tribe among the Thracians. According to the clues given by the Desia people, the Adlishia people were roughly equivalent to the Thracian king's personal soldiers, and they were the most trusted and loyal.
"I'm……"
At this time, a strong man who was about meters tall stood up.
"I am...his, their centurion."
"Oh? What's your name?"
"The king called me... Sitalses."
The burly man in front of me spoke with a slight stutter.
Chapter 4, Section 2: The Surrender of Elite Soldiers
