Douluo: The Adventures of King Skin

"Qingqing Zijin is so long in my heart, but for the sake of you, I still ponder it."

——Cao Cao

The shorter bay on the east side of the Isthmus of Corinth is called the Gulf of Saron, and the longer bay on the west side is called the Gulf of Corinth.

Roughly speaking, the entire Peloponnese, including the northeastern corner of Arcadia, is now in the hands of Demetrius, and the northwest corner of Achaia is the core territory of Polyperchon, which Pyrrhus will take. The next place.

In addition, in Laconia in the southeast corner, the Spartans are still autistic, and in the southwest corner is poor Messenia, with almost no one caring about them.

The [-]-strong army went all the way north to Corinth, then turned left and headed west along the south shore of the Gulf of Corinth; after passing West Zion and not walking far, they stepped out of the controlled area in one step.

But the territory of the Achaeans is not equal to enemy territory. After all, this is a conflict between Macedonians. As long as there is no garrison of Polypercone in the city, normal people will not be bored to death.

Pyrrhus swaggered directly and led the main force through several fortified cities and approached the center of Achaia. He secretly sent a team of elite troops to attack the city-state called Bra during the night and defeated it. Garrisoned, the army gained a foothold near the coast.

This was thanks to the information provided by Crater Sipolis.

All kinds of heroes came to her along the way. They were either envoys sent to her by the city-states, or agents sent by her to the city-states.

After being stationed, I became even busier.

She has a staff team of more than a dozen people, old and young, to help her handle these matters.

Needless to say, receptions and envoys, the camps where the two worked were very close to each other, and it seemed that they were working in a conspiracy of spying, inciting bribes, intimidation and extortion, bargaining, and reselling military supplies.

Pyrrhus was frightened.

After a few days, the results were also impressive. Since the capture of Bula, there has not been another battle. A large area of ​​the Achaean city-states has been turned upside down. Some of them even took care of Polyperchon's garrison by themselves. The remaining ones are not clear. The city-states that turned to Demetrius' army also secretly sent people to send large sums of military supplies to express "friendliness and neutrality"...

Still underestimate the ancients.

Looking at their efficiency, and then looking at the staff officers who were busy compiling intelligence, drawing sand tables, and drafting documents in the account, I felt that they were a little advanced, but it felt a bit like playing house compared to others.

I couldn't help but feel a little frustrated.

He was originally confident that he would take the opportunity to organize a "big staff", but now he thinks about it and should keep a low profile and leave out the word "big".

**

According to the information sent by Cratesipolis, the commander of the enemy army on the opposite side was named Strombikus.

Perhaps Polyperchon was too old to participate in front-line command. Anyway, I have never seen his personal guard of honor until the war started.

In the past few days, with the large-scale rebellion of the Achaean city-states, the situation has undergone earth-shaking changes. Several enemy armies that were originally in safe positions inexplicably became isolated armies, and were then easily eliminated or persuaded to surrender.

The last remaining protrusion in front of them is Sirus. Conquering this place means that all the coastal areas of Polypercone have been lost.

The rebuke was spread widely and envoys were sent out. Under the auspices of Achilles, the staff began to operate stumblingly and became the brains of the entire army.

First determine a preliminary plan, and divide various tasks such as establishing camps, building equipment, surveying the environment, and testing attacks into the following departments and units for implementation respectively. Then, the progress will be continuously fed back, and finally several sets of attacks will be formed at the pre-war meeting. The city plan was left to Pyrrhus for decision.

The young officers brought by Pyrrhus were busy throughout the whole process. The middle and senior Macedonian generals were reduced to the role of troop commanders and advisors, and they just stared at these juniors busy.

These men were no strangers to military change.

The older ones basically served two generations of Philip and Alexander, both of whom made many adjustments to the Macedonian military system; later they came to Antigonus and Demetrius, and the sources, purpose, environment, etc. Changes in many aspects have also led to changes in the military.

For people like them who have spent almost their whole lives in war, military technology depends on practicality, so they are not opposed to attempts at change.

Mathematics, writing, etc. don't matter. They can learn it if they don't know it. The main thing is Pyrrhus's method. The first thing to shake is the "power base" in the army, which is especially detrimental to veterans and generals like them.

But no matter what, they are not Pyrrhus's people anyway, they are just here to take orders temporarily...

Pyrrhus looked at it casually and settled on the set of plans placed at the top.

Noon has arrived and the siege begins.

Troops such as catapults, catapults, catapults, bows and arrows, and javelins were deployed in an orderly manner under the city, and then moved forward to suppress the city. The heavy infantry pushed various equipment such as carts and ladders and launched the attack in several echelons.

The guards on the city wall soon crumbled under the attack. Without orders, the lightly-armed long-range troops moved forward further to suppress local reinforcements with more intense firepower...

The city has been breached, and as expected it will be over before sunset today.

Although the strength of the two sides is not proportional, this is the first time that the staff system has experienced actual combat testing. The faces of the young officers are glowing with excitement, and the Macedonian officers are also whispering.

Cratesipolis secretly looked at Pyrrhus with interest.

The battle went smoothly, but the general didn't seem happy.

Zenas also asked him: "Your Majesty, what's on your mind?" As he spoke, he squirmed uneasily on the horse. He took off his robe and put on a suit of armor for the first time, feeling uncomfortable all over his body.

"...Alas! Zenas, I am worried about you!"

"I?"

**

"Um...are you still used to eating?"

Pyrrhus put down his fork when he saw that the other party was halfway through eating, and asked cautiously.

"Alas!" Cratesipolis lamented, "It's so unbearable!"

what! ! !

Pyrrhus was suddenly struck like a thunderbolt!

how can that be! ?

Seeing the other party's frightened expression, Cratsipolis couldn't help but smile to herself, and then deliberately looked at the distant wilderness with a sad face.

"The thought of never having such delicious food again makes me heartbroken and hard to swallow."

"..."

Let me just say, how could my big cake technique fail?

"I can't eat so much by myself. Master Zenas, come and eat some too!"

"Okay, okay!" Zinasler's beard curled up and he was about to take the tableware, but Pyrrhus kicked him under the table, so he had to sit back angrily.

"A rough guy like him doesn't deserve to eat such food."

"You are joking. Lord Zenas is a learned orator. Compared with him, I am a rough man."

"You are too humble!" Pyrrhus said shamelessly, "A woman with both beauty and wisdom like you is simply the embodiment of nobility and elegance. Compared with you, Zenas is the gleam of a firefly compared to the mouth of the sun and the moon. tooth!"

Zenas: "..."

Is it necessary to flatter someone like this?

"Oh! How can I not be as good as you say~~~"

"You are thousands of times better than what my clumsy tongue says. I am afraid that I will praise you too much and arouse Aphrodite's jealousy~"

Zenas: "..."

"Hahahaha!" Cratersipolis covered her mouth and burst out laughing, "I'll just assume you are telling the truth!"

"Absolutely sincere! If there is even half a lie, please ask a brick to fall from the sky to catch me..." Pyrrhus was halfway through speaking when a finger covered his lips.

"King Pyrrhus, I will grant you any request you have! Just please don't make fun of such an oath..."

"You can just call me Pippi..." Pyrrhus held Jade's hand and said with a sincere face: "There is really something I need your help with right now."

Zenas: "..."

"Pippi! No matter what the request is, you can do it, even if it's from me..."

"The good thing is that I want to establish an intelligence system but have no clue, so I want Zenas to come to your place and study with your staff for a while."

Crater Sipolis: "..."

She slowly pulled out her hand, picked up the fork and scooped out two large pieces of ice cream cake and stuffed them into her mouth, which made her sizzle with the coldness.

The woman chewed without manners and said vaguely: "...Is that all?"

"That's all. I hope you can fulfill it."

Pyrrhus was very uneasy. According to this woman's approach, maybe after defeating Polypercone, she would become the lord of Achaia.

Now Pyrrhus's request is tantamount to sending an army of supervisors to her place. Can she agree to it?