Chapter 324: Cavalry Cannot Defeat Infantry at This Time

The big tent of the tribal leader.

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

Lying in Roy's arms, Harmonia asked in confusion.

"Dear, why didn't you destroy the Pheris tribe like you destroyed the Athamas tribe?"

"Because I want to build a cavalry army."

Roy said without hiding anything.

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

"Not chariot soldiers but cavalry?"

"My cavalry army will use saddles and stirrups, which is a high-level military force that is more than a thousand years more advanced than chariot soldiers. With a cavalry army, I can truly defeat the nomads on the grassland."

Defeating the Dorians in the Thessaly region cannot be regarded as a real defeat of the nomads in Roy's view.

Because the Dorians are too close to the Kingdom of Athens, attacking the Dorians does not have much logistical pressure.

The biggest challenge for farming peoples to fight against nomadic peoples is that the nomadic peoples' long depth of thousands of miles can drag down the farming peoples' supply lines.

If Roy led a group of infantry to expedition to the nomadic peoples thousands of miles away, I am afraid that Roy's army would starve to death before even seeing the shadow of the nomadic peoples.

In order to fight against the nomadic peoples thousands of miles away, Roy must use cavalry to fight cavalry.

"Harmonia, you look like you are worried."

"Hmm..."

Harmonia said with a worried look.

"My dear, you once said [scarcity makes things valuable]. In the past, I was the only blonde girl around you, but now there are more and more blonde girls around you, and you can even let hundreds of young and beautiful blonde girls enter the palace to serve you. Will my status around you become lower and lower in the future?"

"Why do you have such an idea?"

Roy couldn't help laughing.

"I'm not the type who gets bored easily! To reassure you, I promise not to let those blond Dorian girls enter my palace. I can even drive away Hele and Alcestis."

"Don't do that!"

Harmonia shook her head immediately.

"Hele and Alcestis are not only princesses of noble tribes, but also blond beauties picked from thousands of people. If you drive them away for me, you will definitely blame me when you regret it in the future. My dear! As long as you have me in your heart, I will be satisfied."

The next day.

Roy set out again with 1,500 lancers, aiming at the Aeolus tribe in the east.

If walking, Roy's lancers would need at least three days to reach Iolcas in order to maintain their combat effectiveness.

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

The Atamas tribe was destroyed by Roy, and the Pheris tribe was conquered by Roy, which obviously aroused the vigilance of the Aeolus tribe and the Phthia tribe.

When Roy's army arrived outside the city of Iolcas, Iolcas immediately sent out 4,000 Dorian knights to fight. This was obviously the number of cavalry that could only be put together by the Eolus tribe and the Phthia tribe.

"Dismount!"

After looking at the 4,000 Dorian knights on the opposite side, Roy immediately decided to dismount.

Because Roy's soldiers were OK on horseback, fighting with Dorian knights on horseback would not only have no advantage, but also affect the performance of their own strength.

Seeing Roy dismount with his soldiers, the knights of the Phthia tribe immediately brightened up.

Now that they could not beat Roy's army, they could also ride away on fast horses to ensure that they would not suffer too many casualties.

After all, the Phthia tribe belonged to a different tribe from the Eolus tribe, and the knights of the Phthia tribe would certainly not fight to the death for the Eolus tribe.

The knights of the Phthia tribe could escape when the war failed, but the knights of the Eolus tribe could not escape, because behind them was the city of Iolcas where their parents, wives and children lived.

Roy asked his soldiers to dismount and fight because of the city of Iolcas. The knights of the Aeolus and Phthia tribes had to face Roy's army head-on.

After Roy's iron spearmen began to approach the city of Iolcas, a cavalry team of 400 people 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.

Swish, swish, swish--

The wooden spears flew like raindrops. Some Dorian knights were hit by wooden spears and fell directly from their horses. Some sideways dodged the attack of wooden spears, but could not return to the fast-running horses.

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

Most of the cavalry team of 400 people were killed or injured before they rushed to Roy's army.

When the remaining more than 100 knights rushed to Roy's army, Roy's army had formed a spear forest battle formation and aimed the shining cold spear blades at the Dorian knights.

Even if the Dorian knights had the will to brave death, it did not mean that their horses could restrain their instinct to survive.

Many horses rushed to Roy's spear forest and stopped running on their own initiative. The knights on horseback were stabbed to death by Roy's soldiers.

Aeolus, the leader of the Aeolus tribe, Eurytion, the leader of the Phthia tribe, Chiron, the high priest of the Dorians, and Chiron's son-in-law Aiacus, saw the scene of the 400-man cavalry being defeated by Roy's iron spearmen. Aeolus was the first to frown and said.

"If there is a tool that can fix our knights on the horseback, they will not be knocked off the horse by the enemy's wooden spears."

Eurytion followed.

"If there is a metal armor to protect 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 be so luxurious as to make metal armor to protect the knight's body."

Aiacus said with a lack of confidence.

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

Everyone expressed their own ideas, and Aeolus said with a wry smile.

"Everyone is right, but unfortunately our knights don't have what they need. Our knights have only the advantage of speed, but they lose to our enemies in other aspects. How can we defeat the enemy next?"

"Let our knights dismount and fight."

Chiron said with a serious face.

"Our warriors can defeat the enemy with their numbers even if they all dismount and fight. If our warriors continue to fight on horseback, they will have no chance of defeating the enemy."

Aeolus and Eurytion looked at each other and immediately issued an order.

After dismounting, the 3,600 Dorian knights immediately raised their long wooden spears to fight against Roy's iron spearmen.

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

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