I don't know what I choose Perseus as Enomotarch,but I am the only one who can lead an army,I hope Perseus will do his best."Kleon bring me my spear and shield and meet me at the west gate" Alexios said to one of his Hippeis."It shall be done my king" Kleon replied and rushed to the palace.
Alexios went to the barracks and wanted to go upstairs to the summoning system,But the other Hippei who Alexios did not know his name simply said to him to wait.Hopefully my economy won't be bleeding much but 100 Spartan hoplites are very needed. Alexios went to the second floor and walked to the table were summoning system awaited him.
Storage: 120 Phrygian helmets,,leather shoes,bronze Breastplate ,and a 120 Large rounded bronze shields (hoplon),and a 40 pieces of Himationas (iconic Spartans red cloak),120 Dory's (spears),and Xiphos (short swords)and 100 pieces of full armor,120 Pteruges(combat skirts ) 120 red tunics
(Elite heavy Spear infantry) Spartan Hoplites:
These men know nothing but war, and are rightly feared by all.
Good defensive unit
Exponential damage,and exponential Armour penetration
Exponential morale
Bonus against: infantry,large beats
Abilities:
Hoplite Wall
The unit moves into close wall formation.
Bracing, melee defense, shield strength
Slow Acceleration,and speed
Cost for 1 Spartan Hoplite:
Maintenance upkeep 87 drachmas (silver coins a used in ancient Greece) original cost: 200
134 drachmas original cost: 250 dachmars
1 dory (spear) 1 xiphos (shorsword) 1 bronze shield 1 piece of full armor.(and free space in barracks, currently available space is 320 out of 500,for additional capacity please upgrade barracks)
Summon:
"huh,it's like nothing changed i have the same amount of weapons and armor as before,thank god for that incredibly skilled blacksmith,anyways lets summon those boys". Alexios pressed the button to summon 100 Hoplites,and the same notification as before telling Alexios that his Spartans will arrive shortly at the training ground. Alexios rushed back to the training grounds and no one was there to Alexios delight."Go to the west gate i will be there in a minute" Alexios said to his Hippei who with some hesitation left.
Spartan Hoplites were starting to come out of the shining gate,they stopped and waited."It still is a sight to behold" Alexios said with a smile as the Spartans aligned in a Phalanx formation."My Spartans i will go with my Elite force to meet the enemy,and i need you to stay here an be ready to defend Sparta,now dismissed" Alexios said with voice full of sheer power.Spartans obliged and went to the barracks at the side and some started training,Alexios went to the west gate and to tell Perseus what is expected of him and what was his role in this war.
Alexios arrived at the west gate where his newly created Spartan Stormguards and two Hippeis were waiting and Kleon with Alexios spear and shield were waiting for their king.
Alexios noticed his citizens who surrounded the entrance of a gate in circle with worried expression on their faces.'I will not let them down,i will win and bring glory to Sparta and i had come with a interesting plan that involves hit and run tactics,now someone could say that this is coward act from our side but War does not determine who is right — only who is left'.
"Now my brave Spartans lets move to the forest in the west i will say about our plan along the way,lets move!" Alexios said with determination to win,there were no time for speech or something like that time is of the essence.As Alexios now armed with his legendary spear and shield walked in front of the Spartan Stormguard on the dirt road that lead to the forest.
Meanwhile in the middle of the forest
Huge camp was being build with trees being cut to provide palisade as to protect the camp,and huge yellow tent with Korithians Hoplites standing firmly in front of the tent while sun was shining and slowly cooking them.Young man was approaching the tent with his armor that was same as the Spartan Hoplites but instead of red color,yellow was present,Young man stopped in front of the tent and took off his helmet and put it beside his hip.
"Okay Ajax take a deep breath,you got this this is not first time i talked to the general Evander,okay lets go" Ajax lift the sheet with his right hand and took step forward. "Enomotarch Ajax present my king!" Ajax said with a sing of nervousness "aah Ajax you arrived quickly as expected from you now,do you know why i called for you?" general Evander asked Ajax with a smirk on his face.
"Yes my general,the camp will be build by late afternoon my king" Ajax said while his gaze was fixed on general Evander who was comfortably sitting in his wooden chair with a table in front of him. "Very good your insight is good dear Ajax,now but i can see on your face some worries? mind if you could share it with me?" Evander Asked curiously while Ajax started sweating with alarming speed.
"W-well my g-general Evander i simply don't get why bu-ild a camp in the middle of the forest,while we can march directly to S-Sparta,we heavily outnumbered them and Spartans don't have many Hoplites who could defend from all sides.Simply put we could take their city in 2 days or less with this size of our army my general" Ajax honestly answered to Evander.
"I knew you would ask this question,its simple why rush things? their king is coward and only threat is those 100 Spartan Hoplites,they are probably on their way to give in to our demands,and to shower us with gifts to compensate us for the trouble to arrive here,we have 1,800 Korinthian youths with 170 Hoplites and 30 Hippeis.I mean we practically won and if the sorry excuse of a Spartan king is wise enough not to displease us and start an actual war that could cost them dearly". Evander was full of confidence that the Spartans are just dogs who only barked and were at least wise enough to give in to Korinthian demands.
"I-i know my general but have you heard that story? i think tha-" Ajax stopped when he noticed that Evanders face was full of anger and his nerves could be seen on his forehead.Evander was in his late fifties with white hair and muscular body was trembling with rage."THAT STORY IS A LIE" Evander screamed at the top of his lungs at Ajax who dared not to look directly at Evander, "SUCH A BLATANT LIE, EVEN A CHILD COULD TELL ITS LIE,YOU IDIOT" Evander continued.
The reason why Evander was so angry about this legend is simple,there was just no way in hell that Spartans could manage to hold the endless hoards of beast in their lower numbers.Clashing of the hammers voices that filled the camp suddenly disappeared, Evander was breathing heavily,and his gaze was fixed on Ajax as he could not move a single fiber in his body. "I believe you should leave Enomotarch Ajax, i have some matters to attend to" Evander said calmly like snap of a finger his behavior changed.Ajax simply bowed his head and left,with no words to come out of Ajax's mouth as to further displease his general.
Meanwhile Alexios and his Spartan stormguards were hiding behind the trees to ambush korinthians army.
The plan i came up with is simple, 25 Hoplites on the left side of the road and the other half on the right, Alexios would act as a bait with his hippeis to drawn their attention and to keep them busy in combat,with Leonidas spear abilities Alexios could give them a good show.Spartan Stormguards would wait for enemy general for an opening and kill his Hippeis and imitatively retreat,and in that chaos Alexios and his hippeis could get out while the enemy would be in chaos,low morale,disorganization that would be the perfect ingredients for swift victory,but there was one issue.
"Where are they?" Alexios said in confusion, "maybe they are late? no that's stupid,did they got themselves killed by centaurs or something?" Alexios was afraid his plan would go to waste,but then he saw figures in the distance. Four figures similar to Spartan Hoplites except their cloaks and combat skirts were yellow instead of red and on their shields were draw various symbols like chimera,vase and similar symbols. "My king it seems the reason why we did not meet them on the road is because they have a camp nearby,they are not some kind of envoy either,so i assume they are patrolling which means they have a camp nearby" Said Kleon with confidence."Is that so? well lets just say that there is one,I just got a brilliant idea how to kill the general with ease" Alexios said with a smirk on his face.