The battle outside Mendos ended without any suspense, but the challenge of the Song Dynasty army did not stop.
Because, after Eurontobatis discovered that they were approaching Mendos, in order to prevent Neoptolemus from being attacked from both sides, he immediately sent thousands of soldiers out of the city to intercept them.
But their actions were too slow. After all, Si was not the only commander in this city.
This shows a huge difference. If Li Ning were here, she would definitely remember that there should be a guy named Memnon in this city.
Without that dear friend's command, the city's defense was already in a mess. Now that troops are being rushed out to fight, it naturally looks chaotic.
Unfortunately, Ma Sui, who had just joined forces with Amyntas, obviously did not care to pay attention to this, so his request to the opponent was to cover their turn to meet the enemy again.
Hearing that they were still willing to fight, Amyntas agreed without hesitation, and even led his men to charge forward first.
Orontobatis recognized Alexander's general at a glance. He hurriedly called for the soldiers to encircle and suppress him, but he was surprised to find that the people they wanted to rescue, those who had prepared to sneak attack on Amyntas before, had completely lost the meaning of being rescued.
"Those guys are so vicious."
He gritted his teeth and looked at Ma Sui, who was leading the team to turn around, but he had to welcome Amyntas' reunion.
Amyntas was not very good at charging, at least in Ma Sui's eyes.
Such a straight charge, without flanking flanks and archer cover, was simply unreasonable in the Song Dynasty, which emphasized the art of war.
However, as Ma Sui moved forward, he soon saw something even more unreasonable.
Photographed during the charge of Amyntas, Eurontobatius actually prevents his army from retreating.
Ma Sui knew that they were intimidating him, so he did this because the Song Dynasty army moved too fast, and the unlucky sneak attack troops disappeared on the battlefield in an instant.
In this way, the troops intercepting their reinforcements would lose the meaning of fighting.
Therefore, they had no choice but to retreat.
Sure enough, Amyntas chased them back to Halicarnassus and cursed them under the city wall for nearly half an hour before returning to the outside of Mendos in angrily.
Although Ma Sui completed the turn, he did not follow Amyntas to charge. Instead, he ordered his men to pay attention to the movements in Mendos City.
This clever move allowed him to obtain information that Amyntas did not have.
"They were in civil unrest."
"Really? How can you tell?"
"After you left, someone attacked the city wall from the inside, but was quickly repelled."
"What a pity. Someone once found us before to deliver news of Mendos's surrender. But now it seems that their plan is meaningless."
"Really?" Ma Sui also felt it was a pity. "If that group had succeeded, we would have entered the city now."
"Hey, it's not possible to rely on internal responses. We have to do it ourselves."
"That's true. So how was your previous attack?"
"It's bad. The soldiers opened the breach, but they couldn't get into the city."
This is similar to the original historical record, but Ma Sui is not clear about it.
A more comprehensive record is that they failed to capture the city in the end and had to engage in the battle for Harbin.
Although the battle for Harbin went smoothly at the beginning, in the end due to the existence of the acropolis, Alexander was forced to go around the city, leaving only a few people to continue the siege.
When the news of the victory in taking this city reached his ears, he had already led his army and crossed the famous Syria Gate.
However, at this time, Alexander had chosen a completely different attack method from history.
Without Li Ning and the Song Dynasty, he might have to struggle to maintain his offensive advantage under the capital.
But the changes that Li Ning and the Song Dynasty, which had undergone slight changes, could bring to Alexander were by no means a simple ally.
However, the accumulation of these changes still needs time to ferment before he can show his difference.
But at this time, the little difference fell entirely on Ma Sui.
Therefore, the communication between him and Amyntas is particularly important.
The only comforting thing is that before he left, Li Ning had already given him instructions.
Therefore, there is absolutely no obstacle to taking advantage of this small advantage.
Orontobatis in the city of Halicarnassus would never have imagined at this moment what a wonderful performance he would enjoy, and how tragic it would become the background of this performance.
At this time, he was meeting his friends in Halicarnassus.
As introduced before, the reason why these people fled here was basically thanks to Ali Alexander.
Among them, Epheates, like Eurontobatis, were both exiles from Athens, Greece.
After hearing what happened today, he couldn't wait to see his old partner.
"My friend, your actions today are too reckless."
"What can I do? That idiot has been begging for today's attack for many days. At that time, there was no sign of the so-called heavenly army."
"Oh, I see. It's just that they appeared too timely, otherwise this might have been a perfect raid."
Amyntas, son of Antiochus, who stood aside, had reservations about this.
This man was supposed to be a loyal subordinate of Alexander, but he turned his back on his father and his king just because Alexander was angry with him. Although few people understood his choice thousands of years later, fleeing may have had a positive impact on this man. It is not a wrong choice for young people.
Although his talent is not high, he is familiar with the habits of Macedonian soldiers.
Therefore, during the discussion between the two Athenians, he smelled failure.
"The battlefield is always changing, and taking any risks is not necessarily a wise choice. I think Orontobatis' previous decision was extremely wise. We only need to hold on to the city, especially the three acropolis, and then we can wait for victory. The arrival of. And now, the situation may be much worse than we imagined."
"Young man, you are right. We know that you are familiar with Alexander, so I would like to hear what is wrong with you?"
Hearing the encouragement from Orontobatis, Amyntas, the son of Antiochus, puffed up his chest and said: "Those who call themselves the warriors of heaven may bring changes to this war. The kind of spirit they have The strangeness scares me."
"Child..." Orontobatis suddenly became kind. He walked closer, put his arms around the other person's shoulders, and whispered softly, "Don't be afraid, we are all by your side. This is the first time I have seen him." I also felt strange and scared when I arrived at the Persians, but none of that matters now. The so-called heavenly people may be just another group of Persians, and we are now fighting for the Persians. So as long as we slowly It’s good to be familiar with it.”
"No, that's not the case. Haven't you heard of their legend? It's a legend that the Persians never had."
"What legend?" Orontobatis knew that he was still in contact with his former friends, so he knew some little secrets among the Macedonians. The arrival of the people from the kingdom of heaven, as a very surprising story gimmick, naturally came early It reached the ears of the young man in front of him.
"It's about a mysterious drug. I heard it was called gunpowder. The general named Li Ning once said that it was one of the most powerful weapons in their minds."
Orontobatis pondered. This name did not seem to exist for the purpose of curing diseases.
What he didn't know was that the Arabs who were responsible for the translation, in order to translate this thing more vividly, racked their brains to put the words fire and medicine together.
That's why the name Orontobatis heard now, and why he has the doubts he has now.
However, the god Zeus did not let this doubt last long.
Soon, an interesting news was brought to him.
Thracybulus, who also fled to Halicarnassus, rushed into the place where they were talking in a panic and brought in a scarred guy, Neoptolemus.
Orontopatis thought that this guy died in the chaos, but he didn't expect that he actually saved his life by some strange combination of circumstances.
This gave him some relief.
But just when he slowly stepped forward to say hello and comfort, the other party suddenly grabbed his hand in horror, and growled in a low voice: "Run quickly, it will be too late if you don't run."
Orontobatis asked in confusion: "Why is it too late?"
"They have a mysterious weapon called gunpowder, and they are planning to use it to attack Mendos City tonight."
"No, there's nothing to panic about. I already know the news from this young man."
As he spoke, he also wanted to point to Amyntas, the son of Antiochus, who was next to him.
However, the seven-character Si did not give the six-character Si any chance this time.
"I know what this young man knows. It's just a letter! But words will not show you boring power, and there will be no blood on them."
Orontopatis's face immediately became serious.
"Then tell me, what did you hear?"
"When I escaped back, I heard the soldiers who were hunting me proudly say that that thing called activity can turn an entire city into a sea of fire."
"The whole building...?"
The scene immediately erupted with sounds of surprise, and some people couldn't help but take a breath of cold air. However, voices of doubt soon came over.
"They didn't mean to tell you, did they?"
"It's possible, but if you want to scare people, you have to come up with something scary enough."
"But there's another way called disguise and exaggeration."
"No, those heavenly people are too mysterious. I completely believe that they may have mastery of this kind of thing, and the letters received by the young people fully prove the objective existence of this kind of thing. So we have lost the qualification to take it lightly."
Perhaps to confirm his words, just when everyone's faces became slightly solemn, an earth-shattering sound suddenly came from outside.
boom!
Poof!
Wow!
Greek exiles who are familiar with the battlefield will naturally quickly recognize that the crashing sound originated from the collapse of the city wall.
As for the two strange noises in front, they could not determine the source, but judging from the situation they had just obtained, perhaps they were caused by gunpowder.
Judging from the power, it is undoubtedly terrifying. Of course, when their logical analysis reaches this point, their instinct has already spread fear throughout their bodies, so some people were so frightened that they fell on their butts. On the ground, some people felt frightened and uneasy because of the slight shaking of the ground. Some people even started to run for their lives because they thought it was like an earthquake.
Such a chaotic scene of panic and confusion made Orontobatis furious. After all, the real enemy had not yet appeared in front of them. It was completely unwise for such chaos to occur.
Ephiates, who also came from Athens, felt a huge panic, but his years of study allowed him to maintain a basic calmness.
"We have to go up to the city wall and have a look."
"Yes, it would be too cowardly to run away without taking a look at the enemy's weapons."
Amyntas, son of Antiochus, also agreed with him.
Of course, this may be because the young man's self-esteem has been greatly challenged. After all, someone just said that all he knows is the words in the letter, so he must see the true meaning of the words.
So the leaders, who had finally calmed down, came to the arrow tower next to the city wall... under the protection of the soldiers.
I saw that many orange bright spots had appeared in Mendos City in the distance.
They knew it was fire raging across the city.
The reason why there were many highlights was because they heard several more earth-shattering roars on the road.
The young man's legs were already trembling when he climbed up the watchtower, but he was already good enough, because some people were so trembling that they couldn't even climb the watchtower.
Thrasibulos even suffered a broken ankle with rocks thrown up by the shaking of the ground.
Although everyone thought he could continue to move, the guy refused to climb up the arrow tower, which was actually not very high.
Yes, this arrow tower is not high, according to the standards of this era.
However, he has done enough to ensure that people standing on it can see a wonderful picture.
There was another earth-shaking loud noise, and the city of Mendos shivered once again. Although the night was dark enough, the damn moon still allowed some rough details to be revealed.
Judging from the current scene, Meng Duozi's city wall is under attack from all sides. Even inside the city walls there were traces of flames raging.
It is conceivable that the residents and soldiers hiding inside are struggling to cope with the curse of Vulcan. If such a scene happened in Halicarnassus, I believe not many people would persist until the final victory, or even believe that such a victory would come.
What's even more terrifying is that if all the gunpowder used on the Mendos city wall was concentrated, then the city wall that was damaged everywhere might look completely different. And with that kind of situation, I believe that the three acropolis of Halicarnassus may not be able to last long.
This meant that they basically lost all hope of counterattack.
Fear began to spread in front of everyone, especially Oron Tobatis, who still maintained basic sanity, felt the arrival of infinite darkness.
There was another loud noise, and this time the situation was even worse than the last time. Even the building where everyone was sitting began to look shaky. The explosion clearly came from a distance, very far away from them. Normally, It shouldn't have caused such a noise, but several wooden pillars of the arrow tower were broken.
This crumbling feeling was really unbearable, so most people chose to go downstairs. Only Orontobatis noticed that a larger flame began to rise near the gate of Mendos.
This meant that the enemy finally realized that this kind of gunpowder should be used intensively. However, Orontobatis immediately had another doubt: since this kind of thing was brought by the people of heaven, then they are destined to know more about it, but why But I have seen a more effective way to use it. Is it possible that all the people in heaven are fools?
In the distance, under Mendos City, Amyntas was looking at Ma Sui beside him in confusion.
"If it had been used like this, this damn little city would have been captured long ago. But you guys didn't. I really don't understand. What are you thinking?"
"I don't know either, but this is how our general arranged it. And he also told me that we must surround Halicarnassus in advance and don't let your big fish escape from that city. I don't agree with this either. I told you so."
"I know. I have already sent someone to ask His Majesty the King to lead troops to surround the place. I believe that even a big fish will not escape. But you have to give me an explanation why you are only now..."
"I guess it's panic." Melieig suddenly appeared from the side. He had a certain understanding of Li Ning, so he made this judgment. "Although our logistics governor is as brave as the king, he may be more brave than the king." The king is more sinister, which is why he admires the king, because he is like the moon seeing the sun."
Amyntas did not understand the first half of the words, but he understood the second half, because he also had that emotion.
But Ma Sui on the side didn't think so. Because he knew that Li Ning was an inspiring man who wanted to live like the sun.
The two suns are destined to cherish each other, but they are also destined to another thing, that is, one mountain cannot tolerate two tigers.
Although today's imperial Song Dynasty and the Greeks cannot be said to be united and help each other, they have indeed become each other's support on the battlefield.
But this is just the beginning of this game.
