Orontobatis noticed the changes outside the city early on, and such a grand ceremony was clearly made for him to see.
As for what the other party wanted to convey to him, it couldn't be clearer.
"It was a feint. A despicable feint!"
He gritted his teeth and exposed Li Ning's conspiracy to his men.
But none of his men were listening.
They were still arguing fiercely at this time, how many people came from that mysterious heavenly army?
Someone said: "Look at that formation. It is estimated that there must be at least 5,000 people. If everyone is equipped with gunpowder, then these two small acropolis may not be able to defend them at all."
"Hey, I think so too. The royal acropolis on the island will probably fall. Thrasibulos who fled there may not survive long."
"Yes, yes." Another person chimed in, but this guy seemed to still have some brains. He seemed to have heard some of Orontobatis's words, so he asked his companions in confusion, "By the way, who among you?" Did you hear what the boss just said?"
"Uh, no, did you hear that?"
"Well, it seems to be saying, what kind of feint is this?"
"Wha... what kind of feint? If so, I remember that this word is used to describe deceiving the enemy."
"That's right, you are such a smart boy."
"Then I'll be smarter. I guess their target of attack is not Wangjiaweicheng at least yet."
Only then did everyone react, and some people ran down the city walls and arrow towers in fear, while others hurriedly looked for their weapons. However, before they could take any more defensive measures, a huge roar came from Sal. echoed from the walls of Maquis.
For all Greek mercenaries, the greatest misfortune of being employed in Persia and fighting against these heavenly armies was that they often heard this roar. Now their nerves can accurately distinguish the sound of gunpowder explosions, but this It doesn't mean much to their survival, and most people don't even know how to hide in trenches to save their lives.
So the sounds of Caihao began to sound near Wei City. Like the previous attack, Li Ning, who had no interest in strong city walls, still ordered his men to fire on targets in the city.
This time they had the support of Greek trebuchets. After all, Ma Fei's marching speed was too fast. In the previous battles, they had thrown explosive packets with their bare hands. But this time they chose to put the lit explosives on the trebuchet, and then threw them into the enemy's city.
Salmakis quickly fell into a sea of fire and screams, but Orontobatis still organized a team and quickly climbed up the city wall and arrow tower.
When the infantry began to advance forward, the Persian soldiers on the arrow tower quickly posed a threat to them, so that after a series of bombardments, no Macedonian soldiers successfully rushed into the enemy city.
Orontobatis rejoiced that his unique insight had saved the acropolis, and even cheered with joy.
The soldiers who followed him also fell into revelry, but when they turned around to re-examine the city behind them, they found that all the buildings inside were almost in ruins. In history, no matter how many times Persia and Greece fought wars, there was never that city, and they fell into this miserable situation before the war ended.
And the smart people soon realized that although they prevented the Macedonian soldiers from entering the city, they actually did not kill anyone on the other side, and their soldiers suffered huge casualties under the gunpowder attack. The bad thing is that although not many people died in the battle, there were a lot of people injured. People were burned by gunpowder and injured by collapsing buildings. It can be said that there are many people.
There is no battle like this in the history of the Persian War.
Therefore, many people, including Ephiatis, have already had the idea of escape.
but. What is quite humane is that Ephiates himself did not leave, and he was ready to support his comrade Orontobatis to the death.
Therefore, when the latter decided to hold a wedding banquet to celebrate their victory in today's battle, this old man, who was also from Athens, Greece, prepared to board the arrow tower in person to do the security work tonight.
Even though Orontobatis was dazzled by the victory, he knew that such work at this time was extremely important. He was very grateful to his old friend for his positivity and bravery, but he also threw himself into the celebration more cheerfully.
However, what he didn't know was that Ephiatis quietly opened the car door, allowing many soldiers who wanted to escape to easily leave the acropolis.
After opening the city gate, the soldiers saw the vast world outside. There was no Macedonian soldier blocking their escape route, which was of course unwise.
But those soldiers who were unwilling to leave did not give up the work at hand because of their reverie in their own world. On the contrary, those who wanted to be freed from the impact of sadness brought to them by the broken arms and ruins must find a job at this time. Work to do.
So a serious and pragmatic Greek mercenary made a surprising discovery to everyone at this time - he heard the sound of someone digging a tunnel.
Such discoveries are not uncommon in previous battles.
Therefore, there is nothing too surprising to everyone.
However, the war experience accumulated in the past two to three hundred years of mutual conquests still arranged the next step for them, which was to guard the exit of the tunnel that the enemy might dig and then give them a fatal blow.
As a result, everyone stretched out their ears, preparing to judge the enemy's direction of action as clearly as possible.
The sound became louder and louder, and the vibrations became clearer and clearer. A young soldier finally helped everyone find the most likely exit location, so everyone took up their weapons and hid in the surrounding ruins.
However, when the willless soil was pried bit by bit, people heard an unusual sound.
"Is it a cow braying?"
"No, is it a sheep?"
"It's impossible. How can cattle and sheep dig tunnels? It must be people barking."
Just when everyone was puzzled, the army from heaven revealed the final answer to them.
With the huge commotion caused by the ground breaking, the cattle and sheep whose hair was set on fire rushed out of the tunnel like the wind. Any attempt to stop them was in vain at this moment.
The ice floes that had finally gathered were shocked and overwhelmed when they saw this scene. Many people were knocked to the ground by the panicked herd before they could even react, and then were trampled by countless ladders. on them.
The few soldiers who were still awake dispersed in a hurry, and what was even worse was that the direction of the attack by the defenders happened to be the place where the banquet was held. This may be a gift from God to the Kingdom of Heaven, but it is more likely to be The punishment for some people’s arrogance.
