Chapter 552: The Ptolemaic Dynasty Sends Troops(1/2)
Soon Ptolemy V's messenger came to Memphis.
Report the results of the Ptolemaic dynasty to Ji Bu.
After hearing this, Ji Bu directly ordered the envoy to be killed.
Then he told the envoy's guards: "I am not bargaining prices with your Ptolemai dynasty, but informing Ptolemai V that this is the will of my Great Qin. Now your Ptolemai dynasty has insulted me again. This time, I have to add war reparations. I want to go back to Memphis and take out 100,000 gold coins, otherwise I would not mind handing it over to the rebels of the Ptolemai dynasty!"
"Get out, get back and tell Ptolemy V!"
The envoy's guard rolled and crawled back to the city of Alexandria!
As soon as the situation was mentioned, all the ministers of the Ptolemaic dynasty were angry.
"Damn Qin people, it's too much!"
"I want 100,000 gold coins and also want harbors in the Red Sea area, it's a dream!"
"Your Majesty, send troops immediately to attack Memphis and drive Qin into the sea!"
The regents of the Ptolemaic dynasty could no longer bear it.
They all expressed a war.
However, although Ptolemy V was young, he was a puppet emperor, but he was a clear-headed person.
He asked, "How many Qin troops are there in Memphis?"
The head of the guard who came back replied: "Your Majesty, there should be only one thousand people!"
Only one thousand people.
Suddenly, the ministers of the Ptolemaic dynasty shouted even more.
Then Ptolemy V said to the regent ministers: "What do you think you should do?"
These people exchanged eyes.
Actually, they don't want to fight.
After all, sending troops will consume food and grass, and fighting will lead to death.
The lost soldiers were all soldiers holding in their hands, and they were still harming their interests.
If you pay compensation or something, you will be in the dynasty's public account.
What damages the dynasty's money and food, and has nothing to do with them.
It would be fine if you win, but if you lose, you probably won't have the power to regent.
However, at this time, I was also rushing the duck to put it on the shelves, and you have to agree if you don’t agree.
After all, the Qin Dynasty was too arrogant.
A mere thousand people dared to ask for 100,000 gold coins from the Great Ptolemaic dynasty.
This is already a robbery.
"I think that when attacking Memphis, I will repel the Qin army!"
"Please send troops to attack the Qin army and drive the Qin army out of the Red Sea!"
"Please send troops..."
Soon the Ptolemaic dynasty sent 20,000 troops to attack Memphis.
The Ptolemaic army was divided into two groups.
Go south by land.
Take a boat all the way south.
In order to capture Memphis as soon as possible, they did not even carry their baggage.
Basically, they marched lightly, with only ten thousand servants and slaves following behind them.
A total of 30,000 troops drove into Meng Ruofeis in a mighty manner.
Jibu's scout soon brought the investigation back to Memphis.
"General, how should the enemy troops go south in two groups at the same time?"
Everyone turned their eyes to Ji Bu.
Ji Gong said: "The enemy is divided into two routes, with land being the main force of siege and water being the only way to cut off the river network, making our army unable to connect with the harbor, and the intention is obvious!"
"I want to send reinforcements from one to two thousand troops to the harbor."
"At the same time, clear Memphis! All residents in the city moved to the harbor."
"This side fights the enemy without any doubt!"
When the generals heard this, they thought about it, and then said one after another: "We are willing to follow the general to defeat the enemy! Promote the prestige of our Great Qin!"
Because the Memphis surrendered troops and the slaves in the city had long been taken to Harbour City.
So there are only some civilians, merchants and nobles left in the city.
Faced with the Qin army armed to the teeth, these people had no power to resist.
Even if I want to resist at this time, I can’t find anyone to choose to lead the way.
I had to obediently be pointed at the Qin army with swords and guns and cross the river, and then walked more than 300 miles to Harbour City.
At the same time, Ying Bu also sent two thousand people to take over these 30,000 to 40,000 civilian prisoners, and at the same time, he added troops to Ji Bu.
In this way, Ji Bu had 2,500 soldiers in his hands.
Jibu let a thousand men go south along the river and attack the southern part of the Nile River.
Since the Ptolemaic dynasty did not cooperate, the Qin Dynasty was no longer there.
I originally wanted to keep them more energy, but now there is no need.
At the same time, Jibu ordered five hundred men to drive half of the ships downstream and take the initiative to fight the Ptolemaic navy.
You should know that the Ptolemy's navy that went south this time was the elite navy of his country.
The ship is huge and the soldiers have rich combat experience.
If this navy can be severely damaged, it will undoubtedly break the Ptolemaic dynasty's plan to advance along the water and land and block Memphis!
Because it is a countercurrent, the navy should act slowly.
The Ptolemaic army troops soon discovered Qin army ships that were descending on the river.
I was so shocked that I immediately prepared for the battle.
It turned out that these warships did not stop and went straight downstream.
I felt relieved immediately.
"These Qin people are simply dying, using these inland boats to provoke our navy's large ships!"
"That's right, there are only a dozen ships, and they are still merchant ships. What are their minds thinking?"
"Maybe, the Qin people are so crazy, otherwise they would not dare to attack Memphis with just one thousand people, and they would not dare to arrogantly ask us to take 100,000 gold coins as ransom!"
"No matter these Qin people, hurry to Memphis immediately and break through the city as soon as possible! Get the reward."
Speaking of which, the five hundred Qin troops drove their ships down the river and soon saw a large number of Ptolemaic naval warships downstream.
The entire river is densely packed.
The Qin army soldiers were overjoyed.
"As per General Ji Bu's plan, accelerate after one hundred and sixty feet, and ignite the fodder behind the ship after one hundred feet!"
Ji Bu's plan was to implement the plan of Zhou Yu from the Three Kingdoms to burn Cao's army.
Use a fire ship to crash into the Ptolemaic navy downstream.
He did not want to fight head-on, but burned ships, blocked rivers, and destroyed enemy warships.
Seeing the ships coming upstream, the Ptolemaic navy also had their eyes shining and were very excited.
"The stupid oriental man actually wanted to defeat us with just a dozen ships. It's ridiculous!"
"The warriors of the Great Ptolemaic Empire, attack and kill the Qin Navy!"
"Kill me, activate the big ship, rush out and knock them over!"
Soon a ship of the Ptolemaic Navy that could carry 4,000 troops rushed out first.
With its large hull, it can completely crush more than a dozen merchant ships rushing upstream.
Both sides are accelerating.
The Qin army's observers were always watching each other's distance.
"Report, it's 160 feet!"
The flagship five hundred master immediately shouted: "Image!"
At the beginning, the fire was extremely small and only smoke was emitted at the tail!
To be continued...