January 14, evening, east bank of the Nile Delta port.
Under the cover of the Gron Kingdom's Fifth Crossbow Cavalry Corps, the Gron Family's Fifth and Sixth Crossbow Cavalry Corps, the Gron Family's Seventh and Eighth Crossbow Cavalry Corps, and the Second Catapult Engineer Corps, began to use rafts to cross the Nile.
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The New Babylonian Fortress naturally knew about the large-scale river crossing.
However, because it was dark and the situation on the west bank could not be seen clearly, the troops of the New Babylon Fortress did not dare to move rashly.
In this way, Gelong Army got another first move.
January 15th, morning, sunny.
The Second Catapult Engineer Corps of the Gron Army used a large unfolded catapult to launch iron oil tanks. The oil tanks exploded in the open space, and the rising flames could be clearly seen by the New Babylon Fortress about ten kilometers away, not to mention the surrounding legions.
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Faced with such a weapon that was beyond the reach of manpower, the morale of each legion plummeted.
The shield formation of the heavily armed soldiers is absolutely unstoppable.
There is only one way to fight, charge with determination regardless of casualties, and destroy the twelve large trebuchets.
But facing the crossbow bolts of five legions and charging with eight legions, that is not a charge, that is death.
Even if all the legions of the New Babylon Fortress attack, there is absolutely no chance of victory.
"boom!"
This time, an iron oil tank landed in front of the heavily armored formation. The intention was very clear. If you don't retreat, the next one may fall in the formation.
retreat.
Under the suppression of Gron's army, the legions of the New Babylon Fortress slowly shrank around the camp outside the fortress.
The sky gradually darkened, and the faces of the upper echelons of the legions in the New Babylon Fortress were seen.
The Gron army once again persuaded them to surrender and gave the New Babylon Fortress one hour to consider.
The New Babylon Fortress wanted to be cunning and reply for at least two days, because they needed to contact the Paliusiam Fortress.
In fact, I wanted to wait for the navy to land in the Cyrenaic area and the Gron army to withdraw and return to defense, and then there would be a chance of victory.
The Gelung army here didn't know this, but Yamazaki's order was for one hour, so it was only one hour.
An hour later, the entire New Babylonian fortress went out to battle, as well as hundreds of thousands of non-soldier slaves in the city.
For the upper echelons of the army, they wanted the noble men of Eastern Rome to collectively surrender to the barbarians, but their honor prevented them from doing so.
The heavily armored soldiers mounted their armored war horses, and a solemn and solemn atmosphere arose throughout the army.
The slaves looked panicked and at a loss, and some even cried loudly.
At this time, the wind blew in favor of the Eastern Roman legions, and it started to rain.
Yamazaki and Meidaizi both sensed the divine power and guessed that Zeus had intervened. They couldn't help but curl their lips. This was cheating in broad daylight.
The horn of war sounds, charge.
The slaves were the first to attack. Under the urging of death from the bows and arrows of the slave archers behind them, they rushed towards the Gron army. They only attracted the victims of the crossbows, but they had no choice.
They ran and stopped, stopped and ran, and gradually entered the firing range of the Gron Army's crossbow cavalry, a range shortened by the wind.
When the first wave of crossbow bolts took away the lives of a large number of slaves, the slave archers behind them broke up and charged. They were the targets of the second round.
Although many slave archers fell, some slave archers survived and rushed into the bow and arrow range, because the wind increased the range.
When the slave archers rushed into the range of the bows and arrows, they bent their bows and fired arrows to fight back, hoping to disturb the Gelon army.
When the slave archers faced the rain of crossbows and were almost destroyed, behind them, the New Babylonian Fortress's First All-Powerful Light Cavalry Corps charged.
They are the third round of targets. They hold a shield in one hand and a wooden crossbow in the other.
However, the Gelong army did not dodge or dodge, and calmly fired back and re-cocked their weapons. They used the rolling retreat tactic, kept distance according to the formation, and allowed the rain of arrows to rain on their bodies and horses. And the rain of arrows was really like rain.
Like a splash.
The crossbow arrows rained down on the shields of the light cavalry regiment. At the same time, they also raised their hands to shoot the crossbow arrows on the wooden crossbows.
The range of the wooden crossbow is smaller than that of the bow, and it is inconvenient to string it when galloping on horseback. The purpose of using the wooden crossbow is to strike with one blow, distracting the enemy and buying time.
They were able to enter the shooting range only because of the wind, which was getting stronger.
Wooden crossbow arrows rained down, but these crossbow arrows falling from the sky could not even pierce the alloy armor, leaving at most a shallow pit.
As the light cavalry approached, another round of alloy crossbow bolts changed from projectile to direct fire, knocking down more light cavalry.
At this time, the final heavy cavalry was also dispatched. Because they were afraid that the group charge would be hit by the iron oil tanks, they used skirmishers to charge.
The 8th to the 15th seven all-purpose heavy infantry legions, two all-purpose heavy infantry legions in the New Babylon Fortress area, nine legions with 54,000 troops, and the battle line stretched to nearly ten kilometers.
The wind and rain are getting stronger and stronger.
Generally speaking, the battle situation is more favorable to the heavy armored army, because the bows and crossbows will have problems in rainy weather.
However, the alloy crossbow is not afraid of water, and at most it will affect the range.
In fact, the Gron Engineer Corps started preparations when the Eastern Roman Army put on armor, and had already withdrawn with its trebuchets.
The Engineer Corps has never thought of using iron oil tanks to fight field battles. According to Yamazaki, it is not worthwhile to use siege weapons to beat people.
The engineer corps withdrew, and so did the crossbow cavalry. Anyway, the charge of the heavy cavalry was destined to be short-lived.
However, they refused to retreat and continued to attack. The heavy cavalry horses could not stop the alloy crossbow bolts, and even horse armor could not stop them.
It rains and the ground is muddy, which affects both sides.
In terms of speed alone, the heavy cavalry still suffers a bit.
Soon, the cavalry turned into infantry.
The heavy infantry who lost their group advantage were just targets. Their shields could block metal crossbow bolts, but their armor could not.
A massacre.
Due to heavy rain, the front was too long, and the soldiers were scattered. By the time the order to stop was passed to individuals, the massacre was already over.
Human life and blood have no value at all at this moment.
The blood of 100,000 people collected in the rain and flowed into the Nile River, dyeing the entire river red.
In war, it seems that only dead enemies are the most valuable.
For the throne, it seems that it will always be built with blood and bones...
At noon, the New Babylon Fortress surrendered, and the top brass of the legion knelt on the ground trembling.
Facing the Gelong Army, which had slaughtered 100,000 people and was filled with murderous intent, they were scared to death.
As for their fate, Yamazaki helped them decide. Tomorrow they will bring a sacrificial flag to the 100,000 innocent souls who died in vain.
If they hadn't been lucky, this fight wouldn't have happened at all.
When their minds were set, they did everything they should do. The defeat was because the soldiers did not try their best, and it was not their fault...
Outside Alexandria, the Gron army camp.
Meidaizi smiled and rubbed Yamazaki's head to comfort him not to be angry.
Yamazaki patted Meidaizi away, spread out the parchment, and wrote a letter to mobilize the troops.
At this point in the battle, there is no more suspense.
Judging from these officials, the Eastern Roman Kingdom had indeed become corrupt.
Then, if possible, accept it completely.
The Gelon Kingdom may not be the best choice for ordinary people, because it is also full of competition and needs to be self-reliant, but the Gelon Kingdom will at least respect the choices of ordinary people and will not let them die.
He knew that he couldn't defeat him, that he had no purpose, and that he had promised to surrender and be considered a civilian, but he still refused to surrender and insisted on obeying orders to fight, forcing the Gelong army to kill him.
What should I say, I don’t know.
No matter what kind of righteousness they carried, the dead are gone. All we can do is record their names and let people know that there was such a battle here and now, and everyone died in it.
Whether it is heroic or stupid, let future generations judge...