During the second siege, the Sith's men encountered a mobile Pontus force on the way. Although the enemy was quickly eliminated, the engineering team was attacked and damaged one of the catapults, and another was repaired for half a day before it could leave. It was already noon, and it took another hour to adjust the meal.

Siege in the afternoon, and then the last wall. The defenders thickened the lower part of the wall. According to common sense, if the garrison is sufficient, you should enter the city more often. But the Sith was still short of ammunition, and only one gap was opened. The second place is the first half of the wall that collapsed, and there are only a few shots missing.

Seeing the crowds on the city wall and the flags fluttering, the enemy must be indispensable. Everyone looked embarrassed.

The Macedonians took advantage of the opportunity to march in the process of beating the stones, about 100 or so oriental infantry fell to their deaths due to the collapse of the wall, and the falling stones of the city skin killed some of the defenders behind the wall. Frightened, the rest of the soldiers moved out of the way, and the chariots retreated to the inner city. Vacate a small vacant lot into the city.

The Sith gave the order to march into the army. The two phalanxes that entered the city first did not go far before they fled. Looking closer, at the corner of the entrance, the city on the left hand side is full of defenders, there are two bronze shield spear phalanxes in the right passage, and there are chariot mobile support in the inner street. That is, the besieging soldiers were threatened by javelins, stones, and chariots from the flanks.

The Sith sent auxiliaries up to the first line of contact, and the archers supported the second line. Attract firepower with the loss of cannon fodder units, wear down the enemy. But they were of limited use, only depleting the javelins and arrows on the walls. After a while, he was killed by the bronze shield warriors, and the corpses were piled up in a thick layer. Apparently all auxiliaries.

The Pondu soldiers were also very shrewd, and instead of chasing, they returned to their original positions and lined up their guns against the gap against the wall. Bows and arrows can't be shot.

The previously defeated phalanx was reorganized and re-engaged. They probably only touched the tip of their guns a few times before fleeing in fear. Because the ordinary phalanx was facing each other, the bronze shield spear phalanx was indeed no opponent, and the defenders on the high wall behind them simply frightened them.

The Sith watched the battle immediately outside the city, and was furious and trembling with rage.

"Archers, release the arrows!"

"But, Your Majesty, we will shoot at friendly troops."

Archer herald.

"Fart. Execute the command! ”

"Archer, put!"

The ferocious arrows seemed to pierce everything, and a large number of bows were lost like a torrential rain of frames.

"Ah!!h

Screaming and screaming.

Even the Pontus were shot with deserters. This blow caused the defenders to lose most of the bronze shield soldiers, which really surprised the enemy. The more than 100 survivors who escaped were stopped on the spot by the Sith and corrected on the spot.

The tragic scene stunned everyone present. Seeing that the sun is about to set in the west, what should be done about this half-conquered city? They all complain about these cowards, who are not pioneers in the name of pioneers, delay time, and miss opportunities. The anxious Sith King was so angry and discouraged that tears overflowed with chagrin.

"Before dark, take the city.

Give it to me, assault! ”

Hearing the king's hysterical cry, the soldiers who were pro-soldiers felt heart-rending pain. Everyone had the idea of death and victory in their hearts, and they gritted their teeth and threw themselves into the city.

The rest of the phalanx were all thrown into battle, and everyone rushed into the city like crazy, and the king followed behind the infantry to direct and encourage, as if to push them forward.

In this way, the Macedonian siege force was like a rainbow, forming a torrent of turbulence. Bravely break through the first line of Pontus. The soldiers on the city walls came down to support, but they were surrounded by a phalanx of spears at the exit and shot indiscriminately. The bronze shield soldiers were chopped to pieces by the Macedonians and all of them were annihilated in the front street.

The Sith took the lead, with only a phalanx, cavalry, and archers, and entered the center of the city without stopping. Ren Bendu's chariots, cavalry, ghosts, snakes, and insects, were killed everywhere. Time passed little by little, and the light became darker and darker. The sun had completely set over the horizon, and the evening light had dimmed.

The central square was the last line of defense. The Sith stopped and watched the enemy. It was full of square people, oriental infantry, two bronze shield phalanxes, generals and iron cavalry.

"Your Majesty, there is an army south of the city that has broken through the Patra encirclement and reinforced. It was supposed to be a field army belonging to Central Egypt. ”

"How many are there?"

"Not much, one or two thousand."

"Your Majesty, all the guards in other directions of Memphis City have withdrawn and are rushing to the square."

"It's getting late, there's not enough light, and I'm afraid of change. Command the whole army to withdraw from the city! Abandon the siege. ”

"Yes."

The besieging troops had no choice but to return to the camp again, but they did not return to the camp, but camped a hundred meters away from the city to rest.

"I don't expect there to be more than 2,000 enemies, so there's no threat to me. Though I will not take it today, I will take it tomorrow. Tomorrow morning, there will be breakfast on the fourth day, and the city will be attacked on the fifth day. ”

Sith was happy with his performance at the back of his hand. It was a little difficult at the beginning, and maybe it added an unhappy episode, but once the situation was opened, it was like a bamboo, and tens of thousands of enemies were killed.

He contacted Patra and Milot, the lieutenant general who organized the feint, and agreed that they would attack the city together on Friday morning, signaling the fireworks in the city.

The soldiers of Pontus knew that they had few soldiers and were lonely, and it was difficult to defend them. Therefore, they all waited in the square and waited for the enemy at any time.

When the appointed hour came, smoke rose high in the city of Memphis.

"Battle Signal!"

“Battleformation!” (Battle Formation)

Patra and Milot excitedly gave the order to attack. From the feints and secondary attacks in the north and east of the city, the main force turned into the main force and rushed to charge.

The third siege of Memphis, accompanied by soldiers shouting "Hooray!" The fierce scene kicked off in Central Egypt.

The Sith army, ten times the enemy, stepped into the city from the last gap, climbed the gate tower, engaged in the central square, and completely crushed the last guards of Pontus.

The elite soldiers of Pontus persevered to the end and fought bravely; The Macedonian warriors came here, and it is not idle to survive to this day. Because the mediocre have long been eliminated in the killing! But the Macedonian archers, supplemented by bows and arrows, showed no mercy and shot the recalcitrant enemy in advance. But this did not affect the quality of the white-knuckle battle in the slightest, and the battle scene in the square was extremely fierce.

The side with superior strength pushes forward with all its might, and psychologically crushes the enemy. The fight continued until the last defender fell in a pool of blood.

Macedonia finally got its wish and occupied Memphis.

The Sith knew that it had been delayed for a long time, and immediately began to prepare for the attack on Thebes. He transferred the Phoenician regiment and the North African Corps from Alexandria.

Far Eastern theater of operations

For the Far Eastern Theater, which has been in a stalemate under difficult conditions, good things have happened recently, the cold winter has finally passed, and spring has arrived.

First of all, the Asia Army Group seized Pontus and opened up the corridor for the transportation of reinforcements and supplies.

Then the siege of Kutaisi lasted for three years, and finally the time was ripe. Read the latest chapter of "Post-Macedonian Conquest History Claw Book House" for free for the first time.