The crowd looked at the place where Cassandrus had pointed, and although it was dark, they could still faintly see the banner with the star of Ajid Venus fluttering in the air, and the cavalrymen who had been blocked in their way were already in a commotion, and fear, frustration, and decadence had already permeated the ranks, and who wanted to die like this. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 Info And when Cassandros pointed to the banner, everyone was shocked, it turned out that they were not attacking Arab robbers, but the army of the king of Macedonia. At this time, Patrocles also closed his eyes sadly, and his heart felt like he had knocked over the five-flavor bottle.

"I am Cassandris, King Alexander's personal bodyguard, and I have come to receive Babylon on orders of Your Majesty, because Seleucus was in the camp of Antigonus and had to do so. You are all the king's people, and I hope that you will lay down your arms and dismount and surrender, and the king will not blame you. After all, for so many years, the king was too young to take power, and the Diadochi fought against each other, and you were just tools in the hands of others, and you were not wrong. Your Majesty will not be long in coming, and I hope that you will join me in welcoming Your Majesty and working together for the revival of the Macedonian Empire. You will soon discover the king's wisdom and benevolence and greatness! ”

"Phew!" As the first man dropped his weapon, almost all of them dropped it, and several of the soldiers looked at Patrocles, saw that he still closed his eyes, looked at each other, and finally dropped his weapon as well.

Only Patrocles remained motionless on his horse, and at this time he was thinking back to Seleucus's earnest entrustment to him before leaving, and Seleucus's cultivation and trust in him, and he had already regarded him as the object of his sworn allegiance. Now he was defeated by the king's army, the concept of the king had not been in his mind for a long time, since the death of Alexander the Great, the empire has fallen into endless chaos, no one can control such a large empire alone, for the middle and lower rank officers and ordinary soldiers, with it is allegiance to their respective superiors, Patrocles is one of them. But now the king has reappeared, his army is close to Babylon, and he himself has suffered a crushing defeat, and there is little hope of leaving Euterus, a reckless man, to keep Babylon alone, and Babylon is about to change hands. He and Seleucus had a friendship in addition to their superiors, and the king was his nominal supreme superior, and the righteousness lay with. In any case, he could not escape the charge of infidelity, but he did not want to die, because there was still a lot of work for him to do, and he had to travel all over the world, explore some unknown places, and then write his travelogue. But now he was not a man on the right or left, and there were no steps to go down, so he sat dryly on his horse, as if waiting for something, but he himself did not know what he was waiting for.

Unconsciously, he felt a fiery energy in his right hand, and he opened his eyes to find that the person who was standing opposite him just now was holding his hand under the horse, looking at him with a smile. He knew that the other party was passing on friendship, so he finally closed his eyes and turned over and dismounted without hesitation. Kassandrus took his hand and raised it together, and all of them erupted in a loud shout......

In this battle, Patrocles lost more than 600 people, or because the soldiers were besieged and their morale was greatly demoralized, causing many people to surrender voluntarily, otherwise the result would have been even worse. Since the surrenderers knew that it was the king's army that defeated them, they seemed to be very cooperative afterwards, because there were some Macedonians and Greeks in Patrocles' army, so many fellow villagers in the two armies had already begun to chat, and many of the surrenderers even invited each other to his home in advance. Patrocles was the most depressed of all, and he never said a word. …,

"General Patrocles, if you go to persuade him to surrender, do you think your men will be able to open the gates?"

"Now it is Yutreus who is guarding the city, although he is nominally my assistant, but his status is not lower than mine, he will not betray the Seleucid general, you don't count on it."

"And you don't want to persuade you, do you?" Kassandreus smiled and said, "I understand that even though you surrendered, you still don't want to mess with your old boss, do you?" ”

"I can't escape your eyes at all!" Patrocles smiled bitterly, "You're right, I can't pass myself." ”

"I admire the general's loyalty, I won't make it difficult for you, I have asked my soldiers to dress up as you, and I believe that I will be able to open the city gate soon."

"Utlerus is more than brave and resourceful, it seems that this battle will soon be over, I congratulate you in advance, the capture of Babylon is a great achievement."

Utlerus at the head of the city waited until he arrived to see the black crowd appear outside the city. Soon a cavalry came to the city.

"General Utlerus, open the gates, we are triumphant!"

As soon as Utellus saw that there was one of Patrocles' personal soldiers below, he didn't hesitate, and immediately asked the door open, and then continued to ask, "What about General Patrocles?" ”

"The general is a little wounded, in the back."

"What, the general is wounded!"

"It's a minor injury, you don't have to worry."

"That's good." Utellus waved his hand: "Open the city gates." ”

People from outside the city poured in little by little, but many of them were unknown to the soldiers defending the city, and a clever man hastened to inform Utlerus.

"What? A lot of people you don't know! ”

"That's right, a lot of them are fresh faces, which really doesn't make sense!"

"Are you very popular! Do you know all the people in this city? ”

"It's only a few people who have just come in now, maybe there will be someone you know later, what do you have to worry about."

"But—"

"But what, what are you worried about? Don't go down yet! Be all abroad. ”

"Yes, yes."

It's been a long time......

"General, we don't seem to have so many cavalry, do we?"

"Fools, aren't those Arabs all cavalry! This must have been captured! You're stupid. ”

"Yes, the general is wise!" The soldier retreated in a huff.

"Alright, it's time for me to go down to meet the general's triumph." With that, Utelus went down the tower.

By this time, Cassandros's army had already entered the city with more than a thousand men, and Utlerus came to the gates, but he found that there was really no one he knew. The more he thought about it, the more wrong it became, and at this moment, the soldier who had just now stepped forward and said, "General Utlerus, General Patrocles, please come over." ”

"Where's the general?"

"Just out there?"

Hearing Patrocles call him, Utlerus put aside his doubts and went out of the city in a daze. Patrocles was outside, but he didn't seem to be hurt, but it wasn't something to be happy about, and what happened next left Uhtellus dumbfounded.

"You!" Patrocles said something that puzzled Utellus, and then sighed, "Maybe it's providence." ”

"General, what's wrong?"

"God willing, His Majesty will not treat you badly, really." Kassandrus said as he rode up slowly.

"What?!" Uhtelus was at a loss.

"General, he—" Utlerus looked at Patrocles who bowed his head in despair, and Utlerus suddenly had an ominous premonition. He turned his horse and ran back, but Kassandro could not let him run like this, dozens of soldiers were already waiting in front of him, and Utlerus saw it, and rushed forward with a shout, and the Macedonian cavalry lined up with their spears and shields raised to meet him.

There was a "boom" of metal, and Utlerus had fallen off his horse, unconscious. Seeing that the two highest governors of Babylon had fallen one with their spears and the other, Cassandrus had no further worries and ordered all the cavalry to rush into the city. Although the situation under the city was discovered, the leaderless Babylonian soldiers were unable to organize effective resistance, and when the army of Cassandrus rebuked them under the slogan of the king and moved out of Patrocles, the soldiers looked at me and I looked at you, and finally laid down their arms. Thus, the city of Babylon was thus occupied, and although the new city on the east bank of the Euphrates River was the main city, it had no choice but to surrender despite the loss of its commander and the disparity in strength.