"I didn't expect the opponent's bow and arrow to shoot so far, and there is also the advantage of a high wall, our bow and arrow range is not even half of theirs, it seems that we are lagging behind, no wonder Babylon will be captured overnight. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info" Seleucus said worriedly.

"It's nothing, their cavalry is so powerful, fighting with them is simply looking for death, although their cavalry spears are not very long, but they are much stronger than ours, and the armor is also a lot thicker, I was knocked away by their cavalry spears." Utelus said in frustration.

"Alas...... These advanced weapons are not effective at all for the time being, and the cavalry cannot reflect their superiority now. But the moat of Babylon is an insurmountable chasm, and the two high walls in front and back are the largest in the world today, and more importantly, the owner of the city is the king of the Macedonian Empire, which is probably the strongest defense we have encountered since our expedition. Ovagoras sighed.

"Nonsense, it's come to this, we can only go one way to the end, do you still want to retreat?" When Pei Song heard this, he immediately became angry.

"Enough, stop arguing!" Antigonus turned around and said, "You're arguing before we even start fighting, if that's the case, then we'll just go back." ”

"Father!" Antigonus waved his hand and stopped Dmitry.

"The most important thing you need to do now is to lead your respective teams, you must stabilize the morale of the army, and you must not let the other side take advantage of it, and when the siege engines are assembled, you will start to attack the city with all your might. I see that their archers are limited, and although their bows and arrows are sharp, they can't stand up to our numbers. Dmitry, you are responsible for urging the soldiers to build more siege engines, especially to build a large number of things that can hold soldiers and laborers or can be used as a barrier to shield them from arrows, how to do it yourself, and you must complete all the work within three days, otherwise you will only ask. ”

"Father, rest assured, we have brought a large number of craftsmen and laborers, although some have died, but there is no problem in terms of personnel, and all kinds of materials are relatively complete, I will definitely build the most advanced and powerful siege machine in the world."

"Very good, I look forward to your results, so let's disperse first."

In this way, after another three days, a large number of movable sheds with wheels for the soldiers were built, and in order to prevent the fire of the opponents, many of the sheds were covered with cowhides, which were not enough to be covered with silt from the river, and this time Antigonus ordered the army to attack from the eastern, southern, and northern gates at the same time.

This siege vehicle can be moved and can accommodate a large number of soldiers inside without being damaged by arrows, and the back of the siege vehicle is high and wide, allowing a large number of soldiers to follow behind. Thanks to this armor, arrows became less useful, at least against people in sheds. However, Alexander also had another weapon, that is, catapults, which were far less advanced than they were in the Middle Ages, but for a long time, these weapons were the most advanced in the world, with a range similar to that of a longbow, but more powerful because they were more penetrating and killed in pieces. In addition, there are ballistas, which can pierce several people, which are also very terrifying. However, they also have inherent shortcomings, that is, the rate of fire is very slow, and the accuracy is difficult to guarantee.

However, Antigonus also had a lot of siege equipment, and in terms of mechanical weapons, it is difficult to say who has the advantage. Neither side thought too much, the battle had begun, Antigonus's army slowly advanced, due to the good function of the siege vehicles with the sheltering function, plus the assistance of archers and catapults, the losses were greatly reduced, the archers on the city wall were all aimed at the archers and catapult operators under the city, because the range of the longbow was too far, coupled with the advantage of the city wall, so that the range was amplified again, and the trebuchet under the city would inevitably put themselves within the range of the other party if they wanted to hit the city wall or the soldiers on the city wall. The trebuchets and ballistae on the walls were scattered to attack the battering rams, siege towers, and siege engines below that the archers could not kill, as well as the enemy trebuchets in the distance, which made the already numerically inferior Wang army seem to be overstretched, but they still had to resist the rebels. …,

Antigonus's trebuchets were limited in their power, as most of the stones could not accurately fall on the heads of the soldiers on the walls, most of them crashed into the walls or moats, and some flew directly onto the second wall. However, the impact of a large number of stones still caused the city wall to shake constantly, which to a certain extent hit the morale of the soldiers defending the city. However, the soldiers outside the city had an even more difficult time. Although the accuracy is not very good, as long as it is smashed by the defenders, it is either a hole or a puddle of paste, Rao is a layer of iron plate outside the siege tower, and under the continuous bombardment of the trebuchet, holes soon appeared, and the soldiers gathered inside were killed in large numbers at once. Poorly protected siege engines are even worse, and once they are smashed into a few rounds, the entire vehicle will collapse. However, every siege tower was also equipped with catapults and archers, especially the top floors, which had the advantage of height and could attack the soldiers on the walls more accurately, and this advantage was more obvious due to the continuous reduction of distance.

Because of the sheer number of these weapons in Antigonus's army, at least half of the siege equipment ended up under the moat safely. Although the casualties were heavy, at least they had successfully passed the first level, and all ranged weapons could be fired, and Antigonus's archers were able to calmly deal with the longbowmen who had terrified them before.

The focus of the next attack was on the city gates. The first thing the laborers had to do was to fill the section of the river outside the city gates, because only by building a bridge there could the battering rams pass through the river and hit the city gates, so that the siege towers could be connected to the city walls. As a result, it has become a key place for both sides to compete. Many of the laborers fell in transit, and eventually Pei Song simply ordered the soldiers to push all the dead into the moat to serve as filler. The whole river was full of corpses, some of them were defenders, but most of them were attackers, blood stained the river red, everywhere was filled with the smell of blood, and all of them repeated their work like machines until they died. Even Hades was furious about this, because he had not had time to receive so many dead people in a short period of time.

At the east gate, where the defense was slightly weak, Pei Song, who was in charge of the attack, finally achieved results with an attack method regardless of casualties, and the battering ram stepped through the passage formed by the accumulation of corpses to the city gate, and began to hit the city gate, and two siege towers were also close to the city wall, and anyone could guess the results below. Once the siege tower is close to the wall, a wooden bridge will stick from the top of the tower and build on the wall, and then the soldiers on the tower will rush to the wall through this wooden bridge to fight the defender gate of the wall. Upon hearing the news, Ares, who was in charge of the east gate, led some royal spearmen and reservists, and Chen soldiers were on the inside of the city gate, waiting for the attackers who might break through the city at any time, and the soldiers on the city wall also raised their weapons to meet the hand-to-hand combat below. Antigonus received the news that the eastern gate was about to be breached, and asked his son Dmitry to bring 20 war elephants and 2,000 Phrygian hoplites, ready to attack the city at any time. The roars and footsteps of the war elephants are getting closer and closer, and once the city gates are broken, a fight is inevitable.

"General, the king has an order, and all the troops should immediately withdraw to the inner city wall." A herald hurried to deliver the king's order.

Ares hesitated for a moment, looked at the trembling gates, and gave the order, "Withdraw!" ”

Soon after all the defenders of the east gate retreated into the inner city, with a loud bang, the east gate crashed open. However, although the gates were broken, Peisson and Demeter were facing a taller and wider inner wall. At this time, the soldiers had been fighting for most of the day, and the soldiers were tired and hungry, and Pei Song, although arrogant, did not dare to attack the inner city wall again. …,

"Dmitry, the soldiers are tired, the gates of Babylon have been opened, let the soldiers rest for a while, replenish their food before attacking the inner city." Pei Song looked at Dmitry, who was eager to try, and said worriedly.

But the young and vigorous Dmitry did not buy it: "If we are tired, they are not tired?" I am now taking the inner city in one go, and the province has many long nights and dreams. With that, Dmitry rushed in with war elephants and soldiers. However, there were no soldiers in the city gate, they had already moved to the second wall, and as soon as Dmitry entered the city gate, he was attacked by countless arrows and stones, and the wounded war elephant became crazy, and Dmitry's army was trampled by his own war elephant and suffered great losses, and the driver had to pierce the war elephant's skull with a spear, and the four war elephants died a tragic death. Dmitry was indignant, seeing that the soldiers were demoralized and exhausted, and knew that nothing could be done, so he ordered to retreat and renovate.

At the same time, since the north side was the main battlefield of the battle between the two sides, the northern wall was attacked most violently. The northern wall also collapsed under the prolonged attack of the trebuchet, and the wide river channel was filled with corpses, sand, and stones, so that the siege towers could use it to get closer to the walls through the moat, and the soldiers could charge into the city. At this time, it was clear that there was no way to garrison the outer walls, and Arestonos did not want to waste the lives of his soldiers on filling the gaps, not to mention that they had a taller and stronger inner wall to defend.

In this way, the outer walls to the north and east were breached, but it was almost dusk, and Antigonus had to order the troops to be collected, to rest the army, and to leave the necessary soldiers on the outer walls to fight again tomorrow.

In this battle, Antigonus's army wounded more than 17,000 people and killed more than 8,000 people, most of whom were exhausted and suffered extremely heavy losses. The defenders suffered 8,000 wounded and nearly 3,000 killed, and the losses were equally heavy, and only more than half of the army was left to fight after the wounded. The results of such a high-intensity battle were not only that, the archers on both sides were almost scrapped, because they simply did not have the strength to pull the strings anymore, and even if they rested for a night, they could not recover, and they could have half the strength of before.