Outside the city of Babylon in the tent of Antigonus. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

There was a solemnity in the room, and the losses were so heavy after two days of fighting that everyone did not know what to say. This situation lasted for half an hour, and finally Sethigu was the first to speak: "According to preliminary estimates, about one-third of our army's soldiers are no longer able to fight, this loss is indeed too large, but the opponent's loss will not be less than this proportion, so our advantage is still there, as long as we break through the east gate or the north gate of the inner city wall tomorrow, we can win, so I hope you don't be discouraged, the goddess of victory is beckoning to us!" ”

"Well said, the old man admires your unfazed character!" Antigonus took the case and continued: "Yes, the moat and the outer walls have been breached, and now Babylon is left with the last barrier, and if it is conquered tomorrow, all the women and wealth in it will be ours. ”

At the end of the day, almost all of them had their eyes wide open, and the casualties were nothing to them, for they would have wealth, and the wealth of Babylon would be enough to offset the pain caused by the great loss of the soldiers. However, Sethicus was electrified, and he began to worry about his future, fearing that once Antigonus conquered Babylon, he would no longer care about the previous agreement, and indulge the soldiers to plunder at will, so that he would not be able to receive Babylon in its entirety. How much did Babylon mean to him after it had been sacked and slaughtered by the army? And now it seems that after suffering such heavy losses, Antigonus is likely to let the soldiers acquire a lot of wealth in order to stabilize the morale of the army. Just as he was thinking, Antigonus' words interrupted his thoughts.

"Now I give the order that tomorrow I concentrate most of my forces to attack the east and north gates, and we must take the city of Babylon."

In the city of Babylon, where everyone was shrouded in the haze of heavy losses, Alexander the Younger, together with the Queen Mother and the Queen Mother, inspected the army to comfort the wounded soldiers. In order to relieve the huge number of wounded, Alexander mobilized all the doctors in the city and took out all the stock herbs. At his call, the women of the city volunteered to work as nurses for the wounded, and the wounded and sick in the city were much better cared for than outside the city. In addition, Alexander had a large and deep pit dug on the east side of the Tower of Babel in the Temple of Etman Anji (North Temple), where most of the bodies of the dead soldiers were placed, and Alexander was going to build a structure similar to the "Monument to the People's Heroes" after the war.

In the square, Alexander was still speaking impassionedly in the dim light of the fire: "My subjects, the war is not over, the enemy is very fierce, they will continue to attack the city tomorrow, but we are not afraid, we have suffered heavy losses, but their losses are several times greater than ours." Tomorrow I will bring them to a halt under the city of Babylon, but I need your help, for you alone can defeat the murderous rebels and bring them to their knees. Soldiers, I love you! ”

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The cries of the soldiers were still so loud, and Alexander was very happy, which made him more confident, no matter how strong the enemy was, as long as the morale of his army was always high, he had nothing to worry about, not to mention that he still had a killer weapon.

One October morning in 316 B.C., as the sun slowly rose, the day that would determine the order in Asia began. Antigonus's army prepared all the siege preparations and concentrated its main forces to attack the eastern and northern walls. The siege towers slowly drove towards the gap, advancing towards the inner walls, and the battering rams also headed towards the inner gates, but the defenders did not move at all, much to everyone's surprise.

"General, the defenders seem to be very quiet!" Sethigu said to the one-eyed man next to him. …,

"Their trebuchets are mainly concentrated on the outer walls, and most of them should have been lost in yesterday's battle, and our trebuchets are basically destroyed. Regardless of them, attack. ”

It wasn't until the soldiers and siege engines entered the passage between the outer city and the inner city that the defenders began to counterattack, and the rockets stained with oil flew into the city in a net. Many soldiers were burned, battering rams were lit, many fireballs flew into the siege tower that was projecting with open windows, and the scene began to be chaotic with pig-killing cries ringing outside the city.

"Close the window, stupid!" Nikanoel shouted to the soldiers in the tower, but they couldn't hear it, but they consciously closed the windows.

"Idiot, this will only burn harder, go collect the sand." Nicanor reprimanded the soldiers who were rushing to extinguish the fire with water, and as a student of Aristotle, the battering ram knew more or less what oil was.

The battering ram wrapped in cowhide originally had a certain fireproof effect, but it was not enough to see in the face of oil. Therefore, Nikanor ordered the men to nail pieces of iron to the tops of all the battering rams. In this way, all the siege equipment is blocked by iron sheets, and it is difficult to burn. And at this time, Alexander appeared on the northern wall.

"Your Majesty, why are you here, it's too dangerous here, go back quickly." Arestonos said in surprise. After all, there was a possibility that a stray arrow could fly towards the king's body at any time, which made Arestonos very anxious.

"The soldiers are not afraid, I have nothing to fear, tell them that I am here to watch them."

"No, Alexander, it's my duty to keep you safe, this is the battlefield, and I'm the supreme commander here. You can do whatever you want to do with me when you go back, but here, you have to listen to me. Arestonos yelled at his king, startling Alexander.

Seeing the veteran's anxious look, Alexander had no choice but to go home. But before leaving, he made a suggestion to Arestonos: "General, there is a lot of oil, you can spill the oil and then light the fire, and you can sprinkle everything with oil, and—" Alexander spread his hands upwards and laughed.

Arestonos patted his head and had an epiphany.

"Pour barrel by barrel of oil, on the battering towers and battering rams, quick!"

A soldier stood on the railing of the city wall, carrying a bucket of oil and preparing to pour it on the siege tower, but before he could exert his strength, he was shot by a feathered arrow, and the man fell straight backwards and fell to the ground, scattering the oil barrel on the ground. But more people repeated his movements, pouring all their strength into the siege tower. This was clearly effective, and the oil slowly penetrated into the wood through the cracks, and the front of the siege tower burst into flames with a single arrow. It didn't take long for it to spread to the side, and the soldiers inside gradually began to be unable to stand the heat, and they fled frantically, but the narrow staircase could not withstand so many people rushing up, and many people were huddled together and could not move. Eventually, someone split the only wooden wall that was not covered with iron sheets, and they began to jump down, and those on top could jump into the river, but those in the middle and lower levels fell to their deaths. Many people did not escape until the siege tower collapsed, and were burned alive in the tower. Only the lowest soldiers were able to escape.

The soldiers on the flat ground, although they moved more freely, but many of them were doused with oil because they couldn't dodge, and then they were either shot by rockets or affected by the flames of other places, relatively speaking, more died from the latter, and the entire corridor under the city became a sea of fire. The few lucky soldiers survived by jumping into the river in time, and Nikanoel was also slightly burned, saving his life by evacuating in time. This result was a huge blow to Antigonus, because this loss was not only personnel, but also psychological, and such a defeat would have dealt a great blow to his military morale, and the balance of victory would be tilted for it. Everyone's eyes widened as they watched all this, including the defenders, because it was the first time they had seen the power of oil in siege warfare.