"This will be the last battle of the fall of the Ptolemaic dynasty."

The yellow sand was long, and the cavalry commander Maximus, who stood on horseback on the sand dunes, said proudly to Appis.

Cleopatra eventually formed an army to prevent Apis from entering Egypt. It is better to sit back and wait for death, than to make a desperate gamble and make the final struggle. Maybe there is hope of winning. And this was also the result that Apis wanted, and the queen formed an army, and Apis immediately spread rumors that the Egyptian army was going to attack Syria and seize Roman territory. And use this as an excuse to march to Alexandria with the Germanic legions. And the younger Crassus remained on the Syrian border in anticipation of a possible surprise attack by the Parthians at any time.

"Be cautious in every battle, my cavalry commander."

Dressed in military uniform, also riding a tall white horse, Appis turned his head and said lightly to Maximus. In front of them was the Ptolemaic Legion formed by Cleopatra with all the strength of the whole country.

They stood densely packed on the gravel plains, almost as far as the eye could see. Spearmen, heavy axemen, archers, palace guards, desert cavalry, Egyptian chariots, in order, lined up in order. In the center was the main force of the Egyptian army - 15,000 conscripted spearmen and 5,000 heavy axemen. In front of the main phalanx, there were lightly armed troops of the Egyptians, a large number of lightly armed archers. On the flanks were desert cavalry and Egyptian chariots. At the back were the Janissaries of the Imperial Court, who protected Queen Cleopatra's life on the battlefield. They were scarce in number, only two thousand people, but they were well armed and extremely loyal. It was almost a professional army that had grown up in the court from an early age and served exclusively in the service of the Ptolemaic dynasty.

As the majestic horns sounded on the gravel Gobi, the Egyptian legions and the Roman legions, the two most powerful legions in Europe and Africa, launched a head-to-head showdown.

The magnificence of the ancient battlefield was once again unfolded before the eyes of Appis.

As far as the eye could see, there were crowds of people, and the two fronts were slowly approaching, and behind the Roman legions and Egyptian legions, there was a long stretch of yellow sand and dust.

"We don't know what the future holds, but we must seize the present, defeat this alien army, and the glory of Rome will once again be sprinkled on this rich land!"

Standing at the forefront of the infantry phalanx, the chief centurion of the Germanic legions, Diglas, roared loudly.

Immediately, there was an uneasy scream in the air, and in the next second, there was a dense rain of arrows in the sky. Rain of arrows from the Egyptians!

The next moment, on the infantry line of the Roman legions, whistles sounded one after another, and all the centurions immediately sounded the order to defend in place.

The Roman legionnaires on the battle line raised their large shields above their heads. As soon as this action was completed, the Egyptian army's arrow rain fell in a torrential manner. It was like a rainstorm in late summer, constantly smashing on the shields of Roman soldiers.

Standing in the distance, Apis didn't know how many archers Cleopatra had recruited, but from this dense rain of arrows, it could be guessed that this team of archers numbered at least tens of thousands.

In the dense rain of arrows, Roman soldiers continued to fall, but compared to the huge size of the legion, the fallen soldiers were only the tip of the iceberg.

Then, the rain of arrows from the Egyptians stopped, and the archers needed time to draw their bows with their arrows again, which became valuable time for the legions to advance.

Taking advantage of the gap between the Egyptian soldiers drawing their bows and shooting, there was no need for Appis to command, and the commanders of each legion directly issued orders, ordering the phalanx to take small broken steps and continue to advance. The entire front, four phalanxes of heavy infantry, like a black steel Great Wall, continued to approach the main position of the Egyptian army.

Immediately after, another round of arrows rained down, and the legion habitually raised its large shield to block these annoying arrows. Step by step, approaching the positions of the Egyptian regiments.

Finally, after three rounds of arrows, the Egyptian archers had to retreat, and the line of the Roman legions was already approaching and close at hand.

Immediately, the Egyptian archers in the middle of the main phalanx of the two armies retreated, and when the crowd receded, the Roman soldiers were presented with a Macedonian phalanx full of Egyptian spears.

This wall of spear stood, swearing that his position was impregnable, and it was with this phalanx that the great conqueror Alexander the Great and his companion cavalry swept through Persia. But times were different, and the phalanx of the Egyptians, who were proud of the Roman soldiers, was a symbol of backwardness and the object of ridicule.

"Brothers, prepare the javelins!"

As the two armies approached, the centurions of the Roman legions ordered their soldiers to stop. Take out the deadliest weapon you have with you – the Roman heavy javelin.

The enemy was in front of them, their morale was high, but they were completely unaware of the power of the Roman heavy javelins. Many people clung to the spear, thinking that if they held it tightly, they would save their lives.

But the brutality of the war was beyond the imagination of these Egyptian soldiers.

Under the unified order, the heavy javelins of the Roman legions were like dark clouds mixed with lightning and thunder, and the Egyptian spearmen without shield protection fell in pieces in an instant, and the scene was splashed with blood and screams.

"Attack! Right now! ”

Having brought down the Egyptian soldiers, the horn sounded again, and the 20,000 Roman legionary hoplites began to advance towards the enemy positions. And on both flanks, Egyptian heavy axemen and a large number of light infantry, also holding Greek short swords and a small round shield, rushed out of the position.

In the rolling yellow sand, the two armies were fierce and collided head-on.

Countless blood suddenly spilled out, and the sound of weapons colliding sounded on the entire front, and the endless battle line was like a long snake meandering on the earth, with human voices boiling and war drums shaking the sky.

The Egyptian soldiers were lightly armed, and heavy axes were constantly slashing from above the shield wall, while the Roman soldiers lowered their center of gravity, while resisting the enemy's frantic attack with large shields, and at the same time, under the orders of the centurion, calmly assassinated these stragglers and militias outside the shield wall.

A Roman dagger was a deadly weapon, disemboweling the Egyptian soldiers outside the shield wall, and blood and small intestines continued to flow from the broken wounds. The Roman GIs fought almost with the blood and severed limbs of the enemy.

At this time, from the plain at the rear of the battlefield, a strange horn sounded, the Roman soldiers did not know, but the Egyptian soldiers knew very well that it was their own heavy convoy - Egyptian chariots, began to start. Four hundred chariots armed with axle knives and iron armor galloped behind the battlefield, approaching the flanks of the Roman legions. In the midday sun, these richly equipped Egyptian chariots glittered with gold, like a golden convoy, and slaughtered into battle......