Chapter 34: Breaking the Camp (Part II)
But no one organized the manpower to take down the lighthouse on the top of the mountain, because when Aguilo was fighting on the water wall, he was hit by a stone in his chest armor, and then he was hit in the foot by a branch, and he was seriously injured, and the corners of his mouth were bleeding and were lifted down, and at this time, the entire western fortress, the soldiers were completely out of control, and they could only be shouted by the low-level leaders, sometimes to the east, sometimes to the west, and they could not react to the joint onslaught of Li Bida's troops, and slowly took care of one and the other.
The first to make a breakthrough was the fleet of Faobinas, Cyrene's hoplites completely occupied the wall of water at noon the next day, and began to fight one-on-one with the Hashid believers along the narrow plank road, slowly approaching the dock, and the believers who had lost their command actually forgot that they should have burned the plank road with a fire when the situation on the water wall was unfavorable.
Then the Haybrida brigade in the harp cart also captured the southern city wall, and began to sweep and kill the swarming Hashdi defeated soldiers, and Alp took the brave Madjie Guard, climbed directly onto the patio of the top tower of the fortress, and shot bows and arrows directly below, the sunlight leaking from the patio was full of white arrow feathers falling tracks, like the thread of the road on the loom, blood and light continued to splash, this is the place where the women and children of the Hashid believers took refuge, but the red-eyed Alp couldn't care so much at all, he only saw, The remnants of the believers stumbled towards it and slammed the bronze doors on both sides of the tower shut, only to see their wives and children lying dead in the tower with arrows all over their bodies, and they were in complete despair, raising their daggers and ending their lives. Akilo was lying on a stretcher, thrown on the edge of the patio, breathing rapidly, his pupils dilated, and a stray arrow was unbiased and pierced into his neck, which finally ended his unbearable pain.
In the evening, the fortress fell into the water of the Romans.
The next day, Libida's military envoy, Saab Kemus, appeared in the hall of the Yazda fortress.
"Your general's terms of peace have changed again? Ask me to hand over all the deserters in his ranks. Including the lead Eumenes? "David who stood to receive the messenger; Ankit. Said to Saab.
It turned out that this guy was actually the supreme commander of the Yazda Fortress, but Sabo remained silent, he continued. "Of course. This is only a private negotiation of the commander-in-chief of the disdainful army. As long as you surrender the rebels such as Eumenes, and surrender the fortress of Yazda, your army can safely withdraw to Cyrene. And then the merchant ships of the disdainful army could send a month's worth of grain and meat to the city of Cyrene, without any strings attached. ”
"Eumenes is in the fortress barracks." Ankit stood still and pointed behind him, and then he saw that Sabo was also not moving, so he smiled, sat on the bench by the wall, but did not lie down, and said to Sabo, "How many years have you been following General Lybidaeus at your age?" ”
"More than three years, Your Excellency, Commander."
"Is he a soldier who keeps his promises, like the city-state virtues of ancient Rome?"
"He wasn't a Roman, but he was just as trustworthy and loyal." Saab replied in the affirmative, "I feel that when I return to my hometown in Spain, I can proudly tell my mother that I have followed a brave and wise superior." ”
"But I can't, even if there is even a little compromise today, I am shameless to face any relatives in Cyrene's hometown, so I think the promise with General Liberdaus is to fight to the death together until one of the two sides is defeated and destroyed." Anjit said quietly, and then said in Judean, "God has given life to this world and death to it." ”
But after hearing this, Saab did not follow the normal process and left, but continued to ask Commander Hashid to answer him a question, a personal question, "reduce taxes, pardon the believers of the remnants of the war, protect the temple of Cyrene, and put an end to this war, so that many women and children will not die under weapons." I'm very confused, obviously General Liberdaus is different from all Roman generals, these conditions should be very lenient, why do you want to insist on resisting, is it because of faith, is it not the best faith to live a good life? ”
At this time, David. Ankit slowly stood up and leaned against the wall, "Many years ago, the king of Persia only captured the city of Babylon and released the imprisoned Judeans, and the king won the title of Messiah. We just hope to change this fact with blood, the blood of the Jews themselves. ”
"But you're only a Edomite." After saying that, Sabo looked at David meaningfully. Ankit glanced at him, then straightened up and saluted goodbye to the other party.
Then, David. Ankit walked to the railing of the tower and smiled wryly, when the herald, riding on horseback, galloped back and forth on the school field below, and called out to the commander above, "The Romans have begun to cross the river in large boats and set up camp in the southern plains of the Yazda fortress." Anjit sneered twice, and said to Partion beside him, "You can deal with it south of the city gate, and the main force of Libidaeus will definitely infiltrate the north of the city." ”
Partion was a little puzzled by how his commander could be so sure.
But Ankit's speculation was of course true, and while the cunning Lybidaeus was using large ships and carrying several infantry brigades of the Thirteenth Legion to the south of Yazda, he himself took the Medejie Guard, the thousand-strong brigade of the Cyrene Legion, and three auxiliary brigades of the Aesioans, and quietly sailed north along the Tostonian River in small boats, and then disembarked in the shallows.
Li Bida had already calculated, he first made a detour to establish an infantry defense line on the north bank of Yazda, and then sent large ships to block the river, so that the connection between Yazda Fortress and Cyrene was cut off, plus the previous material blockade, he did not believe that in such a scarce environment, Yazda Fortress could hold on for much time.
However, when General Li Bida led a team on a dense forest hillside in the north of Yazda, preparing to build fortifications, the Yazda fortress suddenly issued a battle cry. Ankit came out with a strong army, "Why, the other party should be mobilized and focus on the south!" Li Bida bet all on his own cleverness, but when this cleverness did not show any effect, he understood the great danger of rashly leaving the base in front of the enemy and making a detour of the main force.
What's more, in order to show his prestige, the whole set of Libidaeus's battle this time was in accordance with the line of the king of Cyrenaica, the crown of blue feathers, the crown inlaid with red chalcedony, the gilded armor, and the gorgeous light chariot carried by the army although he did not sit on the outer seat, not to mention the eye-catching sheep's head flag of the god Amun.
All this makes him the most delicious target for hunting in the upcoming battle. (To be continued......)