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System Prompt: You have accepted the quest [Cross Expedition] (Difficulty: 980-1000)

Mission: Command the Crusaders and capture Antioch.

"Huh!"

In a flash of white light, I came to the front of the army, and behind me were the imposing Crusader knights.

Next to him, there is a knight in white armor, whose name is [Advisor Officer--Taiyu]

I didn't see it at first glance, and I saw his name as Teddy.

"Teddy, do you have any suggestions for attacking Antioch?" I asked.

Saying the wrong name, Taiyu naturally didn't know that I was calling him, and when I saw that he didn't respond, I realized that I had called the wrong name.

"Taiyu, what is your opinion on this battle?" I asked again.

"Oh, General, we have been severely depleted during our long march across Anantantolia, and the army is exhausted, so I suggest that we rest for some time."

"Good! This is exactly what I want, so let's set up camp here and rest in place. I said.

The so-called knowing oneself and knowing that the enemy has won all battles and conquering Antioch, it is necessary to first understand the fortifications and surrounding environment of Antioch, so I called Taiyu and asked about the situation of Antioch.

The city of Antioch stands on the high slopes of the Orent Valley, surrounded by high walls, and guarded by more than four hundred towers. The Oriente River flows into the city from the northwest through the northern walls, passes through the northern part of the city, and flows far away from the east.

The Byzantine Empire had recovered Antiochus. In order to consolidate their gains, the Byzantine army seized some of the surrounding areas and built an inner fort on Mount Silpius in Antioch, completely separating it from the city below.

The Inner Fort, built on Mount Sirpius, is the highest point of Antioch and has six gates guarding the city's entrances and exits, three of which are on the north wall and one in each of the remaining three directions. The mountainous terrain made it difficult to approach the city from the south, east, and west, and only the plains to the north were suitable for large groups of men to attack the city, and Antiochus changed hands twice, but each time it was lost due to internal rebellion.

There are more than 20,000 members of the entire Crusader Order, which are divided into three major knights, namely the Knights of the Holy Moon, the Knights Templar and the Knights of the Holy Aegis, the Knights of the Holy Moon and the Knights of the Holy Aegis are all under my direct command, and the Knights Templar are handed over to Taiyu.

Late the next night, when the moon was dark and the wind was high, we launched the first round of attacks on Antioch.

According to the topography, the best direction of attack is the north of Antioch, and the Orrent River flows from the northwest of Antioch and flows out of the east of the city, so although the terrain in the east of the city is not good, there is also a breakthrough.

So our troops divided into two routes, attacking from the north and east of the city at the same time.

Not far from the north of the city, there is a ferry, called "Iron Bridge", which is heavily guarded, I led more than 1,000 crusaders, without warning, suddenly attacked, in the case of the opponent was caught off guard, the vanguard successfully captured the iron bridge, and the follow-up troops also quickly followed. The siege equipment of the Crusaders was very sharp, and although Antioch's city defense was good, it gradually fell out under the iron cavalry of the Crusaders.

Towards the dawn of the morning, the gates of Antioch were breached, and the Crusaders led by me successfully entered Antioch, and on the other side, Taiyo forced his way across the south bank of the Olent River, and soon after we broke through the north gate, we also succeeded in taking the east gate.

And the inner fort of Antioch relies on its difficult to climb as a defense, and the Shu Road, which is difficult to climb, is nothing more than that.

After capturing the outer city, I wanted to take the inner city directly in one go, but after three consecutive rounds of strong attacks, I had to suspend the attack when the casualties increased sharply.

"Taiyu, do you have any good ideas?" I asked.

"Antioch's defenses were so strong that any attack by siege weapons or destruction of manpower was useless, even if all the people in the world came to attack it." Taiyu said exaggeratedly.

"This... I know. "I'm a little speechless.

"My suggestion is to fence off the inner fort. There were about two thousand elite knights in the inner fort, four or five thousand ordinary knights and infantry, and a few civilians. Taiyu said.

"Well, let's start besieging the city and force them out." I said.

After several battles, the Crusader Knights reduced their strength by nearly half, and if they wanted to surround the inner fort, the encirclement formed should be relatively small, and the inner fort was built on the top of the hill, and the distance was a little closer, and the attacks in the fort would fall, and all kinds of rolling stones and arrows would once again reduce the crusaders a lot.

Two days later, Tayyu reported: "According to the information, troops have been sent in the direction of Damascus, and Yagisiyan has reached a settlement with Le Dewang in Aleppo, who then sent troops to relieve the siege, and Le Dewang has captured nearby Halim." ”

"How many more do we have?" I asked.

"Three thousand Templars, four thousand Aegis Knights, and two thousand Moon Knights." Taiyu said.

"When will the other party arrive?" I asked.

"Tomorrow at the earliest." Taiyu replied.

"Spread outward, the reinforcements from Damascus arrived in Antioch three days later. The Knights of the Holy Shield continue to surround the castle, to move around often, try not to be discovered by the other party, our number is reduced, the Knights of the Holy Moon are divided into two teams, guarding the South Gate and the West Gate, these two places are easy to defend and difficult to attack, the opponent is unlikely to attack from these two places, but also beware, one thousand Templars will go to guard the East Gate Orent River, and the remaining two thousand Templars will go out of the city with me and go to the Iron Bridge to garrison. ”

"The general is going out of the city to meet the enemy?" Taiyu asked.

"We are a knightly army, and we don't have much strength in defending the city. Moreover, the other party came from afar, but it was a tired teacher, and we took advantage of its unstable foothold to strike first, and then the latter was controlled by others. I said

"That's what the general said!" Taiyu said.

"The other party's reinforcements have arrived, the Holy Shield Knight must watch the people in the fort, we can't be attacked by the enemy, otherwise there will be no way back, and after the outside reinforcements are resolved, the Holy Shield Knight and the Holy Moon Knight will immediately withdraw from the outer city of Antioch."

"Exit the city?" Taiyu asked.

"That's right, if it goes well, on the third day, I have already fought with reinforcements, even if the other party is not eliminated by us, it will not launch a second round of attacks in a short time, and if you withdraw from the outer city, the people in the fort will inevitably feel that we are fighting with reinforcements, and they will definitely leave the fort and form a flank attack on us when the time comes."

"Well, as long as the other party leaves the inner fort, we can be annihilated in one fell swoop, but it is too risky to do so." Taiyu said.

"At this point, only the troops are in danger, if everything goes well, we can take the inner fort, and at that time, the natural terrain of the inner fort and the strong defense will make it easy for us to deal with the support army."

"If the inner fort is really captured, the support army will also retreat, after all, the city has been taken, and there is no point in their support." Taiyu said.

I thought to myself: Anyway, the task is to capture Antioch, as long as the inner and outer cities are taken, it doesn't matter if you support or not, I have already completed the task by then. To watch the first release of the new chapter of the festival, please go to the mobile address --- Tangke Xing: