Chapter 614: The Imperial Expedition
The third reinforcement sent by Ptolemy XIII did not cross the Nile from the beginning, but advanced along the west side of the Nile, pointing directly at the city of Saqqara and the city of Fehrum.
It was precisely because Yang Rui, Cleopatra and others grasped this point that they found the best chance of getting off the road hundreds of kilometers downstream of Jiza City after following this reinforcement for a game.
At that time, there were not many boats for more than 100,000 soldiers and horses to cross the river, only thirty or forty large and small boats, and it was not possible to cross all the soldiers at one time, and at least it had to be divided into ten batches and eight batches to be completed.
Yang Rui, Cleopatra and others had a full view of the progress of their crossing in the Sky City, and after half of the entire army crossed the river, Yang Rui and Cleopatra launched an attack.
As early as when the soldiers and horses of this road chose a place to cross the river, Yang Rui and Cleopatra immediately ambushed heavy troops on both sides of the Nile, and they suddenly attacked when the other party crossed the river halfway.
The most important thing is that this time the two did not retain any power, Yang Rui directly shook out nearly 350,000 soldiers and horses from the sky city, and ambushed them on the west side of the Nile, and Cleopatra also put all his more than 300,000 soldiers and horses into the east side of the Nile, in addition to Yang Rui's â, 7 large ships with a total of more than 13,000 soldiers ambushed in the upper reaches of the Nile.
The attack was an overwhelming killing, and Yang Rui and Cleopatra did not leave any chance for each other. The battle ended in less than half an hour. Annihilated more than 100,000 soldiers and horses to redirect the route!
"My brave warrior Yarined. Are you a trickster? Where did you get so many soldiers and horses? If we had known this was the case, perhaps we should have attacked Alexandria and captured my good brother alive."
Cleopatra was naturally surprised and excited when she saw Yang Rui have more troops, and she was surprised that she had been in the Sky City, but she had never noticed that Yang Rui still had such a big backhand, so it was needless to say that she was excited, after having Yang Rui's troops. As Cleopatra said, even a frontal assault on Alexandria would be fully capable of fighting.
And this result was before Alexandria did not send three reinforcements totaling more than 300,000!
Now that the reinforcements from the three routes are all fleeing to death, the defensive strength in Alexandria City is obviously much lower than before, and in this case, Yang Rui and Cleopatra Shun lĂŹ have a much greater grasp of the siege.
And under the invisible catalysis of these two feelings, Cleopatra called Yang Rui in a way that changed to "my brave warrior", and even she herself did not notice this.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, our strategy is now progressing in an orderly manner. At this time, there is no need to rush to attack Alexandria directly, only a few more things need to be done. Or Ptolemy XIII will give up Alexandria, and the price to be paid will be small."
Hearing Cleopatra claim that he wanted to directly capture Alexandria, Xu Yu immediately spoke.
After hearing this, everyone also nodded one after another, including Cleopatra, in fact, it was just talking, and it was not really going to directly attack Alexandria, the strategy formulated before was implemented very smoothly, and the 100 steps were almost 99 steps, only to finally kick the door, when there was a simple way, everyone was naturally unwilling to do it brutally and consume more strength.
Ptolemy XIII's three reinforcements were defeated, and then Yang Rui and Cleopatra sent a message to Ptolemy XIII again according to the strategy, this time Yang Rui and others still drafted the letter in the tone of the general Hanengkarim, but the content of the wind has changed somewhat.
As Cleopatra said, Ptolemy XIII was actually very cautious, and the last time everyone asked for urgent help from him under the pretense of Hanenkarim, the other party only sent less than half of the reinforcements in a very critical situation, and he even cowered in Alexandria and did not come out.
If he still complained to Ptolemy XIII at this time, he would be even more afraid to leave the city, so the letter mentions the false news that two land reinforcements had arrived, fought a fierce battle with Cleopatra, and succeeded in retaking the city of Cairo.
At the same time, the letter also falsely claimed that it had gained a considerable advantage in the battle against Cleopatra, and was besieging the remnants of Cleopatra in the cities of Memphis and Medu, and that if there were some reinforcements, they would be able to defeat and capture Cleopatra alive.
Of course, some of the reinforcements who had been blocked on the Nile must have survived, and it is likely that the news of their resistance had reached the ears of Ptolemy XIII of Alexandria, so the letter was also careful in this regard.
falsely claimed that the two reinforcements had brought reinforcements all the way to the water, but they had never seen this road of soldiers and horses, nor did they get any follow-up news of this road of soldiers and horses, and at the same time expressed the hope that Ptolemy XIII could urge this road of soldiers and horses to arrive as much as possible.
This was of course to reduce the suspicions that Ptolemy XIII might have, and what was conveyed throughout the letter was that the war had reached a critical juncture, and that although it had gained a heavy advantage, it still needed support!
Yang Rui and others worked so hard, and the highest expectation was, of course, that under the encouragement of "victory", Ptolemy XIII would be able to inquire about personally going out and leaving Alexandria. Once Ptolemy XIII did leave, it would be a matter of raising hands to capture Alexandria.
Even if Ptolemy XIII would not leave, just sending some reinforcements would reduce the difficulty for Yang Rui, Cleopatra and others to finally capture the city
The telegram had to be timed before it was sent, and it took three game days before the telegram was delivered to Alexandria by the fast horses.
This time, however, Ptolemy XIII's reaction was much quicker than the last, and almost half a day after the letter arrived, Alexandria was already moving.
"How much does my brother have to hate me?! I can't wait to get the news that I'm going to lose! â
Seeing that the south gate of Alexandria was wide open, and after the first part of the soldiers left the city, a magnificent chariot followed, and Cleopatra quickly judged that the owner of the chariot was Ptolemy XIII himself!
Ptolemy XIII is going to conquer in person! (To be continued......)