Everything is not ours, but someone else's, only time is our property.

- Seneca (famous Stoic philosopher of ancient Roman times)

The short spear projected by Zhu Guda was just an unwilling vent, and it was not easy to shoot the target with a short gun at a distance of fifty meters; In the heat of the melee it is even more difficult to achieve. However, there are times when fate is elusive; He will give you a cold slap in the face, and he will also give you a red date out of the blue.

When Juguda knew that he could not hold Tulguta hostage, he thought that the lives of himself and his four thousand soldiers were over; However, the short spear that was thrown at random changed everyone's fate. Standing behind the Numidian soldiers, Tulguta was shot in the throat by this short spear, which was stuck in Tulguta's throat and allowed the blood to flow.

In disbelief, Tulguta stretched out his hands to grab the spear, but it fell to the wall; The Numidian soldiers who witnessed the death of the king seemed to have lost their hearts and souls as if they had lost their backbones. But Juguda seized the opportunity and said loudly to the soldiers under his command and the Numidian soldiers at the same time:

"The demon king Zuguta is dead, soldiers of Numidia, as long as you are willing to lay down your arms and surrender; General Hannibal certainly doesn't blame you ordinary soldiers who follow orders. Surrender to avoid death, abandon weapons and not kill! ”

The soldiers of the Zhuguda Legion, which was already less than 3,000 men, also followed their commander and shouted: "Surrender and avoid death, abandon your weapons and do not kill!" Surrender to avoid death, abandon weapons and not kill! ......" Ahmed, who found out that Zuguta was dead, shouted with a sad face: "Siege and kill Juguda, avenge King Zuguta!" ”

After speaking. Ahmet simply abandoned the defense on the frontal wall. directly take the soldiers under his command to kill Juguda and his soldiers; Once again, the walls were in the middle of a scuffle. The changes on the city walls not only allowed the Carthaginian siege army outside the city to successfully climb the city walls. It also allowed the rebel groups in the city to seize the opportunity of the riot.

After perceiving the abnormality on the wall, the Carthaginian soldiers on the siege tower quickly climbed the wall and launched an attack on the Numidian defenders from behind; Hannibal also saw the opportunity to send a second wave of 5,000 infantry to attack the city walls using ladders and siege towers, but the archers on the giant siege towers withdrew because of the melee on the walls.

When the rebels learned that Tulguta had died and that there was a scuffle on the walls; On the one hand, according to the original plan, a large number of food and grass supplies of the Numidian army were burned in the city, and on the other hand, while sending 4,000 attacking troops to seize the city gates, 2,000 attacking troops were sent to the headquarters of Niptasan to liberate the forcibly confiscated Tripoli youth.

The rebel's 4,000 troops fought fiercely with the 12,000 cavalry of Egclos' command near the gates, but the other 2,000 troops easily defected with 15,000 young men under the command of Niptasan; Even Niptassan died at the hands of angry rebels. Forthwith. And these seventeen,000 men joined forces and marched towards the walls and gates.

The rebels who had been supported were already 15,000 at the gates, and they were even more inextricable from the cavalry under Egclus; If it had been in the open at this time, the rebel armies would not have been able to stop a round of charges from the cavalry of Egclus. It is a pity that these field powerful javelinmen were trapped in a small area near the city gates, and they were destined to see a tragedy.

The other 4,000 rebels came to the city wall and continued to defect to the 10,000 young men on the city wall, and these 14,000 rebel troops joined the melee on the city wall. At this time, there were a total of four armies on the walls; More than 5,000 siege troops in Carthage, less than 20,000 defenders in Numidia, less than 2,000 soldiers in Jucuddah, and 14,000 rebels in Tripoli.

of these four armies. The large army of Numidia was attacked by three sides at once; However, because the relationship between friend and foe is not clear. There was also a fierce battle between the rebel army and the Juguda army. The Carthaginian army, which was supposed to be counterattacked only by the Numidian army, also fought with the other two armies because of accidental wounds and accidental wounds.

More than 40,000 troops had been assembled on the entire front wall, but they fell into a chaotic battle because of the lack of subordination and inconsistent military orders; No one knows who the enemy is, and anyway, there are no friends except their own people. Therefore, this fight had to go on; However, the rebellion in the city was a resounding victory.

The countless food and supplies hoarded by the Numidian army in the city of Leptis the Great were set on fire by the members of the rebel groups who rushed up, plus the fighting at the city gates; The whole of Velekeptis has become a huge, extremely chaotic battlefield.

The events in the city of Leptis the Greatest, Hannibal and Vermina and others originally thought that Jugurdah had initiated the internal and external alliances; However, soon Hannibal and others disproved this assumption. The scale of the scuffle on the walls of the Great Leptis could never have been triggered by the Jugurdah army, and the subsequent sound of earth-shattering fighting near the city gate and the smoke of beacon fire rolling up all over the city further proved this fact.

However, there is one thing that Hannibal and others can affirm; That is, Tulguta is dead. Otherwise, there is the Turguta; Even if Jugurdah had succeeded in attacking the defenders on the walls, it would have been impossible for the city of Daleptis to fall into such chaos. As for why such a large-scale battle broke out in the city of Great Leptis, Hannibal did not know, and the other generals were also dumbfounded.

The fierce fighting lasted for nearly two hours, but Hannibal never sent a single soldier to support the battle on the walls; It wasn't until the gates of the Great Pleptis were slowly opened that Hannibal directly ordered all the most powerful Legions of the Holy Order to enter the Great Pletes. And issued a strict order, in case of any counterattack, all will be killed!

Thankfully, Hannibal's order didn't have any effect; For it was not the Numidian army that opened the gates of the Great Leptis, but the rebel army in the city. So, after they saw the Carthaginian army coming at a rapid pace. Not only did there be no rebellion. Instead, he respectfully retreated to both sides of the city gate.

This is not to say that the Carthaginian army had the spirit of the so-called king. The rebels of Reptius the Great trusted the Carthaginian army; Mainly when the Numidian army invaded the kingdom of Tripoli before, the Carthaginian army appeared in the Great Leptis as reinforcements and allies. In this way, the Carthaginian army was much stronger as its own people than the invaders of the Numidian army.

The reason why these rebels were able to defeat 12,000 javelinmen cavalry in two hours of fierce fighting and kill their main general, Egclus; It does not rely on its own combat effectiveness, but on the coincidence of chance. In the heat of battle, the fire not far from the city gate was easily led to the vicinity of the city gate; A large number of the horses of the Numidian cavalry scattered in terror and fled.

The horses broke and fled, and completely defeated the Numidian javelin cavalry, which had only more than 7,000 people left; Countless cavalry were dragged away from the city gate by their own horses, but more cavalry were thrown off their horses by their own horses. The tragic Egcross was thrown off his horse by his own warhorse. He who dies by striking a stone on the ground; The rebels were thus victorious.

When the Legion of the Templars entered the Great Leptis, it was followed by the remaining nine thousand elite Carthaginian infantry led by Hannibal himself; The other 20,000 cavalry, under the command of Vermina, continued to stand still outside the city. At this time, the battle on the city walls was also coming to an end; In addition to the countless corpses lying down, there are no more than three people who are still alive and continue to fight.

After Hannibal learned the ins and outs of the rebels, he ordered the members of the rebels to start organizing to extinguish the fires in the city; The rebels were also forced to burn their own homes in desperation, and now that they have won, they are naturally rushing to extinguish the fire under Hannibal's orders.

At the same time, Hannibal himself climbed the walls from three sides with 5,000 Templar infantry and 9,000 elite infantry, and surrounded all the fighting armies on the walls; Looking at the Carthaginian army with bright armor and momentum, the soldiers of all parties who were still fighting on the city wall involuntarily stopped the battle that they were no longer able to continue.

First of all, the Carthaginian siege force, which numbered less than 2,000 men, was taken down by their robes to heal and rest. Then there was the Jugurdah legion, less than five hundred men; As Juguda, whose face was covered in blood and wounded, went down, Hannibal stepped forward and patted him on the shoulder encouragingly. And said:

"General Juguda, you can rest assured and heal your wounds; You've done what you promised me, and I won't break my promises. The war is over, and when you have healed your wounds, I will announce your official appointment and the status of the future Saharan Kingdom; Heal well, both Carthage and I still need you! ”

Then there were the rebels, who numbered less than 5,000, who, after showing their identities and sufficient goodwill, were also sent to the barracks where the rebels in the city were housed under Hannibal's arrangement; In the end, what remained on the walls was General Ahmet and the Numidian army, which numbered less than 8,000 men.

Looking at Ahmed, who was still iron-clad and resolute, Hannibal smiled and said: "General Ahmed, I have heard of it for a long time, but today I will finally see it!" The kingdom of Numidia has failed, and Zuguta has died; Are you going to die generously in the name of your loyalty, or are you going to keep a spark for the Numidian people? ”

Hannibal's inquiry did not receive a direct answer from Ahmet; Ahmed simply asked rhetorically with a blank face, "What is generosity to death?" What is the name of loyalty? Could it be that His Excellency Hannibal, as an enemy, will give us the Numidian nation a chance to keep the last trace of fire? ”

Hannibal ignored Ahmet's sharpness, and went on to his own devices: "The name of death is to die generously, and to fulfill the name of loyalty: I can give you a happy result, but you must bury all the Numidians who invaded the land of Carthage!" As for keeping the tinder, it's even simpler; You surrender to me, obey my appointment, and I allow all who are present to avoid death! ”

Such a choice is not difficult to say, but it is not easy to say; For those who are greedy for life and afraid of death, it is better to die than to live, they will definitely choose the latter, and then they can also convince themselves with the reason of saving the soldiers. However, for an iron-clad person like Ahmed, betraying his own nation and country is the most humiliating thing, so what's the point of living?!

In fact, Hannibal's choice was not to let Ahmet choose his own life and death, but to let him choose the survival of the Numidian nation. If Ahmet chooses the former, it is that he chooses himself and Numidia **********; The price to be paid for this is that Hannibal will purge the Numidian army and the entire Numidian nation present, and try to reduce the living space of Numidia.

If Ahmet chooses the latter, he will choose to give up his own ********** and the entire Numidian people, and exchange it for the survival of the entire Numidian nation; However, this also means that from now on Ahmet and part of the Numidian peoples will be reduced to puppets of Hannibal and Carthage.

Such a choice is hard, really hard; However, Ahmed's decision was firm and fast. Ahmet lifted his head and walked towards Hannibal with a sad face; Hannibal's guards tried to stop Ahmet, but Hannibal signaled them to retreat.

Ahmet walked up to Hannibal step by step, and then knelt down on one knee and said firmly: "Ahmet is willing to exchange his net worth and everything for the survival of the Numidian soldiers present and our Numidian nation!" From now on, Ahmed will always follow General Hannibal's head and dare not disobey in the slightest! (To be continued.) )