The rumbling and roaring steel monster galloped back and forth in the dry wilderness outside the city of Nokratis, and long orange-red tongues of fire erupted from the iron pipes on the monster's back, and in the evening twilight, they were like fire trees and silver flowers.

However, according to the statistical analysis of biologists, in nature, the more beautiful things tend to be the more poisonous they are.

Now, this statement has been tested again on the battlefield outside the city of Noclatis.

-- Accompanied by the tongue of fire from the anti-aircraft machine gun, a puff of bullets rained down on the Egyptian military camp on the outskirts of the city of Nokratis. Before many soldiers realized that this thing was a weapon, they saw the bodies of their companions, "Bang! A cloud of blood erupted from the ground, piercing his chest with a large blood hole at the mouth of the bowl, and then he was nailed to the fence behind him with an incredible expression, and then slowly slid down......

A frightened howl and a terrible scream suddenly rang out at the same time, but in the next moment, they were abruptly stopped by the sweeping bullets -- these soldiers of the Cold Weapon Era, who had no concept of gunfight at all, and did not even know how to lie down to avoid bullets, were strafed head-on by powerful automatic firearms without any preparation or any bunker fortifications.

--It's true that the zombie shrine maiden Sanae Rika who wields an anti-aircraft machine gun is an amateur, and at the moment she can only barely shoot a gun, and her actual marksmanship is terrible, but she doesn't seem to need to be very sophisticated in her marksmanship when she is surrounded by moving targets that don't know how to dodge.

Although General Achilles, who was the supreme commander of this Egyptian crusade army, had fallen into chaos at this time. But there was still a small number of elite soldiers who were still able to maintain their composure, and under the reprimand of a few senior officers, they rode out of the part of the barracks that had not yet caught fire. They drove out of the chariot and tried to meet the oncoming steel monsters from the opposite side, but none of them could catch up with the high-speed pickup truck, and at a very long distance, they were smashed into minced meat by 12.7mm bullets from anti-aircraft machine guns, and rolled off their horses with flying blood splashes.

Other clever infantry dragged out the most powerful long-range weapon in the camp, the ballista used by the Romans. He tried to throw fireballs and stone projectiles at the pickup, but found that he couldn't hit such a high-speed moving object. Then, without waiting for them to come up with a more haode countermeasure. A metal storm of hot bullets had already roared, causing their chests, lower abdomen, and heads to bloom into brilliant blood flowers.

Since the enemy's counterattack was almost negligible, under the stimulation of blood and victory, Wang Qiu and the others became more and more bold as they fought. He even had the courage to stop and break down a few dozen meters away from the fence of the camp. Shoot RPG rockets into an already burning camp.

Powerful high-explosive and incendiary bombs, accompanied by a red tail flame, overwhelmed the barracks, filling the barracks with the sound of ghosts crying and howling. The few warriors who tried to come forward to fight were also beaten by the bullets of anti-aircraft machine guns and submachine guns.

-- The unobstructed flatness of the wilderness has become the biggest nightmare for counterattackers, and any attempt to break out of the barracks will be discovered by the opponent at the first opportunity. Then, as soon as the Egyptian soldiers had barely taken a few paces, they were beckoned with bullets and rockets to lie down forever.

There were also soldiers who tried to cover their bodies with huge shields. Slowly retreating in a hail of bullets, the 12.7mm bullet ruthlessly pierced through these seemingly sturdy shields. Beat the soldiers hiding behind the shield into a mass of bloody flesh. The few seriously wounded, who had not died for a while, wailed and threw away their shields and groaned in pain in the sand until they were covered in blood and slowly died...... In just ten minutes of slaughter, thousands more were killed.

Therefore, it was not easy to wait for the gunfire to fade away, and the steel monster turned away. When the surviving Egyptian soldiers staggered out of the fire and smoke, and then heard the loud trumpets and the clattering war drums, and saw the Syrian mercenaries under the command of Queen Cleopatra rushing towards them with a shout, they felt unusually calm, and even dropped their swords one by one, and invariably breathed a sigh of relief.

- At least, the one-sided bloody massacre just now is finally over for the time being

Eight thousand troops loyal to Pharaoh Ptolemy XIII surrendered to death, and the whereabouts of the commander-in-chief, General Achilles, were unknown, and the battle ended without incident.

At the same time, the local officials of Port Nocratis, who witnessed the bloody massacre at the head of the city, also decisively opened the city gate after a short argument, and all the civil and military officials of the city, according to their rank, knelt on both sides of the street behind the gate, and announced their surrender to Queen Bixia of Cleopatra, who had "been blessed by Anubis, the god of death, and Buster, the god of cats......

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Moments later, at the other end of the wormhole, an office was temporarily requisitioned near the port warehouse.

Wang Qiu, who was covered in dust and gunpowder smoke and seemed to be playing a war survival game, put the memory card removed from the on-board camera of the "armed pickup" into an envelope, and then returned to the modern Shijie and handed it to a middle-aged man in military uniform.

“…… Except for Zuihou's prisoners, the entire battle was filmed, but I don't think this thing has much reference significance for modern Shijie military conflicts - not to mention trained soldiers now, even ordinary people know that when they hear a gunshot, they should lie down and avoid bullets. Instead of poking around like the ancient Egyptian army over there, poking still like wooden men, or running around straight......"

“…… It's enough to have a little bit of a record as a reference, and we didn't expect much, anyway, it's xiexie! ”

The middle-aged officer put away the memory card, smiled and said, "...... Regarding your request for the next stage of arms support, I will report it in person, but what about this, should the previous accounts be settled first? If we keep keeping accounts, we will also be in a difficult situation! ”

Therefore, under the instructions of the relevant superiors to "give full play to their subjective initiative, operate independently, and be responsible for their own profits and losses". Wang Qiu had to pay for anti-aircraft machine guns, submachine guns, armed pickups, body armor and other protective gear out of his own pocket, and then passed through the wormhole again and came to ancient Egypt.

Outcome. As soon as Wang Qiu landed this time, he was taken aback by the tragic scene in front of him.

-- Mourning is everywhere, corpses are everywhere, blood is flowing in the streets, and howls are like thunder.

On both sides of the widest street of Nocratis Porto were ruddy crosses, to which hundreds of naked men were being nailed, their hands and feet pierced with thick nails. He was also beaten all over his body by the thorns, and constantly let out bursts of terrible wails. Flocks of crows circled back and forth over the heads of these poor men, and large flocks of wild dogs lingered around the cross. It seems to be waiting for a full meal.

“…… Queen Bixia, what are you crucifying so many people for? Could it be that the enemy who surrendered has bad intentions and wants to make trouble and rebel? ”

When he found Queen Cleopatra in a square who was ordering the army to take over the warehouse, Wang Qiu immediately inquired about it.

“…… No. Under the awe-inspiring of 'miracles'. The surrendered officers and civilians were honest, and they had little loyalty to my brother anyway. ”

Queen Cleopatra shook her head wistfully, and there was a red swollen lump on her originally smooth forehead, embedded in her fair and delicate skin, which stood out, "...... The bastards crucified on the cross are all local citizen representatives, a bunch of democratic madmen! Under the guise of asking for food because of famine. In fact, it is inciting mobs to seize power! They had already been killed by Achilles' army, and now they saw me take over the city with my troops. They still dare to come out of the middle of nowhere, blocking the streets with banners, shouting political slogans such as opening warehouses and releasing grain, independence and self-government, democracy and freedom, and restoring the system of the city-state of Nokratis.

Alas, I didn't plan to suppress it at first, but I just stepped forward and persuaded a few words with a pleasant face, but they actually shouted 'Down with the tyrant', 'The witch get out', 'We want bread', and smashed the stone directly, almost breaking my head...... Bah! ”

She pressed the bruise on her forehead and spat on the ground hatefully, "...... Do they think that now is the time for the 'Arab Spring' in the 21st century? It's still a slave society these days, but I don't talk about human rights and freedoms, and I'm not Musharraf! So after I was hit with a stone, I asked the army to go up and serve with swords and guns, and even those who were hacked to death on the spot were counted, and those who were not hacked to death were hung up and crucified, and slowly tortured to death...... Hmph, crucifixion is not exclusive to Jesus, let these mobs enjoy it in advance! ”

- Well, compared with the original black belly and funny love, but the nature is quite pure, at least there is absolutely no torture and killing the zombie witch Sanae Rika, the current Queen of Cleopatra, Bixia, has obviously become more ruthless, more careless of human life, more worthy of the infamy of the "Nile Demon Woman", and more in line with the style of the slave-owning class rulers of this classical era......

Perhaps, this is also the inevitable result of the fusion of the two souls, because after all, she has to adapt to this era, not immediately surpass it.

Immediately afterwards, with a noise from all around, Wang Qiu saw an even more incredible scene:

-- Amid the jumbled slogans, a large crowd of civilian-looking men poured from all sides of the square, ignoring the blood dripping all around, but brandishing their fists and clubs, shouting in Greek with a Macedonian accent, threatening the murderers such as Queen Cleopatra and the dictator's accomplices to get out of the city and restore the glory and freedom of Noclatises as an independent city-state......

So Queen Cleopatra threw up her hands in exasperation and roared again with a brutal order to suppress it by force.

-- It took only an hour or two to defeat General Achilles' 8,000 troops outside Nocrates, but the suppression of the protesters and thugs who took to the streets in the city kept the queen's 2,000 mercenaries busy for two full days, and also took the opportunity to loot and enrich themselves for two whole days, and by the way, tripled the number of death row prisoners crucified on the crosses on the streets.

In Wang Qiu's view, the Greek citizens of the classical city-states of B.C. were two very different creatures from the Christian-infused Greek subjects of the late fifteenth-century Eastern Roman Empire—more hot-blooded, more irritable, and more difficult to control. Worse still, they completely disregarded the authority of the king. There is nothing to quiet them, except for violent repression.

If it weren't for the fact that the surrounding climate and environment were completely different. Wang Qiu almost thought that he had come to Paris in the era of the Revolution!

Fortunately, the hungry mob of Nocrates, though fierce and armed, were far less organized and purposeful than the citizens of Paris in the eighteenth century. And the queen of Cleopatra was not a weak and benevolent Louis XVI, but a murderous and bloodthirsty slave owner, who did not hesitate to raise her butcher's knife to the rioting citizens, and taught them a vivid lesson with death and blood.

In a word. With the earth-shattering wails and the pungent smell of corpses, the queen of Egypt unhurriedly suppressed the civil riots and deterred the unscrupulous; While opening the warehouse to distribute food. reassure the people of the city; At the same time, he also personally went into battle, shooting the thugs with anti-aircraft machine guns; Zuihou even called the Aztec priestess Yuki Delan to return to her old business, disemboweling some of the captured troublemakers and gouging out their hearts to sacrifice to the gods.

Wang Qiu, a classmate who realized it later. When I rushed to stop it in a hurry. found that the fresh and powerful hearts were already beating in the stainless steel dinner plate, and the bloody Xueji Dailan was still smiling and smiling to the queen of Cleopatra, saying that she hadn't dissected a living person for a long time, and she was a little handy, so it seemed a little unclear when she went under the knife just now......

Such an impactful and terrifying picture made Wang Qiu not in the mood to do a "pop" exercise with Xue Ji Dailan in the next few days.

Under this countermeasure of alternating carrots and sticks, Nocratis, who was originally on the verge of an explosion, finally calmed down.

However. This bloodbath of Nokratis City's stability maintenance work, after all, dragged the pace of Queen Bixia.

And on the other hand. After learning of the defeat of the city of Noclatis, Pharaoh Ptolemy XIII and his entire court, who had just left Alexandria and were currently on their way to the "royal expedition", fell into extreme panic and chaos.

“…… Achilles was defeated? What the hell is going on? Could it be that my eldest sister really invited some evil god to help? ”

In the ornate tent, a little boy who looked to be about nine or ten years old spun around in circles with an anxious face, stamping his feet in frustration, and occasionally throwing some cups and plates to the ground, "...... Achilles, this idiot! How could he be defeated by his sister casually? Now what? The city of Nokratis is lost, and half of the army is finished, teacher! What the hell is next?! ”

- This grumpy boy was the ruler of the Ptolemaic dynasty, the king of Upper and Lower Egypt, and the thirteenth pharaoh of Ptolemy. Although he was at least fourteen years old, Pharaoh appeared to be significantly younger than his actual age due to developmental delays. A moment ago, the bad news of the fiasco at the front made his liver even more angry, and even a refreshing drink mixed with mint could not calm the anxiety in his heart a little.

“…… Bixia, please calm down! Impatience won't solve anything...... As long as we calm down, we can always figure out how to ......"

The king's teacher, Theodotus, licked his lips and spoke dryly comforting words that he didn't even believe, and no matter how convincing he listened.

In fact, Theodotus knew better than the little boy in the tent how terrible the current battle situation was.

In this era, the military liliang of the Ptolemaic dynasty had been abandoned for a long time, and the general mobilization could only muster up 25,000 troops. More than 6,000 of them were scattered in hundreds of posts throughout the country, which could not be gathered for a while, and had already been killed by the queen in Perusim. Then, Achilles hastily gathered more than 8,000 men to attack the city of Nocrates, but was completely annihilated in one go. After deducting the 4,000 troops left behind in the capital, Ptolemy XIII had only 5,000 men around him at this time, most of whom were non-combatants such as servants and slaves, which was really unbearable.

“…… Anyway, let's go back to the capital first! It's not safe outside the city anymore! "After going around in circles, Ptolemy XIII finally made the decision to go home like a child in trouble," ...... As long as you return to the palace, there is always room for maneuver......"

However, at this time, the eunuch Potinus, the chief of the court who opened the curtain and entered, brought them a new bad news: "...... I'm sorry, my Bixia, I'm afraid you won't be able to go back for a while! Pompey has arrived in Alexandria with two thousand Roman troops, and has taken over your palace and treasury, and is now robbing our royal fleet...... The whole of Alexandria is already under his control! ”

Potinus said with a dismayed face, "...... If you rush back, you risk being taken hostage by Pompey. ”，

“…… That's impossible?! Pharaoh Ptolemy XIII widened his eyes in surprise, "...... It looks like we've only been out of the capital for two days! And Pompey took Alexandria in two days with only two thousand men? What the hell are our troops left behind in the rear doing? ”

“…… Bixia, did you forget? Before you set out, you left the Roman legions hired by the king to suppress the rebellion in the capital, and they were Pompey's old men! Many are still Pompey's cronies! Pompey just sent someone to persuade them, and then pulled them over! ”

The palace steward, the eunuch Potinus, spread his hands helplessly, "...... As for the guards guarding the court, they seemed to be caught off guard and were disarmed by the defective Roman mercenaries...... Huh? Bixia, what's wrong with you? Don't get sick! Eh, don't scare me! ”

After hearing the new bad news, I saw Ptolemy XIII tremble, his face turned iron-blue, and then he fainted with a grunt.

Potinus and Theodorus glanced at each other, both full of helplessness. “…… It seems that the capital cannot be recaptured for a while, and the queen is pressing forward step by step, how about we go south to avoid it for the time being? There is also one of our border guards in Upper Egypt! Teodorus suggested.

Potinus nodded in agreement, "...... Alas, it seems that this is the only way to do it! Hurry up and pull it out! When the enemy comes, it's all over! ”

So, when Queen Cleopatra once again marched westward and prepared to storm the capital city of Alexandria, the Pharaoh had disappeared without a trace, and two groups of uninvited guests from Rome visited the magnificent and prosperous city one after another...... (To be continued.) )