"The meanness of the enemy is accomplished by our stupidity. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info" - "Quotations of the God of War. On War

June 23, 352 Continental Gregorian Calendar, Efini, Alexandria.

After dinner, the Falency Mission was still immersed in the hospitality given to them by the Efini royal family yesterday. The Efini were generous to them, and prepared them with good food and wine, even beautiful women. I have to admit that when it comes to how to enjoy life, the Efini are at the forefront of the world.

While the Falencians were still talking about the Queen Mother Neferti's amorous amorousness, some of them noticed something unusual. The sound of noisy footsteps reached their ears, and everyone ran to the window to take a look. The hotel where they were staying had been surrounded by heavily armed soldiers, which made the entire mission panic.

After a while, an Efini officer came and asked for an audience. The unarmed Falencians certainly couldn't refuse him. So the head of the mission ran to the door and accosted the officer.

"What is the reason why your country suddenly surrounded us with armed men?" The head of the regiment tried to come up with a questioning tone.

"This is to protect your safety, please stay here with peace of mind tonight, and if you need anything, you can notify us to handle it on your behalf. As long as tonight passes, tomorrow you will be honored guests of our country, and I hope you will understand our difficulties. The officer politely replied to the Falencian question.

"That'...... All right. "Since the other party has no intention of harming them, the Pharians have decided to wait and see for the time being.

Anyone with a modicum of common sense should be aware that this was a military coup d'état, and the target was naturally the young pharaoh and his charming mother. The putschists apparently felt that the Farensi were still of sufficient use, or at least they felt that they needed a third party to sing their praises afterwards. From a practical point of view, even if Efni's coup group slaughtered the Falensi, there would be no trouble for the time being. After all, the two countries are separated by thousands of miles.

However, presumably because of the haste of the uprising, the rebels did not accurately assess the strength of the Pharisens. Although this was not a big mistake, as long as they could take out Neferti's mother and son cleanly, then the Pharians would not be able to do anything. They're just a bunch of outsiders.

But the gods of Efini seem to favor beautiful women even more, and when the rebels' armies storm the royal palace, they do not find their main target. The pharaoh and the queen mother seem to have escaped from the palace through a secret passage, and the rebels are not sure of their whereabouts. On the other hand, it was because of Sogrend's insistence on not putting himself on the list of missions that he was staying with the sailors and soldiers at the moment. If he is also besieged in the hotel, I am afraid that Neferti mother and son will have no hope of denying the Tai Tai.

Tuamos was immersed in his post-dinner meditation when he was interrupted by his priest because of an unexpected guest in the Great Library. The old man walked out of his room, and the first thing he saw was Abinas, the priest of the sun god who was anxious with beads of sweat glistening in the dim candlelight.

"Servant of Amun, what is it that makes you so flustered to visit us at this time?" Tuamos asked.

"You'll find out with me." Abinas eagerly took the high priest's hand.

"Okay, you take me to see it."

Abinas led the way, his steps messy and rapid. Because he was walking so fast that he had to pause several times to look back to see if Tuamos had been pulled down. Tuamos did not have the idea of increasing his speed in order to take care of his emotions, and he still followed unhurriedly.

It was only a short walk, but Abinas felt like they had walked for at least half an hour. The two finally arrived at a reading room in the Great Library, a room reserved for the royal family. When they entered the room, the first thing they saw was a woman wearing a headscarf and a veil.

"Master Tuamos." The woman greeted.

The High Priest immediately recognized her voice, and there was no difficulty. Neferti was a wise and studious woman, and many of Efini's scholars admired her, apparently not just because of her beauty. She was the patron of scholarship and used to come to the big library to read and listen to lectures. Touamos was very familiar with the Queen Mother. But at this moment, he couldn't help frowning. Because the High Priest had realized that something had happened.

"What about His Majesty?" The High Priest asked directly.

"With me, I've coaxed him to sleep first." Neferti replied.

"They'll search here soon, does the Queen Mother have any plans?"

"I need to find a little help, as long as I can hold out until dawn, and General Ramsays's army will be able to rush to crush the rebels."

"But I only have a group of unarmed clergy here, how can I resist the attacks of those rebels?"

"Go and ask the Pharians for help, they should have a decent number of fighters."

"Will the Pharians come to the rescue? Maybe at this time, the other side is also trying to woo them. The High Priest reminded.

"Hmph, where are those who are blind-eyed to realize that Thorgrande. What about the energy of Leus? As long as we let the Pharians understand the benefits afterwards, they will not refuse. Neferty said confidently.

"Then, at once, I will send someone to invite His Excellency Leus." Tuamos said and turned to leave.

When the messenger of Tuamos came to the ship of the Pharians, he was surprised to find that the soldiers had already prepared for it, and that the soldiers had already built improvised fortifications on the docks and prepared them for defense. Thorgrande met the messenger in the captain's room of the Awe, who informed him that there had been a war in the city, and that the High Priest was concerned about the safety of the Great Library, and hoped that the Pharians would help them protect the Great Library and the Temple.

"You'd better bring someone in person." The messenger advised.

"That's what you said." Thorgrande turned to the captain of the Awe and said, "How many men does it take to get three ships out of port?" ”

"Each boat needs at least 10 people."

"Well, you take 40 sailors to stay on the ship, and if anything happens, lift anchor and leave here at once. If you don't have someone from us, just wait until the end of the month, where we will meet you. ”

"I see, did the marshal decide to go in person?" The captain asked.

"The young people who remain at the Tut Temple are the elite of our country, and it would be a great loss to lose any of them."

"Well, then, I wish you all the best." The captain gave a military salute to Saugland.

"I wish you all the best." Thorgrande returned the salute and turned and left the captain's room with the messenger.

The Pharisees currently have a total of 300 soldiers, all of whom have been carefully selected from the various legions. They had been trained in naval and landing operations at Lanfonte for a whole year, and the instructors sent by Zigner were full of praise for them in private. They are well-equipped, well-trained, and more importantly have high morale right now. For the Falencians, to be able to fight with Saugland was truly an honor for the rest of their lives.

Although the soldiers were excited, they still followed the instructions, suppressed their emotions, and marched silently and quickly in the direction of the Great Library.

When they arrived at the Great Library, a small group of rebels had already tried to break into the Great Library to search it, but they were temporarily stopped by the priests. Seeing this, Sogrend immediately organized several teams, in units of five, to quickly surround and capture the small group of rebels, without allowing any of them to slip away. The Falunsi were very sophisticated, and it took less than 2 minutes to add up.

After instructing his men to interrogate the captives and immediately find a way to build fortifications, Thorgrande followed the priest in and met Tuamos.

"I'll be relieved that you're here." When the high priest saw Sogrande, he immediately greeted him.

"Good night, High Priestess, are the young people of our country all right?" Saulgrande owes a debt to the other party.

"They're all fine, just a little irritable."

"I'll see them later."

"That's great, but before that, come with me to meet another guest."

"Has the god of wisdom and knowledge begun to favor the lady, or will the blessing of the goddess Isis also reach this place?" Thorgrande asked, smiling.

"Lord Russ also understands the intentions of the gods?"

"I'm just the son of a small merchant, so let Your Excellency the High Priest lead the way."

A few minutes later, Sogrend met Queen Mother Efini in the royal family's exclusive reading room.

"First meeting, Her Royal Highness the Queen Mother, under is Thorgrande. Leus. "Thorgrande owes himself first.

This preemptive salute made Neferti have to take back the hand she wanted to raise, and then she smiled and said, "It seems that it is not easy to see His Excellency Ryus. ”

"Is the Queen Mother complaining?"

"How can I blame you? You're always judging the situation. ”

"That's a bad compliment," Saugland smiled, "let's get down to business." ”

"That's good, Pharaoh needs your country's sergeants to be able to guard this place until dawn."

"Will there be reinforcements in the morning?"

"Yes, the army loyal to Pharaoh will arrive at dawn."

"All right, but why should the Pharansis die for you and your pharaoh? I mean, it's only my duty and that of the soldiers to make sure the Pharians are safe here. Sogrend said.

"To defend Pharaoh is to defend yourselves." Neferty reminded.

"Really? Not necessarily, I'm afraid Sogrend laughed, and he walked to the window, "According to what I have heard, the members of our mission are now safely staying in the hotel, which shows that forces other than the current pharaoh are not necessarily harmful to us. ”

"Your Excellency Leus, if you are willing to help the Pharaoh," Neferti paused and leaned in front of Sogrend, "any conditions can be discussed. ”

"Oh, any conditions?" Thorgrande turned his head and looked at the Queen Mother's beautiful face with interest.

"Yes, any conditions," Neferti said in an almost murmuring voice, her eyes wandering, "and you may even enjoy the power of the Pharaoh, albeit only temporarily." Queen Efini's tone was full of suggestion, and she leaned closer, so that Sogrand could clearly smell the sweetness of her.

"Temporary? For example, like in the story of the magic lamp, how about three times or something? Sogrend continued.

"Yes, you can do the same thing over and over again."

"How about I, then, exercise the power of Pharaoh three times?" Neferti felt the other reach reach for her waist.

"Three times, aren't you too little?" Neferti sneered.

"Three times should be enough, I can't be too greedy."

"That's three times."

Neferti was about to stretch out her arm to hook the neck of the man in front of her, but the other party took a step back at the right time and distanced herself from her.

"The rebels seem to have attacked, so let's go and see what is going on, so I hope you don't forget what we just said. Although, even if you forget, there's not much we can do. I'm going to take my leave for now. Thorgrande bowed gracefully, turned and left the room.

Neferti had to withdraw her hands and hold them to her chest as she watched Sogrande leave, but her heart tickled like a kitten. After a while, she laughed and turned to look out the window. More and more fires gathered outside the gates of the Great Library, and it seemed that the rebels were convinced that their target was probably here.

As soon as Thorgrande crossed the cloister to return to the hall where the soldiers were resting, he noticed a dark shadow beside him. He stopped, looked back, and recognized the person at a glance.

"Messelwis, what are you doing with me?"

Seeing this, Messelwis had no choice but to emerge from the shadow of the columns.

"Lord Ruce, are you going to fight?"

"It's none of your business, go back to your dorm."

"But I'm your squire, and I should always follow you when I fight." The young medical student said earnestly.

"The country didn't send you here to fight, but to learn, and I don't want sailors to travel thousands of miles to bring back a few more stinky corpses." Thorgrande said sternly, he took a few steps forward, and then turned around, "Besides, you have not been my squire since the night before yesterday. Okay, go back to the dorm and go to bed, we'll let you know if anything happens. With that, Sogrend left the other party behind and left the cloister.

"You're so harsh, I'm afraid that boy is going to be sad for a while." As soon as he entered the hall, he was greeted by Tuamos.

"There's no way around it, they don't understand what their responsibilities are."

"Have you negotiated terms with the Queen Mother?"

"We will give our full support until dawn, and if we can't see General Ramsey's reinforcements by then, we will surrender directly." Thorgrande answered the high priest's question lightly.

"As long as they don't set fire to the scrolls, I won't care what you do." Touamos said, pacing slowly.

In such a short time, the Pharisees had already erected two fortifications. The first was set up in the forecourt of the Great Library, where soldiers tossed down the turf and trampled the flowers, and built a half-man-high rampart. The second is the vestibule of the Great Library, where tables, chairs, and door panels are piled up as obstacles, and where a few crossbows are placed.

Sogrend came to the first line of defense, and the lieutenant in charge reported the situation to him.

"They have already shouted to us, demanding that we surrender immediately, lay down our arms, and destroy the fortifications."

"Did you give them an answer?" Sogrend asked.

"Not yet, Lord Luce."

"Then I'll reply to them."

With that, Saugland came to the back of the earthen ramparts, and shouted loudly to the other side of the earthen ramparts.

"I am the current highest-ranking member of the Pharansis, their commander, what do you want!"

Outside the gates, the rebels repeated their demands in mainland Mandarin.

"Forgive us for not being able to do what you ask, our army is responsible for protecting our own civilian personnel, and our army has been invited by the Temple of Tut to protect this place until dawn. In order to avoid unnecessary casualties, I suggest that you come back after sunrise, and we will definitely give up this zone when the time comes. "Sogrand replied to the rebels in continental language.

Then there were a few Efini voices from the other side, and Sogrend stepped back from the earthen ramparts.

"What do they say, my lord?" The lieutenant asked.

"They're ready to attack, organize your men, remember how the Zigners taught you how to defend the beachhead?"

"Remember, we're pretty skilled."

"Then just do what you were asked to do during training, hold on until dawn, and the most important thing is that it's best to stay alive, I'm right behind you, shout for help when you can't support it." Thorgrande patted the lieutenant on the shoulder.

"You'll see how we're going to beat these guys." The lieutenant gave a military salute to Thorgrand.

"It's better to take it easy." Thorgrande returned the salute, and he ascended to a balcony on the second floor facing the main door.

The Efini rebels began to attack the Phalensi positions, and it was clear that they had not expected to face such regular temporary fortifications, so they naturally did not have any siege equipment prepared. They simply fired a flurry of arrows at the Pharisens with their short bows, and then let the infantry, armed with light axes and small round shields, charge forward.

The Pharians first placed 80 men, 40 pikemen, and 40 soldiers armed with short swords and axes, behind the earthen ramparts. When the first Efinians tried to climb over the ramparts, the pikemen rushed up and stabbed them down. If the pikemen are entangled in the first enemy, the rest will have to go up to defend against the second enemy.

The attacks of the first two groups of rebels were thus repulsed, and only a dozen people on the side of the Falencians were wounded to varying degrees.

The rebels suffered a small setback, and they naturally did not give up. Soon, they cut down a few bowl-thick trees from the vicinity, and after clearing the branches in the middle, they used them as improvised battering rams. Ten men picked up such a tree and rushed toward the earthen ramparts of the Pharians. The Pharisees had intended to jump out and engage them in a melee to destroy the improvised battering rams, but the dense canopy forced them to abandon the idea. The rebels' tactics were successful, and the makeshift earthen ramparts were broken through several gaps. The rebels jumped in through the gap and engaged the Fallensi.

The rebels far outnumbered the Fallensi, and soon more than half of the 80 Fallens lay down. Just as the Phalens' defenses were about to collapse, the rebels behind saw a figure descend from the sky. It was already the middle of the night, the moon had already set, and only the torches on the rebel side illuminated the not very spacious battlefield. The commander of the rebels clearly saw two silver rays of light flickering in the crowd from time to time, and each time a soldier from his own side must have fallen with the flickering silver light.

"It's Lord Luce, cover chief!" The lieutenant, already covered in blood, shouted.

"I remember telling you to call for help." After kicking one more enemy, Sogrend said to the lieutenant.

"I'm sorry, sir."

"Forget it, prepare to retreat, and always pay attention to my orders."

"Pay attention to the commander's orders!" The lieutenant immediately conveyed it loudly to the rest of the people.

"Retreat!" Thorgrande shouted after another sword cut a month and a half.

The Pharians immediately used all sorts of tricks to push off the attack, and ran backwards in spite of everything. Sogrend immediately followed. The rebels obviously didn't expect the other side to disengage with them so easily, so they were stunned for a moment, but they instantly understood and chased after them with shouts.

"Get down!" The second order of Sogrand soon arrived.

The group of Farensi soldiers was indeed the elite of the army, and they obeyed the order without hesitation, and all embraced the earth firmly in the two or three fats that reached the front of the building. Immediately they heard the sound of arrows cutting through the air, and the screams of the enemy.

The crossbows and crossbows of the Pharians in ambush in the buildings were in full swing, and they had brought a considerable number of crossbows and arrows with them in order to cope with the battle on the sea. Sogre had arranged beforehand that as soon as he heard him order the soldiers in front of him to lie down, the soldiers in the building would shoot as much as they could. The Pharisees were armed with more than 150 bows and crossbows, and the density of firepower in this combat surface, which was less than 70 faz, was quite terrifying. In the face of heavy fire from a distance of less than 25 fats, almost all the rebels who attacked this time were annihilated.

"Stop shooting!" Thorgrande commanded loudly.

The Pharisees took advantage of the gap in the enemy's meeting and quickly withdrew into the building.

"Hurry up and bandage the wounded, count the number of weapons left, and we need to be ready for them to attack again before dawn. In addition, send someone to patrol the perimeter wall, and the other party may consider sneaking up from somewhere else. When Sogrend entered the house, he instructed his subordinates.

However, by this time, the sky had already revealed a faint morning light, and the birds and birds began to cry.