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Knowing that Musel did not follow the plan, did not wait for the rear army to meet, that is, led the front army to chase and flee the enemy, only afraid of fraud, the Hittite king Anida was at that time the rear army soldiers and horses, all the way to chase and come, and saw the enemy army of thousands of soldiers and horses, waiting in front of the mountain, Anida immediately ordered to suspend the advance, looking over, found that the corpses of Hittite soldiers were all over the field, concerned about the safety of Musel, Anida could not help but be anxious and ordered to advance in formation, and when the two armies were a stone's throw away, Anida gave an order, and the army launched an attack. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE。 Seeing the arrival of his father's army under the mountain, Mussel immediately gathered his troops and killed him on the mountain. Not afraid of being attacked on both sides, Minos ordered his troops to be divided into two divisions, to meet Anida with heavy troops, and to prevent Mussell from breaking through with small troops. The blood flowed like a river, and the road was approaching dusk, seeing that there were heavy casualties, and it was difficult to win in a hurry, but Anida was ordered to collect his troops and fight again in the coming day; when he found that his father had withdrawn his troops, he did not dare to fight again because of the disparity between the enemy and his forces, and Mussel also collected his troops at that time and retreated to the mountain; thinking that it was about to fall into the night, considering the inconvenience of the battle, and also to prevent deceit, the Hittites withdrew, and at that time, Minos did not let people chase them, but ordered them to camp in front of the mountain and trap the enemy on the mountain.
Anida did not lead the troops away, it was night, received a message from the flying pigeon, learned that Mussel was trapped on the mountain, to save the son, not waiting for the dawn, Anida reorganized the troops and horses, and launched another attack, and as yesterday, the two sides fought, until nightfall, seeing that the loss of the army will be the general, still unable to win, Anida can only be unwilling to withdraw the army. For several days in a row, the two sides fought each other by day, and collected their troops at night, but each had dead and wounded, but it was difficult to distinguish between victory and defeat, and worried about the shortage of water and food in the mountains, and worried about the situation of Mussel, after which Anida sent an envoy to express his willingness to negotiate peace with Crete, and Anida promised that as long as Minos agreed to withdraw his troops, in addition to guaranteeing that not a single soldier of Minos would be injured, the Hittites were willing to resume grain trade with Crete and conclude a treaty of friendship and commerce. Although Minos sent troops to attack the Hittites, the purpose was to solve the food crisis, Anida's proposal can be said to be in the right place, but due to the presence of the commander of the Egyptian army at the time, he thought that the reason why Egypt was willing to call on Syria to jointly send troops to help Crete attack the Hittites was actually the rise of the Hittites and a threat to the hegemony of the ancient Egyptian kingdom in the Middle East.
Knowing this, the peace was expected to fail, and immediately after, the Hittites would definitely send troops to cut off the grain route, and his father Altaïr had learned from the past, thinking that once the supply could not be supplied, as a quartermaster, he would inevitably be convicted of it, and he was deeply worried about this, but Aktor couldn't help but complain in private, saying that the war was demanding: the time and place are favorable, and the three must not, although there is a victory, and in view of the vast territory of the Hittites, a large population, and a favorable location, Originally, it was willing to take the initiative to negotiate peace, and promised to resume normal grain trade exchanges, for Crete, the outcome could not be better, but it was not in harmony, the king was confused for a while, and rejected the Hittite envoys, and now, seeing that the war continued, in addition to increasing casualties, Crete wanted to have greater gains, but it was basically hopeless. As the saying goes, disaster comes from the mouth, knowing that Aktor was criticized behind his back, Minos was furious, but accused Aktor of beleading the people and disturbing the morale of the army.