Three Kingdoms Eschatology

Chapter 958

On the upper reaches of the Hatay River, near Mount Lebanon, a large number of Liang army soldiers suddenly appeared.A group of soldiers and horses with hundreds of people surrounded by five carriages came towards the bank of the river.

Behind them, there were banners and spears everywhere.But in fact, these banners and spears were not held in the hands of the soldiers, but stuck in the soil.This area is full of wormwood shrubs, so it is impossible to see the actual situation on the other side of the river.

The Roman army scouts on the other side of the river noticed the movement early on, and hundreds of people had already rushed over.Seeing this scene, he was shocked, and quickly sent someone back to the fortress to report to the above.

At this time, the guard on the Hatay Fortress --- a commander was wondering.Because the thousands of Liang soldiers who had gathered on the other side of the fortress river suddenly withdrew and disappeared in an instant.He knew in his heart that Liang Jun would never retreat so easily, so he hurriedly sent soldiers to order all ministries to strengthen their guard, claiming that Liang Jun would probably cross the river soon.

Sure enough, an hour later, he received a report from a patrol team, and found Liang's soldiers and horses flickering, but because of the cover of vegetation, their size could not be determined.They seemed to be headed up the Hatay River, that is, to the east.The guard did not dare to neglect, and immediately sent additional scouts and patrols to the eastern section, and gave a centurion the right to do things cheaply.Let him gather all available troops of all patrols in the upper reaches of the Hatay River to intercept Liang Jun when necessary.

After another two hours, he finally received the news he least wanted to hear.The Liang army gathered its troops not far from Mount Lebanon.Some soldiers have already reached the river, and it seems that they are preparing to build a pontoon bridge to forcefully cross the Hatay River.The guard didn't even think about it, and immediately ordered the soldiers to bring back the order to prevent Liang Jun from crossing the river at all costs, and he would lead the army to arrive later.

In the upper reaches of the Hatay River, fierce fighting has begun.The Roman soldiers gathered on the north bank of the river used scorpion crossbows to continuously throw arrows towards the south bank.

These arrows were sparse and had no effect on the Liang army. More than [-] soldiers in the latter calmly used large shields to build up a shield wall and pushed forward until they reached the waist of the river.Then the supply vehicles started to move, and the soldiers opened the compartments, took out the materials for building the pontoon bridge, and began to get busy behind the shield wall.

The centurion in charge of the command on the north shore was sweating all over his forehead, and he shouted anxiously: "Why haven't those Syrians come yet? Find someone to remind them!"

Someone next to him replied: "I have already gone to urge them, and now they should also arrive..." Before he finished speaking, he said in surprise: "Here they come, they come! Those Syrian archers are here."

While talking, more than a hundred Syrian archers trotted all the way to their vicinity.Under the arrangement of the centurion, they also fired at the other side of the river.The Roman army was not good at shooting bows, and would only use weapons like scorpion crossbows that did not require much shooting skills.So these Syrian archers are a necessary complement to their ranged attack power.

The attacking arrows suddenly became dense, and fell on the river like a shower, splashing countless water splashes.Liang Jun's shield also became like a hedgehog in a short time.With such a dense concentration of arrows, coupled with the fact that Liang Jun was standing waist-deep in the river with shields, it was inevitable that flaws would be exposed and casualties would be caused.

From time to time, Liang Jun was shot by arrows and screamed in pain, and some people were even shot in vital parts and fell down in the river screaming.This caused greater flaws, and Liang Jun's casualties became more rapid.As a last resort, these spear and shield soldiers retreated gradually.The soldiers who built the bridge naturally ran to the bank, leaving behind the pontoon bridge that had covered a quarter of the river.

At this time, the Roman army had already lit a brazier, and some people began to throw clay pots on the pontoon bridge.Most of the pots fell into the river, but a few fell onto the deck of the pontoon bridge.After crackling and shattering, the liquid inside flowed everywhere.The liquid was Greek fire. Dozens of rockets shot at it, and a huge fireball suddenly rose on the river, covering a quarter of the paved pontoon bridge.

But a moment later, Liang Jun fought back, and dozens of fireballs flew from the opposite bank and landed on the north bank.The explosive bombs fired by these crossbows ignited dozens of flames after landing, and scattered the enemy troops standing in one piece.Several of them were splashed with kerosene on their clothes and burned.

Then, there were rows of crossbow guns fired by individual ballistas.Across dozens of battle-wide rivers, these crossbow spears were completely inaccurate, but relying on intensive concentration still injured twenty or thirty Roman soldiers and Syrian archers.Seeing that the situation was not good, the Roman centurion in charge shouted loudly: "Everyone spread out and hide, don't crowd together."

When they dispersed, Liang Jun rushed into the river again and tried to lay the floating bridge again.The Roman centurion on the other side of the river once again summoned his own soldiers to attack them.After three or four rounds of see-sawing like this, a large group of troops came quickly from the north bank, which was the main force of the Roman defenders.The centurion said happily: "Brothers are safe, our main force is here!"

The Roman commander-in-chief personally led 800 soldiers to intercept the Liang army. These [-] people were the majority of the troops fortified along the river, and they were also half of the strength of the entire fortress.He also breathed a sigh of relief seeing that Liang Jun hadn't yet crossed the river bank.But after hearing the centurion's account of the battle, he frowned.There was already a faint feeling in my heart that something was wrong.

After a long time, Liang Jun did not launch any new actions.On the other side of the river, the two or three hundred soldiers of Liang Jun who had built the bridge before disappeared out of thin air, leaving only Liang Jun standing still in the grass farther away.

The centurion touched his head and said, "It's strange, why there is no movement, maybe we saw our main force coming and ran away."

The commander said angrily: "Why are you running? I didn't see so many soldiers standing there..." Speaking of this, his heart suddenly sank, and he hurriedly said: "Quickly, send some people across the river to check the movement. .”

The faces of the people nearby turned pale.Don't think about it, now the past is death.In the end, the centurion gritted his teeth and swam over with a soldier.After arriving at the shore, they tiptoed towards the grass full of Liang Jun. As they walked, they fired arrows with scorpion crossbows as a test.Finally, they decided that there was a problem, and rushed into the grass, and Liang Jun's trick was revealed.

The commander's face changed greatly when he heard the news, and he shouted: "It's not good, we have fallen into the enemy's trap. Quickly return to defense."

However, it was too late for him to wake up, and the main force of Zhao Yun's army had already assembled downstream near the mouth of the sea.Several baggage carts were directly pushed into the river and fixed with anchors. After being unfolded, they became a pontoon bridge. In just a quarter of an hour, a pontoon bridge was laid on the river.The Liang army brigade quickly crossed the bridge. After they landed on the land on the other side of the river, they rolled past more than a dozen corpses of Roman soldiers full of arrows.

Chapter 959

Liang Jun, who had crossed the river from the coast, then turned to the east and hurried forward.They wanted to capture the fortress castle before the defenders of Hatay Fortress came back to help.

Continue northward from Hatay to the plateau of Asia Minor. To enter the plateau of Asia Minor from the narrow strip between Mount Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea, one must pass through a slope that is nearly [-] lines long and more than ten lines wide.On both sides of the slope are the edge cliffs of the plateau.It is on this slope that the fortress of the Hatay Fortress is stuck.

The Roman defenders in the fortress had received word from scouts running back.Although there were less than [-] guards in the fort at this time, the centurion in charge of guarding the fort still believed that there was no problem in defending the fort.Because as long as he sticks to it for a quarter of an hour, the main force of the fortress will be able to turn back for reinforcements under the leadership of the commander.The front and rear pincers might be able to defeat Liang Jun.

Encouraged by him, hundreds of Roman soldiers mustered up their courage to climb to the top of the castle wall, ready to defend the Liang army.Before they were fully prepared, Liang Jun's stone bombs and explosive bombs hit their heads and faces like hail.The battlements were smashed to pieces, and the top of the city quickly burst into flames.Several Roman soldiers were hit by stone bullets on the spot, smashed to pieces and died.Another twenty or thirty people were engulfed by the sea of ​​flames, and when they ran out, they were already burning people, screaming and rolling on the ground at the top of the city.Soon the Roman soldiers were no longer visible on the wall.

After this kind of intensive bombardment went on for a full quarter of an hour, the battlements on the top of the castle wall were almost smashed to pieces.The flames on the wall and the ground also burned into a sea of ​​flames.

Liang Jun immediately assumed dozens of new ladders.These ladders were originally folded, but Liang Jun pulled the rope and buckle, unfolded them as if by magic, and hooked them firmly to the top of the city.Moreover, the horizontal bars of these ladders are made of wooden boards, which can be adjusted into a flat shape parallel to the ground.You can climb up the ladder without using your hands.

Liang Jun wore shoes and trousers made of fire cloth material and ran quickly to the top of the wall along these dozens of ladders.But the first group of people who climbed to the top of the wall were not seen by a Roman soldier, and then they heard the sound of swishing arrows piercing the air.

A Liang Jun felt a chill in his chest, and then he felt severe pain. Only then did he realize that a crossbow shot from a scorpion crossbow had penetrated his chest.He fell to the ground before he could figure out where the crossbow arrow came from.In addition to him, nearly thirty other Liang soldiers were also shot down by hidden arrows, accounting for half of the first Liang soldiers who climbed to the top of the city.

Only then did Liang Jun see that there was another wall behind the top of the wall, and the entire castle wall was actually stepped.Because the castle's corridors are wide enough, and the second wall is only six or seven feet high, it cannot be observed from below the castle.Those arrows were fired from the shooting holes on the second wall. Obviously this wall is hollow and can hide people.

"Quickly block these shooting ports with shields!" A general of Liang Jun shouted.As soon as he finished speaking, more than two hundred Roman soldiers suddenly appeared on the stairway.Some of them swarmed up from the stairway, and some swarmed out of the second wall.

Some Liang soldiers who had climbed to the top of the city hurriedly turned their individual ballistas in their hands and fired crossbows at them. There was a scream of crossbows piercing through the air, and several Roman soldiers fell down in response.But at the same time, the javelins of the Roman soldiers were also thrown at them overwhelmingly.

Nearly ten Liang Jun who were caught off guard suddenly turned into hedgehogs nailed to the ground.Only five or six Liang Jun raised their large shields in time and survived.But some of them were pierced through the shield by the javelin and pierced through the arm, and they cried out in pain.

Just when Liang Jun was about to be driven off the top of the city, the second wave of Liang Jun had already boarded the top of the city, and they fired dozens of crossbows at the gathered Roman soldiers.The group of Roman soldiers fell down in an instant, more than [-] people, but their second round of javelins came again, and at the same time, scorpion crossbows were continuously shot from the transom of the second city wall.

In an instant, there were only about [-] people left in Liang Jun. These [-] people had to retreat to a corner of the city wall, using shields to form a shield wall to form a temporary position.The javelins of the Roman soldiers had run out, and they ran towards the Liang army along the corridors of the city wall, holding their shields and waving their daggers. fight together.Liang Jun, who had been curled up in a corner of the city wall before, also turned back to fight back.The head of the city suddenly became a battlefield for fierce close-range hand-to-hand combat between the two sides.

The centurion of the Roman army counted the time.Half an hour had passed, and the main force should have returned, but there was still no one outside the castle.As more and more soldiers of the Liang army climbed to the top of the city, he began to despair.The comparison of strength on the battlefield above the wall finally broke through the critical value.The rate of casualties of the Roman army became faster and faster, and eventually their morale collapsed completely. The remaining ten Roman soldiers threw away their weapons and surrendered with their hands raised high.

When the Roman commander of Hatay Fortress hurried back with nearly a thousand soldiers and horses, he was attacked by more than 200 longbowmen on the other side of the river.Their arrows easily crossed the river, which was dozens of battles wide, and accurately hit the Roman soldiers, and the arrow clusters easily penetrated their ring armor and bodies.Nearly a hundred Roman soldiers will be shot and wounded by the sound of swishing arrows piercing the air.There were screams and screams on the other side of the river.Because the rear is the cliff terrain on the edge of the Asia Minor plateau, these Roman soldiers could not go around far away from the river bank.They could only use shields to build a few shield walls on the flanks, and prop up the big shields to march in a tortoise shell formation.Although this reduces casualties, the price of turning into a turtle is that the speed is greatly slowed down.This was the reason for their delay in returning to the castle.

When they approached the castle of Hatay Fortress, the Liang army had captured the castle for a long time.Liang Jun outside the fortress has also lined up and waited, and asked the translator to shout loudly to persuade him to surrender.

The commander-in-chief of Rome saw that his side was already in danger, and it was pointless to continue to resist.Moreover, this is a civil war after all, so he has no moral entanglements, so he raises his hands and surrenders.

Zhao Yun's army, which captured Hatay, only rested in the castle for more than half an hour. Before the main force from the rear arrived, they set off again to kill the hinterland of the Asia plateau.Only more than [-] soldiers were left in the castle to guard the prisoners and support the rear army.

In just three days, Zhao Yun's army rushed [-] miles away and arrived at the city of Ankara, the capital of the Asia Minor province.All the villages and towns along the way surrendered in anticipation of the wind, expressing their recognition of the Roman regime represented by Alexander.

However, Zhao Yun, who came to Ankara, did not startle the enemy. He just asked more than 3000 soldiers to stay in the wilderness more than ten miles away from Ankara City and wait for a few people.Chen Tiao has set up a spy network station in Ankara City, and what Zhao Yun is waiting for is the secret work of Chen Tiao's subordinates.

Chapter 960 Money opens the way

The night was deep.Zhao Yun's barracks, more than ten miles outside Ankara, had no light at all.When Zhao Yun set up camp, he ordered the lights to be blacked out, and he also ordered the rangers who were patrolling the surrounding area to guard against anyone who had nothing to do with the secret sentry, and shot them down as spies.

At the hour of Hai, several Liang soldiers escorted a man over, and entered Zhao Yun's tent covered by dead branches and leaves in the dark.As soon as they came in, Zhao Yun smelled a stench, which made him shrug his nose.

The soldiers reported: "General Qi, this man was captured by our secret sentry a few minutes ago. He claimed to be from Daliang. We saw that he was a Persian, but he could speak Chinese fluently, and we matched the code. sent him over."

Zhao Yun, who hadn't seen anyone coming for a long time, breathed a sigh of relief and asked, "Why did you come? Feige sent a letter and agreed that you should have arrived an hour ago."

"The general doesn't know. The defenders in the city have already known that our army is approaching Ankara, so they stepped up their guard early. The four doors are closed, and no one is allowed to come in and out. They are also arresting people who look like Han Chinese. Centralized surveillance. Even the head of our intelligence station was arrested by them. But fortunately, they did not arrest him specially, but by looking at his appearance. He should not have been identified by now. Otherwise, our entire station would be destroyed. It was taken away."

"Then how did you get out?"

"I also worked hard and tried my best to figure it out. The young one has a few acquaintances in the local security force, and with their help, the young one escaped from the city."

Hearing this, Zhao Yun's heart moved and said: "Oh, Ankara is only stationed by security forces now? Otherwise, why would they go to the top of the city to defend the city?"

"That's not true. Ankara has a reorganized regular Roman army stationed here. There are about 4000 soldiers and horses. Now they are responsible for defending the gates and walls, including warehouses, mansions and other key points in the city. But there is an exit. Guarded by security forces, that is the sewers of Ankara city."

Only then did Zhao Yun suddenly understand where the stench came from. At first he thought that some of the people who came in had stepped on shit.The Persian explained some more details about the city of Ankara, but it gave Zhao Yun the idea of ​​quickly capturing the city of Ankara.

Zhao Yun immediately asked: "If you are asked to lead a hundred people into the city according to your path, can you do it?"

The Persian lowered his head and thought for a while, then raised his head and said, "It's possible, but it will cost a lot of gold coins."

Zhao Yun laughed and said, "If it's just about money, it won't be a problem. As long as 100 of us can enter the city along the original road. You can just ask how many gold coins you need."

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In the early hours of the morning, the Persians took a hundred elite scouts dispatched by Zhao Yun to the city of Ankara.These scouts wear the finest chain mail and are armed with knives of Utz steel.Carrying a single-armed ballista full of arrows.In addition, there are a few people carrying a big basket on their backs.

After more than a hundred battles outside the east gate, the Persian whispered to the scouts: "You wait for me here, I will accommodate you after I go in, and then I will take you in. Remember, you must hide it. If the soldiers at the top of the city find out, the plan will be over."

After finishing speaking, he turned around and groped towards a small river beside the city, which was where the sewage outlet in the city was located.The Persians stepped on waist-deep sewage and marched along the ditch to the base of the city wall, but were stopped by a solid metal gate.With a stone in his hand, he knocked on the gate according to a certain rhythm with a slight clang.After a while, the gate opened, but there was still a metal fence door behind it.

It turns out that the design of the sewage canal in Ankara has considered the situation of the enemy's attack.When faced with the threat of enemy soldiers outside the city, the gate can be completely lowered to cut off the sewage canal, and then the sewage problem can be solved by opening it regularly. When it is opened, there is a fence behind it as a barrier to prevent the enemy from taking advantage of this opportunity to attack.

At this time, a deep voice came from behind the fence: "Why the hell did you come back? I won't open the door any later. I'm afraid to earn these few gold coins from you."

The Persian quickly agreed, and then whispered a lot through the fence door.The people inside immediately became vigilant and said: "What, you want to let 100 people in? Old Jim! Tell the truth, what are you doing? You didn't go out just because of your bitch, right? Don't let us fall head!"

The Persian replied: "Hey, what do you care about me? Anyway, I can guarantee that you will get rich and enjoy the wealth without risking your life." He took out a bulging money bag from his pocket as he spoke. , shaking through the gate.There was a pleasant sound of gold coins colliding inside, and then he handed the money bag in through the gate and said, "This is only a [-]% deposit. We will pay the remaining [-]% when we enter the city. And we guarantee that you will not lose your head. Think about it, There are only a dozen of you, and the gold coins each of you can buy a seaside mansion in the best part of the Apennines, and provide a whole family to live comfortably for a lifetime..."

Before he finished speaking, the person inside took the gold coin and said, "Wait a minute, I have to discuss it with my brothers." A quarter of an hour later, the man's voice sounded again: "Old Jim, my brothers and I After discussing it, I am going to do this gamble. But the price has to be increased. We need one bag of gold coins for each person. So we need to add three more bags."

"No problem, just wait, I'll bring someone over right away." The Persian named Old Jim turned around and left.Soon, he returned to the fence again, the difference was that this time he was followed by a hundred Liang Jun scouts.

The Persian lowered his voice and said, "I brought it here, open the door!"

The voice inside sounded again: "Old Jim, you have to keep your word. There are still twelve bags of gold coins like this, and we can't kill us."

The Persian said anxiously: "Hey, you are still worried about this. When will my old Jim's words not count? Open the gate quickly." Soon there was a slight sound of metal friction.The fence gate was finally opened.Under the leadership of the Persians, hundreds of Liang Jun scouts filed in.

As soon as Liang Jun entered, he put weapons on the necks of these Roman security guards, disarmed them, and tied them up with ropes.The leader thought that Liang Jun was going to kill them, so he stammered and shouted at the Persian: "Old Jim, you have to keep your word, you can't kill us, at worst we don't want these dozens of bags of gold coins..."

Old Jim waved his hands impatiently and said: "How many times have I said this, don't worry! My old Jim is a man of faith, and more importantly, our Liang Jun is also a man of faith. The gold coins will be given to you, and we will not kill you , but for the sake of safety and confidentiality, you have to be wronged for the time being."

Chapter 961

One hundred beam troops lined up in a neat line, marching on the streets of Ankara in a grand manner.In the dark night, only the sparsely illuminated bonfires on both sides of the road cannot clearly see their clothes.So even if they were seen, they would only be regarded as a brigade patrolling the city.

While they were marching towards the east city gate, two security guard patrols encountered them one after another.However, after Old Jim reported the password, he easily fooled around and staggered past them.

But the place near the east gate is brightly lit.There are several groups of Roman soldiers with a total of hundreds of people patrolling under the wall.They were not vigilantes, but belonged to the regular Roman legions.

A group of about 50 Roman soldiers patrolling the streets behind the city gate quickly spotted the Liang army approaching quickly.The leading centurion shouted:

"Stop! Who are you!"

Old Jim asked the exit command first: "Wolf!", and the centurion had no choice but to answer: "Eagle!" Then he continued: "No matter which part you belong to, this is a restricted area. Don't you know! Report out Your number! Why are you here!"

Liang Jun didn't stop because of this, but accelerated forward, almost trotting.The Romans immediately noticed the strangeness, and because of the closer distance, they had already discovered the peculiarity of their dress and appearance.The centurion shouted: "If you don't stop, we will..."

Before his words fell, Liang Jun raised his individual crossbows and fired.More than [-] rounds of crossbows swished towards them, piercing through the bodies of more than ten Roman soldiers in front of them in an instant.Just as the ten or so Roman soldiers fell to the ground, more than twenty rounds of crossbow spears flew over.

Hundreds of Liang Jun were divided into four groups, taking turns to shoot intensively.These Roman soldiers fell to the ground amidst the continuous screams.The Roman soldiers behind finally came to their senses and raised their large shields to cover themselves.

However, at this time, they were less than ten battles away from Liang Jun, and Liang Jun was still pressing hard.At such a short distance, the powerful crossbow spear could penetrate the large rectangular shield made of wooden planks and cowhide glued together by the Roman army, and then penetrate their ring armor and penetrate their bodies.Their shields can only play a role in reducing their trauma.

Amidst howling and howling in pain, the Roman soldiers lay down and rolled on the ground one after another.At this time, another Roman patrol with hundreds of people also discovered the situation and rushed over.Gather together with the remaining Roman soldiers from the previous patrol.

It is a pity that the Roman soldiers patrolling the city did not carry heavy javelins because they thought it was unnecessary.Javelins are usually carried when they face the enemy in front of the battle.Otherwise, these Roman soldiers can cause a lot of damage to the Liang army with just one round of projection.

At this time, the centurion of the Roman army shouted: "Our shields can't stop their arrows, so we can only rush over and kill them as soon as possible! Let's rush together."

More than 100 people rushed towards Liang Jun with their shields and swords in hand.Liang Jun's team led the team and shouted: "Set fire bombs!".The few Liang soldiers carrying large baskets in the rear and the dozen or so Liang soldiers around them had already made preparations.They took out a fiery bomb the size of a small pumpkin with a wooden handle fixed from the big basket beside them, lit the firelight outside with the brazier that had already been lit, rushed to the front along the gap between the queues, and threw it at the crowd of Roman soldiers rushing forward. Shoot out a fireball.

The clay pot exploded among the crowd of Roman soldiers, and more than a dozen clusters of flames sprang up, instantly forming a sea of ​​flames.Engulfed most of the soldiers of the Roman army.Many of the remaining dozens of people were also splashed by sparks and kerosene, causing their clothes to be ignited.They hurriedly scattered around, but many people still fell under Liang Jun's crossbow spears.

Liang Jun rushed to the city gate and shot and killed the last dozen or so Roman soldiers who retreated into the gate.Then they removed the heavy steel latches and slowly pushed the heavy city gate open.Some Liang Jun scouts cleared the nearby horses and roadblocks to one side.

Fortunately, the east gate of Ankara is open and close, not gate.Otherwise, Liang Jun would have to attack the top of the city and turn the winch to open the city gate.Of course, just like Zhao Yun knew that the Roman patrols did not carry javelins, Zhao Yun boldly made this surprise attack decision after knowing this information.

It took only five or six minutes from the time Liang Jun and the Roman patrols started fighting to when they opened the city gate.The Roman patrols at the top of the city and nearby had no time to react, and now the Roman soldiers patrolling at the top of the city rushed down the city along the corridors and stairs.After the patrols in the nearby area heard the movement, they also gathered here one after another.

However, it was too late, Zhao Yun's army, which had been lurking outside the East City Gate by night, had already swarmed in.The first to rush into the city were the heavily armed cavalry.

The two Roman patrols who had just arrived saw that they could not prevent Liang Jun from opening the city gate, so they lined up on the main street, and several shield walls sealed the street.However, when they heard the sound of the heavy horse's iron hooves running on the stone road, they were all out of their wits.The centurion headed hurriedly shouted: "Quickly hide...".

Before he finished speaking, a heavy cavalry slammed into his shield, and the centurion flew upside down for two or three battles in an instant, bringing down the two Roman soldiers standing behind him to the ground.Then the warrior stepped on the shield buckled on them and passed by.The few people under the shield immediately bled to death from their seven orifices.The two teams of Roman soldiers ran away before they had time to react. They were either knocked down by the cavalry or killed by the mace within seven or eight breaths.

Then a large group of Liang Army infantry also rushed into Ankara City after the heavy cavalry, and some of them spread to the top of the city wall and the streets and alleys.Not long after, the city of Ankara was full of screams and flames.Ma Chao also led the guard battalion into the city and went straight to Ankara's mansion.

Although the Roman army in Ankara had been on guard for a long time, they were still very surprised by the raid, so that the generals were at a loss in the face of the sudden change.First, the defenders at the top of the city and the patrols in the city were defeated one by one, and then the Roman army, which had assembled in a panic in the sea of ​​barracks, had just left the barracks when they encountered the heavy cavalry of Liang Jun who was sweeping towards them.Although their javelins caused tens of hundreds of Liang Jun's heavy cavalry casualties, the Liang Jun infantry who rushed out of the narrow alleys on both sides suppressed their javelin projection with a quick shot of their crossbow spears.When the heavy cavalry rushed into the formation of these Romans, they immediately broke up.

When the sky turned pale, the battle in Ankara City was coming to an end, and the shouts of killing gradually weakened.A large number of Roman prisoners were escorted to the open space.The Roman eagle flag fluttering on the top of the city has not been pulled out, but there are some extra beam dragon flags flying.

Chapter 962 Want to be the real emperor

Ankara city.The Liang-Luo coalition army, whose head and tail could not be seen at a glance, was marching into the city.In addition to this, many camps were set up around the city, and the city of Ankara alone could not hold an army of more than [-] people.

Alexander and Ma Chao were also in the middle of the team, riding side by side.Alexander sighed again and again: "I didn't expect General Zhao Yun of your Daliang to be so brave. He ran for thousands of miles and defeated the enemy army along the way like entering no one's land. We can't catch up with him all the way."

Then he changed the subject and asked Ma Chao: "How many good generals like you and General Zhao Yun are there in your country?" It's just one of the top ones. The entire Liang country like ours doesn't have one thousand, but eight hundred."

After hearing this, Alexander took a deep breath and said to himself, "Fortunately, the Liang Kingdom is not my enemy, otherwise don't mention me, the entire Roman Empire will face a huge crisis."

At this time, one of Alexander's generals jokingly said, "General Zhao Yun is a forward as the main force. If this continues, we may have no battle to fight."

Alexander pondered for a while and said: "This is impossible, at least there is one place. It is impossible to cross the past with his strength alone."

Ma Chao also answered from the side: "Your Majesty can say that it is the city of Byzantium."

Alexander nodded and said: "Yes. It is Byzantium, but it is not a city, but a fortress. Usually there are no civilians in it, only soldiers."

While they were talking, eight hundred miles away, Zhao Yun's army had already approached the city of Byzantium.As Alexander said, it is impossible for Zhao Yun to capture this strong fortress with the strength of his own troops and horses this time.

Zhao Yun shot straight away, in front of him was this huge castle named Byzantium, beside him was a cliff as high as dozens of battles, under the cliff was the black blue sea water and the rolling white waves hitting the coast of the cliff.

Byzantium is located on a headland in the northwest corner of Asia Minor, guarding the mouth of the Black Sea, and crossing the strait behind it can reach the Europa region of the Roman Empire.In the absence of command over the Mediterranean Sea, this is the choke point leading to the heart of the Roman Empire.

Zhao Yun looked up and saw that the outer walls of the Byzantine city walls were all made of solid stone and bricks.Like the Hatay Fortress, the outer city wall of the Byzantine Fortress is also in the shape of steps, divided into three floors, and each floor is as high as three or four battles.Apparently, soldiers can be hidden inside its second and third tier walls, just like the Hatay Fortress.Liang Jun was unable to storm the fortress with traditional siege methods.

Zhao Yun rode his horse back and forth to observe the fort for less than half an hour, but found no flaws in it, and thought to himself, it seems that there is no other way but to attack by force.Thinking of this, he ordered: "Fire a few stone bullets with the ballista on the city wall to see what effect it has."

Soon, his soldiers erected the largest ballista in the legion.Asleep gave an order, and a stone bomb flew towards the city wall.After a clear and loud noise, there was only a pit left on the stone wall of the city wall, which was just a white spot from a distance.After firing more than a dozen stone bullets in succession, it still had no effect.However, many Roman soldiers on the city wall were attracted to look around, and the sniper shots of the archers of Liang Jun made them retreat quickly.