January 10, the city of Ptolemessibaid on the middle of the Nile River.
The Fifth Crossbow Cavalry Corps of the Kingdom of Gelong entered to distribute food and help the hungry people who had run out of food, because the upper echelons of the city had already fled with supplies and useful people.
Of course, the food is not given for free. The door panels must be donated to help the Gron Kingdom's Fifth Crossbow Cavalry Corps cross the Nile River.
The Nile front is long, for both sides.
The Gron Army deployed troops along the line, and the Eastern Roman Army also arranged accordingly. Opposite the Gron Kingdom's Fifth Crossbow Cavalry Legion were two legions of the New Babylon Fortress, and the New Babylon Fortress's Third All-Purpose Light Cavalry Legion, plus a slave
Archer Corps.
Patrols from both sides were searching the river banks, and a regiment could not cross the river without being discovered.
However, this premise is that it is within the search range...
On the other side, the New Babylonian fortress area.
The Gron army and the Eastern Roman army faced each other across the Nile River and used small boats to communicate and negotiate.
The Gron army asked the Eastern Roman army to retreat, but the Eastern Roman army naturally refused.
The Eastern Roman Army asked the Gron army to retreat, but the Gron army naturally refused.
After talking nonsense for a while, we dispersed.
Because the Gron army's crossbows were too powerful, the Eastern Roman army was waiting for reinforcements, hoping to use the human sea tactic to win with one blow. It would take at least ten days to go back and forth, at least three days to report the news, and at least about seven days to travel by sea.
Yamazaki was waiting for the Fifth Crossbow Cavalry Corps of the Kingdom of Geron. After they crossed the river, the situation opened up.
At that time, the rafts for crossing the river from the city of Okrages will be taken out, and the rafts for crossing the river built by the city of Alexandria will also be laid out.
At that time, it will depend on how the Eastern Roman Army chooses.
Divide your troops and defeat them one by one.
If they form a group, then surround them and attack them.
Through the animals, Yamasaki could clearly see the battlefield and the deployment of the Eastern Roman Army's troops. No matter how the Eastern Roman Army changed, he could make timely adjustments.
The first wave of reinforcements from Eastern Rome have just arrived, and it will take time to distribute them to the entire east coast. The city of Ocreges is two hundred kilometers away in a straight line, and Ptolemes Sibaid is two hundred kilometers away in a straight line.
Four hundred kilometers away.
The Gelong Army was three days ahead of them. Three days was enough to dominate this war...
At night, the west bank of the middle and upper reaches of the Nile River.
Taking advantage of the dark night, most of the fifth crossbow cavalry regiment of the Kingdom of Gelong led their horses out of the camp with the door panel. They got on their horses after they were far away. They traveled up the river for more than ten miles to cross the water. They lay on the door panel and were led by the horses.
The river goes.
A small number of people stayed in the Sibaid City area of Ptolemes and continued to patrol on horseback with torches.
Originally, the patrols were done on a rotating basis, but now they were responsible for it. Anyway, only torches could be seen on the other side. We could only use the torches to determine the number of people and their locations. It was impossible to see clearly who was holding the torch.
And in this way, the other party would never have thought that the Fifth Crossbow Cavalry Corps of the Kingdom of Gelong had already crossed the river...
January 11, morning, east bank of the middle and upper reaches of the Nile River.
After resting, the crossbow cavalry began to attack, and the slave archer regiment patrol of the New Babylon Fortress immediately discovered them.
How could such a large group of people be invisible in broad daylight? Moreover, they were marching, and their target was the cavalry archer camp.
The warning horn woke the camp, but it was too late.
When they hurriedly gathered, the crossbow cavalry had already arrived outside the camp.
Crossbow arrows rained down, and the soldiers took cover one after another, and some even ran away.
After being persuaded to surrender, the two legions surrendered.
After collecting their weapons and equipment and leaving some people to look after them, the remaining men of the Gron Kingdom's Fifth Crossbow Cavalry Corps left with the harvested horses.
At the same time, the team on the west bank sent someone to inform them, and the operation went smoothly. They used two horses and eight horses to ensure safety and quickly inform the city of Okreges...
At noon, Paliusiaim Fortress area.
The sixth and seventh crossbow cavalry regiments of the Gron Kingdom retreated across the river in great distress under the constant harassment from the other side.
The river is not wide, and the large catapults of both sides can theoretically cover each other. However, the Kingdom of Gron used relatively lighter iron oil tanks, while the Kingdom of Eastern Rome used relatively heavier stone bullets. In this way
It means that the Kingdom of Gelong has the upper hand.
It’s just that the Eastern Roman Kingdom was filled with human lives, and sent troops to harass them from time to time. At night, they continued to attack all night long. They came and left, and came again. The two crossbow cavalry legions were exhausted and had to retreat to rest...
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Afternoon, outside Alexandria.
Fro arrived with two Gothic heavy armored regiments. They had settled down with their families and could fight with peace of mind. They also brought a lot of combat supplies.
The Gothic Heavy Army is equipped with alloy full-body ring armor, which is broken down into vests, shorts, arm guards, gauntlets, leg guards, shin guards, boots, helmets, and visors.
In addition to large shields, weapons also include spears, poleaxes, battle axes, war hammers, pickaxes, etc. They are all deadly weapons anyway.
Long-range weapons are ordinary iron throwing axes, javelins, and alloy crossbows.
Their mission is to fight in urban streets and occasionally act as nails to intercept enemy troops.
Their problem is that the equipment is still too heavy, but there is no good solution now...
On the afternoon of January 12, the city of Okrages in the middle and lower reaches of the Nile River.
The fifth crossbow cavalry regiment of the Gron family set up a posture to cross the river on the west bank. The two regiments on the east bank, the second all-purpose light cavalry regiment of New Babylon Fortress, plus a slave archer regiment, also reduced their defenses and prepared to intercept.
If you are on the shore, bows and arrows are indeed no match for the alloy crossbow, but it is different if one is in the water.
Just then, the sound of horse hooves came.
When the agreed time came, the Fifth Crossbow Cavalry Corps of the Kingdom of Geron arrived on the battlefield.
After they obtained a large number of horses from the two legions, they rode at least two horses and overcame the deserters, reaching the area of Okrages City before the news was conveyed.
"Enemy attack!"
There's no point in shouting, it's too late.
The fifth crossbow cavalry regiment of the Kingdom of Geron rushed past their flanks, crossbow bolts flew down like rain, and the formations of the two regiments suddenly became chaotic.
The Fifth Crossbow Cavalry Corps of the Kingdom of Geron circled back again, using the range of the alloy crossbows to beat them and force them to surrender. The Slave Corps surrendered immediately, and the regular Corps surrendered after hesitation.
The fifth crossbow cavalry regiment of the Gron family successfully crossed the river, leaving some prisoners to guard, while others took their horses and rafts on the road...
On the other side is the Paryusiam Fortress area.
Under the cover of the large trebuchets, the first and second Gothic heavy infantry regiments of the Gron family and the sixth and seventh crossbow cavalry regiments of the Gron kingdom crossed the river again.
Wait until evening, then go back again...
In the evening, the east bank of the middle and lower reaches of the Nile River.
The fifth crossbow cavalry regiment of the Gron Kingdom and the fifth crossbow cavalry regiment of the Gron family attacked the Eastern Roman reinforcements who were camping. They were originally preparing to rush to the aid of the Ocreges city area and the Ptolemes Sibaid city area.
The two all-powerful cavalry regiments and the four miscellaneous mercenary regiments of Parlyushiam Fortress did not expect to encounter the enemy, thinking that the enemy was still on the other side.
The six legions were forced to surrender, and in order to guard them, the fifth crossbow cavalry legion of the Gron family stayed and led them on a slow march...
At night, the Morris Lake oasis area in the middle and lower reaches of the Nile River.
The fleeing soldiers rushed to the Eastern Roman army camp on the east bank, allowing them to finally get information about the Kingdom of Gron crossing the river.
Five legions, the First All-purpose Light Cavalry Legion of New Babylon Fortress, one slave archer legion, the newly reinforced Seventh All-Purpose Heavy Armor Legion, and two miscellaneous mercenary legions.
Before they could react, the Fifth Crossbow Cavalry Corps of the Kingdom of Geron followed the defeated troops and launched a night attack amidst the sound of the patrol's warning horn.
Out of love for the horses, he did not drive the large number of harvested horses to the horse riding company camp, but used crossbow arrows.
The miscellaneous mercenary army collapsed directly, and due to their influence, except for the Seventh Almighty Heavy Armored Corps, everyone else ran away.
Regardless of the defeated army, the 5th Crossbow Cavalry Corps of the Gelon Kingdom divided into two groups, guarding the heavy armored corps along the way, laying out rafts along the way, connecting the 6th Crossbow Cavalry Corps of the Gelon Family on the other side across the river, and then the 6th Crossbow Cavalry Corps of the Gelon Family on the other side.
The Crossbow Cavalry Corps fortified and guarded the Heavy Armored Corps, and the Fifth Crossbow Cavalry Corps of the Kingdom of Gron took a rest...
January 13, morning, New Babylon Fortress.
The large number of defeated troops made it known that the middle and upper reaches of the Nile River were completely lost, and at least three legions of the Gron Kingdom were on the east bank of the middle and upper reaches.
Whether to send troops and how many troops to send are questions. If there are too few, you will be eaten up. If there are too many, you will be held back.
There are still two legions watching on the east bank of the fortress, and there are more than a dozen legions in the Nile Delta to the north of the fortress, who can come over at any time.
The land army on the east bank of the Nile added reinforcements, and a total of forty legions have now lost nearly one-third.…