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- Chapter 42
Amul is a famous general, but being a famous general does not mean victory. There is a clear saying in this world that a group of tigers led by a sheep cannot defeat a sheep led by a tiger.
That is simply bullshit. No matter how cowardly the tiger¡¯s commander is, a tiger is still a tiger after all. They will not lose their sharp claws just because their commander is a sheep.
The current situation is the same. Even if Amul has all kinds of thoughts and calculations in his heart, he has no chance of winning when facing the Tang Army, which has an absolute advantage.
He has few soldiers and poor equipment. Although Amr believes that every Dashi warrior does not lack the courage to die, let alone the determination to devote himself to Allah, sometimes war is not about courage and will. Winning.
"Rumble!"
Amid the earth-shattering sound of hoofbeats, a dark cloud quickly floated over, and a large group of cavalry was seen rushing toward Alexandria in a fan shape. The Tang army began to attack.
Although the horses ridden by this team of cavalry are not powerful, nor are they tall, let alone majestic, the momentum of the charge is still earth-shaking. The Tang army officers and soldiers riding on the horses are all tall and mighty, like A moving iron tower.
The cavalry were dressed in bright armor, carrying hard bows and powerful arrows, with horizontal swords hanging on their waists, and long spears in their hands. They rushed over like the wind, with an astonishing momentum.
The Mingguang Armor sparkled in the sunlight, like a huge mirror, facing the newborn sun, emitting a dazzling brilliance that stimulated the soldiers of the Great Eclipse to the point where they could not open their eyes.
¡°Why can¡¯t the great Allah have such servants? If they were His people, the world would become Muslim!¡±
Looking at the charging Tang Army soldiers, Amul, a famous food general, couldn't help but sigh.
Although the Dashi soldiers were also elite and had experienced hundreds of battles, from the perspective of an expert like Amul, he could tell at a glance that the oncoming Tang army was extraordinary and had extraordinary combat power, definitely surpassing his subordinates.
The Tang army charged faster and faster. There was indeed a stone wall in front of them, but they seemed to be admiring it at all. The horses in their hands were straightened up and they rushed towards the stone wall.
"Sir! What should we do?" The captain of the Guards next to Amr asked loudly. It seemed that only by roaring like this could he dispel the fear in his heart.
Amr¡¯s face was cold and he said: ¡°Get ready! We are God¡¯s people in the world, so let us use the scimitars in our hands to prove our loyalty to God!¡±
"Boom!"
There was a burst of smoke and a huge noise, and the low, fragile stone wall collapsed in an instant under the charge of the Tang army and turned into ruins.
"O Allah! What kind of enemy are we facing today!" Amr's heart kept sinking, and he had a premonition of failure.
The Tang Army's Changsha was extremely strong. Not to mention the crude stone wall, even the solid city gate could not withstand the impact of the Changshan.
Amid the exclamations of the people of Alexandria, the Tang army rushed into the city like a flood, and then the formation immediately spread out, like a huge blade, rushing towards the enemy.
"Quickly return to the city lord's palace for defense!" Amul finally issued an order, but it was not to attack, but to retreat.
This made all the generals extremely surprised. They had been following Amur for a long time. In Amur's dictionary, there was no precedent for withdrawing without fighting.
"Sir! You mean that we retreat and give up the outer city to the Tang people!"
"Sir! We cannot do this. The servants of Allah do not fear any enemy!"
Some Dashi generals were making a fuss around Amul. Suddenly, a man pointed at the swarming Tang army and shouted in a trembling voice: "Mo Dao! It's Mo Dao!"
Da Shi had been fighting with the Tang Army for decades, and he was no stranger to the standard equipment of the Tang Army, especially the Mo Dao. Back in the Western Regions, in Congling, and in Central Asia, Mo Dao showed off his power repeatedly and killed Da Shi. People's souls were scattered, and the power of Mo Dao, through the propaganda of the great cannibals who retreated from Central Asia, had long buried a deep shadow in the hearts of the great cannibals.
The next moment, when the Dashi army discovered that a large group of Mo Dao Shou suddenly emerged from the Tang Army, there was a sudden burst of screams. There was only a group of Mo Dao Shou, no less than a thousand people, wearing Mingguang armor. Wrapped in steel, lined up in a neat formation, holding Mo Dao, they pressed forward like Mount Tai. The Dashi Army was no stranger to the Tang Army's Mo Dao battle formation and knew how powerful it was.
When he was in the Western Regions, the heavy cavalry that Ibrahim Mohammed was proud of was placed outside the Tang Army.In the hands of the battle formation, those fully armed heavy cavalry could not withstand the slaughter of Mo Dao, let alone them.
Rather than a Mo Dao battle formation composed of thousands of Mo Dao swordsmen, even a Mo Dao battle formation composed of hundreds of people was like a meat grinder and unstoppable. The Da Shi soldiers immediately realized that something was wrong.
Soon, their expectations became a reality. Under the cover of the light cavalry, the Mo Dao Shou rushed up quickly. The Mo Dao in his hand was raised high and slashed down hard, ruthlessly harvesting all they had. All life that can be seen.
Those civilians were immediately stunned. Whether it was the cannibals, the Jews, or the Egyptians, what happened in front of them was far beyond their imagination.
Although the Tang army suddenly attacked, they were surprised, but they were not panicked at all, because Alexandria had changed countless owners for hundreds of years, but civilians like them had never been harmed.
Since Ptomele established a library in Alexandria, the city has gathered scholars from all over the world, and the atmosphere of knowledge is very strong, so any conqueror treats them politely, not to mention hurting them, even if they are There is a war here, and both warring parties must do their best to ensure their safety.
The Library of Alexandria was built in Ptolemy I and flourished in Ptolemy II and III. It is one of the oldest libraries in the world. The museum contains manuscripts spanning the period from 400 BC to 300 BC. It has the richest collection of ancient books and was once as famous as the Lighthouse of Alexandria.
It is precisely because of the existence of the Library of Alexandria that the city of Alexandria has a very strong academic atmosphere. In the history of human civilization, the Library of Alexandria plays an extremely important role. Together with the Lighthouse of Alexandria, it is the highest achievement of Alexandria. represent.
The library was built in the 3rd century BC. What does it look like? No one knows now.
In 334 BC, Alexander the Great led his army to the east, first conquering the lower reaches of the Nile River in Egypt, and then conquering Persia and drinking from the Indus River. In 322 BC, he died of illness at the age of only 32. The great empire he established spanning Europe, Africa and Asia immediately fell apart. His general Ptolemy Laga was declared king in Egypt in 305 BC. The three to four thousand years of Egyptian pharaoh's rule ended and the Ptolemaic dynasty began.
The Ptolemaic dynasty was centered in Alexandria, and its territory extended to present-day Sudan in the south and Cyprus and the southern Aegean Sea in the north. The rulers of the dynasty were determined to build Alexandria into a city like Athens, making their country not only a military power but also a cultural power. To this end, they followed the example of Greece and began to build learned gardens and libraries.
The so-called Boxueyuan is roughly equivalent to the combination of the Academy of Sciences and the University in later generations. It is a center for studying science and art. In order to facilitate the development of study activities, libraries are generally built near Boxue Garden. The Library of Alexandria was built in the palace, with a large library and a bright reading room. Later, because there were too many books collected, and the books were all written on papyrus or parchment, they were too large. The library soon could not accommodate it. A branch library was built in the Sri Sarabem Temple. The main library and branch libraries are under the unified management of the director appointed by the king, and later generations collectively refer to them as the "King's Library" or "The Great Library".
In order to run the library well, everyone from the king to the library staff tried their best to collect books and materials. Through various methods such as purchasing, copying, renting, translating, compiling, and defrauding, they quickly collected and collected a large number of original works, copies, and manuscripts of books.
These collections cover almost all the major works of scientists, philosophers and writers in the Alexander Empire and some surrounding countries, including Greek, ancient Egyptian, Phoenician, Hebrew and other languages. It can be said that almost all important documents from the Mediterranean coast at that time were gathered in the Library of Alexandria, making it the first and largest comprehensive library in the ancient world.
The Library of Alexandria once overlooked the Hasselsey Bay of the Mediterranean Sea. The main building is a cylinder with a semicircular dome on the top, and the conference hall is pyramid-shaped. The ingenious combination of columns, pyramids and domes is a natural and colorful geometric shape that outlines the museum's long history. What is amazing is that no matter from which angle you look at it, the main building of Yatu looks like a setting sun, symbolizing the cultural light that shines on the world. On the outer granite cultural wall, the words, letters and symbols of the 50 oldest languages ??in the world, including Chinese characters, are engraved, highlighting the conception and creativity of civilization and cultural atmosphere.
When the Library of Alexandria was built, China was about the time when bamboo slips were popular and the thoughts of Laozi, Confucius and other scholars began to spread.
In later generations¡¯ comments about the tomb of King Ptolemy II Ukimandias, he left a sentence: ¡°When I saw how huge this project was, I was?Despaired. "
This sentence seems to express his mood when he took over the matter, as well as his surprise at the vastness of the library project. It is said that despite the war at that time, the collection of books in the Library of Alexandria still reached 54,000 volumes.
It should be said that Alexander the Great¡¯s own military conquests objectively further promoted economic and cultural exchanges between the East and the West. After his death, Alexandria became the capital of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of ancient Egypt. It is said that the only purpose of building the Library of Alexandria was to "collect books from all over the world" and realize the dream of "collecting the world's knowledge". Therefore, kings of all dynasties even adopted all means for this purpose and ordered every ship entering the Alexandria port to be searched. As soon as a book is found, regardless of nationality, it is immediately placed in the Library of Alexandria.
There is a legend that the manuscripts of Euripides, Aeschylus and Sophocles, the three major tragedians of ancient Greece at that time, were originally collected in the Athens Archives. After Ptolemy III learned of this, he devised a plan to persuade Athens to make an exception and lend it a deposit on the pretext of making a copy. However, it is said that what was finally returned to Greece was actually a copy, while the original was sent. Towards the Library of Alexandria.
Through various legitimate and improper means, the Library of Alexandria quickly became the greatest library in early human history. It possesses all the poems of Homer, the famous ancient Greek poet in the 9th century BC, and copied and translated them into Latin for the first time in the library. The text contains many original works of the ancient Greek mathematician Euclid, including "Elements of Geometry", which was proposed as early as 270 BC. The ancient Greek astronomer Arista, who proposed the Copernican theory of the sun and the earth, Gram's theoretical works on the heliocentric theory, the authentic manuscripts of the three ancient Greek tragedians, many manuscripts of the ancient Greek physician Hippocrates, known as the founder of Western medicine, and the first Greek Bible, the Old Testament of Moses The translation of the Five Classics, the ancient Greek philosophical scientist Aristotle and the scholar Archimedes, who also contributed to medicine, all have their writings left here.
In addition, a large number of writings on philosophy, poetry, literature, medicine, religion, ethics and other sciences from the ancient Egyptians and the Ptolemaic period were collected here. At its peak, it was said that the library contained more than 500,000 volumes of various manuscripts.
In addition, as scholars from all over the world have gathered here, many historical celebrities such as Eratosthenes, the ancient Greek geographer, astronomer, mathematician and poet, and Aristarchus, the ancient Greek philologist, have served as editors of the Alexandria Library. The curator of the museum. Wise sages such as the philosopher Aenesidemus and the mathematician and physicist Archimedes also gave lectures or studied here, giving the library the reputation of "the best school in the world". Civilization spread throughout the Mediterranean world for 200 to 800 years.
The Library of Alexandria was built with the rise of the Ptolemaic dynasty. With the decline of this dynasty, the library's glorious period also gradually came to an end. The question is, when and how the Library of Alexandria was destroyed. There have been several different theories about this for a long time, involving three different wars and three fires ignited by the wars.
One war was the Roman Civil War. In 48 BC, the Roman general Julius Caesar came to Alexandria to pursue his archenemy Pompey, and then intervened in the civil war between the Egyptian Queen Cleopatra and her brother for power.
Caesar said in the book "Civil War" he later wrote that not only did he have fewer ships, but he was also cut off from the fresh water supply on land. Therefore, he had to launch a fire attack on the enemy and ordered the burning of the enemy's ships cruising on the sea and anchored in the docks. Caesar only talked about this, but did not mention whether the burning of the warships affected the buildings in the city.
Seneca, the contemporary Roman orator and philosopher, visited Alexandria and said in his famous book "On the Peace of Mind" that tens of thousands of books were burned in Alexandria during the war launched by Caesar. . The Greek historian Balutarik stated clearly that Caesar attacked the enemy with fire. "The fire spread in the military dock and burned down the great library." At that time, the library contained 700,000 volumes, and it is said that 400,000 volumes were burned. To make up for this loss, Caesar later gave 200,000 volumes of books plundered from other regions to Queen Cleopatra.
Another war was the religious war launched by the Roman Emperor Theodosius I in the 4th century AD. After the main building was burned down, the branch building located in the courtyard of Sarabem Temple was preserved. By 379 AD, Theodosius I became emperor of the Roman Empire. In order to consolidate his rule, he carried out military conquests on the one hand, and issued an edict on the other hand, making Christianity the state religion and requiring all subjects to become Christians. In order to win this religious war, he persecuted pagans and destroyed their religious facilities. In 391 AD, he ordered the demolition of all pagan churches and temples in Alexandria. St. Theophilus, the Christian patriarch of Alexandria, led the fanatical believers to raze the temple of Sarabem to the ground. The library branch located there could not escape the bad luck, and many books were either robbed or set on fire.
7th century AD, the rise of the Arab Empire in the Arabian Peninsula. The Arab army captured Alexandria under the leadership of Amr? Ibn? As. He ordered that all the books should be read first. If its content is the same as the Quran, there is no need to preserve it. If it is inconsistent with it, there is no need to preserve it and it will be destroyed immediately. Amr later ordered that all the books in the library be given to more than 4,000 public bathhouses in the city as fuel, which burned for six months.
Although the Library of Alexandria was burned down, the rich academic atmosphere has been preserved. In Alexandria, even the most humble poor people can recite one or two passages from famous works.
They are knowledgeable people. It can almost be said that they have a consensus that knowledgeable people should be respected enough, but what is the situation now?
Tang Jun didn't seem to notice the gorgeous clothes they were wearing, the scholar's unique attire, and the pleading eyes, they were just killing.
This order was naturally given by Du Xuewen himself. He did not feel much guilt in massacring civilians. He had heard Du Rui talk about the history of Alexandria.
It can be said that the residents here have no national concept at all. Just like the status of Alexandria, they always feel that they are superior and independent of any system.
Facing the call of their country, they can choose to ignore or even resist without reason, but when faced with a powerful enemy, their usual choice is to surrender, and even help outsiders, attack their country's garrison, and still get a good name. It is said to be cooperation in order not to destroy this great city.
Du Xuewen naturally didn¡¯t want to keep these time bombs that could detonate around Datang at any time. Even if he didn¡¯t kill them all, he would kill them all to scare them away and let them know that Datang, the new master, was not that easy to talk to.
Amr was also shocked. When the residents in the city betrayed the Dashi Empire and fell to the Greeks, he was very angry. But after he reoccupied this place, he never killed the people in the city, and even Work hard to ensure their life safety.
"Hurry! Go and save people!"
When the Dashi army heard the order, although they were afraid of the Tang army's Modao battle formation, they still faithfully carried out the order. The army formation slowly moved forward and launched an attack on the Tang army.
Du Xuewen saw it clearly and saw that the Dashi army launched an attack. He immediately issued an order to give up entangled with the civilians and attack the Dashi army formation.
The two sides soon collided with each other. The Tang army's Mo Dao battle formation started. The Mo Dao was raised high and struck down heavily. Every Mo Dao hand was just repeating the same action mechanically. Although the Da Shi Army The formation is very thick and difficult to shake. However, in front of the indestructible Mo Dao battle formation, it is just a piece of paper, which collapses in one blow and cannot stop the Mo Dao hand's slashing.
Although Amul had heard about the power of Mo Dao's battle formation, he never expected it to be so powerful. Seeing that the Dashi army's formation was about to be broken through, he couldn't care less about the civilians.
"Withdraw! Withdraw! Withdraw to the City Lord's Mansion! Withdraw to the City Lord's Mansion quickly!" Seeing that the situation was not good, Amul hurriedly directed the Dashi army to retreat. His only hope now is to rely on the inner city wall of the City Lord's Mansion for defense and wait for Cairo of reinforcements.
After hearing the news, Dashi's army quickly retreated, and the civilians also wanted to retreat, but it was too late. The Tang Army cavalry rushed behind them, wielding their swords, and came from behind, cutting off their retreat.
No matter which army was selected to participate in the Western Expedition, they were the most elite warriors in the Tang Dynasty. Under their charge, neither the Dashi army nor the people had any resistance at all, and soon they were It was chopped into pieces by the Tang army.
But after all, the Dashi army itself was also very powerful. Under the killings of the Tang army, thousands of people still retreated within the walls of the city lord's palace, temporarily escaping.
But is it safe to retreat to the city lord¡¯s mansion?
Obviously that is impossible. Du Xuewen will not let them go. Alexandria is of great significance. By capturing it, not only can we get in touch with the defenders on Cyprus and Crete, but most importantly, we can cut off the traffic from Egypt. The channel for transporting food to Syria and Armenia must be occupied by the Tang Dynasty.
"Quickly eliminate the remaining enemies and prepare to attack the city!"
The remaining enemy? Where are the remaining enemies?
Of course it¡¯s the residents of Alexandria who are both snakes and rats.
Datang will eventually become the master of this city, but becoming the master of this city does not mean showing enough kindness. Sometimes, conquering people's hearts with great martial arts will be more effective.
Those common people now saw clearly that the Tang people would not open up because of their knowledge, and some people screamed in horror.
??Arabic, Egyptian, and even unfamiliar Hebrew were actually mixed with Chinese. Du Xuewen saw an old white man angrily running in front of a Tang soldier and loudly accusing the other party of his atrocities.
But what he received was not an apologetic look or an order to stop the massacre, but a simpler and more direct death.
The killing continued until noon. Nearly half of the people in Alexandria died under the butcher's knife of the Tang army. In the face of death, they finally learned to be afraid. Under the escort of the Tang army, they gathered together and lay down on the ground. , expressing surrender.
Seeing that the purpose of shock had been achieved, Du Xuewen immediately ordered the attack on the city without waiting for the army to rest. He wanted to seize the time to completely capture the city before the reinforcements from Cairo arrived.
As the siege battle began, the Tang army also suffered casualties, but death could not stop the Tang army at all. What they were eager for now was conquest. With Du Xuewen's order, more than ten thousand Tang troops poured into Alexander's city lord's palace like a tide. , ** were also thrown to the top of the city one after another.
Soon, the city lord's palace no longer regained its original gorgeous appearance. Under the bombardment of the Japanese army, the city wall was in ruins. The east and west sections were damaged, and the entire city wall was almost destroyed. The city wall is covered with a deep red color, a color cast with blood. It looks shocking and makes people feel heart-stopping.
Along with the killing, the air was filled with a pungent smell of blood, which was so thick that it could not be dissolved. Every time you took a breath, it was as if you were drinking blood, making people unable to help but tumble from the mouth to the stomach, and strong vomiting followed. will come up.
Outside the city and outside the city, there were corpses, broken limbs, broken internal organs, and surging blood everywhere, which made people shudder. There were countless layers of corpses, broken legs and broken internal organs, and it looked very scary.
The city of Alexandria was paved with stone slabs, and blood could not penetrate at all, so the blood accumulated into a bright lake, sparkling in the sun, a red light, indescribably weird and charming.
Although the Dashi Army, under the command of Amul, repelled the Tang Army's attacks again and again, the Tang Army, which was almost hungry for honor, not only did not stop attacking the city, but instead attacked fiercely.
As long as this fortress-like city lord's palace is captured, the Tang army can not only cut off the connection between Egypt and the mainland of Dashi, but also start from here and kill by sea to Syria, burning the flames of war into the heart of the Dashi empire.
It was precisely because of the important strategic value of Alexandria that Du Xuewen ordered that the fortress in front of him be captured at any cost. In any case, it must be captured before the Cairo reinforcements arrived. Under his command, the Tang army went forward and succeeded, sacrificing their lives. Forget about death and attack without risking your life.
From day to night, although the Dashi Army defeated the Tang Army's attacks many times, it still suffered heavy casualties, with many casualties. The Dashi Army stationed here only had more than a thousand combatants.
What¡¯s even more terrible is that the city wall on which the Dashi Army relied was severely damaged by the overwhelming attack of the Tang Army, which greatly reduced the defense capability of this fortress.
Amul spat out the blood in his mouth, wiped the blood on his face, and five fingerprints appeared. Only then could he see the flesh color. His whole face was red, as if he was washing his face with blood. Five more fingerprints appeared, and he looked so real. Only the devil.
Amul was also injured. Although he was once an unparalleled warrior in the Great Food Empire, he was old after all. The unsatisfactory years had also eroded his fighting spirit and ambition. Now what is left is just a warrior facing the enemy. A helpless old man.
Facing the crazy attack of the Tang army, he had no way to retreat. Of course, he didn't want to retreat anymore. He was a soldier. If he died here, he could still keep his honor, but if he escaped, The glory he once had will be gone, and even if Yezid can spare him, he will live in shame forever.
Die! Die!
Let¡¯s destroy this city together!
With a death wish in his heart, Amul personally supervised the battle, charged into the battle, and started a fierce hand-to-hand fight with the Tang army on the top of the city. In just half a day, he suffered dozens of injuries. The most tragic part caused him to lose his left arm. His left arm was cut off, but he ignored it and brandished his machete and fought to the death with the Tang army who rushed to the city. His bravery greatly inspired the morale of the Dashi army. The Tang army who rushed to the top of the city drove out of the city again.
"Sir, the Tang Army has retreated! The Tang Army has retreated!" The Dashi Army pointed at the retreating Tang Army and cheered loudly.
For the food army stationed in Alexandria, they are facing unprecedented difficulties. They can no longer expect to annihilate many Tang troops. They just want to keep this last stronghold and buy time for reinforcements.
Amul doesn¡¯t have anything at the momentYue, he knew that this castle could not be defended, it could not be defended at all. The Tang army temporarily retreated just to prepare for a more violent attack. Soon the Tang army would capture this castle and completely occupy the great city of Alexander. The pearl of the empire in the Mediterranean.
Amul couldn't bear to say these depressing words, and looked at the high-spirited soldiers. His heart was pierced with knives, as if being torn apart, because what he saw was the exhausted faces. Although they were very excited, they were still very tired. They couldn't hide the fact that they were extremely exhausted. What's even more sad is that among the more than a thousand soldiers who can barely fight, none of them is a complete human being. Either an arm is missing, a leg is broken, or there are countless wounds on the body, and the whole person is bloody.
The terrible thing is that the scimitars in their hands are like saw teeth, with gaps in the east and crumbling in the west. They are broken into pieces. Among them, there are many broken weapons. How can they kill the enemy?
After only half a day of fighting, the war potential of the Food Army has been exhausted. Now they can still persist entirely because of his presence. But how long can he persist? The wounds are constantly oozing blood. Ammu Er felt that his body was getting weaker and weaker. If he sat down now, he would never have the strength to stand up again.
Du Xuewen now admires Amul, a general of Dashi whom he has never met before and whose name he does not even know. With thousands of remnant soldiers, he can persist until now, which is considered remarkable.
"General! Shall we continue the attack?"
"General! Let the brothers take a breather! Eat something, I'm afraid the brothers won't be able to hold on anymore!"
The Tang army was indeed tired, even more tired than the food army. They set out from the Port of Suez and marched for days and nights in a hurry without getting a good rest at all. When they arrived in Alexandria, although they rested for a while, the killings followed. The Tang army soldiers The body is indeed on the verge of collapse.
But can you rest now?
Although Du Xuewen couldn't bear it, he still shook his head firmly, no, no, he absolutely can't rest now.
The Cannibal¡¯s army in Cairo must have received the news and are heading towards Alexandria. If it is delayed any longer and the reinforcements of the Cannibal can arrive, the situation will be completely reversed immediately.
"No! No rest! Organize manpower immediately and continue to launch the attack. Attack at all costs. If we can't attack again, you all will come to see us!
Seeing Du Xuewen's ferocity, all the Tang Army soldiers felt chills on their necks. They all knew that the immature general in front of them was not as frail as he looked, but a character who could really kill people.
The Tang Army regrouped, and as Du Xuewen pointed his sword forward, the Tang Army soldiers burst out with earth-shattering anger, like tigers descending from the mountain, and launched another attack on the city lord's palace. The charge of the Tang army was like a sea tide, rushing towards the city lord's palace mercilessly. They overflowed the city wall and poured in from the damaged city wall.
"Big eating dog, suffer death!"
After killing for a long time, the wildness of the soldiers of the Tang army was also aroused, and they burst out with a shocking roar, with blazing light in their eyes, waving the weapons in their hands, and rushed towards the big food army on the top of the city.
Similarly, the Great Food Army also launched a desperate counterattack under the leadership of Amr. They moved forward indomitably. No one was afraid, not even the slightest bit. They were determined to fight to the death. They were already ready to sacrifice their lives for the Allah they believed in. .
The two armies collided like two surging waves, splashing out countless bloody waves. They were beautiful flowers woven from the blood splashed by the two armies. They were red, shiny, and coquettish, and exuded a strange feeling. gas.
Amr knew that the decisive battle had come to an end. Seeing more and more Tang troops rushing onto the city wall, he knew that Alexander was finished, completely finished.
But as a general, it is a supreme honor to be able to die on the battlefield. Moreover, he died on the battlefield. He gave everything for his faith. I think he should be accepted by the Almighty Allah!
A Tang Army soldier rushed over, brandishing a horizontal knife and sliding it between Amul's neck. A head rose into the sky, and the headless body swayed for a while, and finally fell down weakly.
That Tang Jun didn¡¯t even look at Amur, and immediately went to look for the next target. Maybe he didn¡¯t even know that the one he killed with this sword would actually be a famous food general.
The battle gradually ended, and when the last food army fell to the ground, the shouts of killing finally stopped. Du Xuewen, surrounded by the generals, boarded the city lord's palace.
Looking at the stumps, broken arms, broken internal organs, and surging blood on the ground, the soldiers burst out with shocking roars and cheered.
This battle can be regarded as the first battle before the army entered Egypt.The first battle of ??, the previous battle in Port Suez, was almost bloodless. Even if it won, there would be nothing gratifying. A victory in the first battle is of great significance. It is not just as simple as victory, but it has immeasurable benefits in improving the morale of the military.
¡°These big-eating dogs are really tough and refuse to surrender!¡±
"It's good if you don't surrender! It will save us trouble, just kill them all!"
The soldiers held bloody horizontal knives with excited faces and talked loudly. Although they were rude, looking at their expressions, it was clear that they still respected their opponents in this battle. They were true Soldiers, as long as they are real soldiers, can win the favor of the Tang army officers and soldiers.
Du Xuewen listened, nodded and said: "That's right, these big cannibals are real soldiers, come here! The people in the city were worried about these big cannibals, buried them richly, and then let them tell who is here. Coach."
The generals quickly agreed.
Du Xuewen continued: "It is gratifying to capture Alexandria, but we must not take it lightly. The Dashi army is well-trained, has superb tactics, and is well-equipped. It has fought for many years and experienced the baptism of blood and fire, and its combat power is extremely strong. , should not be underestimated. The reason why we were able to win this battle in such a short period of time was mainly because Alexandria was on the defensive side. If their walls were stronger, our losses would be huge."
Du Xuewen's analysis was correct. If the city walls of Alexandria had not been demolished by Amur in a fit of anger, it would have been difficult for the Tang army to win this battle. In order to speed up their march, they did not bring any large attack weapons. If the city equipment is engaged in a siege battle, the losses will be much greater.
"Let the local people boil water for cooking, and it's time for the soldiers to take a good rest. There will be more and more big battles in the future. Tough battles are waiting for us. We must not take it lightly." Du Xuewen began to order.
At this time, a Tang Army general asked: "General! How should we deal with those civilians!?"
He spoke cautiously, fearing that Du Xuewen would say "massacre the city". You know, when Du Rui led the battle, he often issued orders to massacre the city. The Khitan people were killed and the three Han Dynasties were also massacred by Du Rui. Ten rooms and nine empty houses, not to mention the Japanese country. When they first conquered the Japanese country, there were more than 10 million Japanese people, but Du Rui killed less than four million.
Massacre the city!
The Du family has traditions!
Hearing this, Du Xuewen smiled faintly and said: "Of course, we should be open to those who sincerely surrender, but we must not let the soldiers use the knife when dealing with those who are half-hearted!"
When the generals saw that Du Xuewen was speaking so easily, they all felt chills on their backs. Everyone knew that once the killing started, the killing intent of the soldiers would be aroused and they would not be able to stop at all. Alexander would probably have to do it again. Rivers of blood flowed.
Du Xuewen paid no attention to it, and then ordered: "Send out sentries to find out the marching route of Cairo's reinforcements. The army will set off tomorrow to intercept the cannibal's reinforcements!"
"The general will obey your orders!"
After sending the generals away, Du Xuewen also felt exhausted. He took off his armor and stroked the sword that Du Rui had given him. A smile immediately appeared on his face.
I finally didn¡¯t humiliate you!
¡° This sword followed Du Rui in the east and west, fought in the north and south, experienced numerous battles, and drank the blood of countless people. Today, in Du Xuewen¡¯s hands, it finally began to shine with dazzling brilliance again. - Didn't finish reading? Add this book to your favoritesI'm a member and bookmarked this chapterCopy the address of this book and recommend it to your friends for pointsChapter error? Click here to report
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