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Chapter 698 Attacking Thessaloniki City (Two in One)

In fact, Xu Ding quickly led his troops to the city of Thessaloniki.

The head of the Ninth Army and a group of people thought that the rebel army would have a huge force and a fierce momentum.

It turned out that there were only less than two thousand rebels outside the city.

"What's the situation? There are less than 2000 people, what are the rebels going to do?" Someone asked in confusion.

No one can answer this question, because they have counted carefully, and the rebel army really came so little.

Could it be that the main force is hiding in Alexandria?

They can be regarded as Xu Ding's whole meng, and now they don't know how many soldiers Xu Ding's troops have in Macedonia.

The shadow of the famous tree and Xu Ding's record made them have a wrong judgment and cognition.

"Listen, Romans in the city, if you are a warrior, come out and fight us. As long as you can defeat us, we will turn around and leave immediately. If you don't dare, surrender and lower the flag. Go back to your small peninsula of the Roman country as soon as possible. This is where you belong. Macedonian Empire.

Our commander-in-chief Alexander Qin is a descendant of Alexander the Great, he is the master of Macedonia, the smart ones go away! "

Seeing these words uttered by the shopper who was screaming in front of the battle, Xu Ding straightened his forehead, turned his head and turned to the side.

However, the shopping around made Rome in the city lose its temper.

Seeing Alexander Qin under the city, no one dared to speak up, let alone go out to fight.

A duel with Alexander Qin is really looking for death.

That guy was able to hold a hippopotamus in his hand and kill a giant python by himself, he was even stronger than the great emperor who was fighting a lion back then.

"Cowards, a bunch of cowards, don't you Romans claim to be invincible and brave? Why don't you even have the courage to do so? You are not men!"

The faces of the Romans in the city became increasingly ugly, and all the generals looked at the commander of the Ninth Army.

The head of the Ninth Army glared at everyone: "Look at what I am doing. Those who think they can beat Alexander Qin can go and wipe it out. If anyone can kill Alexander Qin, I will personally ask for credit for him."

MMP just knew you would say things like this.

It's up to you to beat it.

However, someone still asked: "Legion Commander, this is not an option. We can't let the rebels yell like this. It's bad for morale, and even if this group of rebels is wiped out in the future, our rule in Macedonian province may be in danger." will also be shaken.”

"Hmph! Don't I know about this? The problem is that the rebels are outside the city and their mouths are on them. Can you make them shut up?"
"Let's guard the city well, don't slack off, I think the rebels really want to attack the city, they are not just here to challenge."

Yes!

If the mouth is on someone else, if you want the other person to shut up, kill that person.

The problem is they can't go out of town to fight.

Alexander Qin was a mountain they could never get over.

Very frustrating and painful.

But siege?Could it be a joke, just relying on the less than two thousand rebels under the city.

It's really like our Thessaloniki is made of mud.

Everyone followed the gaze of the head of the Ninth Army to look behind the Xu Ding Department under the city, and a transport team came from afar.

Soon the transport team unloaded a pile of wood and iron from the carriage.

Xu Ding ignored the call for comparison, and ordered Meng Yu and other cavalrymen to dismount.

"Follow me, do what I say, don't ask why, and don't ask what's the use." As he spoke, Xu Ding began to direct the crowd to install the pile of parts.

Meng Yu and the others shut their mouths halfway through their words, and then they and Xu Ding assembled the wooden and iron utensils.

There are many parts and they are extremely complicated, each of which has its own fixed point, and all of them are indispensable.

After all, only Xu Ding knew what it was?
His wife Huang Yueying invented it, and Xu Ding has played it for countless times. He has contributed a lot to the improvement and invention of this thing, so he is naturally very familiar with it.

But this is an oversized trebuchet, and it took him a lot of time and materials just to build these parts.

Soon Min Zhuang, who was transporting the materials, was also asked to collect stones and short logs from the surrounding areas.

"The rebels can't be... this can't be a trebuchet!"

On the city of Thessaloniki, all the Romans were stunned.

They have seen the trebuchet before, that thing is specially used to attack and destroy the city wall.

The Roman army was equipped with it, but it was not lightly shown to others, and it was a strategic-level secret weapon.

Generally, it can only be used to deal with barbarians around or attack the deadly enemy Parthian Empire.

There is no such weapon in their Macedonian province.

Similarly, the Roman army chasing Xu Ding and others would not carry such cumbersome weapons.

Catapult is a big killer, but its size is generally not small, and it is extremely difficult to transport it over long distances.

After all, the trebuchets built by the Romans were all large modules that could not be disassembled or were inconvenient to disassemble.

Generally, after the battle, if it cannot be transported back to the capital, this thing will be destroyed on the spot.

Therefore, the remaining materials are only available in the collection of books in the Roman imperial capital.

Ordinary people can't touch it.

Just like the big man, it was invented as early as the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, but it was almost lost for some reason, and most people didn't know how to do it.

"How did the rebels know the maker of the trebuchet and go, and where did he get the trebuchet from?"

The Romans were momentarily perplexed.

Only the head of the Ninth Army sighed quietly: "Now I kind of believe that he is really a descendant of the Great Emperor."

Alexander the Great, the most glorious founder of the Macedonian Empire.

The great emperor not only made Macedonia shine to the world, but also made large-scale improvements to the trebuchet during his reign, making it really shine in the Western world.

Therefore, the head of the Ninth Army has reason to suspect that, as a descendant, Alexander Qin has mastered some unknown secrets of the emperor.

Everyone wants to pass on good things to their descendants, both in the East and the West.

No one has ever been selfish.

Now that Xu Ding made an oversized trebuchet, the commander of the Ninth Army couldn't help but make contact with it.

The others also suddenly understood.

Looking at the assembled oversized trebuchet, he couldn't help swallowing his throat.

"I have a hunch that we may be in trouble."

The super-large trebuchet, if it hits it, the strong city walls of Thessaloniki may not be able to stop it.

"Legion commander, are we ready? We may really have to go out of the city to fight the rebels!"

Decisive battle, what a ridiculous verb it is, it suddenly became a noun.

Originally, everyone didn't want to fight the rebels, and didn't want to fight in the field, but now they have no choice but to do so.

The head of the Ninth Army said: "Don't worry, just wait and see if Alexander Qin's trebuchet is really working. We don't want to mess around, we have to be steady. The troops can retreat first and gather together. Without my order Do not act rashly."

"It's the commander of the legion!" Everyone took the order, and then hurriedly left the top of the city and hid in the city.

Because it is promised that the rocks will be loaded here.

As for this job, it is difficult for others to do it, so Xu Ding did it himself, and he easily put the huge stone bullet into the slot.

Originally, he could have picked some lighter ones and threw them directly at the city of Thessaloniki for a human-intensive preparation projection.

But it was tiring and too pretentious.

After finishing everything by myself, what do I need my subordinates to do?

The reason why Xiang Yu lost to Liu Bang was because Xiang Yu's personal ability was so good that his subordinates felt useless, and they didn't even have a chance to play.

Therefore, the subordinates who had been suppressed for a long time betrayed Xiang Yu one by one and followed Liu Bang, who was of average ability.

"Launch!" After adjusting the throwing angle, Xu Ding gave an order, and the wrestlers in front of him who carried the power all moved together.

With a sound of "Hoo!", a huge stone bullet shot out fiercely, drew an arc in the air, and then hit heavily on the wall of Thessaloniki City.

"Boom!" With a sound, sand and stones flew, and bricks and trees flew across.

Two wall stacks were smashed, and a flag representing the Roman Empire was broken.

There was a mess on the top of the wall, the smoke and dust fell, and a hollow on the wall and side was half sunken.

Seeing this result, both the Roman soldiers above the city and the rebel soldiers below the city took a deep breath.

So sharp, so destructive.

"This is the trebuchet improved and invented by my great ancestors. My ancestors used it to hit the entire Mediterranean, destroy countless countries, conquer the mighty Persia, and conquer the vast India." Xu Ding continued passionately Huyou said:

"Now that we have it, we can also defeat Rome and all enemies who stand in our way!"

Xu Ding succeeded in arousing everyone's emotions, especially after seeing the results achieved by the super-large trebuchet, everyone cheered.

At this moment, they feel that the future is not bleak, but bright.

With this kind of artifact, who else should be afraid of, who else should be afraid of.

The great Macedonian Empire is coming back.

The losers helped the people of the Macedonian province who promised to deliver parts and stones, and their blood was also surging.

The eyes that looked at Xu Ding also became hot and excited, with a long-lost pride and honor.

They are the people who have been living in this land all the time, from generation to generation.

Looking back, they are the people of the Macedonian Empire.

They have always been proud of the hometown of the Great Emperor.

Now that a new emperor is about to be born, will their glory be returned?

"Alexander Qin!"

"Alexander Qin!"

"Alexander Qin!"

All the soldiers shouted, and the folks also shouted, and finally shouted out their hearts.

Only the Roman soldiers in Thessaloniki looked more and more gloomy.

The blow just now proved that the trebuchets of the rebels were useful.

A piece of ordnance larger than the empire's trebuchet, hitting more and throwing heavier, this is really the misfortune of the empire.

"For freedom, shoot me..." Xu Ding clenched his fist, stopped the crowd's cheers, and began to formally attack the city.

Soon the trebuchet began to work busy.

Huge stone bombs were thrown towards the city of Thessaloniki.

After a while, the solid city wall was smashed into pits, especially on both sides near the city gate, as if more than half of it had collapsed.

As for the invisible ground in the city, it was also smashed into a mess, and there were quite a few sunken ground and collapsed houses.

"Open the city gate and attack me. This battle is not only about the honor of our army, but also about the rise and fall of the empire. We not only want to defeat Alexander Qin, but also destroy his trebuchet." The commander of the Ninth Army pulled out He puts on his sword, puts on his helmet, pulls off his metal visor, puts on his armor, and sits on a horse.

The heavy city gate was pushed open, and the commander of the Ninth Army rushed out with a wave of his general, followed by all the cavalry and knights of the army.

In the back are the centurion-based squads.

"Commander, the gate of Thessaloniki is open." Shoppe hurriedly said to Xu Ding when he saw the gate opened.

A smile finally appeared on Xu Ding's face, and he got on his horse.

"The cavalry rushed with me, and the shoppers brought the infantry to follow us. This battle smashed the Ninth Army and took the city of Thessaloniki!"

The arrival of the Romans was as expected by Xu Ding. If the Romans in the city did not send troops, then he would only feel that he was a fool to the Lord.

"But commander, what about this trebuchet?" asked the shopper.

Obviously the Romans went out of the city because they were afraid of the catapult, and they came to destroy the catapult.

This will not allow them to succeed, and the trebuchet must be protected.

Xu Ding said: "It's a dead thing, don't worry about it, it's useless for the time being, follow me and kill more Romans is the most important thing."

Without hesitation, Xu Dingyi led the cavalry to meet him.

The commander of the Ninth Army who rushed out of the city saw Xu Ding leading the cavalry rushing forward, and knew that he was not an opponent, so he did not choose to face it head-on.

He knew the strength of Alexander Qin too well, no one could fight him one-on-one, and the opponent's cavalry was obviously more than his Ninth Legion's cavalry.

It was impossible to win Xu Ding, so he led the cavalry to the right.

"You want to lure me away, but you underestimate me." Xu Ding drew his bow and shot at the Roman cavalry walking to the right.

The six hundred riders also took their bows and shot arrows, and shot at the Roman cavalry with their butts exposed.

The Roman cavalry who fell behind immediately were hit by arrows and fell off their horses.

"Meng Yu leads two hundred riders to chase the enemy, if you can't eliminate them, don't come back to see me." Xu Ding waved his hand, instructing Meng Yu to lead people out of the team.

Meng Yu took the order and led two hundred cavalry to chase after the commander of the Ninth Army and the cavalry behind him.

On the other hand, Xu Ding took four hundred riders and rushed head-on to the infantry of the Ninth Army who had left the city.

The departure of the cavalry and the departure of the regiment commander directly left the infantry of the Ninth Army who had just left the city at a loss as to what to do.

Fortunately, they were in a hundred-man squad, and the captain hurriedly commanded the soldier Ti Dun to hold the javelin.

But this distance is too short, they stop from the march, and have to prepare their defenses, there is no time to line up or put on the best posture.

"Boom!" With a sound Xu Ding took the lead to charge forward, swung his gun and sent several Roman soldiers flying backwards.

The formation of the squad was blasted away, four hundred cavalry rushed in, stabbing with long spears.

The Roman infantry standing in front fell to the ground one after another, or were trampled to death, and their bodies were also bloody.

Xu Ding went on a rampage all the way, picking left and right stabbing, killing regardless of burial, and the Roman infantry who went straight to the city dodged in disorder, and there was no formation at all.

However, the quality of the soldiers of the Roman standing army was still quite high. They were defeated head-on, so they quickly retreated to two retreats, and then rushed to the trebuchet.

You have to pull the pad back before you die.

The shopper followed the cavalry, and a thousand soldiers went down the mountain like tigers, chasing down the Roman soldiers, hacking and killing the Roman soldiers who tried to resist, and kept running towards the city gate.

Capturing the city gate was their most important task, because Xu Ding led the cavalry back from the city gate, and then divided into two teams, one on the left and the other on the right to pick up the Roman soldiers who fled to the two wings.

Of course, the Roman soldiers who wanted to destroy the trebuchet were no exception. They were pierced from behind or fell to the ground by the chasing cavalry.

However, these people were not without results. They still chopped up and damaged some parts. Of course, they also killed more than a dozen people who were trying to protect the trebuchet.

These people really don't want such a killer weapon to be destroyed by the Romans. It is the key to the revival of the Macedonian Empire. As the people of the Macedonian province, they have the responsibility and obligation to guard their households.

Although they did not pledge allegiance to Alexander Qin, they still expressed their stance with their bodies and lives.

"Damn it!" The throwing stone is gone and can be rebuilt, but the newly probated Min Zhuang died, which makes Xu Ding feel a little pity, these people will be the best soldiers in his army in the future.

So Xu Ding, who cursed, brought the two teams of cavalry together again, charged towards the city gate, and chopped down all the Roman soldiers who could still stand up.

(End of this chapter)