I write less recently because I reflected on it and found that most of what I write seems to be narrative, like an outline, what happened, what was done, and what the result was.

I think novels should not be like this, they should have characters, emotions, and flesh and blood, and soldiers seem to be lacking in this. I have always described wars and then solved difficulties using reasonable methods on the battlefield.

So during this period of time, the soldiers were learning and experimenting, trying to depict the characters from various angles.

As a result, the update speed has been slowed down. Soldiers apologize.

Because I feel that if there is no progress and just piling up the number of words, it means nothing to a writer who wants to make a living from this.

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Antiochus III concealed this defeat from the outside world.

According to him, he did not want the morale of the troops to be affected.

But Akevus knew that this was not the case. Antiochus III actually cared more about his own face. What he worried about was the ridicule and ridicule from other kings and consuls.

Akevus felt a faint sense of uneasiness as he directed the army to advance.

An army of 100,000 lost 10,000 cavalry just after the war started. Is this an ominous omen?

With Antiochus III intervening in his own command, will the battle go as smoothly as imagined?

Although it can be said to be a good thing that the Silk Army did not escape, is it not a bad thing?

The people of Silk Country are not fools, they must have a reason not to escape.

Does that mean that the Silk people are confident of defeating the coalition forces?

All these questions were bubbling in Akevs's mind like buckets of water, making him uneasy.

But no matter what, the coalition forces finally arrived at Homusan successfully.

Akevs realized that he had no way to turn back, so he could only temporarily forget his doubts and devote himself to commanding the siege of Homusan.

Akevus arranged it this way:

Twenty thousand Roman legions and twenty thousand Macedonian legions were divided into four sides to surround Homusan, and ten thousand Ptolemaic troops were left in reserve.

The Seleucid army and the remaining Ptolemaic army continued to advance towards the Lan clan.

Akavs has good reason for this:

"We can't just surround a city."

"Because this way we may be attacked from both sides. We don't know and are not sure when the enemies of Lan's City will suddenly appear in the rear!"

"At that time, they may attack from both sides and break out."

"Generals, you must know that the Lan clan still has 40,000 enemies, which is not a small number!"

Generals from various countries had no objection to this, especially the Roman general Marcus, because he was concerned about whether the weapon that could launch an iron ball five hundred meters was real? If it was real, then he would grab it.

It is said that this weapon is in Homusan, so he is eager for Akefus to lead the army to attack the Lan clan.

What Marcus didn't know was that Akevus knew very well that most of Lan's troops were descended from Lan's army without much combat effectiveness.

It can be said that it is easy for the Seleucid army and the Ptolemaic army to attack the Lan clan.

As for Rome and Macedonia, they had to face the main force of the Silk Army.

Of course, Akevus will always pay attention to the battle situation at Homusan. Once Rome and Macedonia fall into a disadvantage, Akevus will lead troops back to support them for the overall benefit of the coalition.

Akevus didn't think there was anything wrong with this tactic, because there were 40,000 elite soldiers... Roman infantry and Macedonian super spearmen, they were the enemies of cavalry, especially sieges, which they were good at.

Shen Bing stood at the top of the city and looked down. He saw phalanxes set up by the enemy everywhere under the city. The Roman legion wore red manes and red cloaks and was divided into the north and west. The Macedonian legion was in black armor and was divided into the south and east.

According to their custom, they built a walled city about five hundred meters outside the city.

The advantage of building a walled city at close range is to compress the space for enemies in the city to leave the city as much as possible...

If the walled city is built too far away during a siege, the defenders can easily leave the city to form their formation and launch an attack.

However, if the walled city is approaching the enemy's wall, then the enemy will have to face attacks and blockades from long-range weapons from the walled city as soon as they leave the city, which is obviously more valuable.

Shen Bing did not hesitate at all and ordered Wang Ben:

"Keep them away!"

Wang Ben responded, and then ordered the artillery to fire.

With two "boom" sounds, two cannonballs flew into the city in the astonished eyes of the Roman soldiers. One of the cannonballs hit the newly erected log fence, and the fence was immediately smashed into pieces of wood. The binding ropes also broke, and the logs jumped and scattered across the ground.

Another cannonball hit several Roman soldiers, and then bounced and hit a horse hauling timber.

The war horse neighed miserably, flew several meters horizontally, and then fell to the ground twitching. A blood hole appeared on its body, and blood spurted out like a fountain.

The Roman soldiers dropped the tools and wood in their hands in panic and fled back. Several war horses tied not far away were also frightened so that their hooves twitched. If they were not tied with reins, they would have escaped long ago.

Marcus, who was commanding the legion to build the city wall, couldn't help but be shocked when he saw this scene.

Only then did he become convinced that what the Seleucids said was true. The Silk Army did possess firearms that could shoot iron balls hundreds of meters away, and their power and range were even greater than what the Seleucids said.

"General!" The subordinates all turned their horrified eyes to Marcus.

Marcus understood what their glances meant.

If the enemy's artillery can hit the walled city and destroy it easily, then there is no point in building a walled city here.

Thinking about it, Marcus loudly ordered: "Retreat two hundred meters!"

"Retreat two hundred meters!"

"Retreat two hundred meters!"

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However, even so, Marcus still felt that something was wrong.

After thinking for a while, Marcus found the Macedonian general Hector.

"I think you must have seen the firearms of the people of Silk!" Marcus looked at Hector with a hint of fear and asked: "What do you think?"

"I hope there are not many such weapons in the hands of people in the Silk Kingdom." Hector replied solemnly: "Otherwise we may be unable to do anything about them!"

"I have no doubt about this!" Marcus shook his head: "If they had a lot of this kind of equipment, then Akevs would have been blown to pieces long ago."

After a pause, Marcus continued: "So, what I'm saying is that we don't know anything about it."

"Is it weird? General Marcus?" Hector raised his head disapprovingly: "Alexander has long proven this, we are not the only civilization on this continent."

"What I'm surprised about is not this, but that they are more advanced than us!" Marcus' eyes were complicated, like anger, sadness, jealousy, and helplessness.

Hector shook his head disapprovingly: "If you accept that there are other civilizations on this continent, then you must be mentally prepared to lag behind others."

Hector spread his hands and continued: "I mean, it's not that we are the most advanced, it's just that we don't know. Now we know!"

Looking at Marcus's unbelievable expression, Hector comforted him: "I know this is hard to accept, General Marcus. But I think you should think about it this way: who is more advanced does not depend on the weapons.
Chapter completed!