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Chapter 353 Battlefield Game(2/2)

Roger was very dissatisfied with this. He would rather fight against himself at the gap in the city wall.

However, the world does not revolve around him. Many things are not what he wants to do, and the opponent will cooperate with him to do it.

What's more, the situation has developed to the current situation, which he had expected.

After clearing the enemies in the outer wall area, Roger moved the camp in.

The camp he chose was the giant chariot arena left by the ancient Romans.

Roger had seen the amphitheater in the Iberian Peninsula before.

When he traveled around the world in his previous life, he also saw many buildings left by ancient Romans.

But when it comes to the Chariot Arena, Tyre's grand arena is the largest and most complete ancient Roman building Roger has ever seen.

The Grand Arena runway is an oblong shape similar to a modern stadium, but it is pulled more slender.

In the middle of the chariot runway, there are decorative stone pillars and fences that separate the two sides.

Roger stood in the field and looked around the stairs in the surrounding stands. In a trance, he seemed to see:

The emperor sat in his exclusive seat; the nobles and wealthy men in white tote robes dyed purple on the edges, sat in high seats, avoiding the dazzling sunshine.

The poor, who had no other things to do, were also allowed to sit in the grand arena for free.

This is almost the only place where people from all walks of life gather together.

At this time, four participating teams began to enter the stadium. They were named after the colors of the clothes they wore during the competition, namely red, white, blue and green.

Each chariot is dragged by four horses side by side.

Supporters are cheering and welcoming their idols.

Then there was a dispute between supporters from different teams, and they made an appointment to go to a place far away from the track to fight.

But not all audiences are focusing on competition, and some are taking advantage of this rare opportunity to yell at the emperor, expressing their opinions on policies, and trying to make the emperor change the law.

Although racers are popular, they are almost always slaves.

They tied the reins to their wrists and would not lose their hands even if they rolled over.

The game then began.

Roger's confused eyes seemed to see the racers running desperately.

Some spectators threw nail-filled pendants at contestants, and this behavior seemed encouraged.

So a carriage overturned, and the racer was dragged on the ground covered in sand and stones and covered in blood.

He took out his prepared short knife and tried to cut off the ununable reins.

The competitor's carriage ran over him without mercy or intentionality.

Roger shivered, and his hallucinations disappeared, and there were only soldiers busy building the camp in front of him.

Logistics Manager Usman came over and said, "Do you know, horse-drawn carriage competitions were often held here in the past."

Roger smiled and said, "Don't tell me that you have participated in this kind of sport as well."

Usman recalled: "I played like this when I was young and I also liked to watch other people's racing cars."

Roger teased him: "Aren't you afraid that your wife will be kidnapped?" (Note)

Usman laughed and said, "I didn't have a wife at that time, so I could participate or watch the competition with confidence."

Roger knew that the other party understood his teasing.

He smiled and chatted with the other party for a few more words.

Then in the afterglow of twilight, Roger climbed to the highest point of the stands and looked at the inner city of Tyr to the west.

He saw that the Tirs built many wooden towers on the city wall, and it was estimated that they were filled with archers.

On the sea surface on the north and south sides of the inner city, there are more than a dozen huge sailing warships named "cat" by the Egyptians, moving slowly back and forth.

In front of the inner city, the building has been demolished on the large area of ​​reclaimed land.

Obviously, the Tirs were prepared to lose the outer wall.

Roger saw Smith arrive at the clearing with the Frank Axemen.

They will launch a tentative attack at Roger's request.

The battle began in the shouting.

The Frank axe soldiers raised their shields to cover their heads, shouting, and rushed forward in groups of people carrying ladders.

The Tirs on the inner wall shot arrows and threw stones at Christians from the wooden tower.

The dense rain of arrows and stones made Christians afraid to approach the city walls.

Another rusher was pushed by more than a dozen Frank axe soldiers and slowly approached the opponent's city gate.

However, before it could approach, thousands of arrows were fired on the wall of Tyr, and arrows with fire flew towards the rushing car.

The Frank axemen hid under the thick cowhide cover of the rusher, holding a shield in one hand to protect their side, and pushing the rusher with the other hand to continue moving forward.

Roger saw the Egyptians' galleys slowly moving over, stopping ten meters away from the shore, and then the crossbow arrows on the ship were fired together with the catapult.

The rushing car quickly broke into pieces under hail-like stones and crossbow arrows.

The Frank axemen who were pushing the cart held their shields and retreated quickly.

They retreated to the range of the archers on the inner wall, so the attack from the wall stopped. Obviously, the Tirs were not going to use giant crossbows and catapults to deal with a few infantrymen.

But Egyptian warships were not prepared to give up easily.

They relied on paddlings and moved slowly on the sea in parallel with the Frank axemen.

The archers on the boat shot feather arrows ruthlessly.

The soldier who was not defensive was shot into the calf by an arrow, and staggered to the ground. Then, his body, which had lost the shield protection, was stabbed with several arrows in an instant.

He twitched a few times and lost his life.

Roger saw the long-range troops commanded by Shana, leaned forward, stood on the coast in a dispersed formation, and launched a shooting attack with Egyptian warships.

Christian feathered arrows were pierced on the thick, like a pile of arrows, but they had no choice but to hide behind the Egyptian archers.

So under Shana's command, the archers shot out rockets.

The rocket was stuck on the wooden ship's side and deck, but unexpectedly did not cause a fire.

Roger estimated that the wooden boards on the enemy ship were all dripping through the sea, and sporadic rockets were not enough to dry the boards and cause combustion.

What's more, the enemy sailors are always ready to put out the fire.

At this time, Roger saw Shana gathering 500 Sarasen archers together.

Under dense formation, they aimed at a warship and shot a round of rockets.

Now the other party's crew had no time to put out the fire.

The heat of 500 rockets quickly dried the wooden boards on the ship and ignited them.

So the warship retreated on its oars, and the warships on the side approached it to provide support.

Roger saw that the fire on the ship was weakening at a speed visible to the naked eye.

At this time it had not escaped the range of the archer on the shore.

Roger felt that he should "take his life while he was sick" and give it another rocket volley, and the ship would probably not be able to save it.
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