"It seems that my brother is still very cautious. We caused such a big commotion, but he only sent out less than half of his troops to rescue us …"
Cleopatra said after seeing the situation of Alexandria City's troops. ≡ ≡
The one who knew Ptolemy XIII's strength the most was Cleopatra. Before the two completely split up, they were both in charge of Alexandria City, so Cleopatra naturally knew the situation of the troops in Alexandria City.
According to Cleopatra, the total number of soldiers under Ptolemy XIII's control in Alexandria should be much more than the total number of soldiers under Yang Rui and Cleopatra's control.
This was something that Cleopatra had never mentioned before. Whether it was intentional or not, Cleopatra reported that Ptolemy XIII's number of troops was only half of hers. Now it seemed that this was not the case.
Cleopatra didn't know what Cleopatra's intention was. If she was worried that Yang Rui would back out because of the difficulty, then it was unnecessary. No matter how difficult the mission was, in fact, Yang Rui basically had no way out in order to return to the area of the three civilizations.
Cleopatra's words and actions actually represented her attitude. Yang Rui originally thought that after Ptolemy XIII's troops left the city, they might be able to storm Alexandria City. However, Cleopatra then used the reason that there were too many guards in the city and temporarily did not agree to storm Alexandria City.
This made Yang Rui, Zhang Ning, Gao Shun, Guo Jia, and Xu You a little confused. Could it be that Ptolemy XIII still had some trump cards in the city?
Among the three reinforcements sent out from Alexandria City, one of them boarded a ship in the Nile River after leaving the city. They went upstream along the waterway. They went in the direction of Cairo City and Giza City.
One of the other two reinforcements crossed the Nile River. They advanced along the east bank and went straight to Saiz City. The rest of the reinforcements who didn't cross the river advanced along the other side of the Nile River toward Saqqara City and Feyum City.
Under Cleopatra's suggestion, Yang Rui and the others decided to continue to cause more trouble in the outer regions until Ptolemy XIII's side became more empty due to his illness. Only then would they launch a surprise attack on Alexandria.
In the end, out of the three reinforcements sent by Alexandria City, Yang Rui chose to follow them by water. When he entered the Otherworld Space Championship, he had brought along all 50000 of his unique soldiers – the Fifth Grade Scaled Soldiers. There were also seven warships of various types that had yet to be put to use.
At this time, most of the reinforcements along the waterway of Alexandria were transport ships. Even if they were escorted by several warships, they were not very big. At most, they were small medium-sized ships, and were half the size of Bi 'an.
Among Yang Rui's seven warships, two of them were giant turreted ships, each of which could carry 3,000 soldiers or various personnel, three of them were large warships, each of which could carry 1,200 soldiers or various personnel, and two of them were medium-sized Suanni warships. Each of these warships could carry 600 soldiers or various personnel.
After all seven warships were built, they had undergone training under the command of Taishi Ci. They had not experienced any battles, and the same went for the Fifth Grade Scaled Soldiers and other soldiers. At this time, Yang Rui wanted to test the power of these warships and soldiers in water.
Two days later, when the reinforcements on the Nile River were halfway to Giza City, they suddenly saw several warships approaching them from upstream. There weren't many warships, but each of them was very large, and gave off a suffocating feeling.
* Boom … Boom … Boom … *
* Plop … Plop … *
“.....”
The reinforcements of Alexandria had never seen such large ships before. At first, they only thought that these ships were some large transport ships. They were curious, but not worried.
However, at a distance of three to four hundred feet, these large ships started to roar, and the rumbling sound never stopped. The 'black shadows' that the ships spat out could actually land near the reinforcements at such a distance.
Although most of them hit the Nile River, there were still a few 'black shadows' that happened to land on the transport ships. One of the smaller ships even had half of its bow smashed!
"Enemy attack! Enemy attack! Prepare for battle … "
“.....”
The ships upstream were aggressive, but the reinforcements on the water weren't afraid if they attacked in the same way as before. They had the absolute advantage in numbers, and they also had the escorting warships. In their eyes, the ships upstream were not a threat at all. They could just swarm and take them down.
However, what happened next was completely out of their expectations. It also made them realize that sometimes, numbers couldn't make up for a lack of numbers. However, by the time they had this thought, it was already too late.
"Archers, prepare to shoot!"
The ships upstream were naturally Yang Rui's turreted ships, warships, and Bi 'an. The previous round of shots were fired by 40 large scale national bombs. The' black shadows' in the eyes of the reinforcements downstream were the 'cannonballs' of the large scale national bombs.
Yang Rui also tried to install the large scale national bombs on the two turreted ships. The turreted ships were reserved with 'slots' for throwing carts, stonework, and other large scale equipment. After Yang Rui moved the large scale national bombs onto the turreted ships, they were able to fit in with these reserved 'slots'.
Judging from the previous round of shots, the large scale national bombs didn't work very well. Not only was the hit rate very low, but it also caused the turreted ships to shake greatly. This was the result of Yang Rui controlling the ship's amplitude and taking turns to shoot in batches.
The damage caused by the large scale national bombs was limited. Obviously, the reinforcements downstream weren't scared off by such an attack. They were all charging upstream with all their might. After the enemy entered the range of the archers, Yang Rui gave the order to design the ship.
At the same time, Yang Rui didn't instruct the sailors to retreat and fight at the same time. After all, this was the first time he was using these ships. Yang Rui didn't have any impression of their combat strength. Moreover, the enemy had too many people. Once the enemy got close to the hull, Yang Rui could only rely on the few Fifth Grade Scaled Soldiers to fight in close range.
The number of archers on the upper deck of the warships was also not many. After all, the number of people that each warship could hold was limited. Currently, the total number of soldiers in the seven warships was only about 13000.
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