An hour later, the cavalry army commanded by Sital arrived at the city of Amphipolis.
Looking at the approximately 70,000 to 80,000 Stobi coalition infantrymen who had already formed up at the foot of the city wall, Sital laughed wildly with contempt.
"Hahaha! These Greeks are really crazy. They actually lined up outside the city and wanted to fight a head-on confrontation! It's really laughable!" said Sitar.
Upon hearing this, Generals such as Poposas also laughed.
The Bysotian army had already received the intelligence. Currently, there were only 100,000 miscellaneous troops and 100,000 civilians in Amphipolis.
If all the enemies climbed onto the city wall and used the city fortifications to defend, it would be difficult to take it down.
But now, they have actually deployed most of their troops under the city, hoping to rely on the city defense to fight against our swift cavalry corps.
Look at the loose formation of those Greek infantrymen, they don’t even have a heavy shield or spear.
Do you really think we are afraid of this kind of auxiliary army?
You're simply looking for death!
All it takes is a fierce cavalry charge, and these 70,000 to 80,000 people will be killed!
Look at the sparse archers on the top of the city.
With just this small number of people, they could not suppress a large number of cavalry.
Wait until the main force of the enemy forces under the city is annihilated.
No matter how we fight, it will be easy to capture Amphipolis!
Standing on the top of the city wall, looking at the dark mass of Besotian cavalry in the distance, Odysseus felt quite nervous.
He is gambling.
The army of Dubaisotien attacked the city head-on from the north.
Because the Greek fire he temporarily deployed was only deployed in the north direction of the city.
Moreover, it cannot be rotated.
The enemies are all cavalry and have strong mobility.
As long as they don't rush over from the north of the city, but go in another direction.
All that Greek fire is useless.
To this end, Odysseus took a gamble and laid out a bait under the north wall of the city.
The civilians who had never fought in a war were forced to take up arms, line up outside the city walls, and pretend to be the main force.
The real 100,000 regular troops were hidden behind the city walls, each holding a bow and arrow, pointing upward at a 45-degree angle.
Odysseus believed that as long as the enemy was not blind, they would take advantage of the situation and kill these troops who were obviously incompetent.
Only then can the power of Greek fire be maximized.
Boom boom boom…
War drums rumbled, and Baisotin's cavalry, with their heads facing south, lined up in many rows in a black mass, forming a formation for a head-on attack.
"Open the city gates! All troops, enter the city quickly!"
Without hesitation, Odysseus gave new orders.
Soon, the three drawbridges at the north city gate all creaked down.
Those civilians, who were already terrified, saw a way to retreat and swarmed into the city.
The formation is completely gone.
In order to be more flexible, many people even threw their weapons and armor on the ground.
"Hahaha! Is the enemy commander crazy? At a time like this, you should cut off the retreat route so that the soldiers will fight to the death! You actually opened the city gate. It would be strange if those rabble didn't run away!"
Seeing this, Sitar burst into laughter.
Anyone can see that the panic of the civilian army under the city is not an act!
The opportunity cannot be missed, Xital did not hesitate any longer and immediately issued the order for a general attack!
For a moment, banners were waving!
Several generals at the front of the cavalry corps led the charge.
Then, more than 200,000 heavily armored cavalry followed and rushed towards the city of Amphipolis.
They intended to arrive there before the Greek army had completely retreated into the city gates.
In that way, we can directly break into the city through the city gate and achieve absolute victory!
So many lancers, wearing heavy armor, charged with great momentum.
The earth began to shake violently, and dust rolled in!
The civilians, crammed together at the three city gates, became even more panicked. Many had even wet their pants in fear, staring hopelessly at the approaching barbarian cavalry.
Of course, all this was just Odysseus's strategy.
Seeing the Bysotian army launch a group charge as he wished, Odysseus breathed a sigh of relief.
I am not afraid that you are confident enough, I am just afraid that you won’t take the bait!
He immediately ordered Greek fire to be prepared everywhere.
Three hundred meters!
Two hundred meters!
One hundred meters!
The dark cavalry corps was only a hundred meters away from their own retreating civilian laborers!
At the command, more than a hundred Greek fire machines opened fire at the same time.
Whoosh whoosh…
Powerful fire dragons poured down from all over the walls of Amphipolis.
Like a dark cloud covering the sky, it enveloped the charging Baisotian cavalry.
"ah…"
“Oh my god…”
"What is that thing!"
"The flames of Apollo's chariot! That must be the flames of Apollo's chariot!"
…
Suffering a dimensionality reduction attack, more than 200,000 Baisotien cavalrymen were panicked.
Each flame killed an average of five to six hundred cavalrymen.
With more than a hundred flames, sixty to seventy thousand soldiers were killed instantly!
No matter how high the morale is or how fearless people are, they will always be timid when suddenly faced with such a casualty rate.
Moreover, the flames came without warning, which was beyond the comprehension of the Baisotian cavalry.
They felt inexplicably terrified, thinking they had been abandoned by the gods!
"It's over! This must be a punishment from God!"
"Everyone, stop! This city is destined to no longer belong to us! God has given the answer!"
"Let's retreat! The Greeks are protected by the gods!"
…
The confidence of the hundreds of thousands of surviving Baisotien cavalry suddenly dropped to freezing point. They all stopped their horses, hesitated, and dared not move forward.
No matter how much Sitar and his generals scolded, whipped, or even enforced martial law, they could not change the situation.
In desperation, the first warrior, Poposs, rushed towards the strongest flame to boost morale.
He wanted to prove to everyone that this flame was not scary, but was just an illusion of the "false god"!
Of course, not surprisingly, Poposas was burned to charcoal on the spot!
Seeing his strongest warrior reduced to ashes, he couldn't even utter a scream.
The Baisotian cavalry completely collapsed!
I don't know who took the lead, but everyone turned around and ran away, not caring about anything else.
The great leader Xital was so angry that he took his personal guards to intercept them, but was trampled to death by the chaotic army.
In this way, the outcome of the game is no longer in doubt.
Looking at the Baisotian cavalry running farther and farther away like birds and beasts, Odysseus finally smiled.
It’s not easy!
Just now, more than a hundred Greek fire machines fired at the same time, but they only killed less than 80,000 enemy soldiers. Odysseus' heart was in his throat!
Without a solid base and a rotating mechanism, the power of Greek fire is greatly reduced!
Even the cooling system was not installed. Whether it could launch a second round was a question.
If the enemy insists on attacking without hesitation, it is hard to say who will win the battle.
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