Kayikede is a place where numerous mountains, forests and plains are gathered, with fertile land and abundant products. It has been a battleground for military strategists since ancient times. Originally, there were two cities and seventeen towns. After hundreds of years of changes, there is only one city left, but there are nine more towns.

Among these twenty-six towns, Myritania is the most special, because it is one of the original two cities, located in a remote area within the Kaykd area - adjacent to the sea, more than a hundred miles away from the nearest town, and it also has a winding mountain horse trail that is known as the worst and most dangerous in the Assyrian territory.

But more than 160 years ago, the inconvenient transportation and the meager contribution to the territory became the reasons for its downgrading to a town. The Supreme Council and the Senate at that time also readily agreed. They all knew that these were just some lame excuses. The real reason was that the Xiuman family wanted to take this place into their pockets. But what did they know? At that time, the Xiuman family was the mainstay of the Assyrian territory. Their military exploits and reputation were unmatched. Not to mention just applying to downgrade Maritani, even if they insisted on taking it as a private territory, they would probably not be able to refuse.

In that case, we might as well go with the flow.

The Xiuman family coveted Marsalis not only because it was the official birthplace of the Xiuman family, but also because it was the most easily defended and difficult to attack city in Kayiked. Even though it was downgraded to a town, its scale was slightly inferior to Kayiked, but it had the advantage of dangerous and difficult mountain roads, and its defense level was much higher than that of Kayiked City.

But even so, Muritania was still defeated——

The Xiuman Army had been fighting for generations, so they were naturally no pushovers. As soon as the 150,000 Tianjuan Army approached the border of Kayikede, they were harassed by two teams of 5,000 men. Although the purpose of the harassment was only to slow down the enemy's offensive rhythm and buy time for Kayikede to deploy its defenses, it still caused considerable trouble to the Tianjuan Army.

However, the two teams of 5,000 men soon chose to retreat because their commanders discovered that the number of enemy troops far exceeded their expectations. Fortunately, they discovered it early, which allowed the Xiuman army to evacuate before the Tianjuan army completely surrounded the city of Kayikede.

The Xiuman army retreated in a hurry. They only gave the city's residents half a day to prepare for evacuation and ordered them to do so, otherwise they would be treated as traitors.

In the evening, half a day after the evacuation order was issued, the Shuman army set fire to the city of Kayikede. Tens of thousands of soldiers, carrying fuel and fire, set fire to the temple, the landmark building in the center of Kayikede, and retreated while retreating. If anyone tried to dissuade them, they would be killed on the spot. As a result, the flames continued to rise amidst the panic and cries that filled the entire city...

When the last soldier left the city gate, the city of Kayikede, which had existed for nearly 700 years, had completely turned into a huge fire scene. What was heartbreaking was that in the flames and smoke, faint cries could still be heard from time to time...

The Xiuman army with nearly 80,000 soldiers then split up and scattered. Inr led more than 10,000 troops to meet the Tianjuan Army, nearly 30,000 rushed to the surrounding mountains and strongholds, and the remaining 40,000 retreated to Mauritania with the people of Kaikede City. Because there were steep mountains on both sides and the sea at its back, they only needed to hold the front line of defense - the Xiuman family was confident in this, because the front of Mauritania was four consecutive narrow and long city walls, and even a powerful weapon like a catapult could not break it open in one fell swoop. What's more, they had already planned that if the situation was not right, they would block all the city gates with boulders. At that time, unless the Tianjuan Army's catapult could blow up the four stone walls with a thickness of more than 20 cubits, otherwise, they would have to play a wall battle with the Xiuman Army.

Relying on the strong city to block the enemy, while ambushing and raiding, the Xiuman Army thought that this arrangement could drag the Tianjuan Army into the quagmire of war, and then gradually wear out their patience in the constant consumption and losses and increasing difficulties in logistical supply. But they were wrong. They forgot that the Tianjuan Army currently used the most psychological warfare and bribery. They also forgot that friends may not always be friends, such as their in-laws - the Leidong family where Baru was...

The Leidong family came to seek refuge some time ago as a whole family - bringing their men, families, money, food, jewelry, and also conspiracy.

The men and horses were real, the money, food, jewelry, and even the family members were real, but the desire to surrender was fake.

Infiltrating the family was Ye Renwu's messenger, whose mission was to contact and persuade the rather stubborn Baru, who was arrogant and never took the family seriously, and often contradicted his grandfather, who had been the current head of the Leidong family for nearly 30 years. It is worth mentioning that the messenger brought nearly a hundred skilled men with him, all of whom were now disguised as slaves of the Leidong family...

After everything was arranged, the messenger met with Baru under the arrangement of the head of the Leidong family, and then he handed a letter to Baru.

The letter was written by Ye Renwu, and it was concise and to the point - if Baru could assist the Redon family in attacking Mauritania, then after all the Tianjuan occupied Kayikede, she would marry him and let him have great glory, power and wealth.

Baru's reaction after reading the letter surprised the messenger and his grandfather. After throwing the letter back to the messenger, he smiled and said, "Don't tempt me with gimmicks like General Night Blade Dance marrying me. There's no need for that. I don't want it. It's just to expose the foundation of the Xiuman family. I'll do it."

"I didn't expect General Baru to be so straightforward." The messenger laughed and said, but he was also full of suspicion. He thought, could this guy be pretending to agree and then selling everyone out?

"Hmph, the entire Leidong family is almost here, and you have naturally made all the arrangements. You came to me just because I am responsible for the right defense. Well, if the nine gates of the three urn cities are filled with stones, with the few people in the Leidong family, I am afraid they can't make any big noise. Hmph, it's nothing more than setting fire to the food. Speaking of which, if you really want to burn it, you Tianjuan Army can do it yourself, why do you want the Leidong family to do it?" Baru curled his lips, "You are lucky, I just have enough of the Xiuman family. Come on, kill them, hmph, I will help you for free."

The messenger rolled his eyes, looked at Patriarch Lei Dong, and nodded: "That's great."

Baru stood up and stretched, saying, "Send me some of my own men. There are a large number of stone carts and civilians waiting on both sides of the nine gates of Wengcheng. Once the Tianjuan army appears, they will immediately block the gates. I am responsible for the three gates on the right side, front, middle and back. I have more stone than anyone else. It is better for my own people to kill those civilians."

"That's no problem." Patriarch Lei Dong nodded immediately...

After that night, Baru waited for forty-two days before he received the notice to prepare for action.

During these 42 days, the army of Inr repeatedly harassed the army of Tianjuan, and finally fell into an ambush. Only one in ten of his men survived, and even Inr himself was saved by his own soldiers who risked their lives to escape the enemy's encirclement and flee to Mauritania. The rest of the Xiuman army responsible for harassing and blocking the enemy also suffered heavy casualties, and had no choice but to retreat to Mauritania...

The Tianjuan Army did not rush to catch up, but rested for ten days, replenishing gunpowder and other supplies from Assyria, and then slowly marched towards the last battlefield in the Kaykd area of ​​Mauritania. They were not in a hurry at all because the chances of victory were already in their grasp.

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Baru fulfilled his promise. When the Tianjun vanguard began to charge, he ordered the drawbridge to be raised and the city gate to be blocked, just like the commanders of the center and left routes. He then transferred his soldiers to the left route: "Reinforce the left city gate! That is the weakest point of the defense line, and the blocking task should be completed first!"

No one doubted Baru's intention, because he was the best of the Leidong family and the son-in-law of the Xiuman family. In previous battles, he had shown bravery and wisdom that matched his status. What's more, the priority now was not to fight, but to block the door, and those civilians were enough.

Therefore, the soldiers of the Xiuman Army, who had been under the command of Baru, quickly rushed into the central defense zone and rushed to the left to help block the road. Just after they left for a while, a dazzling light that pierced the clouds suddenly rose from the wall above the last city gate on the left. Then, the experts assigned by the Leidong family to Baru moved together and swung their butcher knives at the stone cart workers on the right. The experts who had been dispersed in various places in the town of Mauritania also took out the things in their arms when they saw the signal rising...

Then, dull explosions were heard one after another in Muritania. Flames and smoke filled the air, and cries and screams plunged the already extremely tense atmosphere of Muritania into a panic-stricken chaos. People were fighting the fire, rescuing people, and escaping for their lives. Many people simply left their homes with their family members and belongings, and ran towards the coast more than ten miles behind the city, even though it was actually a desperate place - there were towering cliffs on both sides that were too high to climb, and a vast ocean in front blocking the way.

But for those who are already in a panic and don't know what to do, at least it is safe there for the time being.

When the Tianjuan Army's vanguard cavalry rushed to the front of the first wall of Muritania, Baru personally lowered the drawbridge on the right. At the same time, the Redon family's good men also completed the massacre of the civilians. These poor civilians came here with the original intention of contributing to Muritania, and were stationed day and night like regular soldiers, but they did not understand until their death why the people who finally reaped their lives were actually "their own people"...

The 3,000-strong vanguard of the Tianjuan Army rushed straight through the three gates of the right-wing Wengcheng and rushed into the town. The left and middle routes, which were in no hurry to block the enemy, hurriedly blocked the gates while rushing to the left route to try to stop more Tianjuan Army from entering. However, when they rushed to the left-wing Wengcheng area, Baru had already led his people into the town. At the same time, 20 locomotives had been set up 300 steps outside the city wall. Behind the locomotives, tens of thousands of Tianjuan Army were ready to fight...

"Whoosh whoosh whoosh" - the sound of the wind rises, this is the sound of explosive packs being thrown from the train...

"Boom", "Boom", "Boom", "Boom" - the left side of the city turned into a purgatory of blood and fire. The thunderous explosions tore the bodies apart, shook down the houses, and made the earth tremble again and again...

During the explosion, the Tianjuan Vanguard Cavalry began to chase and hack at the unarmed civilians...

During the explosion, the Shuman Army's reserve troops hastily assembled and rushed towards the chaotic defense line...

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During the explosion, another twenty catapults were set up. They were only a hundred steps away from the city wall, and their attack range was enough to cover a large area of ​​houses behind the city defense line.

“Hoohoo, hoohoo, hoohoo”…

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In the evening, Eddie and nearly a hundred soldiers fought their way out of the encirclement, escorting Iner, who was already recovering from his injuries, and several of his ten-year-old direct descendants through the forest between the coast and Marsalis. But the moment they rushed out of the forest, Eddie was stunned. He saw that the coast was full of refugees, some of them were crying, some were cursing and complaining, and some were just numb and silent...

"Miss Eddie! The boats are gone!" Two soldiers who were exploring the way ahead ran back quickly and reported urgently.

Of course it was gone. Now more than half a day had passed since the enemy attacked the city. At least 30% of the people in the city had fled here. Although there were hundreds of large and small ships and two hundred soldiers guarding here, how could they withstand the looting of tens of thousands of people?

Addie looked back, and the more than ten columns of smoke rising into the sky above the city pierced her heart, because she knew that beneath each huge column of smoke, there was a part of the hard work of the Xiuman family in Muritania, including granaries, armories, barracks, and material warehouses...

Now, they have all turned into fire scenes. Around each fire scene, there are a large number of corpses lying down, including those of the Tianjuan Army, the Xiuman Army, civilians, and slaves...

Addie's body trembled slightly, tears kept falling from her eyes. What hurt her was not only the pain of the defeat of the Xiuman family, but also Baru's betrayal.

He should be catching up soon. Eddie clenched the sword in his hand.

"Eddie!" In'er's call came into his ears.

"Aunt!" Eddie quickly wiped away his tears and ran to Yin'er's stretcher.

Yin'er's face was very pale, but she still had a smile on her lips. After Eddie ran to her side and leaned over, she reached out her hand from the quilt and touched Eddie's face, saying, "Eddie, even if the Xiuman family is really overthrown, it is the will of God Amon. You don't need to worry too much. Just remember that our Xiuman warriors must die cleanly even if they die, and they cannot live in disgrace."

"Yes, aunt, Eddie understands what you mean. Please rest assured that Eddie would rather die on the battlefield than bring shame to the Shuman family." Eddie naturally understood what Yin'er meant.

"That's good." Yin'er nodded. "That little bastard Baru is chasing you, right? No problem. Give me a bow and arrow, and I'll help you kill this scum later."

"Aunt..." Eddie's heart ached and he was about to say something when suddenly loud screams came from the beach behind him.

After turning his head subconsciously, Eddie was completely stunned...