After Wulai's feint attack for five days, Hatra lost a lot of weight because from the second day, the Assyrian army's feint attack changed from a collective charge to a rotation attack, and the time became erratic - early morning, noon, evening, midnight...

After four days, not only Hatra was miserable, but the defenders of the fortifications outside the city walls were also worried and uneasy, because the Assyrian army was too rogue - they sent out troops at dawn every day, and they all ran to a place about 500 steps away from the fortifications and sat on the ground. No matter how you scolded or provoked them, they would ignore you, and from time to time they would get up and gather together to scare you. When you thought they were going to attack and were on full alert, they might sit back down again.

How can this be called a battle? It's clearly a joke, but you have to follow his rhythm. When he stands up, you have to stand up and prepare for the fight. When he sits down, you can breathe a sigh of relief. But sometimes they will line up, sit down, line up, sit down like crazy...

Well, this is just a joke! - That's what the soldiers thought.

Hatra didn't think so, because he knew that although this method seemed despicable and shameless, it had to be said that it was a very good harassment tactic.

What frightened Hatra was not this kind of warfare, but the precision of the Assyrian army's deployment - from the second day to the fifth day, the Assyrian army attacked a total of 45 times, and each attack was directed at the weakest direction of the defense line. Although it could be concluded that these attacks by the Assyrian army were bluffing, Hatra could be sure that as long as the Assyrian army played for real once, the fortification defense line would be in danger.

Moreover, the Assyrian army was harassing the city even at night. If they found an opportunity to break through the three defenses of the moat, Menia would only have the city wall defense line and street fighting defense left...

At midnight, Hatra stared with bloodshot eyes and said to the generals who came to the meeting: "Add more troops, keep sending more troops. The enemy is playing a war of attrition. If we keep letting the soldiers in the fortifications move back and forth to reinforce the defense, they will be killed by the enemy sooner or later. Send more troops out of the city immediately to reinforce the defense."

"Your Highness, nearly half of our troops are outside the city. If something goes wrong in any section of the defense line, the entire line will be out of control. By then, we will either not be able to return to the city in time, or the enemy will take advantage of the chaos to enter the city. If the troops in the city are insufficient, the consequences will be unpredictable." A deputy general said hurriedly.

"Of course I know this, but have you ever thought about it? If the enemy continues to do this for another three to five days, at least the first line of defense will be lost due to fatigue. And we have tried it these days. We can easily let the enemy take advantage of the gaps by using the soldiers in the second and third fortifications to fill in the defense. Moreover, if we want to defend Menia, we have to hold every inch of the defense line firmly." Hatra frowned and said, "Don't worry too much. The enemy in the north has indeed opened a passage, and our scouts have also sent military intelligence to the Hurlit Province. As long as we hold on for a while, the empire will be able to send us reinforcements."

"But Your Highness, since the enemy can deliberately give up the passage, I'm afraid they will not be afraid of our reinforcements." Another deputy general said.

"Do we need them to be afraid?" Hatra smiled coldly, "Have you not figured out the enemy's intention? They want to force us away, not beat us away. So, we just need to transfer the forces on the northern wall to the other three sides, and then take out 15,000 troops from the city to reinforce the three sides. We will get this done tonight. Humph, if they use the same trick again tomorrow, we will just wait for them to tire themselves out."

"Your Highness, this will leave the north empty. What if the enemy ..."

"Shut up!" Hatra glared impatiently. "With so many sentry towers, arrow towers, and three lines of defense, can't they keep an eye on the enemy's movements? If they really want to launch a surprise attack from the north, they have to at least get past the three moat lines of defense first."

"Your Highness is right, Your Highness, I have a suggestion." A deputy general stepped forward and bowed, saying, "Why not drive all the Assyrians in the city to the northern area and send some soldiers to guard it. If the enemy attacks the north, we can make a human wall out of the city. If the enemy dares to get close, we will kill a hundred of them. I don't believe that the Assyrian army can watch their compatriots die."

"Good! That's a good idea!" Hatra laughed, patted the deputy general on the shoulder to show his praise and said, "Our army has sufficient food, medicine, and weapons. Fifteen large weapons workshops are working day and night, so there is no need to worry about arrowheads and arrow shafts."

"Your Highness, if the enemy uses artillery..." a deputy general spoke hesitantly.

"Don't worry about that. Cannons are hard to come by. Our fortifications are so solid and our personnel are so spread out. The effect of their single cannon shot is not as good as a volley of arrows. Humph, I guess they intend to save their cannons for bombarding the city gates. As long as our troops don't gather in one place too densely, there's no need to worry. Do you understand?" Hatra asked, raising his voice.

"I understand!"

…

The night wind blew, and Odo, Sarres, and Bailey each led a few personal guards, rode their horses into the wind, and rushed into the Pudong camp. Although the Tianjuan Army had been tormented for several days, the Assyrian generals were not at ease either.

When they approached the fourth gate, the three generals stopped their horses as usual. Behind the fourth gate was the command center of the Putong camp. According to Assyrian military regulations, people were not allowed to enter or exit on horseback. Moreover, the lord was there at the moment. If the sound of horse hooves disturbed the lord's thoughts, it would be a serious mistake.

The three generals were just instructing their personal guards to look after the horses when Pu Teng ran out to greet them with a smile on his face.

"Oh my, you three are not here early." Pu Tong said with a laugh.

"Don't be so sarcastic." Odo glared at Putong. "How can we compare with you? The lord is so good to you that he chose to set up camp here."

Pu Tong grinned and followed Odo's words and said, "Captain Odo, don't say that. The lord chose to camp in my Sixth Division. On the surface, it seems that he trusts my Sixth Division. Why does he trust it? This has to start with Kayikede..."

"Captain Pu Tang, stop, stop." Bailey patted Pu Tang on the shoulder. "Don't say any more. We all know that there is a Broken Blade Mountain behind your camp."

"That's right." Pu Tong half-seriously gave Bailey a thumbs-up and said, "The lord saw you coming a long time ago and asked me to come and greet you. Let's go, 'that couple' have already arrived. It will be too late if we are late."

The "couple" that Pu Tong mentioned is naturally Pompeii and Isaac.

"Too late? What do you mean?" Odo was stunned, and suddenly lowered his voice, "A surprise attack tonight?"

Pu Tong waved his hands quickly: "Before I ran out to meet you, I just put a large plate of venison into the hot pot. The soup is boiling, fragrant and rich. 'That couple' is just like the lord, they both eat too much. Let's delay for a while, keep it... Hey, hey, hey, listen to me, don't run, leave me a few slices..."

…

"The battle is in full swing. I'm afraid you're the only one who can take a group of generals to eat hot pot." Ye Renwu glanced at Wu Lai who was walking in front of him and said.

"Only meat, no wine." Wu Lai smiled slightly, "I thought you were asleep."

"You said that when you're done with your work tonight, let me use that big telescope to take a look at the double moons." Ye Renwu said.

"Right." Wu Lai slapped his forehead, "Look, I forgot about this. Actually, I remembered it from the beginning."

"Stop pretending, Wu Lai. You must keep your word. Don't worry, I won't break your telescope." Ye Renwu glared at Wu Lai.

"You are so reserved. Come on, I'll take you to see it now." Wu Lai said as he took the lantern from the attendant and waved his hand, "You can leave first."

After a while, Wu Lai led Ye Jianwu into a small tent. Although the tent was inconspicuous, Ye Jianwu could tell it was unusual at a glance - it was not only located behind the tent of the main camp, but the four guards were also wearing the uniforms of the special forces company.

After lifting the curtain and entering, Ye Renwu saw the large telescope at a glance. The support had strong lines and the tube was black and slender.

After hanging up the lantern, Wu Lai picked up a rag from the small wooden table next to the bracket and wiped the tube while saying, "Actually, I'm not worried about you breaking it, because if I want, I can assemble a better telescope than this one. For me, the significance of this telescope is that it is a relic of old Galileo, and it carries old Galileo's dream of spying on the gods."

"This is not the one you use during the day." said Ye Renwu.

"That's right. With old Galileo's personality, how could one telescope satisfy him? Besides mine, the Temple, the Administrative College, and the West Point Military Academy all have his telescopes in their collections. But compared with these two, those are more crude and simple." As Wu Lai spoke, he removed the wooden covers at both ends of the tube.

"Come, come here." Wu Lai waved at Ye Renwu, and when she walked to the telescope, he pressed her down on the small stool under the eyepiece. "The conditions are simple, so don't look at it for too long, otherwise your neck will ache."

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"How can I see like this? Look at the top of the tent?" Ye Renwu was stunned.

Wu Lai smiled but did not answer. Instead, he quickly walked to the left side of the tent and gently moved a wooden pole standing there. The tent roof slowly opened, and the mercury-like moonlight immediately sprinkled all over the ground...

…

While Ye Renwu was surprised at Shuangyue's true appearance, Childe, who was still refused entry by Epicurus, fell into anger and panic because a big incident happened to the delegation -

Childe was naturally upset because he could not enter Assyria. He drank a little too much tonight. After waking up at midnight, he suddenly had an idea and took his trusted follower, Rump, to check the warehouse tent in the mission camp. Then he found that there was not a single gold coin in the 20 gold coin boxes inside. All 20 were filled with lead blocks...

Fortunately, Trump persuaded Childe in time, otherwise the incident would have definitely become a bigger commotion.

After persuading and dragging Childe back to the big tent, Trump hurriedly drove away the guards inside and outside the tent, and then he lowered his voice and advised: "Duke, this matter cannot be made public."

"How ridiculous..." Childe knew that he couldn't make a sound. Not only was his face blue and red from anger, but even his breathing was a little difficult.

"Please calm down, Duke. For now, let's think of a solution first." Lump advised softly. He was Child's family general, with good fighting ability, but he did not serve in Tianjuan. Child was sent to Assyria this time, and for the sake of personal safety, he was invited to accompany him.

"We have to think of a way." Childe's face was terribly gloomy, "But now I just want to know, how could these one million gold coins all turn into lead blocks?"

"Duke, although it may cause you greater displeasure, I still want to say that the two million that has not yet been shipped..." Trump reminded nervously.

Childe gasped.

"Trump, I think... the two million will also..." Childe felt his legs go weak because he suddenly thought of a possibility...

"Duke, I remember you said that you personally watched them pack the money," Trump said.

"Yes, not only was I watching them counting and packing, Her Majesty was also there." Childe gritted his teeth. "Trump, you have to rush back tonight. I have a few things I want you to do as soon as possible. These things are of great importance, so you must not let others know your whereabouts."

"Just give me your orders, Duke." Trump nodded heavily...

…

"Wulai, how could this happen? How is this possible? How could the surface of the moon be like this?" Ye Renwu's body trembled involuntarily, "No, no, there must be something strange about Galileo's telescope. How could Luo Shen live in such a desolate and bumpy place?"

Wu Lai smiled bitterly and sighed: "Ye Renwu, what you saw tonight is the real moon. I can understand your loss of composure at the moment, because I know that except for me, anyone in this world will tremble like you when they see the double moons clearly for the first time."

"Wu Lai...I hate you..." Ye Renwu suddenly said something nonsensical.

"Of course you have reasons to hate me. Not only did I imprison you, I also overturned your cognition. But I don't care." Wu Lai smiled slightly, "Because I am subverting this world step by step."

"Yes, Wu Lai, you are the most ambitious person in the world, just like Helen Petra." Ye Renwu covered his face. "It is my greatest sorrow to live in the same era as you and know you."

"I'm glad to hear you call her by her name. It's late now, take a rest." Wu Lai looked up at the sky. "Five days of feint attack should be enough for Hatra to dispatch the army according to my idea..."