After six artillery fire, the soldiers on the northern defense line of the Hatra army watched helplessly as the suspension bridge, which was nearly 100 cubits long and required a huge winch to take off and lower, suddenly had several huge holes. In particular, the part close to the right corner was directly broken. The huge copper chain that was originally hanging there suddenly fell off, and the suspension bridge tilted violently, making a loud and sharp noise.

"Really strong!" Odo raised the telescope and scanned twice, then raised his sword again, "Prepare for the third round of shooting!"

"Third round of shooting is ready!"

"Shoot!" Oddo roared.

"Shoot!" The six artillery commanders waved their flags again.

"Tung tung tung tung", after another six-gun salvo was fired, six shells with a piercing hum hit the suspension bridge more than a thousand steps away...

"Bang bang bang bang bang" - the left corner of the suspension bridge was hit by a bullet, the copper chain was raised, and the huge bridge board slammed heavily downwards.

"Bang!" With a loud noise, dirty waves splashed everywhere, the suspension bridge sank into the water, and two pitch-black city gates were revealed.

"Aim and shoot at the city gate! Blow it open!" Oddo shouted angrily.

"Yes! Aim at the city gate and shoot!"

…

"Report... Report to Your Highness, the north... city, the city gate was blasted open by the enemy!" The general in charge of messaging was so nervous that his mouth was almost out of control. He originally thought that with the strength of the Hatra army, they could at least hold on for a long time, but they didn't expect that they would be defeated on the sixth day.

"Blast it open?! Are the people guarding there useless?!" Hatra shouted angrily.

The deputy general didn't dare to answer, but he knew in his heart that the rising water had trapped the troops guarding the north on the third line of defense and they could not move. If they rushed forward, tens of thousands of enemy troops were "waiting" in line; if they returned to the city to defend, the water had submerged the roads. Walking aimlessly in the muddy water would only end their lives early. If they could not move, how could they stop Oddo's artillery bombardment?

"Your Majesty, the enemy troops in the east are bombarding the city gate with artillery!"

"Your Majesty, the enemy troops in the west are bombarding the city gate with artillery!"

"Your Majesty, the enemy troops in the south are bombarding the city gate with artillery!"

After the reports came one after another, Hatra drew his sword angrily and smashed a small wooden cabinet in the corner of the wall into pieces. While hacking, he roared: "Don't you know that the enemy is attacking the city gate? I said! Block the city gate! Block the city gate! Use stone slabs, wood, anything, just block them!"

Stones, wood? The general who sent the message felt depressed. The inside and outside of the city wall were flooded with water, and even the road could not be seen. How could he block the wall? !

"Bang...bang...bang..." The faint sound of artillery coming from afar suddenly calmed Hatra down.

After being stunned for a moment, he ran out of the door and threw himself at the railing to glance around for a while, then suddenly clenched his fists and said, "Send a message to the people in the north city! Kill all the Assyrians you can see!"

"Your Highness!" The general who was in charge of the communication was startled, thinking, is this order to abandon the city? "Follow the order! I want you to execute the order immediately! Pass on the order! I want the whole city of Menia to be buried with me!" Hatra seemed to be in a frenzy, waving his sword and shouting, "Let the people in the east, south and west charge forward! No retreat or hesitation! Charge!"

"Yes, Your Highness!" After agreeing, the general's heart suddenly skipped a beat...

It's over, completely over, he thought to himself.

…

"Wuli Grindo, you are indeed extremely cruel. Although the Hatra army was quickly defeated by flooding Menia, I'm afraid nine out of ten people in the city will be killed." Ye Renwu looked at Wu Lai with surprisingly calm eyes. "From what I know about you, you will definitely feel guilty for a long time, perhaps for the rest of your life, because your action has caused too many innocent people to lose their lives."

Wu Lai frowned. He was unable to refute Ye Jianwu because everything she said was right.

"Wuliglindo." Ye Renwu raised a bitter smile, "I suddenly feel that you and Helen Petra are the same kind of people. In order to achieve the goal in your heart, you two will sacrifice everything. In your eyes, human life is not that important, right?"

"No." Wu Lai frowned and looked at Ye Jianwu. "Helen is Helen, and I am me. What you said just now only applies to her. She is the one who keeps destroying order, and I am restoring order."

"But you all did the same thing." Ye Renwu sighed, "However, I seem to understand more and more why you did this. I mean... not killing me and leaving me alone."

"I hope your understanding is correct." Wu Lai glanced at Ye Renwu, placed a stack of copper round pieces in his hand on a certain position on the sand table, and raised his voice, "Flag signal! The entire Sixth Division is pressing forward!"

…

As Putong's Sixth Division charged forward, some people in Menia were also charging forward. They had the good fortune to escape the flood and some of the Menia residents were drowned.

The target of their charge was the Stone Square. This huge rock, which was 4,700 cubits long, 3,150 cubits wide and more than 1,600 cubits high, was now the headquarters and logistics area of ​​the Hatra army.

The civilians’ attack was not due to their desire for logistical supplies, but rather out of their anger towards the Hatra army, which had been there for a long time.

After the Hatra army occupied Menia, they lived like slaves, being bullied, humiliated, and living in shame all the time. Not only were all their property and food taken away, but in many cases, they could not even protect their women and children. In order to make a living, they were forced to work for the Hatra army day after day. Seeing the Hatra army's granaries piled up more and more, they did not even have a single grain of extra food. Some time ago, these hateful hungry wolves even imposed harsh restrictions on water use...

Just like this time when the flood flooded the whole city, everyone desperately fled here. Originally, they just planned to sit on the road, comfort each other, and wait for the flood to recede. However, these wolf-like Hatra soldiers actually used weapons to drive everyone away. There was flood all around. Besides, this road leading to the top of the Stone Square was built by the ancestors of the Menian people. Why don’t we even have the qualifications to sit on the roadside for shelter? This is definitely a duel with a huge disparity in strength. Although the people who rushed to the Stone Square were unarmed and nearly half of them were women and children, they had nearly 10,000 people, while the Hatra soldiers in the Stone Square had only 400 people in total.

This situation occurred because the Stonehenge was one of the few rare high grounds in Menia, and the area around it was the largest civilian residential area in the city. When floods occurred, many people's first reaction was to flee to higher places, so the Stonehenge became the first choice.

Secondly, the flood not only panicked the people, but also made the soldiers stationed in the logistics area of ​​the Stone Square panic-stricken. When they saw the people running towards the summit in large numbers, they immediately defined the people's actions with the most malicious speculation. Then, they sent out a team of 100 people to stop everyone with bows and arrows and swords.

There was nothing wrong with being intercepted. After being enslaved by the Hatra army for so long, the civilians had already developed a fear of them. When they saw the Hatra army sent people to intercept them, they stopped climbing and sat down to show their obedience. However, whether it was because of mental tension or the habit of being bullied, this team of 100 people actually stabbed several women with swords while cursing and shouting. As a result, the civilians were furious.

The frantic civilians seized the weapons of the Centuriae at the cost of more than 300 casualties, and then, determined to go all out, they simply launched a charge. The anger that had been pent up for a long time now roared and surged like a flood...

Even though they were well-trained, the four hundred Hatra soldiers eventually fell in the charge of more than ten thousand people. However, when they fell, it was unknown whether they were angry or annoyed. Or perhaps, at the moment of death, they had no time to think about anything...

…

"Report to the Lord! A huge fire suddenly broke out in the direction of the Stone Square in Menia City." While Golden Wolf was reporting loudly, Hatra was holding the railing, staring blankly at the rising black smoke and flames. The flames seemed to be burning in his eyes and heart, burning his whole body with unbearable pain.

The communications officer at the side shut his mouth obediently. To disturb Hatra at such a moment might result in more than just one or two slaps in the face.

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"Soduo, tell me, is the situation hopeless for me?" Hatra looked back at the deputy general who had delivered the message.

The deputy general who sent the message lowered his head. The city was flooded. The three defense lines outside the city were being attacked fiercely by the enemy. The drawbridge at the north gate had been shot down by the enemy. The city gate was being bombarded repeatedly, and the defenders on the north line were helpless. Floods were raging in the city, and roads were cut off. Except for the defenders on the city walls, the rest were basically cut off from contact. Even Hatra himself was trapped here and unable to move - if this is not called a hopeless situation, then what should we call it?

“Sodor, follow me closely and don’t leave for a moment. If my city is breached and I am surrounded, you must kill me before the enemy catches me. I am a hero favored by heaven and I don’t want to fall into the hands of the enemy and be humiliated again. Do you understand?” Hatra suddenly said.

"I understand, Your Highness." The general who sent the message bowed his head, tears in his eyes.

"Look, this huge Menia is about to be lost in my hands." Hatra looked ahead with emotion, "Kill, soldiers. The more you kill, the more people will be buried with me. When I am alive, I will trample on the heads of the Assyrians. After I die, I will make them my slaves forever!"

The messenger looked up in the direction Hatra was looking at, and saw soldiers on many rooftops waving their weapons and slashing at civilians...

…

The Golden Wolf's report was still loud and powerful.

"Report to the Lord, the enemy is killing civilians in the city!"

"I know!" Wu Lai frowned, a trace of pain flashing across his eyes.

"Report to the Lord, the Sixth Division has raised the flag signal and completed the predetermined goal. More than half of the enemy defenders in the south have been killed or wounded."

"Got it! Pass the order, the entire Sixth Division retreats and continues to use artillery to suppress the enemy." Wu Lai shouted loudly.

"Report to the Lord, a beacon has been lit in the direction of the First Division, and the northern gate of Menia has been opened!"

"Got it! Send a signal to the Fourth Division via flag signal! Blow up the dam downstream!" Wu Lai clenched his fist excitedly. After scanning the sand table twice, he raised his arm and pointed back again, "Send a signal via flag signal. The Fifth Division, the Eighth Division, and the Annan Isaac Division will all be dispatched. Stand by 500 steps in front of the enemy's defense line!"

"You finally did it." Ye Renwu's voice floated over from the wind.

Wu Lai turned his head and saw Ye Jianwu sitting against a dead tree stump, staring at the smoke rising over Menia...

"I usually do what I say," said Wu Lai.

"If you blow up the dam downstream, your troops can march straight in. The First Division, Odo is really good." Ye Renwu sighed softly and said.

"If I wasn't worried about too many civilian casualties, I wouldn't mind letting Meniya soak in the water for a while." Wu Lai glanced at the sky. "It will be dusk soon. Night fighting will be a big test."

"Hmph, I don't think you will choose to fight at night. The situation is so favorable for you. With your cunningness, Wulailindo, how can you let Hatra take advantage of it?" Ye Renwu couldn't help but give Wulai a blank look.

Wu Lai blushed, which was rare for him: "You are such a person, you have to expose me, is it interesting?"

"I didn't want to expose you, but I also didn't want you to think I was easy to deceive." Ye Renwu's eyes fell on Wu Lai's face, and he said very seriously, "Wu Lai Grindo, I know a lot of things, for example, why did you want to spare my life? To tell you the truth, I'm no longer useful to Helen, and I can't convince her of anything, so you'd better save your energy."

Wu Lai frowned and sighed heavily...