A sharp whistle sounded on the walls of Ephesus, followed by panic and noise, and the sound of hurried footsteps.
The soldiers who were originally stationed on the city wall also saw the lanterns flying in the air at this moment. Those soldiers who had just been awakened were also stunned by the scene before them!
What is going on?
No one knew what was going on, even General Hammill had never seen such a thing flying from the sky.
The unknown is the most frightening thing. General Hammill was watching the lanterns flying in the sky very nervously. He didn't know what kind of attack method the enemy would adopt. He even wondered if the enemy was going to drop stones from above?
Or will they fly into the city?
How do they land?
They are human beings, there is no way they can fly!
The lantern flew higher than their muskets could reach. Hamil was helpless with it, and while he felt fear, a hint of curiosity also rose in his heart.
What on earth is the enemy trying to do?
At this moment, the densely packed defenders on the city wall all raised their heads and looked at the sky.
In the morning light and the rising sun, against the backdrop of the red glow in the sky, countless lanterns, as they thought, flew over like a blanket.
Getting closer!
Getting clearer and clearer!
Even General Hammill could see the basket hanging under the huge lantern through the telescope. He opened his eyes wide and his mouth opened wide - he saw the flames burning in the basket and the many people held in it!
At this moment, the air force of the First Division of the First Army of the Great Xia Army had all flown to the top of the city wall. The defenders on the wall had sore necks from looking at it. Many people in the city also saw this magnificent scene at this moment. Time seemed to have stopped at this moment.
The city became extremely quiet.
Even the shouts of the vendors could no longer be heard.
Someone whispered, "What is that?"
Some people shook their heads: "I don't know, I've never seen it."
"Could it be that the gods have come down to earth to protect us?"
"...The gods shouldn't come down like this!"
"They seem to be flying from outside the city... Could they be enemies stationed outside the city?"
"If this enemy can fly like this, how can General Hamil resist it?"
“…I’m afraid Ephesus is in danger!”
At this moment, in the city guard's mansion, Marquis Wellis had just fallen asleep on the bed.
His spirit had been tortured during these days, and he had been worried for such a long time. He finally figured out one thing - there was no way the enemy could break through the city of Ephesus!
He finally felt much more relaxed and was able to fall asleep peacefully. He even had a wonderful dream!
In the dream, under his command, the enemies on the opposite side died one after another, the area outside the city turned into a lake of blood, and the enemy corpses piled up like mountains, but the city of Ephesus remained as impregnable as ever. The enemy troops were all wiped out, and Ephesus was safe and sound.
This is a huge victory!
He will surely be rewarded by the great Seleucus I, and he will surely jump from a marquis to a duke of the Seleucid Empire!
The great empire now has only one Duke Soya!
And he, Wellis, is about to set off for the imperial capital to receive the reward. With the title of duke, his family's power will be further enhanced, and perhaps he will be able to win Prince Arthur's eldest daughter, the woman who exudes infinite charm like a vixen!
“My Lord Marquis… My Lord Marquis…!”
An urgent voice suddenly sounded in the ears of Marquis Wellis.
Are we almost in the imperial capital?
He opened his eyes and suddenly asked, "When will the king receive me?"
His guard commander was stunned, "...My Lord, His Majesty the King has not ordered you to return to the imperial capital!"
"That's called Ben Hou..."
He woke up and saw the bearded face in front of him. His expression suddenly became gloomy - it was a beautiful dream, but it was broken by this guy!
"Do you know that I have ordered that no one should disturb you when you are sleeping?"
The guard leader quickly bowed and saluted: "My Lord, you also said that if any emergency occurs, you must be woken up at any time."
Marquis Wellis frowned and asked, "Is there an emergency?"
"My Lord, please come out and take a look!"
Marquis Wellis walked out in his nightgown, cursing, "These damn Peacock people, wait and see how I'm going to deal with them..."
He stood outside the city guard's mansion and looked up to see those densely packed...fireballs floating in the sky?
"What is this?"
"My Lord, I don't know either!"
"Get the telescope!"
Marquis Wellis took the telescope, looked up at the sky, and then...
He suddenly opened his mouth!
He saw someone dropping something from those huge balloons?!
Throwing stones?
How many people can this kill?
General Hammill must have noticed this anomaly long ago. He would have told his soldiers to hide first, and then the enemy's trick would have been useless...
His thoughts paused at this moment, and he only felt a continuous sound of explosions of "boom, boom, boom..." suddenly coming from his ears!
He frowned. This was the same sound as the cannons on the city wall firing. Could it be that the enemy outside the city launched an attack, and General Hammill was fighting back with cannons?
It must be like this!
But then his eyes widened and he saw flames shooting up into the sky!
The fire was so bright that it was obviously burning somewhere in the city walls and the city within the walls!
"No! Take my armor!"
Marquis of Wellis put on his armor, carried a musket, mounted his horse and galloped towards the city wall.
There was already a sound of wailing on the city wall!
Those soldiers saw with their own eyes the bombs falling from the sky!
They didn't know they were bombs, but mistakenly thought they were rocks. General Hammill was no exception, as this thing was beyond their comprehension.
They did find places to hide, such as in arrow towers and beacon towers.
but……!
Those things that fell on the city wall exploded violently. The momentum was not weaker than the cannon attack on the city wall. On the contrary, the scene like a landslide was far beyond their imagination!
The city walls trembled under the dense attacks of bombs and missiles falling from the sky. Arrow towers collapsed, beacon towers collapsed, many people died, and wailing sounds accompanied by explosions resounded through the sky!
General Hammill was shouting like crazy: "Disperse... disperse... take cover..."
Under the powerful fire suppression, the soldiers on the city wall had no power to resist at all!
All they wanted now was to escape, because they felt this was God's punishment for them.
If it weren't God, how could there be this huge divine object in the sky?
Where did such a powerful weapon come from that fell from the sky?
Lu Linfeng from the Third Division of the First Army of the Great Xia Army was looking at the battlefield through a telescope at this moment.
He grinned: "Yu Dingshan's bombing is getting more and more accurate..."
"Everyone of the Third Division, obey orders..."
"Charge! Take the wall!"
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