Battlefield of All Sides

Chapter 150 Taking the Outer City Easily

What Philip said was quickly verified. Before the troops arrived in Tire, news had already spread there.

The city of Tire has now banned Persians and Macedonians from entering the city-state, and the Macedonian merchants and tourists who entered the city have been driven out.

Alexander, who heard the news, was almost furious, and the troops were equally angry. He obviously hated the double-faced and three-handed approach of the Tyrians.

And Li Mu also knew that the city of Tire was doomed. They teased Alexander like this, and it seemed that they underestimated Alexander's strength.

After the whole army learned the news, they immediately accelerated their marching speed. Li Mu also urged the soldiers many times, telling them that there would be a tough battle ahead.

Li Mu didn't think that those Tyreans would be captured without a fight. He heard from Philip that the city of Tire was originally surrounded by mountains and seas, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and he even opened up a nice small island. On the island, and because it is close to the Mediterranean Sea, it has a long experience in sailing, so it has a very good navy.

These combat powers are dangerous to oneself no matter what, and this is why the largest city-state among the 25 city-states in Phoenicia dares to be so domineering.

But this is still a stupid decision. When facing Alexander, they shouldn't feel that he is an inland country like Babylon.

The troops had already arrived outside the city of Tire during the night.

The city of Tire has two parts. One part is on the continent of the eastern Mediterranean. It is surrounded by mountains in the east and surrounded by the sea in the west.

Li Mu just took a look at this place, and knew that this time he would definitely lose his troops.

But Alexander still did not change his purpose. He had already decided to launch an attack here, and he was not even willing to send a letter to this city of Tire to let them be captured without a fight.

After just one night's rest, in the early morning of the next day, Alexander began to gather the various troops. Although the phalanx troops could not be lined up in this kind of place, in order to take the lead in breaking through the outer city on the land, first give these troops Teaching the arrogant Tyrians a lesson, Alexander pushed all his troops up.

"What can I say, these damn Tyrians are completely treacherous, their arrogance has already gone to the bone."

"My teacher has told me many times in the past that Tire has developed for so many years, and these damned guys have already found a way to deal with the enemy."

"We can't lose this time. The city-states that just surrendered are all watching here. If we can't take it down, they will have other ideas by then."

Philip was chattering beside Li Mu. Although this guy was not very good at force, he came from an aristocratic background and received a good education, so he had a good understanding of the local customs and customs.

Especially facing the city of Tire, the admiration he showed for the temple and his dislike for the people of Tire were simply polarized, and this made him even more resentful towards this battle.

Li Mu didn't refute anything. This battle was very important to Macedonia, but the Macedonian phalanx he led couldn't play an important role at all, maybe it was just a spectator.

"Philip, it's useless for you to say these things now. You have the most important thing now." Li Mu said suddenly.

"What is it?" Philip asked.

"Improve your combat ability well, and make sure you won't die on such a battlefield." Li Mu shrugged and said, but Philip was a little stunned.

"Isn't there you? Why don't you protect me?"

Li Mu sighed: "This is on the battlefield, the only one who can really protect you at all times is yourself."

After Li Mu said this, he ignored Philip, but Philip looked stunned. Suddenly Li Mu said this, and he felt a little uneasy.

The troops were quickly assembled, and Alexander personally came to the front to supervise the battle. The city of Tire in the distance was also closing its gates.

Except for the Macedonian army outside the city, there were only people watching from a very far away, watching the battle that was about to break out in this place.

Li Mu's phalanx lined up a little behind, perhaps because there was not enough space for the phalanx to line up, and the phalanx was only a small supervisory force at the back.

In this battle, the previous stragglers were in the front row, and Alexander also explained to them that as long as they can break through the city, they can convert all those who have contributed to them into citizens.

Citizens of the Macedonian Empire.

Such an identity is an absolute temptation for these non-citizen civilians, as well as those slaves, and even those prisoners, so these people immediately waited to attack the city.

On the other hand, the city of Tire seemed to be at ease in the face of such a situation. The soldiers on the top of the city were not ready for battle, and it seemed that they were not afraid of the attack of these Macedonian soldiers.

After the sound of the horn, the troops officially began to attack. For the siege, the Macedonian soldiers used primitive trebuchets, and then the troops charged.

They did not build heavy siege vehicles here because there were not enough trees to help them build them, and Alexander also asked to take the entire city as soon as possible.

After the huge stone flew into the outer city of Tire, the soldiers also started to charge. Li Mu's troops did not move for the time being, but Li Mu was also paying close attention to the battle ahead.

There were also many stones thrown out of the city outside Tire soon. Their speed was fast and there were more of them. It was obvious that they already had the means to deal with it.

Although the stragglers did not suffer a fatal blow at this stage, the attacks gradually stalemate, and casualties have already occurred.

But the charge is still going on, and the battle here is particularly boring, almost relying on the crowd to rush to the city.

But when the stragglers arrived at the city, the attack on the top of the city did not seem to be very intensive, and the arrows they shot were not many, and the attack seemed to be a small fight.

It wasn't until the stragglers set up the ladders that the Tyrian soldiers began to counterattack step by step.

Although Alexander encouraged many stragglers, their quality is obvious. As the ladders were pushed down one by one, the attack entered a white-hot stage at this time.

Not only that, this situation has been continuing, and the casualties are still increasing, until Alexander can't stand it anymore.

He sent his real elite infantry. These people did not use spears, but the short swords and long shields in their hands were very sharp, and their equipment was more sophisticated, which was not comparable to that of the previous skirmishers.

And these people rushed up quickly under the leadership of Alexander's guard captain Ademitas, and reached the city in the fastest time.

They took over from the scattered soldiers, and after a while the results were outstanding. Li Mu saw that the captain of the guard had already climbed up to the top of the wall. Li Mu immediately turned around and ordered to his troops.

"Start advancing!"

Philip next to him heard Li Mu's words and quickly got up to direct. The phalanx of three to four thousand people began to move forward.

Li Mu's phalanx was the first to start moving, and when the phalanx began to approach the city wall, the suspension bridge on the side of the moat also slowly opened at this time.

Cheers erupted like a tsunami outside the city.

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(End of this chapter)