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Musius looked behind for a while, sighed,

"Let the soldiers withdraw."

Although all the Roman soldiers were elite, the pontoon bridge was narrow, and they could not give full play to their superiority in strength.

The orientals occupy a favorable location, and if this continues, they can only give away their heads.

Musius frowned and looked at the clerk beside him,
"What do you think we should do?"

The clerk thought for a while, then said slowly,

"We can build a few more pontoons side by side."

"That's a good idea."

Musius frowned instantly.

As long as there is enough space for the Romans to spread out, it is only a matter of time before they break into the fortress.

So Mucius asked the soldiers to wait in place temporarily, and sent a team of cavalry to search for the Egyptian boat along the Suez River.

Fortunately, many Egyptians lived nearby by fishing on the river. It didn't take long for the Romans to find dozens of small boats.

Musius originally thought that the Easterners would come out to interfere with their pontoon bridge.

But until the pontoon bridge was built, no Orientals came forward.

This made him breathe a sigh of relief.

After the construction of the two new pontoon bridges was completed, the Romans reorganized their offensive under the orders of Musius.

Three pontoon bridges and three teams of Roman soldiers rushed towards the fort at the same time.

Just when Musius thought that he could successfully take down the fortress this time, he saw a large number of Orientals swarming out of the fortress.

Holding crossbow arrows and another strange weapon, they stood at the bridgehead and started shooting at the Roman soldiers.

"Bang bang bang..."

A series of crackling sounds echoed across the Suez River.

Among the bullets that hit his head and face, there are also crossbow arrows whistling past!
The Roman soldiers who had no cover could only try to raise the round shield in their hands, trying to resist.

But in front of the powerful muskets and crossbow bolts, how ridiculous this is.

The soldiers at the front were instantly smashed into sieves including their shields and men.

Naturally, the Romans behind will inevitably suffer the same fate!

One after another, the corpses fell from the pontoon bridge into the river.

The river was dyed red all of a sudden!

Looking at the scene in front of him, although Musius looked calm, his eyes were full of shock and uneasiness!
The resistance of these Orientals is so tenacious!
How to do this now?
Musius had a headache.

If the two sides fought on the plain with real knives and guns, he was very confident that he would be able to defeat the enemy.

But the enemy is unwilling to fight with you head-on, just hiding in the fortress and guarding the narrow pontoon bridge.

No matter how many troops Musius has, he can only look at the bridge and sigh for a while!
When he was frowning and thinking about how to defeat the enemy's strategy, he saw the clerk at the side stunned, and then shouted excitedly,
"My lord, look quickly!"

Musius was taken aback and looked in the direction he pointed.

I saw several warships with sails suddenly appear on the river to the north.

It can be seen from the flags hoisted on the warships that these are the navy of the Roman Empire!
Musius was also overjoyed!

He quickly mounted a war horse, led several followers, and ran towards the Roman warship.

After Musius approached, the Roman soldiers on the warship lowered their anchors, and the ship stopped slowly.

Musius stepped onto the deck and strode to the bow.

A rough-looking man with a big beard was at the bow of the boat, he bowed when he saw him coming,
"I have seen the governor."

"So it was you, Planck."

Musius couldn't help laughing.

The man in front of him named Planck was a high-ranking officer in the Roman Navy and had a friendship with Musius.

"Officer Comasson received your letter and specially ordered me to come to help."

Planck said with a smile,

"I brought a total of five quinqueremes."

"Only five?"

Musius was a little disappointed.

The quinquereme was the most powerful warship in the Roman Empire. Each ship had [-] oarsmen, [-] soldiers, and [-] sailors.

With five warships, there are less than 1000 people.

But Musius quickly perked up.

It doesn't matter how many soldiers Planck brings.

As long as the warship is driven near the fortress, the soldiers can be on board and suppress the Dragon Kingdom people in the fortress with bows and arrows, so that Muxius' army can take the opportunity to cross the river.

In this way, the capture of the fortress is just around the corner!

The two just discussed it briefly, and then followed Musius' plan.

Under the yelling of the sailor, the oarsmen in the cabin, who were slaves, rowed the oars and moved towards the fortress.

Less than a hundred steps away from the pontoon bridge, the warships dropped their anchors one after another and stopped.

Planck commanded the Roman soldiers to take up their bows and arrows, and use the cover of the ship's hull to stand ready.

On the other side of the land, the clerk of Musius took the opportunity to order the Roman soldiers to reorganize the team and launch another attack on the fortress!
And all of this fell into the eyes of the Dragon Kingdom people in the fortress.

"Your Majesty...how should this be done?"

Deng Ai couldn't help but asked Cao Mao.

The Romans hiding on the boat were condescending, and they could easily be suppressed with bows and arrows, preventing them from going out.

The Romans on the other side of the river can easily pass the pontoon bridge to the east bank of the river.

Cao Mao remained silent, but looked outside the fortress.

Seeing this situation, Cassiopeia's beautiful eyes flashed with sadness.

Could it be that he is really helpless, and he has to embark on the journey of escape again?

At this moment, Cao Mao suddenly smiled brightly.

"It's just a few Roman warships, nothing to worry about."

Cassiopeia was startled, not understanding what Cao Mao meant.

But he slowly raised his hand and pointed to the east of the Suez River.

Everyone looked in the direction he pointed, and they were all taken aback.

Not far away, a huge warship was rapidly approaching here!
A flag embroidered with a golden dragon hangs on the bow, it is the Dragon Kingdom warship!
"It's our own warship!"

Jiang Wei came back to his senses with ecstasy on his face!

Although Deng Ai was relatively calm, it was difficult to conceal the excitement in his heart.
"Haha, let's see how arrogant the Romans are!"

At the same time, the Romans outside the fort also noticed the approaching warship!

Musius and Planck looked at each other, their hearts sank!
At this moment, the two finally understood why the Easterners gave up attacking Thrace and instead attacked the Suez Canal!
It turned out that they planned to send warships from the Red Sea through the Suez Canal and into the Mediterranean!

"This Eastern warship...is too big..."

Seeing the Dragon Kingdom navy warship getting closer and closer, Musius swallowed subconsciously!
In his cognition, the five-remes of the Roman Empire were already the largest warships.

But it is only one-third of the size of this Eastern warship!