With it was the Battle of the Border. It was uneventful, but Arabia won and took more desert. It was a snooze until the second one, which was a few months later. We encircled the Arabs and fought for a very long time. Overall, the Sumerians won and pushed further.
Then, we reached a city with some actual population, Riyadh. Its population was about 10,000, fairly large for a desert city. It was an important stop on the caravan trail, linking all of the trading cities of Arabia together. Instead of the Roman concept of all roads leading to Rome, all roads led to Riyadh. Dubai, Doha, and Aden might have been larger, but Riyadh linked them together. If the Sumerians captured Riyadh, then the rich Persian Gulf coast of Arabia would have to survive on its weak agricultural production.
Not only that, but Riyadh had the second-largest military academy in all of Arabia. A large amount of the Arab troops were trained at the Riyadh Academy, an increasing amount since last year.
After seeing that this was Riyadh, we decided to besiege the city. We had ladders which we climbed to get past the walls. Two divisions would guard and surround the north and south gates while the other one would vault over the ladders and onto the stone walls. Then, they would all jump down into the fields of wheat and the city, taking it by storm and opening the gates so the other two would get in. When they killed all the soldiers in Riyadh, the Sumerians would gain the most strategic city in all of Arabia.
It was determined that Annunaki’s troops would guard the south gate and the west gate (the main gate that had all the roads in the others and the gate leading to Mecca), another general, Shulgi, would guard the east and north gates (the least important, the east was a backup route for the Persian Gulf ports and the north was useless because Sumeria was controlling them, and I would lead my army over the walls.
They got into position, and when they did, we donned our disguises. Creeping low to the ground, nobody expected figures arising from the city walls. They did not see any of us and failed to act. Miraculously, An enabled all of my Vultures to get past the walls without even being noticed. Then, once we all were up, we opened the gates. Shulgi and Annunaki then rushed in, attacking all of the guards, the watchmen, and every soldier they saw. Nobody escaped unharmed. The Arabs took major casualties of 10,000 soldiers, including 2,500 newbloods being trained. The Sumerians only took 500 casualties. After many years, we had Arabia by the neck.