Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

Bagul listened to his sister-in-law's words, his expression gradually became firm, he said aloud: "You are right, I am a Lucania, but I am also a citizen of Dionysian, we can not let this unified Lu Good opportunity for Carnia!"

"Brother, there is a problem now." Yasisters saw Bagul's thoughts, and immediately asked: "Picosis' strength has grown too fast. You see, do we need to increase the support of Kexima their tribe?"

"We don't do anything until the cunning Cincinnati is convinced that we are in trouble." After releasing the confusion, Bakule has devoted himself to the battle that is about to begin, as the third army Grumman Tum’s actual commander showed his determination and determination: “And these tribes in the south have been informed by us in advance, they have already been prepared, and now everything is ready, just wait for the commander of the army, Hironimus and Lizalu and his team arrived, and I believe Lizalu is eagerly looking forward to using a big victory to wash away the shame he suffered at the Isthmus Games!"

Although Yasistus also looked forward to the battle as soon as possible, he was assisted by Daguers as an assistant of Baguel to'help Bagule organize to complete the battle plan of Grummentum', so he considered the problem I have to be more detailed in order to help the tyrant Bagole to fill in the vacancies: "Potentia has not yet made any movements, is there any problem?"

"Relax, the Potentians have been frightened by the last defeat. They want to defend the Samones and can’t afford the big losses. And, as far as I know, their chieftain Puamott is a Very stable person, I am afraid that when he wants to act, we have already launched an attack under the city of Picos!" Bagul laughed confidently.

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Nikulu fled back to Cosenza, and Pianlun was surprised. After listening to Nikulu's story about his encounter, he was surprised and regretful again: the news that the Dionysian fortress was built so quickly It shocked him, and when he knew that Bisinia was captured by the Dionysians, and sent Bisinian fighters to attack was indeed a faint move made in his anxiety, under the embarrassment that the Bruty fighters were in short supply. In this way, more than two thousand elite soldiers were disintegrated, which really distressed him!

Although Nikulu assured him that as long as he came to the front during the war, these Bisinians would not fight immediately even if they did not immediately turn.

Pi Anlun didn't intend to believe him completely. This grumpy, brutal and powerful Bisinian chief was not likely to be overwhelming at all. The rebellion of Bisinian soldiers also had a lot to do with him.

At this time, Pi Anlun can only press the anxious mood, while strictly ordering other tribes to send as many soldiers as possible, while waiting for the arrival of the army led by Petaru.

At dusk, not only Petaru led the army, but also the chief of the Ambania, Bogham, also led the army to meet, Pi Anlun was calm in his heart.

In the early morning of the next day, 11,000 Cosenza warriors, 2,500 Ambalia warriors, and 5,000 other race warriors led by Pianlun, Petaru, Bergam, and Nikulu, a total of nearly 20,000, also returned Two thousand slaves marched eastward together.

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"Big leader, no good! The enemy is about to start siege!" Pangelu was not too nervous when he heard the report from his men. After Nikulu and Bergam led the soldiers away, Diao continued for two days. The Niahs did not show up, so he began to believe what Bergam said: Knapetia was not the focus of the Dionysian offensive!

"What a panic! Didn't the Dionysians have not attacked before, were they all easily repelled by us! Rest assured, with the strong walls of Knapitia, the Dionysians have no way to take us!" Pan Gelu cheered his men.

"But the Dionysians were different this time. They were digging the earth..."

"Digging?"

By the time Pangelu rushed to the city wall, the soldiers of the 4th Legion of Dionysia had paved the slopes 100 meters away from the wall with earth and stone to create a flat ground with a length of about 20 meters.

Then Pangelu saw that the Dionysians placed wooden shelves about one person tall on it... Bruty warriors all wondered what it was. Many people thought: This is The Greeks sacrificed to their gods.

Pan Gailu stared closely at the front, watching the enemies lift the wooden boxes to the wooden frame, and the uneasiness in his heart gradually increased...

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"Are you ready? Can you launch?" Hilos came to the front of what Davos called the "Ballista", and was looking forward to asking the captain with the red crown.

The ballista captain replied embarrassedly: "We also need to watch our hands to locate the ballista."

This watcher was an apprentice from the Mathematics Institute built by Davers. He was standing in front of the captain's side. After hearing Silos's question, Yu Wen turned back and said: "Yes, but We have to try a shot first."

He pointed to the wall in front of him and added: "Although it is about a hundred meters away from the wall, the city of Knapetiya is higher and not on the same plane as the ballista. It is not easy to judge the landing point. I need to finish the test. After the results, do the correction."

The captain nodded his head to show that Silos was at a loss. He knew that he could not learn all kinds of knowledge as easily as Daphes, and he became one with those scholars who had learned so much.He couldn't understand it, but he knew that since the sight was picked by Davos from the mathematics institute he valued, there must be no problem with his ability.

"Place the elevation rod in the middle position and pull the bowstring to the maximum scale." Guan Zishou said.

Immediately, the captain ordered all the ballistas loudly.

The ballistas immediately turned the multiple sets of pulleys at the end of the ballista, and the iron hooks also began to pull the bowstrings of the thickness of the fingers outward (this is the improvement of the Siracusa ballista after the study of the pulley by Martiniques achieved certain results. , Making it easier for the artillery to pull the bowstring), as the bowstring moves more and more backward, the section of the two wooden crossbow arms fixed on the iron main beam by the torsion spring group also moves backward, not only the two crossbows The gunner felt a little bit hard, and even the torsion spring set in the main beam made a "creak" sound, the crossbow arm even showed a slight bend, the bowstring was pulled to the position of the last scale of the guide rail, the crossbow gunner was busy catching the pulley Of the shaft.

"The ballista is ready!" The captain ordered, so the ballistas took out a double-fisted stone bomb from the wooden box next to it (it was mixed with "Daveus cement" gravel and placed in a circular mold to solidify It was finished by the slave, so the shape is round and smooth), put it in the woven mesh bag in the middle of the bow string.

"Fire!" At the command of the captain, the ballistas pressed the circlips, and the spring group formed by two thick beef tendons twisted tightly caused the pulled crossbow arms to rebound suddenly, and the huge force generated by the torsion force The bowstring, which drives the stone projectile to roll forward on the smooth guide rails like lightning, and then through the circular hole at the middle end of the main beam.

At the sound of "exhalation", under Hilos' gaze, the stone projectile flew out, turning into a small black spot in the air in a blink of an eye.

In Pan Gairu's field of vision, the dots in the air quickly grew larger. In the exclaiming of the soldiers, it leaped across the city wall, fell into the city, and smashed through the roof of a family, causing alarm.

The soldiers panicked and discussed what it was.

Pan Gairu's face was gloomy: This is undoubtedly Dionysia's new siege weapon, but why was it not used some time ago, but only after they left Nikuru and Bergam, they began to use it to siege?Is it all planned in advance?

"The elevation angle is high, and the firing distance is about 300 meters." The observing hand observed the flight path of the completed stone projectile and made a rough judgment.He took a closer look at the comparison table of elevation angle, torque scale and range drawn by the Institute of Mathematics based on the newly researched parabolic equation, and then said: "The elevation bar is placed forward, the bow string is still pulled to the maximum , Letting go."

When the captain gave the order, while the ballista was busy, the watchman said to Silos: "According to our research, the upper and middle sections of the general city wall are relatively weak. Our ballistas should try to concentrate on bombing this area of ​​this wall... "

Silos listened carefully and nodded.

The stone bomb flew out again, this time hitting the wall accurately, a "bang" made a loud noise, the gravel was scattered, and the enemy's cry of excitement was still clearly heard 100 meters apart.

Observers and captains were clearly satisfied with the location of the bombardment, so they continued to order: "All ballistas fired according to the previous settings."

More than a dozen stone bombs flew out one after another, bursting into blooming "stone flowers" on the enemy's city walls.

"Keep firing, don't stop!" Hilos was obviously satisfied with the power of the ballista, but he was not completely dependent on this secret weapon. He had another hand to prepare: "Order the soldiers to start the causeway!"

The herald soldiers ordered to leave.

Hilos turned and said to Cipros, who had always been behind him, "Master Cipros, I hope your men can also participate in assisting the siege."

"Don't be so polite, Commander Hilos, please order!" Cipros said humbly, his gaze did not deviate from the stone screaming in the air, and a roar came to his heart. It was shocking: Dionysians The invention of this siege weapon and the four-meter-high engineering tower that is being stepped up in the camp, and which city-state wall can resist the attack of the Dionysians, even if the Greeks have defeated the war, as long as they hide in the city Will the era when we can resist the attack of powerful enemies end here?

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In the conference hall of the city of Bisinia, the head of the Third Army, Drakos, was sitting in the center. On the left were the seven captains, on the right were Bacilipi and Brim, who was persuaded by Bacilipi, and the original The newly elected Kreru of the Nikulu family (that is, the young man who took the lead in leading the four fighters of Bisinia to drive away Nikulu).