Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

By dusk, the leading troops of Syracuse had actually arrived in the city of Hebernian, from Lokeri through Medema, to Hepburn, with a journey of more than one hundred miles. The army of Dionysius used It took more than a day to force the march and actually completed this journey, which was considered to be a miracle.

The dynamic nature caused by the successive arrival of the Syracuse army alarmed the spies of Trina who had been closely watching the dynamics of Hibernian during this time. They quickly returned to Ramato, more than 50 miles away from Hibernian Trina City on the Hebei shore.

The army of Syracuse is here!!!

The shocking news shook the entire city of Trina. Both the ordinary people and the members of the council were terrified. They never expected that the Syracuse people approached Trina on the third day after landing.

According to the plan originally formulated by the South Italian League, the most important main force for the defense of the Lamato River-Crotone’s troops are still far from arriving, and the Siriting has only sent a few thousand civilian soldiers to the Ramato River. Upstream, the entire Ramato River line of defense has not been established at all, and it can be said to be full of holes.If the Syracuse launches an attack tomorrow, it will easily break through the Ramato River and enter the Plain of Overmia, and Trina will be first poisoned by the flames of war.

The situation was urgent, and the Trina Council had no time to argue. They made a quick decision under the leadership of the chief general Siplos, who was elected last year: First, send someone to Crotone immediately, urging it to dispatch as quickly as possible The main force rushed to the Ramato River; secondly, they immediately rushed to the Siriting, demanding that they go all out to defend the Ramato River; thirdly, they immediately rushed to Knapitia to Dioni Asia for help; fourth, send someone to Kaurnia immediately, requesting the division of the 4th and 5th Legion of Dionia to rescue...

For Cypros, who has always admired Dionysia, he relied more on the well-trained Dionyan Corps than the protracted civic soldiers in Siriting and Crotone, so Triner adopted Half of the emergency measures are related to Dionia.

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On this day, soldiers outside the Dionysian camp in Kaurenia continued to improve their defenses. However, as the reconnaissance swiftly returned, the camp's alert sound was sounded.The soldiers immediately carried cross picks, shovels, lifted wooden baskets and other equipment, quickly returned to the camp, and closed the camp door.

"The Syracuse finally attacked!" Dracos excitedly put on the armor with the help of the guards, and asked the adjutant: "What instructions is there in Felix?"

"Let us defend ourselves." The adjutant replied.

"It's quite fun!" Draco muttered a few times, putting on a purple crowned helmet that symbolizes the status of the commander of the legion, and fastened the cheek ears: "Let's go, let's see how powerful Syracuse is!"

The 4th and 5th Corps of Dionysia actually built two camps. The 4th Corps was on the west side and the 5th Corps was on the east side, connected by a tunnel in the middle.

Therefore, for the convenience of command, the Siracusa-Lokeri coalition forces also divided the troops into two parts. The Syracuse army led by Fasi Pesas attacked the east battalion, and the general Locke Diopantos attacked the west battalion. .

Due to the short time, the Syracuse did not build the siege tower, not even the ladder, but Diopantos still had the confidence to turn the temptation into a strong attack in return for his return to Croto a few years ago. The disgrace of being forced to retreat by the Dionysian army without fighting in the country.

Under the guidance of the rhythmic brass trumpet, the 20,000 offensive troops in the swaying Lory slowly moved forward until they were about 500 meters from the Dionysian camp. Diopantos raised his arm high and the trumpet stopped. The army stopped one after another, and the array became uneven.

"Push Ballista!" Diopantos ordered loudly.Yes, his reliance was the ballistic artillery that Siracusa brought.

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The Dionysian Corps was busy for a day yesterday, but it just dug trenches, built earth barriers and wooden fences, and had no time to dig traps outside the camp, not even Luzhai. The engineers and craftsmen of the engineering camp also Speeding up to build the sentry tower.

When the first outpost was built, Felius and Epidnis immediately climbed up to the outpost and looked out, just to see the Rockleys push out dozens of ballistas from the team.

Epitanes was not surprised at all, because in the camp just below the outpost were also neatly placed ten ballistas that were smaller than the Siracusa Ballista.He frowned slightly and pointed to the front. He turned around and asked the young man on the sentry with them: "Kurdorod, do you think our ballista can destroy them?"

Kurdolod is from the Mathematics College of Dionysian Academy. According to the newly revised “Dionysian Military Law” of the previous two years: each legion must be equipped with ten ballistas while the sighting hand is There must be excellent students of Dionysia Academy, because they can quickly calculate the appropriate landing point according to the parabolic equation to improve the accuracy of their launch.

Although Kurdolod has participated in military training many times, this is the first time he has been on the battlefield.Looking at the dense enemy in the distance, he was nervous: "Too...too far, I am afraid it is...difficult."

Felicius patted his shoulder kindly and comforted him: "Relax, young man. It's normal to feel nervous for the first time on the battlefield. Don't worry, no matter how many enemies come, our heroic legionnaires will Drive them away."

Kurdorod nodded, he swallowed and looked forward again, then he summoned the courage and said: "I... I suggest bringing the enemy closer, so that the power of our ballista can be more effective. ."

"It's the same as I thought!" Epitanis praised, and seriously looked at the young man, with a strange light in his eyes: "You are very good, young man."

Seeing this, Felix choked slightly.

At this time, the heralds of the Fifth Legion rushed to the outpost: "Master Commander, Commander Drakos asked to wait for the enemy to enter a distance of 200 meters before firing the ballista, so as not to scare them away."

"200 meters?!" Epitanius shrugged. "This Draco is really greedy!"

"He is the same as we thought!" Felius smiled.

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As the captain of the team, Effie Alter and his teammates stood behind the earth barrier and watched a huge stone bomb whizzing from the enemy formation, hitting the camp, making a loud noise and setting off a layer of dust, they They did not show much anxiety because they did not know how many times they had practiced with the ballista units during their military training. They were quite familiar with this amazing long-range weapon, so despite the momentum caused by enemy ballistas outside the camp Astonishing, the soldiers were still in a mood to laugh and laugh.

They asked Effie Alter for the details of going to the Hera celebration and envied the special privileges of their newlyweds at the celebration. They all expressed that they must also go to Turi to attend the Hera celebration when they get married.

As the enemy array gradually approached, the ballista pushed forward, and the impact point continued to move forward.

When the stone bomb fell from the sky, hit the camp, and fell into the trench, the captains of the legion issued instructions: "Cover by the wall!"

As Effie Alter led his teammates to rely on the ground and lay down, Kurdolod's voice passed from the sentry tower: "250 meters!"

"No hurry, no hurry." Epitanis hugged his chest with both hands and patted his shoulders, trying to suppress the excitement.

"Bang!" A stone bomb hit the wooden fence, and the broken wood chips fell on the heavily armed soldier, causing no harm.

"Hoo!" A few more stone bombs roared, crossed the wooden fence, and fell into the camp. They smashed several tents, but there were several screams and laughter.

Kurdolod stared closely at the ground in front of the outpost.Yesterday, while the soldiers stepped up to build the camp, the ballista team was not idle. They surveyed the ground outside the camp and left some marks. This mark may be a transplanted wild grass, a strange piece Rock, an oblique stick...

"200 meters!" Kurdolod shouted excitedly.

"It's ready to launch." Epitanis waved.

"30-degree elevation, medium-sized stone bomb, full string!" Kurdolod reported the data quickly.

The ballista captain, who had been listening to him for a long time, immediately repeated Kurdoro’s words. The soldiers quickly turned the pulley, pulled the bow string, hooked with the iron hook, and then put about 6 kg of stone bombs into the smooth bore (after several years For further research and improvement of ballistas, Dionia’s ballistas are divided into two types. One is the siege ballista, which is large in size, and the weight of the projectiles fired is more than 20 kg. The target of the attack is mainly the city wall. , Construction, etc., the other is the defensive ballista, small size, light weight, and good accuracy, two or three people can carry it, the fired stone bomb weighs 3 kg to 10 kg, and the target is the army, siege equipment) .

Since it is not a battle, the enemy’s formation is relatively loose, but the 20,000-person team is still dense, so the first round of attacks must be seized.To this end, Kurdolard first set the impact point of the ballista in the center of the enemy formation.

"Fire!" The ballista captain waved his right arm vigorously.

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Diopantos watched as the stone bombs roared into the Dionysian camp, and he felt a light heart.

At the beginning of the movement of the army towards the enemy battalion within 500 meters, he was also worried about being hit by Dionysian slingers, because he heard that most of Dionysian slingmen came from Rhode Island, and the flying stones threw far away Also accurate.But when the troops advanced to 300 meters from the enemy battalion, the Dionysians still did not respond, and he was completely relieved.