Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

"Ah... I'm sorry!" Although Azuna apologized, the joy in her face was still unstoppable.

Christoia, who was lying on the bedside, looked at her and couldn't help being infected with her, showing a smile: "I heard your laugh very far away, let's say, what's the good?"

"Madame, Mrs. Agnes...Oh no, two princesses! Congratulations, the Senate has just announced that Lord Davis will be King Dionysian!" Azuna said with joy in her heart. come out.

Christie’s pretty face was also filled with joy, completely covering the weakness after childbirth.At this moment, she suddenly remembered: After one time of love, Davers once said with enthusiasm,'Little Cyrus is nothing great, I will make you a princess in the near future!'...Daveus, he really did it!

Agnes is not as excited as Christosia and Asuna. After all, Great Greece has been away from the king's government for hundreds of years. There is not much feeling about it. She is just happy for her husband.

"The two princesses, when Cynthia and Adores come back from the school, we will hold a banquet to celebrate this good news, how?!" Azuna made a suggestion, and Kristoa shook her head only after a little thought. Said: "Now the people of the Union are worried about the war and their loved ones. When we hold a banquet to celebrate at this time, it will be offensive and will damage Davies' reputation!"

"Master Princess is right." Azuna said quickly.

"Don't say the word "Princess", things have not been completely determined, let's not be too proud!" Kristoa reminded her again.

"Yeah, I think it's still a good old name, it makes people feel kind." Agnes interjected: "Not tonight we will sacrifice to the gods at home, thank them for their blessing to us, and hope they can Bless Daveus to come back safe and sound!"

"Sister's proposal is so good! We should offer sacrifices to Hades, thank him for blessing our husband! At the same time -" Christoya looked at Agnes with a smile: "We also want La sacrifice, thank her for blessing me to give birth to a healthy Yunis, and hope she can bless you to give birth to a child!"

"Hmm!" Agnes gently stroked her slightly convex belly, showing a motherly smile.

"Wow! Wow! Wow!..." At this time, Yunis in the cradle woke up.

"Ouch, my little princess!" Azuna hurriedly walked over and opened the diaper. "She pulled, there are a lot of them!" Said, changing the diaper skillfully...

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Early in the morning, the people of Crotone were awakened by the sound of a long blasting horn outside the city.

"What happened?"

"I'm afraid the Syracuse people are going to attack the city!"

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The people looked anxiously at the city where the soldiers were standing in the distance.

Suddenly, a black spot flew across the wall.

"Hurry to avoid!" The people reminded each other, looking at the direction the stone projectile came from, and ran away.They are already familiar with the terrible weapon of Syracuse, and its attacks on Crotone have not stopped in recent days.

But today's situation is obviously different from the previous two days. Stone bombs flew over the city head one by one, hitting the blocks close to the city wall in the city, which soon caused the houses to be broken and rubble all over.The people helped the injured relatives and fled...

Stone bombardments bombarded the walls again and again, causing the stone skins to fall one by one...

Lucias, who was watching all this at the head of the city, began to be anxious: "Why didn’t Dionysia’s ballistas keep fighting back, letting the enemy launch such unscrupulous shots?"

"Master Lucias, the Dionysians have no way." Ascamas, who has communicated with the Ballista team many times, explained: "The tower on our city wall is too narrow to fit a crossbow. Cannon, they can only put the ballista under the city. But the wall is too high, the ballista has to raise the elevation angle, so the range will be shorter..."

"That means they can't attack the enemy's ballista!" Lucias understood.

"Yes. So the Dionysians suggested that we should not expose us with ballistas and wait for the enemy to attack hard, then give them a heavy blow." Astamas said that he did not like Dionysian before, but At present, the enemy is well aware of the importance of unity, so he said frankly: "I think this method is feasible."

Lucias thought for a moment and reluctantly endorsed the recommendations of the Dionysian ballista team: "But what do we do now? The number of ballistas used by the enemy today is obviously more than the previous two days. I am afraid that the wall will be collapsed. !"

"Relax, this won't happen for a while." Askamas comforted him. "We now have to wait for the enemy to attack and then beat them! I believe that the Syracuse will take action soon!"

Askamas was talking, but his eyes had been fixed on the wide fortified wall higher than the city wall built by the Syracuse people dozens of meters directly in front of the city. Ballista, this is what really threatens the defense of the city.Yesterday he sent soldiers to venture out of the city, trying to destroy it, but was defeated by the long-defended Syracuse.He also thought about digging a tunnel in the past. The moat was surrounded by a moat outside the city. When the tunnel was dug below the moat, there was seepage, which scared the soldiers to retreat quickly, otherwise they would be drowned in the tunnel.Finally, the Dionysians told him,'There is a way to destroy that barrier.'Just let him rest for a while.

Askamas knows: Don’t look at the fact that there is no one above the earth barrier. When the siege begins, it will be filled with Siracusa archers and shoot arrows at the soldiers on the head of the city...

"I'm going to see the Trina people, and I will leave it to you here!" Lucias solemnly said, the continuous roar made him feel very nervous, as if the city wall would collapse at any time, so he wanted to hurry leave here.

Just today, Cypros led the Trina soldiers to defend the North City, as Crotone's chief general, of course, it is necessary to console.At the same time, there are thousands of soldiers in the Xiliting defending the South City, which is also a force that can be relied on.Because Syracuse slaughtered the city of Sirithine, the relatives and friends of these soldiers were either killed, sold as slaves, or escorted to foreign land. Hope the Syracuse people come to attack.

Lucias was just about to leave, but the guard sent an urgent report: Countless Siracusa warships appeared outside the port, preparing to break into the bay.

Crotone is somewhat similar to Tarantum. Their port and city are integrated, but the port is built in the bay. Because the bay is larger, the Crotonene is impossible to blockade, so it is an enemy. When the fleet entered, it was possible to land on the side and rear of the city of Crotone (that is, southeast of the city). Although the city wall was also built there, while defending the wall, you must also be alert to the enemy’s invasion of the port and landing at the dock This requires high command and judgment of the generals, especially when Crotone does not have much strength.

"We need an experienced general to command the few soldiers in the port area and stop the enemy from sneaking into our rear!" Askamas said solemnly.

Lucias understood what he meant and said without hesitation: "I will send Milon."

Milon, the former chief general of Crotone, was ousted by Crotole citizens after leading the army to Dionysia. He had to run to the Peloponnese peninsula not far from Crotone , Hermited in the coastal town of Corin in Ellis.

It wasn't until Syracuse's army invaded Great Greece that Crotone decided to recall the former exiles in order to work together to fight the Syracuse.As soon as Miron received the news, he returned to Crotone, but Crotone’s army had already set off for Siriting, so he had been staying in the city as an ordinary citizen until today.

After hearing the words of Lucias, Askamas showed a smile, but the smile soon disappeared, because the enemy began to attack...

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A few hundred meters away, the large, loose, seemingly endless battle front of Siracusa was slowly approaching the city walls.At the forefront are some strangely shaped engineering instruments pushed by the Syracuse, such as siege hammers, and many wooden wheels like siege hammers that have a covered roof, built-in personnel, and a length of five or six meters. car……

What worries Askamas most are the three huge, mobile wooden towers that are taller than the city walls.Although Askamas saw it for the first time in the war, he immediately flashed a word in his mind-siege tower. I heard that the Syracuses had captured Sicily with the siege tower. Many cities in Upper Carthage, when they saw the real thing this time, shocked him so much.

The soldiers were shocked and at a loss to see the huge engineering tower slowly approaching them.

"Get up!" Askamas shouted loudly, continuing to cheer the soldiers up, and also cheering himself up: "Don't look at that thing as big, but it can't pass the moat!"

Yes, there is a moat, that monster can't get through!The soldiers relaxed for a while, and then they saw the enemy's siege train stopped moving forward. Thousands of naked men walked out of them, carrying bags, walking staggering toward the wall, and behind them was fully armed The light infantry of Syracuse, pushing the arrow car followed closely...

Is it a slave of Syracuse, ready to fill our moat?!Colebus and the companions around him held the same idea, clenching their javelins and bows.

Askamas felt a little uneasy in his heart.