Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

"Well, you are the commander, you have the final say." Epithenis shrugged again at Philius and turned to complain to Agathia: "I said, Chief Executive, can I get some brothers? Wheat flour doesn’t even have oatmeal, at least it can be porridge. The brothers have been eating dried beef for two days, and now it’s a little difficult to shit."

"As the head of the Fourth Army, you don’t know that half of the soldiers of the Fourth Army are from here, and how can the people here treat their loved ones. But Asprostum is a small city with a small population, It’s not rich in wheat, and the people’s surplus grain has been eaten up by you in the past few days. Where is there grain?” Agacia said helplessly.

"Be patient, Syracuse’s cavalry has cut off our food transportation. I have asked the investigation team to bring the message of "Our food supply is difficult" to your majesty. I believe that it will not take long for His Majesty to lead the army, The food problem will be solved." Philius also comforted him.

"Wait! Wait! Still wait!..." Epidnis became more and more anxious since Draco's death. He did not want to stay in the mansion and said aloud: "I'll go to the city to see the situation. "

With that said, he strode out.

Agassia looked at Felixius, who was sitting in a daze. He deeply felt that Draco's death had a great impact on the two of them. How could he not be so.At the beginning, he invited Timmasong, Kriander and other former comrades to Dionysia. As a result, these people attacked Crimea without permission and triggered the second Crotone War. Although Crotone lost in the end, The power of Dionysia was expanded, and Daphes never blamed him, but he himself blamed himself abnormally.Since then, Agassia has put a lot of energy into political affairs to forget his inner guilt.After several years of hardening, he became the second person in this group of former mercenary veterans to be appointed as the Chief Executive (the first is Hilos) because of his good administrative ability.

With the accumulation of political experience and being in Asprostum, he has been dealing with Crotone for a long time. He knows how Crotonians are unwilling to lose the southern Italian overlord, especially in these few After the recovery of their strength in the year, they did not sing Daionia against the Taiwanese in the Southern Italian League. Therefore, he had another speculation in his heart about the order of King Deverth’s “no rush”: His Majesty seems to have let go Rakuza weakened Crotone's meaning.But in this way, does Dionia have the ability to independently defeat Syracuse?!

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The siege of Crotone has been fierce.

The Syracuse used the archers at the top of the tower's tower and the belly bow in the tower, while sweeping the defenders at the head of the city, and slowly approaching the city wall.

The Crotonenes also negotiated some methods for defending the siege tower within two or three days, such as long-range ballistic artillery attack and rocket attack; when the siege tower was close, they threw a tank, Burned with fire; at the same time, they also made a long iron-clad square wood to push the siege tower against the wall...

Even with such efforts, several siege towers approached the wall and laid down the wooden bridge. Syracuse soldiers surged through the siege tower and fought fiercely with the defenders.

Lucias dispatched troops to reinforce the emergency. After fierce fighting, they drove the enemies off the city one by one.

And just as the Crotonians put their main forces on the defense siege tower, the soldiers of Syracuse repeatedly climbed the head of the city through the cloud ladder and started a fierce battle with the defenders.

Crotone's coalition forces with Trina and Siriting have been stubbornly defending.

By the afternoon of the war, the siege of Syracuse shattered the northern gate of Crotone, but the Crotone people had already sealed the gate with stones and wood.

However, the joint use of several other siege vehicles and the Zhoushi vehicle eventually caused a section of the city wall to collapse, causing heavy casualties for the defenders on the city.

The Syracuse soldiers took the opportunity to quickly climb up the collapsed slope and wanted to rush into the city.

Fortunately, the reserve team organized by Lucias arrived in time. This team of free people, old people and teenagers relied on the large number of people and the fighting spirit to defend their homeland. They barely resisted the fierce attack of experienced Syracuse soldiers. .

It was dusk and the sky was getting dark, and the heads of coalition forces such as Lucias and Cypros all showed their joy, thinking that it was finally the end of the day's fighting.

However, Dionysius didn't even plan to retreat to the camp. He asked the slaves to push the wooden wheels, which were filled with wood, asphalt, resin, and oiled hemp. They pushed to the side of the moat, ignited with fire, and suddenly lit up fires, illuminating the entire wall.

Dionysius immediately ordered: sound the offensive bugle, sound the drum of war, and continue to attack the city!

The defender, who had been struggling hard and thought that the battle should end, saw that the Syracuse people retreated, and another wave of attacks came up, endlessly, and the morale of the defender was depressed.

The tireless siege efforts of the Syracuse finally paid off.Under the urging of the soldiers, after sacrificing countless lives, because of the weakening of the defense force, the upper city ramp built by the captives finally put the sandbags on the city wall.

The long-awaited soldiers of Syracuse rushed to the top of the city and started fighting with the defenders who came to intercept.The anxious Dionysius even let the guards around him join the battle in this city.

The defenders could no longer support it, and began to retreat, allowing the Syracuse to gain a foothold in the city head and quickly expand in other directions.

"Quick! Go to Lucias! Tell him, send reinforcements quickly, otherwise the North City can't hold it!" Askamas shouted desperately toward the herald.

However, at the moment, Crotone’s north, west, and south sides are under attack. The east port is to guard against the landing of a large number of enemy ships cruising offshore. The only reserve team is struggling to resist the enemy forces attacking from the gap in the city wall. There are extra reinforcements.

Just as Crotone’s generals were stretched by their forces, they watched as the enemies swarming the city raged, "Boom! ...Boom!......" There were several loud noises, and a section of the city wall was once again attacked by siege vehicles Defeated.In the dusty sky, with the roar of the Syracuse, the Crotonenes fighting for their homeland finally showed their fears, and under the cover of night, they began to cry in panic: "Flee! The enemy has come in. The city is broken!"

The reserve team, whose morale was not high, retreated, and soon the defenders in the city began to retreat...

The Syracuse people broke through the barriers of the city walls and rushed into the city, and the entire North City defense was completely broken.

Lucias, Sisprotis, and other high-level seniors were sad to see that the panicked soldiers ignored their dissuasion, and ran past them like a tide, and fled to the depths of the city; the people on both sides of the street also helped the elderly With the young, flee with them; cries, screams, and screams resound throughout the city...

Seeing the enemy defending the walls of the city and advancing towards the center of the city, Lucias was completely disorganized despite his anxiety, not knowing what to do.

At this time, a long dragon composed of torches appeared from the depths of the city: "Go to the Temple of Apollo!!! Go to the Temple of Apollo!!!!!!"

This neat shout reminded the panicking Crotone people, who, under the lighting of torches, stumbled towards the Temple of Apollo, the location of the Acropolis near the center of the city.

Lucias and his party also rushed over.

"Who made you do this?!" Lucias asked the torch soldier in a hurry.

"It's General Milon!" the soldier answered.

At this time, Milon was not a general at all, and his task of defending the port was still asked by Askamas, but this did not prevent the soldiers from respecting him.

Lucias did not care about this at the moment, but instead was grateful to Milon in his heart. If he did not take timely measures to guide the people to the Acropolis, the consequences would be unimaginable.

He looked back at the blazing city wall, watching some heavy soldiers still fighting desperately to block the enemy's attack, screaming one after another, and suddenly his heart was like a knife.

He was concerned to remind the soldiers beside him: "The enemy will soon be killed, and you must rush back to the Acropolis as soon as possible!" After finishing the speech, he and the others merged into the chaotic flow of people, they must go to the Acropolis in order to appease The panicked people maintained the order of the Acropolis, and at the same time organized the people to guard the last fortress of Crotone, the Acropolis.

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"Sir, we won! We broke through the city of Crotone!" Damocles was very excited.

Dionysius also couldn't hide his joy. After receiving the blessings from his attendants, he immediately prayed to Apollo piously to express his gratitude.

Amidst the cheers, Fibidas, who was in deep contemplation, looked a little different.Today’s siege warfare gave him great shock. Not only those clever and powerful siege equipments were made, but the organization of the entire large siege team was also quite orderly, but what surprised him was Dionysius. Si's fierceness.

Dionysius' painful killer against soldiers and troops who failed the siege attack and fled the battlefield, this is incredible!In the traditional Greek wars, there has never been a way to deal with deserters, and even Sparta has no such tradition. After all, the atmosphere of the entire Spartan society that respects combat honor will leave deserters nowhere to stay.But Dionysius not only did it, but more than once, forcing the soldiers of Syracuse, regardless of life and death, to desperately attack, even creating a miracle that broke the city of Crotone in the great Greek state within a day.

This made Fibidas look at Dionysius who was previously considered to be a poor field player, but such a victory is probably based on Dionysius not caring about the number of soldiers killed.