Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

So Leotizides, who had a cold and arrogant face to everyone, only faced Parmanius with a respect on his face.

"Help him." Leotizides said, reaching out his hands, clenching the tail of the short spear, and pulling it outwards.

However, the force of the belly bow launch was too strong, and Leotizides failed to pull out the short spear.

"One more strength!" he said as he squatted down his body, pierced his horse, and prepared to use his full strength.

At this moment, another captain shouted: "Captain company, you listen! The enemy's attack is coming again. After evading this round, come to clean up the remains of the captain of Parmanius!"

Leotizides ignored it.

The captain shouted helplessly: "Shield defense!"

The soldiers quickly and skillfully stacked their long shields together to form a shield formation, protecting Leotizides in the center.

"Captain Heide Barrus company!" With this shout, Heite Barrus squeezed in and stood opposite Leotizides, the same company captain who was once a soldier under the command of Parmanius Hold the short spear with both hands.

In the shock of the stone bombardment on the wooden wall, the two worked hard at the same time, and finally pulled out the short spear. Fortunately, this time the belly bow did not fire the short spear in this direction, otherwise the long shield may not be able to block it.

Leotizides flattened Parmanius's body, took off his helmet, reached out his hand and closed his painful eyes, and whispered, "May the Elysee Park be open to you."

After he finished, he stood up and said, "Citalis, you take over the position of team leader of Parmanius and send two people to send Parmanius's body to the rear."

"Yes!" replied Sitarsis, who was once the direct chief of Leotichides.

"Prosius, we are going to pay tribute to Parmanius with the blood of countless Syracuses!" said Heterbarus in hate.

Leotizides did not speak, but his face was equally gloomy and terrifying.

After this round of stone bombardment ended, the sentry ran forward to observe the enemy's situation. The wooden walls had basically collapsed, and the field of vision in front was wide: "Report, the enemy's ballista moved forward!"

As soon as his words fell, he heard a "... creak... bang!" sound, and the crumbling sentry tower finally collapsed, dusty.

Leotizides glanced at the densely packed Siracusa army on the south bank of the Alcantara River and issued the order: "The soldiers of the whole team will immediately retreat!"

Not only his company, other companies are doing the same thing.

And on the south bank, Marcias was ordering the ballista troops: "Push the ballistas forward another 10 meters!...".

As a general appointed by Dionysius to guard the city of Syracuse, and once a mercenary leader, Marcias not only has rich combat experience, but also uses heavy troops. He once asked the courier who came back for help to learn more about Syracuse. The army has fought in Great Greece, so it has some understanding of the combat characteristics of the Dionysian army, and has paid enough attention to the combat power of the Dionysian army.Although Philistos urged him to eliminate the invaders as soon as possible and alleviate the unrest of the Sicilian allies, he still decided to proceed step by step according to his combat plan.

According to the constant reports from the spies, Masias estimated that there are about 6,000 soldiers in the Syracuse. Together with those in exile, the total strength may be seven or eight thousand.Although he led a large number of troops over the opponent, he did not intend to attack rashly, but instead concentrated on the continuous bombardment of the ballistic artillery according to the method summarized by Syracuse in the continuous siege, weakening the defense of the opponent’s city, The morale of the defending army was attacked before the army was finally attacked.

Meyaro’s poor city defense further demonstrated the power of the Siracusa ballista unit. Even though the wooden walls and towers in the south had been swept away, Marcias did not launch an army attack. His plan was to continue bombardment with ballistas. One day, the town of Meyaro was completely turned into a ruin, allowing the Dionysians and Sicilian exiles to consume their energy in anxiety and panic, waiting for the allied reinforcements of Jeira, Kamalina, etc. on the south coast of Sicily tomorrow. Later, after the army was strengthened again, these Dionysians were annihilated in one fell swoop.Therefore, one of the most common words that Marcias said on this day is "Move forward! Continue to move forward! Let me blast Meyaro!..."

Syracuse's style of play was beyond Antonios's expectations. He did not wait for the attack of the Syracuse army, but frequently the leaders of the exiles came to complain, because it was not only Dionysian soldiers who were constantly retreating. , As well as these exiles and their families, the whole town was still filled with the cry of children and the screams of women in the blast, like Tolilaus even hoped that Antonios could lead the army to Syracuse People attack.

After being categorically rejected by Antonios, he was so angry that he scolded the Dionysians as cowards.

Antonios didn't care too much. Although Syracuse's ballista gave him a headache, their non-attack also earned time for the First Army. The suggestion of Antrapolis made him see that the other party must be planning. What, it gave him hope, but he would not pin his hopes on these secret spies hiding like mice in the dark and prying into secrets.

These Sicilian exiles surprised Antonios. In addition to young children and women, these young and middle-aged exiles can remain calm, maintain order, and not panic in the face of the powerful ballista bombardment. They also actively demand to fight.After being rejected by him, he can continue to execute his orders, which is commendable.

After explaining by Laodisian, he knew that after their Sicilian exiles were destroyed in their homes, they fled to the inland mountains and gradually built up settlements, but they were faced with the looting and siege of the Syracuse alliance. The Sikels attacked from time to time.Over the past few years, these surviving exiles have exercised their courage, improved their fighting skills, and have also developed a habit of obeying the collective, because in the danger of being surrounded by enemies, disunity can only be destroyed.

The performance of the exiles gave Antonios more confidence. Now he is most concerned about two things.

The first is food. Antonios collected the grain collected after the capture of Meyaro and shipped from the Li Jim fleet in a barn near the center of the town. Now the place where the stone bomb fell is constantly moving forward, the barn In the near future, I am afraid that it will also enter its scope of attack. He can only order Laodisian, Lesi Peratus and others to organize the exiles to urgently rush the grain to the north of the town of Meyaro.

The second is the Dionysia fleet...

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Compared with the beginning of the fighting on land, the fighting on the sea is in full swing.

The original 50 three-tier paddle warships in Syracuse, and the warships of the city-states of Taonis and Katane gathered on the way north. A total of 65 three-tier paddle warships, which looks similar to Dionysia’s 60 The three-tier paddle warships are not much different, but the Siracusa navy has 16 other small and medium-sized warships, which should have the upper hand in this engagement, with the strength of more than 21 ships of the Dionysian fleet. However, judging from the situation on the battlefield, both sides are evenly matched.

Although the Dionysian fleet had fewer ships, under the leadership of Seclian’s prosecutors and pioneers, other warships launched a crazy attack on the Syracuse fleet, regardless of the speed of the warship, Still the reaction is much faster than the Syracuse fleet, especially Syracuse's own warships appear to be somber, only relying on the experience of manipulating the ship is more abundant than the other, and passively circling with it.

Seeing this situation, Paronisus, who was at the rear of the fleet, was anxious but unable to do anything. What he worried about finally happened: During this time, the resentment of the citizens of the port of Syracuse against the city-state seriously affected the fighting spirit of the sailors!

At this time, the watchman on the mast shouted excitedly: "Sir, the enemy's flagship was hit by our ship in the hull, it is about to sink!"

"Great!" Paronisus shouted excitedly.

Although naval warfare is different from land warfare, due to the large combat area, it is more about catching and fighting. One of the flagships is sunk. Unlike the killing of the land army coach, it will lead to the brittle defeat of the troops, but it will also have a certain impact. Perhaps this It is the turning point of this naval battle!Paronisus excitedly ordered: "Blow the offensive horn and urge all warships to step up the offensive!"

The sound of the bugle pierced the fog of the sea, the first thing that stimulated was not the warships of Syracuse and its allies, but the sailors of Dionia, the red battle flag fluttering high in front of them was slowly whereabouts……

Lord Sectrian is in danger!Both the captain and the sailor had such a thought in their hearts.

Seckrian, the hero of the victory of the Bruti war, the first sailor to hold the flag in triumph, can be said to make the sailors raise their eyes and breath, and they are regarded as the pride of the navy!Later, Sekerian served as naval commander. Although he was young and arrogant, he sometimes shouted because of his poor performance, but he was cheerful and outspoken, and he could be together with the sailors, and for the benefit of the navy, he dared to send Daveus many times. His majesty fought for it, so he won the support of the sailors and his generals.

As a result, each of Dionysia’s warships began a more insane attack, because every sailor knew that it was impossible to get to the flagship crash site immediately, only to sink at the fastest speed The enemy ship in front of you will win the victory of this naval battle and force the enemy to retreat, so that it is possible to have the opportunity to rescue Sekelian who has fallen into the sea!

Encouraged by such spiritual power, the sailors seemed to forget their fatigue, and the speed of the pulp returned to the peak level just after the battle, sprinting, stopping, backing, circling... Dionysian sailors worked together , Control the battleship as freely as his own body.

The sudden increase in the speed and agility of the Dionysian ship made the Siracusa ship too late to respond, "Boom!...Boom! Boom!......" Successively, the Syracuse ship was hit by the opponent or the paddle was hit Clipping off, some time after the Dionysia flagship sank, the situation of the Syracuse fleet not only did not improve, but became worse.

Paronisus was screaming, his lookout exclaimed: "Adult, there is a warship... there is a warship running away!"

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"Tecitis, I command you to turn your rudder back immediately! Otherwise I will charge General Paronisus with you to escape and you will wait for military punishment!" The captain growled at the warship helmsman Tecitis.