Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

The soldiers distributed shield spears to the free men and slaves who returned, and a team of ten was led by a civilian soldier to kill the Dionysian camp again.If someone refuses to fight or run away, then these soldiers will catch them and execute them on the spot to deter the greedy and afraid of the dead.

In front of these temporary patchwork teams are nearly 20,000 Syracuse soldiers and moving siege equipment.They lined up in an extremely loose formation, carrying a 10-meter-long cloud ladder, pushing various heavy siege equipment, and walking on the muddy ground that had just been leveled by freemen and slaves.Because many of them lost their armor and shields in previous battles, everyone’s equipment is now relatively simple, almost the same as the free people in the rear, and the arrows that were not worried at all have now become the most troublesome remote weapons. .Fortunately, Arrow Rain was mostly blocked by the towers, arrow shields, and siege vehicles at the front of the queue.

It seems that the amazing stone bombs fell from time to time, and the sand was scattered, but the Syracuse soldiers were not as panic as the free people. After all, the ballistas attacked them too much, but everyone was praying. "Apollo Bless, don’t be the unlucky one who was directly hit by a stone bomb."

"Bang!" With a loud noise, an arrow car was hit by a stone bomb, and immediately disintegrated. The broken wood chips also caused several slaves in the cart to be injured, which scared the soldiers behind to be subconsciously farther away from the siege equipment. These big guys are most worried about the ballista attack!

The Dionian light infantry heard the sound of "rumbling" in front of them on the wooden wall, and the sound was getting louder, as if the spring thunder about to release lightning, they were all nervous, and the speed of bow and arrow was accelerated, Every time they heard a scream, they got a soothing heart.

Soon, there were indistinct objects and figures in the white fog in front. When more than ten towers taller than the camp’s wooden walls bore thick fog and appeared in front of the trench, the Dionyan soldiers all Feeling nervous because of these behemoths.

"Defense!" The heavy infantry quickly put the long shield over their heads, forming a shield formation.

I heard the continuous crisp sound of "Dang Dang...", which was the sound of the javelin thrown from the tower and the central metal collision angle of the long shield. There were also very few javelins pierced through the long shield, which caused the soldiers of the legion. hurt.Obviously, the Syracuse knew that the archers did not pose a great threat to Dionia’s heavy infantry, so the top of the tower was all javelin throwers.

The light infantry who was hiding behind the heavy infantry of Dionia also immediately used arrows and javelins to the tower eight or nine meters away from the wooden wall.

The Syracuse people at the top of the tower rely on the protection of the wooden fence. Even if there is a down arrow, new light infantry will soon enter through the entrance at the rear of the tower and climb to the top through a wooden ladder to replace it.

Relying on the suppression of the tower's long-range firepower, the Syracuse soldiers braved the arrows and javelins they shot and hurried to the trench, and placed a cloud ladder more than ten meters long on the wooden wall.

Due to the rigorous construction of the camp by the soldiers of the Dionysian Legion, the trench they dug was four meters wide and three meters deep. There were pointed wooden piles in the ditch, and the earth barrier was built directly on the other side. A wooden wall was built on the earth barrier, so the earth barrier plus the wooden wall was nearly five meters high.The Syracuse soldiers couldn’t stand under the wooden wall at all. They could only stand directly across the trench and attack the city through the extended cloud ladder.

The ladder with the increased length decreases the slope after it is attached to the wooden wall, which not only makes the body of the siege soldier more easily exposed to the attack of the other party, but also makes the ladder more swaying, which can easily fall into the trench and be pointed by a pile of wood. Pierce the body.However, the soldiers of Syracuse did not fear and set up a wooden ladder and climbed towards the wall.

While the towers and ladders attracted the attention of the Dionysian garrison, hundreds of freemen carried sacks full of dirt and concentrated on the trench in front of the camp gate.Someone kept falling down, but more people successfully threw the sack into the trench.

Stationed in the Dionysia Chinese Army Battalion are a total of 11,000 troops of Dionysia’s Fourth and Seventh Army, all rushed to the east wooden wall for defense.Because the walkway in the wooden wall was not wide, the archer retreated under the wooden wall or the sentry tower, continued to sniper the tower outside the camp, and concentrated on long-range attacks on the subsequent soldiers of Syracuse.

On the wooden wall, a mix of heavy infantry and javelin throwing javelins at enemies in front of the trench or on the ladder, using shield spears to lay down enemies attempting to climb up the wall, while also protecting the javelin from the tower.

When the dense fog gradually dissipated, the sun rose to the sky, and the offensive and defensive battle of the Dionysia Chinese Army entered a fierce heat...

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At the same time, the gate on the island of Ortigia in Sicily leading to the main city of Syracuse opened, and the carriage and its followers that Hiparinus rode through.

The island of Ortigia was originally the first colonial settlement of the Syracuse. It was not until Dillon became an arrogant that he moved the people of the surrounding city states to Syracuse to reclaim the inland area connected to the island of Ortygia. At the same time, vigorously develop maritime trade.Since then, Syracuse has gradually become the strongest among the Sicilian Greek city-states.When Dionysius became an arrogant, he not only further migrated more Greek population to Syracuse, but also nearly overthrew his rule because of two successive riots, and also nearly endangered his life, in order to protect himself For the safety of his life, he forcibly moved out of the original inhabitants of Ortygia, making the peninsula a residence and fortress for his family, supporters, and mercenaries loyal to him.The people of Syracuse joked in private that "Ortigia is the acropolis of Dionysius".

Philistos and Hiparinus, as loyal subordinates of Dionysius, of course live on the island of Ortijia, but the city hall of the entire city-state is outside the island, south of the Temple of Apollo Next to the square, so if there are no special circumstances every day, Philistos will rush to the city hall to deal with government affairs early, and then return to the palace of Ortijia Island in the afternoon to report to Dionysius.

Siparinus, as the intelligence director, although he has his place in the city hall, he usually works in his own residence on the island of Ortijia because it is more secretive.It was only during the time that Dionysius left Syracuse, in order to more easily and quickly understand the situation in the city, and to monitor these officials in the city hall, he went to the city hall every day.

Hiparinus and his entourage left the island of Ortijia and had to pass through a 500m long and 300m wide isthmus to enter the wide inner city of Syracuse.In the middle of this isthmus, there is also a very small fortress, with hundreds of mercenaries stationed, and the walls that block the island of Ortijia are horns. Dionysius tried his best for his own safety. But the existence of this fortress also made this less wide passage narrower.

The carriage that Hiparinus was suddenly stopped at the exit of the isthmus. There was a noise outside his ear. He quickly protruded his head and looked out: I saw dozens of men fighting at the mouth of the isthmus. In the fight, many people watched the excitement, and even cheered to block the water in front.

"Go and see what happened?" Cyparinus said busy.

Soon, the men came back to report: "Adults, I heard that it is because the citizens are gathering in the square today to form a reinforcement for Great Greece. Some citizens here are responding to the mobilization of the city-state and are going to the square, while some other people think they do so. It will only... let this war last forever, and there is no end, so hinder them from going, and the two sides will..."

Hiparinus looked anxiously in front of the dusty front and scolded: "What the hell is Philistos doing?! Don't send a patrol to drive these people away!"

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Philistos generally went to the city hall office early in the morning, but today is even earlier, because gathering citizens in the market and forming an army is a major event for the city-state, especially Syracuse is now in a special period. In order to maintain the order in the city and ensure that this matter can be successfully completed, he must check the preparations in detail before the citizens gather in the square to avoid errors.

What made Philistos happy: On the way to the city hall, he saw many citizens marching towards the square one after another. It seemed that the mobilization work of Herolis in the past two days was still fruitful. Dionysius The request of Sri Lankan Master should be successfully completed!

Just when he came to the city hall with gratitude to Helolis, he received the bad news: "What are you saying?! Helolis was beaten on the way to the city hall?! "

"Yes, sir. I heard that several citizens were afraid to go out, and resented Lord Herolis to persuade citizens to participate in this square war mobilization, so they attacked him."

"Where are the others? How is the injury now?!" Philisto asked quickly.

"I heard that he was hit hard on the head, fainted to the ground, and was carried back to the house by his family. The patrol has already rushed to catch the murderers."

When Philistos heard this, he couldn't sit still.In his view: he himself is responsible for the injury of Herolis, if it is not the difficult task he assigned to Herolis, let Herolis do his best to complete, and Herolis also There will be no resentment from these citizens who are dissatisfied with Dionysius.Moreover, the task of forming an army in the square today is very important, and there are certain risks. If Herolis can help, things will be much easier.

Therefore, both public and private, he must visit.

So, while it was still early, he quickly arranged some simple tasks to complete, and then took 20 guards to rush to the palace of Herolis.