Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

After Tyrontus touched the iron gate once, he had a bottom in his heart. He untied the rope tied around his waist, tied it firmly to the iron fence, and then pulled the rope hard. After getting the response from his teammates, he Grasp the iron with one hand, squat down, take off the tool on the body, take out the iron saw, and use it to saw the iron underneath.

And while he was busy, getting the news that he passed back through the rope, Izam resisted the excitement, and immediately dispatched a scout, grabbing the rope that was already connected, and smoothly from the broken bridge to the bottom of the sewer, Climbing easily to the exit, making a gesture to Terentus, without speaking, he directly took off the tool and did the same thing as his teammates-saw the iron pole, and then break it with iron pliers.

In this way, it lasted for more than 20 minutes, and finally a gap was opened under the iron grid for people to climb in and out.

Terentus took off his objects, threw them through the gap between the irons, and then fell down, clinging to the smooth moss and the smelly sewage, and drilled through the gap, and then relieved. Leaned his sore body against the stone wall and was too tired to care for the dirty garbage adhering to the waterway.

His teammates also quickly climbed in, and vigorously pulled the ropes tied to the iron fence.

Although Izam, who was originally on the bank of the river, had already expected this, he couldn't help being excited at the moment, and whispered, "Success! Success! Brothers follow me and enter the city of Rome together!"

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In the morning, the sleeping Daphes was awakened by Croto Katax.

Last night, Davis had been busy and thinking about today's siege. Until late at night, he received a message from the Izam sent back, and then he was relieved, unable to resist sleepiness, and fell asleep until now.

When he was awakened, Davers was still a little confused, and asked, "What's wrong?"

"No, father, the regiment leaders are waiting for your order to attack!" Crotocatax responded quickly.

Davers realized that he was a little sick, he patted his face with his hands, feeling awake, and then stood up: "Bring me armor!"

The servant immediately grabbed the armor and put on Daveus, and Crotocatax also helped.

"Don't worry! Don't panic!" Davers comforted his son and asked, "How is the weather?"

"Father, it's a sunny day!" Crotocatax responded briskly.

"This is a good sign!" Daveus smiled and took the helmet from the slave, and after putting it on, he was not in a hurry to correct himself. Then he said, "Go, see the protagonists of today's siege!" "

With that said, he strode toward the big account next to him.

"Your Majesty!!" The crowd in the tent will immediately stand up and salute, then staring at Daveus ascendantly into the main seat.

The First Army Commander Amintas, The Second Army Commander Matonis, The Third Army Commander Lizaru, The Fourth Army Commander Olivers, The Fifth Army Commander Georgris, The Sixth Army Commander Trotilas , Head of the First Cavalry Regiment Ledes, Chief of the Second Cavalry Regiment Kuzius, Navy Commander of the Third Fleet Midolades... Dave’s eyes slowly swept over them, every reason After many years of fighting, the scarred face was full of excitement and expectation.

At this moment, in Davis's eyes, the stars in the big tent gave him more confidence, and he smiled: "It seems that everyone's confidence is sufficient, so what are you waiting for, prepare to attack!" "

"Yes, Your Majesty!" The generals also responded with a smile.

"Lizaru and Midolades, the Third Fleet and the Third Corps led by you will start the attack after half an hour of attack by the other legions!"

"Yes!"

Daveus only specifically told this sentence, and then said firmly: "You, be sure to capture the city of Rome before dark! I am here waiting for your victory!"

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On the Capitolin Hill in the city of Rome, in the magnificent temple of the Roman main god Jupiter, the priesthood is praying to the gods under the auspices of the high priest Gato Julius Ulus, Kneeling behind them were many Roman veterans, as well as some senior team leaders led by the City Guard Chief Da Sipiah.

The priestly ritual in Rome was relatively simple. After the prayer was over, the divination priests came out. They held a red crown on their head and mostly red cocks on their feathers. A priest sprinkled a handful of black beans on the ground. Then let go of the rooster.

This cock, which was originally insane (had not been fed from yesterday afternoon to this morning), when he saw the black beans on the ground, his eyes were suddenly round, his legs were fast, his wings kept flapping, and the lightning flew over. Then he kept pondering the food, making the people next to him dizzy.

In a blink of an eye, a handful of black beans was eaten cleanly by him, and there was no one left. The cock roamed around in the temple unsatisfiedly, looking for new food.

Seeing the performance of the holy rooster, the people watching were all happy, and no priest was needed to make the final conclusion. Everyone's faces showed happy: this is auspicious!

At this time, the priest who performed the bird occupancy outside the temple also completed his task (the most important way of divination in the Roman priest, the bird priest divided the sky into four parts, and then looked at which part of the sky was abnormal, such as Dark clouds, flocks of birds, showers... It is up to them to decide whether these anomalies are auspicious or ominous), and after entering the hall, they declared loudly: "Daji! It is Daji!"

Cheers suddenly sounded inside and outside the temple.

The people and soldiers under the mountain heard the cheers from the mountain, and suddenly felt more confident.

And at this moment, "Woo!..." There was a high-pitched trumpet sound from outside the city, and everyone on the Capitolin's face suddenly changed: Dionysian attack began?!

Da Sipia walked hurriedly to the edge of the mountain cliff and looked northwest: I saw many figures in front of the enemy camp in the distance (this is the barracks of the Dionysian First Army), and began to form a formation.

Da Sipiah remained calm and turned back to the generals, saying: "The Dionysians have started to attack, you go back to your own defense zone, command the citizens, guard Rome!"

"Yes!!!" The generals answered forcefully.

Da Sipia led them down the hill in a hurry. The people crowded under the hill were mostly women and children. They took the initiative to make way for the generals and wished them victory and drove away the enemy.

After the emergency mobilization the night before and yesterday, the city of Rome called for approximately 25,000 soldiers. According to the Dionysian camp outside the city, the Great Sipiah divided the troops into four parts: 5000 soldiers defended the northeastern wall, The 5,000 soldiers defended the western city wall and the southern city had a strength of 10,000, corresponding to the huge Dionysian barracks outside the city. The remaining less than 5,000 defended the Roman vertebral bridge to the north.

Responsible for commanding the defense of the northeastern city wall is Magus Atelius, originally a cavalry chief among the 3,000 elite soldiers left in Rome. He was born in the Roman clan and is a battle-hardened general. He entrusted him with the task of entrusting him with the longest defensive range and the farthest northeast wall from the center of Rome.So after going down the mountain, he didn't need to go far, and immediately went to the city next to Capitolin Hill.

Some Roman soldiers immediately gathered around: "General, the enemy began to attack!!"

Around him were teenagers under the age of 18. Their childish faces were intertwined with excitement and tension. They dragged the spear and the skin shield in their hands early, and looked at Marcus as if they were children. Looked at his parents.

"Don’t panic, our walls are so high, the trenches are so deep that the enemy can’t attack them! The great God Jupiter has given us auspicious signs. The Holy Chicken has eaten all the feed and the Dionysians will be repelled! Zhu Pete will bless Rome!"

The soldiers cheered after listening to Margus' inspiration.

Marcus squeezed out the crowd, found his adjutant, and said with a serious voice, "Go and notify each squadron leader, take good care of their soldiers, stick to the position where they should be, and do not run around casually, otherwise they will be dealt with by military law. !"

The lieutenant immediately went to execute the military order.

Max saw a row of soldiers sitting against the outer wall. Their weapons and even helmets were on the ground at hand. At a glance, they were almost all gray hair. They talked to each other with ease, and they seemed to have no idea. The battle is coming...

These are Roman citizens over 50 years old. Although their strength has subsided because of their old age, their muscles and bones are no longer muscular, but almost all of them have been through hundreds of battles. Therefore, compared with those young soldiers who have not experienced combat, Marcus trusts these veterans in the true sense, which is also his helplessness, because apart from the old and the young, there are only a few civilians and slaves left in his team. In his heart, these were almost in trouble. The crowd is not worth his full trust.

Marcus held the battlements with both hands and looked into the distance.

Dionysian siege army has advanced to a distance that he can see clearly: Dionysian siege army is divided into a group of dozens of heavy infantry, and a long and wide wooden board is placed on top of the head, forming a line One by one, the columns are loose, and the intervals between the columns are widened.

"Blow the bugle and prepare the soldiers for battle!" Marcus ordered.

The bugle sounded quickly, and Roman soldiers quickly put on armor under the command of the squadron leader, picked up their weapons, stood in defensive position, watching the enemies approaching under the city, and were always ready to attack; older citizens were assisting Soldiers, carrying bundles of javelins, arrows, jars of tar, even stones, and wood, put them on the prescribed walkway...

The foremost Dionysian soldiers are less than 150 meters away from the city wall, which is within the range of the archer of the city. Magus did not order an attack, but there are still sparse arrows in the city. .