Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

Seeing this, Marcus immediately shouted: "Follow the order, don't attack indiscriminately!"

"Don't shoot arrows!! Don't shoot arrows..." The Herald soldiers rushed along the wall walkway, while conveying Marcus' orders.

From the point of view of Magus, the forefront of the Dionysian siege troops were originally heavy infantry, and the arrows threatened them very little, not to mention the wooden boards on their heads, in the case of hardly any results, Why waste arrows and consume the strength of the soldiers?

The Dionysian soldiers had reached the trench just over 20 meters away from the city wall. They put down the wooden planks on their heads and placed them on the ground in front of the trench.

At this moment, Marcus gave the attack code and took the lead in throwing a javelin, so the prepared Roman soldiers fired javelins and arrows at enemies not far from the city.

Unexpectedly, as soon as the Dionysian soldiers laid down the board, they immediately pulled their legs and ran back, making most of the long-range attacks fall through.

While these heavy infantrymen ran back, they all approached the walls with strange formations in the distance.

"Tortoiseshell?!" The Roman soldiers at the head of the city made a commotion. Since the reform of the Roman army, the most practical tactics of siege and battle in the past more than ten years have actually appeared in the enemy's formation, although they have heard Daioni before. Citizens who had fought the Asians said,'Dionysia's tactics are very similar to those of Rome', but when it actually appeared in front of Margus and Roman soldiers, they still made them feel a little palpitations.

When these Dionysian heavy infantry arrived at the long board, they quickly spread out the tortoise shells, and then quickly formed a row of shield walls diagonally to the city head. Their movements were fast, as if they had experienced countless trainings to make the city head The Roman soldiers had not responded, they had completed the array conversion.

Then seven or eight unarmed Dionysian soldiers under the protection of the shield squatted on the ground, shouting slogans together, pushing together hard on one end of the board, and pushing the board through a five-meter-wide ditch to let the other board Put one end on the other side of the trench, forming a simple wooden bridge.

How could the Roman soldiers let them succeed, the arrow rain and the javelin rain poured down, hitting the shield, the "ding ding bang" kept ringing, and occasionally the javelin pierced the long shield and stabbed the soldier's arm, Or the arrows hit the unprotected thighs of the soldiers through the shield gap, but they still resist the pain and maintain the integrity of the shield.

Soon, more than two dozen wooden bridges were built on the trench, and the Dionysian soldiers lifted the injured teammates and began to retreat. During the retreat, the shield formation to the tortoise shell formation was quickly completed.

The enemy's skilled formation conversion ability, in the face of strong long-range attacks, can always maintain the stability of the shield formation, retreat quickly, and take care of the wounded soldiers...This is definitely an extremely well-trained and experienced combat team!Marcus knew he had met a strong enemy, but at this moment he had no time to feel panic: "Fire rockets and burn down those wooden bridges!" He pointed to the wooden boards in the trenches under the city and ordered urgently.

The auxiliary soldiers immediately wrapped the arrow on the tarred cloth and handed it to the archer.

The Dionysian soldiers under the city were retreating, but more soldiers formed a larger tortoise shell to advance towards the castle wall. Behind these tortoise shells were followed by nearly a thousand unarmored soldiers, and some were carried on their shoulders. Bows, they are arranged in a looser array, and they are about to enter the range of bows and arrows.

"It is the light infantry of Dionia!" The squadron leaders of Rome above the city quickly made a judgment and decided to give them a head-on attack to prevent them from coming under the city and posing a threat to the defenders of the city.

When the Roman soldiers aimed their bows and arrows at them, the Dionysian light infantry stopped at 150 meters.

Marcus was a little puzzled to see some of the Dionysian light infantry shaking their arms nonstop.Soon he saw countless black spots roaring, most of them smashing against the walls beneath the Roman soldiers, "crackling" bursts of noise.

"Ah!" A soldier not far from Margus suddenly screamed and fell to the ground, only to see blood flowing from his brow bone.

The soldiers picked up the accident and handed it to Margus.

This is a black lead shot smaller than an egg.Marcus squeezed his hands, still a little heavy.

Catapult!This is what Camillus called the Dionysian slingman!Marcus suddenly recalled Camillus' report in the Senate.

That's right, this is the characteristic armament of the First Army-Rhode Island Rockthrower, and the only surviving member of the entire Dionysian army. After the first throw, they made corrections based on the landing point, so when They waved the slingshot again and threw the lead shot out. This time the shot was obviously more accurate. Most of the shot shot landed on the city head.

Roman soldiers hurriedly guarded their long shields above their heads, but the archers had no protective gear and could only dodge beside the heavy infantry. This section of the city wall where Magus was present appeared a panic.

At this moment, Dionysia's tortoiseshell array had reached the wooden bridge, and they quickly unfolded, revealing two ladders hidden in the array. Every six soldiers carried a 20-meter ladder, quickly Rushing across the wooden bridge, rushing towards the city wall in front.

The heavy infantry armed with sword shields, followed immediately, and crossed the trench.

The Roman soldiers at the head of the city also ignored the lead shots and began throwing javelins and firing arrows.

Under such a violent attack, Dionia’s heavy infantry began to suffer casualties, but at this time they did not care to rescue their comrades, the soldier carrying the ladder fell, and the nearest soldier immediately put down the sword shield and stepped forward to take over In this way, the soldiers lifted the ladder quickly against the city wall, and then quickly pulled the ladder downward, pulling the pointed ladder feet into the soil, and the curved iron hook tied at the top hooked After staying at the battlement, soldiers on both sides supported it, and the ladder became quite stable.

The heavy infantry of Dionynia guarded the long shield above their heads with their left hands, and climbed up with a ladder in their right hands.

The young soldiers in Rome started to play their role. Some of them dropped stones, threw wood, some poured thin oil, throwing torches, and some came down with freshly boiled water, and some used The sword slashed the junction of the cloud ladder and the iron hook...

The light infantry of the Dionysian First Army also rushed down the city, throwing arrows and javelins at the city. The Roman soldiers who attacked downwards but exposed their bodies to the battlements became their main targets...

"The brothers have done a good job, and they have successfully attacked the city without much damage!" Amintas has come to the back of the slingman, less than two hundred meters from the city wall, so that it is easy to observe the battle. He is very satisfied with the progress of the siege so far, so he said to Prentals beside him: "This is all your credit!"

Davos was worried that Amintas, who was alone in the city, would be too risky and cause the First Army to lose too much, so he sent Prentals, considering that the cooperation between them was still pleasant.

Prentals said modestly: "It is mainly the first legion that you are leading, the well-trained leader!"

"Yeah, the First Army has the strongest combat power! And the previously added reserve soldiers did not embarrass the citizens of Turi, nor are they worse than the veterans! Unfortunately, His Majesty did not put siege towers, siege vehicles, ballistas... These siege weapons are handed over to our First Army, otherwise the enemies in the city will suffer more!" Amintas complained loudly.

Pringles did not answer, and when he came, Daveus had warned him: This time the First Army was serving as an auxiliary attack. The First Army had repeatedly fought before, and the loss was not small. Do your best to prepare for the usefulness in later battles.

Printols, the second officer of the Staff, actually understood: His Majesty Daveus had another consideration in his heart that he did not say. He could not always let the First Army as the main force and make merits in battle. It is not only a balance, but also conducive to training the combat effectiveness of other legions, and improving the overall combat effectiveness of the Dionysian army.

"However, even without those siege equipment, our first legion can still rush to break the Roman city among other legions!" Amintas said with pride and confidence: "Princels, after half an hour, I Just send the remaining three brigades to put more pressure on the Romans!"

Printols was shocked and persuaded politely, "The siege of the army, the siege has just begun. Are we observing the enemy's defense before making a decision? And will the Roman allies come to aid, now Not sure, we must always pay attention to the return of the detective ride, so these three teams as the reserve team, it is best not to move lightly for the time being!"

Amintas's eyes were on the verge of attack, but he quickly refrained, he could be in the Dionysian army for so many years, and his mind was much more delicate than the rough man on his surface: before the war, His Majesty Dapheus sent Prentals to the First Army, why did he come?Then he said these words, isn't it His Majesty's advice?

Amintas suddenly didn't want to speak, but kept his hands on his hips, keeping his eyes on the battle ahead, without looking at Prentals again.

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The great Scipio stood in the middle of the southern wall, which is the closest place to the center of Rome. Since the rear of the left and right walls is next to the Esquiri and Cyrio mountains, the Dionysians even broke through the two walls Because of the blocking of the hills behind, it is impossible to quickly advance into the city, so this will be the focus of the Dionysian attack.

Da Xipia consciously judged himself right, because after he heard the horn sounded from the enemy camp outside the city, he saw many enemy soldiers pouring out of the barracks and starting to form an array, but then he did not see the Dionysian soldiers. Approaching the city wall, but a rectangular wooden box car without the traction of the pack animal, lined up in a row and automatically rolled towards the city wall...