Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

At first glance, Da Xi Pia and the soldiers were startled, and thought it was a miracle!

But Daxipiah quickly understood and asked the guards to shout, "Someone in the car!!! Someone in the car!!!" to eliminate the panic of the soldiers.

Da Sipia and the soldiers watched as nearly a hundred wooden cars entered the range of the bow and arrow, but there was no way to take them.

After a while, the front wooden car stopped in front of the trench, and the wooden cars behind were spliced, one after another, connected end to end, and soon became five columns of wooden cars with a length of 100 meters in front of the trench , Has been extended beyond the bow and arrow range of the defending army.

There are a lot of pack cars parked behind them. The pack cars are filled with dirt-filled sacks made by Dionyan soldiers yesterday, and countless armoured Dionyan soldiers lined up, hand in hand The sacks were passed forward one by one, and the soldiers who had carts in the wooden carriages also handled the same.Soon, one after another, negative soil sacks were continuously thrown into the trench.

This peculiar way of filling the trenches couldn't help but surprise the Roman soldiers in the city, but it made them even more nervous.

Although Da Sipiah didn't know what these wooden cars did at first, he intuitively ordered the soldiers to fire rockets at them. Only a dozen of them in front of these wooden cars were covered with a thin layer on top. The thin dirt, wrapped in soaked linen, is not so easily ignited.

At the same time, many vehicles with a large wooden board erected in front of them stood side by side. In the interval between the five wooden car columns, they moved towards the city wall and pushed them by the light of the Dionysian Second Army. The infantrymen were blocked by wooden boards, and the arrows could hardly hurt them.

These arrow shields were pushed in front of the ditch, forming a non-continuous wooden wall.The Dionyan light infantry fired arrows through the gap between the wooden boards to the Roman soldiers in the city.

Addos is in a wooden car. Like other comrades, he does not wear armor. This is to save physical strength and perform tasks faster.

In fact, Adoris did not know how many sacks were passed forward, and felt very energetic.

The team leader in front shouted at this time: "Brothers, pay attention, push forward!"

Before the siege, the team officers had already told the soldiers the plan of action, so Adolius knew that the trench in front had been filled, and the wooden car in front would move over the trench, tamping the ground, and then laying on the planks So that siege equipment can pass through the trench.

Although the wooden car is large, except that the roof and sides are covered with wooden boards, the interior is hollow, but it is actually not heavy, and the wheels of the wooden car are double wheels, so that the car wall can be stuck without connecting the two with a long axle The side ensures that the wooden car can pass people and things unhindered in the middle.

Adonis pushed the wooden cart forward with his comrades, and soon connected with the front and rear wooden carts. Pieces of long wooden planks passed quickly from the rear, passing Adoris and their hands, and finally rammed on the trench.

Then, the team officers organized the soldiers in the wooden car to retreat quickly and orderly.

When Matonis in front of the siege array learned from his staff that "Adoris was intact and had already retreated back with other soldiers", he was slightly relieved, and he issued an order to the adjutant: "Can make heavy infantry Attacked!"

"It's hard work, brother, it's our turn!" The legionnaires who passed by Adoris and his comrades said with enthusiasm.

"May Hades bless you!" Adoris blessed their comrades, and then while wearing armor, they looked at the heavily armed legionaries with some envy: some carried the ladder, and some held the shield spear, Lined up in a two-way column, they quickly entered the channel formed by wooden cars, then quickly appeared under the opposite city, and the siege began.

When Matonis saw the ladder hung over the wall in front of him and the soldiers of the Second Legion gathered under the city, he could not wait to give the order again: "Let the siege tower attack!"

With the shouting of the herald soldiers, a lot of soldiers rushed forward. Their task was to push the wooden car ahead into the trench, so as to not only provide more passage for the siege of the subsequent troops, but also for large The siege equipment was pushed under the city, clearing the obstacles.

Since some wooden cars have been ignited by rockets, the soldiers had to spend more effort to push them away.After the wooden car was pushed away, what was revealed was a very flat road leading to the city wall.

The soldiers commanded by the Great Sipiah to attack the Dionysian heavy infantry attached to the ants attached to the city, as well as to attack and defend the Dionysian light infantry behind the arrow car in front of the trench, so the Dionysians were pushed away He did not have the ability to stop the movement of the wooden car, but was also a little puzzled by what the Dionyans seemed to do.

It didn't take long for him to see five towering, huge wooden towers appearing in the distance. They seemed to be taller than the wall, and were slowly approaching the wall.

He was as shocked as the soldiers around him. During his long battle career, he participated in siege many times. The most difficult one was undoubtedly the attack on Wei Ai. It lasted for nearly ten years. Although it was difficult, it also enriched his attack. The experience of the city and defending the city, but today, until now, Dionysia’s novel way of siege has made him feel a little nervous, and the super siege tower that appears today completely shocked him and the Roman soldiers. Against the surrounding forces, its military technology is either behind or equivalent to Rome, and the Kingdom of Dionysia clearly overwhelmed Rome in this regard, which reflects the gap in civilization, so that the great Sipiah in There was a feeling of powerlessness mentally, but he quickly rejuvenated and shouted: "Prepare the rocket! Burn it with fire!"

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The Dionysian engineering team was able to build five siege towers in a day, not only because of the large number of producers, but also Davies had considered the needs of the siege before leaving, allowing them to make the siege in advance. Some key parts of the city equipment, and carry it with the army, such as: the most difficult wheels, axles, pulleys, and L-shaped iron frames used to fix the wood connection...This has made engineers and carpenters in the past day and a half Time can save time and complete production tasks.

And compared with the Siracusa siege tower, this siege tower is very different. Its front width is less than three meters, which is exactly the same as the width of the wooden car, so it can be smoothly passed through the sections to be smoothed. A good trench communication channel, with its rear diagonally downward, presents a right-angled trapezoid, with a wooden ladder placed outside, which allows soldiers to enter the siege tower smoothly and quickly.

The siege tower is pushing, the penultimate wooden window has been opened, a belly bow placed inside has opened the bow string, and the iron arrow has been put on, the soldier is surrounded by the motive, the iron arrow is roaring, instantaneous He flew to the head of the city, pierced the chests of several Roman soldiers, and led them to fall behind the city.

The power of the belly bow makes the Roman soldiers who are facing the siege tower tremble. They have to be distracted by this terrible killing weapon. Naturally they cannot attack the Dionyan soldiers who are climbing the city, if not. The mobile troops deployed in the city by Dasipia arrived in time and almost brought Dionysian soldiers to the top of the city.

The Roman soldiers hadn't had time to take a breath, and the Dionysian light infantry on the top of the siege tower began to shoot arrows at the defenders who had entered the range.

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While the Second Legion was attacking, the soldiers of the Sixth Legion on the east side of the Second Legion, under the leadership of Legion Chief Trotila, also adopted the first legion's siege method against the eastern section of the southern wall of Rome The offensive was launched, forcing the defenders there to cope with it and daring not to divide their troops to assist Daxipiah.

In the western section of the southern wall, the fifth legion led by Geogris and the fourth legion led by Olivers attacked the prominent southwest corner of the Roman wall.

Dozens of ballistas have been bombarding this wall since yesterday afternoon. To this day, one-fifth of the damaged ballistas are full, but the two regiment leaders did not hesitate to order to continue the attack from early morning. Focus on the lower part of the city wall.

After being hit by a stone bomb for a long time, the stones on the outer wall of the city wall shattered and large pieces fell off. In some places, a thick layer of rammed earth was exposed.

Then, the ballista team concentrated the target of the real bombardment on the uppermost part of the city wall. Although some stone bombs crossed the wall, the stone bombs hitting the wall caused the stones to splash, which caused danger to the defenders at the head of the city. , They had to back away.

The heavy infantry of Dionynia took the opportunity to carry the thick long and wide planks, rushed to the trench, and paved it. The subsequent heavy infantry carried the ladder, stepped on the plank, crossed the trench, and began to attack the city, the ballista The attack stopped.

The tide of attack was also interspersed with siege cars and boat lion cars. They were carefully pushed by the soldiers across the wooden bridge and rolled towards the walls of the rammed soil...

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The entire city of Rome is surrounded by tall walls, and there is only one place without walls. That is the Roman vertebral bridge to the north and a distance of more than one mile to the left and right. The high and steep embankment acts as a barrier, but the Romans regarded it as the safest place.

A few decades ago, in two wars against Rome's biggest enemy in the Tiber River, the Romans repelled the enemy's attack by guarding the vertebral bridge.

This time, when the Dionyans occupied the other side of the Spinal Bridge, the former patrol leader Pullo Cassius, who was responsible for the defense of the north of Rome, was still preparing to adopt the same tactics.