Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

"If our tens of thousands of young and middle-aged citizens were not transferred away, it would be impossible for the Dionysians to attack the city, we could be in the field--" Plenius just said aloud, and was punished. Maruguine Ensis interrupted: "It has already happened, don't mention it anymore, all our energies now should be focused on how to keep the city of Rome!"

Portitus nodded approvingly at him. Although he and Maru Guinness had often disputes and disagreements because of power and interests, when Rome was in danger, the interests of the major clans Are consistent.

"It's this time, I don't know if our reinforcements have arrived yet?" After being criticized by Maruginenes, Plenius changed the subject awkwardly.

"Paulus, Mejus and Pantius can never sit back and watch Rome fall into danger, and the same is true for Wei Ai. I am afraid they have already fought against the Dionysians, but we don't know it." Ann Bustus said loudly in a certain tone that his words gave a lot of veterans a peace of mind, because everyone understands that with the current offensive of the Dionysians, reinforcements are the key to their defense of the city of Rome!

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The veterans on the square are worrying about the safety of the Roman city. The Roman people are busy rescuing the wounded soldiers, and the blood of the wounded gathers into a stream, flows into the gutter, and then gathers into the wide sewer along the gutter... …

If the public official responsible for managing the sewer at this time lifted the stone slab, entered the sewer, stepped on the narrow walkways on both sides of the sewer, and proceeded in the direction of the sewage flow, and walked above the sewer to the residential area behind the embankment on the north of Rome. At that time, he would be surprised to find a strong figure crouching in front of him, stuffing the sewers full of dangdang.

Two hundred soldiers of the Mountain Reconnaissance Brigade struggled all night, and finally all entered the Maxim sewer.

After wrestling with the water of the Tiber River, carefully climbing, and squeezing into the iron fence in the sewage, even the excellent investigators selected after a long period of hard training and selection, all felt exhausted. Some advanced players were in While waiting for the people behind, I sat in the dark, damp, garbage-laden sewer, endured the bad smell, and fell asleep.

But Izam, the commander of this secret operation, could not let them rest immediately. He asked them to wake them up one by one, ordering them to take off their soaked lining, let it wring out, and then clean the body of the water. To avoid catching cold.

And for those players who were bruised and bruised on the way, he and the last few soldiers who came in carried a parcel wrapped with several layers of fur, which contained clean linen and some prepared herbs. Clean and wrap the wound to prevent infection.

Then, he would send someone to disguise the iron fence that sawed the opening again, to prevent the Roman soldiers on the embankment from accidentally seeing the anomaly tomorrow.

In addition, he has to arrange for the players to take turns on duty. The task of the sentry is not mainly to find the enemy, but to drive the rats in the sewers, and maybe even snakes, to prevent them from biting the sleeping comrades, and at the same time when some teammates are asleep When a loud snoring sound is made, wake it up in time.Although the upper part of the sewer is covered with stone slabs, it is not tightly sealed. There are still many gaps, large and small, and you must always be careful to prevent them from being discovered.

The lives of two hundred people were carried on the shoulders, and there were also arduous combat tasks. Izam was under great pressure, so in the following time, he had been thinking about things in his mind, and he failed to fall asleep until dawn. At that time, he could not resist sleepiness...

I don’t know how long after that, Izam was awakened. He opened his eyes confusedly, and was immediately dazzled by a beam of sunlight focused on the face through the slab gap. He blocked his hand over his head and turned his head to look. To the surroundings, a pair of pairs of eyes gathered on him with concern, these are the soldiers he trained himself!There was a trace of warmth in Ezham's heart.

It's still old, and my body is not as good as before!He sighed in his heart, struggling to squat up, and let the players report the numbers in a very low order, saying that the sound of the numbers passed from the side of the sewer and back from that side.

"Is anyone uncomfortable?" Izam asked quietly again.

Every team member said that he was very good.

Of course, Izam knew that there was moisture in the answers of these people, but at least it showed that the players did not have major injuries.

A smile finally appeared on his face, and he then asked, "What is the situation outside now?"

The answer to him was the captain of the investigation team, Cullulius. He came from Campania and spoke Latin. He squeezed to Ezham's side with his fingers, pointing upwards with his fingers, and whispered: "Captain, the Third Army Already started attacking, they first bombarded with ballistas, but the Romans retreated above us, and then listened to their panic, only to realize that our fleet built a pontoon on the Tiber River with warships, and the third The soldiers of the legion are already attacking the embankment, and the Roman soldiers rushed to defend again, and now it is probably over..."

Cadulliers looked around indefinitely, and some of the other players made five strokes and some made six gestures.

"...About an hour or so." He said finally.

Izam didn't expect that the siege battle had already begun while he was sleeping. When he thought about it, he felt scared. Fortunately, it was not the best time to attack.

He was about to talk, with cluttered footsteps coming from the top, and the voices of the Romans. These sounds were amplified in the tunnel and echoed repeatedly, making his chest feel dull, and the dust continued to fall down the stone wall. However, the team members immediately resembled woodcarving clay sculptures, no longer making any sound, just looking at each other.

After a while, the sound above the head disappeared completely, the tunnel was quiet again, the team members took a long breath, even the dirty air was stronger than the crazy sound.

"What did the Romans say just now?" Izam immediately asked Cadullilus.

Dudley Cadulli dusted, but laughed silently, and it was very funny. He smiled and whispered: "Captain, I just heard a Roman say,'I grew up with my master, take care of He lives and eats as a writer... I haven't even killed a sheep or even a chicken. Now I'm going to kill me?!'

Another person laughed at him,'Keep crying, cute, don't be so scared to pee when facing the enemy for a while.'

Later, there may be a team officer scolding them,'Don't talk, hurry up and rush to the ridge bridge. If you let the enemy break through the embankment blockade, we will all become cattle and sheep that the enemy can kill at will!'..."

The players around him understood the meaning of the words, and all eyes sparkled with excitement: "Captain, it seems that the Third Army's offensive is fierce, and the enemy can't hold it anymore. Should we also deserve it? out?!"

Izam had not spoken yet, and a team member in front exclaimed: "Look at this water!"

Through the beams of sunlight that penetrated through the gaps in the stone slabs, we can see that the dirty water that was originally black and black, and with all kinds of impurities, is now gradually dyed red...

"Did our army come in from elsewhere?!" exclaimed the captain.

"Quiet!" Izam made a silent gesture, facing the eager eyes of the players, he had to make a choice.

He looked down at the bright red blood in the water channel, and listened to the sound of the upper street with his ears. After thinking for a while, he finally whispered: "No matter what the situation is elsewhere, His Majesty has given us the task of assisting the Third Army and the first The Third Fleet broke through the defense of the embankment and penetrated into the city of Rome. Now that the enemy's reinforcements have just passed, the street above is still quiet, and it can be seen that the Third Army is still fighting, so we need to wait a little longer!"

Seeing that the team members next to him were reluctant to speak, he immediately said, "However, since the Romans also sent slaves who could not fight, it can be seen that they no longer have extra troops, we just have to wait a little longer. , When these Roman reinforcements are put into battle, when there is no spare to stop us, we will go out and attack their rear! But now we must first find a good way out!"

"Captain, we have already found our way out in the early morning." Terentus raised his sheathed dagger and pointed to the top of his finger: "Just use the dagger to cut out the mortar between the slabs, You can push the stone slabs away and climb out."

"That's good." Izam believed the judgment of his subordinates, and he said in a deep voice: "We'll fill our stomachs, wait for my order, and start acting immediately!" Then, he opened the small bag around his waist and took out a stem Beef strips.

The players also took out the dry food, the beef jerky soaked in the river water tasted strange, but the players chewed hard and ate very sweetly.

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In the middle of the southern city wall not far from the old square of Rome, the soldiers of both sides fought fiercely.

A cloud ladder was pushed down by the defender of the city, and the Dionysian soldiers on the ladder fell down the city, but after a while, there were subsequent soldiers carrying the new cloud ladder from the distance, across the trench, and arrived Under the city, put it on the free city section.

From time to time, the blocking vehicle in front of the trench was ignited by a rocket, but this did not affect the Dionysian light infantry to continue to hide behind the burning flame and continue to shoot arrows at the city head. Their more accurate shooting aimed at the city’s defenders It is quite threatening. If it is not the heavy infantry who fought in front of the battlement, if it can’t hit the part that is not covered by the armor, it will not cause great damage to it. Head up.