Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

"The walls of the city are falling!! The walls of Rome are finally falling!!!" In the cheers of the soldiers of the Dionysian Legion in front of the trench, a small section of the wall in the southwest corner of Rome in front of the roar accompanied the ground A tremor of dust ignited, accompanied by the screams of Roman soldiers.

After a while, when the dust and mist dispersed, a large gap in the city wall suddenly appeared in front of everyone's eyes: it showed an inverted trapezoid, with an upper width and a lower width, the width of the lower opening was about four meters, more than three meters from the ground, stones and sand collapsed After coming down, a slope was naturally formed on both sides of the gap.

"Rush over! Attack the city of Rome!" The soldiers of the 4th Legion of Dionynia near the gap were extremely excited, as if hitting chicken blood, stepping on a brick and rammed earth, regardless of falling, quickly Gush towards the gap.

The defenders on the city, who had just been shocked by the collapse, also recovered. They ran to the gap and smashed the javelins, stones, and wood downward. They wanted to inflict heavy damage to the enemy and prevent them from entering the city.

But this could not stop the high fighting spirit of the soldiers of the Fourth Army. When the front-line soldiers rushed through the gap, they stopped involuntarily, because in front of them was a thick spear wall, countless wearing simple clothes The Romans were arranged in a dense array, and the spears shone coldly towards them.

"Stop! Stop now! Form a square formation!" the team leader of the front-line soldiers shouted loudly. However, in the battlefield of the killing, the extremely excited soldiers were screaming like a crazy influx, The order of the organization was already chaotic. They could not obey the orders, but pushed the comrades in front to face the spear wall.

The front soldiers had to hurriedly raise their long shields, protect themselves, and ran towards the enemy.

Soon the space between the spear wall and the gap was filled by the influx of Dionysian soldiers. The dense spear formation composed of the Roman landless poor was personally held by the defender of the western city wall, Sevus Musia. Commander, this general came from the Roman poor, but because of his bravery in previous battles, he was promoted by Camillus several times, from a lowly auxiliary soldier to a prestigious Roman squadron leader, this time he happened to be in 3000 Among the soldiers left behind.

The reason why Scipio chose Mucia for the defense of the west of the Roman city among dozens of squadron leaders is not because Scipio, like Camillus, has the human vision and mindset regardless of origin and ability, but because In the critical situation where the army was under pressure and the Roman nobles and civilians were in conflict, his helpless move was to hope that Musia can use his prestige among the civilians and can well integrate a large number of people living in the west of Rome. The power of the poor and the slaves blocked the attack of the Dionysians.

In fact, to date, Musia has done more than the expectations of Great Sipiah. He not only temporarily dispelled the dissatisfaction of the civilians and slaves, inspired their determination to participate in the war, but also effectively organized them in the city. With the full defense of the enemy's attack under the city, only a total of more than 10,000 elite soldiers of the 4th and 5th Corps of Dionynia attacked this area at the same time, and no obvious progress has been made.

Although the spear array formed temporarily by Musia did not inflict great damage on the Dionysian soldiers, it was not frightened by the enemy's fierce attack, but stubbornly blocked the enemy's breakthrough.

The greatest damage to the Dionysian soldiers who broke into the gap was the defender at the head of the city. The Dionysian soldiers under the city were so dense that the defender threw every javelin and every stone, which may cause damage. Not to mention fire oil, unfortunately Dionysian soldiers were poured into firemen, which would pose a great threat to their comrades in arms.

Fortunately, until now, tar and olive oil have been used in large quantities to burn a large number of siege equipment, and there are few left until now, otherwise it will be a battle for Dionysian soldiers who burst into the gap disaster.

The head of the Fourth Army, Oliver, who was still excited because the wall was collapsed by the siege car, stomped in anxiety after learning the situation in the gap: "Order the light infantry to give me close to the city immediately, and attack the city violently. Enemy, reduce the pressure on the soldiers inside!"

"Let the brothers in the gap quickly retreat to make room for the soldiers inside, so that they can form a square formation and fight the enemy!"

"Gather me the Mountain Investigation Squad and let them try, can they climb from the gap to the city and attack the enemy!"

The herding soldiers accepted the order and ran one by one.

"And...go immediately to inform the commander of the Fifth Army, Geogris, and tell him our dilemma!"

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After receiving the news of the unfavorable situation of the Fourth Army, Georgis looked at him: under the city wall 100 meters away, among the soldiers who were trying to attach the siege to the city, there was a burned siege. The car and the arrow car are smoking thick black smoke, and among them there are three still intact siege cars side by side under the wall, which is constantly hitting the wall, the "booming" vibration The sound can be heard even by Georgris behind him.

He could even see the growing cracks in the wall, and the dust and stones that had never stopped falling, almost burying the siege car.

"Go to the first brigade immediately, withdraw the trench to me, and form an array in front of the wall to be collapsed! When the wall is collapsed, don't worry, enter the gap in turn in a complete formation, and be careful of the enemy's long-shot square array behind the gap. !"

"At the same time, warn other soldiers of the brigade that they are forbidden to enter the gap without authorization, and the offenders will be fined!

"Yes, the regiment leader!"

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When the Fourth and Fifth Legions were fighting under the city, not far west of them, the army led by Tolmed was in fierce battle.

Although the total number of Roman troops led by Paulus was less than that of the other party, most of the soldiers under his command were heavy infantry. Their number was twice that of the heavy infantry led by Tolmed, and began gradually in the frontal fighting. Prevailed.

If it wasn’t for the constant attacks from the rear of the Roman formation by the first and second cavalry regiments of Dionysian, which restricted some of the strength of the Roman army, then the Roman army would probably attack the front with all their strength, forcing the Dionysian array to step back. .

But as time went on, Paulus became more and more anxious: he was responsible for the rescue of the city of Rome, but he was blocked here, unable to enter for a long time, and then dragged on like this, even if he finally repelled the face The enemy, I am afraid that Rome has broken the city, he will also become a sinner in Rome.

Therefore, he finally sent a ruthless order to the Roman squadron behind the array: only a part of the squadron was left to guard the Dionysian cavalry who was traveling around. Most squadrons no longer ignored the threat of enemy riding, and immediately spread to the wings. And then turned to attack the enemy’s flanks.

Under his supervision, the Roman army began to extend its arms from the original oval shape and shifted towards the "one" formation.

The leaders of the cavalry regiments, Ledes and Kuccius, who were behind the Roman formation, felt uncomfortable.By this time, the javelins of the two cavalry regiments had already been used up. They divided the cavalry into small teams and ran back and forth behind the enemy. The cavalry regiment could not let them achieve their goals.

"It seems that there is only an offensive..." Ledes sighed. He knew that the cavalry attacked the dense heavy infantry. Even if the opponent was in motion, the effect would not be too good, especially it would damage the horse and cause the cavalry to be greatly reduced. .

However, the younger Cuccius had a great fighting spirit: "Then let the Romans see the power of our Dionysian cavalry charge! Commander Ledes, you attack the enemy's left, I will attack the right!"

With that said, he would go south for his horse.

"Wait a minute!" Ledes stopped him, pointing to the Roman army that was pulling away from them at the rear of the Roman phalanx, and said in a deep voice: "...even if we want to prevent the enemy from spreading out from the wings, these Roman soldiers I'm afraid I will rush to both sides to stop us."

"This is for sure, but they are not large enough to block our charge!" Kuzius said confidently.

"Then--they will be exposed when they leave!" In the direction of Ledes's finger, Kuzius's eyes lit up: because it was behind the center of the Roman garrison, facing Dionia The cavalry threatened light infantry, the Hedgehog, gathered there, under the protection of these Roman heavy infantry.

Ledes’s voice continued to ring in his ears: “We called the cavalry on both sides to attract the attention of the enemy, but quietly sent some cavalry backwards, withdrew from the enemy’s line of sight, and then your cavalry legion The enemy’s wings launched an attack, and these heavy infantry will rush to the sides to intercept. The hidden cavalry can take the opportunity to charge the enemy’s light infantry. These light infantry will inevitably be unable to resist and will cause chaos, thus driving them to disturb. The front line of the enemy's middle road creates a chance for our infantry to win."

"Good idea! Commander Ledes, listen to you, let's do it!" Kuzius responded readily: "When we called up the cavalry formation of the legion, we separated the cavalry and shielded the enemy's sight, Then each sent four companies (the cavalry legion's company establishment is 50 rides), ran to the rear, waiting for the opportunity to act."

Lades nodded and solemnly saluted. Shen Sheng said: "Time is tight, then act. May Hades bless us so that we can succeed!"

Kuzius immediately and forcefully returned to the Israeli military salute: "Under the protection of Hades, we will definitely succeed!"