Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

The Syracuse army retreated again.

Soon, another general, Syracuse, led 3,000 soldiers to arrive and saw the groaning wounded soldiers and low morale troops.

After learning about the entire battle with the injured Stacey, both sides realized that the Dionysians were well-prepared, so it would be very difficult to recapture the fortress of Juryarus, and they began to regret the previous Ruins of the Ruins.

As a result, the two joined forces and carefully planned the next attack.

At this time, it was Dioccass, the fifth captain of the Eighth Army, who was in charge of the defense of the fortress of Juliarus.

In the previous consecutive battles, one captain of the Eighth Army was seriously injured, and the first captain had been guarding Serinus. Therefore, two vacancies temporarily appeared in the captain’s post, Theo Cassis Because of his outstanding record, he has been promoted from the company captain to the captain of the team. Leotichides, who is very important to him, has given him such an important task to complete this time, so even if he repels the attacking enemy, he Without taking it lightly, he called Terentus and the other two captains to discuss and perfect the plan to defend the fortress.

When everything was set up properly, he began to worry about food issues.

The soldiers did not carry rations for the smooth raid. There was some food in the warehouse of the fort, but this was a food reserve for 200 people, but for the Dionysian army of more than 3400 people, Dioccass was rough. Estimated, only enough for one day.It is difficult to transport large amounts of food from the mountain and from outside the city to the fortress, which is one of the reasons why Leotizides only sent more than 3,000 people here.

At this time, Terentus found Dioccass and advised him: "We need doctors and nurses here, and the wounded soldiers urgently need treatment and care!"

Dioccass was anxious when he saw him, knowing that he was worried about the injuries of the soldiers of the more than 20 mountain detection teams.

Previously, Trentus personally led 100 reconnaissance brigade soldiers successfully over the wall, not only to attack the fort, but also to intercept the few sentries coming from the aisles on both sides, and also send someone to tie the rope that hung down the city head. In the case of a few enemies, the pioneers of the Mountain Reconnaissance Brigade acted as equals. The fast and brave offensive led to the chaos of the garrison that had been caught off guard, creating conditions for the subsequent troops to arrive, and of course also paid some casualties. .

"You're right." Theo Cassis immediately agreed, and took the opportunity to say: "However, the mountain road here is more difficult to walk, and the sky is dim, but these are not a problem for your mountain detection soldiers, so I hope you Can send a small group of soldiers, go down to the medical camp, pick up a few doctors and nurses, and take some engineers and carpenters by the way."

Terentus was stunned: "Do engineers and carpenters want them to install ballistas on the fort?"

"This is a reason." Theocassis said rightly: "In addition, I also want them to install a pulley device on the city wall, which can be conveniently transported to the head of the city under the city."

"I will send two teams down the mountain immediately." Terentus promised immediately.

At this moment, a soldier came in and said anxiously, "Captain, the enemy started attacking!"

Dioccass and Terentus glanced at each other and quickly walked out of the dormitory and boarded the city.

This time, not only did the Syracuse army attack the fortress from the south, but also many soldiers on the aisles on the east and west walls approached the fort quickly.

The heralds sent by Staceus told Te Agnes and Falecus successively about the plight of the army's attack on the fortress, although at this time not only the Dionysian army outside the west city has begun to attack, but Dionys outside the east city The Asian coalition forces are also rallying, but in order to recapture the fortress and destroy the enemy who broke into the city, the two generals sent hundreds of soldiers to march northward along the aisle of the city to participate in the attack.

The enemies in the three directions attacked at the same time, but Dioccass was not nervous, because they had already arranged in advance.

The farther north of Syracuse's city walls, the narrower the walkway. After all, it is not easy to build a wall on the high ground, and there is a terrain bonus. The enemy's attack is not easy. It is not necessary to build a thick and thick wall like the city wall near the main city. The city wall walkway near the junction on both sides of the west is only 4 people wide.

Diocassis sent two heavy infantry companies to each side of the aisle. They were arranged into an extremely thick shield spear wall to prevent the enemy from trying to enter the fortress through the wall.

At the same time, the light infantrymen on the east and west stone walls of the fort took up bows and javelins and carried out long-range attacks on the enemies on the wall walkway not far from them.

The Syracuse soldiers on the aisle are struggling to break through the interception of Dionia’s heavy infantry, which is very difficult, because the city wall is built along the terrain, and the junction is the highest. They also need to attack upwards, but at the same time Beware of the side-fire fire from the fort, and 10% of the strength can only make 30% or 40%, which poses no threat to the front Dionysians.

In the face of the countless Syracuse soldiers coming from the south, the Dionysian soldiers on the fortress took out the prepared round grass cages, poured asphalt, lit them with fire, threw them down, and burned one by one. The fireball followed the terrain and rolled into the offensive lineup in Syracuse, causing a great deal of chaos. The soldiers withdrew in a hurry, pushing each other, and falling a lot of injured.

These grass cages stored in the warehouse were originally used by the Siracusa garrison reserve to fight against the enemy who paid the force to climb the city. The Dionysian soldiers used it to attack the original owner, and the effect was equally good.

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When the news of the "Mountain Reconnaissance Brigade successfully seized the fortress of Yuriarus" was quickly returned to Leotizides, he did not hesitate to gather the army of the camp and once again issued the order to "strike the city pool".

Although the army had just carried out a fierce siege yesterday, and paid a lot of casualties, it was to create conditions for the night raid by the Mountain Reconnaissance Brigade, and now it is still necessary to continue to occupy the forces of the Fortress of Uryarus Establishing a firm foothold in the city and creating conditions, so Leotichides sent 10,000 soldiers, carrying a cloud ladder, pushing siege equipment, divided into three waves, and launched from the middle of the west wall to the entire wall of Linhai Offense.

In addition, he also reserved a heavy infantry brigade and two light armor brigades for a total of 3,000 people. Its purpose is not only to support the siege, but he has deeper expectations. If the development of the battle situation is beneficial to his own side, he Will consider putting this reserve team into the fortress of Juryalus in the north, meeting with the original troops to establish the victory in one fell swoop.

To this end, he sent a lot of herding soldiers, hoping to maintain close contact with the troops of the Fortress of Juliarus and keep abreast of the dynamics inside.

At the same time, he also sent a messenger to the east of Syracuse to inform Zantiparis of the "successful night attack" good news, and hoped that he urged the coalition forces to increase the attack on the east.

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Most of the Syracuse civics fought fiercely with the Daionians in the east, west, and north directions, but there was an army that was more leisurely-in the square next to the Temple of Apollo, from the port area The 4,000 soldiers do not seem to have the urgency to face the battle. They either sit, lie, chat, play, or sleep...

Compared with the ease of the soldiers, Hiktas, who is the commander of this unit and sits on the platform of the high square, is very worried, but what he does not know is-among the thousands of soldiers resting under the stage In the middle, several eyes have been watching him.

"Artemis, it's been so many days, this old guy still has no action, it seems that he doesn't plan to take refuge in our kingdom!"

"He doesn't do it, we just set him aside and go directly to Zamoratis. They know us better and have a better opinion of the kingdom. I believe they will be able to convince them and return to the kingdom!"

"Don’t worry, if Hiktas really made up his mind to protect Syracuse, he was dispatched to arrest me, and then he reorganized the entire port area, but he did not do so, indicating his proposal to me. There are still ideas, but he is still hesitating... We need to give him some time to continue to persuade him. And his prestige in the port area is very high, if he does not join, rely on Zamoratis them, I am afraid it is very It is difficult to persuade the majority of the people in the port to join us. By then, the news has been exposed, and it will inevitably arouse the vigilance of the Siracusa Council. Then our previous efforts will not only be in vain, but also affect the Proseus commander. The progress of conquering the city of Syracuse will affect the kingdom's war against Carthage!"

"Artemis, I’m afraid we can’t wait any longer! There was a lot of riots in the city just now. It is said that our army has occupied the fortress of Juryalus, and Prosius and Zantiparis Adults are leading the army to attack the city with all their strength. The civic soldiers of Syracuse are basically sent out to fight, leaving the army in the port. What a great opportunity! Think about it, if Hiktas Leading these 4,000 soldiers to riots at this time, the Syracuse people have no extra troops to come to chaos! Whether he is heading west or attacking the defending defending army, it will lead to The defeat of the Syracuse army allowed our army to successfully break through the city!"

"That's right! Artemis, did you hear that our army is on the offensive! We must seize this excellent opportunity created by our soldiers with life and blood!"

"Okay, let me think about it again... I see... We take risks altogether, and since Hiktas can't make up his mind at this time, then we force him to make a choice! We do this..."