Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

We are attacking the city, you know! Attacking the city!! Tima Song shouted angrily: The heavy infantry can't get up, can't take the city, they saved their lives, it's useless! Go! Go!!

Timasong watched the messenger cross the moat and ran towards the light infantry. He turned his eyes and swept across the ground under the city. There were corpses lying everywhere, and there were soldiers who were struggling and wailing, including mercenaries and Crimeans...

Timasson has seen too many such scenes. Before they came to Great Greece, they had just under the command of Tiburon, they had just conducted a siege battle against Larissa in Asia Minor for several months. The siege was difficult. deep experience. It's just that he has nothing else to do except this storm, and time is the key to success for him.

Be careful, leader! The subordinate's shout made him subconsciously hide his head under the round shield, only to hear the sound of clang, the back of his hand shook, and an arrow hit the shield and bounced again.

As soon as he exhaled, he heard an exclamation of Ah! Ah! followed by a loud Boom.

Needless to say, he also knew that the siege ladder must have been pushed down by the enemy, and the irritability in his heart began to breed.

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General, the enemy's light infantry is coming up! The panic shouted of the citizen soldiers made Eurypsis shudder.

The light infantry who were originally in front of the moat had quickly moved closer to the city wall. Compared with the poor archery skills of the untrained Krimmisa civilian soldiers, the bows and arrows of these enemies were accurate and ruthless, and soon the civilian soldiers on the city were killed and injured. Most of it was caused by them.

Don't worry about the enemies on the long ladder, let me focus on the light infantry! He ordered the archers as he ran down the city plate aisle.

The enemy is coming again! The panicked shouts of the soldiers made him stop. Not far away, a mercenary had already stood on the battlement. Facing the piercing spear, he shielded his upper body with his shield and moved forward with all his might. Jump, not only did the spear fail to stab him, but he was pinned down by him. He did not get up immediately, but quickly slashed with his right-hand general knife, and several nearby civilian soldiers were cut in the unprotected thighs by him. , fell down screaming. He got up, but instead of attacking in the chaos, he retreated to the entrance of the long ladder, squatted with his back against the battlements, and protected his whole body with a round shield.

The spears of the soldiers did little harm to him, but they did not dare to approach for fear of his saber sticking out from under the shield and slashing his feet. During this delay, another mercenary entered the battlement.

Force up! Block them! Eurycopius arrived with the reserve team, and the dense spear thrusts forced the enemy to the corner.

Open their shields! As soon as Eurycopus finished speaking, the soldier next to him let out a shrill scream, and a javelin pierced his ribs.

The light infantry under the city did their best to support their comrades who were attacking the city. Bows, arrows and javelins were concentrated at the top of this section of the city, and the heavy infantry also accelerated the speed of climbing the city.

Eurycopus urgently mobilized all the remaining troops to block it here. After a fierce fight and battle, the mercenaries were driven down, but this section of the aisle was full of wounded and dead citizens of Crimea. soldier.

Facing such a group of enemies who are obviously experienced in combat and bloodthirsty and ferocious, every entry will cause a lot of damage to the defending soldiers, Eurycopus feels a little weak, and his manpower begins to tighten: Quickly. Go and inform General Antaoris that the enemy has invested all their strength in the North City! It's almost impossible to hold on here, let him send reinforcements!

Antaoris has no troops to send. However, since the enemy was constantly attacking the north and west, the troops responsible for the defense of the east had been idle at this time of crisis.

Antaoris immediately made a decision: to send a message to General Pleiades to immediately lead the troops stationed in Dongcheng to reinforce Eurycopus.

Leader of Tima Song! Leader of Tima Song!... The messenger hurried towards Tima Song while avoiding the arrows: The enemy on the eastern city wall has left!

I've seen it! Timasson's tone showed a bit of excitement: Go and tell Torikos,

Let him act now!

Yes!

Watching the messenger leave, Tima Song immediately raised his arms and shouted: Brothers, work harder! Attack with me! The enemy can't stand it anymore! In front of the long ladder, he grabbed the wooden ladder with his right hand. The soldiers guarding the ladder held his hips and pushed him up. He took advantage of the trend to run up several squares, and the soldiers in front had already entered the city wall. He used both hands and feet, and soon When he came to the top of the long ladder, he quickly pulled out his saber, stepped on the battlements, shielded his chest, ignored the spear and sword, and leaped forward with all his might, using the force to smash the enemy, and the saber in his hand also slashed forward at the same time. .

Back to back! Back to back! he shouted as he chopped.

The mercenary who had shrunk in the corner immediately approached.

Inspired by Timasson's leading soldiers, the mercenaries launched a fierce attack again, and they broke into many places on the northern city wall. If it hadn't been for Pleades's troops to come to support, Eurycopus' defending troops would have been unable to support it.

The two sides fought fiercely in the aisles, seeing that the influx of reinforcements had made the Crimea so popular that they were ready to drive the mercenaries out of the city again.

At this time, there was a huge commotion from the east.

The enemy is coming! The enemy is coming!... The citizen soldiers shouted in panic.

Eurycopus hurriedly turned his head to look east, and saw many of the enemy's light shield soldiers with leather shields and reverse-blade knives rushing straight down the aisle of the east wall.

Eurycopus didn't have time to think about how these people got on the city wall. He hurriedly asked Pleades to lead reinforcements back to intercept it, but the two sides were fighting zigzag in the aisle, making it difficult to draw troops.

The Thracian light shield soldiers of the mercenaries attacked very quickly. They broke into the crowd, and in a small space, the long-handled reverse-blade knife exerted terrifying killing power. The bones and muscles are cut off; the blood vessels are cut when the neck is hooked by the blade... The Crimean citizen soldiers fell down in an instant, scaring them to retreat, while the light shield soldiers chased after them like bone-encrusted maggots. The mercenaries also took advantage of the chaos to board the city...

The easternmost point of the entire northern city wall of Crimea has been breached, and seasoned mercenary soldiers drove the retreating Crimean civic soldiers westward...

On the crowded aisle, panicked Crimeans pushed each other to escape, and some fell directly from the inside of the city wall...

Seeing this tragic sight, Eurycopus and Pleades were also panicked. They were afraid of this misfortune, and they retreated from the tower in a hurry, causing the mercenaries to easily go to the top of the city and occupy the aisle near the city gate. , blocked countless Crimeans in the aisle...

The mercenaries slaughtered mercilessly, forcing more Crimeans to jump off the city walls...

Antaoris, who was originally organizing and coordinating defense under the city, saw this tragic scene and listened to the constant screams of the citizens, and his heart was broken. But at this critical moment, he had to hold back his grief and arrange for the withdrawn civilian soldiers and the people to retreat to the Acropolis in the south of the city for the final defense.

The mercenaries occupied the northern city, opened the city gate, and the soldiers outside the city poured in...

Leader, we are victorious! We have occupied the city! The men supported Timasong and shouted happily.

Tima Song was stabbed in the thigh and had a stab wound on his right arm. If the enemy hadn't collapsed on his own, he would have died under the spear. At this moment, he was also very excited: It should be said that we also own a city! He said proudly. The mercenaries were able to capture the city wall, thanks to the success of his strategy: in the Dionysian Alliance, under his deliberate inquiry, his former comrades told him the details of the capture of Amendolara, and let him know After obtaining the rope hook, a special siege weapon, and getting its sketches, he successively sent people to the blacksmith shop in Heraclea to make dozens of sets. During the siege, he deliberately stormed the west and north sides, and once forced the Crimeans on the east side of the defense (the Umbria River to the south) to come to support, he let Torikos lead dozens of trained light shields The soldiers slipped under the east wall with rope hooks, and even if they were discovered, they were not carrying the siege ladder and would not attract the attention of the enemy. In this way, the Light Shields climbed up the city wall with rope hooks and dealt the fatal blow to the Crimea.

After Timasong went down to the city, it happened to meet with Crianno, who had captured the west gate, and commanded the mercenaries to continue chasing the routed soldiers.

Everything went smoothly at first, but gradually the mercenaries got out of control, and they began to roam the houses, snatch property, and even capture women...

Timasong was furious, not because he opposed the looting, but because the battle was not over yet. It was reported that the remnants of Crimesa were hiding in the Acropolis.

But the excited mercenaries acted on instinct and refused to follow his orders. At this moment, Tima Song had what Davos felt at the beginning. He knew that it was useless, but he still scolded and vented his grievances.

Leader, they are all in the Acropolis anyway, and they can't escape. We will block the Acropolis. When the soldiers are over, we will regroup them and capture the Acropolis. Torikos comforted. .

I'm not worried about the Crimea, I'm worried about Crotone! Timasson said anxiously.

Even when we attacked the city, Crimea asked Crotone for reinforcements, but the messenger arrived in Crotone, and after discussion in the council, a decision was made, the army was mobilized, and they came here... So many processes, etc. They came here, at the earliest at night. I don't believe that the Crotones have the courage of Davos and the others to attack the city at night! And we have already captured the entire city of Crimesa, and the messengers sent I'm afraid they have already arrived at the Dionysian Senate. When Crotone attacks tomorrow, Davos and the others should have made a decision. Crianno analyzed him seriously.