Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

After a sustained period of bombardment, Titus sent a second wave of soldiers who had rested for a while to continue to attack the city, while the Dionysian defenders had been busy defending against attacks and evading stone bullets, and their body and mind continued to wear out. Over time, the Romans gradually began to equalize with the defenders in physical strength and energy.

In addition, the Romans also had a headache for the defenders when they attacked the city. Their heavy infantry was not idle except for the soldiers who climbed the ladder under the city. While protecting themselves with long shields, they attacked City head projecting javelin.

Throwing javelins with heavy infantry - this is the tactic of the Dionian legionnaires, Camelus saw the power of this tactic after Wolsey fought the Dionians, and began to fight with them. Tried to use it in the battle of the Herniki, and achieved some results. Before this appearance, when Camelus and Titus discussed how to attack the city of Ostia, he again mentioned the use of this tactic during the siege, although the heavy infantry of Rome did not pass through like the soldiers of the Dionian legion. Long-term training, throwing javelins is not only accurate and powerful, but also full of tactical changes, but the low city walls of Ostia have increased the lethality of javelin throwing by Roman soldiers, and the Roman army has far more heavy infantry than the city guards. It was the key to becoming the Dionian defender who suppressed the city's head with a javelin.

The Roman siege soldiers retreated in one wave, and another wave of black and violent attacks came up, like the continuous impact of a raging tide, the number of casualties of the Dionysian defenders increased, and the defense strength decreased, and the enemy had already attacked the city several times.

Telis had to send a reserve team, but because of his inexperience, he did not dismantle these temporarily formed new forces and placed them among the defenders of the city head, commanded by the reserve soldiers of the legion, but let them go in groups Replacing the vacant position at the head of the city, as a result, the strength of the defense has not been greatly enhanced, but there has been a lot of confusion.

General, look! The wall is collapsing!! The entourage pointed to the front and began to cheer.

Titus was also unable to restrain the ecstasy in his heart.

A few days ago, the city walls of Ostia had just been baptized by the Dionysian ballista. Although they had been repaired, only a few days were not enough for it to fully recover, and then it was repeatedly hit by the Roman ballista. Attacked, and finally a section of the city wall let out a whining sound and collapsed.

With the exclamations of the soldiers on both sides, a gap was revealed after the dust mist dissipated.

Seeing this situation, how could Titus miss the opportunity to destroy the city, and immediately ordered: Stop the bombardment of the ballista, and the entire army will immediately attack!

It was said that the entire army was overwhelmed, but in fact, only the Roman citizens participated in the attack with all their strength. After all, they marched long distances during the day and fought fiercely at night. Although there were intermittent breaks in the middle, all the soldiers were already extremely tired. , let the Latin and Etruscan allied troops complain, their generals have repeatedly protested to Titusti, and their soldiers have begun to fight passively, only the Roman colonial citizen soldiers with less than 5,000 people left Supported by the belief of taking back the motherland\

,"Under the constraints of strict discipline, the collapse of the Ostia city walls also gave them hope of success. In the resounding bugle, they roared and attacked the city of Ostia again.

The high morale of the Roman soldiers also infected the troops of the Allies, who barely followed behind...

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Giorgris was a cautious man, and with Clotokatax, he became more cautious, so he arranged for four clippers to lead the front, and the other ships were two parallel, with the larger one in front and behind. At intervals, all the ships lit torches, like a fire dragon in a river, and went downstream along the flowing water.

Giorgris's caution worked. On the way, a pilot boat collided and sank with a fast boat that was pulling up and preparing to report to Rome. A pilot boat failed to control its direction at the sharp bay of the river and collided with sunk off the reef...

All the troop transport ships were unhurt and approached the mouth of the Tiber safely, but the soldiers on board were shocked by the sight on the shore in the distance: it was almost midnight, but the sky had not yet appeared, and the waning moon was still hanging. In the sky, the sky is still dark, it is the best time for people to sleep soundly, but the direction of Ostia city is full of fire, and the sound of killing is loud...

Has the city of Ostia fallen? ! Whether it was Georgris, the officers at all levels, or the soldiers, there were similar concerns in their hearts. With the guidance of the distant fire and the port lighthouse, and in order not to attract the attention of the enemy, Georgnis immediately ordered: Put out all the torches on board!

Soon, the patrol ships in the port came out to greet them. After learning that Ostia had not fallen, the fleet quickly sailed into its port.

After the boat docked at the pier, Geogris went ashore first, but he was surprised to see that countless people dressed as sailors gathered and began to wear armor. The arrival of the soldiers of the Fifth Legion was warmly welcomed by them.

It was only after Giorgris inquired that the Roman army began to attack the city at dusk and did not stop. Due to the continuous onslaught of the Romans, the reserve soldiers led by Telis suffered a lot of casualties. They not only sent the reserve team composed of Latin refugees and slaves to the city, but also gathered the sailors of the warships in the dock. , ready for reinforcements at any time.

With the help of the sailors of the Third Fleet, the soldiers of the five brigades of the Fifth Army quickly went ashore, and under the leadership of Georgris, they quickly rushed to the city.

At this moment, an exclamation came from the front: It's not good!! The wall is collapsing!!...

Giorgris was startled, the situation was urgent, and he immediately ordered: The whole army advances quickly!

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After a series of hard battles and the collapse of the city wall, the soldiers at the head of the city had been flustered. At this time, the Romans took the opportunity to launch an attack on a much larger scale than before.

The dark Roman soldiers had not yet crossed the ditch, and some freed slaves at the top of the city had never seen such a big momentum, and they turned around and fled.

Telis hurriedly led the guards to stop them, and decisively killed the slaves who took the lead in escaping to stabilize the army. However, he could take care of one end of the city wall that was more than a mile long, but not the other. As the enemy approached, the chaos at the end of the city not only did not subside, but instead increased.

In a hurry, Telis didn't even have time to dispatch troops to plug the gap, and in the end even he himself lost confidence...

Just when he was at a loss and was about to give up, Ugh!... The familiar bugle sounded in the city, followed by a uniform chant: Great Hades, you belong to the kingdom. The protector, the ruler of the night, the embodiment of justice and strictness!  …”

Before Telis could react, the legion reserve soldiers at the head of the city began to shout: Our reinforcements are here!! Our reinforcements are here!!!...

I saw that under the reflection of the fire in the city (in order to facilitate the soldiers to fight in the city, Telis learned that the Romans also lit fires in the city), a long black dragon was rapidly advancing down the city along the street.

The face of the tall soldier at the front is clearly recognizable. He is dressed in thick dog skin. He holds a legion flag high in his hand, and the statue at the top shines brightly.

The Fifth Legion! It's the Fifth Legion!!... The sharp-eyed soldier shouted loudly.

Ostia is saved! The legion reserve soldiers gained confidence, and the panicked Ostia reserve soldiers gradually fled, and Telis also calmed down.

Titus outside the city also heard the bugle and chants. He never thought that it was reinforcements from the enemy. He thought that General Dionia used these to inspire his soldiers and defend them with all his strength. Judging from his experience, no enemy reinforcements will arrive at this special time, so he frowned and whispered: At this time, the Dionysians still have such morale! It's like a dictatorship. What the official said, the army of this kingdom should not be underestimated!

At this time, someone in the city shouted: Is Lord Telis there?! Lord Telis!...

Telis supported the battlement and looked down: I saw a young team officer in black helmet and black armor with a red cap and tassel walking along the root of the city wall and shouting.

I'm Telis! he responded immediately.

The commander hurriedly saluted and said, I am the adjutant of the fifth army commander, Giorgris, and the army commander told me to tell you that he will lead his troops to block the gap and let you focus on the defense of the city. There are reinforcements composed of sailors from the Third Fleet going to the city to reinforce you!

After negotiating with the adjutant of the Fifth Army, Telis urged the officers at the head of the city to lead the soldiers back to their respective defensive wall sections, and arranged more light infantry above the gap, and began to prepare enough asphalt, because Giorgris was ready to return to the Romans the pain suffered by the Fourth Legion when they attacked the city of Rome.

Titus saw from a distance that under the blazing city, the heroic Roman soldiers braved the rain of arrows to rush into the gap in the city wall, which made him excited and believed that victory was in sight.

Unexpectedly, the entire gap was filled with Roman soldiers, and the men who went to inquire about the news came back and reported: The gap is blocked by the Dionysian army, and the soldiers are temporarily unable to break through their defenses!

And just at this time, the messenger sent by Camillous also rushed outside the city of Ostia (because in the dark night, the messenger did not dare to let his horse gallop, so he fell behind the fleet) to report to Proposal Tus : The Dionysians have sent thousands of soldiers from the city of Rome and are sailing down the river!

Titus seemed to be hit hard, but he still had a little illusion in his heart. He ordered the drums to be played and the bugles to be honked to inspire the soldiers to attack bravely. On the other hand, he sent his subordinates to the city to pay close attention to the changes in the battle situation. At the same time, the Etruscan allies who were dawdling at the back of the attacking team were called back, and they were arranged in the rear in case of unexpected events.