Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

The Syracuse army was once again defeated.

Not long after, another Syracuse general arrived with 3,000 soldiers and saw groaning wounded and demoralized troops.

After learning about the whole battle with the wounded Staceikos, both sides realized that the Dionysians had meticulous preparations, so it would be very difficult to retake the fortress of Yuriarus, and both began to regret their previous actions against Yuria. Neglect of Ruth Fortress.

So, the two joined forces and carefully planned the next attack.

At this time, the commander of the Fifth Division of the Eighth Legion, Theocassis, was in charge of the defense of the fortress of Yuriarus.

In the previous consecutive battles, a captain of the Eighth Legion was seriously injured, and the first captain had been guarding Serinus, so there were two vacancies in the position of the captain, Diocassis. Because of his outstanding record, he had been promoted from company captain to corps captain. Leotidides, who held him very highly, entrusted him with such an important task this time. Therefore, even if the attacking enemy was repelled, he would still Not taking it lightly, he summoned Terentus and the other two captains to discuss and improve the plan for the defense of the fortress.

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

The soldiers did not carry rations in order to make the raid go smoothly. There was some food in the warehouse of the fortress, but this was a food reserve for 200 people, but for the Dionysian army of more than 3,400 people, Diocassis was roughly It is estimated that it is only enough for one day's use. And it is more difficult to transport a large amount of food and baggage from the foot of 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 Dio Cassis and suggested to him: We need doctors and nurses here, and the wounded soldiers are in urgent need of treatment and care!

Seeing his anxious expression, Diocassis knew that he was worried about the injuries of the soldiers in the more than 20 mountain reconnaissance brigade.

Previously, Terentus personally led 100 soldiers of the reconnaissance brigade to successfully climb the wall, not only to attack the fortress, but also to intercept the few sentries coming from the aisles on both sides. When the enemy was outnumbered, the soldiers of the mountain reconnaissance brigade, who were the vanguard, fought one to ten, and their fast and valiant attack led to the chaos of the defenders who had been caught off guard, creating conditions for the arrival of the successor troops, and of course paying some casualties for this. .

You are right. Dio Cassis agreed immediately, and took the opportunity to say: However, the mountain road here is difficult to walk, and the sky is dark, but these are not problems for your mountain scout soldiers, so I hope you Can send a small team of soldiers, go down the mountain to the medical camp, pick up a few doctors and nurses, and bring some engineers and carpenters by the way.

Terentus was stunned: The engineer and the carpenter, do you want them to install ballistas on the fortress?

This is one reason. Dio Cassis said sternly: In addition, I want them to install a pulley device on the city wall, which can easily pull the baggage transported under the city to the top of the city.

I'll send two teams down the mountain right away. Terentus promised immediately.

At this time, a soldier came in and said anxiously, Captain, the enemy is attacking!

Diocassis and Terentus looked at each other, quickly walked out of the dormitory, and climbed to the top of the city.

This time, the Syracuse army not only attacked the fortress from the south, but also many soldiers on the aisles of the city walls on the east and west sides were rapidly approaching the fortress.

The messengers sent by Stacycus told Theagenis and Falecus successively about the difficulties encountered by the army in attacking the fortress. The Asian coalition army is also gathering, but in order to retake the fortress and destroy the enemy who broke into the city, the two generals still sent hundreds of soldiers to march north along the aisle at the head of the city to participate in the attack.

The enemies from three directions attacked at the same time, but Diocassis was not nervous because they had already made arrangements in advance.

The more northerly the city wall of Syracuse is, the narrower the corridor. After all, it is not easy to build a city wall on high ground, and because of the terrain, it is not easy for the enemy to attack. There is no need to build it like the city wall near the main city. , The city wall walkway on the west side near the intersection is only wide enough for 4 people side by side.

Diocassis sent two companies of heavy infantry to guard the aisles on either side.

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.

It was very difficult for the Syracuse soldiers on the aisle to break through the blockade of the Dionysian heavy infantry, because the city wall was built along the terrain, and the intersection was at the highest position. They also needed to attack upwards, but at the same time they had to To guard against the side fire from the fortress, even 100% of the strength can only use 30% to 40%, and it does not pose any threat to the frontal Dionysians at all.

In the face of the countless Syracuse soldiers rushing in from the south, the Dionian soldiers on the fort took out one by one woven circular grass cages, poured it on asphalt, lit it with fire, and threw it down, one by one burning. The big fireball rolled along the terrain and into the attacking army formation in Syracuse, causing great chaos immediately. The soldiers retreated, pushed each other, and many fell and injured.

These grass cages stored in the warehouse were originally reserved by the Syracuse garrison to fight the enemy who paid to climb the mountain to attack the city. The Dionian 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 capturing the fortress of Yuriarus was quickly reported to Leotidides, he did not hesitate to gather the troops in the camp and once again issued the order to strike the city.

Although the army just carried out a fierce siege yesterday and suffered a lot of casualties, it was to create conditions for the night attack of the mountain reconnaissance brigade at night, and now it is still necessary to continue to occupy the fortress of Yuriarus. To establish a firm foothold in the city to create conditions, so Leoticides sent 10,000 soldiers, carrying ladders, pushing siege equipment, divided into three waves, and launched to the middle section of the western city wall to the entire wall section near the sea attacked.

In addition, he also retained a heavy infantry brigade and two light armoured brigade totaling 3,000 people as a reserve. The purpose is not only to support the siege, but he has a deeper expectation. If the development of the war situation is beneficial to himself, he will We will consider putting this reserve team into the fortress of Yuriarus to the north, and join the original force to establish the victory in one fell swoop.

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

At the same time, he also sent a messenger to the east city of Syracuse to inform Zantiparis of the good news of the successful night attack, and hoped that he would urge the coalition troops to increase their attack on the east city.

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Most of the Siracusa civic soldiers fought fiercely with the Dionians in the east, west, and north directions, but one army was more leisurely in the square next to the Temple of Apollo. 4,000 soldiers from the port area. The soldiers did not seem to have a sense of urgency about the upcoming battle. They were sitting, lying, chatting, playing games, or sleeping...

Compared with the ease of the soldiers, as the commander of this unit, Hiktas, who was sitting on the platform in the square, seemed very worried, but what he didn't know was that among the thousands of soldiers resting in the audience, Several pairs of eyes have been watching him.

Artemis, it's been so many days, this old guy still hasn't done anything. It seems that he doesn't plan to join our kingdom!

If he doesn't do it, we just leave him alone and go directly to Zamoratis and the others. They are more familiar with us and have a better impression of the kingdom. I believe they will be able to persuade them to surrender to the kingdom!

Don't worry, if Hiktas really made up his mind to protect Syracuse, he would have sent someone to arrest me, and then rectified 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 convince him. Moreover, his prestige in the port area is very high. It is difficult to persuade most of the port people to join us. By then, the news has been exposed, which will inevitably arouse the vigilance of the council of Syracuse, so our previous efforts will not only be in vain, but will also affect Commander Prosous. The progress of the capture of Syracuse will affect the kingdom's war against Carthage!

Artemis, I'm afraid we can't wait any longer! There was quite a riot in the city just now. It is said that our army has occupied the fortress of Yuriarus, and Prosus and Zantiparis are two Your Excellency is leading the army to attack the city with all its strength. The citizens of Syracuse are basically dispatched to fight, leaving only the army in the port. What a great opportunity this is! Think about it, if Hiktas At this time, leading more than 4,000 soldiers to riot, the Syracuses have no extra troops to come to pacify the riot! Whether he leads the army to the west or the east to attack the defending army, it will lead to The defeat of the Syracuse army has allowed our army to successfully break through the city!

That's right! Artemis, do you hear, our legion is onslaught! We must seize this great opportunity created by the lives and blood of our soldiers!

Okay, let me think about it again...I see...let's just take a risk, since Hiktas can't make up his mind at this time, let's force him to make a choice! We do this...