Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

The soldiers gave shielded spears to the free people and slaves who came back. The ten men formed a small team, led by a civic soldier, and re-sent to the Camp of Dionya. If someone refuses to fight or flee, then these soldiers will seize them and execute on the spot to shock the greedy and fearful of the dead.

In front of these makeshift teams are nearly 20,000 Syracuse soldiers and moving siege devices. They lined up a very loose formation, carrying a 10-meter-long ladder, pushing a cumbersome siege device and walking on a mud that had just been leveled by free men and slaves. Because many of them lost their armor and shields in the previous battles, now everyone's equipment is relatively simple, almost like the free people behind, the arrows that were not worried at the moment are now the most remote weapon for their headaches. . Fortunately, the arrow rain was mostly blocked by the towers, archers and siege cars in the forefront of the queue.

Seen as the astonishing stone bombs whistling from time to time, the sand is splashing, the Syracuse soldiers are not as scared as the free people. After all, the guns attacked them too much, but everyone prayed "Apollo" Be blessed, don't be a bad guy who is directly hit by a stone bomb."

"Hey!" A loud noise, a stone-blocker hit by a stone bomb, immediately disintegrated, the broken wood chip also caused several slaves of the cart to be injured, scared the soldiers behind the subconscious distance from the siege device, The most worried about the artillery attack, but these big guys!

The Dionysian light infantry heard the sound of "rumbling" coming from the wooden wall, and the sound was getting louder and louder. As if the spring thunder of lightning was about to be released, they all felt nervous and the speed of bending the bow was faster. Every time they heard a scream, they got a soothing heart.

Soon, there were more invisible objects and figures in the white fog ahead. When more than a dozen towers were taller than the wooden walls of the camp, they were densely fogged and appeared in front of the trenches. I feel nervous because of these giants.

"Defense!" The heavy infantry quickly put the long shield on the top of the head and formed a shield.

I heard the continuous crispness of "铛铛...", which was the sound of the javelin thrown from the tower and the central metal horn of the long shield. There were also very few javelins piercing the long shield, causing the soldiers hurt. Apparently, the Syracuse knew that the archers had little threat to the heavy infantry of Dionia, so the top of the tower was all the javelin.

The light infantry, who was hiding behind the Deonian heavy infantry, also immediately used arrows and javelins at the tower eighty-nine meters away from the wooden wall.

The Syracuse at the top of the tower relies on the protection of wooden fences. Even if there is a drop in the middle arrow, a new light infantry will soon enter from the entrance behind the tower and climb through the wooden ladder to replace it.

Relying on the suppression of the remote firepower of the tower, the Syracuse soldiers braved the arrows and javelins that were shot, and rushed to the ditch before putting a ladder of more than ten meters on the wooden wall.

Due to the rigor of the construction of the camps of the soldiers of the Dionysian army, the trenches they excavated were four meters wide and three meters deep. The ditch was covered with pointed wooden stakes, and the other side directly repaired the soil barriers. The wooden wall was built on the soil barrier, so the soil barrier and the wooden wall were nearly five meters high. The Syracuse soldiers simply could not stand under the wooden wall. They could only stand directly opposite the ditch and carry out the ants attached to the city through the extended ladder.

The increased length of the ladder is reduced after the wooden wall is slanted, which not only makes the siege soldier's body more exposed to the opponent's attack, but also makes the ladder easier to sway, and accidentally falls into the trench and is pointed by the wooden stake. Pierce the body. But the Syracuse soldiers did not fear, set up a wooden ladder, and climbed to the wall.

While the towers and ladders attract the attention of the Daonian defenders, hundreds of free people carry sacks filled with soil and rush to the trench in front of the camp. There were always people who fell in the middle of the road, but more people successfully threw sacks into the trench.

The 1st garrison of the Dionysian Central Army was the 11,000th of the 4th and 7th Army of Dionia, all of which rushed to the wooden wall in the east to defend. Because the walkway inside the wooden wall is not wide, the archer retreated to the wooden wall or the whistle, continued to attack the tower outside the camp, and concentrated on the long-range attack on the Syracuse soldiers who came after.

On the wooden wall, heavy infantry and javelin-mixed troops throw javelins at enemies in front of the trenches or on the ladders, use shield spears to break down the trenches that attempt to climb the wall, and also protect the javelin attacks on the tower.

When the dense fog gradually dissipated and the sun rose to the sky, the Dionysian army’s offensive and defensive battles entered a white heat...

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At the same time, the island of Ortigia in Sicily opened to the gates of the main city of Syracuse, and the carriages and their followers of Hipparinus came out.

The island of Ortigia was originally the earliest colonial settlement of the Syracuse, and it was not until Dillon became the lord that the people of the surrounding city-states were greatly moved to Syracuse to reclaim the inland areas connected to the island of Ortigia. At the same time, vigorously develop sea trade. Since then, Syracuse has gradually become the most powerful of the Greek city-states of Sicily. When Dionysius became the lord, he not only moved more Greek population to Syracuse, but also ruined his rule twice and jeopardized his life, in order to protect himself. The safety of his life, he forcibly moved out of the original residents of Ortigia, making this peninsula his home, supporters, loyal to his mercenary's residence and fortress. The people of Syracuse whispered in private, "Otijaia is the acropolis of Dionysius."

Phillips and Hipparinus, as loyal subordinates of Dionysius, of course live on the island of Ortigia, but the city hall of the entire city-state is outside the island, south of the Temple of Apollo. Next to the square, so if there are no special circumstances every day, Phillips will rush to the city hall to deal with government affairs very early, and then return to the palace of Ortigia Island in the afternoon to report to Dionysius.

Hipparinus is the intelligence chief. Although he has his position in the city hall, he usually works in his own residence on the island of Ortigia, because it is more secret. It was only during the period when Dionysius left Syracuse that it was more convenient and quicker to understand the situation in the city, and it was more convenient to monitor the bureaucrats in the city hall. He went to the city hall to work every day.

Hipparinus and his entourage came out of Ortigia, and they had to pass through an isthmus 500 meters long and 300 meters wide to enter the wide inner city of Syracuse. In the middle of the isthmus, there is also a small fort, with hundreds of mercenaries stationed, and a blockade of the wall of the island of Ortigia. Dionysius has tried his best for his own safety. But the existence of this fortress also made this less wide passage narrower.

The carriage that Hipparinus took was suddenly stopped at the exit of the isthmus. There was a noise coming into his ear. He was busy looking out and looking out: I saw dozens of men fighting at the mouth of the gorge. Fighting, a lot of people are watching the fun, and even cheering, blocking the front of the water.

"Go and see what happened?" Hipparinus said busy.

Soon, I rushed back to report: "Adults, I heard that it is because today I want to gather citizens in the square and form a large Greek reinforcement. Some citizens here responded to the mobilization of the city-state and are going to the square. Others think they are doing this. It will only let... let this war continue, there is no end, so they will stop them from going, and the two sides will..."

Hipparinus looked annoyed at the dusty front and said, "What the **** Phillips is doing?! Not sending patrols to drive these people away!"

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Phillips usually went to the town hall early in the morning, and today it is even earlier, because gathering citizens and forming troops in the market is a major event in the city, especially Syracuse is now in a special period. It is necessary to maintain order in the city and ensure that this matter can be successfully completed. Therefore, he should check the preparations in detail before citizens gather in the square to avoid mistakes.

What makes Phillips happy is that on the way to the city hall, he saw many citizens marching toward the square. It seems that the mobilization of Hercules in the past two days is still fruitful, Dionysius The requirements of the adults should be completed smoothly!

Just as he came to the town hall with his gratitude to Herris, he got a bad news: "What are you talking about?! Is Hollis hit on the way to the town hall?! ”

"Yes~www.novelmtl.com~Adult. I heard that several citizens were afraid of going out and resentful that Hurleys was persuading citizens to participate in this square war mobilization, so he attacked him."

"Where is the other person? How is the injury now?!" Phillips Qiqi asked.

"I heard that his head was slammed, fainted to the ground, and was carried back to his home by his family. The patrol team had already rushed to arrest the murderers."

When Phillips heard it, some of them couldn’t sit still. In his view: he himself is responsible for the injury of Herolis, if not his difficult task assigned to Herolis, let Herolis do his best, Khros Will not be resentful of these dissatisfied citizens of Dionysius. Moreover, the task of levying troops in the square today is very important and there are certain risks. If Herris can help, things will be much easier.

Therefore, he must go to visit in public.

So, he took advantage of the fact that it was still early, and he quickly arranged some simple tasks for the hand to complete, and then took 20 guards and hurried to the house of Herolis.