Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece - Chapter 451

[Chapter 118 Crotone Siege Battle (1)]

“Ah… I’m sorry!” Although Asuna was apologizing, the joy on her face couldn’t be stopped.

Lying at the head of the bed, Kristoia looked at her, and couldn’t help being infected by her, showing a smile: “I heard your laughter from a long distance, tell me, what’s good?”

“Madam, love Mrs. Gurness… oh no, the two princesses! Congratulations, the Senate has just announced that Lord Davos is the king of Dionia!” Azuna said the joy in her heart in one breath.

Cristoia’s pretty face was also filled with joy, which completely concealed the weakness after childbirth.

At this moment, she suddenly remembered: after a love affair, Davos once said in high spirits, ‘Little Cyrus is nothing special, and I will make you a princess in the not too distant future!

‘… Davers, he really did!

Agnes is not as excited as Cristoia and Azuna. After all, Great Greece has been away from the royal government for hundreds of years. She doesn’t feel much about it. She is just happy for her husband.

“The two princesses, when Cynthia and Adoris come back from school, let’s hold a banquet to celebrate the good news, how about that?!” Asuna suggested, Cristoia only thought for a moment, then shook her head Said: “Now the people of the alliance are worried about the war and their relatives. We will hold a banquet to celebrate at this time, which will be offensive and will damage the reputation of Davos!”

“The princess is right.” Aso Na said quickly.

“Don’t say the word ‘Princess’, things haven’t been completely settled yet, let’s not be too complacent!” Kristoya reminded her again.

“Yeah, I think it’s still a good name, it makes people feel cordial.” Agnes interjected: “Why don’t we worship the gods at home tonight, thank them for their blessings to us, and hope they can Bless Davos to come back safely!”

“Sister’s proposal is very good! We should sacrifice to Hades to thank him for protecting our husband! At the same time—” Kristoya smiled and looked at Agnes: “We also have to pay tribute to He Pull the sacrifice, thank her for blessing me to give birth to a healthy Eunice, and hope she can bless you to give birth to a child smoothly!”

“Yeah!” Agnes stroked her slightly bulging abdomen, revealing a motherly likeness smile.

“Wow! Wow! Wow!…” At this moment, Eunice woke up in the cradle.

“Ouch, my little princess!” Asuna hurriedly leaned over and opened the diaper to take a look: “She pulled it, and it’s quite a lot!” Saying that, she changed the diaper skillfully…

… ……………… In the

early morning,

the people of Crotone were woken up by the continuous sound of bugles outside the city.

“What happened?” ”

I

‘m afraid the Syracuses are going to attack the city!” The

people looked at the city head full of soldiers in the distance in panic.

Suddenly, a black spot passed over the city wall.

“Hurry up!” The people reminded each other, looking in the direction where the stone was shot, and running away.

They are already familiar with the terrifying weapon of Syracuse, and its attacks on Crotone have not stopped these days.

But today’s situation is obviously different from the previous two days. The stone bullets flew over the city one by one and smashed into the neighborhoods close to the city wall, which soon resulted in dilapidated houses and rubble everywhere.

The people supported their injured relatives and fled in all directions…

The stone bullets bombarded the city wall again and again, causing the stone skins to fall one by one…

Lysias, who was watching all this from the top of the city, began to worry in his heart: “Dai Why did Onia’s ballista team not fight back and let the enemy fire stone bullets so recklessly?”

“Lord Lysias, the Dionysians have no choice.” Askamas, who has communicated with the ballista team many times, explained: “The towers on our city wall are too narrow to fit a crossbow. Cannons, they can only put ballistas under the city. But the walls are too high, the ballistas have to raise the elevation angle, so the range will be shortened…”

“That means they can’t attack the enemy’s ballistas!” Lycias understood.

“Yes. So the Dionias suggested that we should not expose that we have ballistas first, and then give them a heavy blow when the enemy is at ease to attack.” Although Astamas did not like Dionia before, but At the time of the enemy, he also knew the importance of unity, so he said frankly: “I think this method is feasible.”

Lycias thought for a while, but reluctantly agreed with the suggestion of the Dionysian Ballista Team: “But now What should we do? The number of ballistas used by the enemy today is obviously more than the previous two days. I am afraid that the city wall will collapse!”

“Don’t worry, this will not happen for the time being.” Askamas comforted him and said: ” We only have to wait for the enemy to attack, and then beat them! I believe that the Syracuses will take action soon!”

Askamas was talking, but his eyes kept staring at the front of the city dozens of meters away. He believed that compared to the ballista, the large earthen fort built by the Syracuses was higher than the city wall. This was the real threat to the defense of the city.

Yesterday he had sent soldiers to venture out of the city to destroy it, only to be routed by the well-prepared Syracuses.

He also thought about digging a tunnel, but the city was surrounded by a moat. When the tunnel was dug below the moat, water seeped, which scared the soldiers to retreat quickly, otherwise they would probably drown in the tunnel.

In the end it was the Dionians who told him, ‘There is a way to destroy that mound.

‘ Only let him relax temporarily.

Askamas knew: Don’t look at the fact that there is no one on the earthen bastion now, when the siege begins, there will be Syracuse archers standing on it, shooting arrows at the soldiers on the top of the city…

“I’ll see Look at the Trina people, it’s all up to you!” Lycias said solemnly, the constant roar made him highly nervous, as if the city wall would collapse at any time, so he wanted to leave here quickly.

Just today, Cypros led Trina soldiers to defend the North City. As the chief general of Crotone, it is of course necessary to express condolences.

At the same time, there are thousands of soldiers from the Xili Court defending the southern city, and they are also a force that can be relied on.

Because Syracuse slaughtered the city of Syracuse, the relatives and friends of these soldiers were either killed or sold as slaves and sent to a foreign land. The anger of the Syracuse soldiers must be quelled with the blood of the Syracuses. They are the most Hope the Syracuses come to attack.

Just as Lycias was about to leave, there was an urgent report from the guards: countless Syracuse warships appeared outside the port and were about to break into the bay.

Crotone is somewhat similar to Tarantum. Their port and city itself are integrated, but the port is built in the bay. Due to the large bay, it is impossible for the Crotones to blockade, so when the enemy When the fleet of the enemy invades, it may land at the side and rear of Crotone City (that is, in the southeast of the city). Although there is also a city wall there, while defending the city wall, we must be alert to the enemy’s intrusion into the port and landing on the dock. , which requires higher command and judgment of the commander-in-chief, especially when Crotone does not have too many troops.

“We need an experienced general to command the few soldiers in the port area to prevent the enemy from attacking our rear!” Askamas said solemnly.

Lycias understood what he meant, and said without hesitation: “I will send Miron.”

Miron, the former chief general of Crotone, was killed by Crotone after he led his army to a great defeat in Dionia. Le citizens were expelled, so he had no choice but to go to the Peloponnesian Peninsula not far from Crotone, and live in seclusion in the small seaside town of Corion in Elis.

It was not until the army of Syracuse invaded Greater Greece that Crotone decided to recall the people who had been exiled in the past in order to work together to fight against the people of Syracuse.

Miron returned to Crotone as soon as he got the news, but by then the Crotone army had already set off for the Siri Court, so he remained in the city as a common citizen until it was brought into use today.

After listening to Lysias’ words, Askamas showed a smile, but this smile soon disappeared because the enemy started to attack…

………………………………

Hundreds of meters away, the huge, loose, seemingly endless battle formation of the Syracuses is slowly approaching the city wall.

Walking at the forefront are some strange-shaped engineering equipment pushed by the Syracuses, such as battering rams, and many similar battering rams with roofs, hidden personnel, and wooden wheels with a length of five or six meters. The

car…

What worries Askamas the most is the three massive, movable wooden towers taller than the city walls.

UU reading www.sonicmtl.com Although Askamas saw it in the war for the first time, but a word flashed in his mind immediately – siege tower, I heard that the Syracuse people used attack The city tower captured many cities in Carthage on the island of Sicily. This time he saw the real thing, but it was so shocking to him.

The soldiers were equally shocked and overwhelmed when they saw the huge engineering tower slowly approaching them.

“Cheer up!” Askamas shouted loudly, continuing to encourage the soldiers and himself: “Don’t look at that thing is so big, but it can’t pass the moat!”

Yes, there is a moat, that monster Can’t come!

The soldiers were relieved for a while, and then they saw that the enemy’s siege column had stopped advancing. Thousands of naked men walked out of it, carrying cloth bags on their backs, and staggering toward the city wall, and behind them were fully armed. The Syracuse light infantry, pushing the arrow blocker, followed closely…

Could it be the slaves of Syracuse, ready to fill our moat?

!

Klebs and the surrounding companions all held the same idea, clenching the javelin and bow and arrow in their hands.

Askamas felt a little uneasy in his heart.