Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece - Chapter 827

[Chapter 173 Ostia is in crisis]

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 in the siege of the city, although the Roman heavy infantry did not pass through like the Dionian legionaries. 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 Roman soldiers throwing javelins, and the number of heavy infantry in the Roman army is far greater than that of the city front guard. It was the key to becoming the Dionian garrison who suppressed the city’s head with javelins.

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

Telis had to send a reserve team, but inexperienced, 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 ballistas, and the entire army will immediately attack!”

It was said that the entire army was attacking, but in fact, only the Roman citizens were really involved in the attack. 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. Coupled with the strong attack regardless of casualties, the Latin and Etruscan allied troops complained a lot. His generals have protested to Titusti many times, and his soldiers have begun to fight passively. Only the Roman colonial citizen soldiers with less than 5,000 people left are supported by the belief in “taking back the motherland” and

under strict discipline. The collapse of the Ostia city walls also gave them hope of success. They roared in the loud bugle and launched a fierce attack on the city of Ostia again.

The high morale of the Roman soldiers also infected the troops of the allies, and they barely followed…

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Giogris was a cautious person, and with Crow Tokatax went with him, he became more cautious, so he arranged for four fast boats to lead the way, the other boats were parallel with each other, and there was a large gap before and after, all the boats lit torches, like fire dragons in a river, Go downstream along the 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, which 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…

Could it be that Ostia city has fallen?

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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 the torches on all ships!”

Soon, the patrol boats in the port came out to greet them, and 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: “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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The continuous hard battles, coupled with the collapse of the city wall, have made the soldiers at the head of the city feel swayed. At this time, the Romans took the opportunity to launch an attack on a much larger scale than before.

Before the dark Roman soldiers crossed the ditch, some freed slaves at the top of the city had never seen such a loud voice, and they turned around and fled.

Telis hurriedly led the guards to stop them, and decisively killed the slave who took the lead in escaping to stabilize the army.

But the city wall was more than a mile long. He could take care of one end, 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, “Woo!…” A familiar voice rang out in the city. The bugle sounded, followed by a uniform chant: “Great Hades, you are the protector of the kingdom, the ruler of the night, the embodiment of justice and strictness!…”

Before Telis could respond, The legion reserve soldiers at the head of the city have already begun 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 Learning that the Romans also lit fires in the city), a long black dragon is rushing down the city rapidly along the street.

The face of the tall soldier at the front was clearly recognizable. He was dressed in thick dog skin. He held a legion flag high in his hand, and the statue at the top was shining 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 here?! 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. A reinforcement army composed of sailors from the Third Fleet will go to the city to reinforce you!”

After discussing with the adjutant of the Fifth Army, UU Kanshu www.sonicmtl.com Telis urged the officers at the head of the city to lead the soldiers back to their respective defensive wall sections. More light infantry was placed above the gap, and enough tar was started, as Giorgris was ready to return to the Romans the pain suffered by the Fourth Legion in the attack on 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 cannot break through their defenses for the time being!”

At this moment, The messenger sent by Camelus also arrived outside Ostia, (because in the dark night, the messenger did not dare to let his horse gallop, so he fell behind the fleet) and reported to Proposer Tus: “Dionia Thousands of soldiers have been sent from the city of Rome, and they are going down the river in boats!”

Titus was hit hard, but he still had some illusions in his heart. The soldiers attacked bravely.

On the other hand, he sent his men 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.