ancient greece mediterranean ruler

Chapter 1004 Battle Tower Gate

"Hurry up and send someone to check!" Yimisele became even more uneasy. He ordered loudly: "Send another 300 light infantry and rush to the opposite city immediately."

"Yes, my lord!"

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While Terentus led ten mountain scouts to the lighthouse, the other team members rushed to the small military camp not far from the temple, and happened to bump into the Carthaginian officer who came out of the camp to check the situation.

In the more than 10 years since Lillibee was built, the alarm bell has never sounded at night. The Carthaginian officer who was awakened even thought it was the tower guard's mistake, so he was stabbed without any precautions.

When more and more mountain scouts rushed into the military camp, some of the Carthaginian soldiers were wearing armor, some had just gotten out of bed, and some were even sleeping... so it became a massacre.

After the team members easily dealt with these Carthaginian soldiers, they immediately rushed to the lighthouse.

The mountain reconnaissance team left by Daves in Catanay originally numbered 500 people. During the sneak attack on Syracuse, more than 100 people were injured or killed, so there were 360 ​​people involved in the operation, 160 of them. is disrupting the port area, while the remaining 200 people are climbing up the embankment, and eventually they will all enter the lighthouse.

Terentus saw more and more comrades gathered around him in the tower, and he couldn't help feeling proud: he led the mountain reconnaissance brigade through the Typo River, sneaked into the sewer, and made an important contribution to the final capture of the city of Rome; During the sneak attack on Caselera, the Mountain Reconnaissance Brigade was the vanguard, and he took the lead to capture the city; The entire city has opened the door to victory; now by occupying the port lighthouse and opening the water gate, the task has been completed, but he is a little dissatisfied.

"Brothers, follow me to seize the checkpoint on the city wall in front and win greater achievements!" Terentus raised his arms and shouted, and the team members responded in unison.

He left 10 team members to guard the lighthouse, and led more than 100 team members through the lighthouse and into the city wall walkway.

A group of people rushed forward along the aisle, and happened to bump into the oncoming Carthaginian light infantry on the way.

In the dark night, when these Carthaginian soldiers heard the chaotic footsteps coming from the front, they thought they were soldiers from the small military camp who had entered the city. They were unprepared. It was not until they bumped into each other that they realized they were enemies.

And these Carthaginian light infantrymen had no other weapons except bows, arrows, javelins and daggers. How could they be the opponents of the mountain scouts armed with leather shields and short swords? They were quickly killed and defeated.

On the way back, they shouted in horror: "The enemy is coming to the city!! The Dionians are coming in!!..."

As these defeated soldiers ran closer to the tower door, their shouts were clearly heard in Yimiserei's ears. Now he was a little panicked, because this meant that the Dionians occupied the natural breakwater and occupied the Lighthouse, they can control the water gate, and then let Dionia's warships enter the port!Let the Dionian army land at the port!

Imisele had no time to think about how the Dionysians occupied the lighthouse at the moment. What he thought about was that the Dionysia fleet and army were likely to attack soon. He who did not have much combat experience would inevitably panic. , there is only one thought in my mind: Don’t let the Dionians come into the city!
So he shouted very nervously: "Close the tower door quickly, don't let the Dionians come in! The port city gate is not allowed to be opened without my order! Close it quickly..."

When the Carthaginians built the port of Lilibi, they considered it carefully. They blocked the connection between the natural breakwater and the land with a wall. Only the city wall passed through the middle. They also built a tower on each side of the city wall, so it was necessary to If you want to enter the natural breakwater, you can only enter through the walkway on the city, and these two towers are the tallest of all the towers in Lilibi, which are four meters higher than the city wall.Moreover, the Carthaginians also built a gate here with the walkway as the bottom and the towers on both sides as door frames, both to control access to the natural breakwater and just in case.

In fact, Carthage soldiers had already garrisoned the two towers at this time. After hearing the sounds of fighting and then screams coming from the opposite city wall, the cautious captain quickly ordered the soldiers to temporarily close the As for the tower door, wait until we understand the situation clearly.

When Imisele heard that the tower door was closed, he calmed down and quickly issued another order: "Notify General Sakados in the southeast military camp and ask him to mobilize 2000 soldiers to come here!"

"Send someone to urge Ragnakar and ask him to come quickly with his troops!"

After giving these orders, he was still uneasy. After thinking about it, he said in a deep voice to his most trusted subordinate: "Immediately ride a fast horse to see Mr. Mago and tell him that the Lilibi port was attacked by Dionysus." The demi-humans are landing and attacking, I hope he will send troops to rescue immediately!”

The Carthaginians closed the tower door and allowed the defeated soldiers to desperately call the door. Instead, they lit many torches on the tower, then let the light infantry occupy the tower and headed towards Dionia, who was chasing the Carthaginian defeated soldiers on the wall walkway in front. People perform remote attacks.

This time, for the convenience of hiding and climbing on the cargo ship, the mountain scouts didn't even wear leather helmets or armor. Except for a leather shield, they had no extra protection on their bodies, and they gathered in the narrow aisle, becoming remote The best target for the attack, after several rounds of bows and arrows, many of the mountain scouts rushing in front suffered casualties. Even Terentus was shot in his left arm.

The pain eliminated Terentus's feverish fighting spirit, and he hurriedly ordered the soldiers to retreat and guard the lighthouse.

The Dionians retreated, but the Carthaginian soldiers did not dare to open the tower door for fear of an accident. It was not until the heavy infantry from the city arrived that Imisele ordered the tower door to be opened.

The city wall on the natural breakwater is more than 5 meters high. The only way to get down to the embankment is through the lighthouse. If the Carthaginian soldiers want to recapture the lighthouse, they can only go through the city wall walkway, which cannot take advantage of their large number of soldiers. The connection between the lighthouse and the city wall Although there is no door, the lighthouse is more than twice as high as the city wall, so Terentus asked some of the team members to block the entrance and exit of the city wall, while the other team went to the small military camp to get the javelins, bows and arrows stored by the enemy, and then went to the stone window on the upper floor of the tower. In front, attack the Carthaginian infantry attacking below, thereby mitigating the impact of the Carthaginian heavy infantry on the entrance to the lighthouse.

Terentus now regrets: Unlike Cysrela and Syracuse, the Carthaginians at Lilian reacted quickly to night attacks. If he had known this, he should not have been in a hurry to capture the tower. Instead, you should seize the time to use door panels or other things to block the entrances to the city wall and lighthouse.

Now the two sides are in a head-to-head position, which is very detrimental to the Mountain Reconnaissance Brigade. With almost no room for dodge, the heavy infantry and the light armored soldiers are fighting head-on. Naturally, the Mountain Reconnaissance team members suffer heavy casualties, but even if the casualties continue to increase, the Mountain Reconnaissance Brigade is not able to do anything. They could not retreat, otherwise the consequences would be disastrous if the Carthaginians rushed into the lighthouse. Therefore, at the entrance of the lighthouse and the city wall, the mountain reconnaissance brigade could only fall down one person, and then put another one on top, holding on tightly.

Imisele was also very anxious, because the soldiers who rushed to the tower of the artificial breakwater quickly sent someone back to report: they found many warships approaching the port!
The main force of the Dionians is coming!Imisele was extremely anxious. He knew very well that once these warships entered the port, they would pose a great threat to Lilibi.

So he issued a death order to Ragnaka, who had already rushed to the city: the lighthouse must be recaptured as soon as possible and the water gate must be closed!

Despite the shouting and chaos in the port area, both sides actually focused the battle on the fight for the lighthouse.

Ragnarca received the order, but did not immediately commit the 5000 soldiers he led to attack the lighthouse, because the Carthaginian soldiers who had previously attacked had already formed a long line on the walkway of the natural breakwater wall. No matter how much the soldiers behind him invested, they could not threaten the enemies in the lighthouse, so he quickly ordered his men to find ropes to hang down from the city wall so that the soldiers could go down to the embankment and attack the lighthouse from below. Secondly, it can prevent the Dionians from continuing to land on the embankment.

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Since the Sicilian fleet cruises in the western waters every day, every warship is familiar with the sea conditions near Lilibi. Under the guidance of the lighthouse, their speed has risen to the highest level, and it was not until they approached the water gate that they slowed down slightly. , One after another, they stick to the side of the lighthouse and enter one after another.

At this time, the Carthaginian archers in the tower connected to the water gate on the opposite side continued to fire rockets at the Dionian warships entering the water gate. Under the night, the bright lights sprinkled on the sea, which was really beautiful.

But the personnel on the Dionian warship felt nervous. The soldiers on the deck put up long shields to block the rockets, and at the same time they had to clear them into the sea to prevent the warship from being ignited, while the sailors in the cabin once again Speed ​​up the oars to get the warship out of the range of the bow and arrow.

According to the original plan, the first warship entering the port should go as far in as possible, place the warship against the starting end of the natural breakwater, and then line up back in order so that the legionnaires can land on the embankment together. Squadron Commander Stefan Cass's ship is responsible for the task of piloting.

But when he saw the Carthaginians on the city wall fighting fiercely in front of the lighthouse, the lookout reminded him that he saw the Carthaginians hanging down ropes from the city wall ahead.

He immediately realized the urgency of time. He immediately moved the ship to the embankment and turned the bow suspension bridge. The 12-meter wooden bridge was easily placed on the embankment, just like the Third Fleet passed through the Tiber River a few months ago. As when attacking the west bank of the Roman city, the 50 soldiers of the Second Legion on the warship quickly climbed over the drawbridge, rushed up the embankment, and intercepted the Carthaginian soldiers who were coming down from the city wall.

(End of this chapter)