ancient greece mediterranean ruler

Chapter 197
"We are attacking the city, you know! Attack the city!!" Timasong shouted angrily: "The heavy infantry can't go up and take the city. It's useless for them to save their lives! Go quickly! Go quickly!! "

Timasong watched the messengers cross the moat and run towards the light infantry. He then turned his gaze and scanned the ground below the city. There were corpses lying everywhere, as well as struggling and wailing soldiers, including mercenaries and Crimesa people...

Timazon had seen too many scenes like this. Before coming to Magna Graecia, they had just conducted a siege of Larissa in Asia Minor for several months under the command of Tiburon. The siege was difficult, and he was Deeply experienced.It's just that he has no other choice but to attack hard. Time is the key to success for him.

"Be careful, leader!" The shouts of his men made him subconsciously hide his head under the round shield. He only heard a "clang" sound, the back of his hand shook, and an arrow hit the shield and bounced again.

As soon as he took a breath, he heard a scream of "Ah! Ah!", followed by a loud "boom".

Without looking, he knew that the siege ladder must have been pushed down by the enemy, and the irritability began to grow in his heart.

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"General, the enemy's light infantry is coming!" The panicked shout of the citizen soldier made Euricopus's heart tremble.

The light infantry who were originally in front of the moat had quickly moved closer to the city wall. Compared with the poorly trained archery skills of the Clinmisa citizen soldiers, these enemy's bows and arrows were accurate and ruthless, and soon the citizens soldiers on the city were dead and wounded. Most of it is their fault.

"Ignore the enemies on the long ladder, focus on shooting the light infantry!" He ordered the archers while running along the corridor of the city.

"The enemy is coming again!" The panicked shouts of the soldiers made him stop. Not far away, a mercenary was already standing on the battlement. Facing the thrusting spear, he protected his upper body with his shield and moved forward with all his strength. Jumping, the spear not only failed to pierce him, but was pinned down by him. He did not get up immediately, but quickly swung his sword with his right hand and slashed randomly. Several citizen soldiers nearby were hit in the unprotected thighs by him. , screaming and falling down.He stood up, but did not take advantage of the chaos to attack. Instead, he retreated to the entrance of the long staircase, squatted with his back against the battlement, and protected his whole body with a round shield.

The soldiers' spear thrusts did little harm to him, but they did not dare to get close because they were afraid that his saber would stick out from under the shield and cut his feet. During this delay, another mercenary climbed onto the battlements.

"Come forward! Block them!" Euricpus led the reserve team to arrive, and the intensive spear thrusts forced the enemy into the corner.

"Open their shields!" As soon as Eurippus finished speaking, the soldier next to him let out a shrill scream, and a javelin pierced his ribs.

The light infantry under the city tried their best to support their comrades who were attacking the city. Bows, arrows and javelins were concentrated on this section of the city. The heavy infantry also accelerated their speed of climbing the city.

Euricpus urgently mobilized all the remaining troops to block it here. After a fierce fight and battle between the two sides, the mercenaries were driven down, but this section of the walkway was filled with injured and dead citizens of Crimea. soldiers.

Facing such a group of enemies who were obviously experienced in combat and bloodthirsty, every intrusion would cause considerable casualties to the defenders. Euricpus felt a little powerless, and his manpower began to be tight: "Quickly Go and inform General Antaoris that the enemy has invested all their strength in the North City! This place can hardly hold on anymore, let him send reinforcements!"

Antaoris has no more troops to send.However, since the enemy had been storming the north and west, the troops responsible for the defense of the east had remained idle during this critical moment.

Antaolis immediately made a decision: he sent someone to inform General Pleades to immediately lead the troops stationed in the east city to reinforce Euricpus.

"Chief Timasong! Chief Timasong!..." The messenger hurried towards Timasong while avoiding arrows: "The enemies on the east wall have left!"

"I've seen it!" Timasong's tone revealed a bit of excitement: "Go tell Torikos and ask him to take action immediately!"

"Yes!"

Seeing the messenger leave, Timasong immediately raised his arms and shouted: "Brothers, work harder! Attack with me! The enemy can't hold it anymore!" After saying that, he held a round shield and stepped forward in several steps. When he arrived at the long ladder, he grabbed the wooden ladder with his right hand. The soldier guarding the ladder held his buttocks and pushed him up hard. He jumped up several steps, while the soldiers in front had already entered the city wall. He used his hands and feet together, and soon he was When he reached the top of the long ladder, he quickly drew out his saber, stepped on the battlements, and shielded his chest. Ignoring the spears and swords that were thrust at him, he jumped forward with all his strength, using the momentum to knock away the enemy. The saber in his hand also slashed forward at the same time. .

"Back to back! Back to back!" he shouted while cutting.

The mercenaries who had been huddled in the corner immediately came closer.

Encouraged by Timasong's lead, the mercenaries launched another fierce attack. They broke into many parts of the northern city wall. If Pleades hadn't led his troops to support him, Euricpus's defenders would have been unable to hold on.

The two sides fought fiercely on the corridor. Seeing that the large influx of reinforcements had greatly increased the morale of the Crimesa people, they were ready to drive the mercenaries out of the city again.

At this time, there was a huge commotion from the east.

"The enemy is coming! The enemy is coming!..." the citizen soldiers shouted in panic.

Euricpus hurriedly turned his head and looked east, only to see many enemy light shield soldiers holding leather shields and reverse-bladed knives rushing towards them along the corridor of the east wall.

Eurippus had no time to think about how these people climbed onto the city wall. He hurriedly asked Pleiades to lead reinforcements back to intercept them. However, the two sides were fighting in a crisscross way on the corridor, making it difficult to mobilize their troops.

However, the attack of these Thracian light shield soldiers of the mercenaries was quite rapid. They broke into the crowd, and in the small space, the long-handled reverse-edged knives exerted terrifying killing power. When their hands and feet were caught by the sharp blade, The muscles and bones were severed; if the neck was hooked by the blade, the blood vessels would be severed... The Crimean citizen soldiers fell instantly, frightened and retreated hastily, while the light shield soldiers were chasing after them like maggots attached to the bones, nearby Taking advantage of the chaos, the mercenaries boarded the city one after another...

The easternmost end of the entire northern city wall of Crimea has been breached, and experienced mercenary soldiers are driving the retreating Crimean citizen soldiers westward...

In the crowded corridors, panicked Crimesa people pushed each other to escape, and some people fell directly from the inside of the city wall...

Seeing this tragic scene, Eurippus and Pleiades were also panicked. They were afraid of this misfortune and retreated hastily from the tower, causing the mercenaries to easily climb to the top of the city and occupy the walkway near the city gate. , blocking countless Crimesa people in the aisle...

The mercenaries started killing without mercy, forcing more Crimesa people to jump off the city wall...

Antaoris, who was originally organizing and coordinating the defense under the city, saw this tragic scene, and heard the continuous screams of the citizens, his heart broke.But at this critical moment, he had to hold back his grief and arrange for the withdrawn citizen soldiers and people to retreat to the Acropolis in the south of the city for final defense.

The mercenaries occupied the northern city, opened the city gate, and soldiers from outside the city poured in...

"Chief, we are victorious! We have captured this city!" His men supported Timasong and shouted happily.

Timasong was stabbed in the thigh and had a knife wound on his right arm. If the enemy hadn't collapsed on his own, he might have died under the chaos of spears. At this moment, he was also very excited: "It should be said that we also own a city!" He said proudly.The mercenaries were able to capture the city wall, thanks to the success of his strategy: In the Dionia Alliance, under his deliberate inquiry, the former comrades in arms told him in detail the details of the capture of Amendolara, and let him know After learning about the rope hook, a special siege equipment, and getting its sketch, he sent people to the blacksmith shop in Heraclea to make dozens of them one after another.During the siege, he deliberately attacked the west and north sides by force. Once he forced the Crimea people in the east to come to support (the Umbria River is in the south), he asked Tolikos to lead dozens of trained light shields. The soldiers carried rope hooks and slipped under the east wall. Even if they were discovered, they would not attract the enemy's attention because they were not carrying a siege ladder.In this way, the peltasts climbed up the city wall with rope hooks and gave the Crimesa a fatal blow.

After Timasong descended from the city, he happened to meet up with Crisiano who had captured the west gate, and commanded the mercenaries to continue chasing the defeated troops.

Everything went smoothly at first, but gradually the mercenaries broke away from control. They began to break into houses, rob property, and even capture women...

Timasong was furious, not because he was opposed to looting, but because the battle was not over yet. It was reported that the remaining forces of Crimesa were hiding in the acropolis. They had to take it all in one go and completely occupy the whole city before they could celebrate the victory.

But the mercenaries who were in a state of excitement acted based on instinct and refused to obey his orders.At this moment, Timasong felt what Davos had felt before. He knew it was of no use, but still cursed and vented his resentment.

"Chief, they are all in the acropolis anyway and can't escape. We will block the acropolis. When the soldiers are done making trouble, we can regroup them and capture the acropolis." Torikos consoled him. .

"I'm not worried about the Crimesa people, I'm worried about Crotone!" Timasong said anxiously.

"Even when we were attacking the city, Crimesa asked for reinforcements from Crotone, but when the messenger arrived in Crotone, they would discuss it in the council, make a decision, mobilize the army, and come here... so many processes, etc. They will arrive here at night at the earliest. I don’t believe that the Crotones have the courage of Davos and the others to attack the city at night! And we have already captured the entire city of Crimesa, and the envoys we sent I'm afraid they have already arrived at the Dionia Senate. When Crotone attacks tomorrow, Davos and the others should have already made a decision." Crisano analyzed it for him seriously.

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　　During this period, my colleagues were on vacation and I was a little busy. I didn't have time to update the map. I will draw the map of Magna Graecia when I have a little free time.

　　
　
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