ancient greece mediterranean ruler

Chapter 546 Attack and Defense of Xiliting Camp ([-])

"Don't be anxious, Heni. It is Tormid's job to summon the generals. If you take his job, he will be unhappy." Davos smiled and patted him on the shoulder, and said softly: "You have just taken the post. My secretary, you still need to get used to it slowly. The first task I give you now is-"

Henipolis immediately straightened his posture and waited for Davos's order.

"Just have breakfast with me." Davos said narrowly.

"Ah! The enemy is about to attack, Your Majesty, do you still want to have breakfast?!" Henipolis exclaimed with a bit of reproach, causing the servant to glance at him: That is, Henipolis dared to treat Dai like this. King Vos spoke, and the other generals were all respectful in front of Davos!
Davos didn't pay attention. He signaled the servant to bring breakfast, then walked to the tent door, looked at the weather outside, and then said: "If you don't eat breakfast, how can you have the strength to fight with the enemy? Maybe the soldiers outside now Chewing bread and drinking hot soup to keep warm... A battle has its own rules and rhythms. We can neither be slow nor hasty. Only by mastering the rhythm of action can we better maintain the physical strength and morale of the soldiers!"

Henipolis nodded in understanding.

Compared to the peaceful atmosphere in the larger tent, the atmosphere in the camp was tense.Because the fog was so thick that it was impossible to see where the military flags of his unit and company were, the squad leader was very important. Not only did he have to gather his nine soldiers and check whether there were any problems with their weapons and equipment, he also had to fight in the noisy camp. Recognize the shouts of the superior team officers, and then lead the soldiers to meet up while avoiding being crowded in the crowded passages.

Piles of bonfires were lit one after another in the camp, not only to bring light to the foggy and gray weather, but also for the cooks of the supply camp to cook bread, gravy, and hot porridge for the soldiers of each unit.

The reason why the Dionia legionnaires have not been urgently transferred to the east camp wall to defend against the enemy's attack is because the Syracuseans have not yet appeared in front of the trench.In the past few days, the Dionian soldiers worked tirelessly to lay various traps and deer villages more than 60 meters long in front of the camp, hindering the enemy's rapid advance.

Just as the Syracuseans were speeding up the elimination of these vicious and terrifying traps under the cover of thick fog, nearly 40 ballistae from all legions were concentrated in the Dionysia military camp, and they were soon in place (these The ballista was moved with the camp on the north bank of the Neto River on the second day after the Dionian army surrounded Siliting).

Kordorod, the ballista corrector of the Fourth Army's siege battalion who had more experience in the use of ballistae and had outstanding performance in the defense of Crotone, was appointed by Daves to command the entire ballista unit. official.

At this moment, there was a vast expanse of white in front of Coldorod. No suspicious targets could be observed, and the distance could not be judged.But Kurdorod was confident, and the data was all in his mind. How far was the ballista's position from the east wooden wall?How high are the wooden walls?How long is the trap lot outside camp? …

He pondered for a while, and then began to issue orders: "50-degree elevation angle, five kilograms of stone bullets, move back three squares, get ready!"

The messenger quickly conveyed the order to all the crossbowmen in the area.

They immediately adjusted the pole of the ballista to lower the chute, increase the elevation angle, and then shake the pulley, the powerful spring arm was pulled apart and fixed with a "squeak" and a five-kilogram stone bullet was put into the smooth trough .Due to the limitations of craftsmanship and materials, the elevation angle of 50 degrees is the maximum elevation angle that the Dionysian Ballista can achieve. In this state, the parabola shot out by the stone projectile is high, but the distance is short.Back three grids means that the spring group made of several twisted beef tendon is only half full when it is pulled apart.Five kilograms of stone bullets is the minimum weight of stone bullets of this type that can be fired by the Dionysian ballista (the maximum weight is 15 kilograms, which is different from the Syracuse ballistae, because Syracuse is in Sicily Frequently attacking other city-states, the ballistae required a high level of destructive power on the city walls. The ballistae was therefore larger and heavier, and could shoot a stone projectile weighing one Talient (i.e. 26 kilograms) nearly 300 meters).

Kuldorod's idea is that the morning in Xiliting is foggy, moist, and cold, which has a great impact on the structure of the ballista, especially the spring group made of beef tendon, so he first uses small-weight stone bullets. Let's warm up the equipment and test the enemy's main strength.He estimated that the impact point of the stone bombs was 80-120 meters outside the trench. If the enemy attacked in a large scale, this area should be the most concentrated place for the enemies. However, five kilograms of stone bombs are usually fired, and the range is often more than 500 meters, so he He raised the elevation angle and reduced the tension of the spring group, hoping to achieve the range he desired.

The soldiers of the First Legion sat cross-legged on the ground, chewing bread, looking up and watching stone bullets being fired into the air one after another and disappearing into the thick fog...

For a moment, the thick fog outside the camp suddenly exploded, and there were screams and exclamations, completely confirming the fact that the Syracuse army was attacking.

"50 degrees elevation, ten kilograms, step back one space, prepare!" Coldorod, a once gentle and elegant student of Dionia Academy, has gained a murderous aura after the war, and the ballista team started The news of the hit did not make him cheer as much as his men. He continued to issue orders calmly.

Yesterday, the Dionian First Army was bombarded by nearly a hundred ballistas and belly bows from Syracuse in the town of Mearo for a whole day, and today the Dionians were attacked in the same way outside the Sirili Court. Returning the favor, retribution comes too quickly.

It was not that Dionysius did not want to use ballistae to fight back, but because he wanted to attack the city of Crotone, the ballistae he brought were all brought to the camp on the Tacinadi River. As a result, the battle failed and the army just ran for their lives. All siege equipment was abandoned in the camp and fell into the hands of the Dionians.Originally, with nearly a thousand engineers, craftsmen and apprentices under his command, it was no problem to recreate dozens of ballistae in a short period of time. However, there was one key ballista component that the Syracuseans were unable to produce immediately. That is the ballista spring set made from beef tendon.They were surrounded by the Dionians in the city. Very few people kept cattle and sheep in the city, and most of the army's beasts of burden were lost in the Tachinadi River camp. What's more, even if there were cattle in the city, they were now killed. , taking beef tendons also requires many processes, and it takes nearly half a year to produce a qualified spring set. Therefore, Dionysius gave up making crossbows and concentrated his manpower on making other instruments.

At this moment, thousands of Syracuse slaves and free people were seizing the time to destroy traps and deer villages, then level the land and lay wooden planks. Suddenly, stone bullets fell into the dense crowd, causing broken heads and broken bones and blood everywhere. splash.

In fact, because of the high parabola of the stone bomb, it seldom bounced after landing, causing a total of more than 20 casualties, but every bloody scene frightened the people around him. It took a lot of effort to stabilize their emotions.

Now that they had been noticed by the Dionysians, the Syracuseans no longer hid, and they began to roll out the siege equipment they had made out of the city one by one.In order to make them, the people of Syracuse demolished almost all the houses in Xiliting City, collected door panels, wood, and even cut down all the trees in the port...

The largest piece of equipment manufactured here is undoubtedly the movable towers nearly six meters high. In order to allow these towers to be transported out of the city, Dionysius decisively ordered his subordinates to organize manpower and secretly pulled out a small section of the city wall until last night. Let it become a passage from inside the city to outside the city.

The reason why Dionysius dared to do this was because after receiving the alarm from Locri, he realized that the cunning Dionians were building camps and besieging Siliting, not to attack the city, but to blockade it. Instead of living in Syracuse's army, he turned to attack Syracuse's weak allies.In order to achieve this insidious purpose, the young Davos even used the peace talks to numb himself (of course, he naturally ignored that Syracuse was also using the peace talks to delay time)!
Of course Syracuse cannot allow Dionia to successfully implement their plan.Now that the Dionian army has turned to attack the Lokri Alliance, the number of troops stationed in the camp outside the city of Xiliting will naturally decrease, and the Dionys also built a huge military camp stretching ten miles to surround Xiliting. The strength of Dionia was thinned...

Davos's "arrogance" allowed Dionysius to see a good opportunity to defeat the Dionian army.In the past few days, the Syracuse soldiers gradually recovered from their defeat, and he also spent a lot of energy to persuade the tens of thousands of freedmen and slaves to join the ranks of the soldiers with great expectations. "Give freedom, give citizenship, give land..." These methods were not only done by Dionia, but also by Syracuse, but before, it was mainly for mercenaries, and this time Dionysius wanted to defeat Dionia, escaped from danger and expanded the scope of application. Of course, the most important reason that prompted them to take up arms was that everyone wanted to return to Sicily alive and smoothly.

Therefore, when nearly two thousand light infantrymen from Dionia rushed to the wooden wall and began to throw countless arrows with all their strength outside the foggy camp, causing many Syracuseans to be injured and die, although they were panicked, they still There was no major chaos, and the task of clearing the defense facilities could basically continue.The trap zone, which was less than a hundred meters long, was quickly filled in with the intensified efforts of tens of thousands of people.

Then, these freedmen and slaves dodged the rain of arrows and stone bullets, retreated hurriedly to the rear, and followed the guidance of the shouters to a place a few hundred meters away from the Dionia camp, where thousands of Scylla stood. The Kuza citizen soldiers formed a row that was more than a mile long, with piles of crudely made spears and wooden shields placed on the ground in front of them.

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