ancient greece mediterranean ruler

Chapter 551 The Battle of Mayaro ([-])
"So let the enemy attack the town, take advantage of our Dionian Legion soldiers' expertise in close combat, and use these narrow streets and ruins to prevent the enemy's superior strength from being fully utilized. This is what we have planned in advance. The battle plan is the correct plan and we should stick to it!" Georgris emphasized.

"But the enemy was not fooled! If we wait like this, the Syracusans have not come in, and the stone bullets fired by the ballista have already hit our heads!" Tagtinos shouted irritably.

"Actually, the style of play of the Syracuse people is beneficial to us. Didn't the spies who rushed to the port by the clippers last night say that today they are going to launch riots in Syracuse, Catanay and other city-states? , maybe in the end there will be no need to fight the Syracuseans at all, and they will be forced to retreat." Zantiparis said with some hope.

"Do you believe what those guys who have no courage and only know how to sneak around?!" Tagetinos blurted out.

When the other team officers heard this, their expressions changed a bit. They had heard to some extent that these spies were the cronies cultivated by King Davos.

Antonios glanced at Xenophonis, who was looking embarrassed at the side, and scolded Tagetinos softly: "Without the help of Xenophonis, would we have captured Mayaro so easily! Could we have captured Mearo so quickly? Get help from Sicilians! Childish!"

In fact, Antonios was dubious about the secret message sent by the spies, but the reality of the situation left him with no more choices.In this strange land, there are basically hostile forces. Apart from staying in Mayaro, where else can his First Legion retreat to?If Antrapolis' plan can succeed, of course everyone will be happy!

At this time, the soldiers watching at the port hurried over to report: "Lord Legion Commander, our fleet... our fleet is here!"

Damn Sekerian finally arrived!Antonios was in great spirits: "Order the troops to lead the families of the exiles, maintain order, and retreat to the port!"

"Yes, Lord Legion Commander." The captains and exile leaders responded in unison.

In fact, Sekerian did not come, he was still recovering from his injuries in Lijim.Although Sekerian usually has a flamboyant personality and does not like to be commanded by the legion, he will never be ambiguous at critical moments in the war.What's more, Antonio specially sent a clipper yesterday, risking his own money, rushed to Lijim, and made a request to him: I hope that the Dionian fleet can arrive at Mearo early tomorrow to deal with the all-out attack of the Syracuseans!
Sekerian did not dare to ignore it, and specifically warned Flarios, who took command of the fleet on his behalf: He would lead the fleet to set off early the next morning and arrive at Mearo as soon as possible!

The arrival of the Dionian fleet and the situation of soldiers and people in the town flocking to the port were reported to Mathias by the scouts.

After Mathias angrily cursed Paronissus for his incompetence, he then asked: "Where are the reinforcements?!"

"We have passed Siculi and we should soon reach the south bank of the Alcantara River."

"Send someone to urge them to go faster!" Macias finally gave the order: "Blow the attack horn and don't let the Dionians run away!"

Yes, Mathias spent such a long time preparing and consuming so many cannons, not only to drive away the Dionysian army that invaded Sicily, but to completely eliminate it to inspire Sicily. The morale of the Lacuza people earned him fame.

Due to the tight time limit, the Dionysians could not be allowed time to board the ship and escape from the port, and then land elsewhere in Sicily. Mathias could not let the army bypass the north side of Mearo, which also had traps and obstacles, and then rush back. Attacking the port to the east would be too time consuming.As a result, the Syracuse coalition soldiers began to attack directly from outside the town that had been cleared to the west. They stepped over the wooden wall that had been almost disappeared after being bombarded by crossbows, and stormed into the town aggressively.

The mighty army was divided into small streams by the criss-crossing streets to infiltrate forward, and soon the aggressive aggressiveness of the Syracuse Allied Forces encountered trouble.

"Ouch! My foot! My foot is punctured!"

"Stop! Don't push forward. There is a big pit ahead. Captain and the others have fallen into the pit!"

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The people of Syracuse never expected that the Dionysians would not only create traps and obstacles outside the town, but also inside the town.

In fact, soldiers of the First Legion led the exiled people to make this overnight yesterday.Even if Catana's spies didn't come to report urgently last night, Antonios had no intention of leading his troops to escape by boat.For him, the order issued by Davos before the departure of the First Army did not include "allowing it to retreat if the war is unfavorable." If he retreats without fighting, even if Davos takes advantage of the past, Forgive him, and I'm afraid he will have no future in Dionia in the future.

As for the soldiers of the First Legion, they think more simply: how can they allow the legionnaires who have always been called the "most heroic" by the people of Dionia to become cowardly deserters!

Antonios' previous false retreat was just to lure the enemy to attack in advance. Once they entered the town and started fighting with the legionnaires, the ballistae naturally did not dare to fire any more stone bullets.At the same time, he would also arrange for the family members who were worrying the exiled soldiers and distracting the army to be taken care of on board the ship, so that the army could fight with all their strength without any distractions.

When the 300 cavalrymen of the Syracuse Allied Forces galloped near the port, they saw more than 3000 exile soldiers forming a square formation to protect the port. Behind them were thousands of old people, women, and children. Under the orderly guidance of the sailors, they rushed to the dock and hurriedly boarded the ship.

Of course, it was impossible for the soldiers of Syracuse to attack the heavily defended Greek phalanx. They were just guarding from a distance, waiting for the infantry to arrive.

However, at this time, the Syracuse soldiers were frightened by the frequent traps. They moved forward cautiously and began to expand to both sides.

At this moment, the light infantry led by Captain Zibit of the [-]th Battalion appeared. Instead of throwing arrows and javelins at the enemy in groups like in regular battles, they hid in the dilapidated houses between the streets. Or lie on the ruins, or stand directly opposite the big pit, and attack the enemy with precise shooting.

The Syracuse soldiers were concentrating on detecting traps on the road ahead. Suddenly an arrow flew out of the window of a side house and hit the soldier's unarmored thigh. Suddenly a javelin fell from the roof above, piercing the soldier before he could protect himself with a round shield. Shoulder... The mysterious sneak attack of the Dionian light infantry has a very high kill rate because it is at close range.

Because the Syracuseans were considering a frontal fight with the Dionians, it was impossible for the light infantry to rush in front, and the heavy infantry rushing in front had now been confused by the Dionians' traps and long-range sneak attacks. With fear in my heart, I moved forward even more slowly...

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In Medema City, although the Dionians have not attacked in the past few days, the Medema defenders have not relaxed their vigilance, because the day before yesterday they watched helplessly as the despicable Dionians were driven to death in the battle. The captured Medema and Lokli men filled up a trench in front of the city wall with bags of earth on their backs.

The night before last, the Medema people took advantage of the darkness to pull down ropes from the city wall and let the soldiers slide down, trying to dig out the filled trenches again.Unexpectedly, the Dionians were already prepared and ambushed the light infantry not far away, causing Medema to lose many soldiers.

The Medema people suffered this setback and no longer dared to leave the city easily. They knew that they were in danger and could only defend the city with all their strength. At the same time, they hoped that the Syracuse people who failed in the battle could reverse and defeat Dionia and provide Medema with a victory. Ma Mi has a glimmer of hope.

Today, Medema soldiers stood at the top of the city and looked ahead vigilantly: just like the previous few days, the Dionysians began to form a formation in front of the city a hundred meters away, but the difference this time was that they had more formations. The two siege engines, even from a hundred meters away, still made Medema soldiers feel their hugeness.

"Quick! Come and see! What is that?!" A soldier shouted to his companions in panic.

"This... this should be a siege tower. I heard from the Locri people that the Syracuse people used this kind of equipment to conquer many city-states."

"It seems to be taller than our walls! We... what are we supposed to do with this thing?!"

Just when the defenders were nervous, "Woo!..." the attack bugle sounded through Dionia's military formation, and the Medema siege began.

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"Legion Commander, be careful!" the adjutant pressed down Matonis who ventured close to the wooden wall. Hearing the strong "whoosh" of the wind, a stone bullet whizzed past his head.

Matonis touched his neck with lingering fear and cursed: "The damn ballista team wants to kill -"

Before he finished speaking, there was only a "bang" in front of him, and the stone bullet hit the tower eight or nine meters away.

The hastily built tower by the people of Syracuse was not very strong. A huge 15-kilogram stone bullet hit the top of the tower head-on. Not only did wood chips fly and the guard panels fell, but the tower vibrated and tilted backwards, accompanied by the harpooners on the top of the tower. With a scream, the six-meter-high tower crashed straight to the ground...

"That's great! The crossbow match is really great! Keep hitting me like this!..." Matonis shouted with excitement, pumping his fist.

The adjutant rolled his eyes: he was scolding the ballista team just now, but his tone changed in the blink of an eye.

The soldiers were excited that the tower was hit, but this opportunity only lasted once. After all, the tower was too close to the wooden wall. Only if the stone bullets shot were close to the top of the wall could they hit the top of the tower. This was a huge risk. It is too big, so the Dionia defenders still rely more on light infantry to fire rockets, throw oil cans, or directly attack the javelinmen on the top of the tower with arrows... Two towers have been burned through these methods.

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