ancient greece mediterranean ruler

Chapter 552 Attack and Defense of Xiliting Camp ([-])

However, most of the attention of the Dionian light infantry was attracted by the tower, so that the light infantry of Syracuse could not only throw javelins on the tower, but also rushed to the trench one after another. Enemies on the walls hurled javelins and even fired rockets at the curtain wall.

The soldiers of the Dionian Legion not only have to guard against the javelins thrown from the towers and walls, but also protect the wooden walls from being burned, and also prevent the enemies from climbing up the walls through ladders. They are already a bit overwhelmed.

"Siege engine! The enemy's siege engine is under the wall!" Some soldiers exclaimed.

Martolis had just cut down an enemy who was about to climb up the wall from the trench. He hurriedly looked out and saw an intact siege vehicle not far away diagonally below. The siege vehicles that came together passed through the filled trench and were almost pushed under the wooden wall.

"Block! Pour the asphalt!" Matonis shouted hurriedly.

"Cang!" His guard used his long shield to block an incoming javelin for him.

"Legion Commander, there is no more kerosene!" the soldier shouted in frustration.

"Go and look in the camp! Is there any remaining tar?" Matonis ordered his guards and directed the soldiers: "Smash it hard!"

The wood and stones hitting the siege vehicle under the city made a "bang" sound, but it seemed to have little effect on it.On the contrary, under the protection of the gabled roof, the Syracuse people pushed hard the hammer with an iron block on the top, and hit the wooden wall hard. The wooden wall made a "creak" sound, vibrated and shook, and even Syracuse soldiers who were climbing a ladder nearby were affected and fell into the trench.

Matonis grabbed the wall stack with both hands and was thinking anxiously about how to deal with it, when another exclamation came from behind: "It's burning! The wooden wall is burning!"

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"Your Majesty, there is a section of wooden wall in the area where the Fourth Army is responsible for defense. It was hit many times by the Syracuseans with oil cans and rockets, causing a fire. Now the fire has been extinguished. However, there are wooden walls up to ten meters away. The wall was burned. Fortunately, the trench in front was not filled up, and the enemies did not immediately rush under the wall and destroy the wooden wall. Epithenes has sent the light armored brigade of the Fourth Legion to set up a defensive position behind the wall..." Tormid reported the dangerous situation to Davos, who had already walked out of the tent and was watching the defense of the Fourth and Seventh Legions.

Davos just frowned slightly and looked at the light armored troops lining up under the wooden wall in front of him. He pondered for a while and said, "It seems that Dionysius has focused his attack on my central camp. The Rakuza people are quite capable of attacking the city, but it would be difficult for the Fourth and Seventh Legions alone to block the attack of so many people... Tormid!"

"exist!"

"Go and notify the [-]nd, [-]th, and [-]th legions of the left and right battalions to come to the central camp immediately!" Davos decisively gave the order, but Tormid was startled: " Your Majesty, if all the troops are withdrawn, then...what should we do with those two camps?!"

"If Dionysius wants it, give it to him." Davos said easily, and the soldiers' hard work for several days was in vain.

"Wait a minute, don't let them all withdraw yet. Leave the light infantry for defense for the time being. When the enemy attacks, you can also cause some damage to them." Davos emphasized again.

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Tormid turned around to leave, but heard a burst of exclamation from the front, and then heard a loud "boom". Amidst the "crackling" sound, a sound appeared on the wooden wall in front of him. There was a big gap.

"Your Majesty, the enemy used siege engines to blow down a section of our wooden wall!" the messenger who rushed back shouted urgently.

Davos looked calm, turned around and shouted: "Izam!"

"Brothers, follow me!" Yizam had been waiting for a long time and led his mountain reconnaissance team to rush towards the gap.

Seeing this, Tormid also quickened his pace.

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"My lord, the troops of the left and right battalions of Dionia have begun to move towards the central camp!"

When Dionysius heard the scout's report, he stood up excitedly: "Davos was finally fooled! Immediately gather troops to attack Dionia's left camp!"

"Yes!"

The central camp of the Dionia camp is facing the west wall of Xiliting, while the left and right battalions are like outstretched hands to surround the north and south sides of Xiliting.The left camp was garrisoned by most of the soldiers of the Sixth Army and the Fifth Army, and the Fifth Army was the Dionian Army that suffered the heaviest losses in this war. Although it received some additional soldiers later, its strength was definitely not as good as before. , the Sixth Army was just formed before the war, and had only participated in the Battle of Crotone so far. Therefore, the quality of the soldiers in the left camp and the tacit cooperation of the team were not as good as those stationed in the right camp. The difference in strength between the Second Army and a small number of soldiers from the Sixth Army can be seen from the traps and obstacles placed in front of the two battalions.

Dionysius had already understood this in the past few days, so he naturally wanted to attack the weakest part of the Dionysian army.

The north gate of Xiliting opened wide, and more than 1 Syracuse elites were reorganized and equipped with relatively complete armor and equipment, plus thousands of free people who only took out simple wooden shields and spears, a total of nearly 2 people, under the personal leadership of Dionysius, went to the left camp.

The news soon spread to the Chinese army camp in Dionia.

"Your Majesty, our left camp may not be able to hold on!" Clerk Henepolis said in a voiceless voice.

"Didn't I say it before? If Dionysius wants it, just take it." Davos still said calmly: "He thought he could defeat us by breaking through our camp, but he didn't He knew he had fallen into our trap. Now Dionysius is too obsessed with the outcome of one battle and can no longer consider the outcome from the entire battle situation..."

Heliponis nodded half-understood, and at the same time quickly recorded what Davos said on the papyrus with a pen.

"Tormid!"

"exist!"

"Notify the two legion commanders, Felicius and Olivers, to lead the troops to line up at a distance of 20 meters from the eastern wooden wall, and at the same time let the second legion led by Amyntas stand on the wooden wall to the north of the central camp, After defending the enemy from occupying the left battalion, continue to attack the central camp." Davos issued an order again: "And...after they are all deployed, tell Matonis and Epithenes not to send troops to block those few There is a gap, let the enemy in."

"Yes!"

Davos finished talking about the deployment in one breath, and he felt a little more relaxed. He turned to look at Henipolis who was a little confused next to him, and couldn't help but explain: "The left camp is lost, and the right camp is also lost, so for us It doesn't matter. Our goal is to kill as many Syracuse soldiers as possible so that Dionysius loses a large number of elite soldiers and loses the ability to take the initiative to attack. When Dionysius led the army and broke away from the fortified city, When he protects us and takes the initiative to attack us, his failure is actually doomed..."

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The army led by Dionysius attacked the left camp after suffering very few casualties. The camp was already empty. The attack was too easy, which surprised Dionysius. Of course, he thought: This was mainly It was because he used heavy troops to attack the camp of the central army in Dionia that he confused Davos and transferred the main force of the left battalion.But at this moment, he didn't have time to taste the joy of victory slowly. The large army was attacking the camp of the Dionysian army bravely, and the price he paid was very high. Defeat the Dionians!

Dionysius led the soldiers to run quickly along the passage between the tents, heading south. The shouts and screams from the front were getting louder and clearer...

It's almost there!Dionysius was getting more and more excited.

When they rounded the tent area, he stopped in shock: a tall, long wooden wall more than 20 meters in front blocked his direction, and there was a trench dug in front of the wooden wall!
"How could this happen?! Why did the Dionians build such thick wooden walls and dig such wide trenches inside the entire camp instead of just separating them with wooden fences?!" But here, full of expectations of victory, He was shattered in an instant, and the strong sense of disparity and fear of failure made the determined Dionysius roar with uncontrollable grief.

"Sir, be careful!" The light infantry of the Second Legion poured arrows and javelins down on the wooden wall. The Syracuse soldiers hurriedly set up round shields for defense, and the guards also protected Dionysius.

Dionysius gradually became a little anxious as he listened to the harsh metal crisp sound of "Clang! Clang!" made by the collision of arrows and bucklers: It seemed that the Dionysians were building wooden walls and trenches in the camp. The Chinese army's camp was protected, and it was obvious that it was necessary to abandon the left and right battalions. Unfortunately, the entire camp was blocked by wooden walls and traps outside, and the reconnaissance cavalry could not detect the situation inside. Every time Dionysius was sent The envoy negotiating with the Yada Camp was blindfolded with a cloth when he entered and left the camp. He did not know the details of the camp at all... Could he have been deceived by Davos again? !
Since Dionysius fully thought that he had broken through the left camp and continued to attack southward, he would be able to successfully break into the central camp. Therefore, the soldiers only carried ladders and no more siege equipment, and they were like siege weapons. Large equipment such as towers and siege engines could not be advanced into the camp. Therefore, facing the heavily defended Chinese army camp, the Syracuseans were somewhat helpless.

The attack plan that Dionysius spent so much time and energy on was about to be shattered. A deep sense of frustration made him a little confused. He murmured the name of "Davos" , I couldn't think of a good way to deal with the difficult situation in front of me...

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