ancient greece mediterranean ruler

Chapter 775 Visiting the city in person
Leders was not polite and said directly: "The enemies in the granary will be wiped out soon. Split half of your people to monitor the enemies in the city to prevent them from sneaking out of the city to attack, and the other part is ready to put out the fire."

Curchius immediately returned to his legion, and soon nearly a thousand soldiers jumped off their horses, took out the linen bags they carried, and began to fill the soil on the spot.This was prepared by the two army commanders in advance after receiving the order from Davos last night, considering that the enemy might burn down the granary. After all, earthen jars are difficult to carry and dirt is everywhere.

After a while, more than 200 palace guards arrived on horseback, which surprised the two regiment commanders: "Your Majesty arrived so soon?!"

"Your Majesty is worried that the Romans will defend the granary and send troops out of the city to fight you, so let us rush in for reinforcements. The light infantry troops are also rushing here." Martius replied.

Laides pointed at the top of the city in contempt: "Your Majesty is too worried. In fact, the cowardly Romans dare not leave the city at all!"

At this time, the shouts of killing disappeared in the camp, the gate was opened, and the cavalry immediately rushed in carrying sacks filled with soil.

Leders saw the third captain hurried over and asked hurriedly: "What are the casualties?"

"...32 brothers died and 67 were injured, 15 of whom were seriously injured..." The third captain looked slightly depressed.

"So many casualties?!" Ryders did not expect that his side would pay nearly a hundred casualties when it had an absolute numerical advantage, which made him feel heartbroken.You must know that in the previous battle at Setiana in Wolsey, the First Cavalry Corps suffered heavy losses. Although Thurii sent some soldiers to supplement after the war, the number of the regiment was not full.

"Where are the enemies inside?" he asked with hatred.

"They all died in the battle, and no one surrendered."

Ledes stopped talking and strode towards the granary camp.

Inside the gate, he saw a Roman soldier sitting against the wall with four sword wounds on his chest. Blood kept pouring out, dyeing his whole body blood red. He was motionless, his eyes were closed, and his hands were still holding on tightly. The spear is like a sculpture, and the crown of the helmet is bright red. He is obviously a team officer.

Ryders stopped and looked him over.

Unexpectedly, the seemingly dead Roman soldier suddenly opened his eyes, stared at Ledes angrily, and struggled to stab out the spear in his hand.

"Legion Commander, be careful!" The cavalry behind them rushed over immediately.

"Don't move!" Leders waved his hand to stop them, and then stood still on the spot, looking directly at each other with sharp eyes.

Roman squadron leader Gaius wanted to raise his spear, but the spear that was usually as light as weight was as heavy as a thousand pounds at this moment, and whatever strength he had accumulated disappeared without a trace along with the gushing blood. He could only The leader of the enemy was piercing his eyes with anger, but his eyelids became heavier and heavier. He wanted to yell unwillingly, but blood suddenly poured out of his mouth...

Seeing the other person lying down slumped, Ledes was silent for a moment, and then strode in.

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Seeing the big city standing in the distance, Davos couldn't help reining in his horse: Rome was the first and only center of a great empire in Western history that turned the Mediterranean into a lake. How much does it say about it? The thrilling story has been circulated among the people for thousands of years, and how many poems and articles praising and describing it have been written by literati!It is a dream in the hearts of countless ambitious Westerners in past and present lives, a dream about unification...

In his previous life, Davos had no chance to visit this great city that can be called the starting point of Western European civilization, but now he is here, but what he sees is not a bustling Rome that has become a historical relic, It was a simple city in the early stage of the Republic and just rising. Although he had learned about the city in detail from intelligence many times, he couldn't hide the excitement in his heart.

"Drive!" Davos squeezed the horse's belly with his legs, and the horse neighed and galloped forward.

"Your Majesty!!!" The people around were startled and hurriedly chased after them, but they soon felt relieved because a group of cavalry came over from the front. They were the palace guards sent out before. They quickly surrounded the surrounding area. Around Davos.

As soon as Davos saw Martius, he immediately asked: "Leders and the others have captured the river port and granary?"

"Yes, Your Majesty." Martius replied: "The First Cavalry Legion and the Second Cavalry Legion captured the river port and the granary without much resistance from the Romans, and put out the fire in the granary in time. Now The two legion commanders Ledes and Curtius are counting the supplies over there, and they will report to you on the specific situation."

"As long as it goes well!" Davos breathed a sigh of relief: the successful completion of the first step gave him more confidence in capturing the city.

"Let's go and see the city of Rome!" He pointed forward confidently.

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The Romans on the west wall of Rome saw the billowing dust and smoke rising in front of them, extending into the distance until they were out of sight. They couldn't help but become nervous, because they knew: The Dionian army is coming!
Then, they saw hundreds of cavalry galloping towards them and standing a hundred meters away from the city wall: this team held two large flags high, which were very different from the flags of the Dionian cavalry they had seen before. They are all glittering with gold.In the center of the crowd of cavalry was a general wearing a golden helmet and a crown with long feathers. He was particularly dazzling under the sun that was slightly west of the sky.

"Maybe the king of Dionia is here." Someone among the senators whispered uncertainly. No one expressed any objection to this. They looked silently at the person under the city who was suspected of being the king of Dionia. He Pointing forward and talking to the people around him, Er laughed.

Scipio spat, suddenly took the long shield of the soldier next to him, drew out his sword, struck the shield, and at the same time shouted loudly: "Rome! Rome! Rome!..."

The soldiers also followed the city guard chief and beat their shields rhythmically, shouting...

Soon, the elders also joined in...

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Seeing that the city wall in front of him was sometimes concave and sometimes convex, and the entire wall was curved and uneven, Crotokatax couldn't help but said: "What an ugly city wall!"

Davos smiled and replied: "The reason why the city wall was so badly repaired is because after the Romans drove away the Celts in the north, they were eager to rebuild the city of Rome and did not plan the entire city at all. They were just to satisfy the needs of Rome at that time." Citizens’ needs. For example—”

Davers pointed to the protruding city wall on the left near the Tiber River and said: "If I remember correctly, behind the city wall should be Laventine Hill, one of the Seven Hills of Rome. And here -"

Davos pointed to a large section of city wall on the right that also protruded outward obviously: "And behind this section of the city wall is the largest slum area in Rome."

"When the Romans built the city like this, didn't they think about how to defend the city if they were besieged in the future?!" Martius didn't know much about Rome before, so he was surprised. He didn't expect the Romans to be so short-sighted.

"But they built the city wall very high, and the trench dug in front of the city seems to be very wide..." Clotokatax looked at the towering city wall in front of him and judged that its height was probably no less than 15 meters.

At this time, staff officer Tormid said: "Your Highness, the height of the city wall alone is useless. Its curved walls are not conducive to our soldiers avoiding the concentrated long-range attacks from top to bottom by the Romans. The Romans quickly reached their destination on the wall and carried out reinforcements. Moreover, although there was a trench in front of the city, there was no deer fort. As long as the trench was filled, our siege equipment could easily be pushed to the bottom of the city..."

Although Tormid has not participated in combat in these years, he has had a mercenary career for decades, and has since served in the Ministry of Military Affairs, so he has rich experience.Therefore, Crotokatax listened carefully and asked for advice from time to time.

Davos did not disturb them, but was carefully observing the defense of Rome.

"Rome!!! Rome!!! Rome!!!..."

At this time, thunderous shouts rang out from the city wall, neat and grand, giving Davos the feeling that the countless Roman soldiers on the city were integrated into the city wall.

He turned around solemnly and said, "Although the city wall built by the Romans is not very good, looking at the formation, this siege may not be easy."

Thormids, Martius and others expressed their approval.

At this time, the scout cavalry came galloping over: "Your Majesty, the three legion commanders Amyntas, Matonis, and Lizaru have arrived with their troops!"

When Davos heard this, he looked around and said with a smile: "It seems that we have won. Should Amyntas lose something?"

Everyone laughed.

Davos looked at the troops approaching one after another in the flying dust behind him, and said: "Tolmed, notify the commanders of each army immediately... Well, also ask Yizam, the captain of the mountain reconnaissance brigade, to come immediately. here!"

"Yes!"

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Although Rome's river port has been expanded many times over the years, it only has five or six piers, and the port area is not large, much smaller than the granary next to it. The only thing that interests Davos is the things in the port. A lot of wood was found in the warehouse: "After each legion is settled, notify the engineering battalion and transport them all to use for setting up camps or making more siege equipment."

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Tormid quickly asked his staff to write this down.

Davos looked down at the sparkling water of the Tiber River in front of him. The water flow was gentle and deep.

He moved his sight further into the distance. The wide river surface made the other bank appear shadowy and unclear. He turned his head and looked upstream again. To his disappointment, there was only the river in his sight, and he did not see the bridge connecting the south and north banks. Shiibashi.

(End of this chapter)