Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 115: Meeting with Bisignia (subscription required)
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Sincinnag angrily thought to himself: Elia, this small Greek state that has been oppressed by Picosis and almost destroyed has the courage to run into the territory of Picosis to make trouble! Could it be that after becoming a member of the League of Dionia, let these Greek cowards who only know that they hide in the city have the guts? ! Didn’t it know that no one could save it after it provoked Picosis!
He swears in his heart: After conquering Grumentum, he must destroy Elia!
But dreams belong to dreams, and real problems must be solved. Although the situation on his side was at a critical moment, Picosis had to rescue him immediately. Although it is impossible for 1,000 Eliyas to break the city of Picosis, letting them vandalize outside the city will shake the people's support for Cincinnag. You know, although Cincinnagar has used various means to make his tribe have an absolute advantage in the tribes of Picosis in recent years, but the city of Picosis is not only one of his tribes, and even if In his tribe, the elders and priests were not completely in harmony with him. Last time, the defeat in Grumentum had caused the people to be dissatisfied. And this time Elia's invasion, he must take immediate action, otherwise let the soldiers know that their anger alone will give him a headache.
He had to stop the forthcoming offensive again. Pegnat led 3,000 people (two thousand Picosis and 1,000 other tribal warriors) to help the city of Picosis and strive to invade as soon as possible. Annihilate all the enemies in order to relieve the evil spirit in my heart.
At the same time, the postponement of the offensive meant that the pressure on the army increased. He also sent a team of soldiers to collect food. The so-called "collection" was actually burning, killing and looting, which forced the neutral tribes to escape into the deep mountains or join the grid. The tribe south of Lumentum, that is, the Dionian side...
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In Knapetia, the ballista from the Fourth Army of Dionia fired stone bullets for most of the day, causing multiple cracks in the city wall. The soldiers on board were terrified and demoralized.
Panghelu, the chief leader, had to make up his mind: send troops out late at night to destroy these terrible siege weapons!
In fact, the ballista itself is not heavy. The reason why Silos, who has always been cautious, did not move it back to the barracks when the dark fell, but just built an earth barrier in front of the ballista group, just to draw the snake out of the hole.
As a result, Knapetia's assault troops were ambushed by the Fourth Corps soldiers around the ballista. After a fight, they were almost completely wiped out.
Panghelu never dared to act rashly after losing hundreds of fighters.
The next day, under the cover of long-range firepower from ballistas and light infantry, the three causeways built by the soldiers and Trina people approached the trenches in front of the city, and then they began to pave flagstones on the causeway 100 meters away from the city. .
Next, the Knapetia warrior was surprised to see the three wooden towers being slowly pushed up the causeway that had been paved with flagstones.
These wooden towers are five meters high, plus the one-meter high causeway, they are two meters taller than the stone wall, and the width is the same, both are two meters, and the front and back width is three meters. It is made of wood, covered with wet cowhide. The bottom is a huge wooden wheel, and the top is surrounded by wooden crevices, which can accommodate three or four archers. Wooden ladder. When the siege tower is close to the city wall, the suspension bridge is lowered and placed on the top of the wall. Soldiers can climb up the wooden ladder and directly penetrate into the wall through the tower and the suspension bridge, making it easier to attack the city.
The siege tower designed by Dionian engineers and carpenters is relatively simple and has a single function. It cannot be compared with the giant siege tower made by Syracuse. The only bright spot is that it is well considered. The safety of labor, because three wooden poles protrude from the upper ends of the wheels on both sides of the siege tower, and above the wooden poles protrude a wooden shed similar to the eaves. The person pushing the tower stands outside the causeway and can just stand and hold the wooden poles. , The wooden shed blocked the arrows shot by the enemy for them, and they could concentrate on pushing the siege tower forward.
As the towering siege tower moved forward slowly, the Knapetia warriors were stunned. Although siege towers have been used in the Mesopotamian plains for a long time, they have never appeared in the Greek world where there are many small countries and city states. The siege technology has undergone a breakthrough innovation, but this has just happened, and it has not spread, let alone the closed Bruti people. They have never seen such huge siege equipment, bows, rockets, and javelins. They don’t hurt it at all. Throwing stones can’t go far. Maybe the Dionian’s siege weapon that can fire stone bullets might destroy it, but Knapetia doesn’t have it. The soldiers can only I watched it approach the moat.
Next, the heavy armored archer drilled and attacked the tower, climbed to the top of the tower through the wooden ladder, and started shooting arrows at the warriors on the city wall.
The arrows go back and forth between the two sides. The Dionian archer, who lives high and is protected by armor and wooden fences, clearly has the upper hand despite the small number of people.
The Dionian soldiers took the opportunity to fill the moat with sand so that the siege tower could be pushed down the city.
The restless Pangueru ordered his men to desperately stop the enemy's attempt, while sending people to Cosenza to ask for help. He knew in his heart: If there were no reinforcements, Knapetia would be destroyed in just a few days...
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Although the **** and cruel battle in the fortress took place yesterday, it seems to have been a long time ago.
Early this morning, the second legion commander Dracos, the first commander Adrianx and other team officers waited outside the city of Bisignia with a smile to greet the Archon of Dioria, the highest in the army. The arrival of Commander Davos.
In the greeted team, there were Bajilippi, Bream, the new leader of the city of Bisignia, Krelu, and some nobles from various tribes of Bisignia. They or Tension, excitement, or excitement awaits Dionia's supreme power.
In order to prevent accidents, Dracos ordered the Fifth and Sixth Battalions in the city to make strict deployment and vigilance.
"Creru, is Davors, the Archon of Dionia, really younger than us?!" Baguiripi's young nephew Rodom couldn't help asking Kreru next to him. In the past, the relationship between the two can only be said to be average, but after yesterday's side-by-side battle, the two young people quickly became friends.
"I asked Drax, it should be so right! But you don't think of him as a young man!" Crelu reminded, quietly pointing to the team officers of the Third Army: "Look. Look at Dracos, are there those Dionians? We usually look up at us, but now we look completely different. Doesn't it seem like we are welcoming young people!"
"Of course I understand! I heard Uncle Bajilippi say that Davos is a descendant of a certain Greek **** and has never failed on the battlefield. No one among the Dionians dared to be disrespectful to him. !" Rodom replied.
At this moment, a soldier hurriedly ran from the defensive camp to the east, shouting excitedly as they ran: "Master Davers is here! He is here!"
Dracos shouted immediately: "Ready!"
The team officers began to sort out their military uniforms, and the bugle and snare drums were also played together.
In a short while, the sound of neat footsteps came along with the slight tremors of the ground, and a long column soon appeared in front of everyone: the front of the column was a full-body uniform, leather sandals, bronze greaves, and linen breastplate. It is no different from ordinary heavy infantry, except that the helmet is different. It is not a heavy Corinthian helmet, but a new type of iron helmet. The crown is decorated with long red and purple feathers. It is very elegant and there is no front of the helmet. Protection, only the cheeks on both sides are protected by jaw protection, so the face can be seen clearly, wide forehead, thick eyebrows, straight nose, moderate chin, small eyes but extremely energetic, looks young but not childish. It has its own majesty. His steps are big and powerful, but the speed is not too fast, it seems that the whole person is full of vitality and more stable......
This is Davors, the Archon of Dionia? ! The curious Bisignians found the answer in the straight chests and reverent eyes of the officers and soldiers of Dionia.
Daves came to Dracos with hundreds of pairs of focused eyes, and Dracos paid a military salute neatly: "Commander, all the soldiers of the Second Legion welcome you!"
Daves responded immediately and said half-jokingly and half-seriously: "Okay, Drax, you put on a big scene! When did you learn this set?!"
Dracos looked at Adrianx with some embarrassment.
Davers understood and smiled: "It was Adrianx’s idea. It seems that the Isthmus Games has not gone in vain. However, such rituals should still be done after the war. During the war, everything should be kept simple. ."
If someone else talks like this, Adrianx will think it's revealing his scars, and there will definitely be dissatisfaction in his heart. But for Davers's words, he thought carefully and accepted: "My lord, you are right! The war is not over yet, we must take it seriously!"
Davers smiled heartily, and stepped forward to give Adrianx a warm hug: "When I got news on the road, I was shocked. Adrian, you only took 700 people. It is a bold and decisive action to take the city of Bisignia! What a great thing! What a great thing! You and your first brigade can get a single star! And the people of Dionia will be happy to celebrate your victory!"
This was exactly what Adrianx was happy to hear. He had no grievances in his heart, and he was so happy that he didn't know how to respond.
Daves paid a solemn military salute to Dracos, and said in a deep voice: "This time, the Second Army not only successfully captured Bisignia, but also successfully defended it, helping us to conquer the cloth. Ruti made his first contribution! Dracos, on behalf of Dionia, thank you and the brothers of the Second Army for your contributions and sacrifices to the Alliance!"