Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 136: Strike the city of Rome (8)

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"If our tens of thousands of young and middle-aged citizens have not been transferred, the Dionians will never be able to attack the city. We can definitely be in the field--" Plenius just said loudly , Was interrupted by Marugineensis: "It has already happened, so don't mention it anymore. Now all our energy should be on how to defend the city of Rome!"

Portitus nodded approvingly. Although he and Marugineensis often have disputes and disagreements because of power and interests, but when Rome is in danger, the major The interests of the clans are all aligned.

"It's all about this time. I don't know if our reinforcements have arrived?" After being criticized by Marugineensis, Plenius changed the subject embarrassingly.

"Paulus, Mejus, Pantius, they would never sit back and watch Rome fall into danger. The same is true for Viais. I'm afraid they have already fought with the Dionians, but we don’t know it. ." Ambustus said loudly with affirmative tone. His words gave many veterans a peace of mind, because everyone knew that from the current offensive of the Dionians, reinforcements were the key to their defense of Rome. !

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The elders on the square are worrying about the safety of Rome. The Roman people are busy rescuing the wounded soldiers. The blood of the wounded gathers into a trickle, flows into the drainage ditch, and then gathers along the drainage ditch to the wide area. In the sewer...

If at this time the public official responsible for the sewer management lifted the flagstone, entered the sewer, stepped on the narrow walkways on both sides of the sewer, and walked along the direction of the flow of sewage, and walked to the top of the sewer behind the embankment north of the city of Rome In the residential area of, he would be surprised to find strong figures crouching in front of him, cramming the sewers.

The two hundred soldiers of the Mountain Reconnaissance Brigade struggled hard all night, and finally all entered the Maksim sewer.

After wrestling with the water of the Tiber River, carefully climbing, squeezing into the iron fence in the sewage, even the outstanding investigators who have been trained and selected for a long time, all feel exhausted, some advanced in While waiting for the people behind, the team members sat in the dark, damp, trash sewer, enduring the unpleasant stench, and fell asleep like this.

But as the commander of this secret operation, Izam couldn’t let them rest immediately. He asked them to wake them one by one, ordered them to take off the soaked lining, wring it out, and then check it clean. Water marks on the body to avoid catching cold.

For the team members who were bruised or bruised on the way, he and the last few soldiers who came in carried a package wrapped in several layers of fur, which contained clean linen and some prepared herbs. , The wound can be wiped clean and wrapped to prevent infection.

Then he had to send someone to camouflage the sawed iron fence again, to prevent the Roman soldiers on the embankment from accidentally seeing the abnormality tomorrow.

In addition, he has to arrange for his team members to take turns on duty. The main task of the outpost is not to spot the enemy, but to drive away mice and possibly snakes in the sewers to prevent them from chewing on their sleeping comrades. When teammates are asleep and snoring loudly, wake them up in time. Although the upper part of the sewer is covered with stone slabs, it is not tightly sealed, and there are still many large and small gaps. You must always be careful to prevent it from being discovered.

The lives of two hundred people are on his shoulders, and there are also arduous combat tasks. Izam was under a lot of pressure, so in the following time, he kept thinking about things in his mind, and he could not fall asleep until When it was almost dawn, he couldn't resist his sleepiness...

I don’t know how long it took. Izam was awakened. He opened his eyes in a daze. He was immediately dazzled by a beam of sunlight focusing on his face through the cracks in the slate. He put his hand on top of his head. , Turned his head to look around, a pair of concerned eyes gathered on him, these are all soldiers he trained by himself! A hint of warmth rose in Izam's heart.

I'm still getting older, and my body is not as good as before! He sighed in his heart, struggling to squat up, and asked the players to report the numbers in a very low voice, saying that the number of numbers passed from the side of the sewer and came back from the other side. Two hundred counts were no more than no less.

"Is there anyone who is unwell?" Izam asked in a low voice, uneasy.

Each team member said he was good.

Of course, Izam knows that these people have water in their answers, but at least it means that the players have not suffered major injuries.

Finally, a smile appeared on his face, and he then asked: "What's the situation outside now?"

The one who answered him was Captain Cadullillas of the Detective Team. He is from Campania and speaks Latin. He squeezed to Izam's side with great effort, pointed his finger upwards, and whispered: "Captain, The Third Army had already begun the offensive. They first bombarded with crossbow artillery, but the Romans retreated above us. Later, after hearing their panicked words above, we learned that our fleet had built a pontoon on the Tiber with warships. In addition, the soldiers of the Third Army were already attacking the embankment, and the Roman soldiers rushed to defend again. It is probably past now..."

Kadullilis looked around uncertainly. Some other team members made five strokes and some made six gestures.

"...about an hour or so has passed," he said finally.

Izam didn't expect the siege war to begin while he was sleeping, and I felt scared after thinking about it. Fortunately, it was not the best time to attack.

He was about to speak, and there were messy footsteps and Roman voices. These voices were amplified in the tunnel and reverberated repeatedly, making the chest stuffy, and the stone wall kept falling down. When the dust fell, the team members immediately looked like wood-carved clay sculptures, no longer making any noises, just looking at each other.

After a while, the sound above the head completely disappeared, and silence in the tunnel was restored, and the players took a long breath. Even the dirty air was stronger than the maddening sound.

"What did the Romans say just now?" Izam asked Caduliles immediately.

Kadullilis was dusty, but he laughed silently, very funny. He laughed and said in a low voice: "Captain, I just heard a Roman say,'I grew up with my master. Da, take care of his daily living and eating, and serve as his writer...I have never killed a sheep or even a chicken. Now I want to kill someone?!'

The other person was laughing at him, ‘keep on crying, cutie, for a while when facing the enemy, don’t be scared to pee. ’

Later, one of the team officers may be scolding them, "Stop talking, hurry up to Shiiqiao, if the enemy breaks through the blockade of the embankment, we will all become cattle and sheep that the enemy can kill at will. ! ’……"

The players around him understood the meaning of the words, and sparks of excitement burst into their eyes: "Captain, it seems that the Third Army is on a fierce offensive. Shouldn’t it be time to go out?!"

Izam hadn't spoken yet, a team member in front exclaimed: "Look at the water!"

Through the beams of sunlight filtering through the cracks in the slabs, you can see that the dirty water, which was originally black, black and yellow, with various filths is now gradually dyed red...

"Does our army have already attacked from other places?!" a captain exclaimed.

"Quiet!" Izam made a silent gesture, facing the eager eyes of the players, he had to make a choice.

He looked down at the red blood in the water channel, and listened to the sound of the street above. After thinking for a while, he finally whispered: "Regardless of the situation in other places, the task given to us by your Majesty is to assist the third The Legion and the Third Fleet broke through the defenses of the embankment and invaded the city of Rome. Now the enemy's reinforcements have just passed, and the streets above are still very quiet. It can be seen that the Third Legion is still fighting, so we need to wait a little longer!"

Seeing that the team next to him was unwilling to speak, he immediately said: "However, since the Romans have also sent slaves who can’t fight, they have no extra troops. We just need more. Wait for a while, and when these Roman reinforcements are put into battle and there is no spare capacity to stop us, we will go out and storm their rear! But now we first find a way out!"

"Captain, we have already found our way out in the early morning." Terentus raised the sheathed dagger and pointed at the top of his finger: "Just use the dagger to move the magma between the slabs of stone. If you cross it off, you can push the slate away forcefully, and then climb out."

"That's good." Izam believed his subordinates' judgment, and he said in a deep voice: "Let’s fill up our stomachs first, and start acting immediately after I give the order!" With that, he opened the small bag around his waist and took it out. A dried beef strip.

The team members also took out the dry food one after another. The beef jerky that was soaked in the river water tasted strange, but the team members chewed hard and ate it very sweetly.

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In the middle section of the southern city wall not far from Rome’s old square, the killing sound shook the sky, and the soldiers on both sides were fighting fiercely.

A ladder was tossed down by the guards at the top of the city, and the Dionian soldiers on the ladder fell to the city, but after a while, a successor of soldiers came from a distance carrying a new ladder and crossed the trench. , Rushed to the city and set it up on the vacant city section.

From time to time, the arrow block in front of the trench is ignited by rockets, but this does not affect the Dionian light infantry to continue to hide behind the burning flames and continue to shoot arrows at the city head. Their more accurate shooting skills target the city head. The defenders are quite threatened. If they are not fighting in front of the battlements, most of them are heavy infantry. If they can't shoot the parts that are not covered by armor and cannot cause greater damage to them, I am afraid that the defenders have no power to stop the Dionian soldiers. On the top of the city.