Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 118: The Siege of Crotone (1)
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"Ah...I'm sorry!" Although Azuna was apologizing, the joy on her face was still overflowing unstoppable.
Kristia, who was lying on the bedside, looked at her, and couldn't help being infected by her, showing a slight smile: "I heard your laughter from a long distance. Let's talk, what's the good thing?"
"Madam, Mrs. Agnes... Oh no, two princesses! Congratulations, the Senate has just announced that Master Davos is the King of Dionia!" Asuna said in her heart. Speak out of joy.
Kristia’s pretty face was also filled with joy, completely concealing her weakness after giving birth. At this moment, she suddenly remembered: After a love affair, Daves once said vigorously, ‘little Cyrus is nothing great, and I will make you a princess in the near future! ’...Davers, he really did it!
Agnes is not as excited as Kristia and Azuna. After all, Great Greece has been away from Wang Zheng for hundreds of years. She doesn't feel much about it, she is just happy for her husband.
"Two princesses, when Cynthia and Adoris come back from school, we will hold a banquet to celebrate the good news, how about it?!" Asuna made a suggestion, and Kristia only thought about it. , Shook his head and said: "Now the people of the Alliance are worried about the war and their relatives. We hold a banquet to celebrate at this time. It will be offensive and will damage Davers' reputation!"
"Your Majesty Princess is right." Asuna said quickly.
"Don't say the word'Princess' either. The matter is not completely settled yet. Let's not be too proud!" Christoya reminded her again.
"Yes, I think it’s better to be called before, and it makes people feel friendly." Agnes interjected: "Let’s make sacrifices to the gods at home tonight, thank them for their blessings, and I hope they can bless Daves to come back without incident!"
"My sister’s proposal is great! We should offer sacrifices to Hades, and thank him for blessing our husband! At the same time—" Kristia smiled and looked at Agnes: "We still I want to sacrifice to Hera, thank her for blessing me to give birth to a healthy Eunice, and hope she can bless you to give birth to a baby!"
"Hmm!" Agnes stroked her slightly convex belly, showing a motherly smile.
"Wow! Wow! Wow!..." At this moment, Eunice in the cradle woke up.
"Oh, my little princess!" Asuna hurriedly leaned over and opened the diaper to take a look: "She pulled it, there is still a lot!" She said, changing the diaper very skillfully...
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In the early morning, the people in Crotone were awakened by the continuous sound of bugles outside the city.
"What happened?"
"I'm afraid the Syracuse people are going to attack the city!"
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The people looked at the city head full of soldiers in the distance with fear.
Suddenly, a black spot flitted across the wall.
"Hurry up!" The people reminded each other, looked at the direction the stone was ejected from, and ran away. They are already familiar with this terrible weapon like Siracusa, and its attacks on Crotone City have not stopped in the past few days.
But today's situation is obviously different from the previous two days. The stone bullets flew across the city head one by one, smashing into the city near the city wall, and soon the houses were broken and rubble everywhere. The people supported the injured relatives and fled in all directions...
The stone bullets bombarded the city wall time and time again, causing the stone skin to fall down one by one...
Lysias, who watched all this at the top of the city, became anxious: "Why didn't Dionia's ballista team always fight back and allow the enemy to launch stone bullets so unscrupulously?"
"Master Lycias, the Dionians can't help it." Ascamas, who has communicated with the ballista team many times, explained: "The tower on our city wall is too narrow to fit in. A ballista, they can only put the ballista under the city. But the wall is too high, the ballista has to raise the elevation angle, so the range will be shorter..."
"That means they can't attack the enemy's ballista!" Lycias understood.
"Yes. So the Dionians suggested that we should not expose our ballistas, and when the enemy is assured of attacking, we will give them a heavy blow." Although Astamas said that Dionia had not Good impression, but at the time of the enemy, he also knows the importance of unity, so he said frankly: "I think this method is feasible."
Lysias thought for a while, and reluctantly approved the Dionian Ballista’s suggestion: “But what do we do now? The number of ballistas used by the enemy today is obviously more than the previous two days. I’m afraid the walls will Was bombed!"
"Don't worry, this will not happen for the time being." Askamas comforted him: "We now only have to wait for the enemy to attack, and then beat them! I believe the Syracuse will take action soon. Of!"
Ascamas was talking, but his eyes were fixed on the large earth fortress built by the Syracuse people for several days in front of the city, which is higher than the city wall. I think that compared with the ballista, this is what really threatens the defense of the city. Yesterday, he sent soldiers out of the city to take the risk of destroying it, but was defeated by the well-prepared Syracuse. He also thought about digging a tunnel, but the city was surrounded by a moat. When the tunnel was dug below the moat, there was water seepage, which scared the soldiers to retreat, or they might be drowned in the tunnel. In the end, the Dionians told him, ‘there is a way to destroy the earth fortress. ’He just let him relax for the time being.
Ascamas knows: Don’t look at the empty fortress now, when the siege begins, Syracuse archers will be standing on it, shooting arrows at the soldiers on the front of the city...
"I'm going to see the Trina, I'll leave it to you!" Lycias said solemnly, and the constant roar made him feel very nervous, as if the city wall would collapse at any time, so He wants to leave here quickly.
It just so happened today that Cypros led the Trina soldiers to defend the northern city. As Crotone's chief general, it is of course necessary to give condolences. At the same time, there are thousands of soldiers in Xiliting who defended the southern city, which is also a force that can be relied on. Because Syracuse slaughtered the city of Siracusa, the relatives and friends of these soldiers were either killed, or sold as slaves and taken to a foreign land. The anger of Siracusa’s soldiers must be quelled with the blood of Syracuse. They are the most Hope that the Syracuse will come to attack.
Just as Lycias was about to leave, the guards sent an emergency report: Numerous Syracuse warships appeared outside the port, preparing to break into the bay.
Krotone is somewhat similar to Tarantum. Their port and the city itself are integrated, but the port is built in the bay. Because the bay is large, it is impossible for the Crotones to blockade. Therefore, when the enemy's fleet comes in, it may land on the side and rear of the inner city of Crotone (that is, the southeast of the city). Although there is also a city wall there, while defending the city wall, you must be wary of the enemy entering the port. , Landing on the wharf, which requires higher command and judgment for the commanding generals, especially when Crotone does not have much troops.
"We need an experienced general to command the few soldiers in the port area to prevent the enemy from attacking our rear!" Askamas said solemnly.
Lysias understood what he meant, and said without hesitation: "I will send Miron."
Milon, the former chief general of Crotone, has been driven by the citizens of Crotor since he led the army to the great defeat in Dionia. He had to run to Peloponnese not far from Crotone On the peninsula, he lives in seclusion in Corion, a small seaside town in Ellis.
It was not until the army of Syracuse invaded Great Greece that Crotone decided to recall the former exiled nationals in order to work together to fight the Syracuse. As soon as Milon received the news, he immediately returned to Crotone, but at that time Crotone's army had already set off for Siritian, so he stayed in the city as an ordinary citizen until he was activated today.
Askamas smiled after hearing what Lycias said, but this smile disappeared quickly because the enemy began to attack...
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A few hundred meters away, the large, loose, seemingly boundless battle formation of Syracuse is slowly approaching the wall. At the forefront are some weird-shaped engineering equipment pushed by the Syracuse, such as a siege hammer. There are also many wooden wheels similar to the siege hammer, which have a roof, hidden personnel, and five or six meters long. Car...
What worries Ascamas most is the three huge, movable wooden towers higher than the city wall. Although it was the first time Ascamas saw it in a war, a word flashed in his mind-Siege Tower. I heard that the Syracuses used the Siege Tower to capture Sicily. Many cities in Carthage, this time saw the real thing, but it shocked him so much.
The soldiers were equally shocked and at a loss when they saw the huge engineering tower slowly approaching them.
"Get up!" Askamas shouted loudly, continuing to cheer up the soldiers, but also to cheer himself up: "Don't look at that thing so big, but it can't cross the moat!"
Yes, there is a moat, that monster can't get through! The soldiers relaxed for a while, and then they saw that the enemy’s siege column stopped advancing, and thousands of naked men walked out of it, carrying cloth bags, staggering towards the city wall, and behind them were fully armed. The Siracusa light infantry, pushing the arrow car to follow closely...
Are they the slaves of Syracuse, ready to fill our moat? ! With the same thoughts, Klebs and his surrounding companions clenched the javelin and bow and arrow in their hands.
Askamas felt a little uneasy in his heart.