Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 121: Visit the city in person

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Leides was not polite, and said directly: "The enemies in the granary will soon be wiped out. Half of you are monitoring the enemies in the city to prevent them from sneaking out of the city, and the other part is preparing to fight the fire."

Kuchius immediately returned to his legion, and soon nearly a thousand soldiers jumped off their horses, took out the linen bags they were carrying, and started filling soil on the spot. This was prepared by the two legion chiefs after receiving Daves's order last night, considering that the enemy might burn the granary. After all, earthen jars are not easy to carry, and dirt is everywhere.

In a short while, more than 200 court guards arrived on horseback, surprised the two army commanders: "Your Majesty is here so soon?!"

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

Leides pointed to the city with contempt: "Your Majesty is too worried. In fact, the timid Romans did not dare to go out of the city at all!"

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

And Ryders saw the third captain hurried over and asked: "How about the casualties?"

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

"So many casualties?!" Ryder didn't expect that he would pay nearly a hundred casualties when he had an absolute advantage in numbers, which made him feel heartbroken. We must know that in the previous battle of Setia in Wolsey, the loss of the First Cavalry Regiment was great. Although Turri sent some soldiers to supplement after the war, the number of the corps was not full.

"Where is the enemy inside?" he asked with hatred.

"All died in the battle, no one surrendered."

Leides stopped speaking and strode into the granary camp.

In the gate, he saw a Roman soldier sitting against the wall with sword wounds on his chest. Blood continued to flow out, staining his whole body blood red. He was motionless, his eyes closed and his hands still tight. Holding the lancet tightly, it looked like a sculpture, with a bright red cap on the top of the helmet, which was obviously a team officer.

Leides stopped and looked at him.

Who knows, the seemingly dead Roman soldier suddenly opened his eyes and glared at Leides angrily, struggling to pierce the lancet in his hand.

"Legion leader, be careful!" The cavalry behind him rushed over immediately.

"Don't move!" Rides stopped them with a wave, then stood still, staring at each other with sharp eyes.

Roman Squadron Captain Gaius wanted to raise the spear, but the normally light spear was heavy at the moment, and the little energy he had accumulated disappeared with the gushing blood. He could only pierce the enemy’s leader with full of anger through his eyes, but his eyelids became heavier and heavier. He was unwilling to scream, however, blood gushed out of his mouth all of a sudden...

Looking at the other party lying down, Leides was silent for a moment, and then strode in.

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Seeing the big city standing in the distance, Daves couldn't help restraining his horse: Rome, the center of the first and only empire in the history of the West that turned the Mediterranean into an inner lake, how many Thrilling stories about it have been circulated among the people for thousands of years, and how many poems describing it have been written by literati and poets! It is a dream in the hearts of countless ambitious Westerners in past lives, a dream about unity...

In his previous life, Daves did not have the opportunity to visit this great city that can be called the starting point of Western European civilization. Now he is here, but what he sees is not a bustling, historical relic Rome, but a simple city in the early stage of the Republic and just emerging. Although he has learned about this city in detail from intelligence many times, he can hardly conceal the excitement in his heart.

"Drive!" Daves's legs clamped his horse's belly, and the horse neighed and rushed forward.

"Your Majesty!!!" The people around were startled and hurriedly chased them, but soon they were relieved, because a group of cavalrymen greeted us. It was the court guard that had been sent out before. Quickly sanitize around Davers.

As soon as Daves saw Martius, he immediately asked: "Rides and they have seized the river port and the granary?"

"Yes, Your Majesty." Martius replied: "The First Cavalry Corps and the Second Cavalry Corps did not receive much resistance from the Romans, they seized the river port and the granary, and promptly extinguished the granary. The fire, now the two commanders of Ledes and Cuzius are counting the supplies there, and they will report to you the specific situation."

"It's going to go well!" Daves breathed a sigh of relief: The successful completion of the first step gave him more confidence in capturing this city.

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

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The Romans on the west wall of Rome saw the billowing dust and smoke rising in the front, extending far away until they were out of sight, and couldn't help but get nervous, because they knew: The army of Dionia is coming!

Next, they saw hundreds of cavalry galloping forward, standing 100 meters away from the city wall: this team held two large flags, the same size as the Dionian cavalry they had seen before. They are not the same, they are shining all over. In the center surrounded by the cavalry is a general with a golden helmet and golden armor and a long feather on the crown, which is particularly dazzling under the sun shining slightly west of the sky.

"It may be that the King of Dionia is here." Some of the senators whispered uncertainly. No one objected to this. They silently looked at the suspected King Dionia in the city. Man, he was pointing his finger forward, talking to the people around him, and Orr laughed.

Great Scipio took a sip, and suddenly took the long shield of the soldier next to him, drew out his sword, knocked on the shield, and shouted: "Rome! Rome! Rome!..."

The soldiers also beat the long shield rhythmically with the chief of the city guard, shouting...

Soon, the veterans will join in...

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Seeing that the city wall in front is sometimes concave and sometimes convex, and the entire wall is curved and uneven, Cloto Kataks couldn't help but say: "What an ugly city wall!"

Davers smiled and replied: "The reason why the wall was so badly repaired is because the Romans were eager to rebuild the city after driving away the Celtics from the north. They did not plan the entire city at all, just for Meet the needs of Roman citizens at that time. For example—"

Daves pointed to the protruding city wall near the Tiber River on his left and said: "If I remember correctly, behind the city wall should be Raventine Hill, one of the seven hills of Rome. And here— —"

Daves points to a large section of the city wall that also clearly protrudes to the right: "Behind this section of the city wall is the largest slum in Rome."

"The Romans built the city like this, didn’t they think about how they would 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 like this. Short-sighted.

"But they built the city wall very high, and the trench dug in front of the city seems to be very wide..." Cloto Kataks looked at the towering city wall in front, and judged that its height might not be less than 15 meters.

At this time, the staff officer Tolmeide said: "His Royal Highness, the height of the city wall is useless. Its curved wall helps our soldiers avoid the concentrated long-range attacks of the Romans from top to bottom. It is also not conducive for the Romans to quickly reach the destination on the wall and make reinforcements. Moreover, although there are trenches in front of the city, there is no deer wall. As long as the trenches are filled, our siege equipment can be easily pushed down the city..."

In these years, although Tolmeide has not participated in the battle, he has a career as a mercenary for decades, and has been serving in the military department since then, with sufficient knowledge. Therefore, Croto Kataks listened carefully and asked for advice from time to time.

Daves 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 magnificent, giving Daves the feeling: as if countless Roman soldiers on the city merged with the city wall.

He turned back solemnly and said: "Although the walls built by the Romans are not very good, looking at the situation, this siege may not be easy."

Tormid, Martius and others agreed.

At this time, the scout came galloping: "Report to Your Majesty, Armintas, Matonis, and Lizaru have led the army to arrive!"

Davos heard the words, looked around, and smiled: "It seems that we have won. Amintas should lose something!"

Everyone laughed.

Daves looked at a unit that was approaching in the dust, and said, "Tormeide, immediately inform the commanders of the army... well, let’s also ask the mountain detective captain Izam to also Come here now!"

"Yes!"

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In recent years, although Rome’s river port has been expanded many times, it has only five or six piers. The port area is not large, much smaller than the granary next to it. The only thing that interests Daves is A lot of wood was found in the warehouse in the port: "After the legions are properly set up, notify the engineering battalion and transport them away for use in arranging the camp or making more siege equipment."

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Tolmeid hurriedly asked the staff to write this down.

Daves looked down at the sparkling water of the Tiber River in front of him, the water flowing slowly and deep.

He then moved his gaze to the distance. The wide river surface made the opposite bank look dazzling. He turned his head and looked upstream again. To his disappointment, there was only a river in his sight and no connection to the south. , Shiiqiao on the North Bank.