Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 128: Sneak in the dark

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"Yes, dictator! We must be in Rome tomorrow night!" Quintus and Licinius stood up immediately and made a loud promise.

"After arriving outside the city of Rome, you must see the battlefield situation clearly. Don't attack, but put pressure on the Dionian army to prevent them from attacking Rome with all their strength..." Camillos patiently Warned his subordinates, and then he said in a deep voice: "I will do my best to lead the army to arrive the next night, join you, and then fight to the death with the Dionians!"

When the generals in the tent heard this, their anxiety after hearing the news turned into excitement...

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Dark night, when everything was silent, most of the Roman people in the city and the Dionian soldiers outside the city fell asleep. But outside the northeast wall of Rome, hundreds of soldiers quietly came out from the camp of the First Dionian Army.

They wore black linings, black cloth towels on their heads, leather shields and daggers tightly tied to their backs, and a small bag of beef jerky tied around their waists. On this night when they couldn't see their fingers, they quietly marched southwest through the open Mars Square.

Mars Square was originally a wide wetland caused by the long-term flooding of the Bo River. The sixth king of Rome, Servius, drained and filled this wetland, and finally obtained this vast flat land. And named this flat land Mars Square. In the name of the Roman God of War, it can be seen that this flat land was originally used for gathering the army, but later, it was also used as a voting place for the civic assembly. After all, there was no such large open space in Rome to accommodate all the citizens. But after the arrival of the Dionian army, the Romans retreated to the city, and Mars Square was left vacant because it was located outside the northern city wall.

When this pedestrian came to the edge of Mars Square, they saw the towering city wall in front and the dark and secluded hill behind the city wall-that is the hill that occupies an important place in the hearts of the Romans-Capitoline.

After determining the location, these people quietly followed the direction of the city wall and turned westward.

Not long after they left, they heard the sound of running water, and the Tiber River was in front of them.

These people dispersed immediately, groping and searching on the bank of the river, and soon someone shouted in a low voice: "Captain, here!"

The captain of the Mountain Reconnaissance Brigade, Izam, who was called the captain, walked over quickly.

The place where the soldier stood was erected with two thick wooden pillars. They were driven deep into the ground, only half the height of the ground exposed. Planks were laid between the wooden pillars, leading to the river, and then It was cut off midway, this is a ruined wooden bridge.

Izam cast his gaze to the front, and the outline of the land was vaguely a little less than 20 meters away from the river bank. He knew that it was the island of the heart of the river called Tiberina by the Romans. It was in Dioni. Before the Asian army arrived in Rome, the Romans evacuated the residents who lived on the island and destroyed the wooden bridges leading to it on both sides of the strait.

If the Romans on the island had not been evacuated, we might be able to discover our actions at this moment... It was just a flash in his heart, and then whispered: "Hurry up and bring the rope and tie it to this wooden pole! "

A dozen people carried a large bundle of ropes with the thickness of gun barrels, and firmly tied one end of the rope to the wooden pole.

"Is Terentus ready?" Izam asked in a low voice.

"Captain, I can't wait!" a strong soldier responded in a slightly blunt voice.

"Okay, it's up to you!" Izam hammered his sturdy chest with his fist, then turned to the other soldiers and said, "Tie him."

The team members wrapped the other end of the rope around his waist. Instead of carrying a leather shield and short sword, he was hung with rope hooks, iron saws, and large iron tongs.

When the rope was tied around his waist, the team members tugged, feeling very strong.

Izam looked at the warrior from Mesapi with expectation, and encouraged: "Hades will bless you, go, go and become a hero of the kingdom like Sekrian!"

Terrentus solemnly delivered a military salute.

Izam and the team members also solemnly responded to him.

Terentus put a back sling made of inflatable goat belly under his arm, then grabbed the rope with both hands and walked backwards step by step towards the river.

The cold of the river suddenly tightened his skin, and the slippery bottom made him unable to stand up completely. During the day, it looked like the Tiber River, where the water flow was gentle, but when people walked into the river, they felt it. Terentus couldn’t help but rushed downstream. Fortunately, the rope around his waist grabbed his body. His teammates were pulling the rope out little by little like a tug-of-war. This allows him to slowly go downstream...

It didn't take long before he saw that the river bank in front was no longer flat, but turned into a seven or eight meter high embankment, which stood straight beside Terentus.

Terrentus, who had observed the terrain beforehand, knew: This meant that he had passed the walls of Rome.

Although the person was still by the river, the water became deeper and he couldn't step on his feet at all. Fortunately, the buoyancy of the lamb's belly made him float on the river, slowly drifting downstream. And Terentus kept his eyes wide open, staring straight ahead.

It didn't take long for him to see the Roman vertebral bridge lying on the river in front of him, which had been emphasized many times by the captain, and he was instantly happy.

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The ropes held by the mountain scouts were originally very tight, but suddenly they slackened.

The team members are also happy: It should be here!

Izam always looked solemn, and then asked in a deep voice: "How long is the rope put?"

The team member next to who is in charge of counting replied: "Almost 250 meters."

"That should be here." The reason why Izam is so sure is because he had learned more about it from several former citizens of Rome, including Valks.

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At this moment, Terentus is holding the bridge column closest to the embankment, turning his head to look towards the embankment. With the thin moonlight of the crescent moon in the sky, he can vaguely see the embankment near Shiiqiao, four meters from the river surface. There is a **** hole on the left and right.

Terrentus was happy again. He knew that he had found the famous drainage system of Rome, the Maxim sewer, which the captain said.

So, he unfastened the pickaxe hanging from his waist, untied the tangled cloth strip, and pulled the rope with the other hand constantly and frequently.

Soon, the teammates who got the signal pulled him back.

He took the opportunity to paddle hard with his hands and feet and got close to the embankment.

After a while, the rope was lowered little by little, causing him to be washed under the sewer by the current. It is easy to distinguish here, because it has an unpleasant smell, and there are wet water marks on the embankment, which are overgrown. Moss.

Terrentus immediately raised the pickaxe and pierced it with force.

The tip of the mattock plunges into the crack in the stone.

He grasped the mattock tightly with one hand and pulled the rope vigorously with the other. This was telling his teammates to stop putting the rope, tighten the rope, and keep him in this position.

Then, he patiently unhook the rope hook on his body, grabbed the head end in his hand, estimated the distance, and threw it on his head vigorously.

He heard a crisp sound of "clang" above his head. He yelled badly and dodged quickly. The iron hook pressed against his body and fell into the river.

Good risk! Terentus did not immediately pull the rope hook that fell into the bottom of the river, but stuck it on the embankment, carefully observing the movement on the vertebral bridge, fearing that it would be heard by the Roman patrol soldiers.

But he obviously underestimated the Tiber River. Although it looked calm and far less than the roar of Sekrian crossed the Craty River, the water hit the bridge pillars and embankments over the years, giving off a heavy and heavy flow. The sound of the sound is enough to absorb any thin sound produced near him.

After a while, seeing no movement on the bridge or on the shore, Terentus threw the rope hook in his hand again, first heard a small crisp sound, followed by a low muffled sound.

The rope hook did not fall off! Terentus was overjoyed, stretched out his hand and pulled hard, the rope was very tight, and it seemed that the hook was very tight.

He pulled the mattock off hard and hung it back to his waist, then grabbed the rope hook with both hands and slowly climbed up. This section of the embankment is where the sewage is discharged from the sewer, which is relatively slippery. Terentus stepped on and slid several times and slammed his body against the rock wall, but he could not make a sound.

Finally, he climbed to the exit of the sewer and grabbed the iron fence that blocked the exit with both hands.

The Maxim sewer was originally a drainage ditch dug by the Romans to drain the flooding river water in the lowlands between the hills. This project happened to be built by the last Roman King Tarvin. It was originally built. The starting location is in the Roman Forum next to the Senate.

With the improvement of the city of Rome and the increase in population, drainage and removal of silt is no longer necessary, but the discharge of domestic sewage has become a concern of the people, so every household began to dig drainage ditches in front of their homes, and the original The large drainage ditch is connected, and all kinds of sewage generated in the house every day are discharged into the Tiber River through the drainage ditch. Over the years, the drainage ditches are becoming more and more long, spreading all over the city of Rome, and the routes are extremely intricate.

The Romans continuously discharged dirty water, sewage, excrement and urine, and even all kinds of garbage, which often caused the drainage ditch to be blocked, smelly, and occasionally caused epidemic outbreaks. Later, a member of the Senate called The elders of Maxim proposed a proposal: to establish a new department and send special city-state officials to manage the drainage ditches in Rome.

The proposal was passed almost unanimously. As a result, the drainage ditch was dug wide and deep, slabs were laid on the ground, and it was regularly dredged... Since then, the drainage ditch became a sewer, and the Romans also created a **** for this complex sewer system-Clo The goddess cloacina (cloacina).

The exit of this sewer is one person high and almost circular. The iron gate is firmly welded into the stone wall. Each iron rod has the thickness of an adult finger, but this iron gate is obviously old and rusty. The spots, especially below the iron fence, are pits and pits that have long been corroded by the sewage discharged every day, and the thickness is uneven.