Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 167: Ostia attack and defense

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Thinking that when the Dionian army just formed the ballista unit, only ten ballistas in a regiment were equipped with an observer, and they all came from the Dionian Academy, because they had to accurately calculate the fall Points and emission curves require deep mathematical knowledge and fast calculation capabilities. More than ten years later, now one ballista can be equipped with one sighting hand, which happens to illustrate the achievements of the Kingdom of Dionia in civic education.

At this moment, the ballista has adjusted the settings of the ballista under the prompt of the sighting hand, opened the spring arm, quickly put the small stone bullet, fixed it on the smooth bore wooden arm, and pressed the launch button to fix it. The copper ring of the stone bullet and the iron hook that held the spring arm bounced open at the same time, the spring arm quickly retracted, and the strong torsion force pushed the stone bullet out of the gun mount, and screamed at a Roman ballista that was slowly advancing forward.

"Ballista! Dionian's ballista!" The Roman soldier pushing the ballista saw the black spots flying in the air, and shouted in panic, trying to avoid the ballista, but the heavy crossbow The gun moved slowly, but the stone bullet came in a blink of an eye, hitting the ballista not far away, splashing dust all over the Roman soldiers.

The horrified Roman soldiers immediately saw eight or nine black spots flying out of the city and attacking the other ballistas. Although they failed to hit in the end, Titus, who was watching the formation, felt that To his surprise, he never thought that the Dionians would have left a lot of ballistas in the small city of Ostia, and placed them on the city’s head to attack their own ballistas. He had never seen a way of defense.

Just when he was still hesitating whether to retreat the ballista, Dionia's second round of the ballista attack had already begun.

Ten stone bullets struck again, and finally a Roman ballista was hit. Although only the force arm was broken, the ballista is a relatively fine siege weapon. Once the balance is broken, it cannot be put into use again. , Unless it is repaired. After the Romans got the Carthage’s ballista, they did not try to replicate it, but also made some progress. They were just making core components, such as metal ratchets, chains, metal cylinders, etc., which could not be cast to Carthage. So fine, they were still improving their skills, the Dionians came, so the Carthaginian ballista was broken and one less.

Titus can only order anxiously: "Withdraw the ballista!"

During the hurried retreat of the Roman ballista troops, another ballista was destroyed by a stone projectile fired from the head of the city.

Titus looked at the ballista unit that was retreating in embarrassment, then looked up at the sky that had begun to be dyed red by the setting sun, and then at the densely covered enemies at the top of the city. He quickly moved down and stared at the densely covered trenches. Luzhai... After a while, he withdrew his gaze and turned to look at the soldier behind him.

These Roman citizens from the colonies have put on their armor and took up weapons. Although the long march made them look a little tired, their eyes staring at Ostia were full of fighting spirit, because the desire to retake the motherland made them They are full of strength, and their fighting spirit has infected Titus, which made him suppress the worries in his heart: Although from the previous contact and his own observation, the defense of the Dionians against Ostia is relatively Strictly, but he has no time for the soldiers to regain their strength and prepare for the siege more comprehensively. Instead, he must recapture Ostia before the arrival of Dionian reinforcements, so she can only rely on the soldiers. We have vigorous fighters and huge numbers.

"Notify the troops and prepare to attack!" Titus said in a deep voice.

The messenger was riding a horse in the army. The squadron commanders called out the soldiers under them to be ready. The soldiers stood up, and according to the previous arrangement, they carried the pre-made ladders and Javelin...

After a commotion and noise, "Woo!..." The bugle rang, the Roman army roared, and then the soldiers, led by the squadron leader, began to move towards the east of Ostia and Walk in from the south (the sea to the west, the Tiber River to the north, and lakes and swamps as a barrier to the southeast).

Telis looked at the enemy troops coming from the city like a tide, and subconsciously tightened his fists.

The 300 Dionian archers at the head of the city saw that the enemy was about to enter within 100 meters and began to bow and shoot.

The ballistas and abdominal bows at the head of the city have already begun to fire stone bullets and iron arrows at the enemies under the city. Although the swarming enemies make their attack hit rate high and death is terrifying, but one round The attack was only a dozen deaths and injuries. For the siege wave formed by thousands of Roman soldiers, it was just a small splash that could not stop the Romans from advancing at all.

But not long after, the Roman soldiers rushing in the front screamed one after another: "Ah! Pull me! My foot! My foot is cut!"

"Watch out for traps! There are spikes buried in the ground!!"

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Amid the screams and screams of the Roman soldiers, the speed of the entire siege army was hindered.

While some Roman soldiers assisted their **** comrades in their legs, while others carefully inspected the ground and proceeded cautiously, the arrows from the city’s head fell like raindrops and rushed to the forefront. Although most of them were Roman heavy infantry, the traps under their feet forced them to be in a hurry to defend themselves with a shield, which increased some casualties.

What's worse is that they are intercepted in the trap zone, allowing the ballistas and abdominal bows of the city head to have enough time to perform their lethality.

Titus was very anxious after learning about the battle ahead. He realized that he still underestimated the defense of the Dionians against this small city.

He took a deep breath and calmed himself down: "Hurry up and send the order to attack the troops, don't rush forward, give me all the best to get rid of those traps!"

The messenger left in a gallop, and soon there were scouts galloping in: "General Titus, the people organized by Adi have arrived!"

Titus was overjoyed. Just about to reply, another scout arrived: "Report to General Titus, the people of Antium are here!"

While Titus led the army marching westward, Camilos sent a messenger to inform the Roman colonial city and Latin Confederacy west of Latium, hoping that they could send people to assist the army to attack Ostia. Now These towns responded to Camilos' request.

A team from the town on the west, carrying supplies, gathered one after another to the rear of the Roman army...

Titus’s face was filled with joy. He hurriedly expressed his gratitude to the leader, and sent out his capable men to organize hundreds of people to light fires around, start building camps and tents. Prepare for a protracted battle.

Telis watched from the east gate of Ostia as the archers and ballistas attacked the Roman soldiers who had approached the trench without interruption, while the other soldiers began to throw javelins down the city.

The entire city of Ostia has two gates, east and south. Before Theis blocked the south gate, leaving only one east gate for scouts and messengers to pass through, making both sides of the road out of the city. Traps were laid, and the road became very narrow. The attacking troops of Roman soldiers had to line up in long and narrow lines, and were attacked by soldiers from the city. The trenches were full of wounded soldiers.

Telis was not excited about the results of such a battle. He saw the bonfires ignited behind the enemy’s army and the coming Romans, and realized that this siege battle would become even more difficult. First of all, he The first order that came to mind was: Let the reserve team under the city completely block the East Gate with wood and stones.

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In Rome, there is a sharp contrast between the Roman civilians who went to the square to apply for Dionian citizenship and the Roman aristocrats in the surrounding city who were crying because their relatives were taken away. The people of the whole city are in ice and fire. Restless between the two extremes...

Daves returned to the Senate, hoping for a moment of tranquility, but the chief of Rome, Assistus, hurriedly found him.

"Your Majesty, since you went to worship those temples in Rome, the number of Romans who came to the square to sign up has increased dramatically, and now the number of registered people has exceeded a thousand!" Asistes excitedly asked Dave Si reported the good news, because it meant that the Roman civilians had a further change in attitude towards Dionia.

Davers smiled and replied: "I saw it when I passed the square. This is a good thing, isn't it!"

"Your Majesty, but I have to ask you about one thing." Asistes continued: "Some Romans asked about their relatives in the Roman army outside the city. They wanted their Relatives have also become Dionian citizens, instead of fighting with us, I hope they can go out of the city to persuade and ask us if it’s okay?"

"Oh?..." Daves became interested now. He stroked his chin, thought for a while, turned his head and asked, "Crotto, what do you think?"

Klotokatax, who was standing by, replied seriously: "Father, judging from the situation on the square in these two days, we should believe what they said, allow them to go out of the city, and persuade them. The relatives return to the kingdom, this can shake the enemy’s fighting spirit, weaken their strength, and at the same time increase our strength! Even if some of them are deceiving us and just want to escape from the city, they are all elderly, women and children. In general, the advantages outweigh the disadvantages..."

Asistes looked at Cloto Kataks. He visited Daves’ Mansion many times when he was in Turri. From time to time, he could see the king’s biological eldest son, Cloto Kataks. Si was humble, polite, and warm to others, leaving a good impression on him, but this time when we met, Asistus found that he had become much calmer.

Davers nodded and said approvingly: "Clotto is right. I allow them to go out of the city, but I can't all go out. Only the elderly in the family can go out. Women and children must stay in the city... Also, the gift I promised to Camilos will also take this opportunity to send it together."

Speaking of this, a secret smile appeared on his face.