Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 173: Ostia is in danger

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After the bombardment lasted for a while, Titus sent a second wave of soldiers who had rested for a while to continue the attack, while the Dionian garrison had been busy resisting the attack and evading stone bullets, and continued physically and mentally. As time went by, the Romans gradually began to equalize with the defenders in terms of physical strength and energy.

In addition, the Romans also had a headache for the defenders when they attacked the city. Their heavy infantry was not idle except for the soldiers who climbed the ladder. They used long shields to protect themselves. On the other side, it throws a javelin toward the city.

Throwing a javelin with heavy infantry-this was originally the tactic of the Dionian soldiers. After Wolsey and the Dionian, Camilos realized the power of this tactic. Started trying to use it in the battle with the Helniki, and achieved some results. And before this time, when Camelus and Titus discussed how to attack Ostia, they again mentioned the use of this tactic during the siege, although the Roman heavy infantry did not pass through like the soldiers of the Dionian Legion. Through long-term training, javelin throwing is not only accurate and powerful, but also full of tactical changes. However, the low wall of Ostia has increased the lethality of the javelin throwing of Roman soldiers, and the number of Roman soldiers is much larger than the heavy infantry of the defenders at the head of the city. It was the key to becoming the Dionian defender who suppressed the city with a javelin.

A wave of Roman siege soldiers retreated, and another wave of black onslaught came up, like the continuous impact of the surging tide, the number of casualties of the Dionian defenders increased, and the defense strength decreased. The enemy has already attacked several times. Chengtou.

Telis had to send a reserve team, but the inexperienced he did not dismantle these temporarily formed new forces and placed them among the defenders at the head of the city, commanded by reserve soldiers of the legion, instead let them form a team. The team went to replace the vacant position at the head of the city. As a result, not only did the defensive strength not be greatly enhanced, but there was a lot of chaos.

"General, look! The wall has collapsed!!" The entourage pointed to the front and began to cheer.

Titus couldn't suppress the ecstasy in his heart.

A few days ago, the walls of Ostia had just undergone the baptism of the Dionian Ballista. Although it was repaired, only a few days were not enough for it to fully recover, and then it was attacked by the Roman Ballista again. After several attacks, a section of the city wall wailed and collapsed.

Along with the exclaims of the soldiers on both sides, a gap was revealed after the dust mist dissipated.

Seeing this situation, how could Titus miss the opportunity to break the city and immediately ordered: "The ballistas stop bombarding, and the whole army immediately presses on the offensive!"

It was said that the whole army was overwhelmed. In fact, only the Roman citizen soldiers were fully involved in the offensive. After all, they marched long distances during the day and continued fierce fighting at night. Although there were intermittent rests in between, all the soldiers were already extremely tired. The casualties caused the Latin Allied and Etruscan Allied forces to complain. Their generals have repeatedly protested to Titusti, and their soldiers have begun to fight passively. Only this Roman colony with less than 5,000 people left. Supported by the belief in "retaking the motherland" and under strict discipline, the collapse of Ostia’s walls also gave them hope of success. Amid the loud bugles, they roared and once again addressed Ostia. The city of Tia launched a fierce attack.

The high morale of the Roman soldiers also infected the troops of the Allies, and they barely followed behind...

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George Lisboa is a cautious man, and with Cloto Catacs, he becomes more cautious, so he arranged for four clippers to lead the front, the other ships in parallel, front and rear With large intervals, all ships lit torches, like fire dragons in a river, going downstream along the flowing water.

Gioglis’ caution took effect. On the way, a pilot boat collided and sank with a clipper that was pulling up and preparing to report to the city of Rome. A pilot boat failed to control its direction at the river's rapids. , Hit the reef and sank...

All the troop carriers were not affected by any serious problems and approached the mouth of the Tiber River safely, but the soldiers on board were shocked by the sight of the distant shore: it was almost late at night, but the sky had not yet appeared. The waning moon is still hanging in the sky, and the sky is still dark. It is the best time for people to sleep soundly. However, the direction of Ostia City is blazing, and the sound of killing is shaking the sky...

Has the city of Ostia fall? ! Regardless of whether it is Geogris, all levels of team officers, and soldiers have similar concerns in their hearts, with the guidance of the distant fire and the port lighthouse, and at the same time, in order not to attract the attention of the enemy, Geognis immediately ordered: " Put out all the torches on the ship!"

Soon, the port patrol boat came out to greet him, and after learning that Ostia had not fallen, the fleet quickly sailed into its port.

After taking the boat to the dock, Geogris was the first to go ashore, but he was surprised to see countless people dressed as sailors gathered together and began to wear armor. The arrival of the soldiers of the Fifth Legion was warmly welcomed by them.

After inquiring, Gioglis learned that the Roman army began to attack the city at dusk and never stopped. They set up a pile of fire outside the city as lighting to facilitate the Roman soldiers' attack. Due to the continuous onslaught of the Romans, the reserve soldiers led by Theis suffered a lot of casualties. Not only did the reserve team composed of Latin refugees and slaves be sent to the head of the city, but also the sailors of the warships in the wharf were also gathered. , Ready to reinforce at any time.

With the help of the sailors of the Third Fleet, the soldiers of the five battalions of the Fifth Army quickly went ashore, and under the leadership of Geogris, they hurried to the city.

At this moment, an exclamation came from the front: "It's not good!! The wall has collapsed!!..."

Gioglis was shocked, and the situation was urgent. He immediately ordered: "The whole army is moving forward!"

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The repeated bitter battles and the collapse of the city wall have made the soldiers at the head of the city fluctuate. At this time, the Romans took the opportunity to launch an attack on a much larger scale than before.

The darkened Roman soldiers hadn't crossed the trench, and some liberated slaves at the head of the city had never seen such a big momentum, and turned around and fled.

Telis hurriedly led the guards to stop him, and decisively beheaded the escaped slaves to stabilize the army. But for the one-mile-long city wall, he could take care of this end and not the other end. As the enemy approached, the chaos at the top of the city did not calm down, but increased.

The rushed Thulis didn’t even have time to dispatch troops to plug the gap. In the end, even he himself lost his confidence...

Just when he was at a loss and was about to give up, "Woo!..." His familiar bugle sounded in the city, followed by a uniform singing: "Great Hades, you It is the protector of the kingdom, the master of the night, the incarnation of justice and strictness!..."

Before Thelis could respond, the reserve soldiers of the legion at the head of the city began to shout: "Our reinforcements are here!! Our reinforcements are here!!!..."

I saw that under the light of the fire in the city (in order to facilitate the soldiers to go up to the city to fight, Theis learned that the Romans also lit a fire in the city), a long black dragon was rapidly advancing down the city along the street.

The face of the tall soldier in the front is clearly recognizable. He is dressed in thick dog skin, a legionary flag is held high in his hands by him, and the idol at the top is shining brightly.

"The Fifth Army! It's the Fifth Army!!..." the sharp-eyed soldier shouted loudly.

The city of Ostia is saved! The reserve soldiers of the legion had confidence, the original panic Ostia reserve soldiers also gradually fled, and Theis also settled down.

Titus outside the city also heard the bugles and chants. He didn't expect this to be reinforcements from the enemy at all. He thought it was General Dionia who used these to encourage the soldiers and fully defend. After all, judging by his experience, there will be no enemy reinforcements coming at this special time, so he frowned and whispered: "At this time, the Dionians still have such morale! As the dictator said, the army of this kingdom really should not be underestimated!"

At this moment, someone in the city shouted: "Is Lord Theis here?! Lord Theis!..."

Telis held on to the battlements and looked down: I saw a young team officer with black helmet and black armor and a red cap, walking along the roots of the city wall and shouting.

"I am Teles!" He responded immediately.

The team officer hurriedly saluted and said: "I am the adjutant of the Fifth Legion Commander Geogris. The Legion Commander asked me to tell you that he will lead the troops to close the gap and let you focus on the defense of the city. Soon there will be reinforcements composed of sailors from the Third Fleet on the city to reinforce you!"

After discussing with the lieutenant of the Fifth Army, Theis urged the officers at the head of the city to lead the soldiers back to their respective defensive walls, and arranged more light infantry above the gap, and began to prepare enough Tar, because Geogris was preparing to return to the Romans the pain suffered by the Fourth Army when it attacked the city of Rome.

Titus saw from a distance that under the blazing city, the heroic Roman soldiers rushed into the gap in the city wall with a rain of arrows, which made him feel excited, thinking that victory was in sight.

Who knows that not long after, the entire gap was filled with Roman soldiers. The subordinates who went to listen to the news came back and reported: "The gap was blocked by the Dionian army, and the soldiers could not break through their defense for the time being!"

At this moment, the messenger sent by Camilos also rushed to the outside of Ostia, (because in the dark, the messenger did not dare to let go, so he fell behind the fleet) to suggest Tuss report: "The Dionians sent thousands of soldiers from the city of Rome, and they are going down the river in a boat!"

Titus was hit hard, but he still had a glimmer of illusion in his heart. On the one hand, he ordered the snare drum to be played and the bugle to be sounded to inspire the soldiers to attack bravely. On the one hand, he sent his subordinates to the city to pay close attention to the changes in the battle situation. At the same time, they also called back the Etruscan allied forces that were dreading at the back of the offensive team, and let them line up in the rear in case of any accidents.