Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 218: The Battle of Meyaro (2)

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"So let the enemy invade the town, take advantage of our Dionian Corps soldiers’ expertise in close fighting, and use these narrow streets and ruins to make the enemy’s superior strength not fully utilized. This is us The battle plan formulated in advance is the correct plan, and we should stick to it!" Geogris emphasized.

"But the enemy was not fooled! If we waited this way, the Syracuses did not come in, and the stone bullets fired by the ballista had already hit our heads!" Taginos yelled anxiously.

"Actually, the Syracuse’s style of play is beneficial to us. Didn’t the spies who rushed to the port by the Clippers tell me? Today they are going to be in Syracuse, Katane, etc. The city-state initiates a riot, and perhaps in the end, there is no need to fight the Syracuse at all, and they will be forced to retreat." Zantiparis said with some expectation.

"Do you believe what those courageous, only sneaky guys say?!" Taginos blurted out.

When the other team officials heard this, their expressions changed a little. They heard that these spies were confidants cultivated by King Daves.

Antonius glanced at Serofenius, who was looking awkward on the side, and murmured Taigetinus softly: "Without the help of Xenofennis, we would have captured Mearo so easily! Did you get help from the Sicilians so soon! Childish!"

Actually, Antonios was also dubious about the secret letter sent by the spies, but the reality gave him no more choices. In this unfamiliar land, there are basically hostile forces. Apart from staying in Mayaro, where can his First Army retreat! If Antrapolis' plan can succeed, of course everyone will be happy!

At this time, the soldiers who were looking forward to the harbor hurriedly ran to report: "Leonard Commander, our fleet...our fleet is coming!"

Damn Sekrian has finally arrived! Antonios's spirits lifted up: "Order the troops to lead the families of the exiles, maintain order, and retreat to the port!"

"Yes, Lord Legion." The captains and exile leaders responded in unison.

Sekrian didn't actually come, he was still recovering from Lijim. Although Sekrian usually has an open personality and does not like to be under the command of the legion, he will never be vague at the critical moment of the war. What's more, Antonio Ost sent the Clippers yesterday and took the risk, rushed to Lijim, and made a request to him: I hope that the Dionian fleet can arrive at Meyaro early tomorrow to deal with the full-scale attack by the Syracuse!

Sekrian didn't dare to take it lightly, and specially warned Flarios, who was commanding the fleet instead of him: He led the fleet to set off early the next morning, and should get to Meyaro as soon as possible!

The arrival of the Dionia fleet and the fact that the soldiers and people in the town flocked to the port were reported to Mathias by scouts.

Mathias yelled at Paronisus for his incompetence, and then asked: "Where are the reinforcements?!"

"Siculli has passed, and I should be on the south bank of the Alcantara River soon."

"Send someone to urge them to hurry up!" Marcias finally gave an order: "Blow the offensive horn, don't let the Dionians run away!"

Yes, Massias spent so much preparation and consumed so many guns, but not only to drive off the Dionian army that invaded Sicily, but to completely eliminate it. To boost the morale of the Syracuse people, to win his reputation.

Due to time constraints, the Dionians could not have time to board the ship and escape from the port, and then land in other places in Sicily. It is impossible for Massias to let the army bypass the north of Mearo, which also has traps and obstacles. , And then rushed to the east to attack the port, that would be too time-consuming. As a result, the Siracusa coalition soldiers directly attacked from outside the western town that had been cleaned up, stepped over the wooden wall that had been bombarded by the ballista and almost disappeared, and rushed into the town aggressively.

The mighty army was divided by the criss-crossing streets into streams and infiltrated forward, and soon the hurricane of the Allied Dionian forces was in trouble.

"Oh! My feet! My feet are pierced!"

"Quickly stop! Don't squeeze forward, there is a big pit in front of you, the captain and them all fell into the pit!"

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The Syracuse people never expected that the Dionians would not only make traps and obstacles outside the town, but also do the same in the town.

In fact, this was made overnight by soldiers of the First Legion led by the exiles. Even if there were no agents from Cataney who came to report urgently last night, Antonios did not intend to lead the troops to escape by boat. For him, there was no such thing as “allowing him to retreat if the war is unfavorable” in the order that Davers issued before the departure of the First Army. Forgive him, he might have no future in Dionia in the future.

For the soldiers of the First Legion, they think more simply: the Legionnaires who have always been called the "most heroic" by the Dionian people, how can they allow themselves to become timid deserters!

Antonius’ previous false retreat was just to lure the enemy into attacking ahead of time. Once they entered the town and started fighting with the Legionnaires, the ballista would naturally not dare to fire stone bullets. At the same time, he will also arrange for the families of the exile fighters to worry about and let the army take care of them on the ship, so that the troops can fight with all their hearts and minds.

When the 300 cavalry of the Syracuse Allied Forces quickly galloped near the port, they saw more than 3,000 exile soldiers lined up to protect the port. Behind them, thousands of old people, Under the orderly guidance of the sailors, the women and children rushed to the dock and stepped up to board the ship.

Syracuse soldiers certainly cannot attack the tightly defended Greek phalanx. They are only guarding them from a distance, waiting for the infantry to arrive.

However, the Syracuse soldiers at this time were frightened by the frequent traps. They moved forward cautiously and began to expand to both sides.

At this moment, the light infantry led by Captain Cibit of the 7th Battalion appeared. Instead of throwing arrows and throwing javelins at the enemy in a group like in a regular battle, they were hiding in the tattered streets. In the house, either lying on the ruins, or standing directly opposite the big sinkhole, attack the enemy with precision shooting.

Syracuse soldiers concentrated on detecting the traps in the road ahead. Suddenly an arrow flew from the side house window and hit the soldier's unarmored thigh; suddenly a javelin fell on the roof above, and the soldier was too late to use it. The shoulders protected by the buckler... The mysterious sneak attack of the Dionian light infantry, because it is a close range, the kill rate is extremely high.

Since the Syracuses are considering fighting head-on with the Dionians, the light infantry cannot rush forward, and the heavy infantry rushing in front is now trapped and long-ranged by the Dionians. The sneak attack made the heart scared, and the speed of advance was slower...

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In the city of Medema, although the Dionians did not attack these days, the defenders of Medmar did not relax their vigilance, because the day before yesterday they watched the despicable Dionians drive During the battle, the Medema and Lokri people carried soil bags and filled a trench in front of the city wall.

The night before, the Medmarians took advantage of the dark night to pull the ropes from the walls and let the soldiers slide down, trying to dig the filled trenches again. Unexpectedly, the Dionians were prepared for a long time, and ambushed light infantry not far away, causing Medmar to break many soldiers.

Medmar people suffered from this setback and never dared to leave the city easily. They knew that they were in danger and could only defend the city with all their strength. At the same time, they hoped that the Syracuses who failed in the battle would reverse and defeat Dionia. Seek a ray of life for Madema.

Today, the Medima soldiers stood at the head of the city, looking at the front vigilantly: the Dionians began to line up at the front of the city a hundred meters away, just like the previous few days, but this time the difference is their formation. There were two more siege machines in the front, even though they were 100 meters away, they still made the Medmar soldiers feel their hugeness.

"Quick! Come and see! What is that?!" A soldier yelled to his companion in panic.

"This...this should be a siege tower. I have heard from the Rockies that the Syracuse people have used this kind of equipment to conquer many city states."

"It seems to be higher than our city wall! We...how should we deal with this kind of thing?!"

At the moment when the defenders were nervous, "Woo!..." The attacking bugle resounded through Dionia's army, and the siege of Medema began.

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"Legion commander be careful!" The adjutant pressed Matonis, who had ventured closer to the wooden wall, only to hear the strong wind of "whoop", and a stone bullet whizzed past his head.

Martonis touched his neck with lingering fear, and yelled: "Damn the ballista team, I want to kill--"

Before the voice fell, I only heard a bang in front of me, and the stone bullet hit the tower eight or nine meters away.

The tower made hastily by the Syracuses was not very strong. When a 15kg huge stone bullet hit the top of the tower head-on, not only sawdust flew, the guards fell, and the tower vibrated and tilted backwards, accompanying the tower. With the exclamation of the top javelinman, the six-meter-high tower slammed straight to the ground...

"Awesome! The ballista pair is amazing! Keep hitting me like this!..." Matonis shouted excitedly.

The adjutant rolled his eyes: He was still scolding the Ballista Team just now, and his tone changed in a blink of an eye.

Soldiers are excited about the tower being hit, but this opportunity is only once, after all, the tower is too close to the wooden wall, and the stone bullets shot out can only be hit to the top of the tower if it is close to the top of the wall. The risk was too great, so the Dionian defenders relied more on light infantry launching rockets, throwing oil tanks, or directly attacking the javelinmen on the top of the tower with arrows... By these methods, two towers have been burned down.