Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 221: Battle of Meyaro (4)
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Mathias pointed to the three-story consul mansion standing tens of meters away, and said coldly: "Don't worry about hurting our soldiers, because the target is it."
The towering roof is not only easy to be hit by a crossbow, it can also smash those Dionian light infantry who are condescending to carry out long-range attacks, clearing their damage to the dense array of Syracuse, and Mathias feels it The commander of the Syracuse army is on it, and bombarding it can destroy the morale of the Dionians. This will kill three birds with one stone! The adjutant quickly understood this, and immediately said with admiration: "General, you are right! Herald! Herald! Go and inform the ballista troops outside the town, and immediately bring the ballista here!..." /
Macias looked at the building in front. He seemed to feel that the opposing commander was also looking down at him. He admitted that he underestimated the combat effectiveness of this Dionian army and gave the Syracuse allied forces. Caused a lot of casualties, but the trouble they enacted ends here. The Siracusa coalition surrounded them on this unprotected flat ground with twice the strength. As long as the attack continues, victory will eventually arrival!
Mathias is very confident about this...
Just as the two armies were engaged in a fierce frontal fight, behind the commanders and generals of Mathias, a loud shout came out: "Master Hibagris! Master Hibagris!... …"
In the corner of Marcias' dissatisfied eyes, Sikuli's tyrant's guard hurriedly led the man over.
"The general is not good! Riots broke out in the city and port of Siculi!" The man yelled in panic when he saw Hibaglis.
The people around were taken aback.
Hibagris clasped his chest tightly with both hands and asked eagerly: "What nonsense are you talking about?! When I left Sicully yesterday, everything in the city was calm. Where did it come from? Riot!"
"It's true, my lord!" The man cried and said in a panic, "This morning, the freedmen and slaves in the port rioted and attacked the city of Siculi. Lord Celtas is preparing to lead the soldiers to defend. At that time, some citizens suddenly attacked them from behind and opened the city gate. Lord Celtas had to lead the troops to retreat to the fortress. Your family and your family also hid in the acropolis... Now only you are the only one who leads the troops to rush. Go back and defeat those thugs to save our city of Sikuli!"
Hearing this, Hibagris shouted anxiously: "Kalilatus, go and call our soldiers, we must return to Sicully immediately!"
"Yes, my lord!" A Sikuli general hurried forward.
"Wait a minute!" Massias hurriedly yelled, "Master Hibagris, I don't know if the news that Siculi was attacked is true or false. It's better to send a scout to investigate first, and wait for confirmation. It's not too late to send another army." After all, the coalition forces restarted the offensive, and slightly gained the upper hand. Massias didn't want this good momentum to be interrupted, so he wanted to delay it for a while.
Who knows, Hibagris saw through Massias’ intentions. He pointed to the reporter and said with a serious expression: "Dilas is my slave butler. He has followed me for decades. He doesn’t have to Doubt! Sorry, Master Masias, I must rush back immediately and eliminate those thugs, not only to save my family, but also for the dozens of tons of grain stored in the city for the army to eat!"
At the reminder of Hibagris, Marcias's face changed drastically. Instead of stopping Hibagris from leaving, he said, "When the enemies here are destroyed, I will immediately lead the troops to Sikuli to assist. You!"
There were only a thousand soldiers in Sikuli, and considering that their combat effectiveness was not strong, Macias did not arrange them in the forefront of receiving the enemy, so it was relatively easy to withdraw. Seeing Hibagris hurriedly lead his troops away, Macias felt a little uneasy, so he ordered: "Blow the bugle again and urge the soldiers to step up the offensive!"
"I said long ago that Hibagris is an incompetent guy. Master Dionysius should have destroyed Siculi. We mercenaries will manage the small city, so we won’t leave the town. These troubles..." Pavolos, who was once the leader of the mercenary beside him and now the tyrant of Katane, ridiculed, making the generals of the other city-states nearby their faces changed.
Mathias warned him in a low voice with a hesitant look: "Don't talk nonsense!"
The team officer in charge of the ballista came: "My lord, the ballista has arrived!"
The report from the ballista team gave Macias spirits: "Find a place to put your ballistas and bomb me that house!" Macias pointed to the consul's mansion and said vigorously.
As soon as the voice fell, I heard someone yelling from behind: "Master Paphos, it's not good! Katane is occupied by the mob!"
Mathias was startled when he heard the words. The tyrant of Katana, who had previously spoken coldly, ran to the rear anxiously, while the generals of the other city-states were all whispering.
Pafros quickly came to Matthias and said anxiously: "Mathias, I must lead my brothers back immediately!"
Marcias was very calm. For his comrades in the same trench, he did not play any other means, but seriously analyzed: "Pafros, Katane has been lost, you should go back now. Even if it is taken back, it has already been destroyed. And if you leave now, it will ruin the battle that we have put in a lot of effort and are about to win. You have also seen the power of these Dionian soldiers, Once let them escape, they will cause us more trouble!"
Macias can let the Siculians leave, but he can't let the Katane troops leave, because their 3,000 mercenaries are one of the main forces in this battle.
Pavlos listened to his persuasion, hesitated, his tone was no longer as firm as before: "This battle may not last until dusk before we can tell the winner... We return to Katana, I am afraid it will be tomorrow. In order to attack...for such a long time, those thugs will strengthen their defenses and cause great difficulties for us to attack the city! And...and if the brothers knew that I did not lead them back to the park in time, I am afraid I will not be able to do this position. Long..."
"With the support of Lord Dionysius, what are you afraid of!" Massias cheered him up: "As for the brothers' loss, Syracuse will make up for them!"
Pafros was still hesitating. At this time, another messenger arrived on horseback and shouted anxiously: "General Flaotes, it's not good! Leonid..."
The tyrants and generals of these allied nations next to Massias have rioted, and anyone who can sit in this position is not a fool: Sikuli riots! Riot in Katana! Riotny Riot! ...This is no longer an isolated riot. It is most likely a storm against Syracuse that has set off throughout southeastern Sicily!
The people here have been dissatisfied with Syracuse for a long time! The people present are all aware of it, because they are all beneficiaries of Dionysius’s rule in Sicily, but at this moment they no longer care about the face of the leader, and they have expressed to Mathias: They will bring the troops back to the city. Stabilize the situation!
They didn't wait for Mathias to reply, they went straight to withdraw their city-state troops. Marcias used to allow the nobles of these allied states to bow to their orders because of the power of Syracuse. Now that disaster is approaching, they are still willing to follow the orders of a mercenary-born man.
Maciaszola persuaded him, but he still couldn’t stop their unauthorized actions. Just when he was at a loss, Paphos said coldly beside him: "Mathias, I too I’m going to take the troops back. I advise you to withdraw your troops immediately. There are riots in our city-states. Can Syracuse be avoided! Don’t forget, Lord Dionysius and you will all be Syracuse. The defense force is taken away, it is quite empty there!"
Mathias was shocked when he heard this. He only wanted to destroy the enemy in front of him, but he had forgotten his most important duty! He watched in confusion as Paphos greeted his subordinates to rush to the phalanx formed by Katane’s army. His heart was cold. He knew that this battle was over...
He raised his head and looked at the consul's residence in front of him, as if he saw the enemy commander sneering at them: Sicily had a large-scale riot at exactly this time, and it was definitely the Dionians who were making trouble in it!
Thinking of this, he became angry from his heart, and shouted loudly: "Ballista, immediately bomb me that house!"
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"My lord, the enemy seems to be retreating!" the adjutant shouted excitedly.
Without his reminder, in the field of vision that Antonios overlooked: one by one, the generals wearing gorgeous crowns rushed to various positions of the enemy line on horseback, shouting something loudly, and then the enemy's array was a commotion, and then he saw a commotion. The group of soldiers withdrew from the array, led by those generals to the west. The thick circular formation that originally surrounded the First Army and the exile soldiers has now seen a lot of gaps, and their evacuation has seriously affected the Syracuse soldiers next to them. They stopped attacking, but looked around. , Yelled at each other, conveyed the anxiety in their hearts to other soldiers, and quickly plunged the entire circular array into chaos...
Could it be that the news of the riots in the city-state led by Antrapolis has been known to the enemy? ! Antonios looked at Serofennis subconsciously.
"Legion Commander, I think we can take this opportunity to launch an attack!" The adjutant's words pulled his thoughts back, but saw a few stone bullets flying towards them quickly from a distance.
"Watch out for the ballista!" exclaimed the guard behind him, blocking the long shield over Antonios' head.