Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 308: Stick to the fortress

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"No, don't send any more troops!" Falekus, who had been standing by and watching before, said: "The terrain of Yuliarus fortress is narrow, no amount of troops can be deployed, not to mention the current situation. Look, the number of Dionians who have captured the fortress shouldn’t be many. As long as Stacykos can lead his team to arrive in time, there is a complete opportunity to take it back. And what I’m worried about now is whether the Dionian army will take advantage of it. This opportunity, attack us again."

Everyone was shocked when they heard this.

"What happened?!" The last Syracuse General Hiktas also arrived.

"You are always the latest!" Kuchiasmin knew that Hiktas lived in the port and was the furthest away from the council, so he couldn't help complaining: "I really wait for something to happen to Syracuse, you How can this general help!"

It stands to reason that Hiktas has long been accustomed to his colleagues talking to him in such a tone, but these days when he heard these unpleasant words, he always felt a little strange in his heart, just like his face changed at this moment. It's a bit ugly.

Theagennis, who felt empathetic, said hurriedly: "The fortress of Yuliarus was taken by the Dionians, and we are discussing to take him back."

"Ah!" Hiktas was surprised, did not speak any more, but his heart was full of waves.

At this moment, there was a faint bugle sound coming in outside the door.

Everyone was surprised again.

Kuchias shouted in a slight panic: "It's our bugle! There is an enemy!" He walked out the door quickly.

After a while, he returned to the hall and said anxiously: "The sentries in the West City reported and they found that the Dionian soldiers were massing outside their camp. They seemed to be ready to attack us!"

Everyone is coming fast**.

"I will go to the West City now and lead the soldiers in the barracks to organize defenses." Theagennis immediately responded: "Parnisus, you will organize the mobilized citizen soldiers as soon as possible, and seize the time to reinforce the West City."

"Okay!" Parnisus also followed Theagennis out of the hall.

"I think today's Dionians will also attack from the east at the same time! Cuzias, you must hurry up and gather all the citizens responsible for the defense of the east, and rush to the east wall to defend." Lakus also said eagerly.

Kuchias was ordered to leave.

"Xiktas, you lead the civic soldiers of the port to sit here. If there is an accident, immediately rush to support!" Falekus continued to give orders.

Most people in the port of Syracuse are mainly crew members, but 4,000 people are also selected to participate in the defense of the city. Because most of them live in a difficult life, they are more of a light infantry, and they are not taken seriously.

Hearing this order, Hiktas thought more about it for a while and didn't respond in time.

Falekus can't help but feel a little dissatisfied: "Xiktas, have you heard me?!"

"I see." Hiktas replied nonchalantly.

Falekus glanced at him and didn’t have time to care, and then asked another general to organize another 3,000 civilian soldiers to go to the north for support. At the same time, he also decided to organize the people in the city himself to build an emergency to the north. The defensive line is to prevent the Yuliarus Fortress from being retaken, and at least to prevent the enemy from going south easily.

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The fortress of Yuliarus is a small square fortress surrounded by stone walls. The fortress has houses, warehouses, cisterns and other facilities. At least 300 soldiers can be stationed here for a long time. Moreover, the wall of Yuliarus Peak is also a fortress wall. Once an enemy situation occurs, the soldiers in the fortress can quickly go up to the fortress to block the enemy. However, the calm and steep terrain for many days also let the Syracuse soldiers who have been in peace and tranquility for a long time relax their vigilance. As a result, they were successfully attacked by the soldiers of the Dionian Mountain Range Reconnaissance Brigade.

Terentus led the soldiers to surprise the Yuriarus fortress, but did not continue to attack the city of Syracuse, but stayed firmly in the fortress while actively receiving reinforcements.

Originally, the mountain on the west side of Yuliarus Peak was a bit flat and lush. Dionysius led the people to change the terrain for a long time and burned down the trees and weeds under the city. This allows the sentry on the city to see the enemy's movements under the city at a glance.

It’s a pity that Syracuse has been in turmoil after Dionysius’s death. In addition, the external environment is relatively safe. No one pays attention to the problem of city defense anymore. Full of weeds and trees, this helped the Mountain Reconnaissance Brigade soldiers lurking under the city, but the narrow terrain here also determines that there are not too many soldiers approaching the city at a time, so there are more Mountain Reconnaissance Brigade soldiers and the Eighth Army. Two heavy infantry brigade and one light infantry brigade are hiding in the dense forest below the mountain to avoid being spotted by the guards at the head of the city.

Until the assaulting soldiers overcame the city head, captured the torch in the hand of the sentry, waved it according to the pre-determined rules, and sent the signal down the mountain. The mountain reconnaissance brigade soldiers, the legion light infantry, and the heavy infantry then accelerated their climb to the mountain in turn. .

In the forefront is the Mountain Reconnaissance Brigade. Even though these soldiers who have been specially trained throughout the year are climbing the mountain, their speed is still very fast. It was grabbing the ropes that the soldiers from the upper city had hung from the top of the city and quickly climbed up.

After going up to the city, they took off the leather shields and daggers they carried on their backs, and rushed into the fortress where there was a lot of noise.

Following reinforcements came one after another, finally defeating the defenders of Syracuse who were still resisting.

Terentus was defending the fortress and the city wall and waiting for reinforcements. At the same time, he carefully inspected the situation inside the fortress. What made him feel a headache was that the fortress opened two openings on the stone wall facing the south of the city, but But there is no wooden door or anything to open and close.

It turns out that when Dionysius built this fortress, he deliberately designed it in such a way that the fortress could only guard against the outside but not the inside. It can be said that Dionysius had a very thoughtful idea, but he did not expect that the later sentry made two large planks specially for comfort, covering the hole at night, without affecting sleep (because the terrain is high here, sometimes scratched The mountain breeze blows through the entrance of the cave at night, which is not only cold, but also makes a "whooping" sound, which seriously affects rest).

Terrentus found these two large wooden boards near the entrance of the cave, and then asked the soldiers to find a lot of wooden blocks and stones from the warehouse to block the wooden boards at the entrance of the cave.

But he was still worried, and in a hurry, he came up with another way.

When the light infantry brigade soldiers also entered the fortress one after another, Terentus breathed a sigh of relief.

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At the time, the ambitious Dionysius included Epipole Heights, Accradina and other areas into the city of Syracuse, expanding the area of ​​the entire city several times, in order to make this new city’s With a sufficient population, he actively recruited as many mercenaries as possible to become Syracuse’s new citizens. At the same time, he also forcibly moved the conquered neighboring city-states to Syracuse, such as Leonid and Katane.

But after the South-Italian War, the mercenaries were expelled, and most of the people from other city-states who were forcibly moved back to their home states. Coupled with years of political turmoil, Syracuse’s population is now greater than before. It has been reduced by more than half. As a result, the vast area of ​​the Epipole Highlands has become sparsely populated, and it has almost become a wasteland for the people of Syracuse to graze cattle and sheep. Therefore, the ruined soldiers who escaped from the fortress of Yuriarus are nearby. Without any help, they can only run south to the main city, and inform the members of the general executive committee who are on duty of the emergency military situation, and then he will send troops to take back the fortress.

The shortcomings of Siracusa’s large area and shortage of manpower were fully exposed at this time. The fortress of Yuriarus was far away from the main city. In addition, it was late at night and the incident happened suddenly, Stacey When Kos led 2,000 soldiers to the Yuriarus Fortress, he was already nearly an hour away from its fall. The Dionian raids with careful planning and preparation, especially the two heavy infantry battalions, have also entered one after another. Inside the fortress of Yuliarus.

Under the shining of the fire, Stesicos saw that there were many Dionian soldiers on the top of the fortress. Many of them were wearing dazzling armor. What surprised him was that the two caves were also blocked with wooden doors. , Because he came in hastily and did not carry any siege equipment.

Stacy Kos felt a headache, because according to the design of Dionysius, the fortress of Yulia Rus was the center of the defense wall at the northern end. The sentry could only get to the head of the city through the fort. Sentinels are all sent by the fortress, and the stone stairs of the upper city closest to the fortress will only be found in the middle section of the east and west walls.

Dionysius’s design may be based on safety considerations, but it now embarrassed Stacyx: If he leads his army to turn around and go up the city through the stone stairs, it will give the current enemy too Many respites.

Stacy Kos made a decisive decision and ordered the soldiers to quickly charge towards the fortress, rush to the stone wall as soon as possible, and smash into the cave. At the same time, he asked the messenger to rush back to the main city immediately and report the situation here to the Military Executive Committee.

The location of the fortress of Yuriarus was high, and the soldiers of Syracuse had to shield their heads with shields and attack forward.

The Dionian infantry on the fortress didn’t need to shoot arrows at all. He lifted up the stones and logs from the warehouse and smashed them down. The stones and wood bounced and rolled down along the ground, and they could hit them at once. Several people were injured, causing the attacking Syracuse soldiers to complain, and they were dispersed in a short while.

Staceidas had to gather the soldiers again, and personally charge forward, finally led the soldiers to the wall, and was immediately violently attacked by the Dionian soldiers on the wall, with javelins and arrows. , Rocks, and wood fell like raindrops. There were many wounded soldiers in Syracuse, and even Stesicos was shot in the arm with a sharp arrow.