Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 309: The intelligence department is in action

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The Syracuse army was defeated again.

Not long after, another Syracuse general led 3,000 soldiers to arrive, and what he saw were wounded and demoralized troops everywhere.

After learning about the whole battle with the wounded Stesicos, both sides realized that the Dionians had carefully prepared, so it would be very difficult to regain the fortress of Yuriarus, and both began to regret the previous The fortress of Yuliarus is overlooked.

So, the two men joined forces and carefully planned the next attack.

At this time, the person responsible for the defense of the fortress of Yuliarus was the captain of the Fifth Corps of the Eighth Army, Diocassis.

In the previous consecutive battles, one of the eighth army captain was seriously injured, and the first captain had been guarding Serinus, so there were two temporary vacancies in the position of the captain, Dior. Cassis has been promoted from company captain to squad captain because of his outstanding record. Leottizides, who has a high regard for him, has delegated such an important task to him this time, so even if he repels the offensive enemy , He did not take it lightly, summoning Terentus and the other two captains to discuss and improve the plan for the defense of the fortress.

When everything was set up, he began to worry about food.

In order to make the raid smooth, the soldiers did not carry rations. There was some food in the warehouse of the fort, but this was a food reserve for 200 people. But for the Diocese army with more than 3,400 people, Diocca Sith made a rough estimate, and it was only enough for a day's use. It is more difficult to transport a large amount of food from the mountain and from outside the city to the fortress. This is one of the reasons why Leotizides only sent more than 3,000 people here.

At this time, Terentus found Diocasis and made suggestions to him: "We need doctors and nurses here, and the wounded soldiers urgently need treatment and care!"

Diocasis saw him look anxious, knowing that he was worried about the injuries of the soldiers of the more than 20 mountain reconnaissance brigade.

Previously, Terentus personally led 100 soldiers of the reconnaissance brigade to successfully climb the wall, not only to attack the fortress, but also to intercept the few sentries coming from the aisles on both sides, and send someone to tie the ropes that hang down the city. Well, in the case of few enemies, the soldiers of the Mountain Reconnaissance Brigade, as the vanguard, took ten as ten. The fast and valiant attack caused the chaos of the defenders who were caught off guard, and created the conditions for the subsequent troops to arrive. Of course, they also paid for it. There were some casualties.

"You are right." Diocasis immediately agreed, and took the opportunity to say: "However, the mountain roads here are more difficult to walk, and the sky is dim, but these are not a problem for you mountain scout soldiers, so I hope you can send a small group of soldiers down the mountain to the medical camp, pick up a few doctors and nurses, and bring some engineers and carpenters by the way."

Terentus was taken aback: "Engineers and carpenters, do you want them to install ballistas on the fortress?"

"This is a reason." Diocasis said sternly: "In addition, I also want them to install a pulley device on the city wall, which can facilitate the delivery of the baggage to the city."

"I will send two teams down the mountain right away." Terentus promised immediately.

At this moment, a soldier came in and said anxiously: "Captain, the enemy is attacking!"

Diocasis and Terentus looked at each other, and quickly walked out of the dormitory and boarded the city.

This time, the Siracusa army not only launched an offensive from the south to the fortress, but there were also many soldiers on the aisles of the east and west walls quickly approaching the fortress.

The messengers sent by Stacykos told Taegnis and Falekus about the difficulties encountered by the army in attacking the fort. The Allied Dionian army is also gathering, but in order to regain the fortress and eliminate the enemy who broke into the city, the two generals still sent hundreds of soldiers to march north along the aisle at the front of the city and participate in the offensive. Among.

Enemies from three directions attacked at the same time, but Diocasis was not nervous, because they had already arranged them in advance.

The more norther the walls of Syracuse, the narrower the walkways. After all, it is not easy to build the walls on the high ground, and there are topographical bonuses, the enemy is not easy to attack, there is no need to build them as tall and thick as the walls close to the main city. Therefore, the walkways on the east and west sides near the junction are only four people side by side.

Diocasis sent two heavy infantry companies to garrison the aisles on both sides. They were arranged into extremely thick shields and spear walls to prevent the enemy from trying to enter the fortress through the walls.

At the same time, the light infantry on the east and west stone walls of the fort took up bows and arrows and javelins to launch long-range attacks on the enemies on the walkways of the walls not far from them.

The Syracuse soldiers on the aisle had to struggle to break through the blockade of the Dionian heavy infantry. It was very difficult because the wall was built along the terrain and the intersection was the highest position. They also needed to attack upwards, but At the same time, we must also guard against side fire from the fort. Ten percent of the strength can only be used by thirty to four percent, which completely poses no threat to the front Dionians.

Facing the countless Syracuse soldiers surging from the south, the Dionian soldiers on the fortress took out one after another woven round grass cages, tarred them, lit them with fire, and threw them down. A flaming ball of fire followed the terrain and rolled into Siracusa's offensive army. It immediately caused great chaos. The soldiers retreated in a hurry, pushing and hustling each other, and many fell and wounded.

These grass cages stored in the warehouse were originally reserved by the Syracuse garrison to protect against the enemies who paid for climbing the mountain and siege the city. The Dionian soldiers used it to attack the original owner, and the effect was also very good.

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When the news of the "Mountain Reconnaissance Brigade's successful capture of the fortress of Yuliarus" was quickly reported back to Leontizides, he did not hesitate to assemble the camp's army and once again issued the "Strike into the City" Order.

Although the army had just conducted a fierce siege yesterday, and had paid a lot of casualties, it was to create conditions for the night attack of the Mountain Reconnaissance Brigade, and now it will continue to occupy Yuliarus. The troops of the fortress stood firmly in the city to create conditions, so Leotichides sent 10,000 soldiers, carrying a ladder, pushing the siege equipment, and dividing them into three waves, going from the middle section of the west wall to the entire seaside area. The wall section launched an attack.

In addition, he also retained a heavy infantry brigade and two light armored brigades with a total of 3,000 people as preparations. The purpose is not only to support the siege, but he has a deeper expectation. If the development of the battle is good for him Favorable, he will consider putting this reserve team into the fortress of Yuliarus to the north, rendezvous with the original troops, and establish the victory in one fell swoop.

For this, he sent a lot of messengers, hoping to keep close contact with the troops of Yulia Rus Fortress and keep abreast of the developments inside.

At the same time, he also sent a messenger to the east of Syracuse to inform Zantiparis of the good news of the successful night attack, and hoped that he would urge the coalition forces to increase their offensive on the east city.

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Most of the Syracuse civic soldiers fought fierce battles with the Dionians in the east, west, and north directions, but there was an army that was more leisurely-on the square next to the Temple of Apollo, from The 4000 soldiers in the port area do not seem to have the urgency of facing battle. They sit, lie, chat, play, or sleep...

Compared with the ease of the soldiers, as the commander of this force, Hiktas, sitting high on the platform of the square, seemed to have a lot of thoughts, but what he didn't know was-these thousands resting in the audience Among the soldiers, several pairs of eyes have been watching him.

"Artemis, it's been so many days, this old guy still doesn't take any action. It seems that he doesn't plan to take refuge in our kingdom anymore!"

"He doesn't do it, we just leave him alone and go directly to Zamoratis and the others. They are more familiar with us and have a more favorable impression of the kingdom. I believe they will be able to persuade them to return to the kingdom!"

"Don’t worry, if Hiktas really made up his mind to protect Syracuse, he would have sent someone to arrest me and reorganize the entire port area, but he did not do so, indicating that he was right My proposal still has ideas, but he is still hesitating...We need to give him some time to continue to persuade him. Moreover, his prestige in the port area is very high. If he does not join in, it is only by Samo. Latis and the others, I am afraid it will be difficult to convince most of the port people to join us. By then, the news has been exposed, which will inevitably arouse the vigilance of the Syracuse Council. Then our previous efforts will not only be in vain, but also Affect the progress of Commander Proseus's capture of Syracuse, and affect the kingdom's war against Carthage!"

"Artemis, I’m afraid we can’t wait any longer! There was a big riot in the city just now. The two lords of Rees are leading the army to attack the city with all its strength. The civic soldiers of Syracuse are basically sent out to fight, and only the army in the port is left. What a great opportunity! Think about it, Sigg If Tas led the more than 4,000 soldiers to send *** at this time, the Syracuse would have no extra army to come to quell the chaos! Whether he led the army to the west or east to attack the defending defender , Will lead to the defeat of Siracusa’s army, so that our army can successfully break through this city!"

"That's right! Artemis, did you hear that, our legion is on the go! We must seize this great opportunity created by our soldiers with life and blood!"

"Well, let me think about it again... I see... Let's take a risk. Since Hiktas can't make up his mind at this time, then we will force him to make Choose! We do this..."