Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 312: Capture Dagang

lnmao.org, the fastest update to the latest chapter of the Mediterranean Overlord of Ancient Greece!

Syracuse has three ports. The smallest port is on Ortigia Island. There are only two docks in it, and there are very few ships at anchor. There is a small port on the north side of the isthmus connecting Ortigia Island with the city. It was a commercial port in Siracusa in the early days. Later, with the expansion of the city area, the increase in population, and the prosperity of maritime trade, the small port was no longer sufficient. Built a big port.

The big port in the broad sense refers to the pocket-like bay on the west side of Syracuse. The real big port is only a small part of the northeast corner of the bay. Inside and outside, the area was originally part of the swamp, but it was filled by the Syracuse and the port was built. The free people and slaves who came to Syracuse and worked for the port were not allowed to live in enough places to live. Not continuing to fill the swamp to the west and building simple houses have also caused the wall near the bay to move westward. Among the many derogatory nicknames given to the people in the port area by the citizens in the city, the "swamp man" is the most used.

Xiktas led more than 2,000 soldiers, marching quickly to the southwest without encountering major obstacles along the way.

Actually, Theagennis, who is defending in the West City, has received the urgent news from the council that "Hiktas has rebelled and is attacking the council" and asked him to immediately send 2,000 heavy infantry. , Rushed to the council to quickly put an end to the rebellion and avoid the council from being attacked.

The people in the council are indeed as expected by Hiktas, are urgently recruiting old citizens, but what he did not expect is that military mobilization will take time, and the square is too close to the council, and the members are worried about their own safety. , Can’t wait for the formation of a new army, so they send people to the nearest Teagnis for help.

Members described the situation as serious. Theagennis became very anxious after being shocked. Due to the occupation of the fortress of Yuriarus, the council dispatched more than 6000 soldiers (including the walls on both sides). On the aisle), coupled with the subsequent extensive and fierce attacks by the Dionian army on the city, all the troops under Theagennis went up to the city for defense, and there were no redundant reserve soldiers around, so they had to quickly defend from the city. Mobilized in the army,

Almost 1,000 soldiers were mobilized. This was the maximum force he could squeeze out with all his efforts. For this reason, the defense force of the entire city became even tighter.

These nearly 1,000 soldiers hurriedly rushed to the main city, and at this moment, Hiktas led more than 2,000 soldiers hurriedly to the port, and the two sides passed by several streets.

Hiktas led the troops to the inner wall. This is the wall built by the Syracuse people to separate the people in the port area. Every day, a group of citizens of Syracuse is stationed in the port. State merchants and foreign sailors must go through their investigation if they want to enter the main city. People in the port area will naturally pass through this checkpoint when they go to the city, and they will inevitably be questioned. People in the port area have always believed that this is the strongest evidence that Syracuse treats them unequally, and it also gives them a thorn in their hearts.

After the overthrow of Dionysius, Tecites and others once proposed to Herolis to "remove this inner wall" on this matter. Herolis did not agree, but agreed to garrison the inner wall. The soldiers of the port were held by port citizens, but after the death of Herolis, the council once again replaced the soldiers stationed on the inner wall with the citizens of the city. This inner wall has actually become an irremovable link between the people of the port area and the citizens of the city. The estrangement.

Since this inner wall is mainly aimed at the port area to isolate and interrogate, it was not built as tall and strong as the outer wall. After Hiktas led his team, he did not compete with the team here. The officer spoke and directly ordered the soldiers to kill up to the city from several stone ladders inside the city wall, and at the same time ordered other soldiers to throw javelins at the defenders at the city.

The number of soldiers stationed here is usually 20 people. After the Argennis sent reinforcements to the council, he also thought of the importance of this place, but he was really tight, and only sent 150 people. After Tux’s offensive council was defeated, the inner wall could cut off their retreat to the port, and subsequent chasers could surround them and destroy them, but he did not expect that Hitax would not attack the council at all. It was to return directly to the port. As a result, the 150 defenders were quickly defeated under the full attack of more than 2,000 men.

Sitax led the troops through the inner wall and entered the port area. He asked Zamoratis to take someone to tell the people in the port area: He has decided to join the Kingdom of Dionian, hoping to get their support, and prepare all defenses to deal with the possible upcoming Syracuse. The offensive of the army.

At the same time, he led the main force straight to the military port.

The military port is located not far to the north of the commercial port. It has been expanded many times before. In the later period of Dionysius’ reign, it could accommodate 500 3-layer paddle warships and 100,000 crew members. But now there are only 50 warships berthed in the military port (including 30 three-layer paddle warships), and there are about 7,000 people in the military port, most of which come from the people in the port area, and nearly half of the crew from the port area They are impoverished free people. Very few people come from urban areas. They are port guards, captains, and deck soldiers...

Because of the war, the council required: the crew of the fleet must gather at the military port every morning, and then take their positions on the battleship, ready to attack whenever there is an order.

However, there are only more than 100 defenders in the port city. Even with the soldiers on the ships, there are no more than 400 people in total. They can ensure the safety of the military port and command the warships. That is because the people in the port area used to Basically comply with the laws of Syracuse.

Now, Hiktas led his army to the outside of the military port. Apart from anything else, he directly ordered the soldiers to attack by force, and also arranged for some people to shout in the military port: "Brothers in the port area, don’t worry about it anymore. The powerful Diorian fleet is at war. General Hyktas has led us to join the Kingdom of Dioria. Quickly pick up the weapons in your hands and occupy this military port with us, and then become citizens of Dioria. Fertile land!..."

Since half of Syracuse’s sailors are made up of freedmen, they are easily infiltrated by the Dionian Sicilian intelligence service. These spies often preach in the sailors "the terrible Dionian navy and the freedmen’s joining the kingdom." The benefits they enjoyed later" made the sailors love and fear Dionia. Since Syracuse tore up the agreement, formed an alliance with Carthage, and went to war with Dionia, the navy’s evasion of war was a council meeting. In order to preserve its strength, at the strong request of Carthage, the Syracuse navy did not go out to cruise, but after the Dionian warship was discovered far away, even if the commander wanted to try a battle, the sailors did There is no fighting spirit, and various methods are used to delay the execution. So far, the Syracuse Navy has not fought against the Dionian fleet, nor has it attacked the Dionian ship.

Now, the sailors heard the screams of the familiar soldiers outside the military port. Under the leadership of the Dionian spies, they picked up the oars and daggers, swarmed them, and quickly knocked down the ships on the battleship. The captain and the deck soldiers then jumped off the ship and rushed towards the naval port defender who was struggling to defend against Hiktas' attack at the door.

Hiktas did not feel relieved in occupying the military port. He knew that the council would send troops soon and time was very tight, so he solemnly said to Artemis: "What you want me to do. It’s done, I need your help next!"

…………………………………………

A hundred meters away from the west gate of Syracuse, Leotizides, who was in uniform, stood facing the city wall like a sculpture. The battle has been going on for 4 hours. The sun has risen to the middle of the sky. He basically Just standing here, didn't move much, staring at the battle in front of him intently. The soldiers who fell from the ladder, the soldiers hit by rocks and wood under the city, the siege trucks ignited by rockets, the screams of the soldiers trapped in the siege tower continued... but none It moved his face frozen by the frost, but his adjutant Taglu had been worrying about the fierce battle.

At this time, a messenger rushed from the front, and Taglu hurriedly greeted him. After a while, he rushed to Leontizides and said: "Commander, the seventh legion A large captain, Anfidds, said,'The siege troops he led had too many casualties, and he hoped to be able to withdraw immediately and let the next wave of troops take over.'"

Leotizides said without hesitation: "Tell him, ‘Don’t retreat, give me my full offensive, or I will be punished by military law!’"

When Tagru heard this, he hesitated, and said, "Commander, they are the 7th Army——"

"What happened to the Seventh Army?!" Leotichides's face sank: "As a commander, the Seventh Army and the Eighth Army are treated the same. In the last wave of offensive, the Eighth Army insisted After fighting for more than two hours, it was really difficult to support. I just switched to the 7th Army. How long did they fight?"

"Probably... more than an hour." Facing Leotizides' sharp gaze, Taglu whispered.

"It has only been over an hour, and the eighth Army soldiers who have been withdrawn have not received enough rest, so they can continue to fight for another hour." Leotizides said in a cold voice

"Yes!" Taglu was about to inform the messenger, and listened to Leontizides saying: "It stands to reason that the Seventh Army should be able to fight longer."

"Huh?"

"Have you noticed that the defenses of the Syracuses are weakening." Leotizides watched the battle ahead, not so much as asking Tagru for his opinion, as speaking to himself. Linguistic analysis: "In this period of time, as far as I can see, our soldiers have already climbed to the top of the city through the ladder twice. They stayed at the top of the city for at least 5 minutes before being driven down. At that time, this situation did not happen at all; and... our light infantry standing on several mobile towers have not been replaced so far. They have been replaced twice at this time yesterday. What does this mean?"

Leotizides's volume suddenly rose: "It shows that the defensive ability of the Syracuses is weaker than yesterday. They must have mobilized a lot of soldiers and want to regain the fortress of Yuliarus, so The defensive power on the city’s head is not enough."