Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 323: Blood battle in the city

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The crew immediately took out the leather shields, stabbing guns and daggers from the pile of silver bullion, jumped onto the dock one after another, and killed oncoming enemies.

"They are indeed enemies!" The leading port official yelled loudly, and the freemen in command of the dock wanted to kill all the enemies who attacked.

It turned out that after the fleet's infantry successfully attacked the north gate and entered the city, the news of the "Dionians were killed" quickly spread throughout the city. The good news about the defeat of the Dionian army is exactly the opposite. The officials of the city hall soon realized that there was a problem with the fleet that arrived at the port late at night, so they urgently sent people to inform the port.

Because the infantry of the Dionian fleet had just attacked the city at this time, no fierce fighting had been caused. Although the inner harbor was in the city, it was located in the most remote place to the south. The north and the south were far apart, so the crew We haven't felt the changes in the city for a while, so we prepared the port.

Because of the many benefits promised by the Sarros officials, the port laborers swarmed, and the fleet infantry stood calmly in line, and the battle in the port took place before the city.

The fleet infantry has been trained for a long time, and the Saros freedmen, who are not a rabble, can be compared, and they are quickly given a lot of damage.

However, the port officials continued to organize new laborers to encircle them, taking advantage of the number of people to suppress these foreign enemies on the dock, but at the same time, it also made the city of Saros the most young and middle-aged at this time. The region was unable to support the fierce battle in the city.

The army used by Dionians to defraud the city was surrounded in the square and the port of the city. This stalemate was extremely unfavorable to them, because the gradually stabilized Saros were trying to mobilize all energy. The fighting people encircled and attacked them, but they were isolated and helpless.

When the fake Carthage fleet was introduced into the Sarros Channel, the Dionian Clippers, which fell far behind, discovered the abnormal situation, and it immediately turned around and returned north.

In order not to be noticed by the Sarros, all the warships of the 3rd Fleet were anchored on the sea near the mountain that separated Saint Ibínia and Sarros. At the time, the Ninth Army commander Taginus On the flagship of the Third Fleet.

After learning this news, Midolades was first nervous. He was worried that the Sarros had discovered the flaw and wanted to trick the fleet into the inner harbor of Sarros to catch turtles in an urn. At the same time, he was also worried. Because the fleet showed its feet, it would cause the army that went overland to deceive the city to encounter an ambush, because the infantry of his subordinate fleet was involved in this operation, with a total of 1,500 men, just in case... he didn't dare to think further.

At this time, Taginos said decisively: "Master Midolades, since the situation has changed, I suggest that the warships of the Third Fleet go directly south and stop at the beach near the outer port of Sarros. , I took the soldiers of the Ninth Legion, quickly disembarked and landed, rushed to the city of Sarros to support your army!"

Midolades listened, although he was a little excited, but he was still a little worried: "This is too dangerous! In case the Sarros have been aware of our plan and prepared, there are many near the bay. Once the Phoenician towns are united, your Ninth Army will be surrounded by the enemy after landing, and the situation will be very dangerous!"

Tegetinos smiled: "Master Midolades, you are confused. The only Phoenician army on this island has been annihilated by us. My Ninth Army has 6,000 elite soldiers (other There are 2,000 soldiers and 2,000 fleet infantry who stayed at the port of St. Ibinia to guard the captured Phoenician prisoners. At the same time, there are hundreds of fleet infantrymen responsible for guarding the two wooden bridges), even in the Phoenician’s Marching in the territory, do they still have the power to stop me!"

Tegretinos' reminder refreshed Midolades. He was confused just now because he had some concerns, and he forgot about it.

So the order was issued, and all the warships of the Third Fleet moved south quickly, relying on the faint moonlight and the superb skills of the crew.

When they saw the lighthouse of the Outer Harbor of Sarros in the distance, they knew that the bay was about to arrive. There was a lighthouse as a location. The Third Fleet safely docked the warship on the beach, and the Ninth Army soldiers quickly Disembark and gather.

Such a big momentum naturally caused panic among the people in the outer port of Sarros, but Taginos didn't care. He led the soldiers and marched northward along the shore of the lagoon, following the directions of the map.

On the way, he also unexpectedly ran into a messenger from the infantry fleet of the land fraud city who had come to ask for help.

It turned out that after the infantry of the fleet deceived the north gate, they sent people to the outer port to meet the Ninth Army. As a result, the soldier found that the outer port was peaceful and there was no sign of reinforcements. After that, the fleet infantry sent someone to check it once, but there was still no change. However, there has been a change in the city. After the Sarros surrounded the enemies who had entered the city, the situation stabilized. At this time, they remembered that the northern city gate was still in the hands of the enemy, so they organized a group of people, thinking To take it back.

Only 200 infantrymen of the Dionian fleet guarded the northern gate. Seeing a large number of Sarros coming to them, they felt the situation was urgent and had to send someone to the outer port to check the situation. Harvest, the result just happened to run into the Ninth Army.

After Taigetinus had a general understanding of the situation in the city, he immediately ordered the soldiers to march quickly. The outer port was only five miles away from the city of Sarros. They had already walked halfway before, and it didn’t take long for the soldiers of the Ninth Legion to rush to the north gate. .

At this time, the fleet of infantry has been divided into two parts: one is at the head of the city, a device that stubbornly guards the lift bridge (the city of Sarros is close to the lagoon and has a moat); the other part is blocking the city gate and preventing Sa The Rus closed the city gates, and their thin line of defense had been shaky under the impact of the Sarros.

Tegatinos took the lead without hesitation and rushed to the forefront, leading the soldiers into the northern city gate, and the trumpeters also sounded the offensive trumpet in time.

"Woo!..." The high-pitched bugle sounded throughout the city, exciting the infantry of the fleet in the city, but surprised the Sarros.

The soldiers of the 9th Legion are not fleet infantry. They are real Dionian heavy infantry. They wear black helmets and black armor, and hold long shields and short swords. The stabbing gun is more effective at killing people), violently attacking the Saros at the gate of the city.

As the Saros saw new enemies flooding into the doorway, they didn't know how many reinforcements the enemy had come, and their morale was frustrated. They didn't hold on for long before they began to collapse.

Tegretinos did not order the pursuit, but told the soldiers of the Ninth Legion to immediately move towards the place where the killing was loudest.

It didn't take long for the mighty Legionnaires to rush to the brightly lit square and charge towards the Sarros who were besieging the fleet's infantry.

The Sarros collapsed immediately.

The infantrymen of the fleet in the center appeared in the eyes of Taginos. They saw the arrival of reinforcements, and finally relaxed, all of them were so tired that they dropped their shields and spears, sat down on the ground, and overlapped them. The Saros people were lying in piles, some of them had been completely trampled into meat sauce, some were still moaning in pain, among them there were even old people and women.

Such a **** scene shocked Taginos, who had experienced countless battles, but he immediately sent 3,000 people to chase these routs of Sarros, and gave them an order: to anyone who appeared on the street No matter what the character of Sarros is killed!

Tegatinos was disturbed by the terrible resistance of the Saros people and decided to completely suppress it. But what he didn't know was that the Sarros were not as brave as he thought. If the Ninth Army invaded Sarros in the first place, the Sarros would have given up resistance long ago, just because of the fleet infantry. When entering the city of Sarros, there were only less than 1,000 people. Compared with such a larger town, this little force was not enough to cause shock, and it gave the Sarros people hope.

At the same time, Taginos sent another 3,000 people to the inner port. As a result, the freedmen in the port had long since collapsed, leaving only more than 100 infantrymen in the fleet to rescue injured comrades in the dock.

In the second half of the night, the soldiers of the Ninth Army patrolled every block in the city. As long as they encountered the Saros people who were still wandering the streets, they would be cut off without any explanation.

Tiger Tilos also interrogated the people of Saros who were captured, and sent people to arrest the most important officials of the Saros City Hall.

The Saros people’s courage to fight before has long been lost without a trace, and they fled home, so terrified that they didn’t even dare to speak out. They could only hug their families helplessly and show their faith in what they believed in. The **** kept praying silently.

Gradually, the whole city became quiet again.

According to the statistics of casualties after the incident, the Dionian army suffered nearly 600 casualties (mainly fleet infantry) in this battle for the city, while the Sarros casualties were as high as 4000, and counted as being defeated. With the 2,000 Saros civic soldiers in the captured Phoenician coalition forces, the city of Saros lost 2/5 of its population and suffered heavy losses.

But this is not the worst situation for the Sarros.

In the early morning of the second day, Taginos sent troops to seize the outer harbor and waterways, and captured 5 Phoenician warships that failed to escape. The Third Fleet entered the Inner Harbor through the waterway. Midolades and Taginos, who were heartbroken by the casualties of the infantry of the fleet, discussed it. In view of the stubborn resistance of the Sarros last night and the heavy killing of the army, both sides In fact, they have become dead enemies. For the future safety of the army and to deter other Phoenician towns on the island, they decided to demote all the Sarros to slaves, and immediately forcibly transported them back to Terry with the Third Fleet. Satisfied.

For the other Phoenician city-states on Sardinia, it was only yesterday that the Dionians ransacked Saint Ibínia, and the Saros fled to their town on the second day. They asked for help, saying that the Dionians had captured the Sarros and were slaughtering the Sarros.