Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 343: War stalemate


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When the subsequent warships saw the situation, they also landed one after another, lowering the suspension bridge, and groups of Dionian soldiers boarded the embankment one after another and joined the battle.

Other warships bypassed Stefacas’s ship directly and landed on the bank further ahead, in an attempt to let the Legionnaires surround the enemy from the rear.

In just a few minutes, hundreds of Dionian soldiers appeared on the natural breakwater, and there were many warships leaning towards the embankment in succession, relying on ropes to slowly descend the city. There were only a few dozen Carthaginian soldiers, and they were still trapped in siege.

Ragnaka, who saw this scene on the city wall, was shocked and realized that he could not prevent the Dionians from landing on the embankment, and immediately stopped the soldiers from continuing to descend the city, and decided to hold the natural breakwater first. City wall.

Next, he saw through the fire on the city wall: the Dionian soldiers who came up behind, lined up in a loose line on the city wall in front of the lighthouse, and then all made throwing movements, and countless javelins flew. Go up to the top of the city, and then scream again and again.

Ragnaca panicked and remembered that the Dionian heavy infantry could throw javelins. He had to change his mind again and let the troops hurriedly withdraw from this section of the city wall and concentrate their forces to guard the entrance to the natural breakwater-the tower gate. .

The Carthaginians retreated, and the mountain investigators who were struggling to support finally breathed a sigh of relief. They did not have time to feel sad for the dead comrades, but seized the time to treat the injured comrades, clean the corpses in front of the lighthouse entrance, and then watched them. Legionnaires from under the tower continued to rush to the city.

One team member squeezed the arrow shaft exposed out of his arm, and the other team member aimed at the arrow with a sharp dagger. Terentus gritted his teeth and nodded at him.

A cold light flashed, and the entire arrow shaft was cut off. Terentus breathed a sigh of relief and gently shook his sore left hand. Although the arrow tip was still in his arm, it was at least not in the way of movement. Child.

"Terentus!" Heavy footsteps sounded behind him. After Terentus turned to see the people, he hurriedly delivered a military salute: "Captain Matonis!"

"Congratulations on your great contribution to the kingdom! Next, our Second Army will take on the offensive task. You and your men are here to recover your injuries. The medical camp will soon come to treat you. "Martonis looked at the arrow wound on his arm and said with concern.

"Yes!" Terentus replied respectfully. After thinking about it, he reminded: "Captain Martonis, the gate of the tower on the walkway of the city wall in front of you is even more than described by the Carthaginian prisoners. Difficult to attack, the long-range attacks on the towers on both sides are a great threat to the soldiers, so be careful!"

"If it is not easy to attack, we must attack, we are very short now!" After saying this, Matonis strode up to the city.

Terentus understands the meaning of this sentence by Matonis: Liliber is too important to the Carthage army, and the offensive of the Dionian army is bound to alarm Carthage outside the city of Serinus. If Marge, the military commander in chief, cannot capture the city as soon as possible, Carthage’s reinforcements will definitely come from Silinus after dawn, and the night attack will fall short.

Thinking of this, Terentus couldn't stand it anymore, following Matonis's pace, wanting to watch the Second Army conquer the tower gate with his own eyes.

As soon as Ragnaka led the Carthaginian soldiers to retreat to the gate of the tower, Imisele rushed to him angrily. When he saw him, he asked, "Why retreat before fighting?! So easy. Let the enemy control the lighthouse! Ragnaca, you are afraid to fight and abandon the breakwater. In case you lose your hand, you are not afraid of being interrogated by the Senate and being nailed to the cross?!"

"My lord, the people of the Magonis family regard honor as life and will never be greedy of life or fear of death!" Ragnaka replied with a stern face: "The reason I ordered the army to retreat is because of Dai who landed on the embankment. There are too many people in Onia, and fighting there is very detrimental to us. In the short battle, we lost nearly 200 soldiers. If our troops lose too much on the breakwater, there will be enough troops to defend. The whole city! So it’s better to retreat and defend here, no matter how many people are transported by the Dionian warship, as long as we hold on until tomorrow and Lord Margo arrives with the army, we will win!"

Ragnaka's words reminded Imisere, he asked: "How many soldiers came in Dionia?"

"Almost 10,000 people!" Ragnaka said as much as he could.

Imisele was taken aback, thought about it, and said decisively: "I will give you the command of the entire Lili and defending army. You must resist the attack of the Dionians and hold on to Margot. Until the adults lead the army!"

"Please rest assured, my lord, I will do my best to keep the profit!" Ragnaka said immediately.

As soon as he finished speaking, the defenders in the artificial breakwater tower sent people over again and eagerly shouted: "Report your lord, there are a large number of Dionian ships coming from outside the port!"

"What?! Are the Dionians really planning to concentrate their forces on the city of Lili from the port?!" Imisele was panicked.

It's not just him, the team officers and soldiers around are all nervous.

When Ragnaka saw this, he smiled confidently: "The Dionians came by boat, it is impossible to carry large-scale siege equipment, the port area is narrow, even if they have more soldiers. You can’t use it. Take a good look. We have such a tall and solid city wall and perfect defense facilities. Let alone stick to it for a day or a month, it will be difficult for them to penetrate the city from the port."

"Furthermore, it’s a good thing that the Dionians attacked from the port in a big way. In the city and the camp, they could not escape the battle. Now they finally came. This gave Lord Margot the opportunity to lead the army to annihilate them, and also gave us the opportunity to make merit. This battle might decide that we are in Carthage. Sicily’s victory!"

Ragnaka's words inspired the confidence of the people around him, and also made Imisele feel that he had made no mistake in his decision just now.

"General, the Dionians are here!" the team officer on the tower shouted.

"You, immediately lead 500 soldiers to bring a big stone and block the gate of this tower for me!"

"You, lead four teams of soldiers to collect a large amount of tar, wood, and stones, and take them to the tower."

"You, let your archers line up behind the gate of this tower, ready to shoot at any time!"

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While Ragnaca was making detailed arrangements, a detachment of the Dionian Second Army was slowly approaching the tower gate in a tortoise formation on the walkway of the city wall, and countless arrows passed around the gate. Hit on the long shield like raindrops, and you can't lose any of it.

On the contrary, the javelin thrown by the Carthage light infantry on the tower banged on the long shield, and even sparks in the dark. A few javelins penetrated the long shield, accompanied by the snorting of the Legionnaires. However, with the mutual support of the Dionia soldiers, the entire formation remained intact.

After approaching the gate of the tower and after another round of javelin throwing, the Captain of Dionia shouted: "Remove the shield and throw to the left!"

Speaking of late and fast, the Legionnaires removed their long shields with their left hands, and the javelins they had already held in their right hands flew out. Dozens of javelins flew to the tower on the left, and they were leaning out of the tower and throwing downwards. The Taiji light infantry were caught off guard and were struck one after another, screaming again and again, and some even fell out of the tower and hit the ground of the port.

After the Dionia team threw the javelin to the left tower, it did not see the result at all, and quickly threw the second javelin to the right tower, and the javelin attack of the Carthage light infantry on the right tower also attacked at the same time. Then, at such a close distance, it was too late to lift a shield to protect, and six soldiers from the Dionian Army detachment were shot and fell down.

"Retreat with a shield!" The team leader hurriedly ordered.

The Dionian soldiers lifted their shields while dragging their wounded comrades back.

At this moment, several Carthaginian soldiers appeared again on the tower on the left, and they threw their clay pots at the retreating Dionian soldiers.

The earthenware pot was broken and the liquid was splashing everywhere.

The faces of the Dionian soldiers changed: "It's asphalt! Rewind, rewind!"

Just as the Dionian soldiers retreated in a hurry, several burning torches fell near the clay pot, immediately igniting a wall of fire, and the few Dionian soldiers who fell behind turned into fire. People...

Martonis, who stood in the distance, watched the attacking process of the squadron in his eyes. He was anxious and yelled: "Immediately notify Tritias (Captain of the Second Army Light Infantry Battalion). ), let him lead the archer to the corner of the city wall and attack me the enemies on the two towers! And... hurry up and bring me the oatmeal!"

"Legislative commander, the soldiers have carried the wood into the lighthouse, but the stairs are too narrow, making it difficult to move up...they are trying to find a way." the adjutant explained.

"I don't care what they use, what I want is as soon as possible! Hear clearly, it is to transport the wood to the head of the city as soon as possible! If it is delayed, don't blame me for military punishment!" Matonis roared anxiously.

"I'm going to notify them!" The adjutant also felt the urgency of the situation, turned around to run into the tower, and was stopped by Matonis: "You have to notify the engineering camp to speed up and assemble it. Ballistas, and then carried to the city, I will use them to attack the two towers!"

"Yes!"

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The warships of the Third Fleet entered the port of Lilibo, and Midolades let out a sigh. You must know that the Third Fleet has just arrived in the western waters of Sicily and is not familiar with the sea conditions here. There were many islands on the route from Moss to Lilibo, and it was sailing at night. Midolades was afraid that the warship would hit the rocks and sink, so not only the speed of the entire fleet was slower, and every warship was equipped with Paller. Moss's veteran sailor, who was responsible for navigating and guiding the way, was able to successfully reach the port of Lilibo, and he was finally relieved.


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