Chapter 96 Landing in Messenia (Continued)

"Understood!" Mukru responded.

Hearing this, Ionicus was puzzled: How could a warship attack an army on land?

After a while, he saw more than a dozen three-tiered oar warships lined up, heading straight for the coast with the Spartan army, and the warships stopped less than a mile away from the Spartan army. Now, because the bottom had been reached, the crew on the deck immediately threw the anchor into the sea to secure the ship, and then a piece of equipment was lifted from the cabin to the deck - the ballista.

Some of the gunners are responsible for fixing the mounts of the ballista, some are responsible for mapping the target parameters, some are responsible for installing the spring group, and some are responsible for carrying the stone shells... Not only this ballista team performs its own duties, cooperates tacitly, other The same goes for ships of war.

At the end of the Western Mediterranean War, when the Dionysian army besieged the city of Carthage, the naval warships entered the lagoon and placed ballistas on the decks to assist the army in sieging the city and achieved considerable success. So far, the use of ballistas on ships has become A program of naval military training.

Dorios saw the Dionysian warships rushing straight towards the beach, thinking that they were about to land soon, and immediately commanded the army to form a loose horizontal formation facing the direction of the dozen or so warships. It was Heroth, armed with a javelin, ready to attack the Dionian soldiers with a javelin as they waded ashore.

However, these warships stopped when they approached the beach, and there was no movement for a while, Dorios was feeling strange, and suddenly saw the small black spots flying out of the warships...

When he saw that these small black dots were big round stones, they had already fallen from the air, some fell into the sea in front of them, setting off a water column that shot into the sky, and some fell on the beach behind. The sand and soil splashed all over the place. Although no one was injured or killed, the Khushi's momentum caused a commotion in the team, especially the Helaus.

Ballista! A word popped into Dorios' mind. Although the use of this weapon has never been seen in the war in mainland Greece so far, for the Spartans who have always been concerned about the Western Mediterranean, they are very interested in it. This is not ignorant. Agesilaus once put forward a proposal in the council of elders, hoping to make such a powerful weapon for siege. A city-state that has abandoned science, art, and entertainment simply does not have the technical ability to create it.

The Spartans also wanted to secretly invite the Syracuses to give pointers, but unfortunately, after the Battle of Southern Italy, Dionia captured the entire team of engineers in Syracuse and took them completely for themselves. Syracuse himself lost this technology, and finally the matter was over.

Dorios never expected that he would witness the rumored ballista on such a special occasion, and he didn't know how to deal with it for a while.

And at this moment,

Another round of stone bullets was ejected, and only one of the dozen or so stone bullets hit the target on the shore. After all, the warship fluctuates with the waves, and it is not easy for the ballista to aim. However, the effect of the hit stone bomb was very obvious. It smashed the head of a Helots into a flower, and the death was terrifying. He immediately scared the surrounding Helots and ran away.

Dorios hurriedly ordered the Spartan warriors to slaughter the Helots who escaped first, which frightened the other slaves and was able to maintain the array.

Not long after, the sound of bugles sounded on the sea, and the hundreds of troop transport ships originally parked behind the warships began to push forward against the receding tide, and the landing of the Dionysian army began.

The troop carrier that Max was on was heading in the direction of the enemy's formation on the shore. He himself had landed on the coast of Africa and the coast of Gaul in the mountains. He was no stranger to landing, but this was the first time he had landed. Faced with the enemy's interception, he did not follow the previous two practices and asked the soldiers to assist the sailors in rowing, so that the ships could reach the shore faster, but asked them to put on armor and weapons as soon as possible, and sit quietly on the boat. , to preserve stamina.

The troop carrier was bumping forward in the tide, and the speed was not fast. This was actually a good fighter for the Spartan army on the shore, but it was a pity that the Dionysian army came suddenly, and Sparta itself did not produce bows and arrows. It was too late to recruit the allies, so it was impossible to fire arrows at the troop carrier.

The troop carrier finally ran aground near the beach, only 100 meters away from the Spartan army on the shore. Just as Max urged the soldiers to disembark quickly, the Spartan soldiers on the shore also ordered Heluos, who was holding a javelin, to go to the shore before he landed. enemy attacked.

The Black Roses waded forward tremblingly, and paid more attention to the stone bullets whizzing past in the sky.

Max led the soldiers to jump into the waist-deep sea water one after another, and went up to the shore without rushing. He greeted the soldiers to gather, while observing the positions of other detachments on the left and right sides of the warship.

"Go forward!" Under his order, 50 soldiers waded forward in a small but not loose phalanx. Then he saw the Helots harpooneer running from the shore: "Raise your shield!"

Just as he said the words, the soldiers had already raised their long shields diagonally, blocking the front.

Faced with the approaching Dionian soldiers, the Heros, who lacked military training, hurriedly threw javelins that were neither accurate nor powerful enough to pose any danger to the Dionian soldiers at all.

On the contrary, after wading forward for a certain distance, the Dionian Legionnaires also threw the javelin in their hands vigorously, which immediately caused many Helots to fall into the water, scaring the other Helots to retreat in a hurry .

After the direct threat in front was eliminated, the speed of the soldiers of the detachment led by Max slowed down. They moved closer to the surrounding detachments and gradually became one.

Dorios on the shore originally thought that after jumping into the sea, the Dionian soldiers of this ship would speed up and rush to the shore, and their strength must be dispersed, which would help him concentrate his troops and destroy them, but he did not expect to wear The soldiers of Onia are so prudent and sophisticated that they gradually formed an array in the slow wading advance, and the array is constantly thickening and extending...

Dorios turned his head to look to the sides again. There were already countless Dionian soldiers on the beach in the distance, and they began to wrap around them...

Dorios felt nervous, but after hesitating for a moment, he made a resolute decision: "Quick, retreat! Retreat!!"

Although some Spartans were unwilling, they were known for their discipline in Greece. Once the order was delivered, all the soldiers quickly began to retreat, and the Helots dispersed in a hurry.

Max and the soldiers were looking forward to a fierce battle with the Spartan army on the beach, but the enemy in front ran away before they could even engage! Is this really the Spartan warrior who dominated Greece? !

In order to prevent fraud, although the soldiers accelerated the pace of advance, they still maintained the integrity of the formation, but under the command of the team officer, they began to shout in unison: "Messenians, you are free!!! …”

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Leoticides set foot on the land of Messenia indifferently, but his mood was a little complicated: he was no stranger to this land. When he was young, he had received military training here, and he had also received military training here. Together with his friends, he killed Heroth like a wild beast, and he was stationed in Pylos for a period of time...

He originally thought that these memories had been forgotten, but the moment he stepped on the beach, these memories kept popping up.

Leoticides led dozens of guards step by step, stepping on the soft sand and walking slowly forward, but Ticias and Ionicus, who had been by his side, had long since disappeared. They hurriedly went to appease and recruit the black roosters.

An officer with a purple tassel on his helmet came running towards him, rushed to Leoticides, and gave him a military salute.

"Adoris, what was the result of the battle?" Even in the face of King Davos' adopted son, Leoticides still looked as indifferent as he treated other officers.

Adoris replied with some frustration: "It is said that the Spartans are the most courageous warriors in Greece, I think that is a lie! They are as timid as rabbits, they ran away before they even fought, and they ran very fast. , Before we could form a siege, they rushed into the mountains to the east... If only the cavalry could attack!"

"Lyders told me that their horses had been bumping on the boat for several days, and their condition was very bad. They had to rest for a few days before they could go into battle, otherwise there would be problems." Leoticides said lightly: "Look. You came here this time for nothing?"

"When we chased the Spartan barracks, there was a Spartan officer and a few soldiers guarding the door—" When Adris said this, his face became more solemn: "They asked to join us. The soldiers fought alone and wounded several of us, and in the end we killed the Spartans and captured the officer."

Leoticides didn't pay much attention to such trivial matters, and instead asked, "How was the condition of the Spartan barracks?"

Adoris immediately understood what he meant, and replied: "It is very complete, without any damage, but the area is not too large, barely able to accommodate a legion."

Leoticides looked at the sky, and then looked around: everywhere, naked Herosh obediently followed behind the Dionysian soldiers...

He lowered his head and pondered for a while, then echoed: "Mukru, you go to inform Sekelian immediately, saying that the landing battle is over, let him lead all the warships to the beach and build a camp, I will send the Fourth and Sixth Corps. soldiers to assist.”

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