Chapter 118 Crotone Siege Battle (1)

"Ah... I'm sorry!" Although Asuna was apologizing, the joy on her face couldn't be stopped.

Lying on the head of the bed, Kristoya looked at her, and couldn't help being infected by her, showing a smile: "I heard your laughter from a long distance, tell me, what's good?"

"Madame, Mrs. Agnes... Oh no, the two princesses! Congratulations, the Senate has just announced that Lord Davos is the king of Dionia!" Azuna said with joy in her heart. come out.

Cristoia's pretty face was also filled with joy, which completely concealed the weakness after childbirth. At this moment, she suddenly remembered: after a love affair, Davos once said in high spirits, 'Little Cyrus is nothing special, and I will make you a princess in the not too distant future! '... Davers, he really did!

Agnes is not as excited as Cristoia and Azuna. After all, Great Greece has been away from the royal government for hundreds of years. She doesn't feel much about it. She is just happy for her husband.

"The two princesses, when Cynthia and Adoris come back from school, let's hold a banquet to celebrate the good news, how about that?!" Asuna made a suggestion, Cristoia only thought for a moment, then shook her head Said: "Now the people of the alliance are worried about the war and their relatives. We will hold a banquet to celebrate at this time, which will be offensive and will damage the reputation of Davos!"

"Lord Princess is right." Asuna said quickly.

"Don't say the word 'Princess', things haven't been completely settled yet, let's not be too complacent!" Kristoya reminded her again.

"Yeah, I think it's still a good name, it makes people feel cordial." Agnes interjected: "Why don't we worship the gods at home tonight, thank them for their blessings to us, and hope they can Bless Davos to come back safely!"

"Sister's proposal is very good! We should sacrifice to Hades to thank him for protecting our husband! At the same time—" Kristoya smiled and looked at Agnes: "We also have to pay tribute to He Pull the sacrifice, thank her for blessing me to give birth to a healthy Eunice, and I hope she can bless you to give birth to a child smoothly!"

"Yeah!" Agnes stroked her slightly bulging belly with a motherly smile.

"Wow! Wow! Wow!..." At this moment, Eunice woke up in the cradle.

"Ouch, my little princess!" Asuna hurriedly leaned over and opened the diaper to take a look: "She pulled it, and it's quite a lot!" Saying that, she changed the diaper skillfully...

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early morning,

The people of Crotone were woken up by the constant sound of bugles outside the city.

"What happened?"

"I'm afraid the Syracuses are about to attack the city!"

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The people's gate looked anxiously at the city head full of soldiers in the distance.

Suddenly, a black spot passed over the city wall.

"Hurry up!" The people reminded each other, looking in the direction where the stone was shot, and running away. They are already familiar with the terrifying weapon of Syracuse, and its attacks on the city of Crotone have not stopped these days.

But today's situation is obviously different from the previous two days. The stone bullets flew over the city one by one and smashed into the neighborhoods close to the city wall, which soon resulted in dilapidated houses and rubble everywhere. The people supported their injured relatives and fled in all directions...

The stone bullets bombarded the city wall again and again, causing the stone skin to fall one by one...

Lysias, who was watching all this from the front of the city, became anxious in his heart: "Why didn't Dionia's ballista team fight back and let the enemy fire stone bullets so recklessly?"

"Lord Lysias, the Dionysians have no choice." Askamas, who has communicated with the ballista team many times, explained: "The towers on our city wall are too narrow to fit a crossbow. Cannons, they can only put ballistas under the city. But the walls are too high, the ballistas have to raise the elevation angle, so the range will be shortened..."

"That means they can't attack the enemy's ballista!" Lycias understood.

"Yes. So the Dionias suggested that we should not expose that we have ballistas first, and then give them a heavy blow when the enemy is at ease to attack." Although Astamas did not like Dionia before, but In the face of the enemy, he also knows the importance of unity, so he said frankly: "I think this method is feasible."

Lycias thought for a while, and reluctantly agreed with the suggestion of the Dionian Ballista Team: "But what should we do now? The number of ballistas used by the enemy today is obviously more than the previous two days. I am afraid that the city wall will collapse. !"

"Don't worry, this won't happen for the time being." Askamas comforted him: "We just have to wait for the enemy to attack, and then hit them hard! I believe the Syracuses will take action soon!"

Askamas was talking, but his eyes kept staring at the large earthen fort that was built by the Syracuses several days in front of the city and was higher than the city wall. Ballista, this is what really threatens the defense of the city. Yesterday he had sent soldiers to venture out of the city to destroy it, only to be routed by the well-prepared Syracuses. He also thought about digging a tunnel, but the city was surrounded by a moat, and when the tunnel was dug below the moat, water seeped, scaring the soldiers to retreat quickly, otherwise they would probably drown in the tunnel. In the end it was the Dionians who told him, 'There is a way to destroy that mound. ' It made him feel relieved for a while.

Askamas knows: Don't look at the fact that there is no one on the earthen bastion now, when the siege begins, Syracuse archers will stand on it, and shoot arrows at the soldiers on the top of the city...

"I'm going to see the Trina people, I'll leave it to you here!" Lycias said solemnly, the constant roar made him very nervous, as if the city wall would collapse at any time, so he wanted to hurry up leave here.

Just today, Cypros led Trina soldiers to defend the North City. As the chief general of Crotone, it is of course necessary to express condolences. At the same time, there are thousands of soldiers from Xili Court who are defending the southern city. They are also a force that can be relied on. Because Syracuse slaughtered the city of Syracuse, the relatives and friends of these soldiers were either killed or sold as slaves and sent to a foreign land. The anger of the Syracuse soldiers must be quelled with the blood of the Syracuses. They are the most Hope the Syracuses come to attack.

Just as Lycias was about to leave, there was an urgent report from the guards: countless Syracuse warships appeared outside the port and were about to break into the bay.

Crotone is somewhat similar to Tarantum. Their port and city itself are integrated, but the port is built in the bay. Due to the large bay, it is impossible for the Crotones to blockade, so when the enemy When the fleet of the enemy invades, it may land at the side and rear of Crotone City (that is, in the southeast of the city). Although there is also a city wall there, while defending the city wall, we must be alert to the enemy's intrusion into the port and landing on the dock. , which requires higher command and judgment of the commander-in-chief, especially when Crotone does not have too many troops.

"We need an experienced general to command the few soldiers in the port area to prevent the enemy from attacking our rear!" Askamas said solemnly.

Lysias understood what he meant and said without hesitation, "I will send Miron."

Miron, the former chief general of Crotone, was expelled by the citizens of Crotone after he led the army to defeat Dionia, and he had to run to the Peloponnesian Peninsula not far from Crotone. , lived in seclusion in Corion, a small seaside town in Alice.

It was not until the army of Syracuse invaded Greater Greece that Crotone decided to recall the people who had been exiled in the past in order to work together to fight against the people of Syracuse. Miron returned to Crotone as soon as he received the news, but by then the Crotone army had already set off for the Siri Court, so he remained in the city as a common citizen until it was brought into use today.

After listening to Lysias' words, Askamas showed a smile, but this smile soon disappeared because the enemy started to attack...

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A few hundred meters away, the huge, loose, seemingly endless battle formation of the Syracuses was slowly approaching the city wall. Walking at the forefront are some strange-shaped engineering equipment pushed by the Syracuses, such as battering rams, and many similar battering rams with roofs, hidden personnel, and wooden wheels with a length of five or six meters. car……

What worried Askamas most were the three massive, movable wooden towers that were taller than the city walls. Although Askamas saw it in the war for the first time, a word immediately flashed in his mind - siege tower. I heard that the Syracuses used siege towers to capture Sicily before. Many cities in Upper Carthage, this time he saw the real thing, but it was so shocking to him.

The soldiers were equally shocked and overwhelmed when they saw the huge engineering tower slowly approaching them.

"Cheer up!" Askamas shouted loudly, continuing to cheer the soldiers and himself: "Don't look at how big that thing is, but it can't cross the moat!"

Yes, there is a moat, and the monster can't get over it! The soldiers were relieved for a while, and then they saw that the enemy's siege column had stopped advancing, and thousands of naked men walked out of it, carrying cloth bags on their backs, staggering towards the city wall, and behind them were fully armed. The Syracuse light infantry, pushing the arrow blocker, followed closely...

Could it be a slave of Syracuse, ready to fill our moat? ! Klebs and his companions all held the same idea, clenching the javelin and bow and arrow in their hands.

Askamas felt a little uneasy in his heart.