Chapter 121

Ryders was not polite, and said directly: "The enemy in the granary will be eliminated soon. Half of you are monitoring the enemy in the city to prevent them from sneaking out of the city, and the other is preparing to put out the fire."

Kuchius immediately returned to his army, and soon nearly a thousand soldiers jumped off their horses, took out the linen bags they were carrying, and began to pack soil on the spot. This is what the two legion commanders prepared in advance after receiving the order from Davos last night, considering the possibility of the enemy burning the granary. After all, the crock pot is not easy to carry, and the soil is everywhere.

After a while, more than 200 palace guards also arrived on horseback, surprising the two army commanders: "Your Majesty is here so soon?!"

"Your Majesty is worried that the Romans will hold the granary and send troops out of the city to fight against you, so let's come for reinforcements, and the light infantry troops are also rushing here." Martius replied.

Ryders pointed at the head of the city with contempt: "Your Majesty is too worried, in fact, the timid Romans did not dare to leave the city at all!"

At this time, the screams of killing in the camp disappeared, the gate was opened, and the cavalry immediately rushed in with sacks filled with soil.

And Ryders saw the third team captain rushing over and asked: "How about the casualties?"

"... Thirty-two brothers died and 67 were injured, 15 of them were seriously injured..." The third team captain looked slightly depressed.

"So many casualties?!" Ryders didn't expect that his side would pay nearly 100 casualties when they had an absolute advantage in numbers, which made him feel a lot of heartache. You must know that the first cavalry regiment suffered a great loss in the previous battle at Setiana in Volsey. Although Turiyi sent some soldiers to replenish after the war, the number of the regiment was not full.

"What about the enemy inside?" he asked with hatred.

"All died, and no one surrendered."

Ryders stopped talking and strode into the granary camp.

Inside the gate, he saw a Roman soldier sitting against the wall, with sword wounds all over his chest, blood pouring out continuously, dyeing his body blood red. The stab gun, like a sculpture, with a bright red tassel on the top of the helmet, is obviously a team officer.

Ryders stopped and looked at him.

Unexpectedly, the seemingly dead Roman soldier suddenly opened his eyes, glared at Ryders angrily, and struggled to stab the stab in his hand.

"Legion Commander be careful!" The cavalry behind him rushed over immediately.

"Don't move!" Ryders waved to stop them, then stood still, looking directly at each other with sharp eyes.

Roman Squadron Captain Gaius wanted to raise the lance, but the lance, which was usually light as nothing, was now heavy as a thousand pounds, and the little energy he had accumulated disappeared without a trace with the gushing blood. The leader who stabbed the enemy with full of anger through his eyes, but his eyelids became heavier and heavier. He wanted to roar unwillingly, but blood suddenly poured out of his mouth...

Watching the other side slump down, Ryders was silent for a while, then strode in.

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Seeing the big city standing in the distance, Davos couldn't help but restrain his war horse: Rome, the center of the first and only great empire in the Western history of the past life that turned the Mediterranean into a lake, how much about it? The thrilling story has been circulated among the people for thousands of years, and how many poems and articles that praise and describe it have been written by scholars and writers! It is a dream in the hearts of countless ambitious Westerners in past lives, a dream about unity...

In the previous life, Davos did not have the opportunity to visit this great city that can be called the starting point of Western European civilization, and now he is here, but what he sees is not a prosperous Rome that has become a historical relic. It is a simple city in the early stage of the Republic and just rising. Although he has learned about the city in detail from the intelligence many times, he can't hide the excitement in his heart.

"Drive!" Davos put his legs on the horse's belly, and the war horse neighed and galloped forward.

"Your Majesty!!!" The people around were startled and hurriedly chased after them, but soon they were relieved, because a group of cavalry in front greeted them, it was the palace guards sent out earlier, they quickly sanitation around Davos.

As soon as Davos saw Martius, he immediately asked, "Leders and the others have captured the river port and granary?"

"Yes, Your Majesty." Martius replied: "The First Cavalry Corps and the Second Cavalry Corps captured the river port and the granary without much resistance from the Romans, and put out the fire in the granary in time. Now The two army commanders, Leders and Kuzius, are counting the supplies over there, and they will report to you about the specific situation."

"As long as it goes well!" Davos sighed lightly: the successful completion of the first step gave him more confidence in capturing the city.

"Let's go and see the city of Rome!" He pointed forward confidently.

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The Romans on the west wall of Rome saw the billowing dust and smoke rising in front of them, extending into the distance until they were out of sight, and couldn't help but get nervous, because they knew: The army of Dionia is coming!

Then, they saw hundreds of cavalry galloping towards them, and they were standing 100 meters away from the city wall: two large flags were held high in this team, which was very different from the flags of the Dionian cavalry they had seen before. They are all shiny gold. In the center surrounded by the cavalry is a general with a golden helmet and a golden armor and a crown with long feathers. Under the sun shining slightly west of the sky, it is particularly dazzling.

"Maybe the King of Dionia is here." Some of the elders whispered uncertainly, and no one objected to this. They silently looked at the person who was suspected of King Dionia under the city. Pointing straight ahead and talking to the people around him, Er laughed.

Scipio the Great took a sip, suddenly took the long shield of the soldier next to him, drew out his sword, struck the shield, and shouted loudly: "Rome! Rome! Rome!..."

The soldiers also beat the long shield rhythmically following the city guard chief, shouting...

Soon, the elders also joined in...

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Seeing that the city wall in front was sometimes concave and sometimes convex, and the entire wall was curved unevenly, Clotokatax couldn't help but say: "What an ugly city wall!"

Davos replied with a smile: "The reason why this city wall is so badly built is because the Romans were eager to rebuild the city of Rome after driving out the Celts in the north, and they did not plan the entire city at all, just to meet the needs of Rome at that time. Citizen's needs. Like—"

Davos pointed to the city wall protruding outward near the Tiber River on the left and said, "If I remember correctly, behind the city wall should be the Raventing Hill, one of the seven hills of Rome. And here—"

Davos pointed to a large section of the city wall that also clearly protruded outwards on the right: "And behind this section of the city wall is the largest ghetto in Rome."

"The Romans built the city like this, haven't they thought about how to defend the city if it is besieged in the future?!" Martius didn't know much about Rome before, so he was surprised. He didn't expect the Romans to be so short-sighted.

"But they built the city wall very high, and the trench dug in front of the city seems to be very wide..." Clotokatax looked at the towering city wall in front, and judged that its height was probably no less than 15 meters.

At this time, the staff officer Thormid said: "His Royal Highness, just the height of the city wall is useless. Its curved wall is good for our soldiers to avoid the concentrated and long-range attacks of the Romans from top to bottom, and it is also not good for The Romans quickly arrived at their destination on the wall and provided reinforcements. Moreover, although there were trenches in front of the city, there were no deer villages set up. As long as the trenches were filled, our siege equipment could easily be pushed under the city..."

Although Tormide has not participated in combat in these years, he has had a career as a mercenary for decades, and has since served in the Ministry of Military Affairs, with enough knowledge. Therefore, Krotokatax listened carefully and asked for advice from time to time.

Davos did not disturb them, but was carefully observing the defense of Rome.

"Rome!!! Rome!!! Rome!!!..."

At this time, there was a thunderous cry on the city wall, neat and grand, giving Davos the feeling: as if the countless Roman soldiers on the city were integrated with the city wall.

He turned around with a dignified expression and said, "Although the city walls built by the Romans are not very good, looking at the situation, this siege battle may not be easy."

Thormid, Martius and others agreed.

At this time, the reconnaissance cavalry galloped: "Report to Your Majesty, the three army commanders of Amyntas, Matonis, and Lizaru have arrived with their troops!"

Davos heard the words, looked around, and said with a smile: "It seems that we won, should Amintas lose something!"

The crowd laughed.

Davos looked at the troop that were approaching in the dust behind him, and said, "Tormid, immediately notify the commanders of the corps... um, and Izam, the captain of the mountain reconnaissance brigade, will also come immediately. here!"

"Yes!"

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In recent years, although the river port of Rome has been expanded many times, it has only five or six docks, and the port area is not large, much smaller than the granary next to it. The only thing that interests Davos is the port in the port. A lot of wood was found in the warehouse: "After the various legions are properly placed, notify the engineering battalion and transport them away to set up the camp or make more siege equipment."

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Thormid hurriedly asked the staff to take note of the matter.

Davos looked down at the sparkling Tiber River in front of him, the water was gentle and deep.

He moved his eyes to the distance again, the wide river made the other side appear dazzling, and he couldn't see it very clearly. He turned his head to look upstream again. To his disappointment, there was only the river in his line of sight, and he didn't see the connection between the south and north banks. vertebral bridge.