Chapter 136 Storming the City of Rome (8)

"If our tens of thousands of young and middle-aged citizens hadn't been transferred, it would have been impossible for the Dionians to attack the city, and we could have fought in the field—" Plenius just said aloud, and was caught Marugine Ensis interrupted: "It has already happened, don't mention it again, all our energy should be focused on how to defend the city of Rome!"

Portitus nodded to him approvingly. Although there were often disputes and disagreements between him and Marugineensis because of power and interests, when Rome was in danger, the interests of the major clans are all consistent.

"It's this time, I wonder if our reinforcements have arrived?" After being criticized by Marugineensis, Plenius embarrassedly changed the subject.

"Paulus, Mejus, Panthius, they can't just sit back and watch Rome fall into danger. The same is true of Wei Ai. I'm afraid they have already fought against the Dionysians, but we don't know it." Bustus said loudly with a certain tone, and his words gave many elders a reassurance, because everyone understood that, judging from the current offensive of the Dionysians, reinforcements were the key to their defense of the city of Rome!

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The elders in the square are worrying about the safety of the city of Rome, and the Roman people are busy rescuing the wounded soldiers, and the blood of the wounded gathers into small streams, flows into the drainage ditch, and then gathers along the drainage ditch into the wide sewer... …

If the public officials responsible for the management of the sewer at this time lift the slate, enter the sewer, step on the narrow walkways on both sides of the sewer, move forward in the direction of the flow of sewage, and walk to the top of the sewer is the residential area behind the embankment on the north side of the city of Rome. At that time, he would be surprised to find that there were strong figures crouching in front of him, filling the sewers.

Two hundred soldiers of the mountain reconnaissance brigade worked hard all night, and finally all entered the Maxim's sewer.

After wrestling with the water of the Tiber River, climbing carefully, and squeezing into the iron fence in the sewage, even the outstanding investigators who have been trained and selected for a long time feel exhausted. While waiting for the person behind, sitting in the dark, damp, garbage-ridden sewer, enduring the unpleasant stench, he actually fell asleep just like that.

But Izam, the commander of this secret operation, could not let them rest immediately. He had them wake them up one by one, and ordered them to take off their soaked linings, let them wring out, and then check the water on their bodies. traces to avoid catching a cold.

And for those players who were bruised and bruised on the way, he and the last few soldiers who came in carried a package with several layers of fur, which contained clean linen and some prepared herbs, which could Clean and wrap wounds to prevent infection.

Then,

He would also send someone to re-camouflage the sawed-off iron grid to prevent the Roman soldiers on the embankment from inadvertently seeing the abnormality tomorrow.

In addition, he also arranges team members to take turns on duty. The mission of the post is not to detect the enemy, but to drive away the rats in the sewers, and possibly even snakes, to prevent them from biting the sleeping comrades. At the same time, when some teammates fall asleep When a loud snoring sound occurs, it is necessary to wake him up in time. Although the top of the sewer is covered with slate, it is not tightly sealed, and there are still many large and small gaps, and you must always be careful to prevent it from being discovered.

With the lives of 200 people on his shoulders and the arduous task of combat, Izam was under a lot of pressure, so he kept thinking about things in his mind for the rest of the time, and he never fell asleep until dawn. At that time, he couldn't resist the sleepiness...

I don’t know how long it took, Izam was pushed awake, he opened his eyes in a daze, and was immediately dazzled by a beam of sunlight focused on his face through the gaps in the slate, he put his hand on the top of his head, turned his head to look. Looking around, a pair of caring eyes converged on him. These are the soldiers he trained with his own hands! A trace of warmth rose in Izam's heart.

Still getting older, my body is not as good as it used to be! He sighed in his heart, struggled to squat up, and asked the team members to report the numbers one by one in a very low voice, saying that the number of numbers passed from one side of the sewer, and then came back from the other side, no more than two hundred.

"Is there anyone who is not feeling well?" Izam asked in a low voice worriedly.

Every player said he was fine.

Izam of course knows that there is moisture in these people's answers, but at least it shows that the players have not suffered major injuries.

A smile finally appeared on his face, and he continued to ask, "What's the situation outside now?"

The one who answered him was the captain of the reconnaissance team, Caturiles. He was from Campania and could speak Latin. He squeezed hard beside Izam, pointed his finger upwards, and said in a low voice: "Captain, the Third Legion. The attack had already begun, they bombarded with ballistas first, and the Romans retreated above us, and after listening to their panicked words above, we learned that our fleet had built a pontoon bridge on the Tiber with warships, and the third The soldiers of the legion have already launched an attack on the embankment, and the Roman soldiers rushed to the defense again, and it is probably over by now..."

Kaduliles looked around uncertainly. Some of the other players made five strokes and some made six gestures.

"...about an hour or so," he said finally.

Izam didn't expect that the siege had already started while he was sleeping, and he felt scared when he thought about it. Fortunately, it was not the best time to attack.

He was about to speak, when there were cluttered footsteps and the voices of Romans. These voices were amplified in the tunnel and echoed repeatedly, making people feel stuffy in their chests, and dust kept falling from the stone walls. , the team members immediately looked like wooden clay sculptures, no longer making any sound, just staring at each other.

After a while, the sound above the head disappeared completely, the tunnel was quiet again, and the team members took a long breath, even the dirty air was stronger than the maddening sound.

"What did the Romans say just now?" Izam asked Cadurils immediately.

Kadurils was full of dust, but he laughed silently, looking very funny, he laughed and said in a low voice: "Captain, I just heard a Roman say, 'I grew up with my master and took care of me. He lives and eats daily, and serves as his writer... I have never killed a sheep or even a chicken, and now I am asked to kill?!'

The other was laughing at him, 'Keep crying, cutie, don't pee in fear when you face the enemy. ’

Later, one of the team officers may be scolding them, 'Stop talking, hurry up to Shiibashi, if the enemy breaks the blockade of the embankment, we will all become cattle and sheep that the enemy can kill at will! '..."

The team members around him understood the meaning of the words, and sparks of excitement burst out in their eyes: "Captain, it seems that the third army's offensive is fierce, and the enemy is almost unable to defend, should we also out?!"

Before Izam spoke, a team member in front exclaimed, "Look at this water!"

Through the beams of sunlight passing through the gaps in the slate, it can be seen that the dirty water that was originally black and yellow with all kinds of filth is now gradually dyed red...

"Could it be that our army has already attacked from other places?!" A captain exclaimed.

"Quiet!" Izam made a silent gesture, facing the eager eyes of the players, he had to make a choice.

He looked down at the bright red blood in the waterway, and then listened to the sounds of the street above. After thinking for a while, he finally said in a low voice: "No matter what the situation in other places is, the task given to us by Your Majesty is to assist the Third Army and the Third Army. The three fleets broke through the defense of the embankment and entered the city of Rome. Now that the enemy's reinforcements have just passed, the streets above are still very quiet, and it can be seen that the third army is still fighting fiercely, so we need to wait a little longer!"

Seeing that the team members next to him were unwilling to speak, he then said: "However, since the Romans also sent slaves who could not fight, it can be seen that they have no extra troops, we just need to wait a little longer. , when these Roman reinforcements are all thrown into the battle and there is nothing left to stop us, we will go out and attack their rear! But now we must first find a way out!"

"Captain, we have already found our way out early in the morning." Terentus raised the sheathed dagger and pointed to the top of his head: "Just use the dagger to scratch out the magma between the stone slabs, You can forcefully push the slate away and climb out."

"That's good." Izam believed his subordinate's judgment, and he said in a deep voice, "Let's fill our stomach first, wait for my order, and start action immediately!" After speaking, he opened the small bag around his waist and took out a dry stick. Beef strips.

The team members also took out dry food. The beef jerky soaked in the river water tasted strange, but the team members chewed hard and ate it very sweetly.

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In the middle of the southern city wall not far from Rome's old square, the sound of killing was loud, and the soldiers of both sides were fighting fiercely.

The ladders were pushed down by the defenders at the top of the city, and the Dionian soldiers on the ladder fell to the city. Under the city, put it on the vacant city section.

From time to time, the arrow-blocking vehicles in front of the trenches were ignited by rockets, but this did not affect the Dionysian light infantry who continued to hide behind the burning flames and continued to fire arrows towards the city head. It is quite dangerous. If it is not for the heavy infantry fighting in front of the battlements, and if they cannot hit the parts that are not covered by armor and cannot cause great damage to them, I am afraid that the defenders have been unable to prevent the Dionian soldiers from boarding the city. head off.