Chapter 334 Hasdruba's Old Trick Repeated

On this day, the Dionian army who landed on the Palermos territory was not only busy defending the southern mountain road and coastal path, but also building camps and carrying the cargo transported by cargo ships, and they were busy until evening.

It was a peaceful night.

On the second day, Leotides did not rush to attack the city of Palermos, but continued to let the more than 10,000 soldiers build a camp. And yesterday, the Third Fleet, which was guarding the fleet at the nearby sea, did not appear again, and the lively camp did not return to calm until the evening.

However, it was not peaceful in the mountains to the south of the Dionysian army camp. The Carthaginian army was blocked in the mountain road leading to the territory of Palermos. Ba did not give up, he knew that once the Dionysians occupied Palermos, it would further compress the space for the Carthaginian army to move, not to mention that he was not someone who easily bowed his head in the face of difficulties. And now the time is very tight, he is worried that the Palermos, who are short of soldiers, will not be able to hold on to the defense for a few days, so he repeated his old trick and sent 4,000 Lusitania tribal warriors to cross the mountains. Go back to Palermos and repel the Dionian army.

The Iberian army led by Hasdruba had been stationed in Palermos for a few months, and they were familiar with the terrain there. They walked eastward at the south entrance of the mountain road, and after climbing a few tall mountains, the surrounding mountains were The water of the river converges into a small lake, the lake flows to the low-lying land in the east, and gradually forms a small river. The place through which it flows forms a narrow valley, which, although difficult to walk, leads to the territory of Palermos.

The Lusitania warriors trudged through the valleys of the mountains and rivers throughout the day, and it was only at dusk that they saw the little river flow out of the mountains and into the flat land of Palermos, which is east of Palermos, a distance from Palermo. There are more than 10 miles to the city. The Lusitania warriors stopped their advance. They hid in the wooded mountains. After eating their rations, they lay down on the grass to rest in order to recover the physical strength consumed during the day.

In the middle of the night, the soldiers who were still sleeping reluctantly got up under the urging of the leaders, and walked out of the mountain in a daze.

As they marched east, they gradually regained their sanity, especially by the moonlight, and many of the warriors began to get excited when they saw the vague outline of Dionysian camp in the distance.

This time they came to Sicily to fight, they first followed Hasdruba to capture Seedium, and then they slaughtered Agrigento, Econom and Gera successively, looted a lot of booty, and enjoyed Greece Women, killed a lot of Greek men... and they themselves didn't get many casualties, the main reason is that Hasdrubal never let them participate in hard siege battles, like the attack on Enna, the attack on Palagonia, they They all stood by, and only once in the frontal battle, and they were also facing the soldiers of the Greek city-state on the south coast, and did not feel much pressure.

Although Hasdrubal once said,

"The Dionian army is a formidable enemy!" But they didn't take it too seriously. On the contrary, they were eager to defeat the Dionian army and cut off the heads of the Dionian soldiers to prove their strength, and now is the opportunity.

Carthaginians, Greeks... These so-called civilized people are afraid of the night, but they are not afraid. On the contrary, they like to use the night to cover their whereabouts, quietly approach the enemy, and then launch a lethal attack. That's how they dealt with the Carthaginians in Iberia, and finally forced the Carthaginians to sign a peace agreement, and now they're going to apply this tried and true attack to the poor Dionysians, thinking about the imminent Can taste the blood of the Dionians, the Lusitania warriors clenched their daggers and quickened their pace.

But during the march, except for footsteps, almost no one made a sound, and 4,000 people quietly approached the Dionysian camp.

The huge Dionysian Camp is also very quiet. A burning torch is erected on the wooden fence every other section to illuminate the surroundings, but there are no sentries to patrol. There are several towering sentries behind the wooden fence. Sentinels can be seen, but they all fall into a deep sleep.

The Dionysians thought they had blocked the mountain road, so they could attack Palermos City with confidence, and there would be no more enemies to threaten them. ! ... After finding that the situation in front of them was favorable to them, the Lusitania leaders were very happy, and they led the soldiers to no longer hide and approached the camp in a loose formation.

Due to the lack of time, the Dionysians had not set up traps around the camp, so the Lusitanias easily came to the ditch at the east gate of the camp, and then some soldiers carefully climbed over the ditch and came under the wooden fence .

Some of them stacked people and climbed up; some took out the noose, threw it on the wooden wall, accurately caught the wooden stake at the top, and then grabbed the rope to climb up... After a while, more than a dozen The soldier climbed over the wooden fence and quickly opened the camp gate.

The Lusitania soldiers who were waiting outside the camp couldn't wait to rush into the camp. They roared in the sky and rushed towards the tents, but the soldiers who rushed into the tents found that there was no one in the tents.

Just when I was feeling suspicious, a high-pitched bugle sound suddenly sounded in the camp, black surging ahead, and countless Dionian soldiers armed with long shields and stab guns appeared in the passage between the tents. They lined up in a dense queue. Form a shield wall and push towards the Lusitania warriors.

The first reaction of the Lusitanias was not to go forward to fight, but to realize that they were fooled. "If the attack fails, retreat immediately, and come back next time" is their traditional tactic, so the Lusitania leaders immediately Shouting: "Withdraw the team! Let's withdraw!..."

The soldiers turned around and wanted to run outside the camp gate.

But the previous bugle sound not only allowed the Dionian soldiers to stop the enemy attacking in the camp, but also informed the troops who were ambushed outside the camp in advance to take action, so when the Lusitania soldiers rushed out, they found the camp Countless Dionian soldiers in black helmets and black armor also appeared outside the door, completely blocking their way back. At the same time, soldiers poured in from the passage inside the wooden fence, cutting off their last outward passage.

"Lord Commander, we have completely surrounded the enemy!" Tagle, who was standing on a sentry in the camp and observing the situation in the camp, said excitedly.

Although Leotidides didn't speak, his face was a little more relaxed. He and Zantiparis had already anticipated that the Carthaginians might send mountain races to come to support. He dispatched the soldiers of the mountain reconnaissance team from both legions to closely observe the anomalies in the surrounding mountains.

Specially trained reconnaissance soldiers were evenly distributed in the mountains to the south. As a result, at noon, someone discovered the Lusitania army wading through the mountains. They did not scare the snakes, but sent people to continue to follow and monitor, while sending The people returned to the camp and informed Leotidides, so the Lusitanias thought they were acting secretly, but they didn't know that their movements were completely under Leotidides' control. Waiting for their ignorant moth to hit.

Seeing that there was no hope of retreating, the Lusitanias decided to use force to cut a bloody path. They wore wooden shields, rammed the Dionian shield wall that blocked them with all their strength, and then stabbed the Fakara daggers viciously to reveal the defense. Dionian soldiers in the void.

The Dionian Legionnaires tried their best to maintain a dense formation, using thorns to force the enemy to dare not get close. At the same time, with the strong support of their teammates at the rear, they used a long shield with strong defense to press the enemy inward.

It was the light infantry behind the Dionian heavy infantry who really played the role of killing the enemy, throwing round after round of arrows and javelins at the enemy in the encirclement.

Most Lusitania warriors have no other protection except helmets and wooden shields, so Dionysian's long-range attacks caused them a lot of damage.

However, the soldiers who kept falling with arrows inspired the bloody courage of their companions. Like wounded beasts, they violently slammed into the shield wall composed of Dionian soldiers, using wooden shields, daggers, fists, and Teeth... use every means at their disposal to kill enemies who stand in their way.

Thus, although Dionysus surrounded the Lusitania with nearly four times the strength, the fighting continued.

The Palermos people were awakened by the movement outside the city, and they went up to the city head to watch uneasy one after another, only to see that the lights in Dionia's camp were bright and the sound of killing was loud.

They were excited about the arrival of the reinforcements, and at the same time worried about their safety. Almost all of them were at the head of the city for them, praying to the god Melkat, but they never thought of sending troops out of the city to support them.

Of course, even if they had the guts to send troops out of the city, the 1,500 light armoured soldiers reserved by Leotidides would be useful.

The prayers of the Palermos did not work. At the dawn of the day, the sound of the fighting from the Dionysian camp gradually disappeared. 4,000 Lusitania soldiers were killed or wounded, but no one. One person surrendered, corpses were lying around the east gate of the camp, and the Dionysian army also paid nearly 600 casualties.

In the early morning of the second day, Hasdruba led the army to the wooden village at the exit of the mountain road with anticipation. Instead of opening the door to welcome him, he saw the head of hundreds of Lusitania soldiers. It became a hill, and Hasdrubal and his men were all terrified.