Vol 8 Chapter 167: Ostia attack and defense

I thought that when the Dionysian army had just set up a squadron, a squadron of a squadron was equipped with a sighting hand, and they all came from the Dionysian Academy because they had to accurately calculate the landing point and launch. Curves require deep mathematical knowledge and fast computing power. More than a decade later, a cannon can now be equipped with a sight-seeing hand, which happens to illustrate the achievements of the Kingdom of Dionia in civic education.
At this moment, the gunner has adjusted the setting of the gun at the prompt of the sighting hand, opened the spring arm, quickly put it into the small stone bullet, fixed it on the sliding wooden arm, and pressed the launch button to fix the stone bomb. The copper ring and the iron hook that pulls the spring arm bouncing at the same time, the spring arm is quickly retracted, and the powerful torque pushes the stone bomb out of the gun mount, whistling to a roman gun that is slowly advancing.
"A cannon! Deonia's guns!" The Roman soldiers who pushed the guns saw the black spots flying in the air, shouting in panic, trying to push the guns away, but the heavy guns were slow. The stone bombs were just around the corner, not far from the guns, splashing the dust of the Roman soldiers.
The unsettled Roman soldier immediately saw eight or nine black spots flying out of the city, and attacked other guns. Although they failed to hit, they had already surprised Titus in the back. He never imagined that the Diaonians had left a lot of guns in the small town of Ostia, and placed it in the city to attack their own guns. Never seen.
Just as he was still hesitating to retire the rifle, the second round of stun gun attacks in Dionia had begun.
Ten stone bombs came again. Finally, a Roman gun was hit. Although the arm was broken, the gun was a finer siege device. Once the balance was destroyed, it could not be put into use unless it was repair. After the Romans got the guns from Carthage, they did not try to copy it. They also made some progress, only making core parts, such as metal ratchets, chains, metal cylinders, etc., which could not be cast to Carthage. So fine, when they were still improving their skills, the Diaonians came, so the Carthage guns were bad one and one less.
Titus can only be anxiously ordered: "Retract the gun!"
During the retreat of the Roman artillery force, the stone bullets fired by the city were once again destroyed by a cannon.
Titus looked at the rifle troops returned by the wolverines, then looked up at the sky that had begun to be reddish by the sunset, then looked at the enemies in the city, and quickly moved down, staring at the deer in front of the ditch... For a while, he took his eyes back and turned to look at the soldiers behind him.
These Roman citizens from the colonies have already dressed armor and picked up their weapons. Although the long march has made them look a little tired, they look at Ostia's eyes but they are full of fighting spirit, because the desire to recapture their motherland fills them up. Strength, their fighting spirit also infected Titus, let him suppress his concerns: despite the contacts and his own observations, the Diaonian defense of Ostia is more rigorous, But he has no time to let the soldiers recover their strength and prepare for the siege more comprehensively. Instead, they must retake the city of Ostia before the arrival of the Daonian reinforcements. Therefore, she can only rely on the soldiers to be strong. Fighters and huge numbers.
"Notify the troops, prepare to attack!" Titus said in a deep voice.
The squadrons were riding horses in the military squadron. The squadron captains shouted at the soldiers who were preparing them. The soldiers stood up and picked up the pre-made ladders and javelins from the accompanying brakes according to the previous arrangement...
After a commotion and embarrassment, "呜!..." the military number rang, the Roman army made a loud noise, and then the soldiers led by the squadron leader began to walk east and south of Ostia. Advance (the west is the sea, the north is close to the Tiber River, and the southeast is also a lake and swamp as a barrier).
Jules looked at the enemy under the city like a tide, and subconsciously tightened his fists.
The 300 Dionysian archers in the city head saw the enemy about to enter the 100-meter range and began to bend and bow.
The rifle and the abdominal arch in the city have already started to launch stone and iron arrows to the enemy under the city. Although the enemies coming from the beggars make their attack hit rate high, and the death is terrible, but a round of attacks The death and injury of more than a dozen people, for the siege wave formed by thousands of Roman soldiers, just set off a small splash, completely unable to stop the pace of the Romans.
But it didn't take long for the Roman soldiers who rushed to the front to make a scream: "Ah! Pull me! My feet! My feet are cut!"
"Be careful of the trap! There are spikes in the ground!!"
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In the screams and screams of the Roman soldiers, the speed of the entire siege force was hindered.
And some Roman soldiers went to help their comrades, while others carefully explored the ground conditions and carefully moved forward. The arrows of the city head hit like raindrops, and many of them rushed to the front. It was a heavy infantryman in Rome, but because the traps underneath forced the panic, they couldn't use the shield to defend the top, and added some casualties.
What's even worse is that they are blocked in the trap zone, so that the guns and belly bows of the city have enough time to exert their lethality.
Titus knew the battle ahead and was very anxious. He realized that he was still watching the defense of the small town of the Dionyrians.
He took a deep breath and calmed himself down: "Go to the attacking army, don't rush to move forward, first give me all the power to get rid of those traps!"
The commander rushed away, and soon there was a detective ride: "General Titus, the people organized by Adi arrived!"
Titus’s heart was happy, he just wanted to reply, and another detective rushed to:
Reporting to General Titus, the people of Antioum came!

While Titus led the army to the west, Camillas sent a messenger to inform the Roman colonies and Latin allies in the west of Latin, hoping that they could send people to help the army attack the city of Ostia, and now these towns responded. Camilles’ request.
A team from the western town only carried supplies and gathered in the back of the Roman army...
Titus had a happy face on his face. He hurriedly expressed his gratitude to the leaders, and sent a handful of people to organize hundreds of people to ignite a fire around them, to build camps, build tents, and prepare for lasting Combat.
On the east gate of Ostia, Jules watched the archers and gunners carry out uninterrupted attacks on the Roman soldiers who had approached the trench, while other soldiers began throwing javelins down the city.
There are two gates in the east and south of the city of Ostia. Before, Julius blocked the south gate and left only one east gate. It was only used for detective riding and messenger passage, so that both sides of the road were buried. In the trap, the road became very narrow. The Roman soldiers’ attacking teams had to be arranged in a narrow and long queue, which was attacked by soldiers in the city. The wounded soldiers were covered in front of the trench.
Julius was not excited about such a victory. He saw the bonfire and the coming Romans behind the enemy's army. He realized that this siege battle would become even more difficult. He first thought of the first. One order is: let the reserve team under the city completely block the East Gate with wood and stones.
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In Rome, the Roman civilians who went to the square to apply for Dionysian citizenship and the surrounding city were starkly contrasted by the Roman aristocrats crying for their loved ones. The people of the whole city were at the extreme of ice and fire. In the middle of it...
Davers returned to the Senate, looking for a moment of peace, who knows that the Roman Chief Executive, Asistus, has rushed to find it.
"Your Majesty, since you went to worship the temples in Rome, the number of Romans who came to the square to register has increased dramatically. The number of registered people has now exceeded 1,000!" Assisi reported to Daves excitedly. This is good news because it means that the Roman civilians have further changed their attitude towards Diaonia.
Davers smiled and replied: "I have seen it when I passed the square. This is a good thing, isn't it?"
"Your Majesty, but there is one thing I have to ask you." Asistus continued: "There are some Romans asking that their loved ones are in the Roman army outside the city, they want their relatives to become Devonian citizens, not killing us, hoping to let them go out of town to persuade and ask if we can't do it?"
"Oh?..." Daphus had an interest. He stroked his jaw and thought for a while~EbookFREE.me~ Turned and asked: "Clotto, what do you think?"
Klotok Katex, who stood aside, replied earnestly: "Father, from the situation on the square in these two days, we should believe what they said, allow them to leave the city and persuade their loved ones to return to the kingdom. This can shake the enemy's fighting spirit, weaken their strength, and at the same time enhance our strength! Even if some of them are deceiving us, just want to escape from the city, but they are old people, women and children, the total come Saying that the benefits outweigh the disadvantages..."
Assisi looked at Clotto Kataks. When he was in Turui, he went to the Duffus House several times. From time to time, he could see the eldest son of the king. Klotok Katex was humble and courteous. He was very enthusiastic and left a good impression on him, but this time, Asistus found that he had become a lot calmer.
Daves nodded and said with approval: "Clotto is right. I allow them to leave the city, but not all of them. Only the elderly can go out, the woman and the child must stay in the city... and, I promised to give the gift to Camillaus and take the opportunity to send it together."
Having said that, there is a hint of awkward smile on his face.
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