Although in the end the Tuafa coalition did not punish Crimea in any way, and Crimesa returned to neutrality again, the generals and members of the council did not have it easy. Crotone, despite his defeat, was unremarkable; Merchants who have been to Turii have marveled at the rapid growth of the Dionian Alliance. One suffered the humiliation of defeat for the first time in many years, and the other suffered the pain of burning the city, and the two forces are bound to fight again. This is the unanimous understanding of the top level of Crimesa, but for Crimesa, which is sandwiched between Crotone and Dionia, it will be a disaster.

After Castelon joined the Ionian League, Dionya built a road to connect with Castelon and gave it trade concessions, so that in just over half a year, Castron's trade grew rapidly. Although the Crimeans are envious, most of them will not secretly send autumn waves to Dionia, after all, Crimesa is closer to Crotone, and has long been affected by the radiation of Crotone's power, whether it is in terms of feelings or interests, Crimesa people are more inclined to Crotone.

When the Crimesa Council received an urgent report from the cavalry: countless soldiers were found crossing the swampy area from the north! The crowd was shocked, although some people thought that they should first understand the situation.

But the chief general, Anta Orris, insisted on continuing to send scouts to find out the situation; While sending someone to ask for help from Crotone.

He exclaimed, "Ladies and gentlemen, these men are armed and have come from the north, whether they are Dionian troops or not, or from somewhere else, and they have no need to be suspected of malicious intent! Crimea has not yet recovered from the last defeat, we can fight no more than a thousand citizens, and by the time we have thoroughly figured it out, I am afraid that the enemy has already reached the city, and by then it will be too late to call for help! I'd rather ask for help first, even if I apologize to the Crotone people for making a mistake in the future, than lose our ancestral home because of hesitation! ”

Antaorris' words convinced most people

Half an hour after they sent a messenger to Crotone, the scouts returned with the news that they feared: about 2,000 heavily armed soldiers, mostly heavy infantry, carrying long ladders, were hurrying towards Crimesa, and had killed one of the Crimesan cavalrymen who had gone to inquire about it.

This is the enemy! The members of the Crimesa Council had no need to doubt that they did not have time to thank Antaoris for his foresight, having previously informed the citizens to put on armor and prepare shields and spears, and at this moment issued an emergency mobilization order for the war: all those who could fight were ordered to go up to the walls.

As a small town, Crimesa did not have any specialties and the port trade was not well developed. Even so, Antaouris and other generals learned the lesson of the original Turiyi, rushed to the port, and immediately granted citizenship to nearly 500 young and strong freedmen, demanding that they participate in the battle.

While the Crimezans were preparing for battle, the mercenaries had advanced to more than 200 meters north of the city, and Timasong and his men could already see the longing guards at the top of the city.

"It seems that the Crimsians are ready!" Cleano said a little disappointed, and a trace of luck in his heart disappeared.

Timasong's expression remained unchanged, and he said in a deep voice: "Since the raid plan can't be used, let's attack!" ”

He then ordered: "Brothers rest in place for a while!" ”

He and Criano, Tolikos and other team members quickly got together to urgently discuss how to storm the city.

With the walls of Crimesa no more than four meters high, a three-meter-wide moat on the perimeter, no deer, and no seemingly traps, such a simple defense of the city was nothing compared to the cities they had conquered with Tiblon in Asia Minor. Even if the walls were full of citizen soldiers at the moment, Timason and his officers did not think that they could withstand the onslaught of mercenaries, and according to Timason, the Cremishians had been at peace and without war for decades, and the Crimezans had been completely slaughtered in the face of the surprise attack of the coalition with the Crotone army half a year ago.

Timason, Criano, and the officers were convinced that the Crimesan citizen soldiers, who had no combat experience and low morale, were of no use in numbers!

After quickly completing the deployment, Timasong came to the front of the array and said loudly to the mercenaries: "Brothers, I believe that you will never forget more than two months in the Dionian Alliance!" You can leave there and follow us here because you are not satisfied! Why are the same mercenaries, Davers they have everything, and we have nothing ?! Timasong turned to one side, pointed to the city of Crimesa in front of him, and roared: "Now the opportunity is in front of you, take this city, let us also be nobles!" Be a master too!! ”

The mercenaries beat their shields with their bayonet guns and roared angrily, venting their frustration and grievances for more than two months, and at the same time their desire for victory and their expectations for a better life in the future!

Their roar was so clear that it made the Crimeans change color.

Seeing this, the general in charge of military affairs, Euric Puth, was anxious, and in order to boost morale, he shouted: "Citizens, the enemy is as numerous as we are!" We still have walls and moats to protect us, and they can't hurt us! What's more, Crotone's reinforcements are already on their way to the rescue! ”

When the Cremisians heard about the reinforcements, they were reassured.

"Attack!" Seeing that the morale was high, Timasong did not hesitate to give the order.

So, the trumpet sounded, and Cleano led his army to the west of the city of Crimissa, and Timasong led his army to the north.

The heavy infantry was in front, and in groups of five or six they carried long ladders and marched slowly in an extremely loose formation, with the light infantry far behind. When they were about to reach the range of the Crimisian bows and arrows at the head of the city, they took off their round shields, protected their heads and chests diagonally, and walked forward with a low slump.

The arrows on the city wall rained down, the mercenaries were not afraid, they came to the moat in a hurry, and several people assisted in erecting the six-meter-long wooden ladder to the moat.

Eurikpus watched the skilful tactical movements and calm performance of the enemy under the city, and suddenly became nervous: this is a group of enemies with rich combat experience, I'm afraid it will be difficult to deal with!

"Quick! Go and prepare more stones, wood, and flax oil, and send them to the city at once! He shouted anxiously.

After the heavy infantry had basically crossed the river, they re-picked up the long ladder and quickly rushed to the base of the city wall, where they leaned the long ladder against the wall. There were also long ladders erected over the river, not retracted, for the subsequent light infantry to cross the river.

The Crimis hurriedly smashed wood and stones down, pots of flax oil were poured down, and as the torches were dropped, flames rose and mercenaries casualties increased sharply......

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While the battle between Crimesa and the mercenaries was raging, Davos had already received the startling news that Timason had not gone to Syracuse, but to Crimesa.

On the east coast of Greece, after all, there was a lot of boating, and more than forty empty ships were stranded on the beach, and there were always curious merchant ships stopping to find out, and then they found the captains and sailors tied up and thrown in the grass.

Rescued, they immediately sailed back to the port of Turriy and complained to the patrol about what had happened to them.

When Davers got the news, he was furious. As Timason's guarantor, the hijacking of the cargo ship and the casualties of fifteen sailors had already made him angry, and what made him even more angry was what Timasong was going to do with more than a thousand mercenaries landing on the coast between Castro and Crimesa?!

With a little thought, he could guess: Crimesa! These daring mercenaries actually got the idea of Crimea! I'm sorry for their departure, damn Timason fooled us all! Davers complained about his carelessness and pondered the consequences of the mercenary's actions: whether they could take Crimesa or not, it would upset the delicate balance between Dionia and Crotone, and I am afraid that the alliance would have to prepare early!

But the thought of convening a Senate meeting gave Davers a slight headache: for someone would certainly take the opportunity to make a fuss at the meeting, and although it would not have any practical effect on him, it was indeed a mistake he had made! Sure enough, those in power can't be easily swayed by personal feelings, if they hadn't been in the way of their feelings and promised Agacia, how could there be so many follow-up things! This is a profound lesson, and it should be remembered! ……

"Alex Docras, at once you send Phaelicus, Agacia, Hieronymus, Capus, Antonios...... They're invited! Davers told Aristocrates that he needed to talk to the former mercenary patriarchs.

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"Chief, our men are attacking quickly!" The subordinates shouted excitedly.

Timason's spirits lifted, his head peeking out from under the round shield, and when he looked up, he saw that a soldier was not far away and had stepped on the battlements.

At this time, seven or eight spears pierced straight through, and the soldier hurriedly blocked it with a round shield, but because of this, he was unstable on his feet, and was forcibly pushed off the city wall, but the city wall was only four meters high, and there were corpses on the ground, and there would not be much damage if he fell, and the soldier staggered to his feet, not yet fully conscious, and forgot to take precautions, and a stone was falling on his head (because the bulky Corinthian helmet and the narrow field of vision were not suitable for wearing siege cities), he fell again, but could not get up again.

Seeing this, Timasong shouted, "Let Axecchias and them get close to the city walls and give greater support to the heavy infantry besieging the city!" ”

"Chief......" The herald looked embarrassed: "They are light infantry, they are unprotected, and to do so will expose them to the death of bows and arrows!" ”