"So let the enemy storm the town, take advantage of our Dionian legionnaires' expertise in hand-to-hand combat, and use these narrow streets and ruins to make the enemy's superior forces not give full play, this is the battle plan we have made in advance, it is the correct plan, we should stick to it!" Giogris emphasized.

"But the enemy was not fooled! Wait any longer, the Syracuse didn't come in, and the ballista fired stone projectiles had already hit our heads! Tegtinos shouted irritably.

"Actually, this way of fighting by the Syracuse people is beneficial to us, didn't the spies who arrived in the port by fast boat last night say that today they are preparing to launch a riot in several city-states such as Syracuse and Katanai, and maybe in the end they will be forced to retreat without fighting the Syracuse at all." Zantiparis said with some anticipation.

"You believe what those guys who don't have the guts and can only sneak around?!" Tegatinos blurted out.

When the other officers heard this, their faces changed slightly, they had heard that these spies were the cronies of King Davers.

Antonios glanced at Selovenes, who was embarrassed on the side, and reprimanded Tegtinos softly: "If it weren't for Xenophanes' help, would we have captured Mejaro so easily!" Can you get help from the Sicilians so quickly! Immature! ”

In fact, Antonios was also skeptical of the secret letter from the spies, but the reality of the situation made him have no more choice. In this strange land, there are basically hostile forces, except to stay in Meiaro, where else can his first legion retreat! If Anterapolis's plan succeeds, it will be a happy thing for all!

At this time, the soldiers who were looking out at the harbor hurriedly came and reported: "Legionnaire, our fleet is ...... Our fleet is coming! ”

Damn Sekrian has finally arrived! Antonios was in good spirits: "Order the troops to lead the families of the exiles, maintain order, and retreat to the port!" ”

"Yes, Legionnaire." The captains and the leaders of the exiles responded in unison.

Sekelian didn't actually come, he was still recuperating from his injuries in Lijim. Although Sekrian usually has a flamboyant personality and does not like to be commanded by the Legion, he will never be ambiguous at critical moments of war. Not to mention the fact that yesterday Antonios specially sent a clipper and, at the risk, rushed to Lijim with a request: it was hoped that tomorrow the Dionian fleet would reach Mejaro early in order to deal with a full-scale attack by the Syracuses!

Secrean did not dare to ignore it, and specially warned Vlarios, who commanded the fleet in his place: set off with the fleet early the next morning, and rush to Mejaro as soon as possible!

The arrival of the Dionian fleet and the influx of soldiers and civilians into the harbor were reported back to Masias by the scouts.

After angrily scolding Paronisus for his incompetence, Macias then asked, "Where are the reinforcements?!" ”

"It's past Sikuli, and it should soon be on the south bank of the Alcantara River."

"Send someone to urge them to go faster!" Macias finally gave the order: "Blow the trumpet of the attack, don't let the Dionians run!" ”

Yes, Masias had spent so much time preparing and consuming so many cannons, not only to drive away the Dionian army that had invaded Sicily, but to completely and completely destroy it, in order to boost the morale of the people of Syracuse and gain fame for himself.

Since time was of the essence and the Dionians could not be allowed time to board the ships from the harbor and land elsewhere in Sicily, it was impossible for Masias to allow his army to bypass the north side of Mejaro, which also had traps and obstacles, and rush to the east to attack the port, which would be too time-consuming. So, the soldiers of the Syracuse coalition army attacked directly from the outside of the cleared west town, crossed the wooden wall that had been bombarded by ballistas, and entered the town with great vigour.

The mighty army was broken into a trickle of streams crisscrossing the streets, and soon the Ionian coalition was in trouble with its furious aggressiveness.

"Whew! My feet! My feet are pierced! ”

"Stop! Don't squeeze forward, there's a big pit ahead, and the captain and they all fell into the pit! ”

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Little did the people of Syracuse know that the Dioonians were not only traps and obstacles outside the town, but also inside the town.

In fact, it was made overnight yesterday by the soldiers of the First Legion leading the exile populace. Even if there was no urgent report from Catanay's spies last night, Antonios had no intention of leading his troops to escape by boat. As far as he was concerned, Davers did not "allow the First Army to retreat if the war was unfavorable" in the order given before the departure of the First Army, and if he retreated without a fight, even if Davers forgave him for the sake of his past feelings, he would probably have no future in Dionya in the future.

As for the soldiers of the First Legion, they thought more simply: how could the Legionnaires, who had always been called "the most heroic" by the Ionian populace, allow themselves to become cowardly deserters!

Antonios' previous pretended retreat was only to lure the enemy into attacking early, and once they entered the town and began to fight the legionnaires, the ballista naturally did not dare to fire stone shells again. At the same time, he also had to arrange for the families of the exiled soldiers to worry about and the army to take care of them, so that the troops could fight with all their strength without distraction.

When the 300 cavalry of the Syracuse coalition army galloped to the vicinity of the port, they saw more than 3,000 exiled soldiers forming a phalanx, guarding the port, and behind them, thousands of old people, women, and children rushed to the dock under the orderly guidance of the sailors, and hurried to board the ship.

Of course, it was impossible for the Syracuse soldiers to storm the well-defended Greek phalanx, they just watched from afar, waiting for the infantry to arrive.

However, the Syracuse soldiers were a little frightened by the frequent traps, and they cautiously advanced, and began to expand to the sides.

At this moment, the light infantry led by the Captain of the 7th Brigade, Tsbitt, appeared, and instead of throwing arrows and javelins at the enemy in clusters, as in regular battles, they hid in dilapidated houses between the streets, or lay on the ruins, or stood directly on the opposite side of the large crater, attacking the enemy with accurate fire.

The Syracuse soldier was concentrating on detecting the trap on the road ahead, when suddenly an arrow flew out of the window of the side house and struck the soldier in the thigh, which was not covered by armor; A javelin suddenly fell from the roof above, piercing the soldier's shoulder, which he had not had time to protect with a round shield...... The sneak attack of the Dionian light infantry was extremely high due to its close-range approach.

The light infantry of Syracuse could not have rushed forward in consideration of the need for a head-on fight with the Dionians, and the heavy infantry who had rushed ahead had now been frightened by the Dionians' traps and long-range sneak attacks, and their advance was even slower......

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In the city of Mademar, although the Dioonians did not attack these days, the defenders of Madema did not let their guard down, because the day before yesterday they watched the despicable Dioonians drive the Mademars and Loquery, who had been captured in battle, to fill in a trench in front of the city wall with bags of dirt.

The night before, the Maidmars had taken advantage of the darkness of the night to pull ropes down the walls and let the soldiers slide down in an attempt to re-dig the filled trench. The Dioonians were well prepared and ambushed the light infantry not far away, causing Madema to lose many of his soldiers.

Knowing that they were in danger, they had no choice but to defend the city with all their might, and at the same time hoped that the Syracuses, who had lost the battle, would be able to defeat Dionya and find a chance of life for Medma.

Today, the Madema soldiers stood at the head of the city, looking vigilantly ahead: the Dioonians had begun to form in front of the city a hundred meters away, as they had done a few days before, but this time the difference was that they had two more siege engines in front of their formation, and even if they were a hundred meters away, they still made the Madema soldiers feel their enormity.

"Quick! Come and see! What's that?! A soldier shouted to his companion in panic.

"This ...... This must be a siege tower. I've heard from the Lokli that the Syracuse used this device to conquer many city-states. ”

"It seems to be taller than our walls! We...... What should we do with this kind of thing?! ”

Just when the defenders were nervous, "Woo! The trumpets of the ......" attack resounded through the Dionian army, and the siege of Madema began.

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"Legion Commander be careful!" The adjutant pressed Matonis, who ventured close to the wooden wall, only to hear the strong sound of the wind and a stone bullet whizzing over his head.

Mattonis touched his neck with palpitations and scolded, "Damn the ballista, you want to kill—"

Before the words fell, I heard a "boom" in front of me, and the stone bullet hit the tower eight or nine meters away.

The hastily constructed tower of the Syracuse was not very sturdy, and was hit head-on by a huge 15-kilogram stone projectile, not only did the wood chips fly and the guards fell, but the tower shook and tilted backwards, and the six-meter-high tower smashed straight to the ground with the screams of the javelinmen at the top of the tower......

"Great! The ballista pair is fantastic! Keep beating me like this! ......" Martonis shouted excitedly.

The adjutant rolled his eyes: he was still scolding the ballista team just now, and his tone changed in a blink of an eye.

The soldiers were excited to be hit by the tower, but this was the only opportunity, after all, the tower was too close to the wooden wall, and the stone projectiles fired could only reach the top of the tower if they were close to the wall, so the risk was too great, so the Dionian defenders relied more on the light infantry to fire rockets, throw oil cans, or attack the javelinmen at the top of the tower with arrows...... By these methods, two towers have already been burned.