After a period of bombardment, Titus sent a second wave of rested soldiers to continue the siege, while the Dionian defenders were busy fending off the attack and dodging stone bullets, and the physical and mental wear continued to be exhausted, and over time, the Romans gradually began to equalize the defenders in terms of physical strength and energy.

In addition, the Romans had another headache for the defenders during the siege, as their heavy infantry were not idle under the city, except for the soldiers who climbed the ladders, and while defending themselves with long shields, they threw javelins at the top of the city.

Throwing javelins with heavy infantry was a tactic used by the Ionian legionnaires, and after the battle with the Dionians, Camillus realized the power of this tactic and began to experiment with the Helnihians with some success. Although the Roman heavy infantry was not as accurate and powerful as the Dionian legionnaires, the javelin throwing was not only accurate and powerful, but also full of tactical changes, but the low walls of Ostia increased the lethality of the Roman soldiers in throwing javelins, and the number of heavy infantry of the Roman army was much more than the defenders of the city, which became the key to suppressing the Dionian defenders with javelins.

The Roman besieging soldiers retreated in waves, and another wave of black pressure onslaught, like a raging tide that continued to rush, and the Dionian defenders suffered more casualties and decreased their defenses, which had already allowed the enemy to attack the city several times.

Thelis had to send in reserves, but his inexperience did not break up these improvised new forces and place them in the garrison of the city, under the command of the legion's reserve soldiers, but let them take the vacant positions at the head of the city, and as a result, the strength of the defense was not greatly enhanced, but there was a lot of confusion.

"General, look! The wall is collapsing!! The attendants pointed ahead and cheered.

Titus couldn't contain the ecstasy in his heart.

A few days earlier, the walls of Ostia had just been baptized by Dionian ballistas, and although they had been repaired, it was only a few days long enough for it to fully recover, and then it was attacked again by Roman ballistas, and finally a section of the wall collapsed with a wailing sound.

With the exclamations of the soldiers on both sides, a gap was revealed after the dust and mist dissipated.

Seeing this, Titus could not let go of the opportunity to break the city, and immediately ordered: "The ballista will stop bombarding, and the whole army will immediately press the attack!" ”

It is said that the whole army is pressing, in fact, only the Roman citizen soldiers who really participate in the attack are fully involved, after all, the long march during the day, the fierce battle continues at night, although there is an intermittent rest in between, but all the soldiers are already extremely tired, coupled with the strong attack regardless of casualties, so that the Latin allied army and the Etruscan allied army are bitter, their generals have repeatedly protested to Titusti, its soldiers have begun to fight passively, only this Roman colonial citizen soldier with less than 5,000 people left is supported by the belief of "retaking the mother state", Disciplined by the strict discipline, the fall of the walls of Ostia also gave them hope of success, and they roared to the sound of the trumpets and launched another onslaught on the city of Ostia.

The high morale of the Roman soldiers also infected the allied troops, who reluctantly followed......

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Giogris was a cautious man, but with Crotocatacus with him, he became even more cautious, so he arranged for four clippers to lead in front, and the other ships in two parallel ships, with large intervals between the front and rear, and all the boats lit torches, like a dragon in a river, and went downstream with the flowing water.

Gioglis's caution worked, and on the way a pilot ship collided with a clipper that was about to report to the city of Rome and sank, and one of the pilot ships failed to control its direction in the sharp bend of the river and struck a reef and sank......

All the troop carriers were unharmed, and approached the mouth of the Tiber safely, but the soldiers on board were shocked by the sight of the shore in the distance: it was almost late at night, but the light had not yet appeared, the waning moon was still hanging in the sky, and the sky was still dark, and it was the best time for people to sleep soundly, but the direction of the city of Ostia was full of fire and the sound of murder shook the sky......

Could it be that the city of Ostia has fallen?! Similar fears were in the hearts of Giogris, officers of all ranks, and soldiers, and with the guidance of the distant firelight and the harbor lighthouse, and in order not to attract the attention of the enemy, Giognis immediately ordered: "Extinguish all the torches on board!" ”

Soon, the patrol ships of the harbor came out to meet them, and after learning that Ostia had not fallen, the fleet quickly sailed into its harbor.

After the boat docked, Giogris rushed ashore first, but he was surprised to see the countless men dressed as sailors gathered and beginning to put on their armor, and the arrival of the Fifth Legion was warmly welcomed by them.

Giogris inquired about it and learned that the Roman army had been attacking the city since dusk, and they had lit fires outside the city to facilitate the Roman soldiers' attack. Due to the continuous onslaught of the Romans, the reserve soldiers led by Thelis suffered many casualties, and not only sent a reserve of Latin exiles and slaves to the city, but also gathered the sailors of the ships in the docks, ready to reinforce at any time.

With the help of these sailors of the Third Fleet, all the soldiers of the five brigades of the Fifth Army quickly went ashore and, under the leadership of Giogris, quickly rushed to the city.

At this moment, an exclamation came from the front: "Oh no!!" The wall is collapsing!! ……”

Giogris was taken aback, the battle situation was urgent, and he immediately ordered: "The whole army is advancing rapidly!" ”

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After a series of bitter battles, coupled with the collapse of the city walls, the morale of the soldiers at the head of the city was already in flux, and the Romans took the opportunity to launch an attack on a much larger scale than before.

The black-pressed Roman soldiers had not yet crossed the trench, and some of the freed slaves at the head of the city had never seen such a great noise, and turned and fled.

Thelisus hurriedly led the guards to stop him, and decisively beheaded the slaves who took the lead in escaping to stabilize the morale of the army. But the city wall that is more than a mile long, he can take care of this end, but not the other end, as the enemy approaches, the chaos at the head of the city not only does not subside, but increases.

The scrambling Thehlis did not even have time to send troops to plug the gap, and in the end even he lost confidence......

Just when he was at a loss and ready to give up, "Woo! ......" resounded in the city with his familiar trumpet, followed by a uniform chant: "Great Hades, you are the protector of the kingdom, the lord of the night, the embodiment of justice and strictness!" ……”

Before Thelis could react, the legion reservists at the head of the city were already chanting, "Our reinforcements have arrived!" Our reinforcements have arrived!! ……”

I saw that under the light of the fire in the city (in order to facilitate the soldiers to go to the city to fight, Telis learned that the Romans also lit a fire in the city), a long black dragon was rushing down the street towards the city.

The face of the tall soldier at the front was clearly recognizable, he was dressed in a thick dog skin, and a large banner of the Legion was held high in his hand, and the statue of the god at the top glittered.

"The Fifth Legion! It's the Fifth Legion!! ......" the sharp-eyed soldier shouted.

The city of Ostia is saved! The legionary reservists gained confidence, and the panicked Ostia reservists gradually fled, and Telis also settled down.

Titus outside the city also heard the sound of the trumpets and chanting, he didn't expect that this was reinforcements from the enemy, and thought that the Dionian generals used these to inspire the soldiers and defend with all their might, after all, judging from his experience, there would be no enemy reinforcements at this special point in time, so he also frowned and muttered: "At this time, the Dionians still have such morale!" As the dictator said, the army of this kingdom is indeed not to be underestimated! ”

At this time, someone in the city shouted, "Is Lord Thelisus here?!" Lord Thelis! ……”

Telis leaned on the battlements and looked down: he saw a young officer in black armor and a red hat on his head shouting as he walked along the base of the wall.

"I am Tellis!" He responded immediately.

The captain hurriedly saluted and said, "I am the lieutenant of the Fifth Legion Commander Giogris, and the Legion Commander asked me to tell you that he will lead his troops to plug the gap and let you focus on the defense of the city, and soon there will be reinforcements composed of sailors from the Third Fleet to reinforce you!" ”

After consulting with the Adjutant of the Fifth Legion, Thelis urged the officers at the head of the city to lead the soldiers back to their respective sections of the defensive wall, and placed more light infantry above the gap, and began to prepare enough asphalt for Giogris to return to the Romans the suffering suffered by the Fourth Legion in the attack on Rome.

Titus was thrilled to see the valiant Roman soldiers braving the rain of arrows rushing into the breaches of the city walls under the burning sky, and he thought victory was in sight.

Not long after, the entire gap was filled with Roman soldiers, and the men who went to inquire about the news came back and reported: "The gap is blocked by the Ionian army, and the soldiers cannot break through their defenses for the time being!" ”

At the same time, a messenger sent by Camillus also rushed outside the city of Ostia (because in the darkness of the night the messenger did not dare to let his horse gallop, so he fell behind the fleet) and reported to the proposer: "The Dioonians have sent thousands of soldiers from the city of Rome, and they are sailing down the river!" ”

Titus was struck hard, but still had a glimmer of illusion in his heart, and he ordered the drums to play and the trumpets to sound to motivate his soldiers to attack. At the same time, he sent his men to the city to pay close attention to the changes in the battle situation. At the same time, the Etruscan allies who were grinding at the back of the attacking team were called back and asked to line up in the rear in case of contingency.