Ryders was not polite, and said directly: "The enemy in the granary will be eliminated soon, you divide half of the people to monitor the enemies in the city to prevent them from sneaking out of the city, and the other part is ready to fight the fire." ”

Kucius immediately returned to his regiment, and soon nearly a thousand soldiers jumped off their horses, took out the sacks they were carrying, and began to load them on the spot. This was prepared in advance by the two corps commanders after receiving Davers's order last night, considering that the enemy might burn the granary, after all, the clay pot is not easy to carry, and the earth is everywhere.

After a while, more than 200 palace guards also arrived on horseback, surprising the two legion commanders: "Your Majesty has arrived so soon?!" ”

"Your Majesty fears that the Romans will hold the granaries and send troops out of the city to fight you, so let us rush in for reinforcements, and light infantry units are also rushing here." Maltius replied.

Ryders pointed contemptuously at the city: "Your Majesty is too worried, in fact, the timid Romans don't dare to leave the city at all!" ”

At this moment, the shouting of killing in the camp died down, the gate was opened, and the cavalrymen immediately rushed in with sacks full of dirt.

Ryders, on the other hand, saw the third captain who hurried over, and hurriedly asked, "What about the casualties?" ”

“…… Thirty-two brothers were killed and 67 wounded, 15 of whom were seriously wounded......" said the captain of the third brigade looked slightly depressed.

"So many casualties?!" Ryders didn't expect that his side would pay nearly 100 casualties when they had an absolute advantage in numbers, which made him feel heartbroken. You must know that in the previous battle of Setia in Wolsey, the losses of the First Cavalry Corps were very large, although after the war Turiyi sent some soldiers to replenish them, but the number of legions was not full.

"What about the enemies inside?" He asked with hatred.

"All were killed in battle, and no one surrendered."

Ryders stopped talking, and strode toward the granary camp.

Inside the gate, he saw a Roman soldier sitting against the wall, with a sword wound on his chest, blood gushing outward, dyeing his whole body blood-red, motionless, his eyes closed, his hand still dragging a bayonet like a sculpture, and the crown of his helmet was a bright red tassel, apparently a team officer.

Ryders paused and looked at him.

Unbeknownst to him, the seemingly dead Roman soldier suddenly opened his eyes, glared at Ryders angrily, and struggled to stab the bayonet in his hand.

"Legion Commander be careful!" The cavalry behind him immediately rushed over.

"Don't move!" Ryders stopped them with a wave of his hand, then stood still, staring directly at each other with a sharp gaze.

The Roman squadron leader Gaius wanted to raise the bayonet, but the usually light bayonet was now as heavy as a thousand pounds, and the little strength he had accumulated disappeared with the gushing blood, he could only stab his anger at the leader of the enemy through his eyes, but his eyelids became heavier and heavier, and he was unwilling to roar, however, the blood suddenly gushed out of his mouth......

Seeing the other man lying down, Ryders was silent for a moment, and then strode in.

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Seeing the great city standing in the distance, Davers couldn't help but restrain his horse: Rome, the center of the first and only great empire in the history of the West that turned the Mediterranean Sea into an inland lake, how many thrilling stories about it have been circulated among the people for thousands of years, and how many poems and articles praising it have been written by literati and writers! It is a dream in the hearts of countless ambitious Westerners in the past life, ancient and modern, a dream about reunification......

In his previous life, Davos did not have the opportunity to visit this great city that can be called the starting point of Western European civilization, and now he came, but he saw not a prosperous and historical Rome, but a humble city in the early stage of the Republic and just rising, although he had learned about this city in detail from the intelligence many times, but it was difficult to hide the excitement in his heart.

"Drive!" Davers clamped his horse's belly between his legs, and the horse neighed and galloped forward.

"Your Majesty!!" The people around them were startled and hurriedly chased after them, but they soon relented, because a group of cavalry in front of them met them, it was the palace guards sent out earlier, and they quickly sanitized around Davers.

As soon as Davers saw Martius, he immediately asked, "Leders, they have already seized the river harbor and the granary?" ”

"Yes, Your Majesty." Martius replied: "The 1st and 2nd Cavalry Corps seized the river harbor and the granary without much resistance from the Romans, and put out the fire in the granary in time, and now the two legion commanders of Rydes and Cuzius are there to count the supplies, and they will report to you the details." ”

"It's good if it goes well!" Davers breathed a sigh of relief: the first step had been successfully completed, giving him more confidence in taking the city.

"Let's go see the city of Rome!" He pointed ahead with pride.

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The Romans on the western walls of Rome could not help but get nervous when they saw the billowing dust and smoke rising in front of them, stretching into the distance until they were out of sight, because they knew that the army of Dionya was coming!

Then they saw several hundred cavalry galloping towards them, standing a hundred meters from the wall: the team was holding two large flags, very different from those of the Dionian cavalry they had seen before, and they were all shining gold. And in the center of the cavalry is a general with a golden helmet and golden armor, and the crown is a long feathered feather, which is particularly dazzling under the slightly westward sun in the sky.

"It may be that the king of Dionia is coming." One of the senators whispered uncertainly, and no one objected, and they looked silently at the man who seemed to be the king of Dionia, who was pointing ahead and talking to the people around him, and Orr laughed.

Scipio the Great took a sip, suddenly took the long shield of the soldier next to him, drew his sword, and struck the shield while shouting: "Rome! Rome! Rome! ……”

The soldiers also followed the captain of the city guard to beat the long shield rhythmically, shouting......

Soon, the senators joined in......

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Seeing that the city wall in front of him was sometimes concave and sometimes convex, and the whole wall was bent and uneven, Klotocatax couldn't help but say, "What an ugly wall! ”

Davers replied with a smile: "The reason why this wall was built so badly is because the Romans were in a hurry to rebuild the city of Rome after driving out the Celts from the north, and did not plan the whole city at all, just to meet the needs of the Roman citizens at that time." For example—"

Davers pointed to the wall on his left, which protruded outwards near the Tiber River, and said, "If I remember correctly, behind the wall is the hill of Laventin, one of the seven hills of Rome. And over here—"

Davers pointed to a large section of the wall on the right, which was also visibly protruding outward: "Behind this wall is the largest ghetto of the city of Rome." ”

"Didn't the Romans build the city like this, didn't they think about how to defend the city in the future if it was besieged?!" Maltius was surprised that he didn't know much about Rome before, and he didn't expect the Romans to be so short-sighted.

"But they built the walls very high, and the trenches dug in front of the city seemed to be wide...... "Crotokataks looked at the towering wall in front of him, judging that it was probably no less than 15 meters high.

At this time, the staff officer Tolmid said: "Your Royal Highness, it is useless to just have a high wall, its walls are curved and curved, which is conducive to our soldiers to avoid the concentrated long-range attacks of the Romans from top to bottom, and it is not conducive to the Romans to quickly reach their destination on the wall and carry out reinforcements. Moreover, although there is a trench in front of the city, there is no deer barricade, as long as the trench is filled, our siege equipment can easily be pushed under the city......"

Although Tolmide had not fought in these years, he had a mercenary career for decades, and later served in the Ministry of Military Affairs, so he had enough knowledge. Therefore, Crotocatax listened attentively and asked for advice from time to time.

Davers didn't bother them, but carefully observed the defenses of Rome.

"Rome!! Rome!!! Rome!!! ……”

At this moment, a thunderous cry sounded on the city walls, neat and grand, giving Davers the feeling that it was as if the countless Roman soldiers in the city had merged with the walls.

He turned back with a solemn expression and said, "Although the city wall built by the Romans is not very good, but looking at this formation, this siege battle may not be easy. ”

Tolmid, Martius and others agreed.

At this time, the scout cavalry galloped over: "Report to Your Majesty, the three commanders of Amintas, Matonis, and Lizalu have already arrived with their troops!" ”

Hearing this, Davers looked around and said with a smile: "It seems that we won, Amintas should lose something!" ”

The crowd laughed.

Davers looked at the troops that were approaching in the dust behind him, and said, "Tolmid, inform the commanders of the legions immediately...... Well, and let the leader of the mountain reconnaissance team, Izzam, also rush here immediately! ”

"Yes!"

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In spite of the many expansions of the river port in Rome over the years, it had only five or six wharves, and the port was not very large, much smaller than the granary next to it, and the only thing that interested Davers was the discovery of a lot of timber in the warehouses in the port: "When the legions are properly settled, inform the engineering battalions and transport them all to be used to set up camps or to make more siege equipment." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Tolmid hurriedly asked the staff officers to write it down.

Davers looked down at the sparkling waters of the Tiber River in front of him, the water flowing gently and deeply.

He looked into the distance again, and the wide river made the opposite bank seem shadowy, and he turned his head to look upstream, and to his disappointment, there was only the river in his sight, and there was no vertebral bridge connecting the north and south banks.