Compared to the light infantry of Dionia, the siege towers were a greater threat to the defenders at the head of the city.

Every time the bow was fired, the arrows were all killed, causing the defenders facing the siege towers to be terrified and retreated, resulting in several small clearings at the crowded city.

Of course, as the siege tower advanced, the elevation angle between the belly bow and the head of the city increased, and the belly bow could not be raised, so that it could not accurately shoot at the head of the city, resulting in a much lower threat, but the legion javelinmen at the top of the tower began to exert their power, relying on the protection of the wooden fence, condescendingly, throwing heavy javelins at the head of the city. The javelins were no match for arrows, and the Roman hoplites were also wounded when they were pierced, forcing them to raise their shields to be on guard, and the Roman archers also fired at the top of the siege towers to attack the Ionian javelinmen, who had no armor to protect them.

The suppression of the head of the city by the siege towers caused the defenders of this section of the wall to weaken their attacks on the Ionian soldiers who were attached to the siege of the city, and they were attacked by the opponents one after another, and each time the enemy was killed or driven out of the city, the Roman soldiers had to pay two or three times the price of casualties.

And now the greatest danger is coming, the siege towers are slowly approaching the city walls. Even though the Roman defenders kept throwing asphalt cans at it, constantly setting the tower on fire, and even turning it into a sea of fire on its way, nearly 100 Dionian baggage personnel were in the side and rear of the siege tower, under the cover of the wooden shed outside the tower, while constantly dousing the sand to extinguish the burning oil on the ground, while pushing the siege tower forward, even if someone was injured or even fell down from time to time, it did not shake their determination to complete the task.

Eventually, the behemoth finally approached the city walls.

"Get out of there! Get out of the way! "As the situation was critical, Scipio the Great came to command himself, and when he saw that the soldiers were still crowded around the battlements, he cried out in a hurry.

Just as the Roman soldiers retreated on either side, the wooden-clad iron bridge attached to the top of the siege tower crashed down and landed on the battlements, knocking the Roman soldiers who were still below to the ground.

Scipio the Great, who had no time to feel heartache and was crushed by the soldiers under the wooden bridge, shouted in a loud voice: "Oil! Hurry up and toss the oil of fire!! ……”

In fact, the Romans did not anticipate the siege of the city in advance, and there was no large amount of asphalt in the city, and in the past two days almost all the asphalt used for lighting in the homes of the Roman people has been looted, and the fighting has been almost consumed, and the Roman people have to urgently transport the olive oil for consumption.

"Bang! Boom! ......" dozens of clay pots smashed on it.

But at the same time, the soldiers of the 2nd Legion of Dionia, who had been prepared in the tower long ago, had already shouted the name of Hades, and quickly rushed from the siege tower to the wooden bridge, and as they rushed forward, they shot down the flying clay pots with their long shields.

Of course, there are also soldiers who were splashed with olive oil, and then unfortunately hit by flying torches, and instantly turned into a burning man, he screamed miserably, but at this moment his comrades did not stop to save him, but turned their vigorous fighting spirit into full of anger, not afraid of the dense erection of bayonets in front of them, blocked the long shield in front of their chests, jumped off the bridge, one by one like Mount Tai pressed the top, resolutely jumped into the dense array of Roman soldiers, regardless of the gunshot wounds on his body, waving the short sword in his hand, Lightning-fast stabs at nearby enemies.

Although the improvised Roman soldiers had begun to adapt to the atmosphere of the battlefield and were inspired by the belief in defending their homeland, they were either too young and inexperienced to fight, or they were too old and lacked physical strength, and the soldiers of the Second Dionian Legion were elite, all like tigers, and the Roman defenders' arrays were in disarray, and most of the screams came from the defenders.

Fortunately, Scipio the Great had already anticipated this, and placed most of the 3,000 young Roman soldiers who remained in Rome on the southern wall of the defense, and used 1,000 of them as a mobile force to deal with emergencies. At this moment, he transferred 400 elite soldiers to form a dense gun formation at both ends of the aisle at the head of the city, and drove the Roman soldiers in front of him to squeeze inward, trying to annihilate the Dionian soldiers who rushed to the city in one fell swoop through front and rear flanking attacks.

Unbeknownst to him, the experienced Dioonian soldiers, regardless of their own casualties, relied on frantic attacks to continuously expand the space at the head of the city, and the successive Dionian soldiers braved the gradually increasing fire and continued to rush to the top of the city...... While they were attacking, they were also quickly forming formations.

By the time the old and weak Roman army in front of them was wounded, dead, and retreating, and the Roman soldiers were facing the enemy directly, the Dionian soldiers had already stood at the head of the city about sixty people, and they formed a shield array, defending against the attacks before and after, like a rock at the head of the city.

Although Scipio the Great was anxious when he saw this situation, he also knew that this was not a short time to solve the battle, fortunately the siege tower had already been ablazed, and even the javelinmen at the top of the tower, which was a great threat to the defenders, had withdrawn, and it was impossible for any enemy to use it to rush to the top of the city, which gave him some comfort.

But soon, his mood hit rock bottom again: "General Scipio! Over there...... The siege towers over there are approaching the walls! ”

Scipio the Great quickly led another 400 able-bodied soldiers.

This time he decided to learn his lesson and directly let these soldiers defend the head of the city that the siege tower was going to approach, block the enemy rushing from the tower, and never give them a chance to gain a foothold in the city.

But after going back and forth, he found that the troops defending the city were already a little nervous.

At this time, the herald finally brought him good news: the Senate had sent more than 1,400 reinforcements.

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Mattonis, who had been watching the battle from afar, sighed at the crumbling siege tower, and soon became excited that another siege tower was approaching the wall

"Quick, send another company up! This time we must not only rush to the top of the city, but also break through the enemy's blockade and clear the way for the other soldiers to climb up the city! ”

"Legionnaire, we ...... There are no more companies to send. The adjutant reminded in embarrassment.

"What?! Didn't it just now—" Mattonis looked back in amazement.

Not far behind him were a large number of people, but more than half of them were engineers and craftsmen, who were still busy making siege engines; Others were members of the baggage battalion, who were not only responsible for pushing the beyore-knit siege equipment, but also carrying some of the wounded soldiers back on the way back; Others were doctors and nurses from the medical battalion, who treated the wounded soldiers they brought back on the battlefield......

Once again, Matonis looked at the bloody battlefield ahead.

Dozens of arrow-blocking vehicles in front of the trench were burned, and beams of rising smoke obscured most of the view; The light infantry were firing arrows at the head of the city much more slowly than before, and I am afraid they were also feeling fatigued.

Under the city, the heavy infantry of the Second Legion squatted on the ground, hiding their whole bodies under their long shields, and looked at it in a trance, as if the land below the city was black, and there was a dark light; Only ladders were erected like great trees, clinging to the walls, and then the Ionian soldiers crawling on them dyed the dusty walls into black paths, and soldiers kept falling down above them, and soldiers were constantly replenishing them below; From time to time, a flame rose from below the city, mixed with terrible screams, each time making Mattonis's heart tighten.

Three of the five tall siege towers had been burned down, and one of the siege towers had been crushed by broken planks and broken axles when passing through the trench because some of the sandbags had not been tamped, and the siege towers could not move forward, but could only be used as a platform for the belly bow and javelinmen to carry out their attacks......

In Mattonis's sharp eyes, he also saw that under the shield formed by the soldiers under the city, there were some wounded soldiers struggling, they were too injured to move to the rear, and they were successfully picked up by the baggage men.

Mattonis thought of the dozens of soldiers who were surrounded at the head of the city, and his heart began to be anxious: if the city of Rome could not be captured today, the fate of those soldiers who could not retreat smoothly from the city and below the city would be very miserable!

Thinking of this, he put behind what Davers said before the war, "We must preserve our strength and reduce casualties in order to cope with the next battle", and said loudly: "Let the trumpeters blow the attack horn for me again, and urge the soldiers to step up the attack!" And also...... Hurry back to the camp and tell Your Majesty that I beg for another brigade of heavy infantry!" ”

"Legion Commander." The adjutant reminded: "I was notified before, four brigades have been sent to the camp to intercept the Roman reinforcements, and there are only two brigades left in the camp, I'm afraid-"

"Don't be verbose, go!" Mattonis, red-eyed, shouted irritably.

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At this time, in the tent of the Chinese army, Davers had just received a report from the scouts: it was reported that there were nearly 2,000 troops ten miles southeast of the city of Rome, and they were marching rapidly north.

Davos immediately looked at the map, and at the same time, Claunessus, the staff officer in charge of analyzing the enemy's situation, also quickly made a judgment based on the previous intelligence: "Your Majesty, this is still the reinforcement from the Latin city-states such as Prinister, Bonne, and Gabi. ”

He pointed to a spot with red dots on the map and said, "The target of their attack is most likely the Sixth Legion!" ”

"Most of the soldiers of the Sixth Legion are besieging the city...... "Davers muttered for a moment, and said decisively, "immediately send the heavy infantry brigade of the Fifth Legion that remains in the camp to intercept it!" ”

"Your Majesty!" Claunessus reminded: "If this heavy infantry brigade is sent, there will only be one light armored brigade of the Second Legion left in the camp!" ”