"Ah...... I'm sorry! Although Asuna was apologizing, the joy on her face was still unstoppable.

Kristooya, who was lying at the head of the bed, looked at her, and couldn't help but be infected by her, showing a hint of a smile: "I heard your laughter from a long distance, say, what's the good thing?" ”

"Madame, Lady Agnes...... Oh no, the two princesses! Congratulations, the Senate has just proclaimed Lord Davos King of Dionia! Asuna said the joy in her heart in one breath.

Christoya's pretty face was also filled with joy, completely concealing the weakness after childbirth. At this moment, she suddenly remembered that after a love affair, Davers had said in high spirits, 'Little Cyrus is nothing great, and I will make you princess in the near future!' ’…… Davers, he really did it!

Agnes was not as excited as Christoya and Arsuna, after all, Great Greece had been away from the royal government for hundreds of years, and she didn't feel much about it, she was just happy for her husband.

"Two princesses, when Cynthia and Adoris come back from school, we will hold a banquet to celebrate this good news, how about it?!" Asuna suggested, and Christoya shook her head after only a moment's thought, and said, "Now that the people of the alliance are worried about the war and their loved ones, we are holding a banquet to celebrate at this time, which will be disgusting and will damage Davers's reputation!" ”

"The princess is right." Asuna hurriedly said.

"Don't say the word 'princess', things haven't been completely settled yet, let's not be too complacent!" Christoya reminded her again.

"yes, I think it's still better than before, and it makes people feel familiar." Agnes interjected, "Why don't we sacrifice to the gods at home tonight, thank them for their blessings on us, and hope they will bless Davos on his safe return!" ”

"My sister's proposal is so good! We should sacrifice to Hades and thank him for protecting our husband! At the same time—" Christoya smiled at Agnes, "We also want to sacrifice to Hera to thank her for blessing me with a healthy birth, and I hope she can bless you with a smooth birth as well!" ”

"Hmm!" Agnes caressed her slightly bulging abdomen with a motherly smile.

"Wow! Wow! Wow! ......" At this time, Eunice in the cradle woke up.

"Ouch, my little princess!" Asuna hurriedly leaned over and lifted the diaper to see: "She pulled, it's quite a lot!" As he spoke, he changed diapers very skillfully......

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In the early morning, the people of Crotone were awakened by the continuous sound of military trumpets outside the city.

"What's going on?"

"I'm afraid the people of Syracuse are going to attack the city!"

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The people looked at the city in the distance with soldiers.

Suddenly, a black dot passed over the city walls.

"Get out of the way!" The people reminded each other, looked in the direction from which the stone was ejected, and ran away. They were already familiar with the terrible weapon of Syracuse, and its attacks on the city of Crotone had not stopped for the past few days.

But today's situation was noticeably different from the previous two days, and one after another the stone projectiles flew over the city, smashing into the neighborhoods of the city near the city walls, and soon the houses were broken and rubble. People scattered and fled with the support of their injured relatives......

Stone bullets bombarded the city wall again and again, causing the stone skins to fall down one by one......

Lycias, who was watching all this from the top of the city, began to feel anxious: "Why does Dionia's ballista team not fight back and allow the enemy to fire stone bullets so recklessly? ”

"Lord Lucias, the Dionians can't help it." Askamas, who had spoken to the ballista many times, explained: "The towers on our walls were too narrow to fit a single ballista, so they had to put the ballista under the city. But the walls were too high, so the ballistas had to raise the elevation angle, so that the range would be shorter......"

"That means they can't attack the enemy's ballistas!" Lucias understood.

"Yes. Therefore, the Dioonians suggested that we should not expose our ballistae first, and then deal a heavy blow to the enemy when they were comfortable attacking. Although Astamias did not have a good impression of Dionya before, he also knew the importance of unity at the moment of the great enemy, so he said frankly: "I think this method is feasible. ”

Lucias thought for a moment and reluctantly agreed to the suggestion of the Dionian Ballista: "But what do we do now?" The number of ballistae used by the enemy today is significantly higher than in the previous two days, and I am afraid that the walls will be blown down! ”

"Don't worry, this won't happen for the time being." Ascamas comforted him: "We can only wait for the enemy to attack, and then strike at them!" I'm sure the people of Syracuse will do it soon! ”

As he spoke, his eyes were fixed on the wide earthen rampart that had been built by the Syracuse people for days and days directly in front of the city, and he thought that compared to the ballista, this was the real threat to the city's defenses. Yesterday he had sent his soldiers out of the city to destroy it, only to be routed by the Syracuses, who had been on guard. He also thought about digging a tunnel to get over, but the outside of the city was surrounded by a moat, and when the tunnel was dug below the moat, there was water seepage, which frightened the soldiers to retreat quickly, otherwise they would probably drown in the tunnel. Finally it was the Dioonians who told him, 'There is a way to destroy that earthen rampart.' Only then did he put his mind at ease for a while.

Ascamas knew: despite the fact that the ramparts were empty now, when the siege began, it would be full of Syracuse archers, firing arrows at the soldiers at the top of the city......

"I'll go see the Trina people, and I'll leave it all to you!" Lucias said solemnly, the constant roar made him highly nervous, as if the city wall would collapse at any moment, so he wanted to get out of here quickly.

It just so happened that today Sipros led the soldiers of Trina to defend the northern city, and as the chief general of Crotone, of course, it was necessary to go and pay his respects. At the same time, there are thousands of soldiers in Xiliting, who defended the southern city, which is also a force that can be relied on. Because of the slaughter of the city of Siracudin, the relatives and friends of these soldiers were either killed, sold into slavery and taken to a foreign land, and the anger of the Silitin soldiers had to be appeased with the blood of the Syracusens, who most wanted the Syracuse to attack.

Lucias was just about to leave, but the guards sent an urgent report: countless Syracuse warships had appeared outside the harbor, preparing to break into the bay.

Crotone is somewhat similar to Tarantum, their port and the city itself are integrated, but the port is built in the bay, because the bay is large, it is impossible for the Crotone people to blockade, so when the enemy's fleet breaks in, it is possible to land on the side and rear of the city of Crotone (that is, southeast of the city), although there is also a wall there, but while defending the city wall, it is also necessary to be vigilant against the enemy to break through the port and land on the dock, which has higher requirements for the command and judgment of the commander. Especially when Crotone doesn't have a lot of troops.

"We need an experienced general to command the few soldiers in the port area to stop the enemy from sneaking up on our rear!" Ascamas said with a solemn expression.

Lucias understood what he meant, and said without hesitation, "I'll send Milon." ”

Milon, the former chief general of Crotone, was expelled by the citizens of Crotole after leading his army to defeat Dionia, and he had to flee to the Peloponnese, not far from Crotone, to live in seclusion in the small coastal town of Corion in Ellis.

It wasn't until the army of Syracuse invaded Greater Greece that Crotone decided to recall his former exiles so that he could work together to fight the Syracuses. As soon as Milon received the news, he immediately returned to Crotone, but by that time the Crotone army had already set off for Siritin, so he remained in the city as a normal citizen until it was activated today.

Listening to Lycias's words, Ascamas smiled slightly, but this smile quickly faded as the enemy began to attack......

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A few hundred meters away, the large, loose, seemingly boundless battle formations of the Syracuse people slowly approached the city walls. At the forefront were some strangely shaped engineering equipment pushed by the Syracuse people, such as battering rams, and many wooden wheeled vehicles that were covered like battering rams, with personnel inside, and five or six meters long......

What worries Ascamas the most are the three massive, movable wooden towers that are taller than the city walls. Although it was the first time that Ascamas had seen it in the war, a word immediately flashed in his mind - siege towers, and he had heard that the Syracuse people had used siege towers to capture many cities in Carthage on Sicily, but this time he saw the real thing, but it was so shocking to him.

And the soldiers were equally shocked and overwhelmed when they saw the huge engineering tower slowly approaching them.

"Cheer up!" Ascamas shouted loudly, continuing to cheer up the soldiers, but also to cheer himself up: "Don't look at that thing that big, but it can't cross the moat!" ”

Yes, there's a moat, and the monster can't get through! The soldiers relaxed for a moment, and then they saw that the enemy's siege column had stopped advancing, and out of it came thousands of naked men, carrying cloth bags on their backs, staggering towards the city walls, and behind them were heavily armed Syracuse light infantry, pushing the arrow wagons to follow......

Could it be the slaves of Syracuse, ready to fill our moat?! Colebus and his companions all had the same idea, clenching their javelins and bows and arrows.

Ascamas felt a little uneasy in his heart.