"Apis has recruited troops and bought hearts and minds in southern Gaul, his legions are growing, Octavian, you must figure out how to deal with it. Pen, Fun, Pavilion www.biquge.info while Apis hasn't gone further south, support Aletion! ”

What about the ornate Octavian Administrator's residence, Masinus asked anxiously.

Octavian was surrounded by officials and officers of all ranks, and this group of young Romans, who had been in high spirits a few days ago, were all as anxious as ants on a hot pot, talking to each other and discussing a lot, but no one could come up with an idea of how to deal with this sudden crisis.

"No, my most elite legions are all in Marseille, and in Gaul there are now only two permanent legions of recruits in the city of Rome, one each in Brindisi and Capua, but only four in Italy combined. When these legions are gathered and set out for Aletthene, which has long been besieged by Apis, we will face a head-on battle with Apis. But Appis brought three elite legions this time, and we have no advantage, or no certainty, in a head-on conflict. Agrippa must wait until he returns to deal with Aphiz. ”

Octavian was also anxious, but his leadership kept him calm in front of everyone, and everyone heard what he said to Masinus, but no one dared to stand up and say that he was capable of leading the four legions against Appis.

"Damn it! How did he do it! Is Appis crazy? This wild dog! ”

Officials at the scene immediately complained loudly. A few days ago, everyone was excitedly waiting for the news of Agrippa's triumph in the north, but now, the opponent drove the legion directly to the gate. Moreover, no one dared to come forward to meet it.

"Then you might as well be a wild dog, if you can't even defeat your opponent. Be respectful of our opponents. Marcus Starr. ”

Octavian accused loudly. The scene was silent and silent.

"Masinus, go down on my orders and urgently recruit soldiers from southern Italy and the city of Rome, the recruits may be ineffective, but it is still possible to defend the city. Let Aletion resist for a while, for I believe the city will be enough to hold Apis for three months. In just over a month, Agrippa will be able to return to Italy. ”

After a moment of silence, Octavian explained to his deputy, Masinas. In fact, there were no useful statements or opinions in this meeting, except for the panic of the people, and the anger of Octavian.

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"Brothers, soldiers, all those who fought alongside me, who have not fought alongside me, today, the glory that belongs to us has arrived. Conquer the city in front of you, let the glory of Rome return to this ancient land, take back the power we right, take back the land that belongs to us, the money that belongs to us! ”

While Octavian and many Roman officials were busy in the Senate, the siege of the city that Apis had left behind was also on the front line. In front of the three armies, Apis shouted on a well-made warhorse. Three elite Roman legions began to take turns attacking the city of Aletion, an important city in northern Italy.

Trebuchets bombarded the city in unison, throwing boulders with scorching flames into the city, and the sky was covered in smoke and a rain of arrows. Bows, arrows, and spears from both sides flew across the walls and on the offensive lines of the legions. The unlucky recruits were pierced into the head and thighs by the arrows that had been thrown down the patrons of the Legion, and the veterans instinctively knelt down when they saw the rain of spears and arrows falling, raising their shields above their heads to fend off long-range attacks from above.

As far as the eye can see, the entire city wall of Aletion is full of this crazy siege behavior, the veterans are in groups of three or five, erecting siege ladders, and the recruits are also scrambling to climb the city wall with the veterans. At the head of the city, arrows and javelins were thrown down continuously, and some soldiers were shot through the body by javelins, fell down the ladder, and blood flowed all over the ground. Some soldiers were hit by arrows and rolled down in pain, clutching their wounds and screaming in pain.

At the scene, blood was spilled, and the Roman soldiers who had just climbed to the top of the city were besieged on three sides by the defenders of Aletion, and countless sharp knives and short swords attacked from three sides, piercing the siege soldiers who had not yet stepped on the tower...... Blood splattered on the faces of the legionnaires who were climbing the ladder behind, as if a pack of hungry beasts were besieging the city.

Not far away, several Roman sappers pushed the scorpion cannon forward, and then aimed at a section of the wall directly in front of it that no warriors climbed, trying to break it down with their ballistas.

The Roman defenders on the walls were quick to notice this, and the archers aimed their arrows in the direction of the Roman engineers' advance, and then a rain of lit arrows flew in. The legion veterans in the rear quickly raised their shields and gathered together to form a neat shield wall, protecting the siege ballistae from the enemy's rain of arrows.

The next moment, a rain of arrows hit the veterans' shield walls, making a tinkling sound. A few fiery arrows were even nailed into the shields of the legionnaires. And the Legion Engineer Gate, standing behind the veteran, seized the time to manipulate the ballista. Then, the centurion shouted and ordered the infantry in front of him to get out of the way. In the next second, a lit cannon whistled towards the city wall......

The cannon struck the wall like a meteor, and the stone was torn apart with the blood star, but the wall was still standing sturdily with only a slight crack. Apparently, the archers above the walls were hit by several, but the walls remained almost immobile. The walls of Aretine were built over a period of several years, with numerous reinforcements in between, and it can be said that the walls of the city were stronger than Rome, the capital of the empire.

"Damn it! Siege formation, on! ”

Seeing that long-range weapons could not break down the walls, the centurions used a second plan, in which the soldiers formed a "tortoiseshell formation" to move under the walls, and then used their pickaxes to dig the cracks in the walls, where they had just been hit by the artillery.

Immediately, the Roman hundred-man team formed an impenetrable "tortoiseshell array" and slowly advanced. The defenders of Aletion frantically threw stones and spears against the shield wall with a continuous clanging sound.

And the morale of the legion's infantry was high, and they were still advancing in a phalanx formation. Beneath the walls, Appis's legionary veterans used the pickaxes they used to dig the fortifications to knock on the cracks in the walls, ripping off the earth and stones from the walls. Beneath the city walls, dust is everywhere...... However, the most terrible fire attack came......

When barrels of tar and asphalt were brought down the walls, Appis knew that the same method he had used to defend Lugdurum, the defenders of Aletion......