123.Siege of Bruges (II)
"Brothers, do your best, do it again, come here, do it again!"
In Bruges, under the walls of the Bedurician people, Appis, under the protection of the legion's veterans, commanded the elite hundred-man team to once again smash the battering ram into the enemy's gates. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info This is already the second day of the bloody battle of Bruges, the first day of the legion's attack has been defused, Antony's camouflage line will be seen through by Vicintoli at any time, the Roman legions have reached the most critical moment, since Vicintoli implemented the scorched earth tactics, Caesar's attack is almost a dangerous move, as long as one wrong step, the Roman legions will die in Gaul. Just like at this moment, attacking Bruges is still one of Caesar's many dangerous moves. If Antony could not hold back the Vicintoli army, the Roman legions would be caught between the Vicintoli army outside the city and the Gallic defenders in the city, which would risk the entire army being annihilated. So the siege was the key to the whole campaign.
The Roman hundred-man detachment still tried to climb the walls to destroy the Gallic defenders, but everyone knew that there was little hope of such a siege, and the city was already full of the corpses of Roman soldiers, and they did not even dare to transport them back to the camp at night, because the Gauls would throw spears and arrows on the walls and towers.
"Caesar?"
Lepita stood beside Caesar and asked nervously.
"Lepida, are you worried that our legion won't be able to take that city? Don't worry, my friend, at most one more day I will personally put on a big red cloak and fight with the soldiers at the forefront, the Roman legions will not be defeated, and the barbarians will not have a chance. Lepida, believe in our soldiers. ”
Caesar stood at the back of the crowd and answered Lepida with confidence. But Lebida still frowned, he saw that the siege had only been carried out for one day, and thousands of legionary infantry and dozens of centurions had been killed, although this number was not much, but compared to all the siege battles of the Roman legions in the past, it was already considered a huge casualty.
The eagle banner was pushed to the front line, the soldiers were only one step away from the city wall, under the cover of the "tortoiseshell array" and siege vehicles, dozens of legionary infantry were struggling to push the battering ram, hitting the city gate of the Betuligis again and again, Appis's face was already bloodstained, blood flowed down the top of his head, it was impossible to distinguish whether it was the blood of his comrades or the blood of the enemy, every Roman soldier who pushed the siege vehicle was more or less stained with blood, and under the staggered shooting of the Gauls' bows and arrows, there were constantly legionnaires falling. The whole battlefield was full of fighting, and the muffled crash of heavy weapons was shocking with each blow, but it seemed that the world was so quiet again, only the painful and stiff expressions on the faces of the soldiers remained, and the scene of blood rushing from the wounded to the ground......
Once again, the battering ram slammed into the gates of Bruges with great force, and this time, cracks appeared in the gates. Hope arose, and the rift was seen not only by the Roman legionnaires, but also by the Gauls in the city.
"Brothers, victory is ahead, the gates of the Gauls have cracked, do it again! One more time! ”
Appis tore his throat and raised his arms and shouted. Behind them, the morale of the thirty Roman legionnaires was greatly boosted, and they frantically dragged the battering rams, and then shouted slogans in unison, and then the huge Roman battering rams slammed into the gates of the Beturigis again.
This time, the gates of Bruges were completely shattered. Wood chips flew everywhere, a large amount of dust fell, and the cheers of the Roman legionnaires became the clarion call for attack, and everyone, like mad beasts, rushed madly towards the city. And all the Bedu people in the city also frantically poured in and blocked the door. They even abandoned the defenses on the walls and all crowded to the broken gates.
It's simply not fighting, it's wrestling, people crowding people, where the two forces converge, there is not even room for soldiers to wave their weapons, it's just brutal pushing.
"Hold on, brothers!"
Appis stood at the front of the line, and did not have the strength to shout any more superfluous words, so he could only use all his strength to resist the shield and squeeze towards the barbarians. All the Roman soldiers around them were like this, under the cover of shields, with all their strength, to squeeze the barbarians back.
And the Gauls were not stupid, they also knew that if at this time, they gave up wrestling, it would be equivalent to giving up the whole city, and once the Romans rushed in, the men in the city who could now take up arms would not be enough to resist the Roman legions.
The warriors were roaring, the blood was rushing, and Appis couldn't help but think of the distant years, when he had just come to this world, in the sand of the gladiator academy, the gladiator instructor trained and ordered the gladiators on both sides to wrestle with each other, and the losing side was to be whipped, and he had to clean the dung pit, clean it with his bare hands, and there was no food for two days...... Under such rigorous training, the gladiators on both sides used all their strength to squeeze towards each other's ranks. The afterglow of the setting sun sprinkled down, but it couldn't penetrate the blood mist here.
The warriors roared and blood was shirring, and the siege was not over until Rabienus led a detachment of infantry to climb the walls of the Beduricians, clear the defenders there, and throw javelins at the gates, where the Bedurrigis were most concentrated.
The last defenders of the Bedurigis suffered heavy casualties at the gates, and the Roman infantry condescendingly threw javelins, and the penetrating power of the Roman heavy javelins even penetrated the shields of the barbarians, and the spearheads were firmly sunk into the enemy's body, and for a while, blood rushed wildly, and screams were everywhere.
Under the rapid attrition, the side of the wrestling, the Bedurligis, was defeated.
A large number of legionary infantry rushed into the city gates, and the Roman legions were like an uncontrollable torrent, breaking away the last line of defense of the Gauls in the city, slaughtering, slaughtering, plundering, plundering, plundering, Bruges, in one day, reduced to hell on earth. The red-eyed Roman soldiers were like bloodthirsty beasts, searching from house to house for everything of value and all the food they hid for.
Inspired by the martial spirit, the Roman legionnaires carried out a brutal massacre of the Gauls in the city, and Appis saw with his own eyes a scene he saw in the movie before crossing - several Gauls were surrounded by a group of Roman heavy infantry, their long swords and axes could not break through the shield wall of the Roman heavy infantry, but the Roman infantry stretched out their bloody short swords from behind the shields and stabbed them into their bodies, screaming with blood splattering, dyeing the shields of the Roman soldiers completely red......
Subsequently, the ground was covered with red liquid and viscous entrails, and the Gauls, apparently surrounded and assassinated, were disemboweled.
In the bloody rain, Appis felt physically exhausted, and he ran out of strength in the tragic siege battle. Rabienus walked over and placed his bloodied right hand on Appis's shoulder......