"His laws, like his force, smell of blood." - Historians on Charlemagne

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Although the chief brigade of the Sixteenth Legion, along with the Mattias, was known for their hardships and hard work, and their commanders Kretas and Hansk were also first-class heroes, they were still in a difficult situation under the isolation and siege of the superior enemy, but thanks to the "delay in peace talks" of Otakilius in advance, they occupied the only stream and built fortifications, and finally held on, but how long they could last is a big question.

In one day, on the basis of the absolute superiority of manpower and material resources, the five giant towers of Macchius were initially erected, and its height was also terrifying, almost the same as the Latin Mountain, and three of them were aimed at this mountain, and the soldiers on it had already arrogantly used rod throwers to smash rockets and stones into the position of the Latin Mountain, and many people were injured, and the shouts of challenge were from morning to night. The half-wall on the other side, almost on the verge of destruction, could not serve as a link and cover at all, and the passage between the city and the Latin Mountains was cut off.

As soon as the siege tower was fully completed, Lelias would be the first to storm the Latin Mountains, and then the city of Salona, a plan that would now be a matter of time for him.

The city was in an atmosphere of panic, and the courage of the young citizens did not mean that they would not be discouraged, and many elders came to the municipal hall more than once to ask General Lybida who stood in front of the statue of the goddess Patina. "How exactly should the enemy blockade and siege of the city be broken?"

"We can select the bravest and most loyal youths to go to the city of Apollonia and ask for reinforcements from His Excellency Dictor Thoidor." One elder said. But to his disappointment, Li Bida was silent, in fact, he refused, probably Caesar's side of the shape shì pressure is also very great, Li Bida calculated, Caesar's current logistics supply line is not up to here, he can only do some restraining behavior in the south. In addition, Caesar could not be too far away from Apollonia and Dixie, otherwise these two cities would be attacked by Pompey's naval army at any time, and they would be regained.

Brindisi's side. Antony and Tellureas, too, were tricky, as the lack of ships and the combined blockade of Byblos and Lipo made it difficult for them to get their men to this side of the ocean in the short term.

"So. We should reorganize the citizens and slaves. Rush to repair that wall, regardless of sacrifice. The other elder, trembling with his white beard, said sadly, but Li Bida still shook his head, if this continued, Salo would collapse on his own before the enemy could fully attack.

"Four thousand people already have a thousand infantry and a thousand cavalry. Holding out on the Latin Hill, only 2,000 men remained in the city. Although equipped with archers, they were scattered across gates, towers, and cliff acropolises, and the forces they could use for raids were limited, and it was Kretas and Hansk who were supposed to carry out such tasks, but now they were prematurely exposed, and it was very difficult for the half-wall to be defended - this is the tricky one. Li Bida, who was still sighing at the statue of the goddess, muttered.

Faobinaston understood what the Acting Commander-in-Chief meant, he was going to change locations and launch a fierce assault on the siege equipment of Lelias, but he was suffering from the lack of mobile assault forces.

"How about using the city's Volunteers?" Because in the era of classical warfare, the concepts of "youth" and "soldier" were almost equivalent, said Faobinas.

Who would have thought that Li Bida was still embarrassed, even if the elders agreed, he left the temple alone, and personally climbed the front gate, looking at the black cloud-like siege team under the city, almost four to one military strength, because during this time, Illyria threw more barbarians into Pompey's camp, and then he remembered the former protector tuna, "When Luculas confronted the king of kings of Armenia, wasn't the disparity in strength still above this time?" In that general battle, I always followed behind the Protector, and his thunderous and wind-like decisive skills that smashed directly into the key points were not recorded in the battle history and formation diagram he recorded, which shows that the Protector's battle is always a combination of decisiveness and intuition, born from the established tactics, but not confined to the established tactics. ”

Yes! I should follow the Lord of Ascension, achieve the glory that he has not achieved, and make up for his shortcomings in the world of this era, I am the chosen man, I can't let the tuna down, Li Bida, take out your courage, this is in addition to wisdom, ambition and ability, what you need to cultivate most now, like the Lord of Pire, and like Caesar!

Then he hurried down the tower, hurried to the magistrate, and asked two decisive questions: now, in the city of Salona, there is the greatest crowd; In the past, in the history of the construction of the city of Salona, the walls were the most vulnerable.

After serious consideration of these two questions, the magistrate replied: "You know, Salona is a city that has developed by gold mining, so the number of slaves in the mines is the largest, and there are as many as three thousand people who have withdrawn into the city this time; In addition, in a certain section of the city wall of the east gate, because of the quality of the masonry, the structure is very fragile, but we have smeared the same color of plaster on the outside, except for a slight difference in shape, the enemy can not see it, of course, you can also take out manpower to consolidate and repair it now, you mentioned the mine slaves just now, probably for this purpose? ”

But the answer was not what the magistrate had expected—to free all the slaves from the mines, to give them tools and weapons, and when the order was given, to destroy that section of the city wall and make it an assault port, to rush out, to destroy and burn the enemy's siege towers, and to kill all the people on them!

This reply simply stunned the city magistrate, not only did not maintain the city wall, but also excavated it, what is the reason? But Li Bida explained succinctly, "Why can't the city wall be destroyed? Is there no passage to enter except the city gates? The human mind is also so imprisoned by the wall, I have seen the location you mentioned, it is a more advantageous sortie point than the city gate, and it happens to be in front of the gap between the siege towers on both sides of the enemy, as long as the vanguard and reserve are used reasonably, such a goal can be achieved! Li Bida said with confidence.

Then, the slaves who had been placed in the abandoned dockyard, shackled, slowly led by the overseers, came to the square in front of the town hall, most of them with blond hair, mostly Gallic and Germanic people who had been enslaved in the war, and their physique was still very strong for the time being, which can only be said to be "temporary", because it was difficult for them to survive three years of life in the mines, and for the slave owners who excavated the mines, these were tools for "one-time consumption".

Many began to shout after the assembly, probably thinking that the Roman generals would have reduced their rations because they had held the city longer. (To be continued......)