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Each ladder can accommodate fifty people to attack the city wall, and fifty ladders are enough for two thousand five hundred people to attack the city wall at the same time; And the four siege ladders, that is also an attacking force that can accommodate a total of 500 people.

These two siege weapons alone could allow three thousand elite Spanish troops to attack the walls at the same time; Coupled with the attack of the siege cone on the city gates, it was impossible for the defenders of the House of Augustus, who were caught off guard, to organize effective resistance!

Of course, Botricott was not arrogant enough to think that with these siege equipment, his army could take the city of Córdoba, which was defended by more than 4,000 troops in one day; It's just that the existence of these siege equipment will indeed greatly speed up the attack speed of your own army!

You must know that the kingdom of Spain used rudimentary ladders to attack cities; Those poorly crafted siege ladders, even if there is no defender counterattack, can break when the own army climbs, let alone if the defenders counterattack.

Since the Spanish nation itself is a member of the barbarians in the civilized world, and its degree of civilization is only slightly stronger than that of the Gallic barbarians in terms of institutions, the Kingdom of Spain is inferior to the Gallic barbarians in terms of military aspects.

Therefore, there were no cities in the whole kingdom of Spain with high walls and strong walls, but only small cities with poor defenses; Even Asturiga, the capital of the Kingdom of Spain, was a medium-sized city.

Even Asturiga, the largest city in the Kingdom of Spain, was enclosed by wooden walls, and could not be compared to the completely stone walled Córdoba; And the reason why Córdoba is so majestic is due to the Hannibal family.

After the defeat in the Punic Wars, the Hannibals fled directly by sea to the Iberian Peninsula and launched a war against the Kingdom of Spain on the Iberian Peninsula; If you can't defeat the army of the Hannibal family in the Roman Republic, you can easily fight Spain.

The Kingdom of Spain, which had been defeated by the armies of the Hannibals, soon lost control of the provinces of Betica and Iberia; Even if a goddess of war such as Joan of Arc appeared later in the Kingdom of Spain, she could not save the defeat.

There is no way, who let the powerful Hannibal family also have a rebellious existence like Hannibal, the god of war, and the upper ruling class of the Kingdom of Spain is corrupt and incompetent? In the end, the Kingdom of Spain, thanks to Joan of Arc's efforts, recaptured the province of Iberia; However, the province of Betica was officially recognized by the Kingdom of Spain as the territory of the House of Hannibal.

And the Hannibal family, who are like duckweed, are also extremely attentive to the construction of the province of Betica after finally having the province of Betica as their family's shelter; The construction of its capital Córdoba is even more dedicated.

It was thanks to the efforts of the Hannibal family that today's tall and sturdy Cordoba was born; It is a great irony that once upon a time, the Kingdom of Spain and the House of Augustus were the sworn enemies of the House of Hannibal.

Now, the army of the House of Augustus is in the city that once belonged to the House of Hannibal, relying on the strong walls built by the House of Hannibal to resist the attack of the army of the Kingdom of Spain; The occurrence of this kind of thing really makes people sigh at the impermanence of the world!

Instead of attacking immediately, Botricott's army chose to set up camp first to build siege engines; Marcus on the city wall naturally knew the actions of the Spanish army at a glance, but as a weak side, he could only choose to watch from the sidelines.

Who made Marcus neither have the ability to take the initiative nor continue to strengthen his own defense? In fact, at this time, Marcus did not know that among the siege machines built by the Borricott army, there would be unexpected siege ladders and siege cones.

Otherwise, Marcus would have immediately ordered the defenders to block all the gates of the city, and also prevent the Spanish army of Botracot from breaking through the gates; Sadly, Marcus was completely ignorant of this.

Botrichot's army is still preparing for tomorrow's siege, and Marcus's army is also making preparations for the defense of the city walls; More stones and columns were carried onto the walls, and the defenders were heavily defending.

The construction of siege towers and siege cones is still very time-consuming and manpower-intensive; In addition, the craftsmen from the Roman forces also needed to guide the soldiers of the Second Legion to improve the siege ladders, and the amount of work was still very huge.

However, after the First Legion had completed the task of setting up a temporary barracks, Botrecott also sent the soldiers of the First Legion to build siege engines, and worked with the soldiers of the Second Legion to build siege equipment.

With the cooperation of the two legions, the progress of building siege equipment has been significantly accelerated; In addition to the arrangements for the construction of siege equipment, Botricott also made specific arrangements for the operational planning of his direct legions.

The 4,000 Spanish fanatics led by Edota had made great feats while suffering heavy casualties in the assault on the camp of the Augustus' Third Legion; However, Edota's bravery was necessary to attack Córdoba.

Therefore, Botracott assigned the bull warriors under the command of Oghuz to the command of Edotta; In addition, Edota will also be responsible for the main attack on Córdoba, and the siege towers and siege cones will also be used by Edota's troops.

As for the elite shield soldiers still under the command of Oghuz, their task was to sit in the middle army with Botrikot and act as a backup army for the entire battlefield; The task of attacking the city walls using siege ladders was naturally handed over to Tekomin's First Legion.

Of all the armies, the only one that didn't have a mission was the Second Army of Gazka; In fact, Botricott also intended to attack Córdoba in a rotational manner, with the First Army attacking on the first day and the Second Army attacking on the second day.

Silent all night, the defenders of Córdoba, out of precaution against the Spanish army, continued to patrol the city walls in strict accordance with three shifts throughout the night; And the army of Botracott also began to rest at night after leaving enough patrol soldiers.

The next morning, when the day was just dawning, a loud trumpet sounded in the barracks of Botrecott; Then, the originally quiet military camp began to be noisy, and the soldiers under the command of Botrecott were all preparing for today's battle.

After a brief breakfast, the armies of Edota and Tekomin began to receive their own siege engines; It was also with Oghuz that Botrecott took Oghuz's shield soldiers to a place three hundred meters away from the city wall.

As time passed, Tecomin's army began to appear in front of Marcus with ladders; But what shocked Marcus the most was the siege ladder and siege cones pushed by Edotta's army!

When four standard Roman siege stairs and two Roman siege cones appeared in Marcus' field of vision, Marcus was completely shocked; He didn't even have time to think about anything before he gave the order to the second and third groups below the city walls to block the city gates!

As soon as Marcus's order was given, the 2,600 soldiers under the city walls quickly approached and searched for all kinds of heavy objects that could be used to pile up, and blocked behind the city gates; In order to speed up, Marcus even sent his own 600 reserve soldiers to block the city gates.

However, the city gate is easy to block, and the attack of the siege tower is not easy to defend! At the sound of Botricott's order, the soldiers of Tecomin's First Regiment immediately carried the ladder and shouted the Spanish army's charging slogan, and charged towards the walls of Córdoba.

Marcus still had a few archers under his command, but their few numbers were not enough to do much damage to the attacking Spanish army; The Spanish troops, carrying ladders, quickly approached the walls.

When the first ladder was leaned against the top of the city, the guards on the wall immediately began to lift the stones on the wall and smash them at the enemy on the wall; Rolling stones can always kill or wound as few or two or as many as a few enemy soldiers.

However, the offensive of a full fifty ladders could not be stopped by relying only on the counterattack of three hundred men; The hoplites of the Third Legion, armed with short swords, also immediately began to push the ladders of the Spanish army outwards to prevent the enemy from climbing the walls!

At this time, the battle has just begun, whether it is the defending Marcus army or the attacking Tekomin army, they are all working hard with confidence, and the morale of both sides is strong enough to devour the opponent!

At the same time, the siege ladder forces led by Edota began to slowly approach the walls; Edota himself led all the fanatics and bull warriors, desperately pushing the siege ladder, wanting to kill the city as soon as possible and fight the defenders to take the city!

Marcus's defenders did not resist for long, and soon had the first Spanish warrior to climb the walls with a ladder; Although the first warrior to climb the city wall was killed on the spot by a hoplite after only three seconds of stepping on the wall, it represented that the attacking Spanish army had begun to make a breakthrough and began to extend the battle site to the city wall!

After the first, the second, the third...... More and more Spanish siege soldiers climbed the city walls along the ladders, and the main defenders of the walls changed from guards to hoplites of the Third Legion.

Under the personal command of Marcus, the hoplites of the Third Legion formed a solid formation and began to skillfully use long-trained defensive tactics to coordinate with each other to kill the enemy troops who climbed the walls; And the casualties of those guards and soldiers are skyrocketing! (To be continued.) )