v5 Chapter 17： Attacking Asprostum?

After a while, a young man with a child handed the child to a woman beside him and stood up.

The woman took him, and the whisper of concern said: "You have to be careful!"

The young man's heart was awkward to avoid the woman's gaze, and whispered back: "You are also!" After that, he strode out of the crowd.

Under his leadership, many people also said goodbye to the people around them and walked out.

Fagris patted the shoulders of the young man and asked with relief: "Young man, what is your name?"

"Printols."

Fagris glanced at the woman who hugged the child and comforted him: "Don't worry, wait until the enemy is defeated, and you will soon be able to meet your wife."

He thought that the two men were husband and wife, and the young man nodded with a dignified expression.

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The 5,000 soldiers of the Third Army led by Sironimus were killed by the city of Aspirus. It was not because they had to carry the siege equipment that was made last night, so the speed of the attack was higher than that of the attack. The Raoism troops on the Hebei coast are much slower, but deliberately set such a time difference so that the plan can proceed smoothly.

At this time, Hillonimus followed the team and spoke to Izzam: "Are you sure your soldiers have entered the city of Asprostum?"

"Of course! I watched them go in, if it was because my appearance was different from that of the Greeks, I would accompany the brothers together! The head of the army, I hope that you can rush to the siege as soon as possible, I am afraid that the time is long, They will be discovered!" Izzam pleaded.

"I understand." Hieronymus promised immediately and asked: "How many people are there?"

"56 soldiers." Izam blurted out, and he knew his team members very well. The alliance expanded, the legion expanded, and his mountain reconnaissance team was also expanding. There is now a company.

Hieronymus was a little surprised. He didn't expect that there would be so many soldiers sneaked into the city, which made him more confident in taking down Asprostum. He told the squad that he urged the troops to accelerate.

In fact, without the urging of Hieronymus, the marching speed of the soldiers is constantly accelerating, because the 5000 soldiers are from Niutum, they missed the previous battle, eager to fight and meritorious.

The river in the upper reaches of the Neto River is neither deep nor wide, but the river bank is higher. Hieronymus first rushed to the North Shore and saw many enemies on the other side of the bow in the bow, immediately issued an order: "The seventh brigade attack!"

The light infantry of the Third Legion quickly formed a long stretch of single-strand squadrons, rushing down the river bank, braving the arrows that fired at them without fear, and striding across the river. After paying very little casualties, they climbed to the other side and the enemy had already run away.

Then the heavy infantry who followed them took advantage of the ladders and wooden rafts made of trees and walked easily through the Neto River.

The city of Asprostum is not far from the front. It is located on a high ground. It is actually climbing on the road. It is easy for the Lukania soldiers living in the mountains. In the end, they stopped in front of the city of Asprostum and began to arrange formations under the command of the team officers.

The soldiers of Asprostum looked at the black-squeezed enemies under the city on the wall, all looking nervous. Behind them are newcomers who are more nervous.

General Fagris saw a somewhat old man trembled, and the round shield in his hand fell on the ground many times, busy and comforted him: "Don't be afraid, the enemy can't attack it! Since the city belongs to us Croto After the insiders, they have never been attacked by the enemy! We ate defeated in the south a few decades ago (referring to the war between Locke and Lijim against Crotone), and the Brutus wanted to take the opportunity to retake the city. There are more people coming here than the ones in the city now, and the result is fiasco!"

His words gave the soldiers a little peace of mind.

When Fagris followed the aisle of the city, patrolling the entire defense from west to east, and seeing that there were enough soldiers in each pass, his own confidence was also there.

Although Asprostum is a small town like Castellón and Crimea, due to the importance of geographical location, the Crotones have repeatedly expanded and strengthened the city defense, so it has seven meters. The high city wall, the four-meter-wide wall trench, and the water from a tributary of the Neto River, forms a wider moat, and it is steeped to the west by the mountain, and the other is a large tributary to the east, next to the cliff. Cliffs, rivers wide and deep. Therefore, it has only two north and south doors, with concentrated forces and easy defense.

Izam carefully observed the enemies on the wall. Suddenly he smiled and ran to the front of Hironimos. He shouted excitedly: "The commander of the army, my brethren are on the wall! They are In the city!"

The solemn Sironi Moss can't help but move at this moment, eagerly asking: "Where?!"

Although Izam was excited, he remained cautious and did not use his fingers, but whispered: "On the far left side of the city wall!"

Hieronymus immediately looked at the far left city. At noon, the sun hangs in the middle of the sky, illuminating the heavily armed soldiers in the city, and there is a dazzling light everywhere, but there is a place where the light is special, the dazzling round shields are neatly connected in a row, and The light of reflection is flickering and very dark, and it is very regular. It is obvious that these people are flipping the round shield in their hands at the same time. Who will do this boring, labor-intensive thing before the war? Hieronymus reveals a smile: "Izam, if you take down Asprostum, your team will be the first!"

"Thank you for the army chief!" Izam was overjoyed.

With the mountain reconnaissance team as the internal response, Hieronymus quickly set the plan for "the right side of the Ming attack, attracting the attention of the defenders, and the darkest attack on the far left."

The sound of the attack sounded, the soldiers were like the wild wolves in the mountains, and they made a scream of screams. The tides rushed to the city of Asprostum, Bagul, Assisi. The captains of Sri Lanka, Lizam, Kesima, and Ulazza also took the lead and personally led the troops to charge...

Crotone soldiers began to throw arrows at the enemies who entered the range. For the Diaonian heavy infantry wearing heavy armor, the casualties were minimal. The horn of the battle provoked the wild Third Army Tulucayan soldiers and even broke the arrow of their arms and thighs, and continued to bring injury to advance...

They quickly arrived at the moat. According to the prior drill, the soldiers who ran at the front quickly placed the five-meter-long and three-meter-wide wooden rafts on the moat; then the soldiers on the ladder stepped on The raft, across the moat, went straight under the wall; followed by soldiers armed with a round shield saber...

At this time, the attacks on the wall began to rise fiercely. Arrows, javelins, and stone raindrops were generally hit. The casualties of the Dionian soldiers suddenly increased...

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Lucias did not expect to return to Crotone, and the situation became so bad.

The people who fled into the city preached the news of the death of the Daonian army, and the panic spread in the city...

Many people in the council were also very flustered. They thought that Crotone’s army was defeated again, and the city of Crimea was captured, which enabled the army of Dionia to go south smoothly, so he said with anger: As long as Milon dares to escape, he must be convicted!"

Lucias retorted: "I just came back from Crimea. When I left, the city of Crimea was still in the hands of Milon. It was impossible for a few hours. The city of Crimea was enemies. Captured, but also attacked the north bank of the Neto River, it is impossible to calculate the time, so the Diaonians must have bypassed the Crimea! I have to admit that the Diaonians are too courageous, they Without a boat, it is impossible to cross the wide Neto River. As long as Milon still clings to the Crimea, the Diaonians who invaded the Croton Plain are like rootless duckweed, and eventually have to return. ”

"Dyonia can't cross the Neto River, but they can attack Asprostum!" Someone worried.

"Aspustum is so easy to attack, how many times the Brutus had failed before! I hope the Devonians will attack it just to take this seriously Fighting the Diaonians!" Someone retorted.

"It’s good for us to fight like this again! We Crotone has suffered huge losses, farmland is destroyed, houses are burned, prices are rising, the national treasury is being consumed, and because of the lack of labor, trade is also very The big impact, we still have a large number of citizens being captured! The people are already dissatisfied with us, it is better to talk to the Dionyans!" Someone said pessimistically.

"Harmony?! Didn't you hear the conditions of the peace talks of Dionyas that Lucias said?! The **** Deonian consul wants us to dissolve the alliance, can we promise? Once Asplu Sturm's independence, Coleña, Cirqueine, and Trina are no longer our allies, so maybe the Rocky and Brutiers will kill them tomorrow and kill them under Crotone!" Road.

“The peace talks are like buying and selling things. Dionia proposes conditions. We can continue to negotiate with them and lower their requirements...”

"The peace talks can be, but must be after the Denias' offense! So we can straighten our heads and speak loudly to the Dionys!"

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The Council did not know when it began to debate the issue of whether to conduct peace talks with Dionia. Fortunately, they were able to prioritize and some urgent measures were quickly implemented: the warship sailed into the Nato River, patrolling the river bank, preventing the Diaonians from smuggling and building bridges. At the same time, the free people were hired in large numbers, some guarded the city of Crotone, some were stationed on the south bank of the Nato River, monitoring the Diaonians on the other side, and a small number of people were sent to the city of Asprostum. To strengthen its defense. In addition, people were sent to Crimea to ask Milon to attack the Dionyns who were besieging the city of Crimea to force the invading enemy to withdraw.