ancient greece mediterranean ruler

Chapter 985 Bloody battle in the city

The crew members immediately took out their leather shields, bayonets and short swords from the pile of silver bars, and jumped onto the pier one after another to kill the oncoming enemy.

"They are indeed enemies!" the leading port official shouted loudly, instructing the free people at the dock to kill all the enemies who attacked.

It turned out that after the fleet infantry successfully attacked the North Gate and entered the city, the news that "the Dionians were coming to kill" quickly spread throughout the city. This was similar to the news that "the Phoenician coalition forces were defeated by Dionysus" came from the water gate. The good news of the Onian Army was exactly the opposite. Officials in the city hall quickly realized that there was something wrong with the fleet that came to the port late at night, so they urgently sent people to notify the port.

Since the infantry of the Dionian fleet had just entered the city at this time, there was no fierce battle yet. Although the inner harbor was within the city, it was located in the most remote place in the south, far away from the south and the north, so the crew were still there for the time being. No changes were felt in the city, so the port was prepared.

Because of the many benefits promised by Saros officials, the laborers at the port rushed forward, while the fleet infantry calmly lined up to fight. The battle at the port actually happened before the city.

The infantry of the fleet has been well-trained, and they are not comparable to the free people of Saros, who are not a rabble, and they quickly dealt a lot of damage to them.

However, the port officials continued to organize new labor to surround them, taking advantage of the large number of people to suppress these foreign enemies on the dock, but at the same time, they also made it impossible to go to the area with the most young adults in Saros City at this time. Support the fierce fighting in the city.

The troops that Dionia used to deceive the city were surrounded in the city square and port. This stalemate situation was extremely disadvantageous to them, because the Saros people who were gradually stabilizing were trying to mobilize all the people who could fight as much as possible. They were surrounded and attacked, leaving them alone.

When the fake Carthaginian fleet was introduced into the Saros waterway, the Dionia Clipper, which was far behind, discovered this abnormal situation, and it immediately turned around and returned north.

In order not to be discovered and alerted by the Saros people, all the warships of the 3rd Fleet were anchored in the sea near the mountain ridge that separated Saint Ibinia and the city of Saros. On the flagship of the Third Fleet.

After hearing the news, Midolades first felt nervous. He was worried that the Saros people had discovered a flaw and wanted to trick the fleet into the inner port of Saros City to catch a turtle in the urn. At the same time, he was also worried that the fleet would Revealing one's flaws would lead to an ambush for the army that went overland to deceive the city, because all those involved in this operation were his subordinate fleet infantry, a total of 1500 people. What if... He didn't dare to think about it.

At this time, Tagetinos said decisively: "Lord Midorades, since the situation has changed, I suggest that the warships of the Third Fleet go south quickly and dock at the beach near the outer port of Saros. Follow the soldiers of the Ninth Legion, quickly disembark and land, and rush to Saros City to support your army!"

Midolades listened, and although he was a little moved, he was still a little worried: "This is too dangerous! In case the Saros people have already noticed our plan and are prepared, there are many Phoenicians near the bay. Once the towns and cities are united, after your ninth legion lands, you will be surrounded by enemies and the situation will be very dangerous!"

Tagetinos smiled: "Lord Midorades, you are confused. The only Phoenician army on this island has been annihilated by us. Our ninth legion has 6000 elite soldiers (another 2000 The soldiers and 2000 fleet infantry stayed at the port of St. Ibinia to guard the captured Phoenician prisoners. At the same time, there were hundreds of fleet infantry responsible for guarding the two wooden bridges), even within the territory of the Phoenicians. Marching, do they still have the power to stop me!"

Taigetinos' reminder cheered up Midorades. He had been confused when he was concerned about it just now, but he actually forgot this.

So the order was issued, and all the warships of the Third Fleet took advantage of the faint moonlight and relied on the superb skills of the crew to quickly move south.

When they saw the lighthouse of the outer port of Saros flashing in the distance, they knew that the bay was coming soon. With the lighthouse as a positioning device, the Third Fleet safely docked the warship on the beach, and the soldiers of the Ninth Legion quickly disembarked and gathered.

Such a huge momentum naturally caused panic among the people in the outer port of Saros, but Tagetinos did not care. He led his soldiers to march north along the shore of the lagoon according to the instructions on the map.

On the way, he unexpectedly encountered the messenger of the fleet infantry who came to seek help from the land route.

It turned out that after the fleet infantry deceived the North City Gate, they sent people to the outer harbor to meet the Ninth Legion. As a result, the soldier found that the outer harbor was peaceful and there was no trace of reinforcements at all.Afterwards, the fleet infantry sent someone to check once more, but there was still no change.But there were changes in the city. After the Saros people surrounded all the enemies who entered the city, the situation stabilized. At this time, they remembered that the North City Gate was still in the hands of the enemies, so they organized another group of people and wanted to To take it back.

There were only 200 Dionian fleet infantry guarding the north city gate. When they saw a large number of Saros people rushing towards them, they felt that the situation was urgent, so they had to send people to the outer port to check the situation, hoping to gain something. Just happened to meet the Ninth Legion.

After Tagetinos had a general understanding of the situation in the city, he immediately ordered the soldiers to march quickly. The outer port was only five miles away from the city of Saros. They had already walked halfway before, and it didn't take long for the soldiers of the Ninth Legion to arrive at the north city gate.

At this time, the fleet infantry has been divided into two parts: one part is at the head of the city, tenaciously guarding the device of the lifting suspension bridge (the city of Saros is close to the lagoon and has a moat); the other part blocks the city gate and prevents the Saros from closing it The city gate, their thin defense line, was already crumbling under the impact of the Saros people.

Tagetinos rushed to the front without hesitation, leading the soldiers into the north city gate, and the buglers also blew the attack bugle in time.

"Woo!..." The high-pitched bugle sound resounded throughout the city, exciting the fleet infantry in the city, but leaving the Saros people in shock.

The soldiers of the Ninth Legion are not fleet infantry. They are real Dionian heavy infantry, wearing black helmets and black armor, holding long shields and short swords (because it is dark, the target cannot be seen clearly, and short swords are more powerful than stabbing guns). (highly lethal), violently attacking the Saros at the gate of the city.

The Saros people saw new enemies pouring into the door. They didn't know how many reinforcements the enemy had come. Their morale was depressed. They didn't hold on for long before they began to collapse.

Tagetinos did not order a pursuit, but asked the soldiers of the Ninth Legion to immediately move towards the place where the fighting was loudest.

Not long after, the mighty legionnaires rushed to the brightly lit square and launched a charge towards the Saros who were besieging the fleet infantry.

The Saros people collapsed immediately.

The infantrymen of the fleet in the center appeared in the eyes of Tegtinos. Seeing the arrival of reinforcements, they finally relaxed. It was full of Saros people, some of whom had been completely trampled to pulp, and some of whom were still groaning in pain. There were even old men and women among them.

Such a bloody scene shocked Tagetinos, who had experienced countless battles, but he immediately sent 3000 men to pursue the fleeing Saros and gave them an order: Any Saros who appeared on the streets would be killed. Kill without mercy!

Tagetinos was disturbed by the terrible will of the Saros people to resist, and decided to eliminate them completely.But what he didn't know was that the Saros people were actually not as brave as he imagined. If the Ninth Legion had invaded the city of Saros in large numbers from the beginning, the Saros people might have given up resistance long ago, just because of the fleet infantry. When entering the city of Saros, there were less than 1000 people. Compared with such a larger town, this small number of troops was not enough to cause a deterrent, which gave the people of Saros hope.

At the same time, Tagetinos sent another 3000 people to the inner harbor. As a result, the free people at the port had already dispersed, leaving only more than 100 fleet infantrymen at the dock to rescue their injured comrades.

In the second half of the night, the soldiers of the Ninth Legion patrolled various neighborhoods in the city. Whenever they encountered a Sarosian wandering around the streets, they would chop them down without explanation.

Tagtilos also interrogated the captured people of Saros and sent people to arrest the most important officials of the Saros City Hall.

The courage of the Saros people to fight had long been lost, and they fled home one after another. They were so scared that they did not even dare to speak out. They could only helplessly hug their families and pray to the gods they believed in. Stop and pray silently.

Gradually, the entire city returned to silence.

According to the casualty statistics afterwards, in this battle to seize the city, the Dionian army suffered nearly 600 casualties (mainly fleet infantry), while the Saros casualties were as high as 4000, including those who were defeated and captured. There were 2000 Saros citizen soldiers in the Phoenician coalition. The city of Saros lost 2/5 of its population and suffered heavy losses.

But this is not the worst situation for the Saros people.

In the early morning of the second day, Tegetinos sent troops to seize the outer harbor and waterway, and captured 2 Phoenician warships that failed to escape.The third fleet entered the inner harbor through the waterway. Midorades and Tagetinos, who were heartbroken over the casualties of the fleet's infantry, discussed it. In view of the stubborn resistance of the Saros people last night and the heavy killings by the army, both sides agreed. In fact, they had become a mortal enemy. For the future safety of the army and to frighten other Phoenician towns on the island, they decided to demote all the Salos people into slaves and immediately use the warships of the Third Fleet to transport them back to Trinidad. Accept.

As for other Phoenician city-states on the island of Sardinia, they just heard yesterday that the Dionians sacked Saint Ibinia. The next day, the Saros fled to their towns and asked them for help. It is said that the Dionians have captured Saros and are killing the Saros people.

(End of this chapter)