Therefore, Leotizides, who looks cold and arrogant to everyone, only faces Parmanius with respect.

"Help him." Leotizides said, stretching out his hands, holding the end of the short spear tightly, and pulling it out with force.

However, the force of the abdominal arch firing was too strong, and Leotizides was unable to pull out the short spear.

"One more powerful person!" He said, squatting down, stanced, and prepared to use all his strength.

At this time, another team leader shouted anxiously: "Captain of the company, listen! The enemy's attack is coming again. When you escape this round, you will clean up the body of Captain Pamanius!"

Leotizides ignored it.

The team leader shouted helplessly: "Shield Array Defense!"

The soldiers quickly skillfully stacked long shields together to form a shield array, protecting Leotizides in the center.

"Captain of the Company of Heitbarus!" With this shout, Heitbarus squeezed in and stood opposite Leotizides. The company captain, who was once a soldier under Parmanius, also held the short spear with both hands.

Amid the shock of the rock bombing on the wooden wall, the two of them used force at the same time and finally pulled out the short spear. Fortunately, this time the abdominal arch did not fire the short spear in this direction, otherwise the long shield might not be able to block it.

Leotizides laid Parmanius's body flat, took off his helmet, reached out and closed his painful eyes, and whispered: "May the Elysee Paradise be open to you."

After saying that, he stood up and said, "Sitalsis, you take over the position of captain of Parmanius and send two people to the rear."

"Yes!" Sitalsis, who was once the direct commander of Leoticides, bowed and replied.

"Prosous, we will pay homage to Parmanius with the blood of countless Syracuses!" Heitbarus said in a hatred.

Leotizides didn't speak, but his face was equally gloomy and terrible.

After the round of stone bombings ended, the sentry ran forward to observe the enemy situation. The wooden walls had basically collapsed and the vision ahead was wide: "Report, the enemy's crossbows moved forward!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he heard a trembling sound of "... creaking... boom!", and the shaking whistle finally collapsed and dust flew.

Leotizides glanced at the densely packed Syracuse troops on the south bank of the Alcantara River and issued an order: "All soldiers in the team retreat immediately!"

Not only his company, but other companies are doing the same thing.

On the south bank, Masias was ordering the crossbows troops: "Push the crossbows forward 10 meters more!...".

As a general appointed by Dionysius to guard the city of Syracuse, Marcias, who was once the leader of the mercenary, not only had rich combat experience, but also had a strong military service. He had learned in detail about the combat process of the Syracuse army in Greater Greece from the messenger who came back to ask for help. Therefore, he also had some understanding of the combat characteristics of the Dionian army and attached enough importance to the combat effectiveness of the Dionian army. Although Phylistos urged him to eliminate the invaders as soon as possible and alleviate the uneasiness of the Sicily Allies, he still decided to follow his combat plan and follow the steps.

According to the news that spies kept sending back, Massias estimated that the Syracuses had about 6,000 soldiers, and the exiles might have a total force of seven or eight thousand. Although the number of troops he led was greater than that of the opponent, he did not intend to attack rashly. Instead, according to the method summarized by Syracuse in the continuous siege, he first concentrated the crossbows to continuously bombard the opponent's city to weaken the defense of the defenders and finally sent troops to attack.

Mearo's poor city defense further demonstrates the power of the Syracuse crossbow troops. Even if the wooden walls and towers on the south have been swept away, Masias did not launch an army attack. His plan is to continue to bombard the crossbows for a day, completely turn the town of Mearo into ruins, and let the Dionians and Sicilian exiles consume their energy in anxiety and fear. When the reinforcements of allies such as Jera, Kamanlina on the southern coast of Sicily arrive tomorrow, and after the troops are strengthened again, they will annihilate these Dionians in one fell swoop. Therefore, the most common saying of Masias on this day is "Move forward! Keep moving forward! Blast Mearo for me!"

Syracuse's style of play was beyond Antonios' expectations. He did not wait for the attack of the Syracuse army. Instead, the leaders of the exiles frequently came to complain, because not only the soldiers who were retreating were the soldiers of the Dionians, but also the exiles and their families. The whole town was filled with the cry of children and the screams of women in the thunderous sound. For example, Torilaus even hoped that Antonios could lead his army to take the initiative to attack the Syracuse people.

After being flatly rejected by Antonios, he was so angry that he called the Dionians a coward.

Antonios didn't care too much. Although Syracuse's crossbows gave him a headache, their non-attack also won time for the First Legion. Antrapolis' suggestion made him see that the other party must be planning something, which gave him hope, but he would not place all hope on these secret spies who hid in the dark like mice and peeked into secrets.

These Sicilian exiles surprised Antonios. In addition to young children and women, these young and middle-aged exiles were able to remain calm, maintain order, remain unhappy, and actively demand to fight. After being rejected by him, they could continue to carry out his orders, which was commendable.

After Raodichien's explanation, he learned that after his home was destroyed, these Sicilian exiles fled to the inland mountainous areas and gradually built settlements, but they had to face the robbery of the Syracuse alliance and the attacks of the Sikels from time to time. A few years later, these surviving exiles have developed courage, improved their fighting skills, and developed the habit of obeying the collective, because when the surroundings are full of enemies, they can only be destroyed if they are not united.

The performance of the exile gave Antonios more confidence, and he was most worried about two things now.

The first is grain. The grain collected after Antonios captured Mearo and transported by Lijim's fleet were concentrated in the barn near the town center. Now the landing of the stone bomb is constantly moving forward. The barn will probably enter its attack range soon. He could only order Raodisian, Lesipelatus and others to organize exiles to urgently transport the grain to the north of Mearo town.

The second is the Dionia fleet...

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Compared with the beginning of the land battle, the battle at sea is in full swing.

Syracuse originally had 50 three-layer oar warships. On the way north, they gathered warships from city-states such as Taunis and Katanai, with a total of 65 three-layer oar warships. It seems that they are not much different from the 60 three-layer oar warships in Dionia. However, the Syracuse Navy has 16 other small and medium-sized warships. With its strength exceeding the 21 warships of the Dionia fleet, it should have gained the upper hand in this battle, but judging from the battlefield situation, the two sides are evenly matched.

Although the Deonia fleet had few ships, under the leadership of Seclian, the other warships launched a crazy attack on the Syracuse fleet. Both the speed and reaction of the warship were much faster than that of the Syracuse fleet. In particular, Syracuse's own warship seemed to be in a twilight state. With only the experience of controlling ships, they were more passively dealing with it.

Seeing this, Paronisus, who was in the rear of the fleet, was anxious but had no choice. The thing he was worried about finally happened: during this period, the resentment of the people in the port of Syracuse towards the city-state seriously affected the fighting spirit of the sailors!

At this time, the looking hand on the mast shouted excitedly: "Sir, the enemy's flagship was hit by our ship and it was about to sink!"

"That's great!" Paronisus shouted excitedly.

Although naval warfare is different from land warfare, because the combat area is vast, it is more about fighting each other. One side's flagship is sunk, which is not as good as the head coach of the land army being killed, which will lead to a fragile defeat in the army, but it will also have a certain impact. Perhaps this is the turning point of this naval battle! Paronisus ordered excitedly: "Blow the horn of the attack and urge all warships to step up the attack!"

The sound of the war horn pierced through the sea. The first thing that stimulated was not the warships of Syracuse and its allies, but the sailors of Dionia. The red battle flag flying high in front of them was slowly falling...

Lord Seclian is in danger! This idea comes to his mind, both the captain and the sailor.

As the hero of the victory of the Bruty War, Seclian was the first sailor to hold the flag in the triumphal genre, which made the sailors proud and regarded them as the pride of the navy! Then Seclian served as the commander of the navy. Although he was young and energetic, he would sometimes curse because of his poor performance, but he was cheerful and straightforward, able to get along with the sailors. In order to the interests of the navy, he dared to fight for His Majesty Davers many times, so he was deeply favored by the sailors and his generals.

Therefore, every warship in Dionia began to attack even more franticly, because every sailor knew very well that it was impossible to reach the location of the flagship crash immediately. Only by hitting the enemy ship in front of you at the fastest speed, winning the naval battle, and forcing the enemy to retreat, can you have the opportunity to rescue Seclian who fell into the sea!

Inspired by such spiritual power, the sailors seemed to have forgotten their fatigue, and their speed returned to their peak level when they first started fighting. They sprinted for a short distance, stopped in a hurry, and hovered... The sailors of the Dionians worked together to control the warship as freely as their own body.

The sudden increase in the speed and agility of the Syracuse warship made the Syracuse warship not have time to react, "Bang!...Bang!Bang!..." After the Syracuse warship was hit by its opponent or the oars were pinched off, the situation of the Syracuse fleet not only did not improve, but became worse.

Paronisus was in a state of great anxiety, and his lookout hand screamed: "Sir, there is a warship...a ​​warship is running away!"

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"Tesitis, I order you to turn the rudder back immediately! Otherwise, I will accuse General Paronisus of your escape in the last battle. You are waiting to accept the punishment of military law!" The captain roared loudly at the helmsman of the warship.
Chapter completed!