Seeing this, Margus immediately shouted: "As long as he follows the orders, don't attack randomly!"

"Don't shoot arrows!! Don't shoot arrows..." The messenger ran along the city wall and conveyed Margus' orders.

In Margus's view, the forefront of the Dionian siege troops was originally heavy infantry, and arrows pose very little threat to them, not to mention that they were covered with wooden boards. If there was almost no result in any battle, why waste arrows and soldiers' strength?

The soldiers of the Dionians had arrived at the trench that was only more than 20 meters away from the city wall. They lowered the wooden boards they had placed on their heads and placed them on the ground in front of the trench.

At this moment, Margus issued an attack command and took the lead in throwing a javelin. So the Roman soldiers who had already prepared shot javelins and arrows at the enemies not far from the city.

Unexpectedly, as soon as the Dionian soldiers put down the board, they immediately ran back, causing most of the long-range attacks to vacate.

While these heavy infantry ran back, they approached the city wall in a strange formation in the distance.

"Tortoise shell formation?!" The Roman soldiers on the top of the city were in a stir. Since the reform of the Roman army, the most practical tactics of siege and villages have appeared in the enemy formation in the past decade. Although I had heard citizens who had fought with the Dionians before, "Dionia's tactics are very similar to Rome," when it really appeared in front of Margus and the Roman soldiers, they still felt a palpitation.

When these Dionian heavy infantry arrived in front of the long wooden board, they quickly dispersed the tortoise shell formation, and then quickly formed a row of shield walls that were obliquely facing the city. Their movements were as fast as if they had experienced countless trainings, which made the Roman soldiers on the city have completed the array conversion before they could react.

Then, seven or eight unarmed soldiers under the shield protection squatted on the ground, shouting slogans together, and pushing one end of the wooden board hard together, pushing the wooden board through a five-meter-wide trench, so that the other end of the wooden board would be placed on the other side of the trench to form simple wooden bridges.

How could the Roman soldiers let them succeed easily? The rain of arrows and the rain of javelins poured down and hit the shield formation. "Ding Ding Bangbang" kept ringing. Occasionally, javelins pierced through the long shield, stabbing the soldiers' arms, or arrows penetrated through the shield gap, injuring the soldiers' unprotected thighs, but they still endured the pain and maintained the integrity of the shield formation.

Soon, more than twenty wooden bridges were built on the trench, and the soldiers of the Dionians helped their injured teammates up and began to retreat. In the retreat, they quickly completed the transformation from the shield formation to the tortoise shell formation.

The enemy's skillful formation transformation ability, facing strong long-range attacks, can always keep the shield formation stable, retreat quickly, and take care of the wounded soldiers... This is definitely a team with extremely well-trained and rich combat experience! Margus knew that he had met a strong enemy, but at this moment he had no time to feel the panic: "Start rockets and burn those wooden bridges!" He pointed to the wooden boards on the trenches under the city and ordered urgently.

The auxiliary soldiers immediately wrapped the arrows around the asphalt strips and handed them to the archer.

While the Dionian soldiers under the city were retreating, more soldiers formed larger tortoise shell formations and advanced towards the city walls. Behind these tortoise shell formations were nearly a thousand soldiers without armor, some with bows on their shoulders, and they lined up a looser array, and were about to enter the range of the bow and arrow.

"It's Dionia's light infantry!" The squadron leaders of Rome on the top of the city made a quick judgment and decided to give them a head-on blow to prevent them from coming to the city and posing a threat to the defenders on the top of the city.

When the Roman soldiers pointed their bows and arrows at them, the Dionian light infantry stopped 150 meters away.

When Margus saw some of the Dionian light infantry shaking their arms, he was a little confused for a moment. Soon he saw countless black dots roaring, most of which hit the city walls under the Roman soldiers, and there were "crackling" sounds.

"Ah!" A soldier not far from Margus suddenly screamed and fell to the ground, seeing blood flowing from his eyebrows.

The soldiers picked up the accident and handed it to Margus.

This is a black lead ball smaller than an egg. Margus weighed it with his hand, and it was a little heavy.

Stone-treating soldiers! This is what Camillus called the Stone-treating soldiers of Dionia! Margus suddenly recalled the battle report Camillus made in the Senate.

That's right, this is the special army of the First Legion - the Rhode Island Stone-Tail Soldier, and it is also the only remaining one in the entire Dionian army. After the first throw, they made corrections based on the landing point. So when they waved the thrust rope again and threw the lead balls out, this time the throw was obviously much more accurate, and most of the lead balls fell on the top of the city.

The Roman soldiers hurriedly protected the long shield above their heads, while the archers did not have protective gear and could only dodge next to the heavy infantry. A panic appeared on the section of the city wall where Margus was located.

At this moment, Dionia's tortoise shell formation had reached the wooden bridge. They quickly unfolded, revealing two cloud ladders hidden in the formation. Every six soldiers carried a 20-meter-long cloud ladder and rushed across the wooden bridge and towards the city wall in front.

The heavy infantrymen followed closely behind with swords and shields, and also crossed the trench.

The Roman soldiers on the city wall didn't bother to avoid the attacking lead balls, and began to throw javelins down and fire arrows.

Under such a fierce attack, the heavy infantry of Dionia began to suffer casualties, but at this time they didn't care about rescuing their comrades, and the soldiers carrying the ladder fell down. The soldiers closest to him immediately put down their swords and shields and stepped forward to take over. In this way, the ladder held high quickly leaned against the city wall, and then quickly pulled the ladder downwards and pierced the sharp foot into the soil. The curved iron hook tied at the top hooked the battlements. With soldiers on both sides, the ladder stood quite steadily.

The Dionia heavy infantry guarded the long shield on their heads with their left hand and climbed up with the ladder with their right hand.

The young soldiers of Rome began to play a role. Some smashed stones down, some threw wood down, some poured thin oil down, some threw torches, some brought the water that had just been boiled down, and some used swords to slash the junction between the ladder and the iron hook...

The light infantrymen of the First Legion of Dionia also rushed to the city and shot arrows and javelins on the city. The Roman soldiers who attacked downwards but exposed their bodies to the battlements became their focus of attack...

"Brothers, I did a good job. I attacked the city safely without much loss!" Amintas had already arrived at the rear of the stone-popping soldiers, less than 200 meters away from the city wall. This was convenient for observing the battle situation and easy to command. He was still very satisfied with the progress of the siege so far, so he said to Printols beside him: "It's all your credit!"

Davers was worried that Amintas, who was sieging the city alone, would be too risky and would cause the First Legion to suffer too much, so he sent Printols, considering that their cooperation was quite pleasant.

Printols said modestly: "Mainly, the First Legion you led is well-trained!"

"Yes, the First Legion has the strongest combat power! Moreover, the reserve soldiers added before did not embarrass the citizens of Turiyi, and they were no worse than veterans! Unfortunately, His Majesty did not hand over these siege weapons to our First Legion for use, otherwise the enemies in the city would suffer more!" Amintas complained loudly.

Printols did not respond. When he came, Davers had already warned him: this time the First Legion was responsible for the auxiliary attack. The First Legion had suffered a lot of losses in succession. This time, there was no need to do all his strength to attack the city, in order to prepare to be useful in the subsequent battles.

As the second-level staff officer, Printols actually knew in his heart: His Majesty Davers had another consideration in his heart. He could not always let the First Legion serve as the main force, and to make contributions in combat, and to give other legions the opportunity to make contributions in combat. This is not only a balance, but also conducive to training the combat effectiveness of other legions and improving the overall combat effectiveness of the Dionian army.

"However, even without those siege equipment, our First Legion can still break through the city of Rome among other legions!" Amintas said confidently with a bold and confident look: "Printors, in half an hour, I will send all the remaining three brigades to put more pressure on the Romans!"

Printols was shocked and persuaded tactfully: "Legislature Commander, the siege has just begun. Should we observe the enemy's defense first and then make a decision? Moreover, whether the allies in Rome will come to support us is not sure now. We must always pay attention to the rewards of the scouts, so as reserves, it is best not to move lightly for the time being!"

Amintas glared at his eyes and was about to attack, but he quickly held back again. He could spend so many years in the army of Dionia, and his mind was much more delicate than his appearance: Before the war, His Majesty Davers sent Printols to the First Legion, why did he come? Then wasn't his Majesty's instructions?

Amintas suddenly didn't want to speak, but just put his hands on his hips and kept watching the battle ahead, and never looked at Printos.

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Scipio of Greater Scipio stood in the middle of the southern city wall, which was the closest to the center of Rome. Since the rear of the walls on both sides were close to Mount Esqueri and Mount Cilio, even if the Dionians broke through those two sections of the city walls, it would not be possible to quickly advance into the city due to the obstruction of the hills behind them. Therefore, this will be the focus of the Dionians' attack.
Chapter completed!