Chapter 34: Destroying the Camp
Just after David Angit got ashore, he heard the shouts of killing in the fortress on the other side, and the sound of swords and shields hitting. After entering the gate of Yazda, he hurriedly waited for the wooden ladder and stood on the tower looking at the surrounding soldiers, but saw the soldiers around him also stunned, watching the Romans launching a fierce attack on the other side in the early morning light on the river.
Especially on the water surface, ten huge ships connected to the head and tail pressed down in the direction and slashed into the middle of the east and west fortresses, blocking Akilo's fortress like a huge city wall.
Akilo remembered the previous warning from the commander-in-chief, but even David Angitt did not expect the Romans to come so quickly. At such distances, these soldiers quickly completed the raid and tacitly cooperated with their fleet to seal the fleet fortress in Xishan, making Akilo unable to retreat.
Hashidi's small river defense fleet had several paddle boats jumping out of the water wall and bravely heading towards Faubinas' flagship. This might be their only chance to break the opponent, which was to capture the thief first, especially the golden centaur flag with red ribbons on the bow of the ship. However, when Faubinas observed the opponent's raid ship in the tower cabin, he issued an order to use the bellows cannon to all personnel.
In the sound of the trumpet, the oarsman and the helmsman turned the bow over with a sophisticated and complex coordinated action, facing the influx of Hashidi light raid ship. Then Yazda, Xishan Fortress, and everyone on the river bank saw that at the bow of the Roman flagship, three fire-spraying tubes, upper, middle and lower, spewed out the fire dragon in turn, with a loud thunder and passing by the sea. The two raid ships in front of them were caught off guard. They were originally planning to throw javelins at a certain distance, like usual water battles, then raise a long sickle to cut off the oars or rudders of the Roman flagship, and then surrounded the subsequent ships to engage in group wolf tactics, destroy the flagship with horns and chaos battles, and even capture them.
But several fierce flames ignited all the Hashidi dreams. The crew members on their deck were unsuspecting, their hair and clothes were burned, and the entire side of the ship and the hull were twisted and deformed in the fire. The two raid ships in the screams gradually turned into two decay lights on the river like fast burning candles. The rest of the raid ships quickly turned around to escape back to the fortress. The large armed ships in the back were spitting out flames from time to time, chasing them all the way. In the two Furlong areas in front of the water wall, three or four large ships completely dispersed Hashidi's various ships. Behind the high wooden wall of the deck, heavy infantry threw the javelin down. The javelins thrown by the crew on the deck were difficult to reach the big ship. Not long after, after the crossbow and javelin were fired, Hashidi's small boats were sunk one after another.
After a violent friction, the two large ships leaned against the water wall. The infantry above raised their shields above their heads, which bounced back the stones and arrows shot from the water wall tower. Just as they were about to put the crow suspension bridge hanging on the side of the ship on the water wall battlement and were about to rush up along the crow to seize the water wall, Faubinas quickly discovered, "The position of this water wall is too forward, and the eyes of the bricks are a bit uneven." Then he suddenly realized that he had not ordered the horn of the attack to sound, "because this is a trap, a false wall!"
Under the reflection of the flag and shield, several large ships behind fiercely crushed the wreckage of Hashidi boat floating on the water surface. There was a terrifying huge bronze horn in front of them, and they hit the water wall for a few times. The water wall was indeed as Faubinas expected. With the screams of soldiers on both sides, they collapsed fragilely in the water! And among the water splashes and smoke, behind the fake wall, the real water wall was the real water wall. The helmet of Hashidi warriors can be seen flashing, shadows behind the wall stacks, and there was also a tower with the cross-firing shooting. The level height of the stacks was exactly the same as the deck of the ship of the big ship. Faubinas waved his hands in the cabin, which meant that the big ships lined up and attacked the water wall towers!
Akiro built a fake wall to attract the Cyrene legion to climb up, then use ropes to pull them all into the water and annihilate them. Now this strategy has been seen through by Faubinas. The mighty Roman ships were put together like a huge floating fortress, shooting fire-filled stone bombs with Akiro's fortress without any fear.
On the other side, the land was also lively. Two thousand-person brigades and multiple auxiliary brigades arrived under the city wall on the side of the Xishan Fortress. This section of the city wall was built along the mountain, with steep terrain below. The Roman infantry seemed to not take these factors into consideration at all. They set up cavalry cannons and wild donkeys and bombarded them with headless blasts. Then the infantry began to hold shields and began to build ladders and harp cars under the shooting of the city wall.
Libida and Petternius personally stood in front of the front-line 100-man team, observed the battle situation and boosted morale. Many centurions came to pay tribute to the two. At this time, the stones of the defenders were also thrown down. Alp hurriedly held up his shield and blocked the commander-in-chief. Who would have pushed him away? "The duty of your Medegi Guard is not to protect me. A legion that only knows the protection of the general cannot win. Only a legion that is determined to win is qualified to enjoy victory."
Alp gritted his teeth and gathered all the Medegi Guards. Under the cover of two auxiliary brigades, he followed the back mountain of the fortress and rushed up the mountain path.
Originally at the top of the mountain, it was the observation room of the navy commander, a lighthouse for the outside command. An excellent and calm general should have taken the guard to climb here at this moment, look at the entire battle situation, and command the water and land forces to dispatch the battlefield. However, our General Akiro was only a blacksmith himself, and there was no way for the officers here to be too scarce. He was promoted like Pattien because of his bravery in combat. At this time, he saw the water walls being lively, and he actually held up his sword and fought with the soldiers of the Cyrani Legion who rushed up on the suspension bridge, completely ignoring the overall occupation. All the Hashidi people in the fleet fortress were fighting on their own, without a unified plan.
Chapter completed!