"His laws, like his force, are full of blood." - Historians commented on Charles the Great

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Although the chief brigade of the 16th Legion and the Mathia people were both good at enduring hardships, their commanders, Kretas and Hanske were also first-class heroes, they were still in trouble under the isolation and siege of the superior enemies. However, thanks to Otakilius's prior "peace talks delay", they occupied the only stream and built fortifications. They finally persisted, but how much time could they maintain was a big problem.

Within a day, under the basis of absolute superiority of manpower and material resources, the five giant towers of Machius were initially built. The height was also scary, almost the same as the Latin Mountains. The three were targeted at this mountain. The soldiers above were already arrogantly using stick casters to smash rockets and stones into the Latin Mountain positions, causing many people to be injured, and shouting and shouting from morning to night. The half wall over there was almost on the verge of destruction and could not function as a connection or cover at all. The passage between the city and the Latin Mountains was cut off.

As long as the siege tower is fully completed, Rilias will take the lead in launching a fierce attack on Latin Mountain and then capture Sarona City. Now this plan is just a time process for him.

The city was in a panic atmosphere. Although the young citizens were brave and unyielding, it did not mean that they would not be discouraged. Many elders came to the municipal hall more than once and asked General Li Bida, who was standing in front of the Statue of Patina, "How should we break the enemy's blockade and siege against the city?"

"We can choose the bravest and most loyal young man, go to the city of Apollonia, and ask Dik to push his reinforcements." An elder said, but to his disappointment, Li Bida remained silent and actually refused. Perhaps the situation on Caesar was under great pressure. Li Bida calculated that Caesar's current logistics supply route could not reach here. He could only do some restraining behavior in the south. In addition, Caesar could not leave Apollonia. Dikhaqiang was too far away, otherwise these two cities would be lost again under the attack of the Pompeii Army, which was eyeing him.

On Brindisi, Anthony and Tlureas were also very difficult. Due to the lack of ships and the joint blockade between Bibruce and Lipo, it would be difficult for them to transport their troops to the ocean in the short term.

"Then we should organize citizens and slaves to repair the wall without regard for sacrifice." Another elder, trembling with his white beard, said sadly, but Li Bida still shook his head. If this continues, Sarona will collapse on his own before the enemy can attack.

"Four thousand people... there are already one thousand infantry and one thousand cavalry, defending on Latin Mountain. There are only two thousand people left in the city. Although they are equipped with shooters, they are scattered in various gates, towers and cliffs. The troops used for raids are really limited, and the ones used to perform such a mission were Kretas and Hanske, but now they have been exposed too early and have lost their meaning. It is very difficult to preserve half the wall - this is the tricky one." Li Bida, who was still sighing at the statue of the goddess, murmured.

Faubinas immediately understood the meaning of the acting commander-in-chief. He wanted to change the location and launch a fierce attack on Rilias's besieged equipment. However, he was suffering from the lack of mobile assault forces.

"How about using the volunteers in the city?" Faubinas suggested, because in the age of classical warfare, the concepts of "youth" and "soldiers" were almost equal.

Who would have thought that Li Bida was still in a dilemma, even though the elders agreed. He left the hall alone and personally climbed the front gate, looking at the black cloud-like siege under the city, with almost four to one military force, because during this period, Illyria had more barbarians to Pompei's camp. At this time, he remembered the former Pina Tuna, "When Lukulas was fighting against the King of Kings of Armenia, wasn't the huge difference in military strength even higher than this? In that grand battle, I always followed Pina, his thunder and wind-like decisive technique that hit the center's key points is not recorded in the battle history and formation maps he included. It can be seen that Pina's battle is always a combination of decisiveness and intuition, derived from the existing tactics, but not sticking to the existing tactics."

Yes, yes! I should follow the Lord of the Lord, realize the glory he failed to achieve, and make up for his shortcomings in this era and world. I am a chosen man, and I cannot let the tuna down. Li Bida, show your courage. This is what you need to practice the most in addition to wisdom, ambition and ability. Like Lord of the Lord, and like Caesar!

Then, Li Bida quickly went down the tower, hurriedly found the city magistrate, and asked two decisive questions: Now, in the city of Sarona, there are the most crowds; in the past, in the history of the city of Sarona, where the walls were the most fragile.

After thinking about these two questions, the municipal officials answered: "You know that Sarona is a city developed by gold mining, so the number of mine slaves is the largest. There were as many as 3,000 people who retreated into the city this time. In addition, in a certain section of the city wall of the East Gate, the structure is very fragile due to the quality of bricks and stones, but we applied the same color to the outside. Except for the slightly different shapes, the enemy cannot see it. Of course, we can also extract people to consolidate and repair it now. You mentioned the mine slaves just now, probably for this purpose?"

However, the other party's answer was beyond the expectations of the municipal officials - all the mine slaves were liberated and tools and weapons were sent to them. When the order was issued, the city wall was destroyed, making it an assault port, and all rushed out, destroying the enemy's siege tower that burned the enemy, and killing everyone on the tower!

This reply made the city officials stunned. Not only did they not maintain the city wall, but they also had to dig it. What is this? But Li Bida briefly explained, "Why can't the city wall be destroyed? Is there no access to the city gate except the city gate? People's thinking is also so confined by the wall. I have seen the location you mentioned. It is a more favorable attack point than the city gate. It just faces the gap between the siege towers on both sides of the enemy. As long as the vanguard and reserve team are used reasonably, this goal can be achieved!" Li Bida said confidently.

Then, the slaves who were originally placed in the abandoned dockyard, slowly, led by the supervisor, came to the square in front of the municipal hall, with shackles. Most of them were blonde hair, mostly Gaul, Germanic people who became slaves in the war, and were temporarily strong, which can only be said to be "temporary", because it was difficult for them to survive three years of living in the mine. For slave owners who were digging the mine, these were tools of "one-time consumption".
Chapter completed!