But from early in the morning, the battle was with Pullo. Cassius envisioned something quite different.

The Dioonians launched ten ballistae on the opposite bank and began firing stone projectiles, and when the stone projectiles flew over the Tiber and fell into the Roman array, causing casualties, Cassius had to order his soldiers to disperse and retreat to a residential area fifty meters away from the embankment.

He believed that even if the Dioonians had advanced through the vertebral bridge, the Roman soldiers would still have enough time to rush forward and intercept the enemy outside the city of Rome.

Dionia's ballistae no longer attacked the Roman soldiers hiding in their dwellings, but instead bombarded the four towers on either side of the vertebral bridge on the opposite bank.

Two or three of the stone projectiles that came out of each whistling shot were able to hit the tower, and the roar was so alarming that he had to urgently order the archers stationed on the tower to retreat.

His concern was correct.

After more than ten minutes, the two crumbling towers closest to the vertebral bridge finally collapsed...... Dionia's ballista team then focused on the outermost two towers.

Cassius and his soldiers watched as one stone bomb after another bombarded the towers, causing the four towers to eventually fall, making a mournful roar and stirring up dust, and the feeling of powerlessness in their hearts was conceivable, and they even hoped that the Dionians would attack at once and engage them in hand-to-hand combat, so that they would no longer have to hear and see the terrible bombardment of stones.

However, when the Dioonians had completely destroyed the towers that the Romans had held in the air with their ballistas, they stopped using ballistas.

The sudden silence of the battlefield puzzled the Romans.

At this time, the commander of the Third Legion, Lizarus, who was standing on the opposite bank, said to the commander of the Third Fleet, Midorades: "The other legions have begun to attack the city of Rome, and we should start preparing as well." ”

"Don't worry, I'll soon be able to erect twenty pontoon bridges for your legion, the crew can't wait!" With that, Midorades immediately rushed to the west bank of the vertebral bridge.

Trenches were dug around the river, earthen ramparts and wooden fences were built, and tents were lined inside, and 40 raven warships were neatly parked along the river, their bows facing the river.

As soon as Midorades gave the order, the crews of the warships quickly boarded the ships and took their places.

Then, the soldiers of the Third Legion also rushed over, and in unison pushed the ships into the river.

Immediately afterwards, the ships did not begin to row in a swarm, and the first ship rowed towards the opposite shore with all its might, immediately on the south side of the Roman vertebral bridge.

The siege camp made a number of long wooden poles for the sailors sitting on the left and right sides of the ship, so that they could prop them to the bottom of the river to stabilize the impact of the current on the ship, keeping the bow facing the opposite shore, and the stern of the ship immediately fixed to the shore with stakes and ropes.

The tiny three-tiered oared warship in the sea is as big as a dragon on the Tiber River, and the crow warship, with an average length of more than 50 meters, was rowed hard by the sailors, and the bow of the ship soon touched the opposite embankment.

The crews on deck immediately dropped the anchor, while the sailors on the right side of the ship quickly drew back their oars, drew out the long wooden poles that had been prepared in the bilge, and stretched out the oar windows obliquely, and pressed against the bottom of the river.

Since the width of this section of the Tiber River is no more than 100 meters, one of the two ships has a bed stern on the north bank, and the bow of the other boat is on the south bank, so there is naturally an overlap between the two boats. When the sailors of the second ship did their best to bring the bow closer to the stern of the first ship, the ship's controllers saw an opportunity and lowered the drawbridge.

Spikes at the bow of the drawbridge pierced the stern deck of the first warship, and although the captains and sailors were heartbroken, they connected the two ships; The third and fourth ships did the same; The fifth and sixth ships...... It didn't take long for nearly 20 "pontoon bridges" to be erected on the Tiber River on the west side of the Roman vertebral bridge, and it was only necessary to lower the suspension bridge near the warship on the opposite bank and put it on the embankment, immediately connecting the north and south banks.

Lizaru watched the whole process from the bridgehead to the north, and he applauded the Third Fleet for the clean completion of the set plan, of course, he knew that yesterday afternoon Midorades led a dozen warships in the river below the river harbor for repeated tests and training, which is why today's success will be achieved.

Seeing that part of the soldiers of the Third Legion on the river beach quickly divided into twenty teams and had already begun to board the ship, a trace of regret flashed in Lizaru's heart: it was a pity that the crow warship could not pass through the vertebral bridge because of its high mast, otherwise it would be possible to erect a "warship pontoon" on the river on the east side of the vertebral bridge, so as to force the Roman army on the opposite bank to expand the width of the defense even more, adding more weight to the smooth attack of the army.

Lizaru only sighed slightly, and immediately turned his attention to the battlefield that was about to begin.

"Uraza!" Lizaru turned to the first captain of the Third Legion and said in a deep voice: "You lead the first brigade to kill from this bridge and into the city of Rome, this is what I ask of you!" ”

Uraza, the former leader of the small tribe of Lucania, a childhood friend of Bagul, had become a senator of the Senate a few years ago, like Ksima and Lizaru, but he did not choose to serve in the local area, but continued to stay in the legion, compared to Bagul, who had served as the administrator of the key towns of Dionya many times, and Ksima, who won the praise of Davers and the senators for his outstanding performance in the position of administrator of Kopsa, and Lizaru, who had already served as the commander of the legion and had made many achievements, Uraza was only a captain, and the light was too dim, and the reason why he stayed in this position for five or six years was because he liked to fight, and he was only good at fighting.

After listening to Lizaru's order, Uraza did not hesitate at all, but replied excitedly: "Commander, just look, the first brigade will open the door of victory for the legion!" ”

He then shouted to the first group of soldiers who were already arrayed: "Warriors of Lucania, the time has come to show your courage and ability to all the legions here, to Your Majesty!" Kill the bridge and destroy the enemy! ”

The source of the Third Army is mainly from the Lucania region, the center of the Lucania area is in Grummentum, but the soldiers of the first brigade are mainly from Niutum, as the earliest Lucanian town belonging to Dionia, the Niutum people also fought with Davers early, so when the Third Legion was established, most of its officers were Neutums, which in turn prompted more Neotums to be more active in joining the army, so it had the most veterans and the most rich combat experience. As the brigade with the strongest combat effectiveness of the Third Legion, the First Brigade naturally had to gather the best and strongest soldiers.

Under the orders of their Commander Niutum, these Niutum soldiers were exuded with great fighting spirit, chanting the name of Hades, forming a dense five-way column (the width of this Roman vertebral bridge could only accommodate five people side by side), stepping onto the vertebral bridge, and quickly rushing to the opposite bank.

When Dionia's raven ship was built into a pontoon bridge, Cassius received an urgent report from the spies, and Dionia's strange way of attacking was a surprise to him, and it also meant that Dionia's army would no longer have the only way to attack Rome from the north, and he had to urgently gather the retreating Roman squadron and order them to rush to the embankment to defend immediately.

And when the Roman squadrons left the shelter of the residential area and faced the Tiber River and entered the open field, the ballista team at the bridgehead on the opposite bank immediately began to fire stone shells.

Although Cassius had anticipated this and had his army move forward quickly in a loose checkerboard formation, stone projectiles continued to fall into the center of the array, and the horrific death of the struck soldiers caused a lot of confusion.

Cassius didn't care about the casualties caused by the ballista at the moment, he had already seen the Ionian soldiers on the other side rushing down the vertebral bridge like a black tide, and she shouted anxiously: "Speed up!" Speed up!! ……”

In fact, without his warning, the Roman soldiers saw not only the Dionian soldiers rushing on the vertebral bridge, but also the enemies that began to appear on the embankment...... The homeland is about to be invaded! Every Roman citizen, young and old, had a strong crisis in their hearts at this moment, and they quickened their pace, braved the whistling stone bullets, rushed over, and ran head-on into the soldiers of the 1st Detachment of Dionia, who had just rushed to the bridge, and also the other soldiers of the 3rd Legion of Dionia, who had just stepped onto the embankment and barely lined up in a row, and stopped them on the bank of the Tiber.

At this time, the ballista team also had to stop firing, and let the soldiers of the two armies fight to the death on the opposite bank......

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In the Chinese army camp in Dionia, scouts and heralds from all walks of life hurried to the Chinese army camp, and left in a hurry, summing up the battle situation and enemy situation that had occurred everywhere, and conveying new orders......

"Report, the siege force of the First Legion has arrived under the city and has begun to attack!"

"Report, the five siege towers of the Second Army have been knocked down on the edge of the trench, and are carrying out a long-range suppression attack on the enemy at the head of the city, and one of the siege towers has been ignited by rockets, and the surrounding soldiers are fighting the fire!"

"Report, the siege vehicles and boat and lion carts of the Fourth and Fifth Army Corps have been pushed under the city and are destroying the city walls, and the enemy is being held back by the soldiers of the Fourth and Fifth Army Corps attacking the city, and so far, there has been no effective destruction of our siege equipment!"

"Report, the soldiers of the Sixth Legion have crossed the trench and have begun to attack the city!"

"Newspaper, the Third Army and the Third Fleet have been ......"

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