Roman Slave Owner

The bottom seat is rectangular and consists of four crossbars and two timbers. There are eight wheels on the base, through which the wheels can be moved and even adjusted for different terrains.

The soldiers on the city wall were extremely nervous. Fortunately, the ballistas did not attack. The soldiers hiding inside started digging under the cover of machinery. They dug out a large amount of soil and piled it in front of the trench.

Seeing this, Scipio's heart tightened.

"Do you want to destroy those turtle-shaped machines?"

asked a military tribune.

Scipio's face was uncertain whether to hit him or not.

If they really fight, they will put the entire family's life on the line.

"let's hit!"

At this time, a deputy general said.

"shut up!"

Scipio scolded angrily, "No one shall go to war unless the enemy is actively attacking."

Scipio said.

Everyone couldn't help but looked at each other, the enemy had already attacked the door, could it be that they just sat and watched the enemy surround them.

But the soldiers on the wall realized they were wrong. Sulla's soldiers wanted more than just a siege.

After building an earthen wall behind the trench, they began to assemble the trebuchet under the cover of the earthen wall.

Scipio carefully observed the catapults. Although the catapults were behind the earthen wall, they couldn't hide their tall bodies.

"This is by no means our Roman trebuchet."

Nashika said with certainty.

"That's right, some of these catapults are as tall as three people, and they are by no means comparable to ordinary catapults."

Scipio said.

At this time, they remembered the rumors some time ago that Li Wei invented a terrifying trebuchet, which could easily destroy their city walls.

The officers under him called for the battle one after another, and there was no longer any delay.

Scipio's face was gloomy as if dripping water, but he never mentioned the war.

His officers are going crazy, what the hell are you doing?

Sit back and watch the enemy set up the trebuchet?

Whether to fight or surrender is a matter of choice.

Only Nashika vaguely guessed his thoughts, which made him feel a burst of sadness.

Scipio is sacrificing himself to complete the family!

Not long after, fifty catapults were erected, and Sura, Li Wei and others watched the first round of attacks from a distance to see how effective the catapults were.

Some soldiers lifted a full 150 kilograms of stone onto the trebuchet, and then waited for Sulla's order.

"Remember to conduct only one test firing, and then send someone to Scipio to get him to surrender as soon as possible."

Sura said.

After receiving Sulla's order, one of Li Wei's military tribunes immediately ordered the launch.

Fifty soldiers smashed the firing hammers almost simultaneously, and huge stones roared into the air, and then hit the earthen wall of the barracks.

"what!"

"what!"

"..."

Immediately there were screams from the dirt wall. The walls of Roman military camps are only made of stone in permanent camps. This is not a permanent military camp, so it is just an earthen wall.

Facing the terrifying boulder, some soldiers who were hit were immediately smashed into flesh.

Some city walls were directly smashed down after being hit by boulders. The soldiers on those walls were directly buried in the soil, and some were even grazed by stone bullets and their bones were broken.

After all, this is not a solid ground, and those boulders can directly smash a seven-foot giant hole in the ground.

All of a sudden, there were wailing sounds everywhere.

Sulla and Metellus were all stunned, and so were Scipio and the others.

What kind of trebuchet is this? It's so powerful.

For a while, no one cared about the wounded soldiers.

Li Wei also took a breath,

No wonder Xiangyang City couldn't hold back the return artillery, it was so fierce.

Scipio's soldiers finally came to their senses. Looking at the city wall that was riddled with holes, although there were still a series of defensive measures such as ditches and spikes outside, they did not feel safe at all.

They ran down the walls in terror, and ran to their camp.

Scipio was also in a cold sweat. Fortunately, those stone bullets didn't target him, otherwise he would be finished.

"Let's go down first."

Nashika said.

Scipio nodded, and hurriedly followed Nashika down the city wall.

Su La and the others were very moved, whether they should take advantage of the trend and take down the barracks.

In the end, it was decided to act according to the original plan and sent a cavalry to the bottom of the city wall to start shouting.

"Under the orders of General Sulla, all officers and soldiers are required to leave the city and surrender before 3:00 in the morning, otherwise the whole army will attack the city, and all prisoners will be deprived of their citizenship and reduced to slaves."

Rome's time is fucked up, they divide the day into 12 hours of day and 12 hours of night. Start timing from sunrise and sunset respectively.

However, the days are short in winter and the nights are long, and the days are long and nights are short in summer. This creates a phenomenon that the time of one hour for the Romans is uncertain.

Sometimes an hour is 45 minutes, sometimes more than 1 hour.

Since it is autumn now and it is early morning, the 3:00 a.m. mentioned by the cavalryman is basically 9 o'clock.

Scipio calculated the time, and it was probably less than ten minutes. What should we do?

Looking at the frowning Scipio, Nashika hesitated for a long time, and finally said: "Since the decision has already been made, why are you still hesitating?"

Scipio's body shook, and he gave him a complicated look: "There is no coward in the Scipio family who is defeated without a fight. I will be a disgrace to the Scipio family."

"No, you are just for the continuation of the family."

Nashika said excitedly.

"Who will believe these words?"

Scipio said with a wry smile, "Okay, I will surrender next, and I will discuss some conditions with him. If there is no accident, he will agree to all of them. Then you will return to Rome and continue to resist Sulla. The glory will be all yours."

"I see."

Nashika said with a painful face.

Scipio nodded, touched his head affectionately, then turned around resolutely and walked towards the city wall.

"Where is Sura?"

Scipio said loudly.

"Have you considered?"

Sura appeared on top of a dirt wall, revealing half of her body.

"I can surrender, but I have two conditions. One is that the safety of the members of the Scipio family must be guaranteed. No matter whether they rebel against you in the future, you cannot deprive them of their citizenship, you cannot cause them any harm, and you cannot imprison them." They, you can't exile them, there is one more you have to let Nashika out of here."

Scipio said loudly.

Hearing this, both Sulla's soldiers and Scipio's soldiers were in an uproar.

He is the head of the Scipio family, how could he say such a thing?

Most of these soldiers grew up listening to the stories of Scipio the Great and the Great, and many of their ancestors participated in the three extremely tragic Punic Wars that year.