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The final battle of Germanic total war 052 Siege of Nice

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    Pluto inherited much of his mother's temperament - impatient and quick to get things done.  After understanding his fate under Vannius's guidance, Pluto immediately left Vannius and returned to the slaves in the manor, simply and quickly mobilizing all the males.  According to the agreement between Vannius and Pluto, Pluto organized all the male slaves from the six manors in the first attack who were willing to fight for freedom into an army, while Vannius stayed in Nice.  The British Allied Forces and the Macmany Field Corps were responsible for providing training and the first batch of weapons for Pluto.  In addition, the British Allied Forces and the Macmanian Field Corps will also be responsible for sending the female slaves and children rescued by Pluto to Germany, Gaul or Britain, so that they can be resettled in safe places.  By the afternoon, the five troops sent by Vannius, namely the Macmanian Field Army, the British Allied Army, the Bill and King's Union Army, the Northern Gallic Tribal Alliance, and the Southern Gallic Auxiliary Army, had completed the attack on the five largest surrounding areas.  They attacked the manor and brought back four to five hundred slaves and prisoners.  In this way, including the slaves rescued by Vannius in the first place, Vannius had gained nearly 3,000 people.  However, men accounted for less than half of them, and not even half of them had the courage to resist the Romans.  After excluding those who were too weak and considered unfit to become warriors, Pluto ended up with only 400 warriors.  The remaining people will all be gathered by Vannius and recuperate in the manor that Vannius captured.  This attack on the manor enabled Vannius's army to seize a large amount of things that were considered luxuries to the Germans-including wine, olive oil, and figs.  There's even some spice.  Vanius did not hesitate to distribute all these supplies for the soldiers to enjoy.  Then he ordered the troops to be reorganized and attack Nice.  This time, Vanius did not prepare a large number of siege equipment as he did to attack the Massilia - before, he had obtained dozens of giant ballistae and more ballistae from Massilia -  ¡ªIt comes in handy right now.  However, it is obvious that facing the six-meter-high city wall, if Vanius directly used the ballista to shoot at the enemy, he would obviously suffer a big loss.  To this end, Vanius ordered the emergency construction of a huge shield car to provide cover for the ballistae.  but.  This time, what Vanius wanted was not the huge, heavy shield wall that was inconvenient to move, but a movable barrier that could be moved.  to this end.  Vanius once again "invented" the mobile shield car.  This kind of shield car was modified from a German four-wheeled carriage.  First, double wooden shields were used to strengthen the defense of the wheels, and the bottom of the carriage was hollowed out so that warriors could push the cart inside.  After that, double wooden boards were still used to strengthen the defense of the carriage, and columns were propped up at the front and rear ends of the carriage, and cross beams were built. Triangular roof protection was installed on the cross beams, and large shields were hung on the front, left and right sides.  To add extra protection.  In this way, there is a double defense on each side of the shield car's front, top and sides.  Each layer of defense has the thickness of three shields. In addition, the outer layer of defense itself is suspended rather than fixed. This kind of protection is enough to resist the penetration of crossbow arrows fired by giant ballistae.  As for when the shield chariot was too close to the city wall of Nice and was hit by boulders and turpentine thrown by the defenders on the city wall, Vannius had no choice - although the triangular top cover could theoretically make the stones roll away to both sides.  , it will not allow the torch to stay on it, but if the attacks are too intensive, this temporary roof will obviously not be able to withstand the enemy's attacks for a long time.  However, for the missions these shield vehicles have to undertake, this kind of protection is enough.  After preparing forty shield chariots, Vannius ordered the attack.  And this time.  The main forces of the attack were the Bilgees and Gauls - according to Vannius, they would face many Roman cities in the future, and the Gauls and Bilgees should be familiar with fortification battles as early as possible.  Of course, Vanius would not let the Gauls and the Bilge die for nothing - in addition to the sturdy shield chariots built by the Germans, the siege troops of the German Guards Corps would also fight for the Bilge people.  and the Gauls provided fire support of forty heavy ballistae and forty ballistae.  then.  After hearing Vannius carefully explain the precautions for siege and the use of shield chariots, the Belgeans and Gauls couldn't wait to launch the attack.  As the leader of the attack.  Ten shield cars lined up in a loose array and drove towards the city wall of Nice. Each shield car contained twenty fully armed Gallic or Belge warriors.  Facing the attack of the German army, the Nice people did not hesitate to use their crossbows to launch huge crossbow arrows to attack the shield vehicles.  Fortunately, all these crossbow arrows were blocked by the second layer of shield after piercing the outermost shield of the shield vehicle.

    At the beginning, although Vanius told them to rush forward quickly, the warriors could not help but slow down due to concerns about the protective power of the shield.  After seven or eight consecutive crossbow arrows were blocked by the inner protective plate, the morale of the warriors in the car was greatly boosted, and they uniformly shouted slogans and accelerated their pace.

     This reinforced shield vehicle does not have a steering device, so it saves a lot of things.  Moreover, from the beginning, the shield cart was aimed at the city wall of Nice - so, with the panicked shouts of the Nice defenders, the first shield cart slammed into the gate of Nice.

    "It hit!" The violent impact not only made the city gate tremble, but also caused the soldiers in the car to fall down.  But the soldiers did not panic at all. Instead, they roared excitedly.

    ¡°Open the front cover and get ready to pour oil!¡± The disgraced samurai captain got up from the ground and roared, opening the oil drum fixed on the base.

    As soon as the lid of the oil drum was opened, a strong stench hit the nostrils - fish oil, butter, rosin, sawdust, and a lot of other messy things were boiled together to form several large dark and sticky barrels.  Grease was the weapon that Vannius gave to the Gauls to use to attack the city.

    This sticky grease can effectively adhere to wooden and stone objects, and burns very slowly, which is perfect for burning city gates.

    After receiving the order, the Gallic warrior quickly lifted and pulled out the latch sticks behind the front cover one by one. Then he lifted the front cover of the shield car and fixed the front cover above his head with the latch sticks, leaving the gate of Nice City directly exposed.  in front of them.

    Immediately afterwards, "dong" and "dong" sounds were heard above the heads of the warriors. It was obvious that the defenders were throwing stones below.

    Of all the ten shield vehicles, only the one facing the city gate is the real main attacker, while the other nine are used to attract firepower and share the damage¡ª¡ªtherefore, the shield of this vehicle is three layers.  Not two layers.

    But even so, if it withstands repeated blows for too long, the improvised guard plate will not be able to withstand this point. Vanius has particularly emphasized this point.

    So, a group of Gallic warriors quickly took out huge wooden spoons, scooped out spoonfuls of fuel slurry from the large bucket fixed on the base, and threw it on the front door - just like all mud.  , once the big soft and sticky mass was hit on the door, it stuck almost immediately, and then slowly changed its shape downwards, as if it was about to flow down.

    Twenty Gallic warriors gave each other a spoonful, and soon smashed all the sticky oil in the four wooden barrels onto the door.  After that, the soldiers quickly threw the spoons under the gate and closed the front cover and barrel lid again.

    Except for the captain, all the soldiers turned around and grabbed the handle on the chassis again.

    After that, the captain carefully took out the velvet box for making fire from his arms - considering that there is still sticky oil left in the wooden barrel on the car, and it may also be stuck in the car when throwing the sticky oil, this is actually a very dangerous situation  move.

    However, the soldiers responsible for pushing the shield cart are all specially selected "death squads" - they had no intention of obtaining it alive from the beginning - it would be good to be able to safely reach the city gate, successfully light the fire and run back alive, but if not  , then adding some fuel to the city gate is also what they did to capture the city.

    Fortunately, this time, the shield car arrived at the city gate smoothly and completed the oil pouring work before the top cover was smashed and ignited alive.

    And then, as if receiving the protection of the gods, the captain successfully lit the tinder, then leaned down and threw the ignited tinder out.

    A wooden spoon outside the gate of Nice city burst into flames with a roar, and ignited the kerosene on the gate. At the same time, the Gallic warrior captain quickly turned around and grabbed the handle: "Run!"

    Immediately afterwards, all the warriors quickly pushed the carts and started running - the task of "pouring oil on the city gate and lighting the fire" assigned to them by the leaders has been completed. As long as they can return alive, they can become knights.

    When the shield vehicles began to retreat, all the shield vehicles also received the order to retreat and began to drive towards their own positions.

    The people of Nice had no time to take care of the escaping shield carts - with the alarm, the gate of Nice City was on fire - if not stopped, the enemy would be able to drive straight in after burning the gate.

    So, a group of panicked Nice people began to pour water and sand under the city gate.

    "Hey!" Seeing that even the water and sand sprinkled in the city gate could not completely stop the flames from burning, the Gallic leaders became excited, "Burn down the door and we can get in."

    Regarding this blind excitement, Vanius just shook his head helplessly: "If I were from Nice, I would have blocked the city gate with bricks and stones in advance - unless we can seize the city wall, it will be useless."

    "Ah?" After hearing this, the leaders suddenly became confused: "Then why are we burning the city gate?"

    "They won't block the city gate from the beginning." Looking at the burning city gate and the enemies running back and forth on the city wall,Nius looked confident, "And now they have to prepare in advance. So now they must send many people to carry bricks and stones to block the city gate - there must be fewer people on the city wall than before."

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