The system has to be used even if it is pulled

In Tarentum, everything was going smoothly. So far, Rome had successfully ruled the southern part of the Apennine Peninsula. As long as the Samnites were eliminated, Rome could successfully rule the central region from then on. A powerful country was rising.

The Senate was very happy. After receiving the news that Zhao Yuanlang occupied the city of Tarentum, it appointed Zhao Yuanlang as the governor of Magna Graecia and asked Zhao Yuanlang to rest his troops and send troops from Magna Graecia to cooperate with Silanus to attack the Samnites who retreated to Lucera.

As long as Lucera is occupied, the entire Samnite region can be opened up, and the Samnite capital, Boyano, can be directly attacked and the Samnites can be completely destroyed.

When the Samnites learned that Rome had successfully occupied Magna Graecia, they began to recruit soldiers frantically. The furious Samnite consul personally beheaded the Roman consul who had already been captured, and then took his Gallic brothers to gather seven legions in Lucera.

The Senate was furious! The Romans were furious! The Samnites' action led many Roman citizens to sign up for the army. The Senate sold everything it had and issued an emergency conscription order. In addition to recruiting citizens aged 16-45, it also recruited retired veterans and released a large number of serfs, and managed to gather another 2 troops and send them to the front line.

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Outside the city of Lucera, the Roman flag fluttered in the wind. According to the agreement with Silanus, Zhao Yuanlang would be responsible for attacking the city gate because he had many catapults under his command; while Silanus, who had many siege towers and ladders, would lead the troops to launch an attack from the city wall.

Zhao Yuanlang stood on a high hill, and Nemian lay quietly beside Zhao Yuanlang. As the messenger behind him reported, the catapult troops were ready.

Zhao Yuanlang mounted Nemian and ran quickly to the front of the catapult troops, signaling to prepare for a test firing. Five or six soldiers immediately began to prepare.

"Report to the lord! Everything is ready! Should we test fire?" A centurion standing behind Zhao Yuanlang reported loudly!

Zhao Yuanlang nodded expressionlessly, and then saw the catapult behind him launched an attack. The effect was quite good and the distance was just right. Zhao Yuanlang watched the stone accurately hit the edge of Lucera's city gate and nodded with satisfaction!

"Shoot alternately, don't stop!" Zhao Yuanlang signaled the catapult legion to begin the attack.

It's war!

The enemy soldiers on the wall only saw countless stones whistling towards their heads. Many people hid behind the battlements in panic. At this time, no matter how the enemy centurion boosted morale, it was useless. The first thing to do was to save their lives!

Although most of the stones missed the target, they still caused some damage to the enemy, and some even hit the houses behind the city wall.

The Samnites would certainly not sit there and wait for death, and immediately ordered their trebuchet troops to launch a counterattack. However, it was of no use because Zhao Yuanlang had already arranged two high stone walls in front of the trebuchet troops. Although stones occasionally smashed in, they did not cause much damage.

Silanus also started the attack. Countless soldiers pushed siege towers and set up ladders to attack the walls of Lucera.

War was cruel, and both sides suffered heavy losses in the first round. Silanus had already changed his attacking troops twice, and Zhao Yuanlang's trebuchet troops had also lost a small part. Although the Samnites suffered little loss, there were gaps all over the city walls, and even several sections of the city walls were already shaky and would probably collapse after a few more hits.

It was time to prepare for the attack. Zhao Yuanlang ordered the army at the foot of the hill to begin marching towards Lucera, while the catapult troops adjusted their positions and launched the final attack towards the part where the city wall was about to collapse!

As time went by, two parts of Lucera's wall finally collapsed, and Zhao Yuanlang signaled half of the trebuchets to stop attacking and prepare to move forward. (The trebuchets in the game can move, but the movement speed is very slow.)

Silanus' troops also successfully climbed the city wall. Although they suffered heavy losses, a steady stream of soldiers waved their weapons and began to climb the city wall in order.

Near the collapsed city wall, the Gauls, the lackeys of the Samnites, deployed two battalions of troops in each gap. As the two sides got closer, a major battle was about to break out.

To the Gauls' surprise, the Roman legions quickly stopped outside the city wall and formed a tortoise shell formation to defend against the shooting from the wall.

The Gauls were confused and thought the Romans were afraid. Just as they were shouting provocations, a rain of arrows immediately taught them a lesson.

The unfortunate Gauls were barbarians and wild species. Their soldiers did not have sophisticated armor, and they valued bravery, so many of them even went shirtless.

What bad luck! In the first round of shooting, the Gauls lost at least half of their battalion. When they wanted to change their formation to form a shield formation, the second round of shooting arrived.

A group of barbarians didn't know how to fight at all, and didn't understand what alternating shooting meant. As more people fell to the ground, the Gauls realized in horror how ridiculous it was for them to resist the Roman army.

As Zhao Yuanlang arrived riding on Nemian, the entire Roman legion began to charge. Zhao Yuanlang was at the forefront, waving the mace in his hand and charging fiercely into the Gauls' defense line. As Zhao Yuanlang's battle cry broke out, the Gauls, whose morale had already been low, began to collapse, and his attack had no effect at all.

The Samnite consul, who was far away in the inner city defense line, looked at the broken front line caused by the defeat of the Gauls, and cursed these Gallic barbarians in his heart.

More and more Roman soldiers entered the city, and Silanus' troops began to gradually clear out the enemies trapped on the city walls.

The Samnite commander had no choice but to order the entire army to retreat to the inner city and rely on the terrain to fight a final battle with the Romans.

As the city gate was breached and the retreat horn was sounded, many enemy troops began to retreat in chaos. Zhao Yuanlang certainly could not miss this good opportunity, and led his cavalry to launch an attack on the enemy.

I have to say that although the Samnites were not good people, the planning of the entire city was still very good, with wide and flat avenues.

Many defeated enemy troops were fiercely held back by Zhao Yuanlang and his cavalry regiments, and helplessly endured the one-sided massacre.

The Samnites were fine, at least they had a sense of propriety, and although they withdrew, they were not panicked at all, and many soldiers successfully withdrew to the inner city. The Gauls were far worse, with no organization or discipline, and their two legions were completely destroyed.

The Samnite archon in the inner city was speechless when he saw the Gallic commander in disarray. This was a terrible teammate!

Zhao Yuanlang and Silanus did not attack the inner city immediately, but waited. After all, the inner city was easy to defend but difficult to attack, and the Samnites' long-range troops did not suffer too much loss. Rushing forward would definitely be counterproductive.

Although the Samnites were surprised why the Romans did not attack, they were horrified when the trebuchet troops under Zhao Yuanlang slowly arrived.

It was really a rat in the rice jar. As countless stones were thrown into the inner city, the entire enemy army was smashed into pieces, howling like ghosts.

After all, the inner city is not too big and it is too crowded. Basically every stone can take the lives of many people.

The Samnite consul had no choice but to order the soldiers to evacuate after losing many soldiers. The entire Samnite tribe fled Lucera.

After this battle, Zhao Yuanlang not only obtained more heads, but also obtained the heads of 7 centurions.