Chapter 222: Sneak Attack

Now the situation was clear, the city gates were opened, the city walls were occupied, and the Vandal army had to retreat into the densely packed streets. Their tenacity far exceeded Luca's expectations, because Luca's army could hardly move in the streets. They had to form a tortoise shell formation and

The Vandals were delaying time because they were busy making dozens of warships that were stationed in the port leave the port. Although this might result in the loss of the city, at least they would save the warships and maintain their advantage on the ocean!

"Luga!" Andrew turned his head and looked at Luga and said, "Let me go. I have enough experience in street fighting." Like Luga, Andrew was also very anxious when facing the soldiers slowly moving forward. He even drew out his iron sword and held it tightly in his hand, waiting for Luga to speak.

"No," Luca shook his head and said, "I'll go with you!"

After all, he was the commander of a legion. Luca's safety was no longer what it used to be. If he was allowed to enter Trapani, a city full of uncertainty, no one could guarantee that he would be safe. Andrew was the first to stand up and object, saying, "You are no longer that dispensable centurion, Luca. Don't be willful!"

"I have thought about it very clearly, Andrew." Luca took a torch from the guard beside him and said, "If the boys don't work hard, there must be a person in charge to supervise them. Of course, I'm talking about me!" As Luca said this, he rode his horse forward and came to the city gate that was knocked open. He dismounted, drew out his iron sword, held a shield in his left hand and a sword in his right hand, and behind him was a team of hundreds of people.

"Follow-up troops, follow up! Replace all the spears with daggers. Next, let's play an interesting game of hide-and-seek!" Luga sneered, picked up the torch, coated it with grease and lit it.

"Torches, light the torches!"

The soldiers followed Luca's example, lit the torches together, and followed closely behind Luca.

"Andrew." Luca asked Andrew before setting off: "If this city is burned down, will the higher-ups let us pay compensation?"

"Who knows?" Andrew shrugged and continued, "It's better to burn it than let it fall into the hands of the enemy. We are going to the dock to get the warship. That's our compensation!"

"Well, I see there aren't many people in this city. What if civilians are hurt?" Luca was still a little worried. After all, they were Roman citizens and needed to be protected to some extent. They couldn't be slaughtered indiscriminately without distinguishing between enemies and friends.

"Hey, my friend!" Andrew said nonchalantly, "How long have they been succumbing to the Vandals? Not to mention how many people have become slaves of the Vandals and been transported to North Africa to work, can you tell whether those who stayed behind are Vandals or Romans? Besides, once they are involved in this war, no one is innocent!"

"Good idea, my friend!" Luca no longer had any worries. He raised the torch high and shouted to the soldiers behind him: "The Vandals are hiding in the house and shivering. No matter how we knock on the door, they refuse to come out. They are so inhospitable!" The soldiers were amused by Luca's words. They held up torches and listened to Luca's words carefully.

"They are not hospitable, so we take the initiative. At least this is the greeting of civilized people! Of course, they are good at water. Think about it, can a fish from a river be grilled if it enters the sea?"

"Burn them!" The soldiers were boiling with excitement. They roared and couldn't wait to see the Vandals struggling in the fire!

"Okay!" Luka raised the torch high and shouted, "Except for the dock, take good care of the warships on it. This is the only money we have to pay for this party. Well, let's have a party! Kill those who have weapons in their hands, and everything you plunder will belong to you!"

"roar!"

The soldiers were crazy. They cheered with torches in their hands, sang obscene songs, screamed, laughed evilly, and kept wandering in the streets, holding torches high, revealing their gangster nature! They had lost their last sympathy for the city, and totally ignored the innocent civilians in the city. As Andrew said, no one was innocent when the battle began.

Soon, the angry soldiers roared and kicked open one door after another, and the ruthless killing officially began. Screams spread throughout the street, and from time to time, bloody corpses were thrown from the windows of the second floor. If they encountered stubborn resistance, the soldiers would directly throw torches in and let them burn. The resisters inside were burned to death, but halfway through, the poor creatures with flames all over their bodies could not bear the pain and rushed out of the door. Of course, they were greeted by only bloody iron swords! The cruel soldiers would pierce their chests with swords fiercely and discard their burning bodies on the road. The bodies were burned beyond recognition, and it was impossible to tell whether they were Vandals or Romans!

Luca could not bear to see such a scene, but he was the one who issued the order, and although the Vandals hiding in the houses who were trying to launch a sneak attack failed, when the situation got out of control, even Augustus himself might not be able to control it.

"Let's go, Andrew." Luca threw the torch to the ground, holding the iron sword in his right hand, and said to Andrew: "Let's go to the dock. There must be Vandals who want to escape there. We can kill them happily there!"

Andrew agreed with Luca's words, and of course he was a little impatient. After all, everyone was thinking about revenge, and no one cared how much blood was on the sword.

Luca led more than 300 people and followed the road signs along the way to the dock. Along the way, the Romans and the Vandals were fighting in the streets and alleys. Because of the flames, the Vandals no longer dared to hide in the houses, but rushed out of the house and fought with Luca's army in the streets. The road was covered with corpses, and Luca ran over them.

The pier was not far ahead. Luca was right in his guess. There really were a large number of Vandals there. Their armor was in disarray, and they lacked shields and swords. They tried their best to board the escape ship as soon as possible, but the warships were crowded together and could not be separated for a while, just like the dilemma Luca faced at the beginning. There were thousands of them, including soldiers and civilians. Trapani was no longer a new home for them, but a nightmare they tried their best to get rid of, but it was too late! "The game is over, poor children!"

Luca thought that he could finally have some fun. He weighed his iron sword and led his 300 soldiers to walk down the dock. Under the thousands of eyes of the Vandals fleeing, the soldiers behind Luca beat their shields with their iron swords, roared, and approached the Vandals in front of them step by step, just like Gaiseric approached Luca's army. But this time, Luca was not going to let them off easily!

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"Would you like to go to the sea by yourself, or would you like us to give you a ride?"

Luga held the sword in his right hand and slapped his left hand with the sword. He stood at the front of the army and looked at the deserters. Although they were holding weapons, no one dared to step forward to fight Luga and his men.

Not all of these thousands of people were soldiers, most of them were civilians who came with the army. When they saw that the situation was hopeless, they thought that the Romans would certainly not let them go, so they wanted to escape, but it was a little too late.

"Kill! Kill them all!" Luka swung his sword forward, and three hundred soldiers roared and rushed forward!

(End of this chapter)