Chapter 458 Siege 2

"What do they mean? What do they mean? My king, what should we do?" Diego pointed at the billowing smoke and asked Gaiseric loudly.

Gaiseric was a little dazed. He didn't expect Luca to have such a trick. But after Diego's questioning, he came back to his senses and just stretched out his hand to make him stop.

"Keep waiting!" Gaiseric's answer was firm. He gritted his teeth, as if he had made a very difficult decision, so difficult that he couldn't even guarantee what would happen next.

Diego gritted his teeth. He was really dissatisfied with Gaiseric's behavior. He couldn't understand what was in Gaiseric's mind. He watched the Romans casually send smoke signals and remained indifferent.

But Gaiseric is their joint king after all, and he cannot disobey the king's wishes no matter what. Maybe he still has his own plans, but even if he thinks so, Diego still can't stand it.

Two days later, Gaiseric still ordered the army to stay put, but only part of the army. He asked the archers to continuously shoot flaming arrows at the Roman fortress. Soon the small flames turned into a raging fire on the wooden Roman fortress.

Looking at the Romans struggling to put out the fire, Gaiseric could not help laughing. Then, he sat on a specially prepared chair and admired the miserable appearance of the Romans in the fortress as if he was watching a play.

In order to save water, Luka could only order the soldiers to put out the flames by stepping on them or using wet cloths. When they were finally about to succeed, another volley of arrows fell from the sky. Except for the unlucky soldiers who fell down after being shot, the rest were new flames that Luka and his men had to deal with.

Andrew had never suffered such humiliation in his military career. The shame of being made a fool of, the embarrassment of running for cover while avoiding the rain of arrows, and the exhaustion of putting out the fire made him rush up to the city wall like a madman and yell at the Vandal army: "Son of a bitch, son of a bitch! Come on, damn it, you lowly bastards, Vandals, damn it, it's really because Lord Stilicho didn't kill you all, damn it, damn it!"

Luca and other soldiers stood behind Andrew, silently watching Andrew growling until he became breathless, but they could do nothing about the Vandals in front of them. They just wanted to make the Romans angry, but the most painful moment was when they were angry but could do nothing about them. Every soldier present glared at the Vandals in front of them, tearing their chests desperately.

"That's enough, Andrew." Luga was behind him, and only spoke when he saw Andrew stop for a moment. He was probably in need of such venting at this moment to make himself feel better.

"Andrew, save your energy. They are doing this just to make us suffer." Luca dissuaded him in a dull tone behind him, which at least made Andrew calm down. This was not just Andrew's emotion, every soldier present thought so, but they had to swallow their anger and put out the fire started by the Vandals.

"Then tell me, Luca, Marenius and the others, when these Roman troops on standby see the thick smoke coming out from here, will they become alert and gather troops to rescue us?" Andrew lay on the city wall, turned his head and asked Luca who was standing behind him.

"Yes, sir, will they come to support us? Even if it's only one legion, no, half of it will do, there is hope!" The officers beside him said in unison. In the noise, only Luga remained silent. Perhaps he was the only one who did not ignite the spark of hope.

This is indeed a very difficult question. After all, according to the allocation, Malenius should have maintained land access to other Roman cities in the Iberian region of Rome in the north of New Carthage. At such a long distance, it should be certain that they cannot come. Now there is only Mateolius, who is stationed in New Carthage. He should have seen the billowing smoke, but who can be sure whether he will come? At least he has a lot of complaints about Luca, and now seeing Luca's embarrassment, he can't wait to laugh at him. Luca can't think of anything else. This mistake puts him in danger, but he can't do anything about it.

"Sorry, Andrew, this time, I'm afraid we really have no way out." Luca's voice was very low, but Andrew and the officers around him heard it clearly. They were collectively silent, probably because they finally had a spiritual connection with their superior at this moment.

Andrew also fell silent. At this time, the only sound that could be heard was his heavy breathing, and a sense of loss was revealed between each breath.

"If that's the case, why don't they attack us?" Andrew asked another question, "Are we not worthy of their attention at all? Or do they want to wait here and destroy us all if we get reinforcements?"

"Then we might as well rush out and fight them to the death." At this time, an officer stood up and looked at Luga with a firm face and said, "It doesn't matter if we die. As long as we send you out, the soldier commander, as long as you are still alive, we will have the hope of getting compensation!"

"Yes! As long as we send the soldier commander away, even if we die for our country, people will remember us and remember that we are fighting for Rome! As long as we can tear a hole in the Vandal army to let the soldier commander leave, we will be successful!" The officers clenched their fists and loudly mobilized the soldiers. The soldiers were holding their anger at this time, and naturally responded when they heard such words.

"Everyone, aren't you forcing me into an extremely dangerous place?" Lu Jia suddenly said this after listening to their incitement. "It is better to die gloriously here than to leave like this. If anyone here says such a thing, I will kill him with my own hands."

The soldiers were puzzled. This was a great way to escape, although it was very costly. But the sergeant refused at this time. Did he not want to live? Under the gaze of everyone, Luca walked back from the city wall to the interior of the fortress without looking back.

"Bang!" After the heavy sound of the door closing, the entire fortress became deserted.

The wooden walls of the fortress and the ground were full of arrows, but this was still a good thing. After all, the Vandals brought arrows for them. It was a good thing for the archers who had no arrows to use, which meant that they had arrows to fight back against the Vandals.

"Let's collect all of these. At least we still have some capital to support the infantry." said the soldiers.

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The New Carthage and the surrounding Romans did not understand what this meant, and after waiting for a week, there was no response to the support.

As time went by, the Vandals became bolder. From time to time, they would come in groups of three or five to a distance of less than a hundred meters from the Roman fortress, shouting at the Romans and laughing at them. The Romans could only watch coldly on the performance of the Vandals but had no other options.

(End of this chapter)