Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

The Walseys did not like the Campanias to hold a grand banquet to greet the arrival of the Dionysian army. They quickly and carefully asked Amintas: Can he explain the whole to him now? The situation of the war and the discussion about how the two parties should collaborate and meet the Romans together.

Amintas did not think about it, and immediately agreed.

This made the Walseys' perception of the Dionysians reach a new level.

As a result, the two sides held a military meeting in the conference room of the residence of the governor of Selsher.

When the map of Walsey and the surrounding area drawn in cowhide was unfolded on the table, Amintas and Prentals immediately widened their eyes: Although the map painter is rough, it may not even be accurate. But at least the map of central Italy produced by the Dionysian Military Department is detailed. After all, there are many races and forces in this area. Some forces do not welcome outsiders at all, plus Dionysian has no foundation here. Therefore, the intelligence department of Aristilas has no way to let his men go deeper inland to explore.

As the two took a closer look, Selche's Archon Toulouse pointed to the map and said heavily in Greek: "General Amintas and General Prentals, more than 30,000 Rome more than a month ago People invaded our Walsey territory and surrounded the city of Villetre. Since we had just recently suffered a defeat in the battle with the Romans, we barely gathered 20,000 people to rescue and in the city of Villetre The foreigners fought against the Romans, but they failed again..."

Speaking of which, Toulouse's face was intertwined with anger and shame, he coughed and continued: "After our defeat, the Romans began to attack the city of Villetre, and they used a terrible siege device. , You can launch stones at a very far distance and bombard the city wall continuously. As a result, the city wall was opened by them, causing the city of Villetre to fall..."

Prentals was quite surprised: "Do the Romans also make ballistas?!"

As a veteran of Dionysia, Amintas has been participating in the emergency meeting of Carthage affairs in the senate, and after being appointed by Daphes, he also went to the military department to read some information about Rome. Secret information, so he knows a lot of things. He saw the surprise on Prentals' face and whispered to him: "It should be given by the Carthaginians. They formed a military alliance with the Romans. In the past, ships were sent to support Rome with weapons and equipment. Before I left Turiri, the Carthaginian envoy went to our senate to express his support for the Romans and tore up the agreement with us...

The Ministry of Military Affairs does have information about the Carthaginians secretly trying to develop ballistas and siege towers... but Prentals is even more shocked: because of the current situation, Dionia and Carthage It's very likely that war will happen!

Toulouse noticed the change in the expressions of the two Generals of Dionynia, but he did not stop telling: "After the Romans captured Villetre, they continued to attack Satnikum. This time, we learned the lesson, No longer fighting with the Romans, but defending the city with all his strength, so he repelled the Romans' offensive many times, but—"

Toulouse said indignantly again: "A dozen days ago, another Roman army suddenly attacked Antium. Since most citizens of Antium went to assist Satnikum, there was no Under the precaution, they were successfully attacked by them! After the occupation of Antium, the Roman army quickly moved south along the coast. In order to prevent them from being cut back, most of our reinforcements had to evacuate Sartre. Nikum..."

There was a painful look on Toulouse's face. He sighed: "What is the situation with Satnikum now? We don't know very well, but there are not too many soldiers in the city, I am afraid it will not be able to support it for long. I can’t help it now, because this Roman army attacked quickly, and this one—"

Toulouse drew a small circle on the map with his finger: "There are no big towns, only many villages and several small cities, and the terrain is very flat. Although there are several rivers, they can easily walk, so An army that we organized hastily went to intercept and was defeated by the Romans...Now they have reached the city of Setia."

Amintas found that the location of Tulus's finger on the map did not seem to be too far from Selche, and immediately chimed in: "How far is this city from us?"

"There are about 40 miles." Toulouse's answer made Amintas and Prentals look at each other, expressing the same meaning in their eyes: No wonder the Walseys are in a hurry to hold a military meeting, the Romans It's almost time to kill the door!

Toulouse’s finger moved slightly south on the map, pointing to another city close to Setia: now our reinforcements are all concentrated in the city of Peleforham, but the cunning Romans Stopped the attack on the city of Setia, and instead built a camp not far from the city. We have been holding each other for several days, but once another Roman army captured our Satnikum After the city, come to meet, I am afraid it is time for them to attack!"

Toulouse finished with a worried expression, and the others in the room also showed their worries.

After thinking for a while, Amintas pointed to the Peleforham icon on the map and asked, "How many of you are here?"

"There are about 12,000 people." Toulouse replied, unable to hide, and emphasized another sentence: "This is the largest force we can now put together in the Walsey League, which also includes Olonchi and The 3000 reinforcements sent to us by Sidisini."

The Walsi people present were both ashamed and sad: the Walsi people who once dominated the Latium region are now broken down to the point where even 10,000 soldiers cannot get together.

Tapirus, who was listening to it, showed a clear look: No wonder there are not many Walsey citizens in the port and in the city!

Amintas didn't care about it. He pointed to the icon of Setia and asked, "How many people are there in the Roman army?"

"I'm afraid there will not be less than 12,000 people, because this time there are two military officers in the Roman army. According to Rome's regulations, a military officer usually leads a legion to fight. They have about 5,000 troops per legion, plus some The army of the Roman Allies..."

Before Tulus finished, Tapirus could not help but exclaimed: "There are legions in Rome?!"

Amintas glanced at him and said calmly: "Yes, Rome also has legions. And its structure is somewhat similar to our Dionysian legion."

Before coming, Amintasite went to the military department to get some information about Rome. When he saw the description of the military system in Rome, he was also taken aback at the time, and he was still thinking: The Romans secretly learned from us. Legionary tactics of Onya!But it also reduced some of his underestimation of the Roman army.

"If more than 12,000 people join another Roman army with more than 30,000 people, then there will be nearly 50,000 Roman troops near Setia." Amintas said slowly.

The Walseys in the house all looked dignified. After the alliance with Dionysia, they thought that this powerful Confederation of Southern League sent more troops to come here, but did not expect to send only 10,000.Of course, after listening to Metabola's explanation that "Dionia could not send more troops because of drought and food shortage", they expressed their understanding: In fact, Walsey will give more than 10,000 Dio The Nyah Army, as well as their own army, also find it difficult to supply military supplies.

Amintas also looked dignified. Of course, he knew that the First Legion was brave and could not repel 50,000 Roman soldiers, because according to the data, the Romans continued to fight for a long time, and they were definitely not as good as the weak Tarantum. Deal with.

He stared closely at the map, thinking for a while, pointing to the west of Polefnum on the map, and resolutely said: "Tomorrow, I will lead my troops here, and then depending on the situation, I can lure this The Roman army will fight us!"

After Amintas finished speaking, he looked around the house, and when he fell on Prentals, he paused a little and asked a little hesitantly: "Princels, do you have any suggestions? ?"

If it was former Alexis, he would first ask Prentals for his opinion, and then make his own decision after careful consideration.Amintas apparently has not adapted to the existence of Prentals, this question is obviously perfunctory.

Printols compared the style characteristics of these two Dionysian generals in his heart, and gently shook his head: "I have no opinion, the commander's decision is correct!"

Indeed, Boleverham is an important town in Walsey. The First Army built camps on its west side. The two are horns, which undoubtedly added great difficulty to the Roman army's attack.To the west of this campsite to be built is a swamp area, so that a relatively sparse defensive line is established to protect the two most important towns of Volsey and the surrounding field villages in Teresina and Selsche, It also ensures that these towns and villages will continue to provide logistical support to the camp.Of course, if the Romans gave up their attacks on the settlements of Setia and Dionysia and forcibly crossed the larger gap between the camp and the swamp area to attack the empty Selce of the rear, the Romans would risk being Close the door and hit the dog!Pringles analyzed the pros and cons of Amintas's decision in his heart.

Prentals agreed, but the Walseys had not yet expressed their position. Amintas had patted the table and said, "This is the way it is! I will start with the army tomorrow morning!"