Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

The huge strength of the Romans forced the Walsey warriors and Dionysian reinforcements of the two cities not to dare to leave the city easily, but could only send a few light infantry to harass, which obviously had little impact on the Roman army.

Camillus used half of his troops for defense. The other half of the soldiers plus slaves and heavy civilians participated in the construction of the camp. The two rotated regularly. As a result, it took only three days to lay between Setia and Pole. The Roman camp between Vernum was initially built.

Quintus and Lisinius couldn't wait to attack Setia.

The highly respected Camillus expressed his opposition at the beginning. He reminded the two military and political officials that in recent days, the Walsi have been building traps and trenches outside the city of Setia. The defense of the entire city may be stronger than before. , And there are tens of thousands of Walsi reinforcements and several thousand powerful Dionysians in the city of Boleverham, not far from Setia. They may be out of the city at any time to help the Romans to attack the city. Combat increases in difficulty.

Therefore, he suggested: siege Setia without attacking, pinning Peleforham, and then separating more than 20,000 soldiers, bypassing these two towns and heading southwest, destroying the Walseys all the way Field, arrived in the town of Selshe, the important town of Walsey.If Wallsey’s reinforcements and Dionysians come to the rescue, then take the opportunity to fight with them in the wild; if the enemy does not rescue, then attack Selshe, and eventually win it, thus changing this stalemate.

Quintus refused.In his view: the enemy is in front of him, and with the powerful strength of his army, he can completely take Setia while taking a decisive battle with the enemy army from Plefferhamm. There is no need to march for another twenty or thirty miles. At the risk of being harassed by the enemy, attacking the city of Selsche, which the Walseys called "critical terrain," was both dangerous and too troublesome.

Of course, Lisinius also supported Setia first.

As the least experienced military officer, Frius remained silent, but in his heart he actually supported Quintus's proposal.This is derived from the Roman military tradition of using heavy infantry as the main military force of the city-state. The vast majority of Roman citizens are used to rushing to the front, and there is not much concept of a roundabout attack, even if Frius and Camillus worked together. Long.

Camillus did not insist on his opinion, but asked to stay in the camp and build a new camp at the same time.

As a result, the Roman attack on Setia began.

Soon they tasted the strength of the additional defensive facilities built with the help and guidance of the soldiers of the Dionysian First Army.

First of all, the wide trap belt in front of the trench made the Roman soldiers suffer a lot. Many soldiers were stabbed in the foot by "hook" and "lily".

Just when they had to patiently clear the traps, the defenders sent hundreds of light infantry who were familiar with the distribution of traps outside the city. They scattered on the safe passage of the trap zone to javelin and arrow the Romans who buried their heads to clear the ground obstacles. The attack, not only caused some casualties among Roman soldiers, but also delayed their siege progress.

Therefore, despite the fact that the ballistas 300 meters away from the city have been shooting stone bombs for several days, and even damaged several due to excessive use, the old city wall of Setia has only recently been repaired. Where it can withstand continuous bombardment, there have been several collapses.

This was a great opportunity for siege, but the Romans were blocked by traps outside the city and could not reach the bottom of the city smoothly. They could only watch the Walseys repair the gap with stones and mud paddles.But this also gave Quintus, Lisinius and Frius more confidence in overcoming Setia Cheng.

They sent thousands of light infantry, risking being stabbed by a trap under their feet, attacked the Walsey light infantry who sneaked out of the city, and finally forced the Walsey light infantry who did not lose a lot of casualties to dare to leave the city easily.

A few days later, Roman soldiers paid a certain amount of casualties and basically cleared the trap in front of the trench.

Quintus and Lisinius left nearly 15,000 people in the camp, led by Camulus and Frius, in preparation for the rescue of Peleforham, and led nearly 30,000 soldiers to Seti Yacheng launched a strong attack.

Setia’s wide and deep trenches and the dense deer wall under the city walls became the biggest obstacles for the Romans to attack, but it was the most powerful helper for the Romans to kill the Romans on the head of the city. They poured down javelins and arrows desperately. Arrows, stones, oil...

The Romans paid a lot of casualties.

After a hard battle for a long time, the Romans finally broke down the repaired original wall gap with a siege car. The soldiers poured into the city through the gap, and they suddenly found that in front of them, there was a little The lower walls were full of Boursey warriors.

The Romans found themselves fooled, but the unknowing comrades in arms were still pouring in, and soon squeezed this long and narrow tunnel.

Wallsey was conquered and carried out long-range attacks from all directions. Every stone and every javelin could kill the Romans.And the blazing flames ignited by a large number of thrown oil tanks made the Romans fall to hell...

After paying the cost of more than 2,000 casualties, the Roman army failed.

Quintus and Lisinius returned to the camp with a gloomy face. Camulus didn't say anything, but only called the doctors and soldiers in the camp to treat the wounded.

The Walsi people in Setia were greatly encouraged by this victory and strengthened their determination to defend the city.

After two days of rest, Quintus and Lisinius did not listen to Camulus's dissuasion and insisted on siege again. Due to Frius' support, Camulus could only agree.

This time, Camillus alone led nearly 10,000 soldiers to stay in the camp, including some wounded soldiers.

Quintus, Lisinius, and Frius led more than 30,000 Roman soldiers, mainly from east, west, and south, launched a offensive against Setia.

The battle was fierce.

By the afternoon, the Romans had attacked the city heads one after another, and the Walseys had to fully retreat to their newly constructed second wall. Because of the lack of manpower, they even had to arm the old men and women to send the city heads to resist The fierce attack of the Romans.

And at this critical moment, Peleforham's reinforcements arrived and they attempted to bypass the Roman camp and rescue Setia.

Camillus had taken precautions against this, and after receiving the return of the reconnaissance ride, he left more than two thousand people to guard the large camp and personally led 7,000 soldiers out of the camp to intercept.

Peleforham’s reinforcements consisted of 8,000 fighters with the main force of Dionysian First Army. Although their strength was not much different from the previous time, this time the mixed forces’ attack was far less fierce.

Camillus felt uneasy after being aware of this.

Sure enough, it didn't take long for the scout's return to confirm his worries: There were thousands of Walsey warriors approaching Setia from the north.

Where is the power of the Walseys in the north?!Camillus was very disturbed when he heard the news, but also puzzled.

In fact, after receiving news from the Roman army that the Roman army attacked Setia again in the early morning, Printoles concluded that this time it was difficult for Setia to withstand the prepared attack by the Roman army. He made his own suggestion, and Walsey reinforcements followed this bold suggestion.

They dispatched 5,000 Walsey fighters, first marching southwest, reaching the swamp area near the coast, then folding north, using their familiarity with the terrain, sticking to the edge of the swamp area, avoiding the Roman scouts Probing, made a big circle, appeared in the north of Setia.

At this time, the siege is proceeding to the most intense time.

The newly built earth wall withstood fierce fighting between the two sides, and many collapses occurred.Whether they are women, old people, or teenagers, the Setias are almost always sent to block these gaps as long as they can pick up their spears.Quintus also crushed all the troops, hoping to break Setia in one fell swoop.

When both sides were trying their best, Walsey’s reinforcements appeared, and they were the 5,000 strongest fighters. Peleforham did his best to save Setia.

When Quintus, Lisinius, and Frius received this shocking news, if they were hit hard, then they all screamed: "Damn scout ride! Why didn't they find out until Walsey reinforcements came to their eyes ?!!!......"

Of course, Quintus also casually scolded "Why didn't Camillus block the reinforcements?"

Of course, this accusation is ridiculous. The other two thought that Quintus was an unconscious word because of anxiety. After all, they had got the news that Camulus was leading the army to resist Polefner from the south. Mu reinforcements.

The Walsi reinforcements coming from the north were approaching quickly, and the Roman army had been fully invested in the siege, and it was difficult to withdraw troops to intercept.As for the more than two thousand soldiers in the camp, they dare not pull it out, otherwise they will be attacked by the Walseys and lose the mountain of grass and weapons. This huge army of more than 40,000 people will also Difficult to sustain.

"If we don’t let the soldiers use Setia’s outer walls to block Walsey’s reinforcements, we will concentrate on capturing Setia’s inner city," Frius suggested.

"The Walsi people in the city resisted very tenaciously. We have tried our best. Even if we take the entire city of Setia, the tired soldiers still have extra strength to fight against the four or five thousand enemies who have just joined the battle!" Lisinius looked at Quintus and expressed his opinion with concern.

"Retreat." Quintus said simply: "The defense facilities of Setia have been basically destroyed, and it will be difficult for us to hinder us in a short time, and the Walsey warriors in it have no left. Many, these thousands of Walsey reinforcements came just right, and they will be our captives tomorrow! Frus, your suggestion is very good, let the soldiers near the outer wall to block the enemy’s reinforcements, and retreat for the whole army. To gain time."