Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

While the Romans gave the retreat order, the whistle of Walsey's reinforcements also sounded.

The people of Setia in the city heard the horn, and their confidence suddenly increased.

Because the Roman army used the squadron as a tactical unit, the organization of its army was not too loose during the siege, but the Roman soldiers were mostly heavy infantry and did not prepare javelins, arrows, stones... not to mention the city walls. In this gap, they stood on the head of the city to defend and could not play a great role in blocking.So the Romans hurriedly organized their teams and rushed to the gaps of the city walls, and the defensive formations had not been arranged yet.

The Roman army, lacking in physical strength and irregular formation, could not be blocked for long, but was disturbed by the vigorous Walsey soldiers. They took advantage of the situation and rushed into the city to carry out a fierce attack on the retreating Roman soldiers.

The Romans collapsed and fled the city of Setia.

Walsey's reinforcements chased the tail until Roman soldiers fled into the barracks.

Fortunately, Camillus saw the opportunity early, and ordered the troops in the south to retreat in an orderly and timely manner. Then, when the army in the north retreated, he dispatched troops to intercept the chaser. Otherwise, the Walseys might have rushed into the camp.

In this day's battle, the Roman army failed to attack the city, killing more than 4,000 people.The defenders of Setia also suffered heavy casualties, and more than 10,000 people of Setia residents were killed or injured.

The Dionysian 1st Army Corps took on the task of containing the Roman camp guards this time, with almost no casualties, but the high-ranking Walseys in the city of Boleverham faced Amintas and Prentals. Thank you, because they defeated the powerful Romans again according to the strategy proposed by the Dionysians. While celebrating the victory of the battle, they were also full of confidence in the next battle plan proposed by Amintas.

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The failure of the siege battle cast a shadow over the entire Roman camp, but Quintus’ determination to capture Setia remained unshakable, and he still insisted on launching an attack on Setia next day.

Camillus did not object to this, because he was very clear: although the Walseys won again, the strength gap between the two sides has not been greatly changed, and after the fierce battle today, Setia is already The loss was heavy and the lingering panic, even if there were thousands of more reinforcements, in the face of the siege of tens of thousands of Roman troops without the advantage of city defense, it was just a piece of fat in the mouth, and it could also take advantage of the opportunity to reduce Walsey’s Number of reinforcements.Therefore, the strategy is to continue to attack and not give the enemy a breathing opportunity.

While supporting the Quintus siege plan, Camillus also reminded three military and political officials: to strengthen the reconnaissance of the surroundings, expand the scope of the reconnaissance, and prevent the recurrence of "enemy reinforcements have only been discovered before the eyes" like today. Dangerous situation.

Everyone agrees with this suggestion.But for another suggestion put forward by Camillus, "hope military and political officials to go down to various squadrons to encourage soldiers and boost morale", Frius and Lisinius all agreed, only Kuntu Si is undecided.

The next morning, the roar of the camp in Rome sounded, and the well-dressed Roman soldiers came out of the military account. They did not see the frustration of yesterday’s defeat on their faces, but showed the excitement of the war. Roman citizens The attitude towards combat is evident.

Just as the soldiers lined up, the military and political officials who were about to leave in the big tent received bad news at this time.

"Astura was attacked?!" Frius heard the news, his eyes widened in surprise, and he interrupted the messenger angrily: "What are our scouts doing?! Wo The Ersi people once again bypassed us and raided the rear! We didn't even know!--"

"Frusian military officer." The courier reminded loudly: "It's not the Walseys, it may be the Dionysians! The enemies are wearing black armor, about five or six thousand people, riding a huge Fleet, land on the beach near Astura."

"When I was ordered to report, they had already launched an attack on the city of Astura! Four military and political officers, please send your aid to the rescue! There is only one squadron in the city of Astura, which can't resist so many enemies. Offensive!" the courier asked anxiously.

Camillus, Quintus, Lisinius, and Frius looked at each other with a very dignified expression.

Offensive at sea, landing operations... Such tactics, these Roman generals may have just heard of it, but have never seen it in person.Although Rome has the port of Ostia, its warships are scarce and have never been used for battle. Since Rome has built its city to the present, it has always been an inland city-state, always fighting on land, and never fighting his enemies. Landing operations have been carried out, and no enemy has ever carried out landing operations on it. After all, the previous enemies, like Rome, had no navy at all.Even Camillus has no such concept in his mind.

Therefore, they led the army all the way and drove the Walseys to the south of the Latium area. The occupied Walsey towns around the back were surrounded by Latin allies. The military and political officials did not leave too many soldiers to defend. Because they think the rear is basically safe.

It was not until this time that they realized that the enemy that Rome had just provoked was not only a powerful army, but also a navy!The coastline of the Latium area is under the control of the Dionysian fleet.

The courier's request immediately changed Camillus and Lisinius' faces, shouting in unison: "Antium! We must rescue Antium!"

Astura only has one squadron to defend, and it is also a small city. It is impossible to resist the attack of thousands of Dionysian soldiers, and even if Astura is lost, it will not affect the Roman army too much.But in the north of Asturia, less than ten miles away, Antium, which was also the seaside town of Wallsea, was very important for the Roman army because this important town in the northwest of Wall has a larger port After the Roman army captured him, it was used as a transit point for military food transportation.Grain and grass raised in Rome was transported through the Tiber River to the port of Ostia at the estuary, and then transported to Antium by boat, and then transported to Rome camp by land, which saved a lot of time and labor. , Which provides convenience for grain transportation.

Because of the importance of Antium, Camillus left four Roman squadrons here, as well as a heavy transport team.But he did not expect that the enemy would attack from the sea, so this force is too few compared to the attacking enemy. If the Dionysians captured Antium, the food supply of the Roman camp will be encountered. difficult.

After a moment of silence in the big tent, Quintus finally said in a dry voice: "We should temporarily stop the siege and send troops to rescue Antium!" Quintus finally made such a decision, and the mood was quite uncomfortable. Because the siege that is bound to be won is about to start, but it is suddenly interrupted.

But then Camiros's words surprised everyone: "I think we should stop the attack on the Walsi and withdraw the army to Rome!"

The three military and political officials looked at him in surprise, and Camillus said solemnly: "The Dionysian fleet is powerful, they can carry the Dionysian land army on the coast of Latium with any flat beach. Landing here, today’s attack is Antium, tomorrow we may attack our Latin Confederate Adi, the day after tomorrow may be our important port Ostia, even the Dionysians are not content to attack only the seaside towns, and It was an inland attack, attacking our Latin Confederates and colonial cities, destroying our villages and fields! The Dionysian army is quite strong, but our main force is here, and the Roman city and surrounding areas are empty!"

"But... But Dionysia is suffering from drought, and they cannot send more troops!" Frius said in a loss of voice.

"Yesterday afternoon a Dionysian army was fighting against us. Today a Dionysian army appeared on the coastline tens of miles behind us. They cannot be the same army! With two Dionysian troops, it is possible that a third Dionysian army will appear! And we..." Camillus stared at the three men, Shen Sheng said: "Dare to take the Roman territory and the safety of the people to risk this Is it dangerous?"

There was a tightness in the hearts of the three, and there was a moment of silence.

Four military and political officers, Quintus was born from a large aristocracy, Camillus and Frius were born from a nobility, Lisinius was a civilian, their living habits were different, their political ideas were different, but one thing was The same: they all love Rome and don’t want to put this home that has already suffered a disaster in danger again!

Therefore, they quickly laid down their respective interests and reached an agreement: 12,000 people led by Quintus and Frius immediately went to rescue Antium; Camillus and Lisinius After leading nearly 30,000 soldiers to clean up the camp, they escorted the heavy and wounded soldiers and retreated safely to Rome.

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After Lizaru received a letter from Davers, he began to pay attention to the Volsi region not far from Campania.

Soon, he received a letter from Amintas requesting his assistance.

The news of "frequent cargo ships carrying food between Antium and Port of Ostia" has long been seen in the eyes of Campania merchants active on the west coast of Italy, and this news naturally quickly reached Liza. Lu's ears.

At his request, a piece of intelligence from the intelligence department about the general distribution of enemy forces in the Walsey area was sent to his hands.