Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

Therefore, Antium is an important target of the landing raid he led the Third Army.The reason for attacking Asturias first was because he needed a port to safely unload the siege equipment carried on board.

Before dawn, Lizaru left only two thousand soldiers to stay in Atla City, and led 6000 soldiers to the port of Naples, taking the cargo ship prepared earlier, under the protection of the third fleet under the command of Midolades In the early morning, land on the coast near Asturias.

More than 6,000 people attacked the small town of Astura, guarded by only 120 Roman soldiers, and easily occupied it.

Then, the Third Army almost went north without stopping, and it took more than half an hour to reach the city of Antium.

In the city of Antium, the four Roman squadrons, together with the squadron, only had 700 people, but they had to defend this not-so-small town.

In front of the city, Lizam fully unfolded the siege array of 5,500 soldiers. When the siege equipment arrived, the soldiers immediately carried the ladder, pushed the siege car, and the arrow car...from south and north , Dongsan launched a full-scale offensive against Antium City.

As the Roman defenders struggled to defend, the Third Fleet led by Milradus burst into the port from the south, and 500 soldiers of the Third Legion took the warship and forcibly landed at the dock.

Lizaru's attack was completely beyond the expectations of the Roman defenders. They had never seen such a tactical combination of land and sea, so they did not deploy defense at the port. Of course, they did not have more people to defend.But this is a subject that the Legion of the Kingdom of Dionynia will train from time to time in the barracks, and it is extremely skilled.

After landing on the shore, the Dionysian soldiers quickly rushed south, and soon occupied the almost unguarded southern wall connected to the port.

The generals of the Roman defenders are gone...

When dusk, when Quintus and Frius rushed to the army, all they left was an empty city.

The sailors of the Dionysian Third Army and the Third Fleet moved all the food and weight stored in the city to the cargo ships that had been prepared.

At the same time, Camulus and Lisinius had led the remaining troops to dismantle the camp and began to retreat north...

On the evening of the news of the retreat of the Roman army, the people of Plefferham and Setia cheered the victory, and the top of the Walsey Union hosted a banquet in the city of Plefferham to entertain Amintas and Prental The senior team officers of the First Army of Dionysia and others thanked them for their contribution to the rescue of Walsey.At the same time, they also hope that the Dionysian army can continue to help Walsey and regain the territory occupied by the Romans.

Amintas, who had been criticized by Davers in his letter, learned this time well and he replied cautiously: "Dionia is very willing to assist the Walsi to regain lost territory, but if the Romans are heavily stationed In the occupied towns, if we want to recapture it, we need more soldiers to attack the city. Now you all know the situation of the Kingdom of Dionysia. Because of the drought and food shortages, we can’t send more troops. During this time, we can only do our best for the time being!"

The Walseys expressed their understanding.

Despite such a small episode, the atmosphere of the entire banquet was still very warm, and everyone was happy.

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The next day, troops led by Camulus and Lisinius arrived in Antium.

Here, the four military and political officials had another small dispute.

Because from yesterday to today, Quintus and Frius kept receiving news from the port sentry: The Dionysian fleet was cruising outside the port, blocking the cargo ships coming to the port.

This made the two military and political officials who had never experienced this experience feel helpless and nervous. They stood on the south wall and looked out of the port. The huge fleet of hundreds of Dionysian warships covered the entire offshore surface. They gave them unprecedented pressure, so they thought: Antioum was too far away from Rome, and at the same time faced the threat of the Dionysian fleet, but also always prevented the landing operation of the Dionysian soldiers, this would It is really not necessary to contain too many troops in Rome!It is better to give up Antium and focus on the defense of the city of Villitre and Sutnikum in the east of it, so as to get rid of the naval threat of Dionia, and the city of Rome can also provide support at any time...

Lisinius clearly expressed his opposition to this. He believed that: The Senate has passed a resolution to use Antium, Villetre and Satnikum as Roman colonies and decided to move the landless civilians. In these three cities, except for part of the land used as public land in Rome, other land was allocated to these citizens.If they give up Antium without permission, they may be accused and criticized by Roman citizens.

Camillus also said at this moment: This matter must be approved by the Senate. As a military and political officer, you must not make any claims.

In the end, the matter was shelved, and the four reached an agreement: Li Xinius led 10,000 people to guard Antiuum, and the other three military and political officials led the large troops to retreat to Satnikum.

Due to the lack of strength of the Walsey Allied Forces, they were unable to attack these former Walsey towns guarded by Roman heavy soldiers. This war between Rome and Walsey temporarily restored calm.

But in the city of Rome, it began to become calm.

The deaths and injuries of tens of thousands of Roman civic soldiers and allied soldiers shocked the people of the city. The last such casualties occurred in the battle with the Celtics' Aria River ten years ago.Ten years later, when the Roman people, who were used to victory, saw the remains of the dead citizens after being cremated and transported back to Rome, they were almost in grief.

Some relatives of the deceased scolded: The military and political officials who led the battle were incompetent, and even in the case of occupying an absolute advantage, Rome suffered such a big defeat!

There are also some people who know something inside complain loudly: they should not provoke the powerful Kingdom of Dionysia, otherwise they will not make such a big sacrifice!

Of course, there is also the arrogance of the public: the Dionysian messenger should not be let go at first, otherwise he can use his head to pay homage to the lost soldiers!Rome should reorganize a strong army and launch an attack on the Wallsey area again, completely wipe out the Wallsey and Dionysians there, and avenge the dead citizens!

Compared to the citizens of the city who were caught in anger and grief, the landless civilians were relieved when they heard the news that "Antium was recovered and the Walseys also stopped attacking."After the Senate announced the resolution to distribute the conquered Walsey land to them, they eagerly awaited the implementation of this proposal.

In the Roman Senate, there is a meeting in progress. Except that Lisinius was still stationed in Antium, all the other elders appeared in the venue, and all listened to Cami intently. The three military and political officials who had returned to Rome, Luce, Quintus and Frius, told the whole process of this war.

The first thing to talk about is Camillus. He started by receiving orders from the Senate and led his army to Tunstrom’s rebellion. He talked about: He found that Tunstrom had no intention of rebellion, and he took the initiative to offer Hundreds of hostages, and re-signed the alliance agreement based on Rome. On the way back, he again received orders from the Senate to support Quintus in the south and speed up the conquest of the Walsey area, so he and Frius led The army marched in a hurry and successfully attacked the city of Antium, then quickly attacked all the way south and reached the city of Setia, because Walsi reinforcements arrived, they had to stop and camp, waiting for their troops with Quintus Teacher.However, because he did not know the arrival of the Dionysian army, he did not withdraw the food-raising force in time, nor did he expect the Dionysian to rush into the tens of miles and attack the food-raising force, forcing him to lead his team to respond. Finally Under the attack of the Walseys and Dionysians, they suffered a terrible defeat...

Quintus said: He and Lisinius led the army to defeat Willetley, defeated Walsie's reinforcements, then Quesatnikum, and then went south to meet with Camulus's troops, then After several strong attacks on Setia City, eventually the Walseys passed through the swamp area, bypassed the detection of the reconnaissance ride, and suddenly appeared on the battlefield, and suffered defeat. Just when they were ready to launch another attack on Setia, Dai The Onias took a ship and circled the rear of the army and captured the anti-empty Antium. Due to the threat of food transportation channels, and the fear that Rome and surrounding allied territories would be attacked by the Dionysians. , So he led the army to retreat.

Frius's story is more about confirming and supplementing the facts stated by the two previous military and political officials.For example, he talked about Camillus once opposed direct attack on Setia, and had another combat plan.At the same time, he also mentioned that the withdrawal of the army was Camillus' first proposal...

The three men finished the whole war. From the beginning, the elders heard the excitement of successive victories, and finally the sudden reversal of the battle situation was agitated and frustrated. Most people could not keep calm and whisper to each other. Talking non-stop.

At this time, a veteran named Aprieus stood up and accused loudly: "This war, the reason why our Rome failed, first of all is the responsibility of Camillus! If it was not for him to rush into the army, In the case of superior military strength, the Dionysians were not defeated in time, resulting in a fiasco. Not only did we lose many brave citizens, but also the morale of the remaining soldiers, which helped the Walseys The arrogance gave them the courage to dare to resist our army’s attack in the following battles, and we suffered another defeat... So, given the command mistakes of Camillus, the tremendousness caused to Rome in this war Loss, I think the Senate should give Camillus severe penalties, and should also consider whether he still has the need to serve as a military and political officer."