Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

The Roman people quickly quelled the panic in an atmosphere of antagonism and enrolled again to defend the city.The Roman cavalry also ran on the fields outside the city, and urgently notified the people of the villages to evacuate immediately.More than a dozen messengers also rushed out of the city of Rome one after another, rushing in all directions to seek help from the colonial city and allies...

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Ostia is more than 50 miles from Rome, and there are no other city-states in the middle, and Rome is also nearly 30 miles from the nearest allies. This is the result of the strong expansion of the Romans in the past 100 years. They constantly defeated nearby city-states. Then they constantly moved their people into Rome, the city of Rome continued to grow, and the land directly under it was also increasing, but it left a blank area of ​​tens of miles around it, making Dionysia’s two The army of the road, like entering the unmanned state, marched smoothly along the way without any hindrance. I don't know if the Romans have regretted their short-sighted tyranny at this time.

Especially the two cavalry regiments of Dionysia galloped all the way, rushing to the forefront of the whole army.

At this time, they saw thick smoke rising in the distance.

"Damn! The Romans must have burned their granaries!" Ledes remembered the death order that King Daveus sent to him by a messenger last night: early in the morning, after the whole army set off, your first and second cavalry regiments To the fastest speed to the west of Rome, the river port on the Tiber River, at any cost to grab the granary!

Lydes couldn't help feeling anxious, shouting loudly: "Speed ​​up! Prepare to fight the fire!"

The anxious Lydes actually ordered the commander to sound the charge, and led the soldiers to the horse.

The river port of the Roman city was built after the Romans captured Ostia. It became another way for the Romans to communicate with the outside world. Because the population of the Roman city at that time continued to flow in, there was no river port planning in advance, so the city was basically There is no extra space to accommodate the port, so it was built outside the city.

In the first few decades, the river port facilities were extremely rudimentary. Until the last ten years, the aid and trade of the Carthage to Rome promoted the great development of this river port. The expansion and improvement of the river port also allowed the transportation of materials by river transportation. The increasing number of merchant ships also led to the establishment of Roman granaries next to the river port.This is because Rome has frequently waged wars for more than a decade. It consumes a lot of food and sometimes cannot supply itself adequately. Carthage provides assistance to it. The grain is basically transported by river and unloaded in ports.After experiencing a fire, the Romans learned their lesson. They no longer transport food into cities where houses are chaotic and prone to fire accidents. They park directly near the port, which is convenient and safe.Afterwards, they also collected the food collected from other allies here, and then collected the food here when the army went out and transported it to the camp.

When Leders led the Dionysian First Cavalry Corps when he arrived, he saw a large rectangular camp with a three-meter-high stone fence in front of it, and several towers were built inside the fence. Smoke, but no one can see a figure, no voice can be heard, and the Roman city wall less than two hundred meters away is covered with soldiers, and its gate is closed.

Lydes immediately jumped off the horse and drew his dagger, and ran to the gate of the camp.

"Let's be careful!" The guards next to him immediately pulled him, and at the same time blocked the cavalry shield in front of him, only listening to the "bangbang" sound, two sharp arrows pierced the shield.

Lydes shuddered in cold sweat, and calmed down. He looked closely and saw that there were a lot of figures shaking on the wall of the granary. He thought a little, and then shouted: "The first brigade attacked the inside with a javelin. Enemy! The second brigade dismounted me to see if I could knock the gate open! The other brigade went around this camp and climbed the wall for me!"

"Yes, the regiment leader!!"

After only hearing a scream of Ma Si, the cavalry of the 3rd, 4th, and 5th brigades began to circulate around the camp, while the soldiers of the 2nd brigade ran directly to the camp gate, which forced the fence The Roman soldiers had to show up and attacked the Dionysian soldiers approaching the camp with javelins and arrows.

The second-team Dionia cavalry, who was ready, immediately attacked the enemy on the wall with a javelin.

The fence is not high, and there are no trenches and deer villages, the Dionysian cavalry can resist the attack, plus their large number.Although Roman soldiers were condescending, they were at a disadvantage in long-range attacks.

At this time, the cavalry of other brigades had already circumnavigated under the other wall sections of this granary camp, and they jumped off their horses and took the cavalry shield to their backs. The spears were left on the horses, and the daggers were hung on their waists. One crouched down, the other stepped on each other's shoulders, and the two stood upright slowly.At the three-meter high stone wall, when the two overlap, the soldiers above can already put their hands on the edge of the wall, and the soldiers below will send their shoulders up, and the soldiers above will turn over the wall... Soon, hundreds of Dionysian soldiers stood on the wall.

They saw dozens of side-by-side large round barns in the granary that had been ignited, and a dozen Roman soldiers were carrying asphalt and carrying torches and running between the barns.They immediately separated more than half of the soldiers and quickly ran down the fence to go to the fire.The other soldiers followed the aisle at the wall and killed the Roman soldiers who were fighting.

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Soldiers on the walls of the western city of Rome were able to see the situation in the granary camp due to the height of the wall. They were very anxious when they saw that their countrymen were in danger.

"General Sipiah, Gaius, they refused to retreat to the city in order to completely burn the granary. They are heroes of Rome, and we should go out to save them!"

"The Dionysian cavalry has less than two thousand people, and basically jumped off to fight, wearing light armor. If we send troops to kill the city at this time, we can definitely hit this Dionysian cavalry. !"

Compared with the pleadings of the soldiers, the veteran's suggestion made the chief of the city guard Daxipiah a little moved.

Now not only the Roman civic soldiers are standing on the head of the city, but also some veterans, they are a little curious about the Dionysians who have been violently killed. After all, this is the first time to face the Dionysian army, of course their The arrival also brought some troubles to Sipadia.

Initially, the plan of Great Sipiah was "to transport all the grain from the granary into the city, and then burn the granary." Because according to the return of the previous reconnaissance ride, the Dionyan army was still halfway, so Great Sipiah believed that With enough time to complete this plan, he organized nearly 10,000 people and many pack cars to move out of the city to transport food. He thought he could complete this task before the arrival of the Dionysian army.

But not long after the grain transport team was out of the city, he was once again rewarded with a scout ride: The Dionysian cavalry was rushing towards Rome, less than 30 miles from the city of Rome.

The speed of the Dionysian cavalry marching was completely beyond the expectations of Great Sipiah. Not only was he unable to complete his previous plan, he had to immediately withdraw the food transport team into the city.In order to ensure order and prevent people and pack animals from chaos and blocking the city gate, he did not immediately burn the granary. The evacuation of the transportable grain team took a lot of time. When the people have basically entered the city and want to ignite the granary, wear The Onia cavalry was very close to the city of Rome, and from the return of the reconnaissance cavalry, they came straight to the granary.

At this time, the squadron captain Gaius, who originally guarded the granary, and his 120 soldiers voluntarily chose to stay in order to complete this task.

The bravery and tragicness of this Roman squadron magnified the errors of the great Sipiah, and they were clearly seen by the veterans of the city. This will have a great impact on his future political career in Rome. Ah has no time to think about it at this moment, so if the colleagues’ suggestions can be implemented successfully, it can not only attack the Dionysian but also restore his image.

Just when Da Xipi Aisuo sent troops to the city to raid, "Dionysian cavalry! Another Dionysian cavalry came!!!!" The soldiers' exclamation made him raise his head, I saw In the distance, there was a lot of smoke and dust, and countless black helmets and black armoured Dionysian cavalry loomed in the dust. Looking at this situation, the number is definitely not small.

When he saw that the number of new Dionysian cavalry approaching the bottom of the city was about 2,000, Great Sipiah hesitated: the number of two Dionysian cavalry made him have no confidence to solve the battle in a short time, After all, there are only 3,000 soldiers in his hands, and it is impossible for all of them to go out of the city to raid, but let the new recruits formed by the elderly and children go out of the city to fight the cavalry in the wild. He is worried that these soldiers cannot support their physical strength.

But soon he didn’t have to hesitate anymore, the soldiers again gave a shriek that made her see the dust mist rising in the distance again: hundreds of Dionian cavalrymen with bright helmets and bright red cloaks When you are in the city, join the team attacking the granary!

The Dionysian cavalry arrived several times in succession, giving Da Sipiah an illusion: The Dionysian army is coming here at the fastest speed, and cannot send troops out!Otherwise, not only these soldiers will be in danger, Rome will also be in danger!

Not only did he think so, I am afraid that the elders and soldiers in the city had similar thoughts, so the sounds of petitions and pleadings that had sounded before were gone, and the surroundings were very quiet.I only heard the screams from time to time in the granary camp under the city, and their expressions were extremely painful.

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The second hurried to the granary of the river port was the Second Cavalry Corps of Dionia. The commander of the army, Kuchius, quickly found Ledes, who was supervising the war, and saluted the former veteran, "Master Lord Ledes, What do we need to do?"