Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

"Don't worry!" Daveus laughed. "The reinforcements of these Latin city-states south of the camp either fought against the army led by Tolmed in the west or are now heading towards the Sixth Army. More soldiers came to attack our camp, and the Light Armor Brigade of the Second Army could completely guard the camp alone."

Although Davers made it easy, the staff still felt a little uneasy, and then a staff rushed out to order, just as the second lieutenant came.

"Martonis asked for additional soldiers..." After listening to his heart, Daveus asked the second lieutenant in detail about the battlefield and sighed in a low voice: "This guy is also anxious!"

To be honest, according to the information previously obtained by Daveus, the young and old citizens in the city of Rome were all transferred to attack Helniki, and there were only 3,000 left-behind soldiers. This is why Daveus dared to directly lead the army to attack the city of Rome.In his view, even if the Romans even sent the elderly and women to defend the city, it is impossible to compete with more than 50,000 soldiers with advanced siege equipment, strong and experienced Dionysian troops, But I did not expect that the fighting continued for so long, and the various legions did not make obvious progress.

Is the Romans so resilient?!He clenched his fists secretly.

"Your Majesty... Your Majesty..." Hernipolis shouted in amusement when he saw Davers in amazement.

Daveus immediately recovered, his face quickly calmed down, and said to the adjutant: "There are no heavy infantry in the camp. You should immediately bring 300 light armoured soldiers to support it."

"Yes!" The adjutant respectfully finished the military salute and turned to pay the bill.

Davers glanced at the slightly worried staff and said confidently: "I still have more than 200 court guards. They are no worse than the heavy infantry of the legion. In addition to the remaining light armor, there are thousands of them. Don’t worry about the safety of the camp."

As he said, he pointed forward again, confidently: "Not to mention, even if the camp was destroyed by the enemy, it’s no big deal, because the place we want to camp tonight is the city of Rome!" In fact, he had nothing in his heart to say Out: If the siege fails today, he will lead the army to withdraw to Ostia immediately, and this camp is of no use.

My army will definitely be able to capture the city of Rome today!...Daveus cheers himself up in his heart.

At this time, another battle report came: the newspaper, about 4,000 enemies north of the Roman Spinal Bridge, five miles away, were marching fast towards the barracks of the Third Army.

"What?!" Someone in the staff exclaimed.

Daphus's eyes shrank suddenly, and the back of his right hand grasped the chair suddenly.

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At this moment, on the embankment on the west side of the south bank of the Roman vertebral bridge, the battle between the Roman and Dionysian soldiers is not like fighting, but more like fighting.

The soldiers of the Dionysian Legion supported the long shield with both hands, against the shield of the other side, buried their head behind the long shield, avoided the thrust of the enemy's bayonet, and pushed forward with the strength of the whole body for the subsequent climb. The comrades earned a bigger foothold, for which they roared in a low voice, their faces swelled red, their necks swollen with blue muscles, and their expressions were so painful and painful because they were all struggling to fight against Rome in a thin array Thick military formations often have to fight against the overlapping forces of five or six enemies. The reason why they can still barely support is because the comrades behind them squat down and stab daggers continuously between their legs, Puncture the enemy's legs and feet, weaken the enemy's fighting power, so that because of his scruples, he can't push them into the river with all his strength.

Even though the Dionysian soldiers fought so hard and gave the enemy a lot of damage, the line of engagement between the two sides was still close to the embankment, tortuous, and intermittent.

Dionysian soldiers were constantly squeezed down the embankment and fell into the river, and the Roman soldiers who rushed to the shore had to struggle to stop their body, otherwise they would fall into the river.

It was at this time that the Dionysian soldiers lying on the crow suspension bridge covered their heads with long shields and attacked the legs of their enemies with short swords, which often worked, forcing the opponent to retreat again and stand on the embankment again.

Therefore, this flat embankment has pros and cons for both soldiers. The Dionysian soldiers cannot completely establish a foothold on the embankment, forming a strong defense line, and the Roman soldiers cannot destroy the suspension bridge and cut off the enemy's attack.

Because the Roman defenders did not expect that the Dionysians would build a pontoon with warships, they did not prepare kerosene at all, and after the fierce battle between the two sides, the kerosene could not reach the embankment through a thick array.

Of course, there were Roman archers who shot rockets into the river by tossing, but there were also sailors on the Dionysian warships who cleaned these rockets in time.

More sailors patrolled the deck and saw the soldiers who fell into the water and immediately jumped into the river to rescue them.Twenty pontoons are 20 life rafts. Even if some soldiers fell into the water, they missed them. Downstream of these pontoons, there were more than a dozen clippers cruising on the river, so although the Dionyan soldiers fell a lot, most of them They were all in good health, and even after they were rescued, they took a short break on the warship and were soon able to fight again.

The Roman soldiers seemed to have the upper hand, but the soldiers and leg injuries continued to withdraw from the battle, making the number of soldiers capable of combat slowly decreasing.

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In the direction of the Roman vertebral bridge, the fighting situation is completely different.

At the beginning of the battle, the Roman soldiers blocked the enemy in time at the bridgehead, but they could not push the opponent down the river with the power of many people like the comrades on the embankment. They could only carry the enemy's impact from the front.

The first brigade of the Dionysian Third Army squeezed the entire Roman vertebral bridge full. The forefront of the enemy soldiers used a long shield and a short sword to stab, and the soldiers at the back pushed with their bodies and thrust with a bayonet. The soldier threw the javelin while pushing forward with all his strength...

At the beginning of the battle, the two sides were still in stalemate. After half an hour, the Roman soldiers, mainly composed of the old and the weak, supported by the strong belief in defending their homeland, gradually couldn’t resist these Daionis, who were far more powerful in physical strength, skill, and fighting spirit. The shock of the soldiers of the Second Army began to retreat little by little. Even if Cassius came anxiously to personally supervise the battle, he still could not recover from the decline.

More and more Dionysian soldiers rushed across the bridge head, expanding the attack area of ​​the first brigade, and increasing the difficulty of the defense of the Roman soldiers. If it is not the timely arrival of more than 3,000 reinforcements, the Roman soldiers defending at the bridge head may be Has been defeated.

But with so many reinforcements, Cassius still didn't stretch his eyebrows.

Because Roman citizens, no matter how old or young, have been receiving regular Roman military training from an early age. Even if they lack strength or experience, they can still rely on the whole to fight against the attack of the Diorian soldiers, but these freemen and slaves are still Wearing Romanesque armor, holding long shields and spears, they were completely ignorant of Roman tactics, especially some slaves. They didn't even know how to use shield guns.

To this end, the most difficult thing is the team officers who are in charge of commanding them temporarily. They have to shout loudly and remind themselves of the recruits on the battlefield, and soon all the voices become Hoarse, but the formation of new reinforcements has not seen much improvement, and it is still loose and messy.

Cassius was worried, and began to blame: When the Roman city was rebuilt, why did the Senate not call the people to build a wall on this embankment?!Otherwise, with the protection of the city walls, these recruits can play a greater role even if they have no combat experience.

At this moment, he vaguely heard the familiar trumpet sound from the opposite shore, and his spirits suddenly revived: Is our reinforcements coming?!

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A few minutes ago, the head of the Third Army, Lizaru, who was standing on the other side of the bridge and was closely watching the war situation, received news of the arrival of Roman reinforcements.

Since there had always been reports that Scout Rider had reported that "Roman reinforcements were gathering north of his camp," he was already prepared for this, so he did not appear to be alarmed.

"Only more than 4,000 enemies, I think our troops staying in the camp can completely repel them in the field!" Lizaru said confidently.

On the side of the third fleet navy commander Midolades said with concern: "The soldiers defending the camp are out to meet, in case there are enemies coming again -"

"Midolades, you have to believe the capabilities of the 3rd Legion’s Scout Riding and Mountain Reconnaissance Squad. Except for the Roman reinforcements that are coming, they have not found any other enemies within ten miles, and our soldiers are defeating them. After that, there was plenty of time to return to the camp!” To eliminate his concerns, Lizaru explained carefully: “I let the left troops take the initiative to attack, not because I am belligerent, but because the camp we built is too Big, if it is just a defense, the soldiers will suffer a lot!"

Midolades understood what he meant: Yesterday, the Third Army and the Third Fleet built two camps on the north bank of the Tiber River, one at Qiaotou and the other at the west side of Qiaotou. In order to accommodate these more than 40 huge three-story paddle warships, at the same time, there must be enough space between the warships to facilitate the towing of the warships, the entry of water and the prevention of fire, so the camp on the river is long and wide. This leads to an increase in the defense area of ​​the soldiers. To fully defend, the strength is slightly insufficient...

Midolades was worried because the soldiers could defeat, reorganize, and fight again, but if he let the enemy rush into the camp on the river, his warships were tied to the river, and they became a film. , Can easily be burned, and the Third Fleet will be completely over.

But after all, he has stood the battlefield for a long time, knowing that he can’t afford to hesitate at this critical moment, so he decisively said: "I agree with you, and temporarily hand over the command of the fleet infantry to you!"