Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

"It's not just troops, I want to evacuate all the people and supplies in the city of Ostia and leave the Romans with an empty city." Daveus said with a glimpse of the vulture: "Now the Roman army has constantly returned to Rome with civilian soldiers. , The number of people has reached as high as 4,000, but Camillus still led the army to endlessly attack Ostia, because he thought Ostia was important to us, we have to tell these Romans with facts, this is nothing more than Their illusions! After their illusions are broken, I would like to know if they can lose their homes, suffer a lot of casualties, and have little military food, can they continue to fight?!"

The words of Davers made everyone present thoughtful.

"Tapirus." Daveus looked at the diplomat and continued, "We can't just let us bear the Roman attack alone, but also make our allies move! You go to envoy Walsey And Helniki, tell them that the city of Rome has been captured by us. We are attracting the main force of Rome. They can take advantage of the opportunity to attack the vacant place in Rome and regain their territory!"

"Yes, Your Majesty."

"And... the city-states of Latin... they were enemies with Rome a few decades ago, and I don’t believe that they are as good as Rome like brothers now. Rumors are that you will betray Rome and almost be destroyed by Rome... You go back and study it carefully to see if you can bring in a few Latin city-states. I can make a promise that as long as they are willing to become an alliance with Dionysian, our army will fight them Qiu is not guilty, and will also protect their safety, just like Campania, Walsey...

"Yes, Your Majesty, I will do my best to complete the task you have given!" Tapirus replied excitedly, thinking he had a place to use this time.

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After the meeting ended, the crowd dispersed.

Davos called several Roman reserve team leaders, led by Sextus, and announced to them the command of "Raid on Viagra".

Although his excited colleague, Sectus, who was appointed as the commander, was also a little excited, but he summoned the courage to ask: "Your Majesty, after occupying the city of Victoria, how to deal with the people in the city?"

"Same as Rome."

Daveus's answer relieved Sextus.

Since the civilians in the city of Victoria were all migrated from the city of Rome, Sextus knew a lot of Victorians, so he was actually very confident in Davis’s surprise attack plan. Of course, he did not forget the city. Reminder.

After stepping out of the senate and convening Roman civilian soldiers, Sextus had roughly conceived the offensive plan: he would select 120 Roman civilian soldiers who were most trustworthy and familiar with lovers to form a squadron , As a pioneer, to deceive the city gate first.And he personally led 2000 soldiers behind him, resolutely put an end to no one to leave the team without permission. Once he saw the vanguard occupying the gate in the front, he immediately led the army to raid, which prevented the whistleblower and the action from failing. danger.

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Printols and Sextus did not have to worry about the soldiers because he initially served in the Mountain Reconnaissance Brigade. Ezham valued him very much and once said he was the pride of the brigade, so he was learning about him After coming to an important combat mission for the Mountain Reconnaissance Brigade, I was very happy and actively cooperated with his command to improve the plan to attack Keslera at night.

There are two issues that Prentals is worried about: First, the attack can only be at night, but Caseira is more than 60 miles away from the city of Rome. You must travel by land from now to be able to get there in the evening However, the mountain scouts who consume a lot of physical strength still have no strength to climb the dangerous mountains, which becomes a problem.Fortunately, they can also take the waterway, which is both fast and labor-saving.Therefore, Prentals decided to let the soldiers of the Mountain Reconnaissance Brigade take a batch of cargo ships moored in the new port of Rome, first arrived at the port of Ostia, and in the evening, they were transported by the ship to land on the coast near the city of Caseira .

Second, how to cross the mountains and the walls of Keslera in the dark.This may be a big problem for the soldiers of the Dionysian Legion, but it is not a big problem for the soldiers of the Mountain Reconnaissance Brigade.When Daveus established this brigade, he hoped that their role in the war would not only be reconnaissance, but also special operations, so Izam usually formulated training programs according to this need and strictly trained soldiers. .In addition, the first word of the name of their brigade is "mountain." Crossing the mountain is their key training project, of course, including climbing in the night.And careful Printles also drew the topographic map around the city of Caseira in the previous reconnaissance. Izam recruited the most climbing reconnaissance soldiers. Let's compare the map and discuss how to climb Case. Leila City.

When the plan was established, Yizam immediately ordered the soldiers to prepare supplies and tools.

After noon, the Mountain Reconnaissance Brigade lined up to the new port of Rome, ready to board the ship and set off.

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Early in the morning, Amintas was awakened by the guards, and his first sentence was to ask: "The Romans started to attack again?!"

"The commander-in-chief, there is no commander to inform the enemy of the attack. Now it is dawn and breakfast is ready."

"No offense?!" Amintas was surprised: to know that these days, the Romans began to attack the city from dawn, fighting until dusk, their fierce attack made Amintas feel a little palpitated.

He vigorously rubbed his beard and dregs face with his hands. He had been worrying about fighting for a few days and lacked sleep. He always felt a little sleepy, but the guard's words made him feel a little relaxed.

While eating breakfast, he was still thinking: The Romans did not launch an offensive at this time as usual, is it that they can no longer support an attack of this intensity?

Not long after eating breakfast, taking advantage of the rare free time, Amintas decided to convene a military conference.

The fourth army commander Oliver, the fifth army commander Giorgios, and the chief executive of Ostia Thelis came one after another (these before served as the military chief of Ostia, so they also have the right to participate in military meetings) At the meeting, Amintas’s deputy Aristolos, as well as his personal assistant Crotocatax, were also present.

The meeting began with a report on the casualties of the troops yesterday.As the battle ended yesterday, it was already evening, the soldiers were fatigued and the sky was dark, unable to make accurate casualty statistics, so it was postponed to today.

Aristolos, the first lieutenant of the First Army, holding the data just collected from the various legions, stood up and said: "Yesterday, the First Army killed 293 people and injured 537 people, and the Fourth Army lost 558 people and injured 722 people. The Fifth Legion killed 536 people and injured 891 people. The Ostia Reserve team killed 1021 people and injured 537 people. (Three soldiers of the Turiui Legion Reserve were converted into regular legionnaires and added to the three legions. )..."

In the hall, both the military chiefs and Krotokatax's expressions are very heavy, because the cold numbers represent the fresh life.

"One day yesterday...our casualties reached 5,000, which was more than the total number of casualties in the previous two days!" Amintas heard these, and hit his back with a painful punch.

Crotocataxe looked at the angry face of Amintas, thinking of the tragic battlefield he saw at the head of the city these days, he couldn't help but feel sad, he even felt that the task his father gave himself was a little redundant, because Under the fierce attack of the Romans today, the defense in the city is a bit difficult, and there is no ability to fight out of the city.

He saw Oliver, who was usually witty, and said at this moment: "The yesterday's casualties were so big because the Romans had built a barrier that was one meter higher than our city wall in front of the trench. A large number of light infantry were placed on the base, using javelins and arrows to attack our ballistas at the head of the city, which forced our ballistas to be moved down the city...Afterwards, the Romans pushed their ballistas to the front of the city. The bombardment caused several sections of the city wall to collapse, making our advantage of relying on the city's wall defense further weakened. And they had the advantage of a large number of people, and they continued to attack one after another...

Hades is on!This time, I was really aware of the small square tactics similar to the Romans and us. Therefore, when we faced our soldiers in front of the gap, their formation was almost not affected by the terrain obstacles, and the braveness of the Roman soldiers was not We lost to our soldiers, and even had a stronger desire to fight. I saw with my own eyes that several Roman soldiers were stabbed and hugged the legs of our soldiers to provide opportunities for the soldiers next to them... So they were able to rush in through several gaps in the city wall, and finally they were able to repel them. I feel a bit lucky..."

"What a fluke! That's because in the melee, our soldiers are more capable, and the daggers also have a strong lethal effect! Oliver, as a regiment leader, you are an example of legion soldiers and you must always be brave. Confident, your soldiers will be full of confidence in victory!" Amintas immediately yelled loudly, the tone is like the mercenary squadron leader who criticized Oliver this little mercenary twenty years ago.

After a moment of stunned Oliver, he immediately awakened and immediately apologized: "I'm sorry, everyone, I was just a little bit sick! The Legion has been accustomed to a good fight in these years. The enemies who are very skillful in combat have made us lose a lot of brothers! It seems that His Majesty is right, the Romans are indeed a strong enemy, and we should abandon the illusion of easy victory and fight this enemy with all our strength!"