Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

"Father, you are not in good health now, and the doctor will not let you out! You must believe that Titus can handle this matter! ..." Lucius pressed his father and persuaded.

While the two were arguing, Titus came in.

Lucius just saw him and asked in surprise: "Titus, why did you come back so quickly?! Everything in the camp has subsided?!"

Lucius said, straightening his eyes at him.

Titus apparently was not in the mood to care. He looked tired and looked anxiously at Camillus on the couch. He said anxiously, "Master Dictator, when I heard that you woke up, I immediately rushed. Wo. The messengers of Erqi and Tarzuna came. They said that Keslera and Weiai had fallen, and demanded that their troops be withdrawn to protect their city-state from being violated by the Dionysians—"

"If Keslera and Vie, as these messengers said, were occupied by the Dionysians, how did they get to the camp? Titus, you confirm that they are really the messengers of Walch and Tarzuna Really?" Lucius immediately questioned.

"We all know the people who came, Walch's consul Mesala and Tarcuna's veteran Koda, they arrived at Adi by boat, then landed and rushed over. According to them, Dionia Of their warships did not intercept them."

Titus replied resentfully: "As soon as they arrived at the camp, they publicized the city of Keslera and the fall of Vie. The already restless camp was completely chaotic. Not only did the Etruscan army leave, The soldiers of the colonial city on the north bank of the Tiber are going to leave, and some of the troops of the Latin Confederate have also asked to leave! Now, Quintus, with their army, is blocking the entrance of several battalions, and the Etruscans declare,'No longer let them leave , They are about to break through!'Now there has been a small-scale conflict between the two sides, so I came over and asked you for advice!"

"This is all the Dionysian conspiracy!" Lucius shouted angrily: "Damn Etruscans! Damn Latin city-state! And those Roman civilians who should be crucified!... "

At the moment, Camillus calmed down, and he sighed faintly: "A fire in Ostia... burned the soldiers' hope of fighting, Keslera... and the fall of Wei Ai collapsed. With our army... King Dionia... alas..."

Camillus suddenly stopped talking, and he lay quietly, his eyes slightly closed.

"father!"

"Master Dictator!" the two cried out worriedly.

For a moment, Camillus asked, "Titus... did you ask them, even if... the Etruscan army left us... but how did they go back?"

Titus immediately replied: "Ask. They said they would cross the upper reaches of the Tiber River and immediately enter the mountains eastwards, bypassing Viagra. The mountainous area was still controlled by their Etruscans and was relatively safe. ..."

Camillus nodded slightly, his expression remained the same, and said intermittently: "From the current situation...there can no longer be retained...otherwise...it will only trigger a civil war in the camp... no matter who wins. Defeat... only the Dionysians will benefit, and we...and Etruria...the colonial city...even the Latin Confederacy...the friendly relationship...will be completely destroyed... In this case... might as well let them leave..."

"Master Dictator!" Titus said eagerly: "Since we returned from Helniki, fighting the Dionysians to the present, plus the civilian soldiers who fled, we have lost nearly 30,000 people! If the Etruscans, colonial citizens and Latin Confederate troops are allowed to leave, we are afraid that there will be less than 15,000 soldiers left. Not only will we be unable to retake Rome, we may also be attacked by the Dionysians!"

"Titus!" Camillus shouted effortlessly, and then said in reproach: "I made a big mistake before...When I heard that Rome fell, I wish I could take it back immediately... So... so that the army suffered so many casualties... into such a big dilemma... this is all my fault..."

"No, Master Dictator, it is not your idea to quickly recapture the city of Rome, it is the urgent hope of our soldiers!" Titus is not just comforting him, because what he said is also true.

"Now we all know... It's a thing... to quickly regain Rome... An impossible thing..." Camillus sighed and coughed a few times, revealing a trace of pain: "Attack an Oss Tia...all so hard...So, what would happen when you really attacked Rome?!"

Titus and Lucius could not refute, because this is the fact, so they kept silent.

At this time, Camillus opened his eyes, and his eyes flashed: "Titus, remember how we defeated the Celtics?!...We attacked a branch of the Celtics. The food squad... attacked the looting troops they sent to attack other villages... one victory after another... letting the Latins poisoned by the Celtics... the Etruscans... the Sabines Join us... the team is getting bigger and bigger like snowballing... and the Celtics are forced into the city of Rome...Dare not to go out of the city.........Afterwards, they were too scared to dare to confront us head on... The retreat...but we were eventually overtaken and defeated!"

Camillus's voice gradually became more and more powerful: "That war... I remember it lasted for more than half a year, and then against the powerful Dionysians, we... we should also adopt such a strategy Only by insisting on fighting the Dionysians for a long time... can we finally win!"

Titus listened a little, but he was a little uneasy again: "The Dionysians are not only aware of burning and looting Celtic, they are more cunning than Celtic!"

"But...the Celtics didn't have Carthage...Samonet as a powerful enemy!" Camulus responded confidently.

Titus was persuaded, and he said immediately: "I will immediately convey your meaning to Quintus..."

Despite Quintus’s explicit opposition to Camillus’ decision, the Roman generals finally agreed: the Etruscan army was allowed to leave, but they were to go with the colonial soldiers and make sure they were safe Send home.

After the army left, the generals generously allowed the Latin Confederate troops to return to their respective city-states. These Latin Confederate generals did not leave in a hurry like the Etruscans, but rushed to the big account, Sincerely express to Camillus: as long as he has a call, their city-states are willing to continue fighting with Rome at any time to drive away the outsider, Dionia!

Watching the troops fighting side by side leave one by one, it has a great impact on the Roman soldiers who are still in the camp. They will inevitably have a panic, and the officers have put a lot of effort to barely Quiet the chaos in the camp.

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The approximately 13,000 coalition troops formed by the Etruscan and Roman colonies marched eastward, and rushed to the Tustron region in the evening. After a night’s rest, they arrived in Fidina on the second afternoon and passed the pontoon. Crossed the Tiber River.

Just as they left the river bank and prepared to go further east into the mountains, they found that the Dionysian army was already in front, blocking their way, and the panicked coalition soldiers had to prepare for a desperate fight.

Just as the two armies were approaching, the Etruscan troops in Walch and Tarzuna suddenly switched their shield spears and launched an attack on the flanks of the soldiers’ colonies in the Roman colonial city.

The Roman soldiers did not expect that their allies would betray suddenly, unprepared, and suddenly fell into chaos.

The Dionyan army took advantage of the situation to storm from the front, and the coalition forces quickly collapsed.

Except for a very small number of Roman colonial soldiers who fled the Tiber River and hid in the city of Fidene, they were mostly captured.Other Etruscan city-state soldiers also surrendered in succession, and the Dionysian army won almost without loss.

It turned out that Printos led the mountain reconnaissance brigade to attack the city of Keslera at night, but a few Keslera escaped to the neighboring city of Tarzuna.

The Tarjunas were overwhelmed, and the Dionysians were in awe of the city for a night. Their powerful force made them feel scared. Now that Tarjuna, who lacks young and middle-aged citizens, is clearly unable to resist the continued attacks of the Dionysian army , So Tarjuna sent someone to urgently notify the neighboring Etruscan city of Volch, while sending a messenger to Keslera to find out.

After Pringles captured Keslera, he immediately sent someone back to Rome to report the victory to Daveus.

Davies was overjoyed, and immediately dispatched two brigades of the Third Army to the city of Keslera according to prior planning.

When the ambassador of Tarzuna arrived in the city of Keslera, Printols was busy in reunion. He not only had to quickly settle the order in the city, but also dealt with the complicated affairs of the port in time, because King Davers repeatedly emphasized: Except for the arrest of the ships of Keslera and Carthage, do not rob and infringe the merchant ships of other city-states.

Regarding the arrival of Tarzuna's messenger, Printols only told him: What proposals and requirements can he come to Rome to talk to His Majesty the King.

The Talzuna emissaries saw that the Dionysian general who had occupied the city of Keslera didn't speak badly, and even threatened with force. He was slightly relaxed in his heart, so he really rushed to Rome.

Soon after, Walch's messenger arrived.

Daphes received them very friendly and expressed his wish to form an alliance with the Etruscan city-state against the Romans in the Kingdom of Dionia.