Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

After hearing some words from Croto Catax, Yasisters was silent for a while, his expression slightly squinted, but he still said uneasy: "For the current state of the coalition, I still have to respond to your majesty, I hope he can dispatch reinforcements as soon as possible."

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Patroclus wanted to get more information about Gauls while preparing for it, waiting for the best fighter to appear.

But Etruria has suddenly changed.A few days after the fall of Florentia, the area that had not been affected by the war and many people even thought that they would not be attacked by the Gauls-Aretium city was also attacked by the Gauls.

The territory where Aretium is located does not actually border the Gauls, but is adjacent to the Umbrians. It has always been peaceful before, and it has only been harassed by the Gauls for the past two years.According to their knowledge, the northern Umbrians also began to be invaded by the Gauls. Some Gaul tribes ransacked through the Umbrian border to the territory of Aretium, after all, Aretiu The Mmbians are much wealthier.

Originally, the Department of Military Affairs of Dionia did not intend to build a military barracks in this area, because the Gaul activities here are not rampant, but Aretium is one of the 12 Etruscan city-state alliances The central town in the eastern region of the Truria Alliance, under the active activities of the Aretium (actively allocated a lot of land to Dionia), the Dionyan Military Department finally decided to be in Aretiu The military camp is not far northwest of the Mu territory.

Of course, this was not entirely persuaded by the Aretium, but it was thought by Daveus that after deliberation: the opportunity to defend the Gauls could be used to obtain the land here, thus strengthening it with the Umbrians in the east. It is good for the Kingdom of Dionysia to connect and promote friendship.

In fact, over the past year, the Dionysian border troops stationed here have cooperated with the Umbrians many times across the border to repel the Gauls who have come and harassed, and won the favor of the Umbrians. .But what they didn't expect was that the Gauls would separate a large army, pass through Umbria from the southernmost part of the territory, and raided Aretium in the rear.

Although the Dionysian Barracks dispatched messengers urgently to inform the Aretium, but because of its long-term protection from the Dionysian Barracks, it has not been harassed by the Gauls for more than a year. The Trullian city-state’s attack by the Gauls did not raise the alert of the Aretium, so they faced an unexpected raid by the Gauls, but the Aretium performed more than Florentia. Oops, the city quickly fell, and no one in the city escaped.

After the Gaul army captured Aretium, they attacked the south and surrounded Curtun and Clevsin. The striker reached velzna, away from the Kingdom of Dionia Keslera, the northernmost town, is not far from Viagra.

People in the Roman area began to panic.

Patroclus was naturally impossible to remain indifferent. He quickly assembled more than 50,000 soldiers from the Allied Forces, crossed the Roman vertebral bridge, and arrived in the city of Victoria that night.

On the second day, the messenger from Turíi had arrived in Rome, and Yasisters received an order signed by King Daphes: requesting the Roman district chief, Yasisters, to notify the allies as soon as possible. The Covenant sent troops to form a coalition in Rome. The fourteenth army commander Patroclus served as the chief commander and led the coalition to resist the invasion of the Gauls.Help the Etruscans as much as possible while ensuring the safety of the Kingdom’s territory.Because the enemy's situation is unknown, the Military Department does not give specific instructions, and Patroclus will make its own decision based on the changes in the enemy's situation.And the Ministry of Military Affairs has notified the Twelfth Army in the eastern part of Campania (the barracks in Abella) that they will go to Rome on the same day and be under the command of Patroclus.At the same time, I also asked Yasisters to make good logistical support for the coalition forces, and to report the changes to the palace at any time.

After reading the letter in a complex mood, Yasistes sent the instruction back to the messenger. Shen Sheng said: "Please tell your majesty, I will resolutely carry out his instructions! The head of the Patroclus Army has led the army north, you Starting now, you should be able to see him at Weiai."

When the courier heard the words, Baibyas Cistes immediately chased north on horseback.By the time he arrived at Victoria, Patroclus had already led the army again.

Northern Dionysian coalition forces arrived at dusk (novi, a small Etruscan town), less than twenty miles from Volsena, the Gauls who were besieging Volsena learned Enemy reinforcements suddenly appeared, really startled, and quickly withdrew the siege, and sent sentries to investigate, and said in return: "The enemy reinforcements are numerous, and the camps built are countless."

The Gaul army as a vanguard had a small number of people. Seeing that there were many people in the other party, they did not dare to blindly attack, but retreated northward.

On the second day, the Walsena who learned that the reinforcements had arrived and threatened to lift them came to Lowe with a large amount of labor supplies, expressed gratitude to the coalition, and invited the coalition to station near Walsena.

After examining the surrounding terrain, Patroclus refused firmly and ordered the army to build a barracks near the city of Lowe.

One day later, the Gaul army reappeared in Walsena’s territory, and by the second day it increased to more than 30,000 people, and the city was surrounded again.

The Dionysian Allied Forces stationed south of it did not make any movement. Instead, the Gaul army came to the Dionysian Allied Forces barracks and launched an offensive against it.

Although the camp was not completely built, the command of Patroclus was certain, the coalition soldiers had the advantage of defense, and the number of people was more than the other, so despite the brave battles, the Gaul warriors were repelled until the dusk. This gives the Dionian coalition soldiers, especially the Allied soldiers, more confidence.

Although the Dionysian coalition won a small victory, it quietly retreated early the next morning, leaving only an empty battalion that was initially built.

After the Gauls determined that the enemy had retreated, they began to think that yesterday the enemy was lucky to win, but was actually terrified by their attack, and gave up reinforcements to Walsena because of fear.

In the following days, the Gauls posed to attack the city of Volsena, but the sentry sent out by them did not find the Dionysian reinforcements nearby.

Gradually, the Gauls affirmed their previous thoughts: The Dionysian army seemed to be quite large, but it was timid and timid, and it was estimated that it had already hid back to Rome.

As a result, they began to attack Walsena with confidence and boldness.

After a few days of offensive, the city of Volsena was crumbling, and the city was about to be broken. The Volsenars cursed the untrustworthy Dionysians while praying for the blessing of the gods.

Perhaps prayer had worked. In the early morning of the fifth day, the previously disappeared Dionysian coalition suddenly appeared again and quickly approached the Gaul camp.

At this time, most of the Gaul fighters were too tired from the successive siege, and they slept in the camp. They learned that the Dionysian coalition suddenly came to attack, and the camp was in chaos.

Patroclus used 20 ballistic artillery shells to open the Gaul barriers for the simple camps-wooden fences, with the 14th and 12th Corps (just arrived from Campania) heavy infantry as the main attack The Dionysian Allied Forces quickly crossed a trench that was not wide and engaged in a fierce battle with the Gauls in the camp.

Although the Gauls fought bravely and the swords in their hands were quite threatening, their lineups were incomplete and the organization was chaotic, and they did not pose a great threat to the Dionysian formation with heavy helmets, armor, mutual protection, and tacit cooperation.

On the contrary, the main force of the Dionysian coalition forces is like an iron wall, and it is advancing slowly. While constantly killing the Gauls, it also puts them under great psychological pressure.

In addition, at this time, the strength of the Dionysian Allied Forces was almost twice that of the Gauls, but Patroclus did not send Allied troops at the beginning, but waited until the two legions and reserve soldiers were attracted from the front. After living with the Gauls, the Allied soldiers were ordered to invade from both sides of the barracks and attack the Gauls.

After more than an hour of fierce fighting, the Dionysian Allied Forces almost encircled the Gauls in the camp. The Gauls had to turn around and flee, desperately killing a bloody road.

Patroclus immediately ordered: Allied cavalry, light infantry, and light armour who had been intensively pursuing.

The Allied forces chased and fought violently until the dark side withdrew their troops, killing, wounding and capturing countless Gauls.

On the second day, learning that the Gauls were defeated by the Volsenais, he immediately threw the previous grudge against the Dionysians back to the coalition camp with a large amount of labor supplies, who Know that Patroclus has led the army to leave.

The defeated Gauls were divided into two parts: part fled to the northeast of Aretium, part fled to the northwest.

Patroclus divided 10,000 reserve soldiers to pursue the Gauls who had fled to Aretium, and led nearly 50,000 coalition soldiers by himself to the northwest.

During the period when they were stationed in Lowe's camp, in addition to strengthening the camp, Patroclus also sent mountain reconnaissance squads and scouts to investigate the activities of the Gauls in the entire Etruscan region in detail.

Therefore, after defeating the Gaul army of Volsena, Patroclus immediately led the main force and went straight to Fufruna's territory, because here is the main force of the Gauls.

Fuvruna is the wealthiest city-state in northwestern Etruria, so it became the focus of the entry of the Gauls.However, because the Fuvruna people had learned about their tragic encounter from the Florentia population who had fled, and learned lessons from it, they closed the gate early and strengthened their defense.In addition, the city of Fuvruna is special. It is built on a headland and only a narrow isthmus is connected to the land.