Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 186: Betrayal

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

When the two were arguing, Titus walked in.

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

Lucius said, winking at him.

Titus was obviously not in the mood to pay any attention. He looked tired, looked at Camilos on the couch with a worried look, and said eagerly: "My dictator, as soon as I heard that you were awake, I rushed over. Yes. The messengers of Volch and Tarzuna came, and they said that Kesrera and Wei Ai had fallen, and demanded that their troops be withdrawn to protect their city-state from being invaded by the Dionians—"

"If it is true that Kesrera and Vie are occupied by the Dionians as these messengers said, how did they get to the camp? Titus, you confirm that they are really Volch and Tarchu The messenger of Nathan?!" Lucius immediately questioned.

"We all know the people who came. Messara, the Archon of Volch, and Kaoda, the elder of Tarzuna. They arrived at Adi by boat, then landed and rushed over. According to them, Dai Onia’s warship did not intercept them."

Titus replied angrily: "As soon as they arrived at the camp, they spread the word about the fall of Kesrera and Wei Ai. The originally restless camp became completely chaotic, not only the Etruscan army. To leave, the soldiers from the colonial city on the north bank of the Tiber River are leaving, and some Latin Allied armies are also asking to leave! Now, Quintus and the others are blocking the gates of several camps with their troops. The Etruscans declared,'Never again Let them go, they will rush!' There is already a small-scale conflict between the two sides, so I rushed over to ask you for instructions!"

"This is the conspiracy of the Dionians!" Lucius shouted angrily: "Damn Etruscans! Damn Latin city-states! And those Roman civilians who deserve to be crucified. !......"

At this moment, Camilos calmed down. He sighed faintly: "A fire in Ostia...burned the soldiers' hope of fighting, Kesrera...and Wei Ai's The fall also disintegrated our army...King Dionia...Ah..."

Camillos suddenly stopped speaking. He lay quietly, his eyes slightly closed.

"Father!"

"My dictator!" The two shouted anxiously.

For a moment, Camilos asked, "Titus... have you asked them, even if... the Etruscan army is separated from us... but how do they get back?"

Titus replied immediately: "I asked. They said that after crossing the upper reaches of the Tiber River, they would immediately go east into the mountains and bypass Weiai. That mountain area is still controlled by the Etruscans. , Relatively safe......"

Camillos nodded slightly, his expression unchanged, and intermittently said: "From the current situation... it is no longer possible to force them to stay... otherwise... it will only lead to a civil war in the camp... whatever Whoever wins and loses... Only the Dionians will gain, and our... friendly relations with Etruscans... colonial cities... and even Latin allies... will be completely destroyed Destroy...In this case...I might as well let them go..."

"My dictator!" Titus said eagerly: "Since we returned from Helniki, we have fought with the Dionians until now, plus the civilian soldiers who fled, we have lost nearly 3 Ten thousand! If we let the Etruscans, colonial citizens, and Latin Confederate troops leave, we may have less than 15,000 soldiers left. Not only will we not be able to retake Rome, we may also be attacked by the Dionians. !"

"Titus!" Camillos yelled laboriously, and then reproached himself: "I made a big mistake before... As soon as I heard Rome fell, I wanted to take it immediately. Come back...that's why...that's why the army suffered so many casualties...in such a big predicament...this is all my fault..."

"No, my dictator, it is not your idea to recapture Rome quickly, but the urgent hope of our soldiers!" Titus was not only comforting him, because what he said was also the truth.

"Now we all know...recovering Rome quickly is...an impossible thing..." Camillos sighed slightly, coughed a few times, and showed a trace of pain: "Attack An Ostia... is so difficult... Then, when it really attacks Rome... what will happen?!"

Titus and Lucius couldn't refute it, because it was true, so they remained silent.

At this time, Camelus opened his eyes, his eyes gleaming: "Titus, do you remember how we defeated the Celtics?!... We attacked the Celtics. A squad of food... attacked the raiding troops they sent out to attack other villages... one victory after another... let the Latins poisoned by the Celtics... the Etruscans... the Sabines People joined us one after another... The team was getting bigger and bigger like a snowball... But the Celtics were forced to go inside the city of Rome... They didn't dare to leave the city... Afterwards, they were so scared that they didn't dare to fight us head-on... I can only choose to retreat...but in the end we were caught up and defeated!"

Camillos’ voice gradually became more and more powerful: "That war...I remember it lasted for more than half a year, and then against the powerful Dionians, we...we should also take With such a strategy, only by persisting in fighting the Dionians for a long time... can we finally win!"

Titus heard a little heartbeat, but he felt a little uneasy: "The Dionians are not only the Celtics who burn, kill and looting, they are more cunning than the Celtics!"

"But...the original Celtics didn't have a powerful enemy like Carthage...Samonet!" Camilos responded confidently.

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

Although Quintus clearly opposed Camilos’ decision, the generals in Rome finally reached a consensus: the Etruscan army was allowed to leave, but they had to travel with colonial soldiers and promised Send them home safely.

After this force left, the generals generously allowed the Latin Allied troops to return to their respective city states. These Latin Allied generals did not leave in a hurry like the Etruscans, but rushed to the great In the tent, he sincerely expressed to Camillos: As long as he has a call, their city-state is willing to continue fighting with Rome at any time to drive away the outsider Dionia!

Looking at the departure of the troops fighting side by side one by one, it had a great impact on the Roman soldiers still in the camp. They would inevitably panic and the generals made great efforts. , And barely quell the chaos in the camp.

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About 13,000 coalition forces composed of the Etruscan and Roman colonies marched eastward and rushed to the Tustron region in the evening. After a rest in the camp for one night, they arrived at Phodina in the afternoon of the second day. Crossed the Tiber River through the pontoon bridge.

Just when they left the river bank and were preparing to go east and deep into the mountains, they found that the Dionian army had been lined up 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 armies of Volch and Tarzuna suddenly turned their shields and spears and attacked the flank of the soldiers in the Roman colonial city.

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

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

Except for a handful of soldiers from the Roman colonies who escaped through the Tiber River and hid in the city of Photina, most of them were captured. The soldiers of other Etruscan city-states also surrendered one after another.

It turned out that Priintoles led the Mountain Reconnaissance Brigade to successfully attack Kesrera at night, but a few Kesreiras fled to the neighboring city of Tarzuna at night.

The Tartsuna were shocked, the Dionians were in Los Angeles overnight, and their mighty force made them feel terrified, and now Tartsuna, who lacks young and middle-aged citizens, is obviously unable to resist the Dionian army. The offensive continued, so Tarzuna sent people to urgently notify the neighboring Etruscan city of Volch, while sending envoys to Kesrera to find out.

Plintors immediately sent people back to Rome after he captured Kesrera to report the victory to Daves.

When Daves was overjoyed, he immediately dispatched two battalions of the Third Army to garrison in Kesrera according to the plan in advance.

Plintors was very busy when the envoy of Tarzuna arrived in Kesrera. Not only did he quickly stabilize the order in the city, he also had to deal with the complicated affairs of the port in time, because of King Daves Repeatedly emphasized: In addition to seizing the ships of Kesrera and Carthage, do not plunder or infringe the merchant ships of other city-states.

As for the arrival of the emissary of Tarzuna, Plintors just told him: if there are any suggestions or requests, he can go to Rome and talk to His Majesty the King.

The Tarjuna envoy saw that the Dionian commander who occupied the city of Kesrera didn't verbally attacked or even threatened with force, and felt a little relaxed, so he really rushed to Rome.

Not long after, Walch's messenger also arrived.

Daves received them very friendly and expressed the desire of the Kingdom of Dionian to form an alliance with the Etruscan city-states and fight the Romans together.