Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 120: Outpost battle

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The Roman people quickly disappeared from their panic in the atmosphere of the same hatred and hatred, and once again enthusiastically signed up to defend the city. The Roman cavalry also galloped on the fields outside the city, urging people in various villages to evacuate immediately. More than a dozen messengers also rushed out of Rome, rushing in all directions, seeking help from the colonial city and allies...

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Ostia is more than 50 miles away from Rome, and there are no other city-states in between. Rome is also nearly 30 miles away from the nearest allies. This is the result of the strong expansion of the Romans over the past century. The city-states were defeated, and then they continued to move their people into Rome. The city of Rome continued to grow, and the land directly under it also increased, but it left a blank area of ​​tens of miles around it, making Dioni Asia’s two armies marched smoothly without any hindrance, as if they were in an uninhabited state. I don’t know if the Romans regretted their short-sighted and tyrannical practices at this time.

Especially the two cavalry regiments of Dionia galloped all the way and rushed to the forefront of the whole army.

At this moment, they saw thick smoke rising in the distance.

"Damn it! The Romans must be burning their granaries!" Ledes remembered the death order given to him by King Daves' messenger last night: early in the morning, after the whole army set off, you are the first and the first The Second Cavalry Legion must rush to the river port on the Tiber River outside the city to the west of Rome as quickly as possible, and seize the granary at all costs!

Leides couldn't help feeling anxious, and shouted: "Speed ​​up! Get ready to put out the fire!"

The anxious Ryders actually ordered the bugler to sound the charge, and led the soldiers to gallop.

The river port of the city of Rome was built after the Romans captured Ostia. It became another way for the Romans to communicate with the outside world. Because of the continuous influx of people in Rome at that time, there was no prior planning for the river port. Therefore, there was no vacant space in the city to accommodate the port, so it was built outside the city.

In the first few decades, the river port facilities were extremely rudimentary. Until the last decade or so, the assistance and trade of the Carthaginians to Rome promoted the development of the river port, and the expansion and improvement of the river port also allowed it to be transported by river. There were more and more merchant ships transporting supplies, which also led to the establishment of Roman granaries next to the river port. This is because Rome has frequently waged wars over the past ten years and consumed a lot of food. Sometimes it was unable to supply adequately. Carthage provided assistance to it. Grain was basically transported by river and unloaded at the port. After experiencing a fire, the Romans learned their lesson and stopped transporting food into the crowded and chaotic city, which was prone to fire accidents, and parked it directly near the port, which was convenient and safe. After that, they also stored the food collected from other allies here, and then they collected the food here when the army went out and transported it to the camp.

When Ledes led the First Dionian Cavalry Corps to arrive, he saw a large rectangular camp in front of him, a three-meter-high stone fence, and several towers inside the fence. With the billowing smoke, there was no figure in sight, no voices heard, and the Roman wall less than two hundred meters away was covered with soldiers, and its gates were closed tightly.

Leides immediately jumped off his horse, drew his dagger, and was about to run to the gate of this camp.

"Legion commander, be careful!" The guards next to him immediately grabbed him, and at the same time blocked the cavalry shield in front of him. They only heard two sounds of "bang and bang", and two sharp arrows were stuck on the shield. .

Leders was shocked in a cold sweat, calmed down immediately, and looked intently. He saw a lot of people shaking on the wall of the granary. He thought for a while, and then shouted: "The first brigade will give me a javelin. Attack the enemy inside! The second brigade dismounts my horse to see if I can knock the gate open! The other brigade circles this camp and climb the wall for me!"

"Yes, commander of the legion!!"

After only hearing a moment of shouting, the cavalry of the 3rd, 4th, and 5th battalions began to gallop around the camp, while the soldiers of the 2nd battalion rushed directly to the gate of the camp, which forced The Roman soldiers on the fence had to show up and attack the Dionian soldiers approaching the camp with javelins and arrows.

The Dionian Cavalry of the Second Battalion, who was ready, immediately attacked the enemy on the wall with a javelin.

The walls are not high, and there are no trenches and deer villages. The Dionian cavalry can approach and attack, plus their large numbers. Although the Roman soldiers were condescending, they were disadvantaged in long-range attacks.

At this time, the cavalry of other brigade had already circled under the other sections of the granary camp, jumped off their horses, carried the cavalry shield on their backs, kept their spears on their horses, and hung their short swords on their waists. Standing on the wall, one squatted down, the other stepped on the other's shoulders, and the two slowly stood upright. The three-meter-high stone wall, as soon as the two overlap, the upper soldier can already put his hand on the edge of the wall, the lower soldier lifts his shoulders up, and the upper soldier turns over the wall... After a while, hundreds of Dionian soldiers stood on the wall.

They saw dozens of side-by-side round barns in the granaries, many of which were already on fire, and dozens of Roman soldiers were carrying tar and holding torches, running between the barns. They immediately separated more than half of the soldiers, quickly ran down the wall, and went to fight the fire. The other soldiers followed the aisle at the top of the wall to kill the Roman soldiers who were fighting.

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The soldiers on the west wall of Rome were able to see the situation in the granary camp because of the height of the wall. When they saw that their compatriots were in danger, they were all anxious.

"General Scipio, Gaius and the others refused to retreat to the city in order to completely burn the granary. They are Roman heroes. We should go out of the city to rescue them!"

"The Dionian cavalry has less than two thousand men, and almost all jumped out of the horses to fight, and they are all wearing light armor. If we send troops out of the city at this time, we can definitely damage this Dior. Cavalry!"

Compared with the pleadings of the soldiers, the elder's suggestion made the chief of the city guard, Scipio, a little moved.

Now there are not only Roman citizen soldiers standing on the city, but also some elders. They are all a little curious in the face of the menacing Dionian people. After all, this is the first time facing the Dionian army directly. Of course their arrival also brought some troubles to Scipio.

Initially, the plan of Onasibia was to "carry all the grains in the granary into the city, and then burn the granary." According to the return of the previous scouts, the Dionian army was still on the way, so Onishi Pia believed that there was enough time to complete the plan. For this reason, he organized nearly 10,000 people and a lot of panniers to carry food out of the city. He thought he could complete this task before the arrival of the Dionian army.

But not long after the food transport team left the city, he was rewarded by the scout again: the Dionian cavalry was rushing towards Rome, less than 30 miles away.

The speed of the Dionian cavalry marching completely exceeded the expectations of Scipio. Not only was he unable to complete the previous plan, he had to immediately withdraw the food transport team back to the city. In order to ensure order and prevent the chaos of the people and pack animals from blocking the city gate, he did not immediately burn the granary. The evacuation of the grain transportable team took a lot of time. When the people had basically entered the city and wanted to set the granary on fire, Dai The Onia cavalry was already very close to the city of Rome, and from the return of the scout, they came straight to the granary.

At this moment, Gaius, the squadron leader who had guarded the granary, and his 120 soldiers voluntarily chose to stay in order to complete this task.

The bravery and tragedy of this Roman squadron magnified Scipio’s mistakes, and was clearly seen by the city’s elders. How much influence will this have on his political career in Rome in the future? At the moment, Scipio has no time to think about it. Therefore, if his colleagues’ suggestions can be implemented successfully, they will not only attack the Dionians, but also restore his image.

Just as Scipia was thinking about how to send troops out of the city to make a surprise attack, "The Dionian Cavalry! Another Dionian Cavalry is coming!!..." The soldiers' exclamations made him raise his head. , I saw smoke and dust billowing in the distance, and countless black helmets and black armored Dionian cavalry loomed in the dust and fog. Looking at this situation, the number of them is definitely not a minority.

When he saw that the number of new Dionian cavalry approaching the city was about two thousand, Scipia hesitated: the number of two Dionian cavalry made him less confident in a short time. To solve the battle, after all, he only had 3,000 elite soldiers in his hand, and it was impossible for all of them to go out of the city to make a surprise attack. However, he asked the recruits formed by the elderly and children to go out of the city and fight the cavalry in the field. He was worried that the physical strength of these soldiers could not be supported.

But soon he didn't have to hesitate anymore. The soldiers screamed again and she saw the dust and mist rising in the distance: there were hundreds of Dioni with bright armor and red cloak. The Asian cavalry rushed to the city and joined the team to attack the granary!

The arrival of the Dionian cavalry on several occasions gave Scipio the illusion: The Dionian army is coming here at the fastest speed and cannot send troops out! Otherwise, not only these soldiers will be in danger, but Rome will also be in danger!

It's not just that he thought, I'm afraid the elders and soldiers in the city have similar thoughts, so the sounds of petitions and pleadings that rang out before are gone, and the surroundings are very quiet. They just heard the screams from time to time in the barn camp under the city, their expressions were extremely painful.

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The second to rush to the river port granary was the Second Dionian Cavalry Corps. Commander Kuchius quickly found Ryders who was overseeing the battle and saluted the former veteran: "Ryder Lord Sri Lanka, what do we need to do?"