Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 123: Siege layout (2)
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"Your Majesty, our Mountain Reconnaissance Brigade has been doing the most difficult training in the past ten years, just for this day! You can rest assured that even if it rains heavily and the river surges, we will definitely succeed!" Izam finally Showing his true colors, said proudly.
"Very good, this is the Izam I know!" Daves smiled: "When the action is successful, don't forget to send someone to notify me immediately."
"Yes!"
At this time, Daves looked around the commanders of the legions and asked: "After watching the city of Rome, what do you guys think?"
"Your Majesty, although the walls of Rome are ugly, but walking down this circle, I feel that its length is not short, and the area of the city is also large..." Olivers said here, Davers added: "According to now The information obtained shows that the city wall of Rome is about 14 miles long. It is known as the city of seven hills. There are seven low hills in the city, so its actual urban area is larger than we feel."
"In order to conquer Herniki, the Romans drew out all their young and middle-aged citizens to go out to fight. Now there should not be many Roman soldiers who can fight in this city, and the defense against such a long wall will make them even more The shortcomings of insufficient strength are exposed..."
Olivers said, Martonis interjected: "I have just walked along the way, I have noticed that the quality of the soldiers in the city is not good. Ryders, can you send a cavalry to try it out?" /
Seeing Davers nodding in acquiescence, Ryders immediately sent a cavalry team. When they approached the wall quickly and diagonally within 50 meters, there was a commotion among the soldiers on the front of the city, and soon there were javelins and arrows. It was shot down, but the fast-moving cavalry squad left the attacked area in an instant.
The cavalry cannot attack the city, not to mention that people will not pose any threat to the city wall at this point. The Roman soldiers can deal with it calmly. The commanders of the corps with rich combat experience looked at them, and their faces showed a somewhat relaxed smile.
"Your Majesty, the reason why you let our several legions attack the walls of Rome at the same time, instead of concentrating their forces, focusing on attacking one or two places, is to make the Romans have to recruit them temporarily, the fighting power The weak soldiers spread out, making their defenses weaker, and we can break through Rome faster and easier!" After Matonis finished, he glanced at Olivers triumphantly.
Olivers cursed secretly, what Matonis had just wanted to say, but he hadn't finished yet.
"But tomorrow, when we are attacking Rome with all our strength, the Roman colonial cities and allied states that have received the news will definitely send reinforcements!" Geogris reminded slightly worried: "Especially when attacking Helniki. The Roman army of people and the Roman army in the west that were just defeated by us yesterday, if they arrive when we are attacking the city—"
"Yesterday, the Roman army in the west suffered heavy losses. The chase of the 1st and 2nd Cavalry Corps encumbered a lot of their ruined soldiers. Only our soldiers were ordered to chop off the hands and feet of the Romans who were captured. Rough statistics There are more than 3,000 people, and this does not include the Romans who were killed or injured in the battle and those who were killed or injured in the rout, so they will not be able to pose any danger to us for a while." Lizaru said affirmatively: "As for the northeast direction. The Roman army—"
"Their forces are indeed huge, but according to previous intelligence, their camp is more than 100 miles away from here, and the road is uneven. The normal march has at least three or four days of travel. By then we have already occupied Rome. City!" Trotiras said loudly.
"Don't underestimate the enemy!" Daves solemnly reminded: "The Roman dictator Camillos is not a simple character. He has participated in countless battles, has rich combat experience, and has commanded many battles. , He has not suffered a failure yet—" At this point, he saw Amintas pouting his lips, but soon became frowned again, apparently thinking of the last time he played against Camilos, letting him The First Army suffered a great loss.
"Therefore, we cannot judge the army led by Camiros under normal circumstances...two days!" Daves mused for a while, stretched out two fingers, and said with a serious expression: "We must The time for the Roman army to return has been halved. For the time being, it is judged that Camillos will return in two days, so you only have one day to attack the city, and you must conquer Rome tomorrow!" In the last sentence, Daves said every word. Said forcefully.
The legion commanders felt the pressure when they heard this.
"The reconnaissance squads and mountain reconnaissance squads of the various legions are temporarily brought under my direct command. I will send them out to investigate the movements around Rome throughout the day. If there are any abnormalities, please report to me at any time. The First Cavalry Corps, The cavalry of the Second Cavalry Regiment stayed in the camp, recharged, regained their horsepower, ready to attack at any time. And you—" Daves stared at Amintas, Matonis, and Lizaru in front of him. The six legion commanders, Oliver, Georgris, and Trotiras, said in a deep voice: "Go back quickly and command your legionnaires to build your camp as soon as possible according to the position you just specified. This camp not only needs to To allow the soldiers to rest at ease, they must also have certain defensive capabilities. At the same time, carefully prepare for tomorrow's siege. Each of you is responsible for attacking a section of the city wall. I have to take a good look at who will be the first to break through Rome tomorrow. Defensively, break into the city!"
The captains of the legion heard this and looked at each other, there was a sense of competition in their hearts.
"But you should also pay attention, don't just go on the offensive, so that the soldiers will suffer too many casualties, because the capture of Rome is only the beginning, and the real battle is yet to come!"
Daves' last words made the legionnaires alert, and then they hurried back to their legion. Daves led the palace guard and two cavalry regiments, slowly walking back.
Davers looked at the sky and asked: "Has Epithenis already led the team?"
"According to the plan, he should leave this morning, and he should be on the road now." Tolmeide replied.
Daves thought of another question, he said with some expectation: "I hope the Wolsey and the Helniki can buy us more time as planned."
At this moment, Tolmeide faintly felt that the invincible commander of Dionia seemed a little nervous in his heart. He didn't know what to say for a while, so he kept silent.
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When Milusius set off this morning, he felt a little heavy. Although he was not a senator and could not attend yesterday’s Senate meeting, his father returned home and told him about it. A small dispute, he admired Camilos and dissatisfied with his uncle Marugineensis taking advantage of the dictator’s expedition and directing other elders to make small actions behind his back, but he still took over the task assigned by the Senate. Because he felt that carrying out this order by himself was better than letting others go, and it would be much less restrictive to Camilos.
However, not long after departure, he received a new order from the Senate. Although the original order that dissatisfied him has been cancelled, he is not happy at all at this moment, and his heart is full of shock: Dioni The army of Asia is marching towards Rome! I heard that the Dionian army was landing on the coast last night, and are already going to attack the city of Rome today? !
The speed of the Dionian army's actions was completely beyond the expectations of Milusius, and the sense of crisis forced him to speed up the pace repeatedly.
After Prinist, after passing Sagnia, even though the road ahead became more and more uneven, Milusius tried not to slow down as much as possible.
At this moment, there was a ride ahead, and the rider held the horse's neck tightly. When they saw them, they didn't avoid it, but ran into it head-on.
The soldiers with the team rushed up to intercept, and the frightened horse threw a person away. Because this person was wearing Roman clothes and had a javelin stuck in his back, he was seriously injured, and Milusius had to step forward to check.
The man woke up in a groan, saw Milusius, and immediately said: I am... I am Corius, the slave of Lord Potitus... In front... There is a Helniki in front. 'S ambush...we are under attack...be careful..."
Milusius didn’t need to think about it to know why Portitus’ slaves appeared here. He hurriedly asked: "How many enemies are there?"
"At least seventy or eighty people..."
"There are so many people?!" Milusius was taken aback, and looked back at the ten soldiers following him, feeling a little embarrassed: Are you going to push forward? Or turn around and move back to rescue soldiers?
Just thinking about it for a while, he made a decision: turn around and go to Signia immediately!
It is not that he is greedy for life and fear of death, but that he believes that his mission is related to the survival of the city of Rome.
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In fact, when the various legions of Dionian arrived outside the city of Rome, they had already rushed to the area where their legions should be in accordance with the plan negotiated last night. The engineers of each legion had already set up a construction plan for the entire camp in accordance with the plan set up by Daves last night and compared to the drawings of the city of Rome. Now they need to go to the field to revise and confirm the plan.
Soon, a new camp construction plan came out.
So they took the legion engineering battalions to survey and mark the land outside Rome according to this camp plan: Where did the trench start to be dug? How deep should I dig? Where is the earth rampart built? How high does it need to be? Where is Yingmen? Where is the outpost? …Of course, there are special regulations for the construction of the Dionian field camp. After many battles and corrections, there will be no major changes. The soldiers have gone through countless military trainings and are already familiar with this. , So when the corps commander rushed back, after the specific tasks of the camp were assigned to the lower-level team officers, the soldiers began to work in full swing.