Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 139: Strike the city of Rome (November)

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"Great!" Lizaru punched Midolades' chest and said sincerely: "Thank you for your trust, Midolades!"

"It's all for Dionia!" Midolades replied sternly.

"Don't worry, I won't let the fleet infantry suffer a great loss!" Lizaru also made a promise, and then said to the adjutant: "Go and call Ulaza!"

He is going to let Ulaza instead command the entire Third Army to attack the South Bank of Rome, and he himself will lead the two infantry battalions and two thousand third fleet infantry who stayed in the camp to meet the Roman reinforcements. After all, he is the commander of the army. With his identity, it is easier for the fleet infantry to accept his command.

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Vai’ai, is a town built by the Etruscans. It is located on the north bank of the middle reaches of the Tiber River, to the northeast of the city of Rome, about forty miles apart. It is one of the twelve alliance city states in Etruscans. one. Since the founding of Rome, it has been the enemy of the Romans. The two sides have fought for control of the land on both sides of the middle reaches of the Tiber River in the past 100 years.

The Romans went from being passively beaten to each other's winning and losing, and then gaining the upper hand. It can be said that they have gone through ups and downs. Finally, more than 20 years ago, after a ten-year siege, Camillos led an army to break through the city of Victoria. Based on hatred and interests, the Romans killed all defenders who could resist, captured women and children as slaves, and completely occupied the land of Wei Ai as a colonial town in Rome.

Shortly afterwards, due to the fierce clashes between the nobles and civilians in Rome, most of the civilians left Rome in anger and went to settle in Wei Ai. Then came the Celtic invasion and the city of Rome was occupied. After Camillos gathered the Romans and Latins to drive away the Celtics, the Roman nobles and commoners once again bridged the contradictions and rebuilt the city of Rome. Many people settled in Victoria. The Roman civilians also returned.

In order to prevent Viais from once again becoming a refuge for Roman civilians and nobles, thereby weakening the strength of the city itself, the Senate passed a bill to designate the fertile land near the Tiber River to the south of Viais as the city of Rome. As a result, this large Etruscan city with a population similar to that of Rome and even more prosperous than Rome became a medium colonial city in Rome.

Because the residents of Viai City are all Roman citizens, they will hear about the attack on Rome after they responded vigorously to Rome’s first conscription (that is, following Camilos’s attack on the Helniki) , And once again squeezed out more than 500 people to come to the rescue.

In addition to Wei Ai sending troops to rescue Rome, there is also Caisra (caisra), which is also one of the twelve Etruscan city states. It is located on a hill about 14 miles from the sea. It is nearly sixty miles from the north bank of the Tiber River Estuary. Because of its iron ore and production of high-quality clay pots, it enjoys a high reputation in central and northern Italy, and it has always made the city prosperous and wealthy.

Moreover, this city-state is very good at getting along with other forces. When most Etruscan city-states had tense relations with Rome, it maintained good relations with Rome, and during the Celtic invasion, In the case of their own city being breached, the Kesreiras also sheltered many Roman people who fled because of the fall of Rome in various mountain villages in the territory. Therefore, when the strength of Rome was restored, they began to attack Etruria. When they were in the sub-territories, they were grateful for the kindness of the people of Kesreira, and instead of invading their territory, they invited Kesreira to join the Roman League.

At the same time, the relationship between the Kesreiras and the Greeks is also very good. It is one of the few non-Greek cities that have a holy library in Delphi (Delphi generally does not allow non-Greek city-states to own a holy library ), which is amazing.

This time, Kesrera also sent more than 500 soldiers in order to rescue the leader of Rome.

There are also two reinforcements from the Etruscan alliance city-states. They are Volch and Tarchna. These are also two close to the coast, but the cities are built in The mountains and city-states with Etruscan characteristics are rich in mineral resources, as well as large ports and prosperous maritime trade.

Volch, in particular, became a maritime trade center on the west coast of the Italian peninsula as early as a hundred years ago. Its pottery, bronzes and wines are even exported to the Eastern Mediterranean. It was not only a maritime power, but also on land. It also controls many Etruscan tribes and small towns in the surrounding area.

And Tarzuna, like Wei Ai, is a feud with Rome. As early as a hundred years ago, it supported the overthrown Roman King Tajiwen and confronted Rome. However, these two powerful city-states have declined in the past few decades due to the continuous Celtic invasion and Roman harassment. However, the large-scale Celtic invasion more than ten years ago caused the two cities to suffer. When it was hit hard, the city fell and the people were looted...

They haven't recovered from the war, and Rome, which drove away the Celts and received strong support from Carthage, once again invaded their territory. After being defeated in successive battles, the people of these two cities had to choose to surrender.

Rome divided part of the land between the two cities and established two colonial cities-sutrium and cosa as the fortresses for Rome to control southern Etruscans. At the same time, they monitored the movements of the two cities at any time, so this time Rome sent a messenger to ask for help, and the two cities also sent reinforcements.

Of course, Sutrium and Xhosa also have reinforcements to follow. There are more than 2,000 people in total, plus the soldiers sent by other Etruscan tribes and towns that surrender to Rome, and there are more than 4,000 in total.

Reinforcements from the towns of Wei Ai, Kesrera, Volch, etc. gathered together one after another, and scattered soldiers arrived, but they were rewarded by the spies. "The Dionians attacked the city of Rome. They are in a hurry", the situation has not allowed them to wait here slowly, especially the Roman citizens of Wei Ai have been clamoring to rush to rescue, so the leading generals from the Roman colonial city and the Etruscan city state quickly reached an agreement. Later, they led their respective citizen soldiers and dragged forward towards the Roman vertebral bridge.

When they were two or three miles away from the Dionian camp, they were rewarded by the spies again: about 4,000 Dionian soldiers were marching fast, and they must pass by!

Several generals listened, and were astonished as Paulus' reaction: aren't the Dionians trying their best to attack the city? ! Why are there enough soldiers left to fight with us? !

But time is running out, and they can't let them think about it anymore, and they rushed into formation.

These more than 4,000 Roman reinforcements came from multiple Etruscan city-states, tribes, and Roman colonial cities. It would take a lot of effort to determine the affiliation of each unit and arrange the location of the array. The formation of the army has not yet started, and the Dionian army has appeared in their field of vision.

The army led by Lizaru had two thousand fleet infantry and one light armoured unit, so it moved faster, with only one heavy infantry unit slightly behind.

When he arrived on the battlefield, Lizaru found that the Roman reinforcements, as he had imagined in advance, did not expect the Dionian army to attack. Therefore, without prior preparation, the entire army was still in one group, such a great fighter. How could he let it go? Before the heavy infantry battalion arrived, he gave an offensive order: the fleet infantry attacked the enemy's left side, and the light armoured battalion attacked the enemy's right side, leaving the frontal space for those who arrived later. Heavy infantry brigade.

Although these two units are not heavy infantry, according to the return of the scouts: the number of heavy infantry in the Roman reinforcements is far less than half (the elite civilian soldiers were previously called up to attack the Helnikians ). Therefore, Lizaru firmly believes that these two well-trained units can completely suppress the enemy by offensive and insist on the arrival of the heavy infantry brigade.

The offensive bugle blew, and the two troops that were originally arranged in a battle column, in the process of slowing down, quickly threw the entire long column over and turned it into a row, and then there was no need Change the position again and start to accelerate forward.

The weapons and equipment of fleet infantry and light armor are actually the same. They are leather helmets, leather armors, leather shields, and daggers. The biggest difference is the size of the leather shield and the javelin: light armored soldiers are fighting on land, so they hold The leather shield is larger, and at the same time, like the heavy infantry, it carries two javelins; because the fleet infantry has to fight at sea, in order to maintain a better balance, the leather shield is smaller and does not carry the javelin.

However, this time, because the heavy infantry of the Third Army had to climb up the embankment to attack by the crow warship, it was inconvenient to throw the javelin, and they all stayed in the camp. In terms of carrying javelins, although they do not use javelins in battles at sea, they are often trained in their usual training, because javelin throwing is one of the four kill skills that Dionian infantry must master (the other three The types are unarmed combat, shield sword fighting, shield spear stabbing).

The rapid approach of the Dionian army forced the Roman reinforcements to no longer expand their formation smoothly. Of course, they could not shrink into a group and be passively beaten, so the offensive bugle was forced to sound, and the generals of the reinforcements led their city-states. The army hurriedly slew towards the Dionian army that was forced to him.

The distance between the two parties, which was a few hundred meters apart, was quickly pulled closer amidst the shouts of killing.

"Javelin! Javelin! Javelin!..." Amid the shouts of the team officers, the infantry and light armoured units of Dionia quickly stopped and quickly threw two rounds of javelins. Interrupted the enemy’s charge and made the enemy’s formation more chaotic. Then they shouted in the name of Hades and rushed to the past...