Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 174: Gerney’s decision

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Giogris brought four heavy infantry brigades and a light infantry brigade. He allowed 4,000 heavy infantry to quickly form an arc-shaped defensive line in the gap in the city wall, like a tough fishing net that would rush in The gaped Roman soldier took hold.

As more and more Roman soldiers rushed into the defensive circle, the space was squeezed, and the number of people became denser, which was favorable for the attack of the defenders at the head of the city.

Especially when a can of tar smashed down, many Roman soldiers struggled in the flames. The horror at the gap in the western wall of Rome reappeared a day ago, but this time they switched roles.

In addition to the powerful attack from the Fifth Legion soldiers on the front, the chaotic and extremely tired Roman soldiers were finally overwhelmed by fear and obsession, and they were defeated.

After Titus received the urgent news from his subordinates, even though he was extremely unwilling and painful in his heart, he still gave the order to retreat to avoid being counterattacked by the enemy along the wall, which would lead to heavier losses.

In fact, the soldiers of the Fifth Corps rushed out of the gap in the city wall and continued to pursue them, only to be counterattacked by the Etruscan coalition forces lined up.

Although they were intercepted, the Etruscan soldiers' attack was not strong and did not cause any damage to the soldiers of the Fifth Legion. After receiving the news, the cautious Geocles immediately ordered the troops to stop pursuing them. Because the situation outside the city is unknown in the dark, he is afraid of being ambushed by the Romans again, especially the prince Cloto Kataks in the team. Although this valuable young man is very knowledgeable, he has always followed orders and always fought. At the back of the team, Georgris did not cause trouble, but he was not afraid of 10,000, just in case, and finally Georgris withdrew the chasing troops back to the city.

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Not long after the battle in Ostia ended, the next morning was ushered in. The City Hall of Rome held a public assembly in the square in accordance with Daves's proposal.

Daves commended the Roman civilian soldiers, headed by Sextus, for their bravery to leave the Roman army and take refuge in Dionia, especially the use of more land for rewards, which is even more arousing The enthusiasm of the people to join Dionia and want to contribute to Dionia, of course, also deepened the resentment of the noble family against the Roman civilians.

During the rally, Daves received a report from the defender at the head of the city: there was an abnormal movement in the Roman barracks outside the city, and there seemed to be signs of pulling out of the camp and leaving.

Although the movement of the Roman army outside the city is the main concern of Daves, he believes that it is more important to accelerate the return of the civilians in Rome, so he still insisted on finishing the rally before rushing to the south of the city.

It was noon, and most of the camp built by the Roman army yesterday had been demolished, and there were almost no people walking around.

According to the report of the soldiers: Throughout the morning, there was constant noise in the front camp, and even the sound of fighting came out.

According to the news returned by the scout: the Roman army is splitting into several lanes, marching slowly to the west.

Amintas, Matonis and several other army commanders have demanded that they should send troops to pursue the enemy while they are retreating and the people are panicked, and even force the enemy to rush into the guild battle.

Daves did not adopt this proposal after careful consideration, because he did not think that Camilos would be negligent when the army retreated, and he did not want to let the various regiments that had just experienced the war go to fight even if they were already divided. There have been many Roman troops that have been greatly weakened. After all, the Romans, who are mourning soldiers, are very likely to erupt with strong combat power, causing the Dionian army to suffer huge losses.

However, Daves recruited the new Roman reserve captain Sextus, and asked him to select Roman soldiers with good riding skills, ride horses collected from the city, and follow the cavalry regiment to go out of the city and perform special tasks. Task.

After issuing this order, Daves needs to convene an urgent military meeting to discuss with Tornyd, Printoles, and the commanders of the regiments on the issue of "massive reinforcements to Ostia", because from Rome Judging from the direction of the army's march, their target is undoubtedly the small town at the mouth of the Tiber River.

At the same time, not far to the west of Rome, two cavalry regiments caught up with the marching Roman army. They lured away more than 1,000 Roman cavalry who were responsible for flanking protection, and Sextus led Dozens of civilians eager to make new achievements rushed to the vicinity of the Roman army.

Then, the Roman soldiers were surprised to see these enemies dressed in Roman soldier costumes, riding close to them within 20 to 30 meters, and then began to shout: "Citizens of Rome, I am Sextus. Si (I’m ###), used to be a Roman commoner, but now has joined the Kingdom of Dionian, why should I join them?! Because the Kingdom of Dionian has assigned me more and better Roman land, More luxurious and spacious residences, get more equal rights, and these originally belonged to the Roman nobles, now they are all owned by us!

Civilian soldiers, don't hesitate, leave this hopeless army and join us! Join Dionia! You will get everything you wanted before! You will also be reunited with your family smoothly! Don't hesitate! Leave soon..."

Sextus and their shouts stirred waves among the Roman soldiers...

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In the mansion of Abenirum’s chief, Gailny was sitting in the living room, his expression was deep, but he had no worries from the previous few days, and his eyes were piercing and staring outside the door.

It didn't take long for several people he trusted to arrive one after another.

"I have decided to follow the request of the Dionian envoy to send envoys to the Shillpini tribe in other regions!"

Hearing this, everyone else understood that Gherny said he was sending messengers. In fact, he was sending people to infiltrate other areas of Kirpini to spread accusations that "Les Guk broke the covenant in disregard of faith." , Launched a war against Dionia without authorization, and caused heavy losses to the tribes, demanding that they be punished for this." At the same time, it proclaimed that “the leader of Gherny of Abeni Rum can help the tribes from Dionia. Redeem their captured tribe".

After all, according to the previous decision of the Shillpini Tribal Alliance meeting, Abenirum has been excluded from the Tribal Alliance, and any Shillpini tribe is forbidden to interact with them.

"Great, boss! We have been waiting for you to make this decision!" Tartoni exclaimed excitedly: "We have been stumped during this time, Cavutini, Pentney, The Karacheni tribe frequently sends envoys to warn us not to mess around during the war! I yeah, it’s time for these guys who oppress us to taste the anger of the Abeni Roma!"

"Leader, we really shouldn't wait for the end of this war quietly. Although the Samoneite Priest Group has also sent people several times to say, "As long as we support Lescuk, we will not be held accountable for past faults." However, everyone knows that as long as they win this war, without the obstruction of the Dionians, Lescuk will definitely use force against us! For our safety, we must seize the current favorable opportunity and take the lead. Give them a blow!" Maioni also expressed support for Gailny's decision.

"Of course I understand Leskuk’s conspiracy and our current sinister situation." Gherny sighed, "The reason for hesitation before was that if we did this, we might not only be able to compete with Leskuk. A war breaks out, and it will worsen the relationship with other tribes and the priesthood, triggering even greater wars."

Tatoni yelled again: "Are our relations with other tribes and priests okay now?! Chief, remember that you were almost united by them to demand sanctions at the tribal sacrificial meeting a few years ago. Yes! If there is a war, they can be wiped out, and then...the leader will be us...the first leader of the entire Samona!"

As soon as this was said, the faces of everyone in the living room changed.

Gerney glared at him: "Don’t talk nonsense! With our strength, even defeating Leskuk is very difficult, let alone other tribes. All we have to do now is for Dioni Ya provides help in return for Dionia's help for us all the time!" To be honest, Gherny admires Tartoni for his straightforwardness in doing things, as he did when he was young, but since he became the leader, he has experienced several setbacks. In order for the people to survive better, there are many issues to consider. It is impossible to do whatever you want.

Gerney's gaze swept across the faces of everyone in the hall, and they all showed a kind of excitement that burst out after being suppressed. He took a deep breath and said loudly: "Since you all agree with me, Then we need to reconsider the relationship between Abeni Rum and Dionia. You all know that King Daves suggested to me a few years ago,'Let Abeni Rum be like Potentia Free City’, I didn’t agree at the time.

Now, if we implement Dionia's plan, it means that we are going to be enemies with Beneventum and other Samoneites. This will be an extremely difficult war! We need the full support of Dionia to win, so I decided to let Abeni Rum join Dionia and become a free city in this kingdom! "

Speaking, the hall became silent.

This aggravated Gailny’s worry. He gave a dry cough and hurriedly said: "If you disagree—"

"Ha! Ha! Ha!..." Tartoni laughed: "Boss, you finally made this decision, and we are all relieved! Last year I participated in the Dionia Rugby Finals At that time, the player Jera who was playing with us asked me strangely, "You Abeni Rum and Potentia are both the free cities of Dionia, why can the players of Potentia speak Greek, and you But most of them don’t? "Now some city-states and forces regard us as part of Dionia, and they envy us, but this often embarrass us, because we are not, now we can finally rest assured!"