Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 192: Assault eastward

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After summoning Publius, Davos convened a military meeting. After discussing with the generals, he determined the attack on the Latham area of ​​"East and West, Combination of Fighting and Talking". Strategy.

The city of Phodine is located on the upper reaches of the Tiber River, only about 13 miles away from Rome, but it is a small town built by the Etruscans. It is a small town, but it straddles the banks of the Tiber River. . During the gradual rise of Rome, it was the main bridge for the Etruscans to set foot on the southern bank of the Tiber. In particular, the city of Viais is very close to Phodine, and it has repeatedly used it to invade Rome.

For this reason, for decades, the Romans and Victoria's lovers repeatedly competed for this small city. In the end, the Romans turned Phodines into its colony and made it a front base for Rome to attack Vai. So far, Vai gradually became on the defensive and was eventually occupied by Rome.

Fitness, which became a Roman colonial city, was too close to Rome, and most of its fertile land along the river was allocated to Rome, making this small city even less populous than before.

When Rome was captured by the Dionians, the Roman people living in Photinia were terrified. However, for several days, there was no movement in Rome, and Camilos led the army to return, which made Philippe The Denais breathed a sigh of relief. But soon the Roman army moved westward, and it didn't take long for Wei Ai to suddenly fall, which made the Phodinians panic again.

A few more days later, the Etruscan-Roman colony coalition forces arrived, including the return of the citizens who had been called up by Phodine. Just after letting the people breathe a sigh of relief, the coalition forces that crossed the river suffered a crushing defeat. The Photinian people witnessed the group of Dionian cavalry along the river bank, chasing and killing the fugitive Roman soldiers, many of them Kneeling and surrendering, some jumped directly into the Tiber River and were swallowed up by the river in a blink of an eye...

Although the victorious Dionian army did not take advantage of the situation to attack Photinia, and the surroundings of the city of Photinia returned to calm in the following days, the Photinians who were terrified by the tragedy of that day did not Regarding them as safe, many people strongly urged to escape from this dangerous place, to the Latin Confederacy to the south, or to look for Camillos to the west.

But the homeland is hard to leave. The whole city argued for several days and still couldn't make a decision.

In the early morning of this day, the sleepy Sentinel of the Photinais climbed to the head of the city, and they were shocked: the dust was billowing in the distance, and the crowd of black and heavy people was pouring towards Fidinet...

"The enemy is coming!! The Dionians are coming!!!..." The alarm in the city rang, and the people panicked.

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On the morning of the second day after the military meeting ended, Daves sent a large army to attack Photina.

Most of the Third Army and the Roman Reserve marched east along the north bank of the Taibo River. Four brigades of the Second Army, Sixth Army, and Lucania Reserve Army, Mountain Reconnaissance Brigade, First Cavalry Regiment, and one A 500-person engineering team marched east along the south bank of the Tiber River, with a total of more than 30,000 people, attacking the city of Photinia from both the north and the south.

The reason why Daves used such a huge force to attack a small city with less than a thousand defenders, does not care whether he uses a sledgehammer to kill chickens, but hopes to use a swift offensive to defeat more enemies in a short period of time. Frighten the Latin city-states and create a more favorable situation for themselves.

In order to stabilize the order in the city of Rome, Daves did not lead the army in the same way as last time, but he appointed a temporary commander in chief, but this person was chosen beyond the expectations of the generals-the staff officer of the Ministry of Military Affairs. Priintoles.

When the candidate was announced, because the First Army did not play, the third Army commander Lizaru had a good relationship with Priintoles, and only the Second Army commander Matonis raised an objection: "Plintor Sri Lanka has never personally commanded an army battle, and has no experience as a commander..."

But under Davers's insistence, Matonis, who was accustomed to obey Davers' orders, had to reluctantly accept it.

30,000 people attacked a small city with less than 1,000 defenders, and the location of this small city is flat. It seems that it is easy to capture it.

But this is not the case, because for decades, as the strategic point of the battle between Rome and Victory, Phetine has evolved into a small military fortress. The wall is high and thick, with a moat, which is easy to defend but not conducive to offensive. According to the planned offensive plan, the expedition troops must take the city as quickly as possible, without forming a long stalemate.

In order to repay the trust of King Davers and to prove himself, Plintors, after carefully studying the situation of the city of Phodine and its surrounding terrain, decided to take and capture Rome with His Majesty Daves. The city’s similar tactics: He asked the engineering team to transform multiple pack cars, carrying five clippers, transported by numerous pack animals and a large amount of labor, by land, avoiding the attention of the defenders, and bypassing the Philippines. Chennai came to the flat place on the upper bank of the Tiber River...

Faced with the Dionian’s persuasion, the Photinians neither agreed nor opposed, but only said that they would consider it.

How could Plintors allow the opponent to delay time, he immediately gave the order to siege the city.

With an order, the Dionian army launched a storm from the south and the north to the city of Phodine.

Just as the Photinian garrison fully resisted the attack by the Dionian soldiers, more than 200 mountain scouts were fully armed and rowed five clippers, rushing down from the upper reaches, passing through the city of Photinia. At that time, he was stopped by a pontoon bridge across the river and almost broke the pontoon bridge.

The upper reaches of the Tiber River to the east of the Phodines are so turbulent that it is not only impossible to swim, but it is also very difficult to drive rafts. In addition, the towns along the river to the east of the Phodines, except for crustalum (crustuerium) ) Is the territory of the Sabines except for the Roman colonial city. This mountain race has never seen the sea, does not build ships, and even most of the people do not know how to swim. Therefore, the Photinians have never encountered an enemy attack from the Tiber River, but they never dreamed of it. The Dionians are whimsical and spend a lot of manpower to transport ships from the land to the upper reaches of the Tiber, so they are completely unprepared.

When the soldiers of the Mountain Reconnaissance Brigade climbed up the pontoon one after another and started to kill the southern city of Photinia, the panicked Fei Phidinium hurriedly squeezed out less than a hundred soldiers from the city head and rushed to the bridge head to stop them.

When they arrived, some of the soldiers of the raid Mountain Reconnaissance Brigade had already set foot on the land of the South City. They immediately launched a swift attack on the Phodenai soldiers who had arrived in a hurry, and drove the attempted Phidines to line up. The soldiers rioted.

In the melee, how could the Philistine citizen soldiers be the opponents of the soldiers of the Mountain Reconnaissance Brigade who had been hard-trained all the year round. Not long after they were defeated, the South City was breached.

Soon, the lonely North City also surrendered.

It was only in the afternoon when the Dionian army occupied the whole city of Phodine. It lasted less than four hours from the offensive to the end, and the commanding ability of Plintors was initially obtained by the generals and soldiers. Recognized.

The Dionian army previously occupied Rome, and now they have access to the upper reaches of the Tiber River, which completely cut off the connection between the Romans and the north bank of the Tiber River.

The Dionian army rested for a day in Phodina, and then moved eastward the next day. Their goal was crusturium, which was the last colonial city in eastern Rome.

Krustavum was originally a town established by the Sabines, but the complex relationship with Rome was established shortly after the city was founded.

It is rumored that after Romulos established Rome, most of his followers were single men, causing a lot of trouble. In order to solve their marital problems, these energetic men could settle in Rome with peace of mind. Romulus thought of a way. He declared to the outside world that he would hold a festival of Poseidon and invite the surrounding forces to participate.

Some members of the Sabine tribe believed it to be true and came to Rome with their wives and daughters, only to be taken away by Romulus and his followers.

Half a year later, the Sabines who had lost their relatives assembled their troops to attack Rome. When the two sides were about to start a decisive battle, the Sabine women who had become Roman wives appeared, and they knelt down and pleaded for a truce between the two sides. Inspired by family affection, the two sides reached a reconciliation, and Romulus even invited these Sabine tribes to move to Rome, and the two became one.

The town where these Sabine tribes live is Crustalum.

Leave aside, whether this legend heard from the Roman population is true or false, but Crustaum became a Roman colony during the Roman Empire. Many Latins were called by the Roman king to move to this town, but after decades it joined the Latin city-states in the war against Rome. After being defeated, it became a Roman colony again, and soon became Rome against Sabine. The front base of the invasion of the Romans, where the Romans defeated the Sabines several times.

Kristauum is less than ten miles away from Phetna. It is built on a hill on the edge of the Tiber River. It overlooks the long and narrow riverside flat land washed by the mixed sand of the Tiber River to the east.

Plintors led the Dionian army soon to reach the city of Kristauum, but he did not attack immediately, because Publius who arrived later said that he was sure to persuade Chris The Taum surrendered.

Sure enough, less than two hours after Publius entered the city, the Klustaum opened the city gate.

Kristaum, which is adjacent to the Sabines, would have difficulty resisting the invasion of the Sabines without the support of Rome. Before, the citizens sent out to join the Roman army ran back and told the people that the "Roman army collapsed", which caused extreme anxiety in the city. Then the Dionians broke down the neighboring city of Phodine in less than a day. The Kristaums were panicked. At this time, the former Roman veteran Publius, whom they were familiar with, entered the city to persuade them. The Kristaums, who were surrounded by two major forces and isolated and helpless, had to surrender.