Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 196: Offensive Gaby

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The horror of the Dionian army made them finally realize: Once Rome is completely destroyed, Dionian will be able to free up his hands completely and concentrate on dealing with Carthage! And now the Senate is still in a quarrel, wasting precious time!

So they gathered together and strongly appealed to the Senate: while the main force of Dionia was still in Latham, they should immediately send a large army to land in Sicily, defeat Dionia’s army, completely occupy the entire Sicily, and obtain the whole The advantage of the battle.

In the face of the enthusiasm, Hanno did not dare to obstruct any more. The Senate finally made the "As soon as possible, recruit troops of no less than 60,000 people in Carthage and its surrounding areas, and hand them over to the Carthage military. Commander Marge led the "decision."

Margo, who is far south of the Iberian Peninsula, also realized the urgency of the battle, and is also stepping up to gather and form new troops.

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In fact, there was no need for Tapirus to urge Wolsey and the Helnikians. They had already begun to take action after the Roman army left the Tullerus Valley area.

The various tribes of Helniki who had fled into the mountains before gathered together and began to attack the Roman soldiers in the occupied areas. The focus of their attack was the city of Frentyrum. This Helniki’s former central town was built in the mountains and brought great difficulties to the Romans’ siege. In order to quickly end the Helniki war, Camilos had to go from Rome and A large number of young and middle-aged citizens were drawn from the Allies, which resulted in the defensive emptiness of the city of Rome and the surrounding areas. Daves seized this favorable opportunity, which eventually caused the entire situation in the Latham area to be reversed.

The army led by Camilos retreated hurriedly, but considering the difficulty of capturing the city of Frontyrum and the importance of its location, 2,000 Roman soldiers were left to garrison.

However, the Roman army had repeatedly stormed the city and the battle was very fierce, resulting in the ruins of the city wall everywhere. Before the remaining Roman soldiers had time to make repairs, the Helniki attack had already arrived.

Most of them use the cover of mountains and trees at night and early morning to approach the city wall, even sneak into the city, and suddenly launch an attack. Once the Romans assembled their troops to fight them head-on, they immediately fled the city. The Roman army, which was not good at fighting in the mountains, followed in pursuit, and was ambushed by the Helnikians.

After suffering a few losses, the Romans could only hold on to the city, but the Helniki attacks did not abate. Although the casualties caused to the Romans each time were small, it gave the Roman soldiers the psychology. It caused a lot of stress and prevented them from getting enough rest.

After the Roman defenders continued to defend themselves, the Helnikians shifted the focus of their attack to the Roman squadron that transported materials to the city of Frontyrum. As the main Roman forces have withdrawn from the area, there are not many troops left behind, and there are not enough troops to protect them. As a result, the heavy squad has been repeatedly attacked by the Helniki and cannot reach the city of Frentirum.

The food was dwindling, the weapons were not replenished, and the Roman garrison, who was constantly attacked by the Helniki, lost the confidence to hold on without receiving reinforcements, and the Roman army was forced to disband. On this day, the Roman defenders also chose to evacuate the city of Frontilum.

After starting to retreat, the Roman soldiers discovered that not only the city of Frontyrum was attacked by the Helniki, but other occupied Helniki towns were also attacked to varying degrees, especially Those small barracks built along the river, due to their too few troops and weak defenses, have become the key targets of the Helniki.

The Roman army had seen several burnt barracks during the retreat. Other surviving barracks and the defenders of neighboring towns joined the retreat team.

The army kept retreating north, and finally retreated to the city of Signia near the tolerium of the Latin Confederate State, giving up most of the Helniki land that was finally occupied.

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However, the Wolsi started to gather soldiers after the Dionian army attacked Rome and the Roman army stationed in the southwest went to the rescue. They wanted to regain the territory occupied by the Romans, but they were The experience of the Ki people is different. Rome has colonized the three towns and surrounding territories of Antiium, Sartnikum, and Villitre. They have just become new residents of Rome. The people will naturally resist with all their strength.

Wolsi, who has experienced many wars and has been severely weakened, can concentrate only more than 6,000 fighters, and lacks siege weapons. Several attacks on Antiium have been repelled and they are unable to retake it. His own town had to retreat in anguish after learning that the Roman army had once again stationed in Satnikum.

Therefore, when Wolsey executives met Tapirus, they asked him for the strong support of Ally Dionia.

Tapirus made a promise to them: As long as Wolsey cooperates fully in accordance with the plan of His Majesty King Davos, Dionia will definitely help Wolsey regain all the territory.

So, the Wolseys followed the advice of Tapirus and changed their offensive strategy. They no longer attacked the territories of Antiium and Satnikum, but moved the main force from a distance. Astura, who was very close to Antiium, retreated to Setia, waiting for an opportunity.

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Gabii, the most important Latin city-state in the eastern region of Latium, is located about 30 miles southeast of Rome, not far from the west bank of the Ario River, a tributary of the Tiber River. Decades ago, it became an ally of Rome, and it has never been betrayed, but this time its loyalty to Rome has been tested.

Pubulius, as the messenger of Dionian, came to Gaby, hoping that he could leave Rome's Latin alliance and form an alliance with the Kingdom of Dionian.

The Gabi Senate debated the matter for a day. Eventually, the Gabi nobles were worried about the way Dionian handled the Roman nobles, so they refused Dionian’s request and put Publius He drove out of the city, and at the same time sent people to rush to the west to ask Camilos for help.

Sure enough, on the second day, Dionia's army appeared under Gaby City, still under the command of Plintors, and still under the command of the Second Army, Sixth Army, and Lucania Reserve The four battalions of the legion, the Roman Reserve Brigade, the First Cavalry Regiment, and a 500-man engineering team, totaling more than 30,000 people.

The Gabys closed the four gates tightly, and all the young and middle-aged citizens in the city were armed with spears and went up to the head of the city, preparing to resist the Dionian siege.

However, Plintors did not immediately order the attack, but ordered the soldiers to start building the camp.

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In the early morning of the next day, 12,000 Roman soldiers led by Camilos who had received the news hurried to Tustron.

Tustron is on the north side of Lake Albalonga, on the edge of Tustron Mountain, about 40 miles south of Rome. Since Albalonga was destroyed by Rome, it has been It has become the most important city in the central part of the Latin area.

Most of the Latin city-states and tribes in the eastern, central, and western parts of the Latin region have responded to Camelus’s call because of the cold of their lips and teeth. The force soared to 21,000.

In the Roman camp outside the city of Tustron, the Roman generals are gathering in the big tent, discussing the current situation of the war and the next military plan.

The Roman dictator Camillos at this time was different from the spirited image when he attacked Ferentinum. His face was sallow, his face was sagging, and his whole body was slumped on the wooden chair. There were two wooden chairs. A servant stood on each side, ready to hold him at any time.

He closed his eyes and listened to the report on the enemy's situation: "The Dionian army has been building camps these days and has not attacked Gaby City, but they are constantly bombarding Gaby's walls with ballistas... The Gaby people once again sent a messenger to us for help..."

"My dictator, the Dionian army has not attacked the city for several days, but has been building camps, and the camps are built to the west of Gaby City. This is obviously to guard us." Mejius Shen Said the voice.

"We led our troops into Tustron. The momentum was too great to hide from the Dionians. It is normal for them to be defensive. According to the report from the scout, Dioni outside Gaby There are tens of thousands of people in the Asian army, and we should also pay attention to the fact that there is an army of Dionians in Rome—"

Before Lisinius finished speaking, I heard Quintus yelling angrily: "Is it because there are so many Dionians, because they don't attack the city, we won't attack, or even retreat? ! Hmm! Licinius, are you afraid?! You shouldn’t stay here, but like those Roman civilians, surrender the Dionians—"

"Enough, Quintus, pay attention to your words! Your dictator reminds us again and again that we are now in a difficult situation and we must unite closely to defeat the Dionians and regain Rome!" Olus Reminded loudly.

Quintus snorted, staring at Licinius, but did not speak.

Licinius simply turned around and looked out of the account.

At this moment, Camilos opened his eyes. Compared with his feeble voice, his eyes looked much more energetic: "Before sending someone to inform the troops who stayed behind in Signia to come here and We meet, how are things going?"

"...They are already on their way." Lucius said with a trembling voice.

The withdrawal of the Roman soldiers who stayed behind in Signia meant that the previous victory in the conquest of Helniki was completely wiped out, and the generals present looked sad when they heard this.