Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 197: Encircle the spot and fight for aid
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The indifferent expression on Camilos's face hasn't changed much. He turned his head and asked: "Titus, what do you think of the current situation?"
"My dictator." Titus looked solemn, he looked at the others, hesitated, and then said: "I think...this may be a conspiracy by the Dionians!"
As soon as this word came out, the other generals were surprised, but Camilos looked still.
Titus explained with a worried look: "Before we sent reinforcements under the repeated pleading of the messenger in Gaby. Now the troops of the Latin allies have gathered here, but the Dionians have not attacked Canada. Bicheng, on the contrary, is building and strengthening the camp, which looks more like waiting for us to attack.
If the Dionians never attack Gaby City, it is likely to cause a long-term stalemate, and the situation will be unfavorable to us, because the soldiers of the allies will be dissatisfied with us; if we choose to attack directly, Dioni The demi people even need to stick to the camp to keep us at an offensive disadvantage. Don’t forget the painful lesson that the attack on Ostia has taught us! But if we retreat in this way, we will lose our prestige in the Latin Union..."
"But... even if we first knew that this was a Dionian strategy, we had to send reinforcements! Who told us to be the leader of the Latin League? According to the covenant, we have the responsibility to protect their territories. Now Under the difficult situation, we cannot lose the trust of these allies..."
Camillos sighed. The dullness on his face made the generals unable to see the fluctuations in his heart: Since the Dionians aggressively attacked the Latham area, the army he led has been passive. Restricted step by step, in fact, they have not fought head-on with the Dionian army, and they have fallen into today's predicament. The king of Dionian is really a terrible person!
"Since the Dionians want us to take the initiative to attack, then we will attack, but with reservations..." Camillos said at last.
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"Your Majesty, the Roman army has been dispatched!"
"Hurry up! Go and inform Ammentas, Olivers, Ledes and Kutchius immediately, gather their legions, wait for my orders, and be ready to attack at any time!"
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
"Also, immediately send a quick horse to inform Prinister and Signia!"
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"Generals, the Roman army has left Tustron and is rushing towards us." Plintorus' words made the faces of several legionnaires happy.
"This big fish has finally caught the bait, and our hard work these days has not been in vain!" Trotiras said excitedly.
"This time, we are going to return the stubbornness that was forced to retreat in Ostia!" Matonis was full of pride.
"It's best to keep the Roman army here completely, and the next battle will be easy!" The temporary commander of the reserve group Epithenis has a bigger appetite and thinks farther.
"Captain Sextus, do you have any suggestions?" Plintors looked at the only silent general in the tent.
Call Sextus as the captain. In fact, the Roman reserve team composed of Roman civilians now has more than 6000 people. Sextus is carrying the position of captain and doing the work of the captain. , But the Roman reserve is only a temporary establishment and will be cancelled at the end of the war. Although Daves has the idea of building a legion in Rome, Sextus will not be able to serve as legion commander for the time being, and even the legion commander is choking. After all, he still doesn’t understand Dionia. The military system and tactics of the army still need to be rebuilt before the soldiers can be convinced.
"I have no opinion, please order the commander!" Sextus said in a deep voice.
Crotto Catacs, who was standing by, looked at the Roman who was only a few years older than himself. He could understand Sextus’ feelings at the moment, but just as his father said to him. That way: only by allowing these Romans to participate in more battles can they cut off their fetters with the past.
Plintors coughed, then looked at the generals and said loudly: "Generals, please follow the previous deployment to meet the incoming enemy!"
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Tustron is less than 30 miles away from Gaby, but the Roman army is not marching fast. After noon, they approached the Dionian camp. After hearing this, the defenders in the city were very excited: "Roman reinforcements are coming!!!..."
But the Roman coalition army did not immediately launch a fierce attack on the camp. The army temporarily stopped advancing. The soldiers began to eat rations to replenish the physical strength they had previously consumed. Then the soldiers began to slowly approach the camp in a loose queue.
The Roman coalition soldiers walked cautiously, seeming to be looking for traps on the ground. In fact, the Dionian Barracks had no other defense facilities except trenches, outposts, and wooden walls.
At the rear of the team, the interim commander Titus repeatedly told his scout officers: "Let your men keep their eyes open. If you find an abnormality around the battlefield, report it immediately, especially in Rome. Direction!"
Half an hour later, the Roman coalition soldiers approached the trench, and the offensive battle began.
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"Notify the troops and prepare to leave the city!" Daves, who was on the south side of Rome, gave the order.
"Your Majesty, the messenger sent by Plintors just now said that the Romans' offensive was not fierce and did not put the main force in the offensive. Shall we wait?" Tolmeide reminded.
“It’s been so long since the Romans attacked, and I’m afraid it will continue to be like this if I wait.” Daves said with a firm expression: “Besides, the action has already begun over there. The Romans realized that if they missed this time, the Romans would not be fooled again!"
"Understood, Your Majesty." When Tolmid responded, the three legion commanders, Amintas, Olivers, and Lizaru, had already turned and went down town.
Daves looked at the last legion commander beside him, and solemnly said: "Georgris, the security in the city will be left to you next. You have to assist Assistus and control the city of Rome! "
"Please rest assured, your majesty!" Georgris's legs joined together, and his right fist "bang" on his left chest.
Davos stretched out his hand, patted Gioglis's shoulder vigorously, and then turned to go down town.
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In the big tent of the Roman barracks, came Camillos, Lucius, and Quintus.
At this time, Quintus was complaining to Camillos: "My dictator, I really don’t understand. Since you have decided to abandon Gabi and withdraw the army, why bother to attack the enemy’s camp and let Our precious soldiers are lost in vain?!"
"We need to let the allies know that the Romans did not give up on them and will still fight for them... Although this will cost us some casualties, it is still worth it..." Camillos explained.
"In fact, we still gave up on them!" Quintus still looked dissatisfied: "When we withdraw to Sutnikum, Gabi City may soon be captured by the Dionians, other Wouldn’t the Latin Confederations lose confidence in us?!"
Camillos was silent for a while, and then whispered: "...At least we have made an effort to give them some confidence... The Dionians are cautious in their use of troops and have always attacked with large forces. The towns near Rome never disperse troops and looting everywhere...With our current strength, it is impossible to have too high aspirations. We can only hold on to the three of Villitre, Sartnicum, and Antium. A colonial city, to wait for the situation to change, and then unite with the Latin Allies to attack the Dionians!..."
"What's the change of situation?" Quintus frowned.
"Yesterday, the Pantius in Antiium sent people to tell me that a Phoenician fishing boat broke through the interception of the Dionian warship and entered the port, bringing a message,'Ga The Taiji Senate appointed Marge as the military commander in chief, and he will lead an army of no less than 100,000 to attack Sicily again!'" Camilos said, the volume unconsciously increased.
"A hundred thousand army!" Quintus was delighted when he heard the words, and then frowned, and said angrily: "Carthage sent an army to Sicily before, but did not give Dionia at all. People are defeated as much pressure as they are exerted, which has caused us to make wrong judgments. We have fallen into today’s situation, and the Carthaginians should bear the greatest responsibility! Now that the Carthaginians have launched an offensive again, we still don’t want to go too far. Rely on them too much!"
Quintus' words caused a pain in Camilos's heart. He should be mainly responsible for his mistakes in the judgment of the situation. Quintus was expressing his dissatisfaction with him in a vague manner.
Lucius didn’t allow others to criticize his father in this way, and immediately said loudly: “Quintus, don’t forget, you supported my father’s proposal at the time,'Concentrate your forces and quickly eliminate Hull in a short time. Nicki’, you are the most active one!... Now that the Carthaginians can attack Sicily again, isn’t it good news for us?! Could it be that you have a better way to change quickly? Our predicament?! And this time the commander of the Carthage army is Margo, he is an experienced Carthage general, and he hates the Greeks extremely, he will never show mercy to the Dionia!... …"
"Well, you two should stop quarreling." Camillos waved his hand: "Quintus is right. We can't blindly trust Carthage, we have to watch the development of the battle... "
"Now that the enemies of Rome have come out, our goal has been achieved, and the army should retreat back." Camilos calmly continued, "Titus knows what to do."