Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 198: Enclosed on all sides

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Suddenly, the adjutant hurriedly walked into the big account: "My dictator, Labicum sent a messenger, saying that thousands of Wolseys have broken into their territory, hoping that we can send reinforcements. Drive them away!"

"How could the Wolsey be there?!" Quintus and Lucius shouted almost in unison.

It’s no wonder they are puzzled. Rabbicombe is located not far to the east of Tustron, while the Wolsi are far to the southwest of the Latham area. There are many Latin city-states between them. How could they possibly be? Will suddenly appear here? !

Camillos, who has been fighting in the Latham area for decades, has completely imprinted the topography and landforms of this land in his mind, and is also thinking about it. He said with some uncertainty: "Prinister? Is it Prinister?!......"

Hearing what Camilos said, Lucius said somewhat unwillingly: "Father, this is unlikely!"

"Even our colonial city can betray us, why is it impossible!" Quintus yelled angrily: "Priniste united with Helniki and the Wolsi to launch a rebellion before. We executed many Prinist people who participated in the rebellion. In the original Senate, someone suggested that'after the Wolsey is conquered, Prinist will be completely transformed into our colony.' And this time, Prinist No reinforcements were sent to join us!"

"That's because Prinist has few people, and we still need it to keep enough troops to guard against the Helnikians in the Tullerus Valley!" Lucius retorted.

"Don’t quarrel! Now the situation is urgent! Quintus, you immediately lead the army returning from Signia, rush to Gaby, assist Titus, and block Wall who rushes from Rabikum. Westerners!" At the moment the two quarreled, Camilos' face changed. He shouted with all his might: "Guarantee our army can retreat smoothly!...cough cough cough..."

Quintus was taken aback, and immediately replied forcefully: "Yes, your dictator!"

At the moment when he heard the news, he patronized and wondered how the Wolsey might appear there, and he forgot that the reason why the Wolsi appeared there was probably rushed to Titus and the others. The army is gone, and the Dionians want to encircle the Roman coalition that went to rescue Gaby! ... Thinking of this, Quintus walked out of the big tent anxiously.

Lucius saw Camilos lying on the wooden chair looking worse, his hands trembling constantly, he hurriedly pressed his body, and comforted: "Father, Titus is so shrewd. He will definitely withdraw the troops back smoothly!"

"...This is a conspiracy devised by Dionia! The Wolsi did not retreat to Setia... They crossed Lepiny Mountain to the east... Hidden in Tullelus River Valley...what we are waiting for is today!...We are only paying attention to the city of Rome, and we believe too much in the Allies...We neglected the defense against the south...This is all my fault!"

Camillos' murmured self-blame made Lucius also worried, but he didn't know how to comfort his old father, but he held his arm tightly to express his support for him. And encouragement.

"Lucius...I hope Jupiter will help us return to Satnikum smoothly!..." Camelus's old voice had expectation, but there were many eyes in his eyes. A few moments of worry: "...I hope that the elders and people in Rome can stick to Capitoline Mountain as they did in the past!..."

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Titus was taken aback by the news that six or seven thousand Wolsey and Helniki fighters had attacked from the south.

He didn’t have time to think about why the enemy appeared there like Camillos, but immediately issued an order: "Mejus, you go and withdraw the army that attacked the enemy camp immediately!"

"The current soldiers, immediately tell our Allied troops, that more than 20,000 Dionian troops have come out of Rome and attacked us from the north! There are more than 7,000 Wolsey and Herni Ji’s fighters attacked us from the south! We must retreat to the west immediately or we will be surrounded by them!"

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"Commander, the enemy is retreating across the board!" The adjutant standing on the outpost observing the battle loudly reminded.

"It must be the army led by Your Majesty, and Wolsey—Herniki reinforcements have launched an attack on the enemy." Plintors nodded and said, "Blow the bugle and let the soldiers attack The retreating enemy launches an attack!"

"Yes!" The adjutant shouted toward the downstairs in excitement: "Hurry up and play the attack number! The attack number!"

"Woo!..."

While the bugle sounded, the Dionian soldiers, who had long been unable to restrain themselves, rushed out of the camp under the command of the team officers.

Sextus also commanded the soldiers of the Roman Reserve to pursue the pursuit.

Although Plintors opened more camp gates to the west of the camp in advance, it takes time for the troops to rush out of the camp, and the Roman coalition forces that had been prepared for a long time retreated quickly, and in a blink of an eye they met with Dioni. The attacking soldiers opened a distance of more than 100 meters.

However, the Wolsey coalition forces coming straight from the southwest were faster. Under these fighters, most of whom were light armored soldiers, they rushed. Although they were four miles away from the Roman army, they were already Almost from being in the southwest of the Roman army to the west, it is likely to block the return of the Roman army.

"Go and inform Licinius immediately, let him lead the Allied army, block me the Volsi, and protect the Roman army from retreating!" Titus was a little anxious. Fortunately, when he was in the camp at the beginning, Arranging the allied forces on the right wing, the original idea was that when the Dionian army in Rome came out, it would be convenient for the entire coalition to retreat south (the Latin city-states are all in the south), but now they can be used to block the enemy. As to whether the Allied forces would suffer heavy losses, he also had no idea.

He shouted hoarsely: "Order the whole army to retreat faster!"

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Licinius led about 10,000 soldiers from the Latin Allies, separated from the large army, and marched quickly to the southwest.

When he learned from the scout that "the enemy is more than a mile away", Licinius began to line up.

He put all the heavy infantry in the forefront of the battle, and light infantry in the rear. Titus hopes that he can block the incoming enemy, but he even hopes to quickly defeat the enemy in front of him and open a way for the whole army to retreat south.

However, he did not have time to wait until the generals of the allied states commanded the soldiers to form a phalanx. At this time, the Wolsey-Herniki coalition soldiers were less than 500 meters apart. They adopted a very The loose formation allows for a smoother formation while advancing.

The Licinius sent the soldiers repeatedly urged, and the Latin Ally soldiers hurriedly put together the formation.

Vaugher's coalition soldiers charged to the front with resentment towards the Romans, and immediately bumped the array of the Latin Allies.

Licinius hurriedly ordered the continued sounding of the offensive horn, hoping to inspire allied soldiers to block the enemy's charge, and then wait for an opportunity to counterattack.

The shields and spears of the two sides intersected, and the killing sound shook the sky, stirring up the dust and sand.

Under the desperate and ferocious attack of Wolsey and Helniki fighters, the unprepared coalition soldiers retreated slowly.

Licinius was not in a hurry. He knew that the impact of the long-distance enemy could not last. When the line was stabilized, the heavy infantry could exert their power.

However, amidst the sound of fighting, he heard a panic shout from the right wing of the array: "We are defeated, run away!!!"

"Run for your life, we are almost surrounded!!!"

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"What's going on?!" Li Xiniusun became nervous when he sent guards to the right wing to check.

At this time, the Roman general who was in charge of commanding the right wing had sent a messenger. He shouted in panic: "General Licinius, more than 400 Bonnets suddenly collapsed after receiving the enemy, and they also deliberately shouted loudly. Scream, shake the military spirit, now the entire right wing is in chaos and has lost control!"

"What?! Damn Bonnet!" Licinius was dumbfounded when he heard the bad news.

It turned out that after listening carefully to Publius’s detailed introduction to the Latin city-states, Daves secretly had a rough plan in his heart. Prinist, who thought it was the easiest to persuade him to surrender, turned out to be that Prinist first reached a secret alliance with Dionia.

Then Publius turned his goal of persuading to surrender to Bonnet.

This small Latin city located to the west of Priniste, less than eight or nine miles apart, has been breached during the original Prinist rebellion, Wolsey, Helniki, and Eque’s combined attack. , It was all saved by Camilos leading the army to survive. It stands to reason that it should be grateful and loyal to Rome.

But Publius thinks that is not the case. Since the city broke and was looted, the Bonnets seemed to be afraid of the Helniki, Volsi and other races to the south, whether it was a Roman attack. Wolsey, still attacking Helniki, it was very active in expressing support, and provided a large amount of materials and personnel. Now that the city of Rome has fallen, the Romans have retreated to the west of the Latin area, their power has greatly declined, and the Helnikians have revived...

So, when Publius hinted that the Bonnets "Prinister had surrendered" and made an assurance that "Dionia would completely protect the security of Bonnet's territory", Bonnet became the first Two Latin city-states allied with Dionia.

When Gaby City refused Dionia's persuasion to surrender, the plan that Daves had brewed in advance had taken shape, and the Vaugher coalition forces were actually stationed quietly between the cities of Prinistere and Bonnet.