Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 31: Amintas’ preliminary plan

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The Wolsi did not hold a grand banquet to welcome the arrival of the Dionian army like the Campanians. They quickly and carefully asked Amintas: Can you tell him now? Explain in detail the situation of the entire war and begin to discuss how the two sides should cooperate and fight the Romans together.

Amintas didn't even think about it, and immediately agreed.

This brings the Wolsey's perception of the Dionian to a higher level.

So the two sides held a military meeting in the conference room of the governor's residence.

When the map of Wolsey and the surrounding area drawn in cowhide was unfolded on the desktop, Amintas and Priintoles immediately stared: Although the map is rough, it may not even be Too accurate, but at least the map of central Italy produced by Dionian’s military department should be detailed. After all, there are many races and forces in this area, and some forces do not welcome outsiders to enter, plus Dionian is here. There is no foundation, so the intelligence department of Aristilas has no way to let his subordinates go deep into the inland here to investigate.

As the two of them looked closely, Selshe Archon Toulouse pointed to the map and said heavily in Greek: "General Amintas and General Priintoles, more than a month ago 3 More than 10,000 Romans invaded our territory of Volsey and surrounded the city of Villitre. Since we had just failed the battle against the Romans not long ago, we barely gathered 20,000 people to rescue and were in Villitre. There was a battle with the Romans outside the city of Tre, and the result was another defeat..."

Speaking of this, Toulouse’s face was intertwined with anger and shame. He coughed slightly and continued: “After our defeat, the Romans began to storm the city of Villitre. They used a terrible The siege equipment can launch stones from far away and constantly bombard the city wall. As a result, the city wall was blasted open by them, causing the city of Villitre to fall..."

Plintors was surprised: "Do the Romans also make ballistas?!"

As the veteran of Dionian, Amintas has been attending the emergency meeting of the Senate on Carthage affairs during this time, and after being appointed by Daves, he also went to the military department to read it. Some secret information about Rome, so he knew a lot. He saw the surprise on Plintors’ face, so he whispered to him: “It should be given by the Carthaginians. They formed a military alliance with the Romans. The alliance is said to have sent a fleet to Rome to fund weapons and equipment in the past. Before I led the army to leave Turei, the Carthage envoys went to our Senate to show support for the Romans and tore up the agreement with us. ...

The Ministry of Military Affairs did have information about the Carthaginians’ secret attempts to develop ballistas and siege towers... But Printoles was even more shocked: Because in this situation, Dionia There is likely to be a war with Carthage!

Toulouse noticed the changes in the expressions of the two Dionian generals, but he did not stop telling: "After the Romans captured Villitre, they continued to attack Sartnicom. This time, we absorb After learning my lesson, I stopped fighting with the Romans, but defended the city with all my strength, so I repelled the Romans’ offensive many times, but—"

Tulus once again said indignantly: "A dozen days ago, another Roman army suddenly attacked Antiium. Since most of Antiium’s citizens went to aid Sartnikum, Unsuspectingly, they succeeded in a sneak attack! After occupying Antiium, this Roman army moved quickly south along the coast. In order to prevent them from cutting off the way back, most of our reinforcements had to withdraw. Sutnikum..."

Toulouse’s face showed pain, and he sighed: "What’s the situation with Sartnikom now? We don’t know too much, but there are not too many soldiers in the city, and I’m afraid it won’t last long. . But we can’t help it anymore, because the Roman army’s offensive speed is very fast, and this piece—"

Toulouse drew a small circle on the map with his finger: "There are no big towns, only many villages and a few small cities, and the terrain is very flat. Although there are several rivers, they can be easily walked. So we hurriedly organized an army to intercept and was defeated by the Romans... Now they have reached the city of Setia."

Amintas found that the place where Toulouse’s finger was on the map seemed not too far from Selshe, and immediately interjected: "How far is this city from us?"

"About 40 miles." Toulouse's answer made Amintas and Plintors look at each other, and their eyes expressed the same meaning: No wonder the Wolseys are anxious to hold a military meeting. , The Romans are almost at their doorstep!

Toulus moved his finger slightly to the south on the map, and pointed to another city very close to Setia: now our reinforcements are concentrated in the city of Polevernham, but cunningly The Romans stopped attacking the city of Setia and instead set up a camp not far from the city. We have been in a stalemate for several days, but once we waited for another Roman army to take our Sartre. After the city of Nicomb, came to rendezvous, I'm afraid it's time for them to attack! "

Toulouse finished speaking with a worried look, and the other people in the room also looked worried.

Amintas thought for a while, pointed to the Pollyfnum icon on the map, and asked: "How many of you are here?"

"There are about 12,000 people." After Tuluz finished answering, he didn't care about hiding, and emphasized: "This is the largest force that our Wolsey Alliance can assemble. This also includes Austria. The 3000 reinforcements sent by Longchi and Sidicini to us."

The Wolseys present were both ashamed and a little sad: the Wolseys, who once ruled the Latham area, are now ruined to a situation where even 10,000 soldiers can't get it together.

Tapirus, who was listening to the audience, showed a clear look: No wonder there are not many Walsey citizens in the harbor or in the city!

Amintas didn't care about this. He pointed to the icon of Setia and asked: "How many people are there in the Roman army here?"

"I’m afraid there will be no less than 12,000 people, because this time there are two military and political officers in the Roman army. According to Rome’s regulations, under normal circumstances, a military and political officer leads a corps to fight. Each of them has about 5,000 people. Add some troops from the Roman Allies..."

Before Toulouse finished speaking, Tapirus couldn't help but exclaimed: "There are legions in Rome too?!"

Amintas glanced at him and said calmly: "Yes, Rome also has a legion. And its organization is somewhat similar to our Dionian legion."

Before coming, Armintast went to the Ministry of Military Affairs to learn some information about Rome. When he saw the description of Rome’s military system, he was also shocked at the time. He was still thinking: The Romans were stealing lessons The tactics of our Dionian regiment! But it also reduced some of his little contempt for the Roman army.

"More than 12,000 people, if you rendezvous with another Roman army of more than 30,000 people, then the Roman army near the city of Setia will have nearly 50,000 people." Amintas said slowly .

The Wolsey people in the room looked solemn. After the alliance with Dionia, they thought that this powerful Southern League Congress would send more troops here, but they didn't expect to send only 10,000 people. Of course, after listening to Metepola’s explanation that “Dionia could not send more troops due to drought and food shortages”, they understood this: In fact, Walsey wanted to give these more than 10,000 Dior The Nigerian army, as well as their own army, also found it difficult to supply rations.

Amintas was also dignified. Of course he knew that no matter how brave the First Army was, it would not be possible to repel 50,000 Roman soldiers, because according to the data, the Romans had been fighting for a long time, absolutely not like the weak Tarantum. People are so easy to deal with.

He stared at the map, pondered for a while, pointed to the west of Polevernum on the map, and resolutely said: "Tomorrow, I will lead my troops to camp here, and then depending on the situation Lure this Roman army to fight with us!"

After Armintas finished speaking, he looked around the people in the room. When he landed on Plintors, he paused for a while, and asked a little hesitantly: "Plintors, you have Any suggestions?"

If it was the former Alexis, he would first ask Plintors for his opinion, and then make his own decision after careful consideration. Amintas obviously hasn't adapted to the existence of Plintors, this question is obviously perfunctory.

Plintors compared the style characteristics of these two important Dionian generals in his heart, and shook his head gently: "I have no opinion, the legionnaire's decision is correct!"

Indeed, Pallefnum was an important town in Wolsey. The First Army built a camp on its west. The two were horns of each other, which undoubtedly added great difficulty to the Roman army's attack. To the west of the camp to be built is a swamp area, so that a relatively rough line of defense will be established to protect the two most important towns and villages in Wolsey, Teresina and Sersche. It also ensures that these towns and villages will continue to provide logistical support to the camp. Of course, if the Romans gave up their attack on the city of Setia and the camp of Dionia, and forced their way through the larger gap between the camp and the marsh area, and attacked the empty Selshe in the rear, the Romans would risk being taken. The danger of closing the door and hitting the dog! Plintors analyzed the pros and cons of Amintas's decision in his heart.

Plintors agreed, but the Wolseys have not yet expressed their opinion. Ammentas has already patted the table and said: "This is the case! I will set off with the army early tomorrow morning. !"