Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 35: Dionia vs Rome (4)

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Comus also participated in the battle to repel the Celtics led by Camilos ten years ago. The fierce impact of the Celtic cavalry with their large swords and the impact of their chariots are indeed very lethal, but These black cavalry with spears are obviously not Celtics.

At this moment, he heard several screams, and then he heard the soldiers shout in panic: "Beware of the javelin!"

Comus subconsciously raised the big shield to protect himself. He turned around and saw a soldier struggling and wailing on the ground with a short javelin in his right chest not far away, but he was only a dozen meters away from them in black. All the cavalry handed their spears to their left hands, holding the javelin in their right hands, slowing down their horses, and slowly walking around them, looking for the next opportunity to throw.

"Damn! These enemy cavalry will throw javelins!" Conmuse was a little flustered. It was the first time he had encountered such a cavalry.

What to do? Cummins thought anxiously: Go on? It's ten miles away from the camp. It is necessary to guard against the attacks of the enemy riders and protect the pack wagons. The slowness of the speed can be imagined. Soldiers remain vigilant for a long time, and whether they can maintain their physical strength is also a big question! Back to the village, waiting for rescue? The village is not far behind the team, and it’s fast to return, but it’s uncertain when the reinforcements from the camp will arrive, and the enemy’s cavalry is here, maybe there will be infantry...

Just as Comus was hesitant, the Wolseys who were captured quietly untied the horses of the pack wagon while the soldiers were guarding the black cavalry and were unable to take care of them, and drove them away. Opened a protective circle of unsuspecting Roman soldiers, and then sneaked out of the chaos.

Several angry Roman soldiers went to chase.

"Idiot, come back soon!" Comus shouted anxiously.

However, it was too late.

I saw several black cavalry chasing after him.

The Roman soldiers who found that the situation was not good weren't too panic. They raised their shields to face the enemy riders, and strode back.

Unexpectedly, a few black cavalry rushed quickly from behind. They couldn't dodge, and they were knocked down by the horses.

At this time, the enemy horses in front quickly rushed in. The smashed Roman soldiers had no time to raise their long shields. They saw the enemy on horseback leaning down and protruding spears. With the speed of the horse, the spear plunged into the body covered by the chain mail, and then quickly released the spear to avoid being pushed off the horse by the strong reaction force.

Seeing the tragic situation of the teammates and the skillful cooperation of the enemy riders, the Roman soldiers were both angry and uneasy. Without the pack beasts, it would be difficult to transport the stolen supplies back. Comus finally made up his mind. He gave up the pack cart and gathered the soldiers to form a denser column. While guarding against the enemy's harassment from time to time, he moved towards the camp at a slow speed.

Such an encounter happened to every Roman squadron that spent camps to raise money, but some squadrons took the same measures as Comus, while others simply returned to the village, waiting for rescue...

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Camillos and Frius in the camp quickly received news that "the troops leaving the camp were attacked by the Dionian cavalry". Camillos did not hesitate anymore and immediately made " Send out all the light infantry and cavalry, immediately go to meet the attacked food-raising unit, and repel the Dionian cavalry" decision.

Soon, the north gate of the Roman camp opened wide, and nearly 2,000 light infantry and more than 800 cavalry rushed out of the camp.

In the beginning, the light infantry in the Roman army was served by the fourth and fifth ranks of Roman civilians who were poor and unable to purchase heavy infantry equipment. With the great assistance of the Taiji people, Roman civilians can also serve as heavy infantry, but their equipment is uniformly provided by the Senate and returned after the war. In this way, the light infantry in the Roman army was mainly provided by other Roman allies.

At this time, these light infantry and Roman cavalry spent a lot of time outside the camp before they were divided into more than a dozen teams, and under the leadership of the scouts, they ran towards their respective goals.

Camillos in the Great Tent received another shocking news: Seven or eight thousand Dionian soldiers were marching quickly toward the camp in Rome!

Frius looked at Camillos in surprise: "Dionians just came, want to attack our camp?!"

Camillos pondered for a while and gave the order: "Send scouts to go south to investigate the movement in Setia and Polevernum. If you find that there is an army coming out, report it immediately!"

Camillos did not believe that the Dionians dared to attack his camp with only seven or eight thousand people, so he had to closely monitor the movement of the Wolsi, and he did not dare to take it lightly and began to mobilize the soldiers. Prepare to defend the camp.

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At this time, in the city of Polevernham, its consul Catermontaros received the news from the messenger of the Dionian First Legion. He was surprised and said: "The first Dionian A legion is preparing to attack the hateful looting troops in Rome in order to lure the main Roman forces out of the camp, attempting to engage them in a battle, and asking us to cooperate!"

"These Dionians are really impatient. They just wanted to fight the Romans without knowing the situation." The Oronchi reinforcement general said in a weird manner.

"At least this shows that the Dionians really want to help us Volsey!" A word from Selshe Archon Toulouse embarrassed Oronchi and the Sidicines reinforcement generals. They It's been almost half a month since I brought troops to Wolsey, and there hasn't been a battle with the Romans.

"But...the Roman army is very powerful! Once our army breaks away from the protection of the city wall and fights the Romans in the wild, if... we fail, we Volsico will be in danger!" Terry Sina's Archon Chies said with a worried look that he was the one who led the reinforcements to rescue Villitre, but was defeated by the Romans and eventually led to the fall of Villitre.

"Dionia is the most powerful kingdom in Italy. Since they dared to propose to fight the Romans, they must have the confidence to defeat the Romans!" Correnus, the former consul of Antiium, was eager to regain the enemy. The occupied towns yelled: "What's more, according to the tradition of our Wolsey people, how can there be noble guests desperately helping with the work, while the owner is standing by!"

As the commander-in-chief of Wolsey’s army, Cate Montaros finally made up his mind and called Dionia’s messenger and said: "Please go back and tell the commander of Armintas, all Wolsey soldiers will Waiting for his order to attack at any time!"

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Because the Dionian cavalry was mainly concentrated to the west and north of the Roman camp, the Roman scouts could detect the movement of the Dionian army in the south of the camp relatively safely.

An hour later, Camilos got news: The Dionian army has approached the Roman camp!

When he came to the guard tower in front of the south gate of the camp again, he could already see the dust and mist rising in front of him.

Camillos was not nervous at all. He looked at the soldiers who had already stood defensively on the wooden wall, hoping that the light infantry sent out and the Roman soldiers who raised food would come back soon. In this way, he has no worries at all. Fortunately, two or three Roman squadrons have returned to the camp. It seems that he does not have to wait too long.

Standing on the sentry tower for a while, he suddenly found that the diffused dust was not getting closer and closer to him, but it seemed to be moving away.

Just when he was puzzled, a Roman scout rushed into the camp and reported to him: "Camillos officer, the Dionian army turned to the west of the camp."

Western side? Camilos was taken aback for a moment, then he pondered for a moment, and his face changed suddenly: Did the Dionians want to bypass the camp and attack the soldiers outside our camp? !

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"Commander Amintas, Commander Ledes sent me to tell you that the javelin of the Cavalry Corps is almost used up. The light infantry in Rome has attacked fiercely, and some cavalry have been injured. He can no longer try his best to stop Rome. People withdrew to the camp."

Hearing this, Amintas's face became gloomy: The entry of Roman light infantry and cavalry made it difficult for the First Cavalry Regiment of Dionian to implement the plan of slow Roman retreat. The combination of Roman light infantry and cavalry in turn posed a great threat to the Dionian cavalry scattered everywhere, so under the advice of Plintors, he reluctantly asked Leides to lead the cavalry to give up. To obstruct the other Roman squadrons, concentrate on obstructing the three Roman squadrons that are closer to them and to the southwest. But I didn't expect that now the light infantry in Rome had also arrived here.

Is your own battle plan going to fail? Amintas was unwilling, and said to Rydes's messenger: "Go back and tell the leader of the Rydes legion, saying, "I... ask him to stick to it. The first legion will arrive soon. You cavalry will work hard. It’s been so long and I have paid a lot of money, so I can’t just give up like this!'"

Amintas' request obviously touched the messenger of the First Cavalry. He hesitated and said: "...I will pass the commander of the legion all your words to the commander of the Rydes legion."

After the messenger flew away, Amintas's face was completely gloomy, and he shouted: "Hurry up and hurry up the first legion! If they can't get here right away, let the Romans go. , All military punishments!......"

While Amintas was scolding, the adjutant Aristonos suddenly looked happy, handed his hand to the face, and shouted: "Legislative Commander, our soldiers are here!"

Amintas immediately turned his head and looked back, and saw dust and mist rolling in the distance, and footsteps rumbling.

Amintas grinned immediately: "It seems that these guys won't be able to complete the task if they don't scold them hard!"