Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 56: Siege and rescue

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The huge strength of the Romans forced the Volsi fighters and Dionian reinforcements in the two cities not to leave the city easily, and could only send a small number of light infantry to harass. Obviously, this had little effect on the Roman army.

Camillos used half of his troops for defense, and the other half of the soldiers, slaves and civilians who transported their luggage, participated in the construction of the camp. The two were rotated regularly. As a result, it took only three days to lie in Setia. The Roman camp between Bole Vernum and Pollenham was initially constructed.

Quintus and Licinius eagerly proposed to attack Setia.

The respected Camilos initially expressed his opposition. He reminded the two military and political officers: These days, the Wolsi have been building traps and trenches outside the city of Setia, and the defense of the entire city may be better than before. More sturdy, and not far from Setia, there are tens of thousands of Wolsey reinforcements and thousands of powerful Dionians in Polevernham, not far from Setia. They may go out of the city to aid the Romans at any time. Siege operations increased the difficulty.

Therefore, he suggested: Siege instead of attacking Setia, nail Pallefnum, then separate more than 20,000 soldiers, bypass these two towns, and go straight to the southwest, destroying Wall all the way. The field of the westerners arrived at the town of Selshe, the important town of Wolsey. If the Wolsey reinforcements and the Dionians come to rescue, then take the opportunity to fight with them in the wild; if the enemy does not rescue, then attack Selshe, and finally take it, thereby changing the stalemate.

Quintus refused. In his view: The enemy is right in front of him. With the powerful strength of his army, he can completely defeat Setia and fight the enemy out of Polefurnum at the same time. There is no need to march for twenty or thirty miles. Riding the risk of being attacked by the enemy and attacking the city of Selsheer, which the Wolsey called the "dangerous terrain", it was dangerous and too troublesome.

Licinius of course also supports taking Setia first.

Frius, as the most junior among the military and political officers, remained silent, but in his heart he actually supported Quintus' proposal. This is derived from the Roman military tradition with heavy infantry as the main military force of the city. The vast majority of Roman citizens were accustomed to frontal assaults and did not have much idea of ​​roundabout attacks, even if Frius worked with Camillos. Long.

Camillos didn't insist on his opinion anymore, instead he asked himself to stay in the camp and build a new camp at the same time.

So the Roman attack on Setia began.

Soon they tasted the power of the defensive facilities added with the help and guidance of the soldiers of the First Army of Dionia.

First of all, the wide trap belt in front of the trenches caused the Roman soldiers to suffer, and many soldiers were stabbed in the feet by "meat hook" and "lily".

Just when they had to patiently clear the traps, the defending army sent hundreds of light infantry soldiers familiar with the distribution of traps outside the city. The javelin and arrow attack not only caused the casualties of some Roman soldiers, but also delayed the progress of their siege.

Therefore, although the ballista 300 meters away from the city has been firing stone bullets for several days, and even damaged several of them due to excessive use, the ancient Setia wall has only passed by recently. Repairs, where can withstand the continuous bombardment, there have been several collapses.

This is a great opportunity to siege the city, but the Romans are blocked by traps outside the city and cannot reach the city smoothly. But this also gave Quintus, Licinius, and Frius more confidence in conquering Setia.

They sent thousands of light infantrymen to attack the Wolsey light infantry who had sneaked out of the city at the risk of being stabbed by a trap under their feet, and eventually forced the Wolsey light infantry with a lot of casualties to dare not leave the city easily.

A few days later, the Roman soldiers paid a certain amount of casualties and basically cleared the trap in front of the trench.

Quintus and Licinius left nearly 15,000 people in the camp, led by Camilos and Frius, to guard against the rescue of Polevernum, and led nearly 30,000 soldiers by themselves. A storm was launched against the city of Setia.

The wide and deep trenches of Setia and the dense deer villages under the city walls became the biggest obstacle to the Romans' attack, but they were the most powerful helpers of the Volsi on the city to kill the Romans. They desperately poured down. Javelins, arrows, stones, boiling oil...

The Romans paid a lot of casualties.

After a arduous battle for most of the day, the Romans finally used a siege truck to break the repaired gap in the original city wall. Soldiers rushed into the city through the gap, and they suddenly found that there was another block of soil in front of them. The lower, slightly shorter city wall is full of Wolsey warriors.

The Romans found out that they had been fooled, but the unsuspecting comrades were still pouring in, and soon the narrow corridor was full.

Wolsey is condescending, launching long-range attacks from all directions, every stone, every javelin can cause damage to the Romans. And the raging flames ignited by a large number of thrown oil tanks made the Romans fall into hell...

At the cost of more than 2,000 casualties, the Roman army failed to attack the city.

Quintus and Licinius returned to the camp with a gloomy face. Camelus did not say anything interestingly, but only summoned the doctors and soldiers in the camp to treat the wounded.

The Volsi people in Setia were greatly encouraged by this victory, and they strengthened their determination to defend the city.

After two days of rest, Quintus and Licinius refused to listen to Camelus’s dissuasion and insisted on attacking the city again. Because of Frius’s support, Camelus could only agree.

This time, Camilos alone led nearly 10,000 soldiers to stay in the camp, including some wounded soldiers.

Quintus, Licenius, and Frius led more than 30,000 Roman soldiers, mainly from the east, west, and south, and launched a fierce attack on the city of Setia.

The battle was very intense.

In the afternoon, when the Romans attacked the city’s head one after another, the Wolsi had to retreat to their newly built second city wall. Due to lack of manpower, they even had to arm both the elderly and women and send them in. The city head resisted the fierce attack of the Romans.

At this critical moment, Bolle Vernum’s reinforcements arrived, and they attempted to bypass the Roman camp to rescue Setia.

Camillos had long been wary of this. After getting the scout's return, he left more than 2,000 people to guard the camp, and personally led 7,000 soldiers out of the camp to intercept it.

The reinforcements of Polevernum are 8,000 soldiers of the Dionian First Corps. Although its strength is not much different from the previous one, this time the offensive of the mixed forces is far less fierce than the previous one.

Camillos felt uneasy after realizing this.

Sure enough, it didn't take long for the scout's return to confirm his concern: There are thousands of Wolsey warriors who are approaching Setia City from the north.

Where are the Wolsey forces in the north? ! Camilos heard the news, and at the same time he was extremely upset, he was also puzzled.

Actually, after Pollyfnum received the news that the Roman army had once again stormed the city of Setia early in the morning, Plintors concluded that this time Setia would have difficulty resisting the prepared Roman army. Storm, so he made his own proposal, and Wolsey reinforcements followed this bold proposal.

They dispatched 5,000 Wolsey fighters, marching southwest, reaching the marsh area near the coast, and then turning north, using their familiarity with the terrain, sticking to the edge of the marsh area and avoiding Rome The detective rider's investigation made a big circle and appeared to the north of Setia City.

At this time, the siege war is going to the most intense time.

The newly-built earth wall was subjected to fierce fighting between the two sides, and there were many collapses. Whether they are women, old people, or young men, as long as they can pick up spears, the Setias are almost all sent to seal these gaps. And Quintus also pressed all the troops up, hoping to break through the city of Setia in one fell swoop.

Walsey’s reinforcements appeared when both sides were trying their best, and they were the strongest 5,000 fighters. Polefernum did his best to save Setia.

When Quintus, Licinius, and Frius received the shocking news, they were hit hard, and then they could not help themselves yelling: "Damn scout! Why didn't the reinforcements come until Wolsey? I found out before my eyes?!!!......"

Of course, Quintus also casually cursed a few words "Why didn't Camilos stop the reinforcements?..."

Of course, this accusation is ridiculous. The other two people used Quintus's careless words because of anxiety. After all, they have received news that Camilos is leading his army to resist the attack from the south. Leverham reinforcements.

The Wolsey reinforcements from the north are approaching quickly, and the Roman army has been fully engaged in the siege. As for the more than 2,000 soldiers in the camp, they dare not take it away. Otherwise, the Wolsi will attack the camp and lose the piles of grain, grass and ordnance in the camp. This huge army of more than 40,000 people will also It is difficult to sustain.

"Why don't the soldiers use Setia's outer walls to block Wolsey's reinforcements first, we will concentrate all our efforts to seize the inner city of Setia." Frius suggested.

"The Wolseys in the city resisted very stubbornly. We have tried our best. Even if we take down the entire city of Setia, where the exhausted soldiers still have extra strength to fight the four or five thousand who just joined the battle. Enemy!" Licinius looked at Quintus and expressed his opinion anxiously.

"Retreat." Quintus said simply: "The defensive facilities of Setia City have been basically destroyed. There is not much left. These thousands of Wolsey reinforcements came just right, and tomorrow they will be our prisoners! Frius, your suggestion is very good, let the soldiers near the outer wall stop the enemy reinforcements attack, for all The army’s retreat buys time."