Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 58: Disputes in the Roman Senate (1)

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Therefore, Antiium was an important target of his landing raid with the Third Army. The reason why he attacked the city of Astura first was because he needed a port to safely unload the siege equipment carried by the ship.

Before dawn, Lizaru left only two thousand soldiers to stay in the city of Atlas, led 6000 soldiers to the port of Naples, and took the prepared cargo ship in the third fleet commanded by Midolades. Under the **** of Astura, it landed on the coast near the city of Astura in the early morning.

More than 6000 people attacked the small city of Astura, guarded by only 120 Roman soldiers, and easily captured it.

Then, the Third Army marched northward almost non-stop, and it only took more than half an hour to reach Antiium.

In Antiium, the four Roman squadrons and the heavy squadrons have only 700 people, but they are insufficient to defend this not a small town.

In front of the city, Lizam will fully deploy a siege array consisting of 5,500 soldiers. When the siege equipment arrives, immediately let the soldiers carry the ladder, push the siege vehicle, the arrow shield... from The north, south, and east sides launched a full-scale attack on Antiium.

As the Roman garrison was struggling to defend, the Third Fleet led by Milrads broke into the port from the south, and 500 soldiers of the Third Corps boarded a warship and forcibly landed at the dock.

Lizaru’s attack completely exceeded the expectations of the Roman defenders. They had never seen such a combination of land and sea tactics, so they did not deploy defenses at the port. Of course, they did not have more manpower. To defend. But this is a subject that the armies of the Kingdom of Dionian will train from time to time in the barracks, and they are extremely skilled in using them.

After the Dionian soldiers came ashore, they rushed to the south quickly, and soon occupied the almost unguarded southern wall connected to the port.

The Roman defenders are gone...

When Quintus and Frius arrived at dusk, all they were left with was an empty city.

The sailors of the Dionian Third Army and the Third Fleet carried all the food and baggage stored in the city onto the already prepared cargo ships.

At the same time, Camelus and Licinius have led the remaining troops to dismantle the camp and begin to retreat north...

In the evening, upon hearing the news of the retreat of the Roman army, the people of Polevernum and Setia cheered the victory. The senior officials of the Wolsey Alliance hosted a banquet in the city of Polevernum in honor of Amintas and General. Lintors waited for the senior team officers of the Dionian First Corps to thank them for their contribution in rescuing Wolsey. At the same time, they also hope that the Dionian army can continue to help Wolsey and regain the territory occupied by the Romans.

Amintas, who has already been criticized by Daves in his letter, learned this time. He cautiously replied: "Dionia is very willing to help the Wolsi regain the lost territory, but if Rome People are heavily garrisoned in the occupied towns. If we want to take it back, we need more soldiers to attack the city. And now you all know the situation in the Kingdom of Dionian, because of the drought and food shortage, we cannot send more troops. , So during this period of time, we can only do our best for the time being!..."

The Wolsey understood this.

Despite such a small episode, the atmosphere of the entire banquet was still very warm, and everyone returned home in great fun.

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The next day, the troops led by Camilos and Licinius arrived in Antiium.

Here, the four military and political officers had another small dispute.

Because from yesterday to today, Quintus and Frius have been receiving news from the port sentinel: The Dionian fleet is cruising outside the port and blocking cargo ships coming to the port.

This made the two military and political officers who had never had this experience feel helpless and nervous. They stood on the southern city wall and looked out the port. The huge fleet of hundreds of Dionian warships covered the entire The surface of the sea gave them unprecedented pressure, so they thought: Antiium is too far from Rome, and at the same time, it is always facing the threat of the Dionian fleet, and it is necessary to prevent the landing of Dionian soldiers at all times. , This will contain too much of Rome's troops, it is really unnecessary! It is better to abandon Antiium and concentrate on defending the cities of Villitre and Sartnicum in the east. This way, it can get rid of the naval threat of Dionia, and the city of Rome can also provide support at any time...

Licinius clearly opposed this. He believed that: The Senate had passed a resolution to make Antiium, Villitre and Sartnicom colonies of Rome, and decided to landless The civilians moved to these three cities. Except for part of the land as Roman public land, the other land was allocated to these citizens. If they abandon Antiium without authorization, they might be criticized and criticized by Roman citizens.

Camillos also said at this moment: This matter must be approved by the Senate. As a military and political officer, you must not make claims.

In the end, the matter was shelved, and the four reached an agreement: Licinius led 10,000 to guard Antiium, and the other three military and political officers led a large army to retreat to the city of Sutnikum.

Due to the insufficient strength of the Wolsey coalition forces, they were unable to launch an attack on these former Wolsey towns that were heavily guarded by Roman troops. The war between Rome and Wolsey temporarily restored calm.

But in Rome, it began to become restless.

The deaths and injuries of tens of thousands of Roman citizen soldiers and allied soldiers shocked the entire city. The last time there was such a large casualty was the battle with the Celtics on the Aria River ten years ago. Ten years later, the Roman people who were accustomed to victory almost fell into grief when they saw the cremated remains of dead citizens being transported back to Rome.

Some relatives of the deceased scolded: The incompetent military and political officers who led the battle, even with an absolute advantage, caused Rome to suffer such a big defeat!

There are also people who know some insiders complaining loudly: you should not provoke the powerful Kingdom of Dionia, otherwise you won't pay such a big sacrifice!

Of course, there are also the arrogant clamors of the people: the Dionian messenger should not be let go, otherwise he can use his head to pay tribute to the lost soldiers at this moment! Rome should reorganize a powerful army and launch an offensive against the Volsi area again, completely eliminate the Volsi and Dionians there, and avenge the dead citizens!

Compared with the urban citizens who fell into anger and grief, the landless civilians were relieved when they heard the news that "Antiium was lost and the Wolsey stopped attacking." After the Senate announced the resolution to "allocate the conquered Wolsey land to them", they eagerly awaited the implementation of this proposal.

In the Senate of Rome, a meeting was going on. Except for Licinius who was stationed at Antiium, all the other elders showed up in the meeting room and listened intently. Camillos, Quintus, and Frius, three military and political officers who have returned to Rome, talked about the whole process of this war.

The first story is Camilos. He started with receiving the order of the Senate and leading the army to Tustron to counter the rebellion. He talked about: He discovered that Tustron had no intention of rebellion, and he took the initiative to serve He took hundreds of hostages, and re-signed the alliance agreement with Rome as the leader. On the way back, he received the order of the Senate again to support Quintus and the others, speeding up the conquest of the Wolsey area, so he and F Russ led the army on a rapid march, successfully raided the city of Antiium, and then quickly attacked southward and reached the city of Setia. Because of the arrival of Wolsey's reinforcements, he had to stop and garrison and wait for Quintus. Their troops join forces. However, because he did not know the arrival of the Dionian army, did not withdraw the food-raising troops in time, and did not expect that the Dionian would attack the food-raising troops for dozens of miles, forcing him to lead a team out of the camp to respond. Under the attack of the Wolsi and Dionians, they suffered a crushing defeat...

Quintus tells: He and Licinius led an army to attack Villitre, defeated Wolsey’s reinforcements, then went to the city of Xatnicum, and then went south with Camilos’ troops. Rendezvous, and then stormed Setia several times. Eventually, because the Wolsi crossed the swamp area and bypassed the scouts, they suddenly appeared on the battlefield and suffered defeat, just when they were ready to launch another attack on Setia. At that time, the Dionians took a ship, went to the back of the army, and captured the empty defense of Antiium. Due to the threat of food transportation channels, they were worried that Rome and the surrounding allied territories would be attacked by the Dionians. The landing attack, so he led the army to retreat.

Frius's recounting is more a confirmation and supplement of the facts stated by the previous two military and political officers. For example, he talked about Camilos once opposed to attacking Setia directly, but had another plan of operations. At the same time, he also mentioned: Camillos’ first proposal was to retreat the army...

The three of them described the whole process of the war. From the beginning, the veterans showed their excitement when they heard the successive victories, and at the end, the situation suddenly reversed and they were shocked and depressed. Most of them could not keep calm and each other Whispering, talking non-stop.

At this time, a veteran named Apreus stood up and loudly accused: "In this war, the reason why we failed in Rome is first and foremost the responsibility of Camelus! If it weren't for him to lead the army rashly When we left the camp, we did not defeat the Dionians in time when the troops were superior, which led to a fiasco. Not only did we lose many brave citizens, but it also slapped the morale of the remaining soldiers and boosted Wall. The arrogance of the Westerners gave them the courage to resist the attack of our army in the next battle, which made us lose again... Therefore, in view of Camilos’s command error, we gave Rome in this war For the huge losses caused, I think the Senate should impose severe punishment on Camilos, and it should also consider whether he still needs to serve as a military and political officer."