Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 69: Romans and Samonais in action

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After a lot of contention, Capps transferred him to the quarters department as a lieutenant of quarters. In the past few years, he has undertaken a lot of work, which has also reduced a lot of burden for Capps. Since serving as the acting quartermaster, Alpunes has performed smoothly as usual, without any omissions, which completely relieved Daves.

At this time, Daves relieved him and said: "Don't worry, the food problem will be greatly improved soon. The Turíy merchants organized by Sostatus and the veteran of Alcibidas The organized Lijim merchants bought a large amount of grains in Yoke Xinghai and Egypt, which will be shipped soon. In addition, the second batch of grains provided by the Egyptian pharaohs will also be shipped soon, and these grains will be used as Army reserves."

"That's great!" Alpens finally showed a smile.

"What do you think about Rome's attack on the Helniki?" Daves turned to look at Secretary of War Hilos.

Silos looked at each other with Hilonimus, Philipius, and Alpunes, and said solemnly: "Your Majesty, after discussions with the Ministry of Military Affairs, we feel that although Rome is an enemy, this time, They changed the direction of the attack, contracted the line of defense on the side of the sea, and attacked the Helnikians inland with all their strength. It was indeed a good strategy, which prevented our Third Fleet from functioning. At the same time, the Romans were still relying on it. There are a lot of soldiers stationed in several towns in the sea, which makes our coalition and the Wolsi dared not to attack them, because that would cause the coalition with limited strength to increase the casualties of more soldiers. Come, the Romans can attack the weak Helniki with all their strength. Even with the help of the Volsi, we think they can’t resist the Romans’ attack unless the Aqué and the Masi are rescued with all their strength. The Helnikians are in danger. Therefore, Amintas wrote to request additional reinforcements."

"Your Majesty, we just initialed an alliance agreement with the Helnikians." Philipius interjected.

Davers nodded, staring at the area where the Helnikians live on the map, and said nothing for a while.

The others also kept quiet, waiting for Daves to make a decision.

At this moment, the herald Aristilas hurriedly pushed the door into the meeting room: "Your Majesty, the report from the Latham area."

Davers took a look, his eyelids jumped suddenly, and he turned his hand and handed the papyrus scroll to Shiros next to him.

Hiros hurriedly took it, and after reading it, he was shocked: "The more than 10,000 coalition forces organized by the Eque and the Masi attacked the Latin city-state—Bolae, and wanted to attract Rome to attack Helniki. The army returned to help, and as a result, it was raided by more than 20,000 Roman troops that quickly set off from Rome, and suffered a disastrous defeat!"

"Why did the Romans have more than 20,000 more troops?!" The others present were equally shocked when they heard this.

Aristyras answered calmly: "It is estimated that it may be the troops from the Roman colonial city and the Etruscan allied states north of the Tiber River."

"It seems that the Romans had planned for a long time this time!" Daves sighed and said, "Camillos's trick to'latch the enemy to the bait' works well."

The others here are all battle-tested veterans and understand what Daves means: Camillos put the Roman army on the front line, and the rear deliberately defended against the emptiness. In fact, the army had already been hidden in the city of Rome. The Kui and Masi coalition forces did not dare to confront the Roman army head-on because of their relatively small strength. Instead, they attacked the rear in an attempt to force the Roman army to come back to help. The result was a surprise attack by the Romans who had been prepared for it. The city is only a distance of more than 50 miles.

Philipsius leaned over the map again and observed it carefully, and his eyebrows were twisted together: "Your Majesty, after this fiasco, the Aque and the Massi are probably unable to rescue He. The Erniki, the Romans can rest assured to attack them boldly, here—"

Philipsius pointed to the camp of the Roman army, and said in a deep voice: "There were already more than 40,000 Roman soldiers, plus the newly added more than 20,000 people. It is far from Herni. The reinforcements of the Ki and Wolsi can withstand it. I believe that the Romans will soon eliminate the power of the Helniki, and then attack the Wolsi towns to the east, or—"Philipsius With a long wooden stick, he drew a bit in the lowlands between Lepiny and Ausoni, with a look of worry: "Leading the army to the west again, attacking the Wolsi people in the coastal plain from the east, to At that time, even with the First Legion, it was impossible to stop so many Roman soldiers. If the defenders of these Roman colonial towns to the southwest also took advantage of the attack, I believe that the Volsi would be wiped out soon. The Romans will completely conquer the Latham area!"

Silos also interjected at the moment: "Your Majesty, you used to pay attention to Rome. To be honest, we didn't take it too seriously, but now it seems that its war potential is too amazing! You see, it is attacking. There are more than 40,000 Helnikians, and the coalition that defeated the Aqué and Masi is more than 20,000. It is reported that there are nearly 10,000 in the three cities of Antiium, Villitre and Sartnikum. Human defenders, this is a force of nearly 100,000 people, which means that it can organize a huge army of at least 100,000 people. Assuming that these troops do not have the same combat effectiveness as the Roman army that opposed the first legion, they will also It will cause us a lot of trouble!"

Several other military ministers also agreed with Hilos.

"The huge Roman army is indeed a big trouble." Daves looked around them, and said in a deep voice, "But the biggest trouble is their dictator Camilos! Although Carthage is powerful, but Hanno, their ruler, obviously has no experience in war and did not understand the meaning of this war. The generals and troops sent out are like playing games, but Camillos clearly knows that the war with us is related to the life and death of Rome. , He did his best from the beginning.

I got information, and he even proposed and approved in the Roman Senate to “distribute newly conquered land to the landless poor, and actively absorb the refugees from Latinum and Etruscans as Roman citizens”... ...And so on. In this way, it will not only alleviate the fierce conflict between the nobility and civilians in the Roman city-state, but the number of Roman soldiers that can be assembled will also increase rapidly. Everyone, Rome is not causing us a lot of trouble, but a real threat to our Kingdom of Dionia! "

Daves’ words made everyone’s faces gloomy. Even Hilonimus, who usually doesn’t like to talk, could not help cursing at this time: “This Rome! Not only steals our military system, but also our political system. Also plagiarize us Dionia!"

Whether the Roman military system was created or learned from Dionia? This is a topic that military officials occasionally talked about in their leisure time, but everyone present at the moment obviously did not have the mind to discuss this issue. Everyone stood beside this three-dimensional map, staring cautiously at this familiar and unfamiliar city-state on the middle reaches of the Tiber River.

Suddenly, Tolmeide said: "Your Majesty, I have an opinion. The Romans wiped out Helniki. If they capture towns in the mountains east of Wolsey, their sphere of influence will be with Samo. The Nai people are bordering. With the habits of the Samoites, will they live in peace with such a powerful new neighbor?! As long as we think of a way, maybe we will be able to bring the two forces into fierce conflict, by then— —"

"Samonets wouldn’t be so stupid." Phillips questioned: "They just ended a war with us, and now the Romans are fighting with us again, don’t they know the enemy’s Is the enemy a friend?!"

"Of course the leaders of Samone know, but the warriors and tribesmen of the Samone tribe who live on the Roman border may not necessarily listen to them for their own interests. Once the conflict becomes serious, it is not what the leaders can do. Controlled..." Tolmeide defended.

As he was talking, Aristilas, who had just been out for a while, entered the conference room again. He said to Daves in a hurry, "Your Majesty, the emergency military situation from the Downey area!"

Daves took a look, then raised his head solemnly to face the curious gazes of everyone, and said slowly: "No more discussing the possible conflict between the Samonais and Rome. This morning, the Samonais invaded To our Downey area!"

"What?!" Everyone's expressions changed drastically.

Silos was busy receiving the report from Daves, and several people rushed to watch.

"Samonets successively raided the cities of Ausculum, Vibinum, and Gerunum in the Dawney area. Only the city of Gurum was due to At the frontier of Frentani, because the Frentanis and our Dionia have always been friendly and kind, they lacked precautions and were captured. The citizens of the other two cities repelled the enemy's surprise attack, but they are now under siege. . Your Majesty, the Samoneites have declared war on us!" Felicius said silently while reading the battle report.

"Isn’t that just right, so that we don’t worry about when the Samoneites will betray the kingdom every day. Since they will be so stupid to leave the mountainous areas that give us headaches and fight on the plains, it just gives us a chance to completely relieve Samo. Nai’s big trouble!” Daves’ composure is not just a pretense. The Samona’s offensive made him nervous more than ten years ago, but now the great power of the Kingdom of Dionia gives him enough confidence, even if he encounters it. In the drought, he also had enough confidence to completely defeat the wolf that was blocking Dionia's northward expansion. It can even be said that the betrayal of the Samonais was the result of his deliberate manipulation.

Davers' relaxed attitude and confident words are like drinking a glass of cool syrup for a few people in the room, calming their nervous mood.