Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 69: Success in the first battle

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After listening to what Croto Kataks said, Asistes was silent for a while, his expression was a little awkward, but he still said uneasy: "For the current state of the coalition forces, I still want to Your Majesty responds and hopes that he can send reinforcements as soon as possible."

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Patroclus wants to be fully prepared while obtaining more information about the Gauls, waiting for the best fighter to appear.

But there has been a sudden change in Etruscans. A few days after the fall of Florentia, the area that had not been affected by the war, and many people even thought it would not be attacked by the Gauls, the city of Aretium, was also raided by the Gauls.

The territory where Aretium is located is not actually bordered by the Gauls, but adjacent to the Umbrias. It used to be very peaceful. It has only been two years since it began to be harassed by the Gauls. . According to their knowledge, the northern part of the Umbrians has also begun to be invaded by the Gauls. Some Gaul tribes have flowed through the Umbrian border area to the territory of Aretium and looted. After all, Aretiu M is much richer than the Umbrians.

Originally, the Department of Military Affairs of Dionian did not plan to build a military camp in this area, because Gaul activities here are not rampant, but Aretium is one of the twelve Etruscan city-states. It is also the central town in the eastern part of the Etruscan League. Under the active activities of the Aretium people (they took the initiative to allocate a lot of land to Dionian), the Dionian Military Department finally decided A military barracks were built not far to the northwest of the Retium Territory.

Of course, this was not completely persuaded by the Aretiums, but Daves thought after careful consideration: the opportunity to defend against the Gauls could be used to obtain the land here, so as to be the same as Umbre in the east. The strengthening of ties and friendship between the Asians is good for the Kingdom of Dionian.

In fact, for more than a year, the Dionian Frontier Army stationed here has cooperated with the Umbrians many times across the border, repelled the Gauls who came to attack, and won Umbria. People's goodwill. But what they never expected was that the Gaul would split up a large army from the southernmost part of the territory through Umbria and raided Aretium in the rear.

Although Dionian Barracks sent an emergency messenger to notify the Aretiums, they have been protected by the Dionian Barracks for a long time and have not been harassed by Gauls for more than a year. The northern Etruscan city-state was attacked by the Gauls and did not make the Aretiums vigilant, so they faced unexpected attacks by the Gauls, but the Aretiums performed better than the Florentine. Ya was even worse, the city fell quickly, and no one in the city escaped from trust.

After this line of Gaul troops captured Aretium, they took advantage of the situation and attacked southward, encircling Curtun and Clevsin successively, and the forward went straight to Velzna, away from Dio. The northernmost towns of the Kingdom of Nia, Kesreira and Wei Ai are not far away.

People in the Rome area began to panic.

Naturally, Patroclus could no longer remain indifferent, and soon gathered more than 50,000 soldiers from the coalition forces, crossed the Roman vertebral bridge, and arrived in the city of Viais that night.

On the second day, the messenger from Turri had arrived in Rome, and Asistes received an order signed by King Davos: requesting the chief executive of the region of Rome Asistes to notify each of them as soon as possible. In accordance with the covenant, the Allied gang sent troops to converge in Rome to form a coalition. The 14th Army Commander Patroclus served as the commander-in-chief, leading the coalition to resist the invasion of the Gauls. In the case of ensuring the security of the kingdom's territory first, try to help the Etruscans as much as possible. Due to the unknown situation of the enemy, the Ministry of Military Affairs does not give specific instructions. And the Ministry of Military Affairs has notified the Twelfth Army in the eastern part of Campania (barracks in Abella) to go to Rome on the same day, under the command of Patroclus. At the same time, Asistes is also asked to do a good job of logistical support for the coalition forces and report changes to the palace at any time.

After reading the letter in a complex mood, Assistus handed the instructions back to the messenger, and said in a deep voice: "Please tell your Majesty, I will resolutely implement his instructions! Patroclus Legion Commander has led the army. Going north, you should be able to see him in Wei Ai now."

When the messenger heard this, he bid farewell to Asistus, and immediately chased north on horseback. When he arrived at Wei Ai, Patroclus had already set off again.

At dusk, the Allied forces in the northern part of Dionia arrived at Lovi (novi, a small Etruscan town), which is less than twenty miles away from Volsena, and is besieging Gaul in Volsena. When people learned that the enemy reinforcements suddenly appeared, they were really taken aback. They hurried out of the siege and sent out sentries to investigate. They reported: "The enemy has a large number of reinforcements, and countless camps have been built."

This Gaul army as the vanguard has a small number of people. Seeing that the opponent is crowded and powerful, it did not dare to launch an offensive blindly, and instead retreated northward.

On the second day, the Walsena people, who learned that the reinforcements had arrived and the threats were lifted, came to Lowe with a large amount of labor supplies, expressed their gratitude to the coalition forces, and invited the coalition forces to station near Walsena.

After inspecting the surrounding terrain, Patroclus firmly refused and ordered the army to build a barracks near Lowe City.

One day later, the Gaul army reappeared in the territory of Volsena, increasing to more than 30,000 by the second day, and re-encircled the city.

The Dionian coalition troops stationed to the south did not move. Instead, the Gaul army voluntarily came to the Dionian coalition camp and launched an offensive against it.

Although the camp has not been fully built, Patroclus’ command is certain, the coalition soldiers have the advantage of defensiveness, and the number of them is larger than that of the opponent. So despite the fierce fighting of the Gaul fighters, they still fought hard until dusk. Being repelled, this made the Dionian coalition soldiers, especially the Allied soldiers, a little more confident.

Although the Allied forces of Dionia won a small victory, they quietly retreated early the next morning, leaving only an empty camp that was initially built with great difficulty.

After the Gauls determined that the enemy had retreated, they began to think that the enemy had a fluke victory yesterday, but was actually frightened by their attack, and abandoned the reinforcements to Walsena because of fear.

In the next few days, the Gauls put on a posture to attack the city of Walsena, but the sentry they sent out did not find a trace of the Dionia reinforcements nearby.

Gradually, the Gauls became more affirmed of their previous thoughts: The Dionian army seemed to have a large number of people, but they were timid and timid. It is estimated that they have already taken refuge in Rome.

So they began to attack Walsena with confidence and boldness.

After several days of offensive, the city of Walsena was tottering, and the city was about to be destroyed. The Walsena people cursed the untrustworthy Dionians while praying for the blessing of the gods.

Perhaps the prayers worked. In the early morning of the fifth day, the Dionian coalition forces that had disappeared suddenly reappeared and quickly approached the Gaul camp.

At this time, most of the Gaul fighters were too tired from the siege of the city for several days and slept in the camp. When they heard that the Allied forces of Dionia had come to attack, the camp was in chaos.

Patrolocus used 20 ballistas to blast off the barriers set up by the Gauls for the improvised camps-wooden fences, with heavy infantry of the 14th and 12th Army (just arrived from Campania) The Dionian coalition, the main offensive force, quickly crossed the not-wide trench and fought fierce battles with the Gauls in the camp.

Although the Gauls fought bravely and wielded their big swords as threats, they had a disorganized lineup and a chaotic organization. They did not pose much of a threat to the heavy armor, cover, and tacit cooperation of the Dionian army. .

On the contrary, the main force of the Dionian coalition forces is like an iron wall, moving forward slowly, and while continuously killing and injuring the Gauls, it also gives them a lot of psychological pressure.

In addition, at this time, the strength of the Dionian coalition forces was almost twice that of the Gauls, but Patroclus did not send allied troops in the beginning, but waited until two legions and reserve soldiers After attracting the Gaul from the front, the Allied soldiers were ordered to enter from both sides of the barracks and pincer the Gaul.

After more than an hour of fierce fighting, the Dionian coalition forces almost formed an encirclement to the Gauls in the camp. The Gauls had to turn around and flee, desperately fighting for a **** road.

Patroclus immediately ordered: Allied cavalry, light infantry, and light armor, who have been replenishing their energy, pursue them with all their strength.

The coalition forces chased and fought violently until dark, killing, injuring, and capturing countless Gauls.

On the second day, the Volsenas, who learned that the Gauls had been defeated, were ecstatic, and immediately put aside their previous resentment towards the Dionians, and once again came to the coalition with a large amount of labor supplies. The camp, who knows that Patroclus has led the army to leave.

The defeated Gaul was divided into two parts: one fled to the northeast of Aretium, and the other fled to the northwest.

Patroclus assigned 10,000 reserve soldiers to chase the Gaul who fled to Aretium, and he personally led nearly 50,000 coalition soldiers, turning to the northwest.

During the period when he was stationed in Lowe camp, in addition to strengthening the camp, Patroclus also sent a mountain reconnaissance team and scout team to investigate in detail the activities of the Gauls throughout the Etruscan area.

So after defeating the Gaul army of Volsena, Patroclus immediately led the main force and went straight to the territory of Fofruna, because here was the main force of Gaul.

Fovruna is the richest city-state in northwestern Etruscans, so it became the focus of the invasion of the Gauls who entered the country. But because the Fofruna had learned of their tragic experience from the Florentia population who had fled, and learned a lesson from it, they closed the city gates early and strengthened their defenses. In addition, the city of Fofruna has a special location. It is built on a promontory, with only a narrow isthmus connected to the land.