Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece - Chapter 1125

[Chapter 74 The Great Invasion of Gaul in the Mountains]

It was not until Dionia’s Frontier Corps stationed on the Etruscan border and began to curb the frequent invasion of the Senones that they realized that this new force in northern Italy was not as weak as they thought. But they think that this is mainly because: these invasions were organized by the tribes themselves, and their main energy was on looting, and they did not specially organize manpower to deal with the attacks of the Dionysians.

However, the fact that the “Dionians were assisting the Etruscans in the defense of the frontier” attracted the attention of the Senones, who were concerned that after the strengthening of the alliance between the Dionians and the Etruscans, the It will cause trouble for their southern invasion, so they originally wanted to wait a few years after their strength fully recovered before going south, but now the sudden change in the situation forced them to take action in advance.

Just in case, the Zenones persuaded the Knomanis to go south with them.

Because the scale of this invasion exceeded the previous one, the Gallic leaders were full of confidence. After more than a year of fighting, they knew that the Dionysian army was well-defended, but the number of them was not large, so they still attacked during the raid. Specifically bypassed them.

The attack was very smooth at the beginning, occupied Florentia and Aretitum one after another, but then they encountered disaster, the main invasion force of the Zenones and Knomani were successively destroyed by Dionysus The demi-human reinforcements were defeated, and under their non-stop pursuit, the remnants of the defeated Gaul army could not organize effective resistance at all.

However, the frontier corps, who had been huddled in the barracks before, took the initiative to attack in a timely manner. Under the bad situation of interception in front and pursuit of troops in the back, the demoralized Gaul remnants were either routed, killed or captured, or they fled in a hurry. After taking Fnorrentia and Aretium, they were surrounded by Dionian forces, and only some of the warriors got into the mountains and were able to escape.

It didn’t take long for the Gauls in the territory south of the Po River to hear the news that “the Gallic army going south had suffered a fiasco”, and they were very panicked. They were not worried that their territory would be attacked by the enemy. For the hundred years that the Lu people settled here, they have always invaded others, and no other race has ever dared to invade their territory. They are relatives who are worried about their lives and death in Etruscans, so Zenones and Kenoma After the elders of Ni got together to discuss, they decided to ask Salvis for help, begging him to send an army to Etruscan territory to rescue the surrounded and captured Gaul people.

Just as the top three tribes were discussing, in the early morning of this day, the Vineti slave who lived in the city of Amirium was driving a fishing boat to the sea, but suddenly saw countless huge fish appearing on the sea in the distance. Warships, although they have occasionally seen one or two similar warships passing by the sea near Arminium City before, they knew that it was the warship of the Kingdom of Dionia to the south, but this time the warship came. Such a large number, covering the entire sea, really scared them overwhelmed.

Heading toward the coast near the city of La Arminium was the battleship of the Dionysian First Fleet full of legionnaires.

Since the last war, apart from the Kingdom of Dionia itself, there has been no maritime power in the Western Mediterranean.

Therefore, under the instruction of King Davos, the Ministry of War reorganized the Dionysian navy. The 4 fleets were changed to 3: the 1st fleet was mainly stationed in Brindisi, and the other naval base was in the port of Tarantum. Commander Sekelian; the 2nd Fleet, mainly stationed in Lilibe and another naval base in Catania, shoulders the heavy responsibility of defending the Sicilian waters and monitoring the African waters.

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commander of the fleet is Midorades;

The 3 fleet is mainly stationed in Alenia and the other base is in Trina. It supervises the important task of defending the waters of the west coast of Italy, Corsica, and Sardinia, and guarding the remaining western Mediterranean waters. Its fleet commander is Sri Lanka. Tefakas.

Among them, the 1st Fleet is the strongest, with a total of 550 warships; the 2nd Fleet is slightly less, with a total of 500 warships; the 3rd Fleet is the weakest, with 150 warships.

This is mainly based on the tasks they undertake and the strength of the enemies they may face.

The reason why the number of warships of the Dionysian Navy increased a lot was mainly because in the early stage of the Western Mediterranean War, both Dionia and Carthage, whose navies were severely damaged, were stepping up the construction of warships, intending to gain maritime superiority. Unexpectedly, the war would end soon, and many warships were still under construction, and finally belonged to Dionia.

However, after Carthage surrendered to the Dionysian Kingdom, some Phoenician city-states also joined the Dionysian League one after another. As a result, the Dionysian Kingdom had no enemies in Africa, and the reduction of the Second Fleet was already underway. Firth and the Ministry of War are considering.

At this moment, one after another, the Dionian warships passed quickly beside the shivering Vinetti fishing boat, and went straight to the flat sandy beach ahead, which was later called “the most terrible day for the Gauls in the mountains. “That’s how it began…

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The day before landing in the Gallic territory, the messengers of Dionia sent envoys to Liguria and Vineti one after another. .

The Venetians were more interested in attacking the Gallic territories, but the ferocity of the Gauls apparently left them horrific memories, and they finally said that as long as the Dionian army did not invade the Venetian territories, they would not. Interfere with the operations of the Dionian army, and will also provide them with some material assistance.

The Ligurians, on the other hand, debated the proposal of the Dionysian messengers and never reached a consensus: some chiefs opposed Dionysian attacking Gaul, because it would destabilize the existing stability in northern Italy; Said that as long as the Dionysian army did not enter the territory of Liguria, they would not interfere in Dionysian military operations; only a few leaders expressed their willingness to cooperate with the Dionysian army to attack the Gauls, thereby occupying some fertile land… …

Regardless of the response of the two races, Dionia’s army set off by boat from Brindisi as planned, and after two days and two nights of voyage landed on the coast near Arimium, and immediately captured the unsuspecting. The city of Arimium, followed by the army quickly marched westward.

The defenses of Senones were empty, and the terrain was extremely flat. The Dionysian army was on the way, capturing Boloma and Parma successively, and then the army turned north and approached Cremona (now Cremona). Mona), at this time, Zenones hurriedly gathered all the young and middle-aged people about 10,000 people to defend on the north bank of the Po River, trying to prevent the Dionysian army from continuing to advance north, and at the same time to Salvis and Ke The two tribes of Normani urgently called for help.

Leoticides stationed his army on the south bank, and ordered all engineering battalions to speed up the construction of bridges and preparations to cross the river, and at the same time sent troops down the river in an attempt to cross the river in another place.

While preventing the Dionian army from building a bridge near Cremona, the Zenones also branched out to track the enemy’s movements, and even entered the territory of the Vineti people, which happened to the Vineti people. Some conflict (the Venetian territory was initially the entire lower Po region, and the lands on the south bank were later occupied by the Sesenonese).

During the confrontation between the two sides across the river, Salvis and Knomani, whether out of compatriotism or out of frustration, sent as many reinforcements as possible, increasing the number of Gallic warriors on the north bank of the Po River. It reached nearly 70,000 people, which greatly increased the confidence of the Zenones.

At the same time, Patroclus, who had basically wiped out the remnants of the Gallic army in Etruscans, led the 3rd, 12th and 14th corps. , marched first on the road by the sea, then on the pass of the valley in the mountains, and after reaching Parma, marched swiftly eastward, besieging the defenseless Gallic town of Pi, east of Cremona, on the south bank of the Po. Acentia (now Piacenza).

After occupying it, the engineering battalion quickly began to build bridges as well.

Because there are several river islands in the river near Piacentia, it is very convenient to build bridges very quickly.

It only took a day and a half to complete the bridge, and Patroclus quickly led four legions across the Po River to the central town of Salvis, Midiolan.

Only after the Gauls got the emergency report did they realize that they had been fooled, and hurriedly led the army to the rescue.

Unexpectedly, Patroclus stopped his advance when he reached Lodi, a small town on the way, and ordered the soldiers to rest and wait for the battle.

By the time the Gallic coalition hurried to Lodi, Patroclus had already led the army to line up outside the town.

At the same time, the main force led by Leotides also crossed the river from Piacentia and rushed to the vicinity.

The two Dionian armies, one from the south and the other from the north, were pressing towards the Gaul coalition, and the Gaul coalition could not advance or retreat, and had to fight.

The only great battle between Dionia and Yamanega on the Po River plain began hastily.

Although some nearby Gauls heard the news and joined the battle during the battle, the Gaul coalition was in danger of being attacked from both sides at the very beginning, and the number was far less than its opponents, but the Gaul army The warriors fought desperately, even using chariots against the Dionian army for the first time.

Nearly two hundred two-horse chariots rushed towards the main army of Dionia, which was slowly approaching, in an attempt to first disrupt the enemy’s dense formation, and then let the soldiers charge with their great swords.

However, the Dionysian Military Department had already studied the tactics of the Gauls, and Leotizides and Patroclus had also trained them specifically, so the light infantry of the Legion rushed out of the array first. Long-range attack on the horses carrying the carriages, and then the phalanx of heavy infantry quickly turned into a checkerboard array, widening the gap between the detachments, and reserving passages for the remaining Gallic chariots, so that even if they rushed into the formation, they would not be able to escape. The law had a great impact on the entire formation and was quickly eliminated.

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