Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece - Chapter 690

[Chapter 35 Dionia vs Rome (4)]

Commus also participated in the battle to repel the Celts led by Camillous ten years ago. The black cavalry with the spear was clearly not Celtic.

At this moment, he heard several screams, and then he heard the soldier shouting in panic: “Be careful with the javelin!”

Commus subconsciously raised his large shield to protect himself, and turned around to see a soldier on the right not far away. A short javelin was stabbed in the chest, struggling and screaming on the ground, while the black cavalry, who were only a dozen meters away from them, handed the spear to their left hand and the javelin in their right hand, slowed down their horses, and slowly circled around. They wandered, looking for their next throw.

“Damn it! These enemy cavalry can throw javelins!” Commus was a little flustered, it was the first time he had encountered such a cavalry.

what to do?

Cummins thought anxiously: continue?

It is ten miles away from the camp. To guard against the attack of enemy horses, and to protect the cart, the slowness of its speed can be imagined.

Soldiers have been on vigilance for a long time, and whether their physical strength can persist is also a big problem!

After returning to the village, waiting for rescue?

The village is not far behind the team, and it is quick to go back, but it is uncertain when the reinforcements from the camp will arrive, and the enemy’s cavalry is here, maybe there will be infantry…

Just when Commus hesitated .

At the same time, when the soldiers were guarding against the black cavalry and it was difficult for them to take care of them, the captured Volsians quietly disengaged the horses of the cart and drove them away from the protective circle of the unsuspecting Roman soldiers. And then sneaked out while taking advantage of the chaos.

Several angry Roman soldiers went in pursuit.

“Idiot, come back!” Comus shouted anxiously.

However, it’s too late.

I saw several black cavalry chasing after him.

The few Roman soldiers who found that the situation was not good were not too flustered. They raised their shields to face the enemy cavalry and stepped back.

Unexpectedly, several black cavalrymen rushed towards them quickly from behind. They couldn’t dodge in time and were directly knocked down by the horses.

At this time, the enemy cavalry in front also rushed over quickly, and the rambunctious Roman soldiers had no time to raise their shields, and saw the enemy on horseback bent down, stretched out their spears, and took advantage of the horses. Quickly, the spear plunged into the body covered by the chainmail, and then quickly released the spear to avoid being pushed off the horse by the strong reaction force.

Seeing the miserable state of their teammates and the skillful cooperation of the enemy cavalry, the Roman soldiers were both angry and uneasy. The pack carts gathered the soldiers together to form a denser column. While guarding against the occasional harassment of enemy horses, they moved towards the camp at a slow speed.

This kind of encounter happened to every Roman squadron that raised food for the battalion, but some squadrons took the same measures as Commus, and some simply returned to the village and waited for rescue…

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Camelus and Frius who were in the camp soon received the news that “the troops leaving the camp were attacked by the Dionysian cavalry”, Camelus did not hesitate any more, and immediately made a decision. “Send all light infantry and cavalry, go immediately to meet the attacked rations, and repel Dionia’s cavalry”.

Soon, the north gate of the Roman camp opened wide, and nearly 2,000 light infantry and more than 800 cavalry poured out of the camp.

At first, the light infantry in the Roman army were all Roman civilians of the fourth and fifth ranks who were poor and unable to buy heavy infantry equipment. With great assistance, Roman civilians could also serve as heavy infantry, but their equipment was provided by the Senate and returned after the war.

In this way, the light infantry in the Roman army was mainly provided by other Roman allies.

At this time, these light infantrymen and Roman cavalry spent a lot of time outside the camp before they were divided into a dozen groups, and under the leadership of the scout cavalry, they rushed to their respective goals.

Camelus, who was in the tent, received another shocking news: seven or eight thousand Dionysian soldiers were marching fast towards the Roman camp!

Frius looked at Camillous in surprise: “As soon as the Dionians came, they wanted to attack our camp?!”

Camelos thought for a while with a solemn expression, and gave the order: “Send a scout to the Go south to investigate the movements in Setia and Bolefnum, and report back as soon as you find an army coming out!”

Camelus didn’t believe that the Dionysians would dare to attack his camp with only seven or eight thousand men. Therefore, he had to closely monitor the movements of the Volsci, and at the same time he did not dare to take it lightly, and began to mobilize the soldiers to prepare for the defense of the camp.

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At this time, in the city of Bolefnum, its consul Katermuntaros received news from the messenger of the First Legion of Dionia, he Surprised, he said: “The First Legion of Dionia is ready to attack those hateful plundering troops of Rome in order to induce the main Roman army to leave the camp, attempt to fight with them, and ask us to cooperate!”

“These Dionias People are really impatient, and they want to fight the Romans without understanding the situation when they first arrived.” Aolongqi’s reinforcement general said yin and yang strangely.

“At least this shows that the Dionysians really want to help us Wolsey!” The words of Toulouse, the consul of Selsche, embarrassed both Oronci and the generals of the Sidicine reinforcements. Wolsey has been almost half a month, and has not yet fought with the Romans.

“But… the Roman army’s combat effectiveness is very strong! Once our army is free from the protection of the city walls and fights against the Romans in the wild, if… fails, our Volsic is in danger!” Teresina was in power Guan Ji Si said with a worried look, he was the one who led the reinforcements to rescue Villitre before, but was defeated by the Romans and eventually led to the fall of Villitre.

“Dionia is the most powerful kingdom in Italy. Since they dared to fight against the Romans, they must have the confidence to defeat the Romans!” Coronas, the former consul of Antium, was eager to retake the occupied town. , shouted loudly: “What’s more, according to the tradition of our Wolsey people, how can there be a distinguished guest who is desperately helping with work, while the host is standing by!”

As the commander-in-chief of Volsi’s army, Katermuntaros finally made up his mind, called Dionia’s messenger, and said: “Please go back and tell the commander of the Armintas army, all the soldiers of Volsi will be waiting for him at any time. order!”

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Since the Dionian cavalry was mainly concentrated in the west and north of the Roman camp, the Roman scout cavalry could scout Dio in the south of the camp relatively safely. Movements of the Nigerian Army.

An hour later, Camelus got the news: The Dionian army has approached the Roman camp!

When he came to the sentry tower in front of the south gate of the camp again, he could already see the dust mist rising in front of him.

Camillous was not at all nervous. He looked at the soldiers who had already taken a defensive position on the wooden wall, and hoped in his heart that the light infantry and the Roman soldiers who were raising food would come back soon, so that he could There is no worries at all. Fortunately, two or three Roman squadrons have returned to the camp. It seems that he does not have to wait too long.

Standing on the sentry tower for a while, he was surprised to find that the scattered dust mist was not getting closer and closer to him, but seemed to be moving away.

Just when he was puzzled, a Roman scout rushed into the camp and reported to him: “Camilus military officer, the Dionysian army turned to the west of the camp and marched.”

West?

Camelus was stunned for a moment, pondered for a while, and his face changed greatly: Could it be that the Dionians want to bypass the camp and attack the soldiers outside our camp?

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“Commander Armintas, Commander Ledes sent me to tell you that the javelin of the cavalry legion is almost exhausted, and the Roman light infantry is attacking violently and has already Some of the cavalry was wounded, and he could no longer do his best to prevent the Romans from retreating to the camp.”

Hearing this, Amyntas’ face darkened: due to the addition of the Roman light infantry and cavalry, it was difficult for the Dionysian First Cavalry Corps to execute the plan to delay the retreat of the Romans.

UU Reading www.sonicmtl.com The combination of Roman light infantry and cavalry, in turn, posed a great threat to the scattered Dionysian cavalry, so he was reluctant at the suggestion of Printoles Let Leeds lead the cavalry to give up blocking other Roman squadrons, and concentrate on blocking the three Roman squadrons that are closer to them and to the southwest.

But I didn’t expect that the light infantry of Rome has also arrived here.

Is his battle plan going to fail?

Amyntas was unwilling, and said to the messenger of Ryders: “You go back and tell the commander of Ryders, saying ‘I… ask him to persevere, the first army will arrive soon, you cavalry have worked hard After so long and paying a lot of price, you can’t just give up!'”

Amyntas’ request obviously moved the messenger of the first cavalry, he said hesitantly: “… Tell all the words to the commander of the Legion of Ryders.”

After the messengers flew away, Amintas’ face completely gloomy, and he cursed loudly: “Hurry up and remind the First Legion! If they can’t catch up immediately. Come here, let the Romans go, and punish them all by military law!…”

While Amyntas was scolding, the adjutant Aristonos suddenly showed a happy face, pointed his hand to the face, and shouted: “Legion commander, our The soldiers are here!”

Amyntas immediately turned his head to look back, and saw the dust and mist billowing in the distance, and the sound of footsteps rumbled.

Amintas grinned immediately: “It seems that these guys won’t complete the task well without scolding them hard!”