Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece - Chapter 836

[Chapter 182 In Ostia]

“It’s not just the troops, I want to withdraw all the people and materials in Ostia, leaving the Romans an empty city.” Davos said gloomily: “Now the Roman army continues to have civilian soldiers fleeing back to Rome. , the number has reached as high as 4000, but Camillous still led the army to attack Ostia endlessly, because he thought Ostia was very important to us, we must tell these Romans with facts, this is just a Their fantasies! When their fantasies are shattered, I would like to know if they can continue to fight after losing their homes, many casualties, and little rations?!”

Davos’s words made everyone present. Thoughtful.

“Tapirus.” Davos looked at the diplomat and continued: “We can’t just let us bear the Roman attack alone, but also let our allies move! You go out to envoy Wolsey And Helniki, tell them that the city of Rome has been captured by us, that we are attracting the main force of Rome, and that they can take the opportunity to attack the place where the Roman defense is empty and retake their territory!”

“Yes, Your Majesty.”

“Also .

There are… those Latin city-states… Decades ago they were enemies with Rome. I don’t believe they are now as good as brothers. I heard that a few years ago the Latin city-state of Tustron was rumored to Betrayed Rome and was almost wiped out by Rome… Go back and study it carefully to see if you can win over a few Latin city-states. I can make a promise that as long as they are willing to become allies of Dionia, our army will have nothing to them. They will commit crimes, and will protect their safety, just like Campania and Volsi…”

“Yes, Your Majesty, I will do my best to complete the task you have entrusted to me!” Tapirus replied excitedly, He thinks he has a role to play this time around.

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After the meeting, everyone dispersed.

Davos called several officers of the Roman reserve team headed by Sextus and announced to them the order to “raid on Wei Ai”.

Compared with his more excited colleagues, Sextus, who was appointed as the commander, was also a little excited, but he still summoned the courage to ask: “Your Majesty, after occupying the city of Viai, what will you do with the people in the city?”

“And Rome Same.”

Davos’s answer made Sextus relieved.

Since the civilians in the city of Wei’ai moved from the city of Rome, Sextus knew a lot of people in the city of Wei’ai, so he was actually very confident in the surprise attack plan proposed by Davos. Of course, he did not forget Dave. s reminder.

After walking out of the Senate and summoning Roman civilian soldiers, Sextus had already roughly conceived an attack plan: he would select 120 Roman civilian soldiers who were most worthy of his trust and who were familiar with the Victorians to form a squadron ,

as a pioneer, go first to deceive the city gate.

And he personally led 2,000 soldiers in the back, and resolutely prevented anyone from leaving the team without permission. Once he saw the vanguard occupying the city gate, he immediately led a large army to raid, which was the greatest possible way to avoid being informed and causing the operation to fail. danger.

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The opposite of Plintos and Sextus, he does not have to worry about the soldiers, because he served in the mountain reconnaissance brigade at first, and Izam takes it very seriously He once said that he was the pride of the brigade, so after learning that he was going to have an important combat mission for the mountain reconnaissance brigade, he was very happy and actively cooperated with his command to improve the plan for the night attack on Casereira. .

Printoles was worried about two things: First, the attack could only be done at night, but Caserera was more than 60 miles away from Rome, and by land, it was necessary to set off from now to get there in the evening. , but the mountain scout team who consumed a lot of physical strength still has the strength to climb the steep mountains, which has become a problem.

Fortunately, they can also travel by water, which is quick and labor-saving.

Therefore, Printoles decided to let the soldiers of the mountain reconnaissance team take the cargo ships moored in the new port of Rome, first arrive at the port of Ostia, and in the evening, they will be transported by ships to land on the coast near the city of Casreira. .

Second, how to climb over the mountains and the walls of Kethrela in the dark.

This may have been a big problem for the Dionian Legionnaires, but it wasn’t too much of a problem for the Soldiers of the Mountain Scout Brigade.

When Davos established this brigade, he hoped that their role in the war would not only be reconnaissance, but also special operations, so Izam also formulated training programs according to this need in peacetime, and trained the soldiers strictly. .

In addition, the first word of their brigade name is “mountain”, and climbing mountains and mountains is their key training item, of course, including climbing in the dark.

Moreover, the careful Printols also drew a topographic map around the city of Kethrela in the previous reconnaissance. Izam recruited the scout soldiers with the strongest climbing ability, and everyone checked the map together and discussed how to climb Keith. Leila City.

When the plan was established, Izam immediately ordered the soldiers to prepare supplies and tools.

After noon, the mountain reconnaissance team lined up with high morale to the new port of Rome, ready to board the ship and set off.

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Early morning, Amyntas was woken up by the guards, and his first words were to ask: “The Romans are attacking again?!”

“Commander, no The messengers are here to report the news of the enemy’s attack, it’s already dawn, and breakfast is ready.”

“No attack?” City, fighting until dusk, their fierce attack made Amintas feel a little palpitated.

He rubbed the beard and slag’s face with his hands. He has been worrying about the war for the past few days and lacked sleep.

As he ate breakfast, he was still thinking: The Romans didn’t attack at this time as they usually do, are they unable to support an attack of this intensity?

Not long after breakfast, taking advantage of the rare free time, Amintas decided to hold a military meeting.

Olivers, the commander of the Fourth Army, Georgris, the commander of the Fifth Army, and Telis, the administrator of Ostia, came one after another (Telis was also the military commander of Ostia before, so he also had the right to participate in the military conference) , Also present at the meeting were Amintas’ adjutant, Aristolos, and his personal staff, Krotokatax.

The meeting began with a report on the casualties of each unit yesterday.

Since the end of the battle yesterday, it was already evening, the soldiers were tired and the sky was dark, and it was impossible to make accurate casualty statistics, so it was postponed until today.

Aristolos, the adjutant of the First Corps, stood up with the data collected from the various legions in his hand, stood up and said: “The First Corps killed 293 people and injured 537 people yesterday, and the Fourth Corps killed 558 people and injured 722 people. The Fifth Legion had 536 killed and 891 wounded, and the Ostia Reserve had 1,021 killed and 537 wounded (the three Turii Legion reserve brigade soldiers were converted into full-fledged legionnaires and added to these three legions) )…” In the

hall, the expressions of several military officers and Krotokatax were very heavy, because these cold numbers represent fresh lives.

“Yesterday one day… our casualties reached 5,000, which has exceeded the sum of the casualties of the previous two days!” After hearing this, Amintas punched the back of the chair with a painful expression.

Clotokatax looked at the resentful Amyntas, thinking about the tragic battlefield he saw in the city these days, he couldn’t help but feel sad. He even felt that the task his father gave him was a bit redundant, because Under the fierce attack of the Romans today, even the defense in the city is a bit difficult, and there is no ability to go out of the city to fight in the field.

He saw that Olivers, who usually speaks humorously, also said with lingering fears at the moment: “The reason why the casualties were great yesterday is because the Romans have built a mound in front of the trench that is one meter higher than our city wall. A large number of light infantry were arranged on the base, and the ballistas at the head of our city were mainly attacked with javelins and arrows, which forced our ballistas to move down the city… After that, the Romans pushed their ballistas to the front of the city. The bombardment caused several sections of the city wall to collapse, further weakening our advantage of relying on the city wall for defense. Moreover, they have the advantage of having a large number of people, and they continue to attack wave after wave…

Hades on!

This time, I really saw the similar small phalanx tactics of the Romans and ours, so when our soldiers were engaged in frontal engagements in the gap, their formation was hardly affected by the terrain. , and the bravery of the Roman soldiers is not inferior to our soldiers, and even the desire to fight is even stronger. I have seen with my own eyes several Roman soldiers were stabbed and hugged the legs of our soldiers and gave them to them. The soldiers next to me provided opportunities… So they were able to break in through several gaps in the city wall, and finally were able to repel them, I felt a little lucky…”

“What a fluke!

That’s because in the melee, our soldiers are more capable, and the short sword also plays a strong killing effect!

Olivers, as a Legion Commander, you are the role model for the Legionnaires, you must always be brave and confident, and your soldiers will be confident in victory!

“Amintas immediately yelled loudly, in the same tone as the squadron leader of the mercenary 20 years ago criticizing Olivers, a small mercenary.

After a moment, Olivers woke up and immediately apologized. : “I’m sorry, everyone, I was a little rude just now!

Over the years, the legion has been used to fighting against the wind. This is the first time that we have encountered such a brave, well-organized, and highly skilled enemy. We have lost a lot of brothers!

It seems that His Majesty is right. The Romans are indeed a formidable enemy. We should abandon the illusion of easy victory and go all out to defeat this enemy!

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