Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece - Chapter 846

[Chapter 192 Attacking East]

After summoning Publius, Davos convened a military meeting. After deliberation with the generals, he determined the strategy of attacking the Latham area of “first east, then west, and negotiation and combination”.

The city of Philippine is located on the upper reaches of the Tiber River, only about thirteen miles away from the city of Rome, but it was established by the Etruscans.

During the gradual rise of Rome, it was the main bridge for the Etruscans to set foot on the south bank of the Tiber.

In particular, the city of Viais was very close to Phedena, and repeatedly invaded Rome through it.

To this end, for decades, the Romans and the Victorians repeatedly competed for this small town.

Eventually, the Romans made Phedinay its colony and made it a forward base for the Roman attack on Viais, which gradually became on the defensive and eventually occupied by Rome.

The fertile riverside land of Phedinae, which became a Roman colonial city, was too close to Rome, and most of its fertile land along the river was assigned to Rome, making this small town less populated than ever.

When Rome was conquered by the Dionysians, the Roman people living in Phidnaeus were terrified. Breathed a sigh of relief.

But soon the Roman army moved westward, and it didn’t take long for Viai to fall suddenly, which made the Phaedenians panic again.

A few days later, the combined Etruscan-Roman colony arrived, including the return of the citizens who had been recruited by Phedena.

Just after the people were relieved, the coalition forces that crossed the river suffered a catastrophic defeat. The people of the Phaediana saw with their own eyes a large group of Dionian cavalry along the river bank, chasing and killing the fleeing Roman soldiers. There were many people. Kneeling down and surrendering, some jumped directly into the Tiber River, and were swallowed by the river in a blink of an eye…

Although the victorious Dionysian army did not take advantage of the situation to attack Phidnai, and the surrounding area of Phidnai recovered in the next few days. calm, but the Phaedenians, terrified by that day’s tragic sight, no longer believed they were safe, and there were strong calls from many to flee this dangerous place, to the Latin Confederacy to the south, or to the west to find Camillous .

But the homeland is difficult to leave, and the whole city has been arguing for several days, but still can’t make a decision.

In the early morning of this day, the sleepy sentinels of Phedinea climbed to the top of the city, and they were immediately stunned: the dust and smoke billowed in the distance, and a crowd of black people was rushing towards

Phidina… “The enemy is coming!! The Dionysians It’s coming!!!…” The alarm bell in the city rang, and the people panicked.

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The next morning after the end of the military conference, Davos sent a large army to attack Phineas.

Most of the 3rd Army and the Roman Reserve advanced eastward along the north bank of the Taibor River. The 2nd Army, the 6th Army, the four brigades of the Lucania Reserve Army, the Mountain Scouting Brigade, the 1st Cavalry Army, and a 500-man army The engineering team moved eastward along the south bank of the Tiber River, with a total of more than 30,000 people, attacking the city of Phedena from both the south and the north at the same time.

The reason why Davos used such a large force to attack a small city with less than a thousand defenders, he didn’t care whether he killed chickens with a bull’s knife, but hoped to use a rapid offensive to defeat more enemies in a short period of time and deter the Latin city-states. , to create a more favorable situation for yourself.

In order to stabilize the order in the city of Rome, Davos did not lead the army to expedition in person like last time, but he appointed a temporary commander-in-chief, but this person was chosen beyond the expectations of the generals-Plinto, the staff officer of the Ministry of Military Affairs Ers.

When the candidate was announced, because the First Army did not fight, Lizaru, the commander of the Third Army, had a good relationship with Plintors, but only the second Army commander Matonis raised an objection: “Plintors never He

has personally commanded the army, and

has no experience as a commander…”

But at Davos’ insistence, Matonis, who was used to obeying Davos’ orders, had to accept it reluctantly.

30,000 people attacked a small town with less than 1,000 defenders, and the location of this small town was flat, and it seemed that it would be an easy task to capture it.

But this is not the case, because for decades, as a strategic point of competition between Rome and Viet Nam, Phedinae has evolved into a small military fortress with high and thick walls and a moat, which is easy to defend but not conducive to attack. In the attack plan, the expedition troops must take the city as quickly as possible without forming a long-term stalemate.

In order to repay the trust of King Davos, and to prove himself, Printoles carefully studied the situation of the city of Phedena and the surrounding terrain, and decided to take a similar approach to that of His Majesty Davos’s capture of the city of Rome. Tactics: He asked the engineering team to remodel a number of pack trucks, carrying five fast boats, transported by many pack animals and a lot of labor, by land, avoiding the attention of the defenders, bypassing the city of Phedena, Came to the low level of the upper bank of the Tiber…

Facing the Dionysians’ persuasion to surrender, the Phaedenians neither agreed nor opposed, but only said that they should consider it.

How could Printols allow the opponent to delay time, he immediately issued the order to siege the city.

With an order, the Dionysian army launched a strong attack on the city of Phedina from the south and the north.

Just as the Phaedenian garrison was doing its best to resist the Dionysian soldiers from attacking the city, more than 200 mountain scouts were fully armed and rowed five fast boats, rushing down from the upper reaches. He was stopped by the pontoon bridge across the river and almost broke the pontoon bridge.

The upper reaches of the Tiber River east of Phedinae is fast-flowing, and it is not only impossible to swim, but also very difficult to drive a raft. In addition, the riverside towns further east of Phedinae, except Crustuerium, is Roman. Except for the colonial city, the rest are all Sabine territories.

This mountain race had never seen the sea, could not make boats, and even most of the people could not swim, so the Phaedians never encountered an enemy attack from the upper reaches of the Tiber, but they never dreamed that, The Dionysians were completely unprepared for their whimsical and laborious efforts to transport ships from land to the upper Tiber.

When the soldiers of the mountain reconnaissance brigade climbed onto the pontoon one after another and started to kill the southern city of Phedina, the panicked Phaedonians hurriedly squeezed out less than a hundred soldiers from the front of the city and rushed to the bridge to intercept them.

When they arrived, some of the soldiers of the raiding mountain reconnaissance brigade had already set foot on the land of Nancheng, and they immediately launched a rapid attack on the Philippine soldiers who had arrived in a hurry. .

And in the melee, how could the Phedinanese civic soldiers be the opponents of the soldiers of the mountain reconnaissance brigade who had undergone hard training all the year round? Not long after they were defeated, the Nancheng was breached.

Soon, the lonely Beicheng also surrendered.

It was only in the afternoon when the Dionysian army occupied the entire city of Phidina, and it only lasted less than four hours from the attack to the end.

The Dionian army occupied Rome before, and now it has the upper channel of the Tiber, which completely cut off the connection between the Romans and the north bank of the Tiber.

The Dionian army, after resting for a day at Phedena, moved eastward the next day, targeting Crustuerium, the last colonial city east of Rome.

Crustaum was originally a Sabine town, but its complex relationship with Rome was established shortly after the city was founded.

According to legend, after Romulus established Rome, because most of his followers were single men, they caused a lot of trouble. In order to solve their marriage problems, so that these energetic men could settle in Rome with peace of mind, Romulus After thinking of a way, he announced to the public that he would hold a sea god festival and invite surrounding forces to participate.

Some Sabine tribes believed it to be true, and brought their wives and daughters to Rome, but Romulus and his followers took away all the Sabine women.

Half a year later, the Sabines who lost their loved ones gathered troops to attack Rome. When the two sides were about to start a decisive battle, the Sabine women who had become Roman wives appeared. They knelt down and begged both sides to truce.

Inspired by family affection, the two sides reached a reconciliation, and Romulus even invited these Sabine tribes to migrate to Rome, and the two sides became one.

The town inhabited by these Sabine tribes is Crustaum.

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the time being, the legend heard from the Roman population is true or false, but it is a fact that Crustaum became a Roman colony during the Roman monarchy.

Many Latins moved to this town at the behest of the Roman king, but decades later it joined the Latin city-states in the war against Rome, after being defeated it became a Roman colony again, and soon Rome against the Sabines. A forward base for the invasion of the Romans, where the Romans defeated the Sabines several times.

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is less than ten miles away from Fedina.

The long and narrow riverside flatland washed out by the mixed sediment of the Bo River.

Printoles led the Dionysian army to the city of Kristaum soon, but he did not attack immediately, because Publius, who arrived later, said that he was sure of persuading Kristaum. people surrender.

Sure enough, less than two hours after Publius entered the city, the Crustaum opened the city gates.

Christaum, which is adjacent to the Sabines, would have been very difficult to resist the invasion of the Sabines without the support of Rome.

Before, the citizens who were sent out to join the Roman army came back and told the people that the “Roman army had disintegrated”, causing great anxiety in the city, and then the Dionysians smashed the neighboring city of Phedenay in less than a day, and let the people feel even worse. The Kristaum people were terrified. At this time, the former Roman patriarch Publius, whom they were familiar with, entered the city to persuade them. The Kristaum people, surrounded by two major forces and helpless, had to surrender.