Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece - Chapter 851

[Chapter 197]

The indifferent expression on Camelus’ face did not change. He turned his head and asked, “Titus, what do you think about the current situation of the war?”

“Lord Dictator.” Titus looked solemn, He looked at the others, hesitated for a moment, and then said: “I think… this may be a conspiracy of the Dionians!” When he said

this, the other generals were surprised, only Camelus Look still.

Titus explained with a worried expression: “Before, we sent reinforcements under the repeated pleas of the Gabi city messengers. Now that the troops of the Latin allies have gathered here, the Dionysians have not attacked Gabi city in a big way. Instead, the camp is being built and fortified, and it looks more like waiting for us to attack.

If the Dionysians never attack Gabi City, it is likely to cause a long stalemate, and the situation will be unfavorable for us, because the allies’ The soldiers will be dissatisfied with us; if we choose to attack directly, the Dionysians even need to stick to the camp to put us at an offensive disadvantage, and don’t forget the hard lesson that the attack on Ostia taught us! But if we If we retreat like this, we will lose our prestige in the Latin Confederation…”

“But…even if we knew at first that this was a plot of the Dionians, we had to send reinforcements! Who called us the leaders of the Latin Confederation? , according to the covenant, we have the responsibility to protect the safety of their territories, and under the current predicament, we cannot lose the trust of these allies…”

Camelus sighed, the sullenness on his face made the generals unable to see him Inner fluctuations: Since the Dionian attacked the Latium area, the army he led has been passive and controlled step by step. In fact, he has not fought a frontal battle with the Dionian army. In today’s predicament, the king of Dionia was a terrible man!

“Since the Dionians want us to take the initiative to attack, then we will attack, but with reservations…” Camelus said finally.

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“Your Majesty, the Roman army has been dispatched!”

“Quick! Immediately notify Amyntas, Olivers, Ryders and Kochius, assemble their corps, wait for my order, and be ready to strike at any time!”

“Yes, Your Majesty!”

“Also, dispatch immediately Hurry up and inform Prinister and Signia!”

“Generals,

the Roman army has left Tustron and is coming towards us

.

“The words of Printols made several army commanders look happy.

“This big fish has finally taken the bait, and our hard work in the past few days has finally paid off!” Trotiras said excitedly.

“This time, we have to pay back the grievances that we were forced to retreat in Ostia!” Matonis was full of pride.

“It’s best to leave the Roman army here completely, and the battle will be easy to fight!” Epithenes, the temporary commander of the reserve brigade, had a bigger appetite and thought further.

“Captain Sextus, do you have any suggestions?” Printols looked at the only silent general in the tent.

Calling Sextus as the captain, in fact, the number of Roman reserves composed of Roman civilians has exceeded 6,000. Sextus is the captain and does the work of the commander, but Rome The reserve team is only temporary, and will be cancelled after the war.

Although Davos already had the idea of building a legion in Rome, it would be impossible for Sextus to serve as a legion commander at that time, and even the legion commander would not be enough. After all, he didn’t know Dionia. The military system and tactics need to be rebuilt in order to convince the soldiers.

“I have no opinion, please order the commander!” Sextus said in a deep voice.

Crotokatax, who was standing by, looked at the Roman, who was only a few years older than himself. He could understand what Sextus was feeling at the moment, but just as his father said to him: only By getting these Romans to fight more, they can sever their ties to the past.

Printols coughed, then looked at the generals, and said loudly: “Generals, please follow the previous deployment to meet the incoming enemies!

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Stron was less than 30 miles away from the city of Gabi, but the Roman army’s marching speed was not fast. They approached the Dionysian camp after noon. After hearing this, the defenders were greatly excited: “The Roman reinforcements are coming!!!…”

But the Roman coalition did not immediately launch a violent attack on the camp, the army temporarily stopped advancing, and the soldiers began to eat rations to replenish their previously consumed physical strength, and then The soldiers began to slowly approach the camp in loose formations.

The Roman coalition soldiers walked cautiously, as if searching for traps on the ground. In fact, the Dionysian camp had no other defense facilities except for trenches, outposts, and wooden walls.

At the rear of the team, the interim commander-in-chief Titus repeatedly instructed the scout cavalry officers under his command: “Let your subordinates keep their eyes open, and report back immediately if you find anything unusual around the battlefield, especially in the direction of Rome! ”

Half an hour later, the Roman coalition soldiers approached the trench, and the battle for the camp began.

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“Notify the troops and prepare to leave the city!” Davos, who was at the head of the city south of Rome, gave an order.

“Your Majesty, the messenger sent by Plintos just now said that the Romans’ offensive was not violent, and they did not put the main force into the attack. Should we wait?” Tormide reminded.

“It’s been so long since the Romans attacked, and I’m afraid it will be like this if you wait.” Davos said with a firm expression: “What’s more, there has been action over there, and it may be detected by the Romans at any time. , if you miss this time, the Romans will not be fooled again!”

“Understood, Your Majesty.” When Thormid responded, the three commanders of Armintas, Olivers, and Lizaru had already turned around and went down the city. .

Davos looked at the last legion commander beside him and said solemnly: “Geogris, the security of the city will be handed over to you, you have to assist Asistes and control the city of Rome!”

“Please Don’t worry, Your Majesty!” Giorgris put his legs together and slammed his right fist on his left chest.

Davos stretched out his hand, patted Giorgris on the shoulder hard, and then turned to go down the city.

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In the large tent of the Roman camp, Camelus, Lucius, and Quintus sat.

At this time, Quintus was complaining to Camillous: “My lord dictator, I really don’t understand, since you have decided to give up Gabi and withdraw your army, why are you going to attack the enemy’s camp and let our precious Soldiers lost in vain?!”

“We need to let the allies know that the Romans have not abandoned them and will still fight for them… Although it will cost us some casualties, it will be worth it…” Camillous explained road.

“In fact, we still gave up on them!” Quintus was still dissatisfied: “When we withdraw Satnecum, Gabi City may soon be captured by the Dionysians. Are the other Latin allies? Won’t you lose confidence in us?!”

Camelous was silent for a while, then whispered: “… At least we have made an effort to give them some confidence… The Dionysians are careful with their troops. , has always attacked the towns near Rome with large troops, never scattered troops, and looted everywhere… With our current strength, it is impossible to have too high expectations, we can only hold on to Vilitre and Sartnicu. Mu and Antium, the three colonial cities, in order to wait for the situation to change, and then join the Latin allies to attack the Dionysians!…”

“What change?” Quintus frowned. head.

“Yesterday, Pantius at Antium sent me to tell me that a Phoenician fishing vessel had passed the interception of the Dionysian warship and entered the port with a message,’ said the Carthaginian elder. The hospital has appointed Marco as the military commander, who will lead no less than 100,000 troops to attack Sicily again!'” Camelus said, his voice involuntarily increased.

“An army of 100,000!” Quintus was overjoyed when he heard the words, then frowned and said angrily: “Carthage sent an army to attack Sicily, but did not impose much on the Dionysians at all. Pressure, we were defeated, but made us make wrong judgments. We have fallen into today’s situation, and the Carthaginians should bear the greatest responsibility! Now the Carthaginians have launched an attack again, Let’s not rely too much on them!”

Quintus’ words made Camillous feel a pain in his heart, he should take the main responsibility for his misjudgment of the situation at the beginning, and Quintus was implicitly expressing his dissatisfaction with him.

Lucius did not allow others to criticize his father like this, and immediately said loudly: “Quintus, don’t forget, you supported my father’s proposal at the beginning, ‘concentrate your forces and quickly destroy the Herniki people in a short period of time. ‘, you are the most positive one!… Now that the Carthaginians can attack Sicily again, isn’t it good news for us?! Is there a better way for you to quickly change our predicament? ?! And this time the commander of the Carthaginian army is Marco, he is an experienced Carthaginian general, and he hates the Greeks extremely, he will never show mercy to the Dionysians! …

” Okay, don’t quarrel with the two of you.” Camillous waved his hand: “Quintus is right, we can’t blindly trust Carthage, we have to see the development of the war…”

“Now, The enemy of the city of Rome has come out, our goal has been achieved, and it is time for the army to retreat.” Camillous continued calmly: “Titus knows what to do.”