Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece - Chapter 852

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Suddenly, the adjutant hurried into the big tent: “Lord Dictator, Labicum has sent a messenger to say that thousands of Volsci have broken into their territory, and I hope we can send reinforcements to drive them away. ”

How could the Volsi people be there?!” Quintus and Lucius shouted in unison.

No wonder they were puzzled. The Rabbi Kum was located not far to the east of Tustron, while the Volsci were far to the southwest of the Latinum region. There were many Latin city-states in the middle. How could they suddenly appear? it’s here?

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After fighting in the Latium area for decades, Camelus, who had completely imprinted the topography and topography of this land in his mind, was also thinking about it, and he said somewhat uncertainly: “Prinister? Linister?!…”

Hearing Camillous’ words, Lucius said in disbelief: “Father, this is unlikely!”

“Even our colonial city can betray us, why? It’s impossible!” Quintus shouted angrily: “Before, Prinister united with the Heniki and Volsi to launch a rebellion, and we executed many Prinisters who participated in the rebellion. There was also a proposal in the hospital to ‘turn Prinister into our colony completely after conquering the Volsci’. And this time, Prinister did not send reinforcements to join us!”

“That’s because Puri There are few Nistian people, and we still need it to keep enough troops to guard against the Herniki people in the Tulleros Valley!” Lucius immediately retorted.

“Stop arguing! The situation is urgent now! Quintus, you immediately lead the army returning from Sigonia, rush to Gabi, assist Titus, and block the Volsi people rushing from Rabbi Kum! At the moment when the two quarreled, Camelus’ face changed, and he shouted with all his strength: “Ensure that our army can retreat smoothly! … Cough cough…”

Quintus was stunned for a moment, then immediately A powerful answer: “Yes, Lord Dictator!”

At the moment when he got the news, he was thinking about how the Volsci might be there, but he forgot that the reason why the Volsci were there was most likely to go to Titus and their army. , the Dionians want to encircle the Roman coalition that went to rescue Gabi!

… Thinking of this, Quintus walked out of the tent with a look of anxiety.

Lucius saw that Camelus, who was lying on the wooden chair, looked even worse, his hands were trembling, he hurriedly pressed his body, and comforted: “Father, Titus is so shrewd, he will definitely Bring the troops back smoothly!”

“…This is a conspiracy that Dionia had planned long ago! The Volsci did not retreat to Setia at all… They crossed the Lepiny Mountain eastward… to hide In the valley of the Tulleros…the day we’ve been waiting for!…we only pay attention to the city of Rome,

and we trust the allies too much…ignoring the defense to the south…it’s all my fault!”

Camillous The murmured self-blame made Lucius equally worried, but he didn’t know how to comfort his old father, but just held his arm tightly to express his support and encouragement to him.

“Lucius… I hope that Jupiter will bless us and let us return to Satnecum!…” Camelus’ voice was full of anticipation, but there was a little more in his eyes. Worrying: “…I hope the elders and people in Rome can stick to the Capitoline Hill as they did in the past!…”

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Titus got six , the news of the seven thousand Volsey and Helniki warriors attacking from the south was astonishing.

He didn’t have time to think about why the enemy was there like Camillous, but immediately gave an order: “Mejus, you immediately withdraw the army that attacked the enemy camp!

” Allied troops, more than 20,000 Dionian troops have come out of the city of Rome and are attacking us from the north! There are more than 7,000 soldiers of Volsi and Heniki attacking us from the south! We must immediately Retreat west or be surrounded by them!”

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“Commander, the enemy is retreating across the board!” the adjutant standing on the watchtower to observe the battle situation loudly reminded.

“It must be the army led by Your Majesty, and the reinforcements of Volsi Heniki attacking the enemy.” Printols nodded and said, “Blow the bugle and let the soldiers attack the retreating enemy. “Yes

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” The adjutant shouted excitedly towards the downstairs: “Blow the offensive horn! The offensive horn

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Soldiers rushed out of the camp under the command of the officers.

Sextus also commanded the Roman reserve soldiers in the pursuit.

Although Printoles opened the camp gate on the west side of the camp in advance, it took time for the troops to rush out of the camp, and the Roman coalition forces who had been prepared for a long time retreated quickly, and they attacked Dionia in a blink of an eye. The soldiers opened a distance of more than 100 meters.

However, the Volsci coalition army, which was charging from the southwest, was even faster. Under these soldiers, most of whom were regarded as light armoured soldiers, they were running wildly. The southwest of the Roman army became the west, which would likely block the way of the Roman army.

“Immediately inform Licinius, let him lead the allied army, block the Volsci for me, and protect the Roman army from retreating!” Titus was a little anxious, but fortunately, when he was lining up to attack the camp, he sent the allies’ troops to retreat. The army was arranged on the right flank. It was originally envisaged that when the Dionysian army of Rome came out, it would be convenient for the entire coalition to retreat to the south (the Latin city-states are all in the south), but now they can be used to block the enemy. It will cause heavy losses to the allied troops, and he can’t care about it.

He shouted in a hoarse voice: “Order the entire army to withdraw quickly!”

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Licinius led about 10,000 Latin allied soldiers, broke away from the main force, and went straight west. The south is moving fast.

When he learned from the scout that “the enemy is still more than a mile away”, Licinius began to line up.

He placed the heavy infantry of the Allies in the front of the battle, and the light infantry in the rear.

Titus hoped that he could block the incoming enemy, and he hoped to quickly defeat the enemy in front of him, opening the way for the entire army to retreat south.

However, he didn’t have time to wait for the generals of the allies to command the soldiers to form a phalanx. At this time, the soldiers of the Volsi Heniki coalition were less than 500 meters apart, and they took a very loose formation. Therefore, the formation can be deployed relatively smoothly while advancing.

Licinius sent the messengers to urge again and again, and the Latin allied soldiers hurriedly assembled the formation.

With resentment against the Romans, the Voch Allied soldiers had already charged to the front, and immediately smashed the Latin Allied formation into unevenness.

Licinius hurriedly ordered to continue to sound the horn of attack, hoping to inspire the Allied soldiers to block the enemy’s charge and wait for an opportunity to counterattack.

The shields and spears of the two sides intersected, and the sound of killing shook the sky, stirring up dust and sand.

Under the desperate and ferocious attacks of the Volsi and Helniki warriors, the unprepared coalition soldiers slowly retreated.

Licinius was not in a hurry, he knew that the impact of the enemy from the long-distance attack could not last, and when the front was stabilized, the heavy infantry could exert their power.

However, in the midst of the fighting, he heard a panicked shout from the right wing of the array: “We are defeated, run away!!!”

“Run for your life, we are about to be surrounded!!!”

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What happened?!” Licinius became nervous and immediately sent guards to the right wing to check.

At this time, the Roman general who was in charge of commanding the right flank had already sent a messenger, and he shouted in panic: “General Licinius, more than 400 Bonnets suddenly collapsed after receiving the enemy, and also deliberately shouted, shaking Junxin, now the entire right wing is in chaos and has lost control!”

“What?! Damn blogger!” Licinius was dumbfounded when he heard the bad news.

It turned out that after listening carefully to Publius’s detailed introduction to the Latin city-states, Davos secretly had a rough plan in his heart. Prinister, who persuaded him to surrender, turned out to be the first to reach a secret alliance with Dionia.

Then, UU reading www.sonicmtl.com Publius turned the goal of persuading to surrender to Bo.

This small Latin city located to the west of Prinister and less than a mile away from the city has been breached by the Prinister Rebellion, the Wolsey, Helniki, and the Equus combined attack. Camelus led the army to rescue and survived.

Logically it should be grateful and loyal to Rome.

But Publius thinks this is not the case. Since that time the city was broken and looted, the Bonnets seem to be full of fear of the Heniki, Worcey and other races to the south, whether it is Rome’s attack on Worcey , or attacking Herniki, it has been very active in expressing support, and has provided a large number of materials and personnel.

Now, the city of Rome has fallen, the Romans have retreated to the west of the Latin region, their strength has greatly declined, and the Herniki people have revived…

Therefore, in Publius, it is implied that the Bones “Prinest” Has surrendered” and made a guarantee that “Dionia will completely protect the security of Bonnet’s territory”, Bonnet became the second Latin city-state to ally with Dionia.

When Gabi City rejected Dionia’s persuasion to surrender, Davos’s plan that was brewing in advance had taken shape, and the Voch coalition was actually quietly stationed between Prinister and Bonnet.