Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece - Chapter 884

[Chapter 231 The siege of the Roman remnants]

But after listening to it, Midorades was still puzzled: “It is a pity that the Greeks finally lost the battle, but what does this have to do with us Dionia?” Henipolis, who

had deliberately sold off before, laughed: ” Because some Alenians fled to Italy and established Elia with other Greek colonists, this history is engraved on the stone tablet in the temple of Apollo in Elia. The Elia people are now wearing Ornia citizens, then the Alenia they once established should also belong to Dionia!”

Henepolis’ explanation was somewhat arrogant, but Midorades took it for granted, and he immediately stated: ” The Third Fleet will retake Alenia from Carthage and wash away the shame the Greeks once had!”

Davos was satisfied with his statement and further encouraged: “Go back and tell the Third Fleet’s Sailors, taking back Alenia will not only deal a great blow to the Carthaginians, but also inspire the Greek city-states in the Western Mediterranean, deepen their friendship with Masseria, and become their heroes!

And as far as I know, Alenia has a large-scale port with complete facilities. It is a combination of a military port and a commercial port. It can be used as a docking place for all the warships of the Third Fleet, which can avoid the pain of running back and forth. Alenia, the Third Fleet could use it as a base to harass the island of Sardinia next to Corsica, to attack the mining groups on the island, to destroy their towns and villages, to attack their cargo ships…”

Mido Radees said excitedly: “Your Majesty, please rest assured, I will let the Phoenicians on these two islands not be able to transport a piece of metal!”

Davos saw that Midorades was too excited, and he went back again. He couldn’t help but reminded: “I can’t draw troops to support you now, and the task of attacking Corsica and Sardinia can only rely on the Third Fleet itself, so you have to be bold and cautious at the same time, and cherish you. Don’t let them suffer too many casualties and make the follow-up plan impossible!”

Davos’s words made Midoradston feel more pressure.

At this point, Clotokatax asked: “Father, will our military action in Corsica make the Etruscans dissatisfied and have other ideas?”

In fact, Clotokatax had discussed this issue with Davos privately before, and he raised it at this time, just to remind Davos gently.

Davos praised his son’s carefulness and thoughtfulness, and then said sternly: “Don’t worry about this, although the Etruscans often trade with Carthage, they are no longer allies, and because Carthage is strong We are dissatisfied with supporting Rome, not to mention that the Etruscan city-state in the south has just formed an alliance with us…”

Then, Davos looked at Midorades again: “However, try not to show your warships in Iraq On the seas of the Corsican lands controlled by the Trurians, do not let soldiers enter their territory, to avoid excessive stimulation that fears our mighty Etruscans… In addition, I There is no other request, how to attack Corsica and Sardinia is up to you, I will not interfere.”

Davos said this, which made Midorades feel more pressure, and he took a deep breath. He

said, “Yes…Yes, Your Majesty!”

Thormid looked at the back of Midorades leaving, and couldn’t help but say, “He’s a little nervous.”

“It’s a good thing to be nervous, so he takes action. Even if the third fleet did not achieve any decent results, as long as the fleet wandered around these two islands, it would bring great trouble to the Carthaginians. I am afraid of Midorades Being overconfident,

losing vigilance, taking risky actions, causing the Third Fleet to suffer heavy losses, and weakening our advantage, is like… alas!” Davos’s words stopped, and he sighed heavily.

Thormid knew that Davos must have thought of Cycron and the Sicilian fleet again.

At this time, Martius walked into the tent again: “Your Majesty, the commander of the Martonis Legion sent a messenger to report that Aricia has surrendered!”

Davos showed a smile on his face: “Hades Blessed, today is really good news!”

No wonder he was so happy. Aresia is not far from Tustron, just west of Albalonga Lake. It is an ancient Latin city-state. It has been the center of the western Latin region since ancient times, especially in Albalonga. After the destruction of Balonga.

From its name, it can be seen that this Latin city-state has a very close relationship with Diana Aresia, the goddess of hunting worshiped by the Latins. Rome, but after many defeats, it had to join the Latin League dominated by the Romans.

After Davos personally led the army out of the city of Rome, he first stationed outside the city of Tustron (the original Roman camp).

Under the coercion of the army, other city-states surrendered one after another, but only the proud Aresians refused to submit to Dionia.

So Davos ordered: Matonis led the second and sixth legions to storm Aresia.

Several days of continuous attacks finally saw results.

When Davos’s smile was fleeting, a stern tone followed: “If it weren’t for the feelings of the Roman commoners, a Latin city-state like Aresia who dared to rebel against us should have suffered like Gabi’s. Even if it surrenders, it cannot be forgiven lightly! Heni, you should inform Tapirus and ask him to talk to the Aresia people immediately. Since Aresia is the holy forest of the goddess of hunting, I can make Aresia a holy place for all Latins to take the place of Mount Albalonga. But from now on, Aresia must not build walls, no army, no more than 5,000 people, and no more than 5,000 people Open, and its safety is guaranteed by Dionia…”

“Understood, Your Majesty. Uh… It is said that because of this Diana, Aresia is also a famous medical center in the Latin region…” Henepolis A reminder.

Davos’s mouth curled slightly: “Can Aresia’s medical skills rival that of Dionia? I think Hades should be responsible for this responsibility!”

“Your Majesty, it’s good for Aresia to surrender, but it’s just that It’s a pity that I couldn’t lure out the Roman army!” Tormide said with some regret.

Davos smiled slightly and said indifferently: “The Romans have already been fooled once, so they will naturally become more cautious. Now their main force is still stationed in Sartnicum, it seems that they are ready to defend. This is It is also a good thing, without the support of the Romans, Arisia also surrendered, and other Latin city-states in the west will soon make their choices.”

Speaking of this, Davos’s eyes became sharp, his tone was determined He said: “Thormid, you go and inform the whole army to prepare, leave Tustron tomorrow, march southwest, and build a camp north of Satnicum, it is time to completely deal with the Romans! ”

Davers’ words made everyone in the tent excited.

“Yes, I will inform the legions immediately!” Thormed responded excitedly.

“Also… We sent envoys to these Latin city-states to persuade them to surrender. That Adi was the most resolute and beat our envoys…” Davos said coldly.

“It is said that the Roman dictator Camillous once lived in Adi for a long time, and was strongly supported by Adi in the battle to expel the Gauls, so Camelus had a close relationship with Adi, He often gave Adi a lot of care in the Roman Senate, so it is not surprising that the Adi people would do this. But then, the Adi people may have to give up their support for Camillous for the survival of their city-state.” Henepo Reese comforted.

“Since Ostia was burnt, Adi was very important to our attack on the main Roman force at Sartnicum, because it was not too far from Antium, not too far from the camp we were going to build, and it was It also has a large port…” Davos narrowed his eyes, and his eyes flashed with light: “We need to fully control this town to transfer and transport the army’s food supply, so we can’t accept Adi’s surrender, But to completely capture it!”

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Outside the city of Satnicum, thousands of Roman citizens are working tirelessly to build defense facilities, fortify the city walls, cover the city with deer, dig wide and deep trenches, set up multi-layer traps, A number of outposts were set up between the trap belts to expand the entire defense area… The defense model of the entire city was very similar to the defense camps usually built by the Dionysian army.

Because it was Titus who first commanded the army to attack Ostia to undertake this task, he deeply realized the power of Dionia’s defense system from his failure, so he transplanted it after a little modification. .

At this moment, he was standing on the top of the city supervising the progress of the entire project. Although he saw that the entire defense facility was gradually taking shape under the efforts of the sweaty soldiers, his face was not happy, but rather gloomy.

“General, Lord Quintus is here.” The subordinate reminded him in a low voice.

Hearing this, Titus turned around and glanced at Quintus, who was stepping on the stone stairs to the city, and the irritability on his face disappeared in a flash.

“Hey, Titus!”

Looking at Quintus walking towards him, there was no enthusiasm on Titus’ face: “When did you come back? Are the city defense facilities in Antium completed?!”

Titus There was a hint of questioning in Tusi’s tone. Although Quintus was a little unhappy, he still explained: “Antium only has more than 3,000 civilian soldiers, and Panthius’ foot injury is basically healed. People can do the job, and I get in the way there, so I came back yesterday.”