Chapter 13 The Decision of Camillous

The next day, Tapirus was awakened by loud shouts outside the hotel.

He got dressed, stood in front of the window, looked down, and saw hundreds of Romans gathered in front of the hotel. They waved their fists, shouted angrily, and even tried to break through the guards and rushed into the hotel.

"What are they shouting?" Tapirus asked the accompanying interpreter.

"These Romans are scolding us!" The translator stammered angrily: "They told us to leave the city of Rome... They said that we Dionysus had no right to interfere in their Roman affairs... They said they were not afraid Dionia, as long as we dare to send troops, they will definitely defeat us!  …”

Tapirus knew that the translator didn't translate directly. These angry Romans couldn't have spoken so politely, but he didn't care about it at all. There was a popular saying in the kingdom of Dionia, called "dogs that bite people". Don't scream, no matter how fierce they are."

The crowd was growing, and Tapirus was not afraid. On the contrary, he hoped that they would rush in and injure one or two members of the messenger group. After expanding this diplomatic problem, Rome would not end well, and Tapirus would have more mediation methods.

But Tapirus' wish is doomed to fail.

Heavily armed Roman patrols arrived quickly to disperse the crowd, and there were some physical clashes between the two sides.

When Patrol Captain Titus Cassius saw Tapirus, his face was a little unsightly, and he said threateningly: "Dionysians, this is the result of your request for a truce! Because of the truce, you won't get land. Roman citizens will take their anger out on you, I'm afraid this is just the beginning, and I can't guarantee that every patrol will arrive in time."

After listening to the interpreter's translation, Tapirus pointed at the Roman people who were shouting angrily and unwilling to leave, and said with a sneer: "Is that so? Why are they scolding now, 'Damn nobles, we will never Allow you to take advantage of this, cancel the promise to give us land, and turn it into public land!'..."

Cassius was speechless, even ignoring the presence of the Dionysian messenger in front of him, angrily scolded: "Damn civilians!"

Then his face was blue and he warned the messenger group: "In view of the anger of the Roman civilians against you now, I hope you all stay in the hotel these days and don't go out, otherwise it's not our responsibility if something happens!"

That being said, before leaving, Cassius sent more soldiers in front of the hotel to keep them safe.

Nobles and commoners... Tapirus looked at the figure of Cassius walking away, thoughtful...

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It was very easy for Rome to inform Carthage about the Dionysian embassy,

Because since the two sides established a closer military alliance two years ago, special Carthaginian envoys have been stationed in the city of Rome. On the one hand, he was responsible for contacting the Roman Senate and dispatching aid materials to Rome; on the other hand, he was responsible for strengthening the trade between Carthage and Rome and monopolizing the sales of certain commodities. It is precisely because of the full support of Carthage in the past few years that Rome has always maintained an absolute advantage in the battle against surrounding forces. Not only has it recovered its strength quickly, but its expansion has far exceeded that of the previous life.

When Archiega, the envoy of Carthage, heard the news of the arrival of the Dionian messenger from the Roman military officer Paulus, he couldn't help being surprised. The first thing he thought of was that the Dionians were in Sicily two years ago. The Tanikaan tribe, which destroyed the Sikelians secretly and strongly supported by Carthage, is now targeting Rome, which is supported by Carthage in the north of Italy?

Seeing that Archiegar was lost in thought, Paulus asked softly, "Now that the Dionysians are urging us to answer, we want to know what Carthage has to offer about this?"

"Don't reply for now, I will send someone to report back to the Carthage Senate!" Archiegar said cautiously.

"Respected Lord Archiega!" Paulus took a small step forward, bowed his head slightly, and asked with a respectful gesture: "If... I mean if there is no final between Rome and Dionia Conflict ensues because of a good outcome, will Carthage support Rome?"

Archiega's eyes immediately swept to Paulus and stared for a moment. As a member of Hanno's faction, he was well aware of Hanno's conservative style, so he said cautiously: "This is a very important issue, I can't To answer, the Senate of Carthage must make a decision! Carthage and Dionia have been friendly for more than ten years, and they have just renewed their friendly agreement. It is more difficult to make this decision! But... ..." Archiega showed a stern look: "Personally, I am willing to support you Rome and teach the arrogant Dionysians a good lesson!"

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When the messenger from Rome rushed to inform Camillous, Camillous was already on his way back to Rome with his army.

When the people of Tustron learned that Rome was leading an army to attack, not only did they not resist, but they opened the city gates to welcome them, expressing to Rome that they had no intention of rebelling.

The magnanimous Camelus recognized the loyalty of the Tustron people, and did not let the army enter the city, but waited for the high-level officials of Tustron to swear to God and made a promise, and then led the army back.

On the way, Camelus was stunned when he heard the news from the messenger. Even though he was already a victorious Roman general in central Italy, he really didn't know much about Dionysus. He only knew that this kingdom occupied the entire southern Italy and was powerful.

The rise of Dionia was too short, and the past ten years have been an eventful and turbulent autumn in Rome. Camelus spent most of his time on the battlefield, and there was no spare time to study far to the south. The Dionian Kingdom.

Another civilian-born military and political officer, Frius, had a poor understanding of Dionysus, but he said dissatisfiedly when he was young: "The Senate is too cautious, and should directly reject this Dionysian messenger. Your unreasonable request! If Dionysus really dares to send an army to Latium, we will completely defeat it and let this kingdom know the power of our Rome!"

"Such important matters are decided by the Senate, so we shouldn't worry too much." Camelus warned him: "What we need to worry about now is how to attack the Wolsey."

Hearing this, Frius did not dare to talk nonsense any more. He failed in the last battle. If it hadn't been saved by Camelus, he might not have escaped the Senate's accusation, and Camelus still chose him regardless of his previous suspicions. The assistant on the expedition made him completely convinced of Camiros.

After a while, Frius said: "Okay, we obey the order and lead the army directly to Satnecum. But before changing the marching route, we must tell the soldiers first, lest they protest again."

After he finished speaking, he saw that Camelus did not answer, holding his chin, pondering something.

"Camelus! Camelus!..." Frius called out several times.

Camelus came back to his senses, his eyes were bright, and he said in a deep voice: "No, we should not go to Sartnicum, we go to Antium!"

Frius was taken aback: "Why?"

"Now Quintus and Licinius are besieging Satnicum with their army, and Wolsey has mobilized his army to defend it. Even if we rush, it will be difficult to break Satnicum in a short time. Mu, but the Senate hopes that we can occupy more of the Volsci land as soon as possible... Antium is far from Satnicum, and it is in the back, so I am afraid that we will be neglected. If we raid it, it is very likely that be successful."

Frius' eyes lit up: "Like saving Prinister before?"

"Yes." Camelus nodded confidently.

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Just four days before Camillous led his army into the Volsi territory, the Dionysian messenger Carias took a boat from Poseidonia, entered the city of Naples, and then went east into the mountains of Samona. Came to the central town of Kautini, one of the four major races of Samona, Kautim, met its chief leader Segovani, and expressed to him: King Dionysian to Kautini The serious concern of the soldiers frequently invading the alliance territory of Campania, I hope that Kautini will not violate the alliance again, restrain his people, and ensure that similar things will not happen again.

Segovani just said indifferently, "Got it."

Then, he put forward with a bad face: If you want him to agree to Dionia's conditions, it is OK, but Dionia will no longer be able to communicate with the southern town of Kautini, the leader of Nasella, Quindok. , let alone send priests of Hades into its territory...

Winning and assimilating Nasella is Dionia's established strategy, and it is of course impossible for Carrias to agree to Segovani's request.

As a result, he was neglected in Kautim, and even loudly abused and humiliated by some Kautini people, which Segovani not only did not stop, but instead gloated.

Karias returned to Poseidonia full of resentment, wrote a letter to the Turii Senate, truthfully described what happened and what he saw on his envoy Kautini, and made a judgment: Kauti The Nepalese are very likely to launch an invasion of the Campania League again soon!

Davos had discussed with the Ministry of Military Affairs in advance, and Karias’ judgment was indeed in line with what the Kautinis had done for the past two years: every time Dionia sent an envoy to condemn the Kautini’s aggression , the Kautinis will soon launch an invasion of the Campania League.

It seems that this great leader of Kautini has a rebellious mentality towards Dionia, and always likes to fight against it.

Therefore, after urgent discussions with the Ministry of Military Affairs, Davos decided to immediately send the Third Army to assist the Campania Alliance against the upcoming Samona-Cautini tribe's invasion.

After the Third Army received an urgent order from the Ministry of Military Affairs, the commander of the Army, Lizaru, immediately sent cavalry to notify the towns in the Lucania region and issued a mobilization order for the soldiers of the Third Army.