Chapter 35 Dionia vs Rome (4)

Commus also participated in the battle to repel the Celts led by Camillous ten years ago. The black cavalry with the spear was clearly not Celtic.

At this moment, he heard several screams, and then he heard the soldiers shouting in panic: "Watch out for the javelin!"

Comus subconsciously raised his big shield to protect himself, and when he turned around, he saw a soldier stabbed in the right chest with a short javelin, struggling and screaming on the ground, while the black cavalry were only a dozen meters away from them. One handed the spear in his left hand and the javelin in his right hand, slowed down his horse, and slowly swam around them, looking for the next chance to throw.

"Damn it! These enemy cavalry can throw javelins!" Commus was a little flustered, it was the first time he had encountered such a cavalry.

How to do? Cummins thought anxiously: continue? It is ten miles away from the camp. To guard against the attack of enemy horses, and to protect the cart, the slowness of its speed can be imagined. Soldiers have been on vigilance for a long time, and whether their physical strength can persist is also a big problem! After returning to the village, waiting for rescue? The village is not far behind the team, and it is quick to go back, but it is uncertain when the reinforcements from the camp will arrive, and the enemy's cavalry is here, maybe there will be infantry...

Just as Comuse was hesitating, the captured Wolsey, taking advantage of the fact that the soldiers were on guard against the black cavalry and could hardly take care of them, quietly unfastened the horses of the cart and drove them away from the lack of cavalry. The protective circle of the defensive Roman soldiers, and then sneaked out while taking advantage of the chaos.

Several angry Roman soldiers went in pursuit.

"Idiot, come back!" Comus shouted anxiously.

However, it's too late.

I saw several black cavalry chasing after him.

The few Roman soldiers who found that the situation was not good were not too flustered. They raised their shields to face the enemy cavalry and stepped back.

Unexpectedly, several black cavalrymen rushed towards them quickly from behind. They couldn't dodge in time and were directly knocked down by the horses.

At this time, the enemy cavalry in front also rushed over quickly, and the rambunctious Roman soldiers had no time to raise their shields, and saw the enemy on horseback bent down, stretched out their spears, and took advantage of the horses. Quickly, the spear plunged into the body covered by the chainmail, and then quickly released the spear to avoid being pushed off the horse by the strong reaction force.

Seeing the tragic state of their teammates and the skillful cooperation of the enemy cavalry, the Roman soldiers were both angry and uneasy. The pack carts gathered the soldiers together to form a denser column. While guarding against the occasional harassment of enemy horses, they moved towards the camp at a slow speed.

This kind of encounter happened to every Roman squadron that spent the battalion to raise food, but some squadrons took the same measures as Commus, and some simply returned to the village and waited for rescue...

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Camelus and Frius in the camp soon received news that "the troops leaving the camp were attacked by the Dionian cavalry", Camelus did not hesitate any longer, and immediately made "send all light Infantry and cavalry, immediately go to meet the attacked rations, and repel Dionia's cavalry" decision.

Soon, the north gate of the Roman camp opened wide, and nearly 2,000 light infantry and more than 800 cavalry poured out of the camp.

At first, the light infantry in the Roman army were all Roman civilians of the fourth and fifth ranks who were poor and unable to buy heavy infantry equipment. With great assistance, Roman civilians could also serve as heavy infantry, but their equipment was provided by the Senate and returned after the war. In this way, the light infantry in the Roman army was mainly provided by other Roman allies.

At this time, these light infantrymen and Roman cavalry spent a lot of time outside the camp before they were divided into a dozen groups, and under the leadership of the scout cavalry, they rushed to their respective goals.

Camelus, who was in the tent, received another shocking news: seven or eight thousand Dionysian soldiers were marching fast towards the Roman camp!

Frius looked at Camillous in surprise: "As soon as the Dionians came, they wanted to attack our camp?!"

Camelos thought for a while with a dignified expression, and gave the order: "Send a reconnaissance cavalry and go south to investigate the movements in Setia and Bolefnum. Once you find an army coming out, report it immediately!"

Camelus did not believe that the Dionians would dare to attack his camp with only seven or eight thousand men, so he closely monitored the movements of the Volsci, and at the same time he did not dare to take it lightly, and began to mobilize the soldiers to prepare for the defense of the camp. .

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At this time, in the city of Bolefnum, its consul Katermuntaros received the news from the messenger of the Dionysian First Legion, and he said in surprise: "The First Legion of Dionia is preparing Attack those hateful plundering troops of Rome to lure the main Roman army out of camp, try to fight them, and ask us to cooperate!"

"These Dionysians are really impatient. They didn't understand the situation when they first arrived, and they wanted to fight the Romans." Aolongqi's reinforcement general said yin and yang strangely.

"At least this shows that the Dionysians really want to help us Wolsey!" The words of Toulouse, the consul of Selsche, embarrassed both Oronci and the generals of the Sidicine reinforcements. Wolsey has been almost half a month, and has not yet fought with the Romans.

"But...the Roman army is very strong in combat! Once our army is free from the protection of the city walls and fights against the Romans in the wild, in case...failure, our Volcic will be in danger!" Teresina was in power Guan Ji Si said with a worried look, he was the one who led the reinforcements to rescue Villitre before, but was defeated by the Romans and eventually led to the fall of Villitre.

"Dionia, as the most powerful kingdom in Italy, since they dared to fight against the Romans, they must have the confidence to defeat the Romans!" Coronas, the former consul of Antium, was eager to retake the occupied towns , shouted loudly: "What's more, according to the tradition of our Wolsey people, how can there be a distinguished guest who is desperately helping with work, while the host is standing by!"

As the commander-in-chief of Volsi's army, Katermuntaros finally made up his mind, called Dionia's messenger, and said: "Please go back and tell the commander of the Armintas army, all the soldiers of Volsi will be waiting for him at any time. 's sortie order!"

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Since the Dionian cavalry was mainly concentrated in the west and north of the Roman camp, the Roman reconnaissance cavalry could relatively safely scout the movements of the Dionian army in the south of the camp.

An hour later, Camelus got the news: The Dionian army has approached the Roman camp!

When he came to the sentry tower in front of the south gate of the camp again, he could already see the dust mist rising in front of him.

Camillous was not at all nervous. He looked at the soldiers who had already taken a defensive position on the wooden wall, and hoped in his heart that the light infantry and the Roman soldiers who were raising food would come back soon, so that he could There is no worries at all. Fortunately, two or three Roman squadrons have returned to the camp. It seems that he does not have to wait too long.

Standing on the sentry tower for a while, he was surprised to find that the scattered dust mist was not getting closer and closer to him, but seemed to be moving away.

Just when he was puzzled, a Roman scout rushed into the camp and reported to him: "Camilus military officer, the Dionysian army turned to the west of the camp and marched."

west? Camelus was stunned for a moment, pondered for a while, and his face changed greatly: Could it be that the Dionians want to bypass the camp and attack the soldiers outside our camp? !

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"Commander Armintas, Commander Ledes sent me to tell you that the javelin of the cavalry legion is running out, the Roman light infantry is attacking fiercely, and some cavalry have been injured, and he can no longer do his best to prevent the Romans from retreating to the camp ."

Hearing this, Amyntas' face darkened: the addition of the Roman light infantry and cavalry made it difficult for the Dionysian First Cavalry Corps to execute the plan to delay the retreat of the Romans. The combination of Roman light infantry and cavalry, in turn, posed a great threat to the scattered Dionysian cavalry, so at the suggestion of Plintos, he reluctantly let Rydes lead the cavalry to give up Block the other Roman squadrons, concentrate on blocking the three Roman squadrons that are closer to them and to the southwest. But I didn't expect that the light infantry of Rome has also arrived here.

Is his battle plan going to fail? Amyntas was unwilling, and said to the messenger of Ryders: "You go back and tell the commander of Ryders, saying 'I... ask him to persevere, the first army will arrive soon, you cavalry have worked hard After so long and paying a lot of price, you can't just give up!'"

Amyntas' request obviously moved the first cavalry's messenger, he hesitantly said: "...I will convey all your words to the Legion Commander to the Legion Commander Ryders."

After the messengers flew away, Amintas' face turned gloomy, and he shouted loudly: "Go and rush the First Army! If they can't get here immediately, they let the Romans go, and all the military law punish!……"

While Amyntas was scolding, the adjutant Aristonos suddenly had a happy face, and his hands pointed to the face, and shouted loudly: "Legion Commander, our soldiers are here!"

Amintas immediately turned his head to look back, and saw dust and mist billowing in the distance, and the sound of footsteps rumbled.

Amintas grinned immediately: "It seems that these guys won't complete the task well without scolding them hard!"