Chapter 57 Dionia's Counterattack

? At the same time that the Romans gave the order to retreat, the trumpet of the Volsci reinforcements also sounded.

When the Setian people in the city heard the sound of the trumpet, their confidence was greatly increased.

Since the Roman army used squadrons as tactical units, during the siege of the city, the organization of its army was not too lax, but the Roman soldiers were mostly heavy infantry and did not prepare javelins, arrows, stones... Not to mention there were many walls. There is a gap, they stand on the top of the city to defend, and they can't play a big blocking role. So the Romans hurriedly organized a team and rushed to the gap in the city wall. Before the defensive formation was arranged, Volsi reinforcements poured in from the gap in the west wall...

The Roman army, which lacked physical strength and had an irregular formation, was not able to hold back for long, and was disrupted by the vigorous Volsci warriors. They took advantage of the situation and swarmed all over the city and launched a ferocious attack on the retreating Roman soldiers.

The Romans were devastated and rushed to escape from the city of Setia.

Volsi reinforcements chased after them until the Roman soldiers fled into the barracks.

Fortunately, Camelus saw the opportunity early, and ordered the troops in the south to retreat to the camp in an orderly manner in advance. Then, when the army in the north retreated, he sent troops to intercept the pursuers, otherwise the Volsci might have rushed into the camp.

In this day's battle, the Roman army failed to siege the city, with more than 4,000 casualties. The defenders of Setia also suffered heavy casualties, and nearly 10,000 Setia residents were killed and wounded.

The Dionysian First Army was tasked with restraining the Roman camp defenders this time, and suffered almost no casualties, but the Wolsey high-level officers in the city of Bolefnum were against Amyntas and Plintos. They expressed their gratitude, because they defeated the mighty Romans again according to the strategy proposed by the Dionysians, and while celebrating the victory of the battle, they also had full confidence in the next battle plan proposed by Amyntas.

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The failure of the siege battle cast a shadow over the entire Roman camp, but Quintus' determination to capture the city of Setia did not waver, and he still insisted on launching an attack on the city of Setia the next day.

Camillous did not object to this, because he was very clear: although the Volsci won again, the strength gap between the two sides has not been greatly changed, and Setia, after today's fierce battle, is already a The losses were heavy and they were still lingering. Even if thousands of reinforcements were added, in the case of losing the advantage of city defense, facing the siege of tens of thousands of Roman troops, it was just a piece of fat in the mouth, and it could take the opportunity to reduce Volsi's siege. Number of reinforcements. Therefore, the strategy of continuing to attack and not giving the enemy a chance to breathe is the correct one.

While supporting Quintus' siege plan,

Camelus also reminded the three military and political officials: to strengthen the reconnaissance of the surrounding area, expand the scope of the reconnaissance, and prevent the occurrence of such a dangerous situation as today that "the enemy reinforcements have already arrived before their eyes are discovered".

Everyone agrees with this suggestion. But for another suggestion put forward by Camillous, "I hope military and political officers go down to each squadron to encourage soldiers and boost morale", Frius and Licinius agreed, only Quintu Sri Lanka was undecided.

The next morning, the trumpet sounded for the assembly of the Roman camp, and the well-dressed Roman soldiers came out of the camp one after another. They did not see the frustration of yesterday's defeat on their faces, but showed their excitement when they were about to go to war. Roman citizens The attitude towards fighting is evident.

Just as the soldiers were lining up, the military and political officers who were about to set off in the big tent received bad news at this time.

"Astura was attacked?!" Frius's eyes widened in surprise when he heard the news, and he interrupted the messenger angrily: "What are our scouts doing?! The Ursi bypassed us again and went to raid the rear! We didn't even know it!—"

"Frius military and political officer." The messenger reminded loudly: "It is not a Volsian, it may be a Dionian! The enemy is wearing black armor, about five or six thousand people, riding a huge The fleet, landed on the beach near Astura."

"When I was ordered to report the news, they had already started to attack the city of Astura! Four military officials, please send reinforcements to the rescue! There is only one squadron in the city of Astura, and it is impossible to resist so many enemies. Attack!" the messenger pleaded anxiously.

Camelus, Quintus, Licinius, and Frius looked at each other, their expressions extremely solemn.

Offensive at sea, landing operations... These Roman generals may have only heard of such tactics, but they have never personally experienced it. Although Rome has the port of Ostia, its warships are scarce and have never been used for battle. Rome has always been an inland city-state since its establishment until now, and it has always fought on land and has never fought against its enemies. It has carried out a landing operation, and no enemy has ever carried out a landing operation against it. After all, the previous enemy, like Rome, did not have a navy at all. Even Camillous had no such concept in his head.

Therefore, they led the army to push all the way, and drove the Volsi people to the south of the Latinum area. The occupied Volsi town in the rear was surrounded by Latin allies, and the military officials did not leave too many soldiers for defense. Because they think the rear is basically safe.

Only at this time did they realize that the enemy that Rome had just provoked was not only a powerful army, but also a powerful navy! The coastline of the Latium region is under the control of the Dionysian fleet.

The messenger's request immediately caused Camelus and Licinius' faces to change greatly, and they shouted in unison: "Antium! We must rescue Antium!"

The city of Astura has only one squadron to defend, and it is a small city, it is impossible to resist the attack of thousands of Dionian soldiers, and even if Astura is lost, it will not have much impact on the Roman army. But to the north of Astura, less than ten miles away, Antium, also a seaside town of Volscy, was of great importance to the Roman army, because this important town in the northwest of Vols had a large port , after the Roman army captured him, it was used as a transit point for the transportation of military supplies. The food and forage collected by Rome were transported through the Tiber River to the port of Ostia at the mouth of the river, and then transported to Antium by boat, and then transported to the Roman camp by land, which saved a lot of time and labor. , which facilitates the transportation of food.

Because of the importance of Antium, Camillous left four Roman squadrons here, as well as a freight transport team. But he did not expect that the enemy would attack from the sea, so the number of enemies who would attack at this point was too small. If the Dionysians captured Antium, the food supply of the Roman camp would suffer. difficulty.

After a moment of silence in the tent, Quintus finally said in a dry voice: "We should temporarily stop the siege and send troops to rescue Antium!" Quintus finally made such a decision, feeling quite uncomfortable. Because the inevitable siege was about to start, but it was suddenly interrupted.

But then Camiros surprised everyone by saying: "I think we should stop the attack on the Volsci and withdraw the army to Rome!"

The three military officers looked at him in surprise, and Camelus said solemnly: "The Dionysian fleet is powerful, they can carry Dionia's land army on any flat beach on the coastline of Ladium. Land landing, today is the attack on Antium, tomorrow may attack our Latin ally Adi, the day after tomorrow may be our important port Ostia, and even the Dionians are not satisfied with only attacking seaside towns, and It is to rush inland, attack our Latin allies and colonial cities, and destroy our villages and fields! The Dionysian army is quite strong, and our main force is here, and the city of Rome and its surrounding areas are empty!"

"But... But, Dionia is suffering from a drought, and they can't send more troops!" Frius said in a voiceless voice.

"A Dionysian army was at war with us yesterday afternoon, and today a Dionysian army appeared on the coastline dozens of miles behind us. They can't be the same army! With two Dionian armies, there may be a third Dionysian army! And we..." Camelus stared at the three of them and said in a deep voice, "Dare to risk the safety of the Roman territory and the people. Is it dangerous?!"

The three of them were tense and silent for a while.

The four military and political officials, Quintus came from a great nobleman, Camelous and Frius came from a minor nobleman, and Licinius came from a commoner. They have different living habits and political ideas, but one thing is that The same: they both love Rome and don't want to put a home that has already suffered a disaster in danger again!

Therefore, they quickly put aside their own interests and reached an agreement: Quintus and Frius led 12,000 men to rescue Antium immediately; Camerus and Licinius After leading nearly 30,000 soldiers to clean up the camp, they escorted the baggage and wounded soldiers and safely retreated to Rome.

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After Lizaru received a letter from Davos, he began to pay attention to the Volsi region not far from the Campania region.

Soon, he received another letter from Amyntas asking for his assistance.

The news of "frequent cargo ships carrying grain between Antium and Ostia" has long been seen by Campania merchants active on the west coast of Italy, and the news naturally spread to Liza soon. Lu's ears.

At his request, a piece of intelligence from the intelligence department about the general distribution of enemy and friendly forces in the Volsey area was sent to him.

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