Chapter 58 Disputes in the Roman Senate (1)

? Therefore, Antium was an important target for his landing raid led by the Third Legion. The reason why he attacked the city of Astura first was because he needed a port to safely unload the siege equipment carried by the ship.

Before dawn, Lizaru left only 2,000 soldiers to stay in the city of Atlas, and led 6,000 soldiers to the port of Naples, taking the cargo ship that had been prepared earlier, under the escort of the Third Fleet under the command of Midorades. , and landed on the coast near the city of Astura by early morning.

More than 6,000 people attacked the small city of Astura, which was guarded by only 120 Roman soldiers, and easily occupied it.

Then, the Third Army marched north almost non-stop, and it took only half an hour to reach the city of Antium.

In the city of Antium, four Roman squadrons and the baggage team had only 700 people, but they had to defend this small town, which seemed to be insufficient.

In front of the city, Lizam fully deployed the siege array consisting of 5,500 soldiers. When the siege equipment arrived, he immediately let the soldiers carry the ladders, push the siege vehicles, and the arrow-blocking vehicles... from the south and north. , East San launched a full-scale attack on Antium City.

Just as the Roman defenders were struggling to defend, the Third Fleet led by Milladus broke into the port from the south, and 500 soldiers of the Third Legion boarded warships and forcibly landed at the dock.

This move by Lizaru was completely beyond the expectations of the Roman defenders. They had never seen such a combination of land and sea tactical play, so they did not arrange defenses in the port at all, and of course they did not have more manpower to defend. But this is a subject that the legions of Dionia Kingdom will train from time to time in the military camp, and it is extremely skilled in application.

Once ashore, the Dionian soldiers rushed south and quickly captured the nearly undefended southern wall that was connected to the port.

The Roman garrison is gone...

At dusk, when Quintus and Frius arrived with their troops, all they were left with was an empty city.

The sailors of Dionia's Third Army and Third Fleet loaded all the food and baggage stored in the city onto the cargo ships that had been prepared.

At the same time, Camillous and Licinius have led the remaining troops to dismantle the camp and begin to retreat north...

In the evening, when they heard the news of the retreat of the Roman army, the people of Polyfornum and Setia cheered their victory, and the high-level officials of the Volsci Union hosted a banquet in the city of Polyfornum to entertain Amyntas and Plintor. He and other senior officers of the Dionian First Corps thanked them for their service in rescuing Wolsey.

At the same time, they also hoped that the Dionysian army would continue to help Volsci and retake the territories occupied by the Romans.

Amyntas, who had already been criticized by Davos in his letter, learned the lesson this time, and he replied cautiously: "Dionia is very willing to assist the Volsci to retake the lost territory, but if the Romans are stationed heavily If we want to recapture the occupied town, we need more soldiers to siege the city. And now you all know the situation in the Kingdom of Dionia, because of the drought and food shortage, we cannot send more troops, so in the During this time, we can only do our best for the time being!  …”

The Wolsey understood this.

Despite such a small episode, the atmosphere of the whole banquet was still very warm, and everyone returned happily.

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The next day, the troops led by Camillous and Lycinius reached Antium.

Here, the four military and political officials had another small dispute.

Because from yesterday to today, Quintus and Frius have been receiving news from the port sentinels: the Dionysian fleet is cruising off the port, blocking the cargo ships coming to the port.

This made the two military and political officers who had never had this experience feel helpless and nervous. They stood on the southern city wall and looked out of the port. The huge fleet formed by hundreds of Dionysian battleships covered the entire offshore surface. It gave them unprecedented pressure, so they thought: Antium was too far away from Rome, and at the same time facing the threat of the Dionysian fleet, and always preventing the landing of Dionysian soldiers, this would It is really unnecessary to contain too many troops in Rome! It is better to abandon Antium and focus on defending the cities of Vilitre and Sartnicum in the east, so as to get rid of the naval threat of Dionia, and the city of Rome can also provide support at any time...

Licinius clearly objected to this. He believed that: the Senate had passed a resolution to make Antium, Vilitre and Satnicum as Roman colonies, and decided to relocate the landless civilians. In these three cities, except for part of the land that was used as Roman public land, the rest of the land was allocated to these citizens. If they gave up Antium without authorization, they would probably be criticized and criticized by Roman citizens.

Camillous also said at this moment: This matter must be approved by the Senate, and as a military and political officer, you must not make any decisions without authorization.

In the end, the matter was shelved, and the four reached an agreement: Licinius led 10,000 people to guard Antium, and the other three military officials led a large force to retreat to the city of Satnicum.

Due to the insufficient strength of the Volscy coalition, it was unable to launch an attack on these former Volscy towns that were heavily guarded by Rome, and the war between Rome and Volscy temporarily restored calm.

But in the city of Rome, it began to become restless.

The death and injury of tens of thousands of Roman civic and allied soldiers shocked the entire city. The last time such a large casualty occurred was in the battle with the Celts at the Arria River ten years ago. Ten years on, the Roman populace, accustomed to victories, was almost in mourning when the cremated remains of dead citizens were transported back to Rome.

Some relatives of the deceased scolded: the military and political officers who led the army were incompetent, and they let Rome suffer such a big defeat when they had an absolute advantage!

There are also people who know the inside story and complain loudly: You shouldn't provoke the powerful Kingdom of Dionia, or you won't make such a big sacrifice!

Of course, there are also arrogant clamors of the people: The Dionysian messenger should not have been let go in the first place, or he can use his head to pay homage to the lost soldiers at this moment! Rome should reorganize a powerful army, attack the Volsci area again, completely wipe out the Volsci and Dionysians there, and avenge the dead citizens!

Compared with the citizens of the city who were in anger and grief, the landless civilians breathed a sigh of relief when they learned that "Antium was lost and found, and the Volsci stopped attacking". After the Senate announced the resolution "to distribute to them the conquered lands of Wolsey", they eagerly awaited the implementation of this proposal.

In the Roman Senate, there was a meeting going on. Except for Licinius, who was still stationed at Antium, all the other elders were present at the meeting, listening intently to Cami. Luce, Quintus, and Frius, three military officials who had returned to Rome, told the whole process of the war.

The first story is about Camelus. He started from receiving the order of the Senate and leading the army to Tustron to suppress the rebellion. He talked about: he found that Tustron had no intention of rebelling, and he offered it on his own initiative. Hundreds of hostages, and re-signed the alliance agreement dominated by Rome. On the way back, he received the order of the Senate again to go south to support Quintus and them, and speed up the conquest of the Volscy region, so he and Frius led The army marched in a hurry and successfully raided the city of Antium, and then quickly attacked southwards and reached the city of Setia. Because of the arrival of Volsi reinforcements, they had to stop and camp and wait for Quintus and their troops. Meet the teacher. However, because he did not know the arrival of the Dionysian army, he did not withdraw the food-raising troops in time, and he did not expect that the Dionysians would attack the food-raising troops for dozens of miles. Under the attack of the Volsci and the Dionians, they suffered a crushing defeat...

Quintus recounts: He and Licinius led the army to conquer Vilitre, defeated the reinforcements of Volscy, and then went to the city of Xsatenicum, and then went south to meet the troops of Camelous, and then The city of Setia was stormed several times, and finally suffered a failure because the Volsi people passed through the swamp area, bypassed the exploration of the scouts, and suddenly appeared on the battlefield, and suffered a failure. Just when they were about to launch an attack on Setia again, Dai The Onians took ships, went around the rear of the army, and captured the defenseless Antium, due to the threat of the passage of food and the fear that Rome and the surrounding allied territories would be attacked by the landings of the Dionians. , so the army retreated.

Frius's narrative is more of a confirmation and supplement to the facts stated by the two previous military and political officials. For example, he talks about Camelus having opposed a direct attack on Setia and having another plan of action. At the same time, he also mentioned: the retreat of the army was the first proposal of Camillous...

The three of them finished telling the whole process of the war. From the very beginning, the elders were excited when they heard the successive victories, and at the end, the war situation suddenly reversed and their emotions were stunned and depressed. The discussion goes on and on.

At this time, an elder named Apuleus stood up and rebuked loudly: "The reason why our Rome failed in this war is first and foremost the responsibility of Camillous! If he hadn't rashly led the army out of the camp, In the case of the superior force, we did not defeat the Dionysians in time, which led to a disastrous defeat. Not only did we lose many heroic citizens, but it also damaged the morale of the remaining soldiers and encouraged the Volsci people's morale. The arrogance gave them the courage to resist the attack of our army in the next battle, and we suffered a defeat again... So, given the misdirection of Camelus, the huge damage caused to Rome in this war For the loss, I think the Senate should give Camillous a severe punishment, and should also consider whether he still needs to serve as a military officer."

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