Chapter 123 Siege Layout (2)

"Your Majesty, our mountain reconnaissance team has been doing the hardest training for the past ten years, just for this day! Don't worry, even if it rains heavily and the river swells, we will definitely succeed!" Izam finally showed his true colors. , said proudly.

"Very well, this is the Izam I know!" Davos laughed: "When the operation is successful, don't forget to send someone to notify me immediately."

"Yes!"

At this time, Davos looked around the commanders of the legions and asked, "After seeing the city of Rome, what do you all think?"

"Your Majesty, the city wall of Rome is ugly, but after walking down this circle, I feel that its length is not short, and the area of ​​the city is also larger..." Olivers said here, Davos added: "According to the information obtained now It shows that the walls of Rome are about 14 miles long, it is called the city of seven hills, and there are seven low hills in the city, so its actual urban area is larger than we feel."

"In order to conquer Helniki, the Romans took all their young and middle-aged citizens to go out to fight. Now there should be not many Roman soldiers in this city who can fight, and to defend such a long city wall, they will be even more understrength. The flaws are exposed…”

Olivers said, Matonis interjected: "I walked all the way just now, and I have noticed that the quality of the soldiers in the city is not good. Ryders, can you send a cavalry to test it?"

Seeing that Davos nodded and acquiesced, Ryders immediately dispatched a cavalry squad. When they quickly approached within 50 meters of the city wall, there was a commotion among the soldiers on the city head, and javelins and arrows were soon shot down. , but the fast-moving cavalry squad left the attacked area in an instant.

It was impossible for cavalry to attack the city, not to mention that there would be no threat to the city wall at this point. Roman soldiers could deal with it calmly, and there was no need to attack in such a hurry and waste javelin arrows. The army commanders with rich combat experience looked at them with a relaxed smile on their faces.

"Your Majesty, the reason why you let several of our legions attack all the walls of Rome at the same time, instead of concentrating your forces and focusing on attacking one or two places, is to make the Romans have to recruit them temporarily, and the combat effectiveness is not strong. The soldiers spread out, making their defenses even weaker, and we can break through the city of Rome faster and easier!" After Matonis finished speaking, he glanced at Olivers proudly.

Olivers scolded secretly, Matonis's words were exactly what he wanted to say just now, but he hadn't finished.

"However, when we are going all out to attack the city of Rome tomorrow, the Roman colonial city and allies who have received the news will definitely send reinforcements!" Giorgris reminded slightly worried: "Especially when Rome attacked the Herniki people. The great army and the Roman army in the west, which we just defeated yesterday, if they arrive while we are attacking the city—"

"yesterday,

The Roman army in the west suffered heavy losses. The pursuit of the first and second cavalry regiments caught a lot of their rout soldiers. The soldiers of our legion were ordered to cut down the hands and feet of the captured Romans. According to rough statistics, there were more than 3,000 people. This does not include the Romans who were killed and wounded in battle and in flight, so it is unlikely that they will be any more dangerous to us for a while. "Lizaru said with certainty: "As for the Roman army in the northeast—"

"Their troops are indeed huge, but according to previous information, their camp is more than 100 miles away from here, and the road is uneven. The normal march takes at least three or four days. By then we have already occupied the city of Rome!" Trotiras exclaimed.

"Don't underestimate the enemy!" Davos solemnly reminded: "The Roman dictator Camillous is not a simple character. He has participated in countless battles, has rich combat experience, and has also commanded many battles. Suffered a defeat—" Having said that, he saw Amyntas pouted, but soon became frowning again, obviously thinking of the last fight with Camelous, which made the First Army suffered great losses.

"Therefore, we can't judge the army led by Camiros in the usual way... for two days!" Davos pondered for a while, stretched out two fingers, and said with a serious expression: "We must return the Roman army. For the time being, it is judged that Camelus and his army will return in two days, so you only have one day to attack the city, and you must attack the city of Rome tomorrow!" The last sentence, Davos said forcefully. .

The legion commanders felt the pressure when they heard this.

"The reconnaissance cavalry squads and mountain reconnaissance squads of each legion are temporarily under my direct command. I will send them out to investigate the movements around Rome throughout the day. If there is any abnormality, report to me at any time. The first cavalry regiment, the second cavalry regiment The cavalry of the legion stayed in the camp, recharged their batteries, recovered their horsepower, and was ready to attack at any time. And you—" Davos stared at Amyntas, Matonis, Lizaru, and Olivers in front of him , Georgris, Trotiras, the six legion commanders, said in a deep voice: "Go back quickly, command your legionnaires, and build your camp as soon as possible according to the position just specified. This camp must not only be able to allow soldiers Let's rest in peace and ensure that we have a certain defense capability. At the same time, make careful preparations for tomorrow's siege. Each of you is responsible for attacking a section of the city wall. I will take a good look at who will break through Rome's defense tomorrow. Invade the city!"

When the legion commanders heard this, they looked at each other with a sense of competition in their hearts.

"But you should also pay attention, don't patronize the attack, and let the soldiers suffer too many casualties, because the capture of Rome is just the beginning, and the real battle is still to come!"

Davos's last words alerted the legionnaires, and then they hurried back to their legion, while Davos led the palace guard and two cavalry legions and walked back slowly.

Davos looked at the sky and asked, "Has Epithenes already led the team off?"

"According to the plan, he should set off this morning, and he should be on his way now." Tormead replied.

Davos thought of another question, and he said with a little expectation: "I hope the Volsci and the Helniki people can help us buy more time according to the plan."

At this moment, Thormid faintly felt that the commander of Dionia, who had always been invincible and had a steady command, seemed to be a little nervous. He didn't know what to say for a while, so he kept silent.

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When Milucius set off this morning, his mood was a little heavy. Although he was not a senator, he was unable to participate in the Senate meeting yesterday, but his father when he returned home told him about it, and the two had a small dispute. , Admiring Camillous, he was dissatisfied with his uncle Malugineensis, who took advantage of the dictator's expedition and directed other elders to make small moves behind the scenes, but he still took over the task assigned by the Senate, because He felt that it would be far less restraining Camelus to carry out the order himself than to let others.

However, not long after he set off, he received a new order from the Senate. Although the original order that made him dissatisfied has been cancelled, at this moment he is not at all happy, and his heart is full of shock: Dionia's army Marching to Rome! I heard that the Dionian army landed on the coast last night, and they are already attacking the city of Rome today? !

The speed of Dionia's army was completely beyond Meliusius' expectations, and the sense of crisis forced him to speed up his advance again and again.

Past Prinister, past Sagnia, and though the road ahead was getting rougher and rougher, Muliusius tried not to slow down.

At this time, a horse came running ahead, and the rider hugged the horse's neck tightly. When he saw them, he did not avoid them, but bumped into them head-on.

The soldiers with the team rushed up to intercept them, and the frightened horses left one person behind. Because this person was wearing Roman costumes and had a javelin stuck in his back, he was seriously injured, and Muliusius had to go forward to check.

The man woke up in a groan, saw Muliusius, and immediately said: I am... I am Corius, the slave of Lord Potitus... Ahead... There is an ambush of the Hernikians... ...we were attacked...be careful..."

Without thinking about it, Meliusius knew why the slaves of Portitus appeared here, and he hurriedly asked, "How many enemies are there?"

"At least seventy or eighty people..."

"There are so many people?!" Milucius was taken aback, looked back at the ten soldiers who followed him, and felt a little embarrassed: Are you continuing to push forward? Or turn around and go back to the rescue?

After just thinking for a while, he made a decision: turn around and go to Sigonia immediately!

It's not that he is greedy for life and fear of death, but that he thinks that his mission is related to the survival of the city of Rome and cannot be neglected.

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In fact, when the various legions of Dionia arrived outside Rome, they had already rushed to the area where their legions should be located according to the plan negotiated last night. The engineers of each legion have initially established the construction plan of the entire camp according to the plan established by Davos last night and compared with the drawings of the city of Rome, and now they need to go to the field to revise and confirm the plan.

Soon, the new camp construction plan came out.

So, they took the engineering battalions of the legions to measure and mark the land outside the city of Rome according to this camp plan: Where did the trenches start to be dug? How deep are you going to dig? Where is the earthen fortress built? How high does it need to be? The location of the camp gate? The location of the outpost? ... Of course, there are special regulations for the construction of the Dionysian field camp. After many trials and revisions in battle, there will not be much changes. The soldiers have already gone through countless military trainings, and they are already familiar with it. , so when the regiment commander came back and assigned the task of stationing to the lower-level officer, the soldiers worked in full swing.