Chapter 134 Storming the City of Rome (6)

At this moment, Davos stared at his son's back and walked out of the tent with worried eyes. He stood there for a while, but when he turned back, he saw some young staff officers showing envious expressions. He changed his mind and smiled immediately. Said: "Who else wants to go to battle?"

"I!"

"I!"

"And I!"

Several young people hurriedly said.

Davos waved his hand: "Go quickly, have a good fight!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" These young staff officers rushed out of the big tent happily.

Davos smiled and said encouragingly to the staff members who were still in the account: "These little guys, they are too young to understand that this is the head of our entire army, and our efforts will determine the success or failure of the entire battle! So, lads, for this win, let's get to work!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Davos temporarily calmed the restless hearts of the staff officers.

"Your name is Cronisus, a native of Amendolara, from the First Legion?" Davos pointed to one of the young men and said.

"Yes, Your Majesty, your memory is really good!" The young man was pleasantly surprised.

"You are responsible for receiving the battle report and enemy situation for me, and reporting to me in a timely and accurate manner!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

"Your name is Ilythesus, from Castellon, from the Second Legion, right?"

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

"You are in charge of marking the map."

"Yes!"

"Your name is Asinarus, Crotone, from the Fourth Legion?"

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

"You are responsible for recording and communicating my orders."

"OK!"

"And you...you...you..." Davos called out the names of several other staff officers accurately, and seeing how flattered they all looked, he said with a smile: "You are responsible for recording and analyzing the battle situation,

If you find anything unusual or have any suggestions, feel free to ask me! "

"Yes, Your Majesty!!"

The staff, stirred up by the departure of Tormide and Clotokatax, resumed their intense and meticulous military work, even more earnestly than before.

Davos looked at them busy, and his mood fluctuated a little.

At this time, Henipolis, who did not know when to go out, walked into the tent again, came to Davos, and whispered: "Martius sent 30 palace guards to protect Cloto's safety."

Davos glanced at him, his heart was completely calm, he tapped the map lightly with his hand, and then said loudly: Asinarus, you immediately ask the messengers to inform the engineering battalion and the baggage battalion in this large battalion ...Wait for all the auxiliary personnel, and immediately transfer to the back line of the Second Corps to stand by! "

"Yes!" Asinarus hurried to the outside of the tent.

Although Davos boldly dispatched the four brigades stationed in the main camp to participate in the battle, it was indeed an adventure. There were only two brigades left to guard the main camp. This transfer order issued by Davos is for the sake of insurance, especially those engineers and skilled craftsmen whom he treasures cannot suffer any harm.

Then, Davos gave another order: "Iritheus, check the latest news about Epithenes, confirm his position again, and then calculate his current approximate position based on his marching speed. "

"Yes!"

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Thormed felt a bit of a headache when he came out of the tent. Of course, it wasn't because he was about to command an army of nearly 10,000 people. Although he had never had the experience of commanding an army of more than 1,000 people before, he was after all. He has rich experience in the military career for decades, and since he joined Dionysian and entered the staff of the Ministry of Military Affairs, he has been striving to improve himself: in-depth understanding of Dionysian's past wars, familiarity and thorough understanding of Dionysian The military system and tactical tactics of the runner-up, and the further efforts to envisage future military reform and development... Thormed admits that he is not as talented as Printols in military talent, but he thinks he is also worthy of the position of staff officer. .

What he is worried about is Clotokatax, who is next to him. Although Davos did not say "let him take care of his son", if the well-recognized prince who will inherit the throne of Davos in the future is allowed to experience the experience Dangerous, injured, or... He didn't think he would have a better life in Dionia in the future.

By the time 30 palace guards arrived at Clotokatax, Thormid had already made up his mind, and he said with a serious expression: "His Royal Highness, this time to intercept the enemy is related to the success or failure of our entire battle. , It is related to the life and death of the entire army, so it is very important! You are not a member of other battalions, you have not trained with them, and you have no tacit understanding of battle, so I will not rank you in the front of the army, but in In the rear, once the front row can't resist the enemy's attack, or the enemy bypasses the flank, I will let you lead the palace guards to block their attack and buy time for the other troops!"

Although Krotokatax is very young, he has been taught by Davos for a long time. He is not arrogant, and he knows that his sudden joining makes Tormid a little worried, and Tormed also makes sense. , so he immediately nodded in response: "Yes, Commander!"

Thormid had less contact with Clotokatax in the past and didn't know much about him. Seeing that this young man was so reasonable, he was relieved, and at the same time, his affection for His Royal Highness increased greatly.

The group went straight out of the northwest gate of the camp, and soon there was the sound of "rumbling" horse hooves... After the two cavalry corps received the order, they had already rushed over.

"Thor... Your Excellency Commander, the First (Second) Cavalry Corps has been ordered to arrive!"

Thormid looked at Ryders, who often joked and laughed together, and glanced at Kutchus beside him. At this time, he had no intention of joking, but said with a serious expression: "Two legion commanders, A reinforcement force of 8,000 people from Rome is coming from the west. Your Majesty asked us to go to block it. We must not let the enemy disrupt our siege plan! Please organize your troops first, and then set off together when the other troops arrive. ."

The two legion commanders responded in a row, although they both saw Clotokatax who was beside Tormide, and were surprised, they did not ask, but turned around and ordered the officers to gather and gather the cavalry.

After a while, four infantry battalions arrived one after another.

When Clotokatax saw that there was actually a commander of Adoris among the captains who came to report, he couldn't help but rejoice in his heart: I heard my father say "the father and son soldier" before. Big brother fight together!

But on such an occasion, it was of course impossible for Krotokatax to look for Adoris again.

After the team gathered, Thormed immediately led the team to set off. It didn't take long for them to arrive due west of the southwest corner of the Roman city wall, and the two garrison battalions of the Fourth Legion, notified by the messenger, also arrived quickly. Now Thor There were six infantry brigades in the army led by Meade, four of which were heavy infantry brigades and two light armoured brigades. After all, light armoured troops were weak in defense and suffered from frontal attacks, so several army commanders let light armoured brigades Stay in camp.

Knowing that the enemy was still a mile away from the scout, Thormid breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, Dionysian's central army camp occupied a large area, and the Romans took a detour from the outside. It was a late departure, but it was still ahead.

Immediately, Thormed began to set up the army: he placed a battalion of heavy infantry from each of the Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Corps at the front of the line on the left, center and right, and the fourth and sixth armies. The other brigade is located in the rear row, the brigade of the 2nd Corps is in the rear row of the center, and the 1st and 2nd cavalry corps are located on the left and right flanks. The length of the entire center formation will be lengthened or shortened according to the enemy's formation. .

Tormide arranged a simple formation, but for such a hastily assembled army of 10,000 people, the simpler the formation, the better it would be for them to fight.

Under the command of the officers, the infantry and cavalry quickly began to form the formation. Crotokatax and the palace guards happened to be in the last row of the brigade of the Second Army. During the formation, he saw Adoris. , Adoris was also surprised that his younger brother appeared here, but the two brothers only exchanged their eyes for a moment, and quickly followed the instructions and went to the position where they should stand.

As soon as Dionia's army was formed, he saw that the Roman army had appeared in the distance. Thormid did not wait for the Roman army to come, but directly ordered the entire army to advance.

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Yesterday, Paulus and Megios led the army all the way eastward, passing through Satnicum and Vilitre, and entered the Alba Lake area at dusk. Only then did the advance stop and the army was stationed, while spies reconnaissance. The case of the Dionians, while Mejus led people to visit all the villages and towns in the area overnight, hoping that the Latin compatriots in this area could support them, fight the invaders, and rescue Rome.

The next day, a lot of Latin warriors came to the Alba region one after another. According to Paulus and the others, there were 3,000 soldiers. This is indeed the first Latin region conquered by Rome, and it has the closest relationship with Rome. This is also the best effort the Latins of Alba can do.

The Roman reinforcements, which had grown to more than 8,000, divided the two generals.

Paulus thought: According to various information, the Dionians were already attacking the city with all their strength, and Rome was in danger. They should take advantage of the Dionians to throw most of their soldiers into the siege, but When the city is not broken, launching a fierce attack on the Dionians from behind will surely defeat the enemy's offensive and save Rome!