Chapter 152 Roman Reinforcement Attacks
His words echoed the concerns of Portitus, Malujinsis and others, and also made more delusional elders uneasy, and there was a commotion in the temple.
At this moment, a soldier came in and reported that the lights in the southwest of the city were bright, and the sound of killing was loud.
"Could it be that reinforcements are coming?!" An elder's guess lifted everyone's spirits.
Everyone hurriedly walked out of the temple, and when the soldiers came down to the edge of the cliff, they saw that the dark night in the southwest was red with fire, and there were faint lights in other places surrounding the city of Rome. It should be that the torches on the entire city wall were ignited by the enemy.
"I'm afraid reinforcements are really coming!" The elders stood on the edge of the cliff, staring at the fire in the distance.
The people on the top of the mountain, led by the high priest, both excitedly and devoutly prayed to the god Jupiter.
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It was the 6,000 Roman soldiers who were attacked by Quintus and Frius. They did not prepare any other siege machinery. They only took a dozen thick logs from Prinister and went straight with their torches high. come.
Perhaps in the impression of the Roman soldiers, the Dionians had just captured the city of Rome and were looting the property and women in the city. It was when the city gates were wide open and the defense was empty, just like last year's Aiqui people, Just as the Hernikis smashed the city of Prinister, or the Celts smashed Rome and other Latin city-states ten years ago, their raids could catch the enemy by surprise.
Unexpectedly, I rushed outside the city of Rome to see: the city of Rome was quiet, the gates of Rome were closed, the city was lit with torches, and the enemy soldiers were fully armed and waiting.
The actual situation was different from what they had imagined before, and Quintus and Frius felt a little drumbeat in their hearts, but they still ordered the soldiers to make a tentative attack.
As a result, the Roman soldiers crawled across the ditch and came to the city gate with the sapwood in their arms. They suffered a lot of casualties under the long-range attack of the defenders, and then they soon found that hitting the city gate with the sakura wood had little effect. .
It turned out that when the Romans were defending the city, all the city gates were sealed with wood and stones due to lack of manpower. After the Dionysian army invaded the city, Davos only let the soldiers clear the gate of Sirio closest to the square on the south wall and the gate of Nivia in the west (mainly for the convenience of transporting supplies into the city), and other city gates. It was still blocked, which led to the failure of the Roman reinforcements to storm the city gate, and the morale was hit.
Just when Quintus and Frius were already thinking about retreating, the spies reported that they had found two gaps in the western wall.
This gave hope to the two Roman generals,
Immediately led the soldiers who wanted to save their relatives to attack the West City.
As a result, the fourth and fifth armies of Dionysus were in full force at the gap in the city wall, and there were fierce attacks by light infantry on the city wall with bows, javelins, and stones. The Roman army that rushed into the gap soon suffered heavy casualties. , but could not advance an inch, the morale that had been inspired by wanting to save the homeland quickly declined, the fatigue brought by the long journey for a day took over the whole body, and the Roman reinforcements quickly collapsed.
Davos immediately dispatched a cavalry corps to rush out of Siriomen, ready to chase down the routed soldiers and catch them all.
However, the cavalry was intercepted by the Prinister reinforcements led by Megios. Because it was night, Davos couldn't figure out how many reinforcements came from Rome. In order to prevent accidents, he ordered to stop the pursuit, causing Rome to collapse. to escape.
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The fire in the distance went out in less than half an hour, and there was no movement, obviously a failure.
The people on Capitoline Mountain were very depressed and sighed incessantly.
"People of Rome, our army is far away in Helniki, it is impossible to arrive so soon, it is just reinforcements from other gangs!..." At this time, the voice of Scipio the Great sounded, especially in the dark night. The clarity of the speech gave some relief to the disappointed people.
At this time, Portitus whispered to Marugineensis: "If... the army of Camillous cannot retake the city of Rome in a short time, and there are too many people on the mountain, only Consume food, shake the heart of the army...cough..."
It's April, and the summer has not yet entered. The night on the top of the mountain is cold and the mountain wind is strong. Old people like Portitus have stood on the edge of the cliff for half an hour because of the war. Even if they are wrapped in leather robes, they feel a little uncomfortable He couldn't stop and started to runny nose.
"... After the army of Camelous arrives, let's talk about the situation..." Marugineensis looked at the dark night, as if the dispute with Portitus in the Senate all these years did not exist, He comforted him: "No matter who attacked the city of Rome tonight, they also created opportunities for us. The people we sent should be able to escape from the city and find Camilleus, tell him the situation in the city, and let him know. They are prepared..."
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Early the next morning, the soldiers of the Dionysian First and Second Corps began to pack up their tents and clear the square.
In the morning, the people in the city of Rome, driven by the Dionian soldiers, came to the square one after another, and the square was full of heavily armed Dionian soldiers, which made them panic.
Especially the people from the slums, the scene of the battle at the gap in the city wall not far from them that they saw yesterday evening and the fiasco of the Roman reinforcements have been haunting them all the time, and today the Dionysians let them stand in the square. How can you not let them feel scared.
Nearly noon, the square was already crowded with Roman people.
At this time, the bugle rang, and a group of Dionian soldiers in gorgeous armor stepped on the stone steps and walked to the gate of the Senate, escorting a man in golden armor and a flowing feather helmet on his head. front platform.
"Is that the king of Dionia?!" The crowd in the square became restless.
The Dionian soldiers around the square immediately beat the long shield with their daggers, and roared in unison. They immediately poured a basin of cold water on the Roman people in the square, making them quiet, just looking at the high above. There was both fear and hatred in Davos' eyes.
Davos completely ignored the anger in their eyes, and said loudly: "People of Rome, I am King Davos of Dionia, the new owner of this city! I was going to take you to the foot of Capitoline Mountain. , where a Roman hero I admired died, Marcus Manlius Capitolinus, I believe you all remember this name!"
When the voice transmitter translated Davos' words into Latin and spread it throughout the audience, the crowd in the square was riotous again, and the faces of the Roman people were full of doubts. They never thought of their enemy, Dionia. The king actually talked about the well-known Marcus Manlius Capitolus as soon as he opened his mouth, so they focused more on Davos, and there was more curiosity in their eyes.
Davos stretched out four fingers forcefully, and said aloud with emotion: "Debt! Land! Slavery! Power! The four major problems you are facing, from the establishment of the city of Rome to the present, your ancestors and you have been persevering. You have fought against the nobles, even threatened to flee Rome many times, and paid the price of blood many times. But Rome has grown from a small village into a city-state with such a large territory, but your situation has not been improved. Great improvement, still living in hardships, still suffering from the bullying of nobles!
Marcus is different from other Roman nobles. He not only defended Rome with heroism, but also abandoned the arrogance and greed of the nobles and helped you civilians with all his strength. He paid the debt for more than 400 civilians among you with his own money. , for the first time in the Senate, calling out loudly for the forgiveness of your debts and the distribution of the land you have acquired...
Is he using you for some purpose of his own? ! Do not! He is for you to have a better life in the city-state! To this end, he did not hesitate to betray his origin, become one of you, and lead you to fight bravely against the evil Roman aristocracy! Remember what he said to you, 'I will not forsake any of you, and you must be careful that my fate does not forsake me. As your defender myself I have no fear, as you all see, I was once shackled and later abandoned with the help of many of you. If the enemy treats me more arrogantly, the gods will stop them, but the gods will never come down from the sky for us, and we must have your full support...'"
Having said that, Davos glared at the people in the audience and shouted sharply: "But, did you do it! No! Under the fierce counterattack of the nobles, you retreated, and you actually believed the nonsense of the Senate, Let Marcus be framed and arrested by the Senate, and watch him be pushed from the Capitoline Hill and fall to his death by the vicious Roman nobles! Don't you feel ashamed?!"
Davos's words reminded the Roman people of the past, and shame flooded their hearts, so a strange scene appeared: the Roman people bowed their heads under the questioning of King Dionia, who occupied their homeland.
Of course, although Davos ordered the army to gather Roman civilians into the square, there were inevitably some minor nobles and aristocratic diners, so they shouted angrily: "Don't listen to the enemy's rumors! Don't forget! Now, he just led the army, invaded our homeland, and killed our relatives! The Senate did nothing wrong, Marcus Manlius tried to dictatorship and split Rome, and he deserved to die! Now it seems that he still lives with The Dionysians have colluded, and he should be dug up and smashed to pieces!"
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