Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

Chapter 196 Attacking Gabi

The terribleness of Dionia's army made them finally realize: once Rome was completely destroyed, then Dionia would be able to completely free up his hands and concentrate on dealing with Carthage! And now the Senate is still in a quarrel, wasting precious time in vain!

So they gathered together and strongly appealed to the Senate: while the main force of Dionia is still in Latinum, they should immediately send a large army to land in Sicily, defeat Dionia's army, and completely occupy the entire Sicily, thus gaining the advantage of the entire battle. .

In the case of the excitement of the crowd, Hanno did not dare to obstruct any more. The Senate finally made a decision to "recruit troops of no less than 60,000 people in Carthage and its surrounding areas as soon as possible, and hand them over to Marco, the military commander of Carthage. lead" decision.

And Marco, who was far away in the southern part of the Iberian Peninsula, also realized the urgency of the war situation and stepped up to assemble and form new troops.

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In fact, it was not necessary for Tapirus to urge the Volsci and the Hernikis, who had already begun to act just after the Roman army had left the Tulleros Valley area.

The tribes of Herniki, who had fled into the mountains before, gathered and began to attack the Roman soldiers in the occupied territory, with the focus of their attack on the city of Forentirum. The former central town of the Herniki people was built in the mountains, which brought great difficulties to the Romans in their siege. A large number of young and middle-aged citizens were withdrawn from the allies, which led to the emptiness of the defenses of the city of Rome and its surrounding areas. Davos seized this favorable opportunity, and finally caused the entire situation in the Latium area to be reversed.

The army led by Camillous withdrew in a hurry, but considering the difficulty of capturing the city of Forentirum and the importance of its location, 2,000 Roman soldiers were left behind.

However, the Roman army had stormed the city many times before, and the battle was very fierce, resulting in the ruins of the city wall everywhere. The remaining Roman soldiers had not had time to repair it, and the attack of the Herniki people had already arrived.

They mostly used the cover of mountains and trees at night and early morning to approach the city wall, and even sneaked into the city to launch a sudden attack. As soon as the Romans assembled their troops to fight them head-on, they fled the city. The Roman army, who was not good at fighting in the mountains, followed in pursuit, and was ambushed by the Herniki.

After suffering a few losses, the Romans could only stick to the city, but the attacks of the Herniki people did not subside. Although the casualties to the Romans were not large each time, they caused a great deal of psychological damage to the Roman soldiers. Stress prevents them from getting enough rest.

After the constant defense of the Roman garrison,

The Herniki turned the focus of the attack on the Roman baggage train that transported supplies to the city of Florentine. Since the main Roman force had withdrawn from the area, there were not many troops left behind, and there were not enough troops to escort, so the baggage team was repeatedly attacked by the Herniki people, and could not reach the city of Forentirum.

Food was dwindling, weapons were not replenished, and the Roman defenders, who were constantly attacked by the Herniki people, lost their confidence in holding on without reinforcements. On the day when the Roman army was forced to disband , the Roman defenders also chose to evacuate the city of Forentirum.

After they began to retreat, the Roman soldiers discovered that it was not only the city of Forentirum that was attacked by the Herniki, but other occupied Herniki towns were also attacked to varying degrees, especially those along the The small military camp built by the river, due to its small strength and weak defense, has become a key target of the Herniki people's attacks.

The Roman army had seen several burned camps on the way to retreat, and other surviving camps and defenders from neighboring towns joined the retreating team.

The army retreated all the way to the north, finally retreating to the city of Hygonia near the Latin ally Tolerium, giving up most of the Herniki lands it had finally captured.

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However, the Volsci began to gather soldiers after the Dionysian army attacked the city of Rome, and the Roman army stationed in the southwest came to the rescue, and wanted to retake the territory occupied by the Romans, but they had a bad relationship with the Herniki people. The encounter is different. Rome has already colonized the three towns and their surrounding territories, which originally belonged to the Volsci, such as Antium, Satnicum, and Vilitre. The Roman people who have just become new residents will naturally Fully resist.

After many wars and their strength has been severely weakened, the Volsci people can only concentrate more than 6,000 soldiers, and they lack siege weapons. , after learning that the Roman army was once again stationed in Satnicum, had to retreat.

Therefore, when Volsi executives met Tapirus, they asked him for the strong support of the ally Dionia.

Tapirus made a promise to them: as long as Wolsey cooperates fully in accordance with His Majesty's plan, Dionia will help Wolsey regain all the territories.

As a result, the Volsci followed Tapirus' advice and changed their offensive strategy. They no longer attacked the territories of Antium and Satnicum, but moved the main force from the distance to Antius Astura, who was very close, retreated to Setia, waiting for an opportunity.

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Gabi, the most important Latin city-state in the eastern region of Latinum, is located about 30 miles southeast of Rome, not far from the west bank of the Ario River, a tributary of the Tiber River. Decades ago, it had been an ally of Rome and had never been betrayed, but this time its allegiance to Rome was put to the test.

Publius, as Dionysian's messenger, came to Gabi, hoping that it would break away from Rome's Latin Confederation and ally with the Kingdom of Dionia.

The Gabi Senate debated the matter for a day, and finally rejected Dionia's request and expelled Publius because of Dionia's treatment of the Roman aristocracy, which worried the Gabi nobles. City, and at the same time sent people to the west to ask Camillous for help.

Sure enough, on the second day, the army of Dionia appeared under the city of Gabi, still under the command of Plintos, and still under the jurisdiction of the Second Army, the Sixth Army, and the Lucania Reserve Army. The brigade, the Roman Reserve Brigade, the First Cavalry Corps, and an engineering team of 500 people totaled more than 30,000 people.

The Gabes closed the four gates, and all the young and middle-aged citizens in the city, armed with spears, went up to the front of the city, preparing to resist the siege of the Dionysians.

However, instead of ordering the attack immediately, Plintols ordered the soldiers to start building the camp.

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In the early morning of the next day, 12,000 Roman soldiers led by Camelus, who had received the news, rushed to Tustron.

Tustron is on the north side of Lake Albalonga, on the edge of Tustron Mountain, about 40 miles south of the city of Rome, since the city of Albalonga was destroyed by Rome, it has become Latin. The most important city in the middle of the region.

Most of the Latin city-states and tribes in the eastern, central and western parts of the Latin region also responded to the call of Camelus and sent their armies to Tustron because of the death of their lips and teeth. to twenty-one thousand.

In the Roman camp outside the city of Tustron, the Roman generals were gathered in the big tent, discussing the current war situation and the next military plan.

At this time, the Roman dictator Camillous was different from the high-spirited image when he broke ferentinum. With a servant, ready to support him at any time.

He closed his eyes and listened to the report on the enemy's situation: "The Dionysian army has been building camps for the past few days and has not attacked the city of Gabi, but they are constantly bombarding the city wall of Gabi with ballistas... The Gabi people A messenger has been sent to us again for help..."

"Lord Dictator, the Dionian army has not attacked the city for several days, but has been building a camp, and the camp is built to the west of Gabi City. This is obviously to guard against us." Mejus said in a deep voice.

"We led the army to settle in Tustron, and the momentum was too great to hide from the Dionysians. It is normal for them to take precautions. According to the report of the reconnaissance, the Dionysian army outside Gabi has some Tens of thousands, and we must also note that there are also Dionian troops in Rome—"

Before Licinius could finish his words, he heard Quintus shouting angrily: "Could it be that because there are so many Dionysians and because they don't attack the city, we won't attack, or even retreat?! Hmm! Are you afraid, Licinius?! You should not stay here, but surrender to the Dionians like those Roman commoners—"

"Enough, Quintus, pay attention to your words! The dictator reminds us again and again that we are in a predicament now, and we must unite closely in order to defeat the Dionysians and retake Rome!" Aulus reminded loudly road.

Quintus snorted and stared at Licinius, but did not speak.

Licinius simply turned around and looked outside the tent.

At this time, Camelus opened his eyes, and compared with his feeble voice, his eyes seemed to be more energetic: "I sent someone to inform the remaining Hygonia army to join us here, How are things going?"

"...They are already on their way." Lucius said in a trembling voice.

The withdrawal of the Roman soldiers who stayed behind in Sigonia meant that the victory of the previous conquest of Herniki had vanished, and the generals present felt sad when they heard this.

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