Chapter 198 4 Sides Encircled

Suddenly, the adjutant hurried into the big tent: "Lord Dictator, Labicum has sent a messenger to say that thousands of Volsci have broken into their territory, and I hope we can send reinforcements to drive them away. !"

"How could the Volsi people be there?!" Quintus and Lucius shouted almost in unison.

No wonder they were puzzled. The Rabbi Kum was located not far to the east of Tustron, while the Volsci were far to the southwest of the Latinum region. There were many Latin city-states in the middle. How could they suddenly appear? it's here? !

After fighting in the Latium area for decades, Camelus, who had completely imprinted the topography and topography of this land in his mind, was also thinking about it, and he said somewhat uncertainly: "Prinister? Linister?!..."

Hearing Camelus' words, Lucius said somewhat reluctantly: "Father, this is unlikely!"

"Even our colonial city can betray us, why can't it be possible!" Quintus shouted angrily: "Before, Prinister launched a rebellion with Helniki and Volsi, and we executed it. Many of the Prinisters who participated in the rebellion, there was a proposal in the Senate that 'after the Volsci people are conquered, Prinister will be completely transformed into our colony'. And this time, Prinister did not send Reinforcements come and join us!"

"That's because Prinister has few people, and we still need it to have enough troops to guard against the Herniki people in the Tulleros Valley!" Lucius immediately retorted.

"Stop arguing! The situation is urgent now! Quintus, you immediately lead the army returning from Sigonia, rush to Gabi, assist Titus, and block the Volsi people rushing from Rabbi Kum! At the moment when the two quarreled, Camelus' complexion changed, and he shouted with all his strength: "Ensure that our army can retreat smoothly! ... Cough, cough..."

Quintus was stunned for a moment, and then replied forcefully: "Yes, Lord Dictator!"

At the moment when he got the news, he was thinking about how the Volsci might be there, but he forgot that the reason why the Volsci were there was most likely to go to Titus and their army. , the Dionians want to encircle the Roman coalition that went to rescue Gabi! ... Thinking of this, Quintus walked out of the tent with a look of anxiety.

Lucius saw that Camelus, who was lying on the wooden chair, looked even worse, his hands were trembling, he hurriedly pressed his body, and comforted: "Father, Titus is so shrewd, he will definitely Bring the troops back smoothly!"

"...This is a conspiracy that Dionia had planned long ago! The Volsci did not retreat to Setia at all... They crossed the Lepiny Mountains eastward... Hiding in the valley of the Tulleros... Today is the day we've been waiting for!  … We only pay attention to the city of Rome,

And trusting the allies too much... ignoring the defense against the south... It's all my fault! "

The murmured self-blame of Camillous made Lucius equally worried, but he didn't know how to comfort his old father, but just held his arm tightly to express his support and encouragement to him.

"Lucius... I hope that Jupiter will bless us and let us return to Satnecum!..." There was hope in Camelus' old voice, but there were a few more traces in his eyes. Worrying: "...I hope the elders and people in Rome can stick to the Capitoline Hill as they did back then!"

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Titus was astonished to hear that six or seven thousand Volsi and Herniki warriors were coming from the south.

He didn't have time to think about why the enemy was there like Camillous, but immediately gave the order: "Mejus, you immediately withdraw the army that attacked the enemy camp!"

"Pass Jinbing, immediately go and tell our allied troops that more than 20,000 Dionysian troops have come out of the city of Rome and are attacking us from the north! There are more than 7,000 soldiers from Volsi and Heniki. Attack us from the south! We must retreat west immediately or we will be surrounded by them!"

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"Commander, the enemy is retreating across the board!" The adjutant standing on the watchtower to observe the battle situation loudly reminded.

"It must be the army led by Your Majesty, and the reinforcements of Volsi Heniki attacking the enemy." Printols nodded and said, "Blow the bugle and let the soldiers attack the retreating enemy. !"

"Yes!" The adjutant shouted excitedly towards the downstairs: "Blow off the offensive horn! Offensive horn!"

"Wow!..."

At the same time as the bugle sounded, the Dionian soldiers, who had long been unable to hold back, rushed out of the camp under the command of the team officers.

Sextus also commanded the Roman reserve soldiers in the pursuit.

Although Printoles opened the camp gate on the west side of the camp in advance, it took time for the troops to rush out of the camp, and the Roman coalition forces who had been prepared for a long time retreated quickly, and they attacked Dionia in a blink of an eye. The soldiers opened a distance of more than 100 meters.

However, the Volsci coalition army, which was charging from the southwest, was even faster. Under these soldiers, most of whom were regarded as light armoured soldiers, they were running wildly. The southwest of the Roman army became the west, which would likely block the way of the Roman army.

"Immediately inform Licinius, let him lead the allied army, block the Volsci for me, and protect the Roman army from retreating!" Titus was a little anxious, but fortunately, when he was lining up to attack the camp, he sent the allies' troops to retreat. The army was arranged on the right flank. It was originally envisaged that when the Dionysian army of Rome came out, it would be convenient for the entire coalition to retreat to the south (the Latin city-states are all in the south), but now they can be used to block the enemy. It will cause heavy losses to the allied troops, and he can't care about it.

He shouted hoarsely: "Order the entire army to speed up the retreat!"

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Licinius led about 10,000 Latin Confederate soldiers, broke away from the main force, and rushed straight to the southwest.

When he learned from the scout that "the enemy is still more than a mile away", Licinius began to line up.

He placed the heavy infantry of the Allies in the front of the battle, and the light infantry in the rear. Titus hoped that he could block the incoming enemy, and he hoped to quickly defeat the enemy in front of him, opening the way for the entire army to retreat south.

However, he didn't have time to wait for the generals of the allies to command the soldiers to form a phalanx. At this time, the soldiers of the Volsi Heniki coalition were less than 500 meters apart, and they took a very loose formation. Therefore, the formation can be deployed relatively smoothly while advancing.

Licinius sent the messengers to urge again and again, and the Latin allied soldiers hurriedly assembled the formation.

With resentment against the Romans, the Voch Allied soldiers had already charged to the front, and immediately bumped the Latin Allied formation into unevenness.

Licinius hurriedly ordered to continue to sound the horn of attack, hoping to inspire the Allied soldiers to block the enemy's charge and wait for an opportunity to counterattack.

The shields and spears of the two sides intersected, and the sound of killing shook the sky, stirring up dust and sand.

Under the desperate and ferocious attacks of the Volsi and Helniki warriors, the ill-prepared coalition soldiers retreated slowly.

Licinius was not in a hurry. He knew that the impact of the enemy from the long-distance attack could not last. When the front was stabilized, the heavy infantry could exert their power.

However, in the midst of the fighting, he heard a panicked shout from the right wing of the array: "We are defeated, run away!!!"

"Run for your life, we are about to be surrounded!!!"

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"What happened?!" Licinius became nervous and immediately sent guards to the right wing to check.

At this time, the Roman general who was in charge of commanding the right flank had already sent a messenger, and he shouted in panic: "General Licinius, more than 400 Bonnets suddenly collapsed after receiving the enemy, and also deliberately shouted, shaking Military heart, now the entire right wing is in chaos and out of control!"

"What?! Damn blogger!" Licinius was dumbfounded when he heard the bad news.

It turned out that after listening carefully to Publius's detailed introduction to the Latin city-states, Davos secretly had a rough plan in his heart. Prinister, who persuaded him to surrender, turned out to be the first to reach a secret alliance with Dionia.

Then, Publius turned the goal of persuading to surrender to Bo.

This small Latin city located to the west of Prinister and less than a mile away from the city has been breached by the Prinister Rebellion, the Wolsey, Helniki, and the Equus combined attack. Camelus led the army to rescue and survived. Logically it should be grateful and loyal to Rome.

But Publius thinks this is not the case. Since that time the city was broken and looted, the Bonnets seem to be full of fear of the Heniki, Worcey and other races to the south, whether it is Rome's attack on Worcey , or attacking Herniki, it has been very active in expressing support, and has provided a large number of materials and personnel. Now, the city of Rome has fallen, and the Romans have retreated to the west of the Latin region.

Therefore, when Publius hinted that the Bonnets "Prinister has surrendered", and made a guarantee that "Dionia will completely guarantee the security of Bonnet's territory", Bonnet became the second The Latin city-states allied with Dionia.

When Gabi City rejected Dionia's persuasion to surrender, Davos's plan that was brewing in advance had already taken shape, and the Voch coalition was actually quietly stationed between Prinister and Bonnet.