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Chapter 1124: The Great Invasion of Gaul in the Mountains

It wasn't until the Dionysian Border Legion stationed at the Etruscan border and began to curb the frequent invasions of the Senones that they realized that this new force that appeared in northern Italy was not as weak as they imagined. But they believe that this is mainly because: these invasions are organized by each tribe on their own, and the main focus is on plundering, and no manpower is specially organized to deal with the Dionian attack.

However, the fact that "the Dionians are assisting the Etruscans in defending the border" attracted the attention of the Senones. They were worried that after the Dionians and the Etruscans strengthened their alliance, It would cause trouble for their southward invasion, so they originally wanted to wait until their strength was fully restored in a few years before heading south in a big way, but now the sudden change in the situation forced them to take action in advance.Just in case, the Senones convinced the Cnomani to go south with them.

Since the scale of this invasion was greater than the previous one, the Gallic leaders were full of confidence. After more than a year of fighting, they knew that the Dionysian military camp was well-defended, but the number of people was not large, so they did not attack during the raid. Go out of their way to avoid them.

The attack went very smoothly at first, and they successively captured Florentia and Areditum, but then they encountered disaster. The main invasion forces of the Senones and Cronomani were successively defeated by Dione. The Asian reinforcements were defeated, and under their relentless pursuit, the defeated Gallic remnant army was unable to organize effective resistance at all.

However, the border regiments that had been huddled in the military camp took the initiative to attack at the right time. In the terrible situation of being intercepted in front and pursued by troops behind, the demoralized remnants of the Gallic army were either defeated, killed or captured, or fled in haste. They entered Vernorentia and Aretium, and were then surrounded by the Dionysian army. Only a part of the warriors got into the mountains and escaped.

Not long after, the Gauls in the territory south of the Po River were very panicked when they heard the news that "the Gallic army going south suffered a disastrous defeat." They were not worried that their territory would be attacked by the enemy. After all, since the Gaul In the hundreds of years since the Lu people settled here, they have always invaded others. No other race has ever dared to invade their territory. They are worried about their relatives who live and die in Etrunia, so Senones and Kenoma After the Nigerian elders gathered to discuss, they decided to ask Sarvis for help and begged him to send troops to Etruria to rescue the surrounded and captured Gaulish people.

Just as the top leaders of the three tribes were discussing, in the early morning of this day, the Veneti slaves living in Amirium City were driving a fishing boat out to sea to fish, but they suddenly saw countless huge monsters appearing on the sea in the distance. Warships, although they had occasionally seen one or two similar warships passing by the sea near Arminium City before, knowing that they were warships from the Kingdom of Dionia in the south, but this time the warship came There were so many of them, covering the entire sea surface, that they were really frightened and overwhelmed.

Heading towards the coast near La Arminium City was the Dionian First Fleet warship full of legionnaires.

Since the last war, except for the Kingdom of Dionia itself, there has been no maritime power in the Western Mediterranean. Therefore, under the instructions of King Daves, the Ministry of Military Affairs reorganized the Dionia Navy from the original The four fleets were changed to three: the 4st Fleet is mainly based in Brindisi, and the other naval base is in the port of Tarentum. It shoulders the important task of protecting the waters of Italy's east coast and south coast and monitoring the eastern Mediterranean. Its fleet Chief Sekerian;

The 2nd Fleet is mainly stationed in Lilibi and has another naval base in Catania. It shoulders the important task of protecting the Sicilian waters and monitoring the African waters. Its fleet commander is Midorades;

The 3rd Fleet is mainly stationed in Alenia and has another base in Trina. It oversees the important task of protecting the maritime security of the west coast of Italy, Corsica, and Sardinia, and guarding the remaining Western Mediterranean waters. Its fleet commander is Stefankas.

这其中以第1舰队的实力最强，共550艘战船；第2舰队稍少一些，共500艘战船；第3舰队实力最弱，战船数量150艘。这主要是根据他们所承担的任务、可能面对的敌人的强弱来进行的配置。

The reason why the number of warships in the Dionia Navy increased a lot is mainly because in the early days of the Western Mediterranean War, both Dionia and Carthage, whose navies were severely damaged, were stepping up their efforts to build warships in order to gain maritime superiority. As a result, Unexpectedly, the war ended soon. Many warships were still under construction, and they all ended up in Dionia.

However, after Carthage surrendered to the Dionian Kingdom, some Phoenician city-states also joined the Dionian Alliance one after another. As a result, the Dionian Kingdom no longer had enemies in Africa, and the reduction of the Second Fleet was already underway. Firth and the Ministry of Military Affairs are considering it.

At this moment, one Dionian warship after another quickly passed by the Veneti fishing boat, which was already shivering with fear, and leaned directly on the flat beach in front of it. It was later called "the most terrifying day for the mountain Gauls" "That's how it started...

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The day before landing in the Gallic territory, Dionia's envoys sent envoys to Liguria and Veneti one after another.

The Venetians were more interested in attacking the Gallic territory, but the ferocity of the Gauls obviously left them with horrific memories. They finally stated that as long as the Dionian army did not invade the Venetian territory, they would not Intervene in the actions of the Dionian army and provide them with some material assistance.

However, the Ligurians argued endlessly about the proposal of the Dionian envoys and could never reach a consensus: some leaders opposed Dionian's attack on Gaul because it would destroy the existing stability in northern Italy; It stated that as long as the Dionian army did not enter the Ligurian territory, they would not interfere with Dionian military operations; only a few leaders expressed their willingness to cooperate with the Dionian army to attack the Gauls, thereby occupying some fertile land... …

Regardless of the response of the two races, the Dionysian army set out by ship from Brindisi as planned. After two days and two nights of sailing, they landed on the coast near Alimium and immediately captured the unsuspecting people. The city of Alimium, followed by the rapid westward march of the army.

The defense in Senones was empty, and the terrain was extremely flat. The Dionia army was invincible along the way, capturing Boloma and Palma successively, and then the army turned around and headed north, approaching Cremona (now Cremona). Mona), at this time Senones hastily assembled about 1 young and middle-aged people to defend on the north bank of the Po River in an attempt to prevent the Dionysian army from continuing to advance northward, and at the same time attack Salvis and Croatia. Two Nomani tribes urgently requested help.

Leoticides led his army to station on the south bank and ordered all engineering battalions to speed up the construction of bridges and prepare to cross the river. At the same time, he sent troops down the river in an attempt to choose another place to cross the river.

While the Senones prevented the Dionian army from building a bridge near Cremona, they also detached troops to track the enemy's movements, and even entered the territory of the Veneti people. An incident occurred with the Veneti people. Some conflicts (the territory of the Venetians was initially the entire lower Po area, and later the land on the south bank was occupied by the Sessenones).

During the confrontation between the two sides across the river, Sarvis and Cronomani, whether out of brotherhood or out of spite, sent as many reinforcements as possible, increasing the number of Gallic warriors on the north bank of the Po River. The arrival of nearly 7 people immediately boosted the confidence of the Senones people.

At the same time, Patroclus, who had basically eliminated the remnants of the Gallic army in Etruria, led the Third Army, the No. 12 Army, and the No. 14 Army. Under the leadership of the Border Army, they passed through the Lucca Military Camp. , first marching on the seaside road, then trekking through the passes in the mountains and valleys, and finally reaching Parma, they quickly marched eastward and surrounded the undefended Gallic town east of Cremona and on the south bank of the Po River. Placentia (present-day Piacenza).

After capturing it, the engineering battalion quickly began building bridges.Since there are several river islands in the river near Piacentia, the bridge was built very quickly due to this convenience.It only took a day and a half for the bridge to be built, and Patroclus quickly led four legions across the Po River and headed straight for Mediolan, the central town of Sarvis.

After receiving the urgent report, the Gauls realized that they had been deceived and hurriedly led their troops to rescue.

Unexpectedly, when Patroclus reached a small town of Lodi (lodi) halfway, he stopped his advance and ordered the soldiers to take a full rest and wait for the battle.

When the Gallic coalition rushed to Lodi, Patroclus had already led his army in formation outside the town.

At the same time, the main force led by Leotizides also crossed the river from Piacentia and marched to the nearby area.

Two Dionian armies, one from the south and one from the north, pressed towards the Gallic coalition. The Gallic coalition was unable to advance or retreat and had to fight.

The only major battle between Dionia and Alpine Gaul on the Po River plain began hastily.

Although some nearby Gauls heard the news and joined the battle during the battle, the Gallic coalition was in a dangerous situation of being attacked from both sides from the beginning, and the number was far less than its opponents, but the Gallic coalition The warriors fought desperately and even used chariots against the Dionian army for the first time.

Nearly two hundred two-horse chariots rushed towards the main Dionian army that was slowly approaching, trying to disrupt the enemy's dense formation first, and then let the warriors brandish their swords to charge.

However, the Dionysian Ministry of Military Affairs has already studied the Gauls' tactics, and Leotizides and Patroclus have also specially trained on this. Therefore, the legion light infantry who rushed out of the array first The horses carrying the carriages were attacked from a distance, and then the heavy infantry phalanx quickly turned into a checkerboard array, widening the distance between the detachments and leaving a passage for the remaining Gallic chariots, so that even if they rushed into the formation, they would not be able to escape. Fa had a huge impact on the entire formation and was quickly eliminated.

(End of this chapter)