ancient greece mediterranean ruler

Chapter 690 Dionia vs. Rome ([-])

Comius also participated in the battle led by Camillus to repel the Celts ten years ago. The ferocious impact of the Celtic cavalry with swords and the impact of their chariots were indeed very lethal, but these hand-held The black cavalrymen with spears are clearly not Celtic.

At this moment, he heard several screams, and then heard the soldiers shouting in panic: "Be careful with the javelin!"

Comius subconsciously raised his big shield to protect himself. He turned around and saw a soldier not far away who was stabbed in the right chest by a short javelin. He was struggling and screaming on the ground, while the black cavalry were only ten meters away from them. One handed the spear to his left hand and held the javelin in his right hand. He slowed down his horse and walked slowly around them, looking for the next opportunity to throw.

"Damn it! These enemy cavalry can throw javelins!" Comius was a little flustered. This was the first time he encountered such cavalry.

what to do?Cummins was thinking anxiously: Keep moving forward?This place is ten miles away from the camp. We have to guard against attacks from enemy cavalry and protect the pack car. You can imagine how slow its speed will be.The soldiers have been on alert for a long time, and whether they can persist physically is also a big problem!Then retreat to the village and wait for rescue?The village is not far behind the team, and it's quick to go back, but it's uncertain when reinforcements from the camp will arrive, and the enemy's cavalry is here, and there may be infantry...

Just when Comius was hesitating, the captured Volscians took advantage of the fact that the soldiers were on guard against the black cavalry and had no way of paying attention to them. They quietly untied the horses from the cart and drove them away. The defensive circle of Roman soldiers on guard, and then took advantage of the chaos to sneak out.

Several angry Roman soldiers gave chase.

"Stupid, come back!" Kang Muse yelled anxiously.

However, it's too late.

I saw several black cavalry chasing after them.

The few Roman soldiers who discovered that the situation was not good were not too panicked. They raised their shields to face the enemy cavalry and strode back.

Unexpectedly, several black cavalrymen rushed towards them from behind. They were unable to dodge and were knocked down by the horses.

At this time, the enemy cavalry in front also rushed over quickly. The shabby Roman soldiers who were hit had no time to raise their long shields. They saw the enemy on horseback lowered themselves, stretched out their spears, and used their horses to lift their shields. Quickly, the spear pierced the body covered by chain mail, and then quickly released the spear to avoid being pushed off the horse by the strong reaction force.

Seeing the miserable condition of their teammates and the skillful cooperation of the enemy cavalry, the Roman soldiers were angry and uneasy. Without the beasts of burden, it would be difficult to transport the looted supplies back. Comius finally made up his mind and gave up. The pack cars gathered the soldiers and formed a dense column. While guarding against harassment by enemy cavalry from time to time, they advanced towards the camp at a slow speed.

Such an encounter happened to every Roman squadron that set out to raise food, but some squadrons took the same measures as Comius, while others simply returned to the village and waited for rescue...

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Camillus and Frius in the camp soon continued to receive news that "the troops leaving the camp were attacked by the Dionian cavalry". Camillus no longer hesitated and immediately made the decision to "send all light troops." Infantry and cavalry, go immediately to meet the attacked food-raising troops, and repel Dionia's cavalry" decision.

Soon, the north gate of the Roman camp opened wide, and nearly 2000 light infantry and more than 800 cavalry poured out of the camp.

Initially, the light infantry in the Roman army were served by fourth- and fifth-level Roman civilians from poor families who could not afford heavy infantry equipment. However, since Camillus implemented military restructuring, Carthaginians With great assistance, Roman civilians could also serve as heavy infantry, but their equipment was uniformly provided by the Senate and returned after the war.As a result, the light infantry in the Roman army was mainly provided by Rome's other allies.

At this time, these light infantry and Roman cavalry spent a lot of time outside the camp before they were divided into more than a dozen groups. Under the leadership of the scout cavalry, they rushed towards their respective goals.

Camillus in the big tent received another surprising news: seven or eight thousand Dionian soldiers were marching quickly towards the Roman camp!
Frius looked at Camillus in surprise: "The Dionians just arrived and they want to attack our camp?!"

Camillos thought solemnly for a while and then issued an order: "Send a scout to go south to explore the movements in Setia and Polevernam. Once you find an army coming out, report back immediately!"

Camillus did not believe that the Dionians dared to attack his camp with only 8000 or [-] people, so he wanted to closely monitor the movements of the Volscians. At the same time, he did not dare to take it lightly and began to mobilize soldiers to prepare to defend the camp.

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At this time, in the city of Polevenam, its consul Catamontaros received the news from the messenger of the First Legion of Dionia. He was surprised and said: "The First Legion of Dionia is preparing to Attack those abominable marauding troops of Rome in order to lure the main Roman army out of camp in an attempt to engage in battle with them, and require our cooperation!"

"These Dionians are really impatient. They didn't understand the situation when they arrived, and they wanted to fight the Romans." The reinforcement general of Oronchi said in a strange tone.

"At least this shows that the Dionysians are sincere in helping us Volscians!" The words of Tulus, the consul of Selshe, made both Oronchi and the West Dissini reinforcements a little embarrassed. They led their troops to Wolsey was almost half a month old and had not yet fought a battle against the Romans.

"But... the Roman army is very powerful! Once our army breaks away from the protection of the city wall and fights the Romans in the wild, if... it fails, our Volscians will be in danger!" Teresina was in power! Guanzis said with a worried look on his face. He had led the reinforcements to rescue Vilitre before, but was defeated by the Romans, which eventually led to the fall of Vilitre.

"Dionia is the most powerful kingdom in Italy. Since they dare to propose a battle with the Romans, they must be confident of defeating the Romans!" Coronnas, the former consul of Antium, was eager to take back the occupied towns. , loudly shouted: "What's more, according to our Volscian tradition, how can any distinguished guest work desperately to help while the host stands idly by?"

As the commander-in-chief of the Volscian army, Catamontaros finally made up his mind and called Dionia's messenger, saying: "Please go back and tell the commander of the Amyntas Army that all the Volscian soldiers will be waiting for him at any time. Order to attack!"

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Since the Dionian cavalry was mainly concentrated to the west and north of the Roman camp, the Roman reconnaissance cavalry could relatively safely detect the movements of the Dionian army in the south of the camp.

An hour later, Camillus received news: The Dionian army had approached the Roman camp!
When he came to the guard tower in front of the south gate of the camp again, he could already see the dust mist rising in front of him.

Camillus was not nervous at all. He looked at the soldiers who had already set up defensive positions on the wooden wall, hoping in his heart that the light infantry and the Roman soldiers sent out to collect food would come back soon, so that he could There was no need to worry at all. Fortunately, two or three Roman squadrons had already returned to the camp, and it seemed that he would not have to wait too long.

After standing on the guard tower for a while, he suddenly discovered that the diffuse dust mist was not getting closer to him, but seemed to be moving away.

Just when he was confused, a Roman scout rushed into the camp and reported to him: "Camillus Military Officer, the Dionysian army turned to the west of the camp."

west?Camillus was stunned, pondered for a moment, and his expression suddenly changed: Do the Dionians want to bypass the camp and attack the human soldiers outside our camp? !

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"Commander Amyntas, Commander Ledes sent me to tell you that the javelins of the cavalry legion have almost been used up. The Roman light infantry has attacked fiercely and some cavalry have been injured. He can no longer do his best to prevent the Romans from retreating to the camp. ."

Hearing this, Amyntas's face darkened: due to the previous addition of Roman light infantry and cavalry, it became difficult for the Dionysian First Cavalry Legion to implement its plan to delay the Romans' retreat.The combination of Roman light infantry and cavalry in turn posed a great threat to the scattered Dionian cavalry, so at the suggestion of Printors, he reluctantly let Ledes lead the cavalry to give up Block other Roman squadrons, focusing on blocking the three Roman squadrons closer to them and to the southwest.But I didn't expect that the Roman light infantry would also arrive here.

Is his battle plan about to fail?Armintas was unwilling and said to Ledes' messenger: "Go back and tell the commander of Ledes's army, 'I...ask him to persist. The first army will arrive soon. You cavalry have worked hard." I've been working for so long and paid a lot of price, so I can't just give up!'"

Amintas's request obviously moved the messenger of the First Cavalry, he said hesitantly: "...I will pass on all your words, Commander, to the Commander of the Lades Army."

After the messengers galloped away, Amyntas's face turned completely gloomy, and he cursed loudly: "Hurry up and urge the First Legion again! If they can't get here immediately, let the Romans escape, and all military law will punish!……"

While Amyntas was scolding, the adjutant Aristonus suddenly looked happy, pointed at the face with his hands, and shouted loudly: "Legion Commander, our soldiers are here!"

Amyntas immediately turned his head and looked back, only to see dust and mist rolling in the distance, and the sound of footsteps rumbling.

Amyntas immediately grinned: "It seems that these guys are not willing to complete their mission well without scolding them hard!"

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