ancient greece mediterranean ruler

Chapter 724 Romans and Samnites in Action

After some competition, Capps transferred him to the munitions department as the adjutant of the munitions department. In recent years, he has undertaken a lot of work and relieved Capps a lot of burden.Since taking on the role of Acting Quartermaster, Alps has performed steadily as usual without any mistakes, which completely reassured Davos.

At this time, Davos comforted him and said: "Don't worry, the food problem will be greatly improved soon. The Thurii merchants organized by Sostatus and the senator organized by Alcibiadas Lijim merchants have purchased a large amount of grain in the Uk Star Sea and Egypt, which will arrive soon. In addition, the second batch of grain provided by the Egyptian Pharaoh will also arrive soon, and these grains will be used as military supplies. .”

"That's great!" Alps finally smiled.

"What do you think about Rome's attack on the Hernicians?" Davos turned to look at Military Minister Hilos.

Hilos looked at Hieronymus, Felicius, and Alpens, and said solemnly: "Your Majesty, our Military Affairs Department has discussed that Rome is an enemy, but this time, they changed their attack. It is indeed a good strategy to shrink the defense line on the side near the sea and attack the Helnicians inland with all their strength. It makes our Third Fleet unable to play its role. At the same time, the Romans are still a few There are a lot of soldiers stationed in this town, which prevents the coalition forces of us and the Volscians from attacking it, because that will cause more casualties to the coalition forces that are already small in strength. In this way, Rome People can attack the weak Herniki with all their strength. Even with the rescue of the Volscians, we think they will not be able to withstand the Roman attack. Unless the Aequi and Masi people rescue with all their strength, the Herniki will The Ki people were in danger. Therefore, Amyntas wrote to ask for reinforcements."

"Your Majesty, we have just initialed an alliance agreement with the Herniki people." Felicius interjected.

Davos nodded, looking at the area on the map where the Herniki people lived, and said nothing for a while.

The others also remained quiet, waiting for Davos to make a decision.

At this time, the herald Aristelas hurriedly opened the door and walked into the conference room: "Your Majesty, a battle report from the Latium area."

Davos took it and looked at it, his eyelids twitched immediately, and he handed the papyrus roll to Heros next to him.

Hilos hurriedly took it, and after reading it, he was shocked: "More than 1 coalition forces organized by the Aequi and Masi attacked the Latin city-state of Bolae, hoping to attract reinforcements from the Roman army that attacked Herniki. , as a result, they were attacked by more than 2 Roman troops who quickly set off from the city of Rome, and suffered a disastrous defeat!"

"How could the Romans have more than 2 more troops?!" Others present were also shocked when they heard this.

Aristelas replied calmly: "It is estimated that they may be troops from the Roman colonial cities and Etruscan allies north of the Tiber River."

"It seems that the Romans had a premeditated plan this time!" Davos sighed and said: "Camillus's trick of luring the enemy to the bait was used well."

Everyone else here is a veteran who has been fighting for a long time, and understands what Davos means: Camillus put the Roman army on the front line, and the rear deliberately defended empty. In fact, he had already hidden the army in the city of Rome. The Masi allied forces did not dare to confront the Roman army because of their small strength, so they resorted to a sneak attack in the rear in an attempt to force the Roman army to return to help, but they were raided by the well-prepared Romans. After all, Rome is only 50 kilometers away from the city of Bonnet. Just a few miles away.

Felicius leaned down in front of the map again, observed it carefully, and knit his eyebrows together: "Your Majesty, after this fiasco, the Equi and Masi people may no longer be able to rescue Helnicki. People, the Romans can attack them boldly with confidence, here——"

Felicius pointed to the Roman army's camp and said in a deep voice: "There were already more than 4 Roman soldiers, and with the addition of more than 2 more people, they were far from the Hernicians and The Volscian reinforcements can withstand it. I believe that the Romans will soon wipe out the Helnici forces, and then attack the Volscian towns in the east, or-" Philicius used a long wooden The stick was drawn in the lowland between Lepini Mountain and Ausoni Mountain, with a worried look on his face: "Lead the army west again and attack the Volscians in the coastal plain area from the east. By then, Even the First Legion cannot stop so many Roman soldiers. If the defenders of these Roman colonial towns in the southwest also take advantage of the opportunity to attack, I believe that the Volscians will soon be wiped out, and the Romans will Completely conquer the Latium region!"

Hilos also interjected at this moment: "Your Majesty, you asked us to pay attention to Rome before. To be honest, we didn't take it too seriously, but now it seems that its war potential is amazing! You see, it attacked Herni The Ki people numbered more than 4, and the coalition force that defeated the Aequi and Masi people numbered more than 2. It is reported that the three cities of Antium, Vilitre, and Satnicum also had nearly 10 defenders each. Army, which is an army of nearly 10 people, which shows that it can organize a huge army of at least [-] people. Assuming that these armies do not have the same combat effectiveness as the Roman army that faced the First Army, it will also give us Cause a lot of trouble!"

Several other military ministers also agreed with Hilos's words.

"The huge Roman army is indeed a big trouble." Davos looked around them and said in a deep voice: "But the biggest trouble is their dictator Camillus! Although Carthage is powerful, their power Hanno obviously had no experience in war, and he did not understand the significance of this war. The generals and troops he sent seemed to be playing games, but Camillus obviously knew that the war with us was related to the life and death of Rome. He always He used his full strength from the beginning.

I got information that he even proposed and passed proposals in the Roman Senate to "use newly conquered land to distribute to landless poor people, and actively absorb refugees from Latium and Etruria as Roman citizens"... , In this way, it would not only alleviate the fierce conflicts between nobles and civilians in the Roman city-state, but also rapidly increase the number of Roman soldiers that could be summoned.Everyone, Rome is not causing us a lot of trouble, but a real threat to our Kingdom of Dionia! "

Davos's words made everyone look gloomy. Even Hieronymus, who usually didn't like to talk, couldn't help but curse: "This Rome! Not only did it steal our military system, but it also copied our political system. Dionia!"

Whether the Roman military system was created on its own or learned from Dionia, this is a topic that officials from the Ministry of Military Affairs occasionally talk about when they have free time. But at this moment, everyone present obviously has no intention to discuss this issue further. Everyone stood still. Next to this three-dimensional map, I gazed at this familiar yet unfamiliar city-state on the banks of the middle reaches of the Tiber River with cautious eyes.

Suddenly, Tormid said: "Your Majesty, I have an opinion. After the Romans destroyed Herniki, if they capture the towns in the mountains east of Volsey, their sphere of influence will already be bordering the Samnite people. Well, given the habits of the Samonite people, will they live in peace with such a powerful new neighbor?! As long as we think of a way, maybe we can cause a fierce conflict between these two forces. By then——"

"The Samnites can't be that stupid." Felicius questioned: "They just ended a war with us, and now the Romans are fighting another war with us. Don't they know that the enemy of their enemy is their friend?" ?!"

"Of course the Samnite leaders know that, but the Samnite tribe warriors and people living on the Roman border may not necessarily obey for the sake of their own interests. And once the conflict gets serious, it will be beyond the control of the leaders. ..." Tormid defended.

As he was talking, Aristiras, who had just left not long ago, entered the conference room again. He said to Davos urgently: "Your Majesty, there is urgent military information from the Daoni area!"

Davos took a look, then raised his head solemnly to face the curious eyes of everyone, and said slowly: "There is no need to discuss the possible conflict between the Samnites and Rome. This morning, the Samnites invaded our Downey area!”

"What?!" Everyone's expressions changed drastically.

Hilos hurriedly took the battle report from Davos, and several people rushed to watch it.

“The Samnites successively raided Ausculum, Vibinum, and Gerunum in the Dauni region. Only Gerunum was The border of Tani, because the Florentani people have always been friendly with us, Dionia, lacked precautions and was captured. The citizens of the other two cities repelled the enemy's raids, but are now under siege. Your Majesty, The Samnites have declared war on us!" Felicius said in a voiceless voice while reading the battle report.

"Isn't that just right, it saves us from worrying about when the Samonites will betray the kingdom every day, since they will be so stupid as to leave the mountainous areas that give us headaches and come to fight on the plains, it just gives us a chance to completely remove the big Samonei. Trouble!" Davos' composure is not pretending, the attack of the Samonites more than ten years ago would make him nervous, but now the strong national power of the Kingdom of Dionia has given him enough confidence, even if he encounters a drought, he There is also enough confidence to completely defeat the wolf that blocked Dionia's northward expansion. It can even be said that the betrayal of the Samonites was the result of his deliberate manipulation.

Davos's relaxed attitude and confident words were like giving a glass of cool syrup to several people in the room, calming their nervous mood.

(End of this chapter)