ancient greece mediterranean ruler

Chapter 828 Gairni’s decision
Geogris brought four heavy infantry brigades and one light infantry corps. He asked 4000 heavy infantry to quickly form an arc-shaped defense line in the gap in the city wall, just like a tough fishing net rushing into Rome through the gap. The soldier held it.

As more and more Roman soldiers rushed into the defensive circle, the space was squeezed and the number of people became denser, which was conducive to the attack of the defenders at the top of the city.

Especially when jars of tar were smashed down, many Roman soldiers struggled in the flames. The tragic scene at the gap in the western city wall of Rome a day ago reappeared, but this time the roles were reversed.

Coupled with the powerful attack by the soldiers of the Fifth Legion from the front, the disorganized and extremely tired Roman soldiers were finally overwhelmed by fear and they were defeated.

After Titus received the urgent news from his subordinates, even though he was extremely unwilling and painful, he still gave the order to retreat to avoid being counterattacked by the enemy all the way along the city wall, which would cause even greater losses.

In fact, after the soldiers of the Fifth Legion rushed out of the gap in the city wall and continued to pursue, they were counterattacked by the Etruscan coalition forces lined up in an army formation.

Although intercepted, the Etruscan soldiers' attack was not strong and did not cause any damage to the soldiers of the Fifth Legion. However, after receiving the news, the cautious Geocles immediately ordered the troops to stop the pursuit because in the dark night The situation outside the city was unclear, and he was afraid of being ambushed by the Romans again, especially since there was also Prince Clotocatacus in the team. Although this young man of high status was very knowledgeable, he always obeyed orders and always fought at the rear of the team. , did not cause any trouble to Georgris, but he was not afraid of ten thousand, just afraid of the unexpected. In the end, Georgris withdrew the pursuing troops from the city.

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Not long after the battle in Ostia ended, the next morning ushered in, and the city hall of Rome City held a public assembly in the square according to Davos's proposal.

Davos commended the Roman civilian soldiers headed by Sextus for their bravery in breaking away from the Roman army and defecting to Dionia, especially rewarding them with more land, which inspired the people to join Dionia and the enthusiasm to make contributions to Dionia, of course, also deepened the resentment of the noble families towards the Roman civilians.

During the meeting, Davos received a report from the defenders at the top of the city: There were changes in the Roman military camp outside the city, and there seemed to be signs of leaving the camp.

Although the movement of the Roman army outside the city was a key concern for Davos, he believed it was more important to speed up the return of civilians in Rome, so he still insisted on finishing the rally before rushing to the southern city.

It was already noon, and most of the camp that the Roman army had worked so hard to build yesterday had been demolished, and almost no one could be seen moving around.

According to reports from the soldiers: Throughout the morning, there was constant noise in the forward camp, and there were even sounds of fighting.

According to the news sent back by the reconnaissance cavalry, the Roman army was divided into several groups and slowly marching westward.

Amintas, Matonis and several other legion commanders demanded that when the enemy retreated and people were in a panic, they should send troops to pursue them, and even force the enemy to rush into battle.

After careful consideration, Davos did not adopt this proposal because he did not think that Camillus would be negligent when the army retreated, and he did not want to let the various legions that had just experienced the war fight against each other even if they had been separated. The Roman army, which has fewer troops and has been greatly weakened in strength, after all, the Romans, as mourning soldiers, are likely to explode with strong combat effectiveness, causing the Dionysian army to suffer huge losses.

However, Davos recruited Sextus, the new Roman reserve captain, and asked him to select Roman soldiers with good riding skills, ride horses collected from the city, and follow the cavalry legion out of the city to perform special tasks.

After issuing this order, Davos needs to urgently convene a military meeting to discuss the issue of "substantial reinforcements to Ostia" with Tolnid, Printors, and the legionaries, because the Roman army marched Judging from the direction, their target was undoubtedly the small town at the mouth of the Tiber River.

At the same time, not far to the west of the city of Rome, two cavalry legions caught up with the advancing Roman army. They lured away more than 1000 Roman cavalry responsible for flank protection, and then Sextus led dozens of The common people, eager to achieve new feats, rushed to the vicinity of the Roman army.

Then, the Roman soldiers were surprised to see these enemies dressed as Roman soldiers approaching on horseback within 30 meters of them, and then began to shout: "Citizens of Rome, I am Sextus (I am Sextus) ###), used to be a Roman commoner, but now he has joined the Kingdom of Dionia, why should he join them?! Because the Kingdom of Dionia allocated me more and better Roman land, more luxurious and spacious Housing, more equal rights, which originally belonged to the Roman nobility, are now ours!
Civilian soldiers, don't hesitate, quickly leave this hopeless army and join us!Join Dionia!You will receive everything you have ever desired!You will also be reunited with your family smoothly!Don't hesitate!Leave quickly..."

The shouts of Sextus and the others caused waves among the Roman soldiers...

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In the leader's mansion in Abenirum, Gairni was sitting in the living room. His expression was solemn, but he no longer had the worries of the past few days, and he was staring at the door with bright eyes.

It didn't take long for several of his trusted men to arrive one after another.

"I have decided to follow the request of the Dionia envoy and send envoys to the Shirpini tribe in other areas!"

Hearing this, everyone else understood that Gairni said he was sending envoys, but in fact he was sending people to sneak into other areas of Shirpini to spread accusations that "Lesguk disregarded his faith, rashly tore up the alliance and launched an unauthorized campaign." The war against Dionia caused heavy losses to the tribes, and they were required to be punished for this." At the same time, he preached that "the Gairni leader of Abenirum can help the tribes redeem them from Dionia. Captive people."

After all, according to the previous decision of the Shilpini Tribal Alliance meeting, Abenilum has been excluded from the tribal alliance, and any Shilpini tribe is prohibited from interacting with them.

"Great, Chief! We have been waiting for you to make this decision for a long time!" Tatoni shouted excitedly: "We have suffered enough during this period, Cavutini, Pentney, Caracini The tribe frequently sent messengers to warn us not to mess around during the war! Bah, now it’s time for these guys who oppressed us to taste the wrath of the Abeniroma!”

"Chief, we really shouldn't wait quietly for this war to end. Although the Samnite priests have sent people several times to say, 'As long as we support Lesguk, our past mistakes will no longer be pursued.' However, Everyone understands that as long as they win this war, without the obstruction of the Dionians, Lesguk will definitely use force against us! For our safety, we must seize the current favorable opportunity and strike them first. !" Maioni also expressed support for Guerni's decision.

"Of course I understand Lesguk's conspiracy and our current dangerous situation." Gairni sighed: "The reason why I hesitated before was because if we did this, not only might there be a war with Lesguk, but And it will worsen relations with other tribes and priests, triggering greater wars."

Tatoni shouted again: "Are we now in a good relationship with other tribes and priest groups?! Chief, do you still remember that at the tribal priest conference a few years ago, you were almost united by them to demand sanctions! What if? If a war breaks out, we can just wipe them all out, and then...then you, the leader, will be our...first leader of the entire Samonai!"

As soon as these words came out, the faces of everyone in the living room changed.

Gairni glared at him: "Don't talk nonsense! With our strength, it is difficult to defeat Lesguk, let alone other tribes. All we have to do now is to provide help to Dionia , in return for Dionia's constant help to us!" To be honest, Garni envied Tatoni for being straightforward and straightforward in doing things, very much like his youthful demeanor. However, since he became the leader, he has gone through several setbacks for the sake of the clan. There are many issues that need to be considered to ensure a better survival for the people, and it is simply impossible to do whatever you want.

Gairni's eyes swept over the faces of everyone in the hall, and they all showed a kind of suppressed excitement. He took a deep breath and said loudly: "Since you all agree with my opinion, then we will The relationship between Abernirum and Dionia needs to be reconsidered, you all know King Davos suggested to me a few years ago, 'Let Abernirum become a free city like Potentia ', I didn't agree at the time.

And now, if we implement Dionia's plan, it means that we will be enemies with Beneventum and other Samoni tribes. This will be an extremely difficult war!We need the full support of Dionia to win, so I decided to let Abenirum join Dionia and become a free city in this kingdom! "

As the words left his mouth, the hall became silent.

This aggravated Gailni's worries. He coughed dryly and said hurriedly: "If you don't agree-"

"Ha! Ha! Ha!..." Tatoni laughed: "Chief, you have finally made this decision, and we are all relieved! When I participated in the Dionia Rugby Finals last year, and The Gela players in our match also asked me strangely, 'You Abenirum and Potentia are both free cities in Dionia. Why can all the players in Potentia speak Greek, but most of you can't? Yes?' Now some city-states and forces regard us as part of Dionia and are quite envious of us, but this often makes us feel embarrassed because we are not, and now we can finally rest assured!"

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