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Chapter 850 Attacking Gabi
The horror of the Dionysian army finally made them realize: once Rome is completely destroyed, then Dionysia will be able to completely free up its hands and concentrate all its efforts on dealing with Carthage!And now the Senate is still locked in a quarrel, wasting precious time!

So they gathered together and strongly appealed to the Senate: While the main force of Dionia is still in Latium, they should immediately send a large army to land in Sicily, defeat the Dionia army, and completely occupy the entire Sicily, thereby gaining the advantage of the entire battle. .

Amid the excitement of the crowd, Hanno did not dare to obstruct any more. The Senate finally made the decision to "recruit no less than 6 troops in Carthage and its surrounding areas as soon as possible and hand them over to the Carthaginian military commander Mago." "Lead" decision.

Mago, who is far away in the southern part of the Iberian Peninsula, is also aware of the urgency of the war situation and is stepping up efforts to gather and form new troops.

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In fact, Tapirus did not need to urge the Volscians and Hernigians. They had already begun to take action just after the Roman army left the Tulerus Valley area.

The tribes of Herniki who had fled into the mountains gathered together and began to attack the Roman soldiers in the occupied areas. The focus of their attack was the city of Frontilum.This former central town of the Herniki people was built in the mountains. It initially caused great difficulties to the Romans in their siege. In order to quickly end the war in Herniki, Camillus had to move from Rome and A large number of young and middle-aged citizens were removed from the allies, which resulted in the defense of Rome and the surrounding areas being empty. Only then did Davos seize this favorable opportunity, which ultimately resulted in the reversal of the entire situation in the Latium region.

The army led by Camillus retreated in a hurry, but considering the difficulty of capturing the city of Frontilium and the importance of its location, 2000 Roman soldiers were left to garrison.

However, the Roman army stormed the city many times before, and the battles were very fierce, resulting in the ruins of the city walls everywhere.Before the remaining Roman soldiers had time to make repairs, the Hernicians' attack had already arrived.

They mostly used the cover of mountains and trees at night and early morning to approach the city walls, and even sneaked into the city quietly to launch sudden attacks.As soon as the Romans gathered their forces to fight them head-on, they immediately fled the city.The Roman army, which was not good at fighting in the mountains, followed and was ambushed by the Hernicians.

After suffering several losses, the Romans could only hold on to the city, but the Hernician attacks continued unabated. Although the casualties caused to the Romans were not large each time, they had a great psychological impact on the Roman soldiers. Stress prevents them from getting enough rest.

After the Roman defenders continued to defend themselves, the Hernicians shifted the focus of their attacks to the Roman baggage trains transporting supplies to the city of Frontilum.Since the main force of Rome had withdrawn from the area, there were not many troops left behind and there were not enough troops to protect them. As a result, the baggage train was repeatedly attacked by the Hernicians and could not reach the city of Frontilium.

The Roman defenders, whose food was dwindling, their weapons could not be replenished, and who were constantly being attacked by the Hernicians, lost the confidence to hold on without reinforcements. On this day, the Roman army was forced to disband. , the Roman defenders also chose to evacuate the city of Frontilum.

After starting to retreat back, the Roman soldiers discovered that not only the city of Flentilum was attacked by the Helnicians, but other occupied Helnician towns were also attacked to varying degrees, especially those along the The small military camp built on the river became a key target of the Herniki people due to its small number of troops and weak defense.

The Roman army had seen several burnt military camps on the way of retreat, and other surviving military camps and defenders of neighboring towns had joined the retreating team.

The army retreated northward, and finally retreated to the city of Hygnia near the Latin League state of Tolerium, giving up most of the land of Herniki that they had finally captured.

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The Volscians, however, began to gather soldiers after the Dionysian army attacked the Roman city and the Roman army stationed in the southwest came to rescue them, hoping to regain the territory occupied by the Romans. The experience was different. Rome had already colonized Antium, Satnicum, and Vilitre, three towns that originally belonged to the Volscians, and the surrounding territories. The Roman people who had just become new residents would naturally Resist with all your strength.

The Volscians, who had gone through many wars and had their strength severely weakened, could only muster more than 6000 warriors, and lacked siege weapons. They attacked Antium several times, but were repulsed, and were unable to recapture their town. , after learning that the Roman army had once again entered Satnicum, they had to retreat in anger.

Therefore, when Wolsi senior officials met Tapyrus, they all asked him for strong support from their ally Dionia.

Tapirus made a promise to them: As long as Wolsey fully cooperates in accordance with the plan of His Majesty King Davos, Dionia will definitely help Wolsey regain all the territories.

As a result, the Volscians followed Tapyrus's advice and changed their offensive strategy. They no longer directly attacked the territories of Antium and Satnicum, but moved their main force from a distance away from Antium. Astura, who was very close to Mu, retreated to Setia, waiting for an opportunity.

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Gabii, the most important Latin city-state in the eastern region of Latium, is located about 30 miles southeast of Rome, not far from the west bank of the Ario River, a tributary of the Tiber River.It had been an ally of Rome decades before and had never betrayed it, but this time its loyalty to Rome was tested.

As an envoy of Dionia, Publius came to Gabi, hoping that it could break away from the Latin League of Rome and form an alliance with the Kingdom of Dionia.

The Gabi Senate debated the matter for a day. In the end, the Gabi nobles were worried about Dionia's treatment of the Roman nobles, so they rejected Dionia's request and drove Publius out. city, and at the same time sent people to the west to ask for help from Camillus.

Sure enough, on the next day, the Dionian army appeared under Gabi City, still led by Printors, and still under the jurisdiction of the Second Army, the Sixth Army, and the Lucania Reserve Army. Brigade, the Roman Reserve Brigade, the First Cavalry Legion, and an engineering team of 500 people, totaling more than 3 people.

The Gabes closed the four doors tightly, and all the young and middle-aged citizens in the city put on armor and held spears, and went to the top of the city, preparing to resist the siege of the Dionians.

However, Printors did not immediately order an attack, but ordered the soldiers to start building the camp.

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In the early morning of the next day, 1 Roman soldiers led by Camillus rushed to Tustron after receiving the news.

Tustron is located to the north of Lake Albalonga, on the edge of Tustron Mountain, about 40 miles south of Rome. Since Albalonga was destroyed by Rome, it became a Latin The most important city in the center of the region.

Most of the Latin city-states and tribes in the eastern, central and western parts of the Latin region responded to Camillus's call because of the cold, and sent troops one after another to gather at Tustron, thus increasing the number of troops in Camillus's hands. to 1000 people.

In the Roman camp outside Tustron, the Roman generals were gathering in the tent to discuss the current war situation and the next military plan.

At this time, Camillus, the Roman dictator, was different from the high-spirited image he had when he conquered Ferentinum. His face was sallow, his face was slack and droopy, and his whole body was slumped on a wooden chair, standing on either side of the wooden chair. He has a servant ready to support him at any time.

He closed his eyes and listened to the report on the enemy's situation: "The Dionian army has been building camps these days and has not attacked Gabi City, but they are constantly bombarding Gabi city walls with ballistae... Gabi people A messenger was sent again to ask for help from us..."

"Master Dictator, the Dionian army has not attacked the city for several days, but has been building a camp, and the camp is built on the west side of Gabi City. This is obviously to guard against us." Mejus said in a deep voice.

"We led the army to station in Tustron. The momentum was so great that we could not hide it from the Dionians. It is normal for them to be prepared. According to the report of the scouts, the Dionians outside Gabi City have Tens of thousands of people, and we also need to pay attention to the fact that there are also Dionian troops in Rome-"

Before Licinius finished speaking, he heard Quintus shouting angrily: "Is it because there are many people in Dionysia and because they don't attack the city, we won't attack or even retreat?! Well! Licinius, are you afraid?! You should not stay here, but surrender to the Dionians like those Roman civilians-"

"That's enough, Quintus, watch your words! The dictator has repeatedly reminded us that we are in a difficult situation now and must unite closely to defeat the Dionians and retake Rome!" Aulus reminded loudly. road.

Quintus snorted, stared at Licinius, but said nothing.

Licinius simply turned around and looked outside the tent.

At this time, Camillus opened his eyes. Compared with his feeble voice, his eyes seemed much brighter: "I sent someone before to notify the troops staying in Hygnia to come here to meet us. How are things going?"

"...They are already on their way." Lucius said tremblingly.

The withdrawal of the Roman soldiers who stayed in Hygnia meant that the previous victory in conquering Herniki was in vain. The generals present looked sad when they heard this.

　I have been busy with meetings these two days, so I will update in advance tonight.

　　
　
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