ancient greece mediterranean ruler

Chapter 884 The siege of the remaining Roman army
But after listening, Midorades was still confused: "It is regrettable that the Greeks were defeated in the end, but what does this have to do with our Dionia?"

Henepolis, who had deliberately betrayed himself before, laughed and said: "Because some Alenians fled to Italy and established Aelia with other Greek colonists. This history is engraved in Apollo in Aelia. On the stone tablet in the temple. The Elians are now citizens of Dionia, so the Alenia they once established should also belong to Dionia!"

Henipolis' explanation was a bit unreasonable, but Midolades took it for granted, and he immediately stated: "The Third Fleet will recapture Alenia from Carthage and wash away the Greeks' past. shame!"

Davos was satisfied with his statement and further encouraged: "Go back and tell the crew of the Third Fleet that recapturing Alenia will not only hit the Carthaginians greatly, but also encourage the Greek city-states in the Western Mediterranean. , deepen the friendly relationship with Masselia, and become the hero praised in their hearts!
And as far as I know, Alenia has a large-scale port with complete facilities. It is a military port and a commercial port in one. It can be used as a docking place for all the warships of the Third Fleet, which can avoid you from traveling back and forth. bitter.After taking Alenia, the Third Fleet can use it as a base to harass Sardinia, which is next to Corsica, attack the mining teams on the island, destroy their towns and villages, and attack their cargo ships... …”

Midorades said emotionally: "Your Majesty, please don't worry, I will make it impossible for the Phoenicians on these two islands to transport a piece of metal!"

Davos saw that Midorades was too excited and couldn't help but remind him: "Now I can't spare any troops to support you. The mission of attacking Corsica and Sardinia can only rely on the Third Fleet itself." , so you have to be bold but also cautious at the same time, cherish your soldiers, and don't let them suffer too many casualties, which will make subsequent plans impossible to carry out!"

Davos's words made Mildred suddenly feel more pressure.

At this time, Crotocatacus asked: "Father, will our military actions on Corsica make the Etruscans dissatisfied and have other ideas?"

In fact, Clotokatax had discussed this issue with Davos in private before, and raising it at this time was just a tactful reminder to Davos.

Davos secretly praised his son's attentiveness and consideration, and then said sternly: "Don't worry about this. Although the Etruscans often have trade relations with Carthage, they are no longer allies, and because of Carthage's powerful We are dissatisfied with supporting Rome, not to mention that the Etruscan city-states in the south have just formed an alliance with us..."

Then, Davos looked at Midorades again: "However, try not to let your warships appear on the sea belonging to the Corsican land controlled by the Etruscans, and do not let soldiers enter their territory." Territory to avoid excessive stimulation. We are originally afraid of our powerful Etruscans...Other than that, I have no other requirements. How to attack Corsica and Sardinia is up to you. I Don’t interfere.”

What Davos said made Midorades feel even more stressed. He took a deep breath and said, "Yes... yes, Your Majesty!"

Thormid looked at Midorades's leaving figure and couldn't help but say: "He is a little nervous."

"It's a good thing to be nervous, so that he will be cautious when taking actions. Even if the third fleet does not achieve any decent results, as long as the fleet hangs around these two islands, it will cause a lot of trouble to the Carthaginians. What I'm afraid of is that Midorades is overconfident, loses vigilance, and takes risky actions, causing heavy losses to the Third Fleet and weakening our advantage, just like... Alas!" Davos's words stopped suddenly, and then he said seriously He sighed.

Tormid knew that Davos must have thought of Sekerian and the Sicilian fleet again.

At this time, Martius walked into the big tent again: "Your Majesty, the commander of the Martonis Army sent a messenger to report that Aricia has surrendered!"

A smile appeared on Davos's face: "Hades bless you, there is so much good news today!"

No wonder he was so happy. Aresia is not far from Tustron, just west of Lake Alba Longa. It is a very ancient Latin city-state. It has been the center of the western Latin region since ancient times, especially in Alba Longa. After the destruction of Balonga.It can be seen from its name that this Latin city-state has a very close relationship with Diana Aresia, the hunting goddess worshiped by the Latins. It is for this reason that it once united with the Latin city-states in the west to tenaciously resist the rise of the Rome, but after many defeats, it had to join the Latin League led by the Romans.

After Davos personally led the army out of the city of Rome, he first stationed himself outside the city of Tustron (the original Roman camp), and divided his forces to attack several Latin city-states not far to the west of Tustron, with the focus being Aresia.Under the threat of the army, other city-states surrendered one after another, only the proud Aresians refused to submit to Dionia.So Davos ordered: Matonis led the second and sixth legions to storm Aresia.

Several days of continuous attacks finally bore fruit.

When Davos's smile disappeared in the blink of an eye, he was followed by a stern tone: "If it were not for the feelings of the Roman civilians, Latin city-states like Aresia that dared to resist us should have suffered like Gabi. But even if it surrenders, you can't let it go lightly! Herni, go and notify Tapirus and ask him to talk to the Aresians immediately. Since Aressia is the sacred grove of the goddess of hunting, I can make Aresia a holy place worshiped by all Latins, replacing Alba Longa. But from now on, Aresia is not allowed to build walls, form armies, have a population of not more than 5000, and is open to everyone. Open, and its safety is guaranteed by Dionia..."

"I understand, Your Majesty. Well...it is said that because of Diana, Aresia is also a famous medical center in the Latin region..." Henipolis reminded.

Davos curled his lips slightly: "Can Aresia's medical skills be comparable to Dionia? I think this responsibility should be handed over to Hades!"

"Your Majesty, it is a good thing that Aresia surrendered, but it is a pity that the Roman army failed to lure out!" Tormid said with some regret.

Davos smiled slightly and said nonchalantly: "The Romans have been fooled once, so they will naturally become more cautious. Now their main force is still stationed in Satnicum, and it seems that they are ready to defend it to the death. This It is also a good thing that without the support of the Romans, Aresia also surrendered, and other Latin city-states in the west will soon make their choices."

At this point, Davos's eyes became sharp, and he said firmly: "Tormid, you go and inform the whole army to be ready. Leave Tustron tomorrow and march southwest to Satni. Build a camp north of Qom, it’s time to completely deal with the Romans!”

Davos's words excited everyone in the big tent.

"Yes, I will notify the legions right away!" Tormid responded excitedly.

"Also... before we sent envoys to these Latin city-states to persuade them to surrender, Adi had the most determined attitude and beat our envoys severely..." Davos said in a cold tone.

"It is said that the Roman dictator Camillus lived in Adi for a long time and received strong support from Adi in the battle to expel the Gauls. Therefore, Camillus had a close relationship with Adi. Camillus The Roman Senate often gives Adi a lot of care, so it is not surprising that the Adi people do this. But then, for the survival of their own city-state, the Adi people may have to give up their support for Camillus." Henibo Rhys reassured.

"Since the burning of Ostia, Addi will be very important for our attack on the main Roman force entrenched at Satnicum, because it is not far from Antium and not too far from the camp we are going to build, and it is It also has a large port..." Davos squinted his eyes, with light shining in the slits of his eyes: "We need to completely control this town to transfer and transport food supplies for the army, so we cannot accept Adi's surrender. But to completely capture it!”

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Outside the city of Satnicum, thousands of Roman citizens were working tirelessly to build defensive facilities, reinforcing the city walls, setting up deer villages under the city walls, digging trenches wide and deep, setting up multi-layered traps, and setting up multiple layers of traps between the traps. A sentry tower, expanding the entire defense range outwards... The entire city defense model is very similar to the defensive camps usually built by the Dionysian army.

Because the person who undertook this task was Titus, who first commanded the army to attack Ostia. He deeply realized the power of Dionia's defense system from his failure, so he transplanted it after making slight changes. .

At this moment, he was standing on the top of the city supervising the progress of the entire project. Although he saw that the entire defense facility was gradually taking shape due to the efforts of sweaty soldiers, there was no trace of joy on his face, but a look of gloom.

"General, Lord Quintus is here." His subordinates reminded him in a low voice beside him.

Upon hearing this, Titus turned around and glanced at Quintus, who was walking up the stone stairs to the city, and the annoyance on his face disappeared in a flash.

"Hey, Titus!"

Seeing Quintus approaching, Titus showed no enthusiasm on his face: "When did you come back? The defense facilities in Antium have been built?!"

There was a hint of questioning in Titus' tone. Although Quintus was a little unhappy, he still explained: "Antium only has more than 3000 citizen soldiers. Pantius' foot injury has basically healed. He One person can complete this task, but me being there would be a hindrance, so I came back yesterday.”

(End of this chapter)