Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

Father, you are not in good health now, and the doctor won't let you go out! You have to believe that Titus and the others can handle this matter! Lucius pressed his father and urged eagerly.

While the two were arguing, Titus came in.

Lucius happened to see him and asked in surprise: Titus, why did you come back so soon?! Everything in the camp has calmed down?!

Lucius said, winking straight at him.

Titus was obviously not in the mood to pay attention. He looked tired and looked at Camillous on the couch with a worried look, and said eagerly: Lord Dictator, as soon as I heard that you are awake, I will come right away. Here comes the messengers of Ilki and Tarcuna, who say that Kethrela and Vie have fallen, and demand that their armies be withdrawn so that their city-state may not be invaded by the Dionysians—

If Kethrela and Vie were occupied by the Dionians, as these emissaries said, how did they get to the camp? Titus, you confirm that they are indeed emissaries of Volch and Tarcuna. ?! Lucius immediately questioned.

We all know the people who came, Messara, the consul of Walch, and Corda, the elder of Tarcuna. They arrived at Adi by boat, then landed and rushed over. According to them, Dionia The warships did not intercept them.

Titus replied angrily: As soon as they arrived at the camp, they spread the word about the fall of Casereira and Wei'ai. The originally restless camp became completely chaotic. Not only did the Etruscan army want to leave, The soldiers of the colonial city on the north bank of the Tiber want to leave, and some of the armies of the Latin allies are also asking to leave! Now, Quintus and their army are blocking the gates of several camps, and the Etruscans declare, 'Don't let them leave again. , they are about to break in!' Now there has been a small-scale conflict between the two sides, so I rushed over to ask you for instructions!

This is a conspiracy of the Dionians! Lucius shouted angrily: Damn Etruscans! Damn Latin city-states! And those Roman civilians who should be crucified!  …

At this moment, Camelus calmed down, and he let out a long sigh: A fire in Ostia... burnt out the soldiers' hope of fighting, Kathrela... and Wei Ai's fall and disintegration. to our army... King Dionia... alas...

Camelus suddenly stopped talking, he lay quietly, his eyes slightly closed.

Father!

Lord Dictator! The two shouted worriedly.

After a while, Camelus asked, Titus...have you asked them, even if...the Etruscan army is separated from us...how will they get back?

Titus replied immediately: Ask.

They said they would cross the river from the upper reaches of the Tiber, and immediately head east into the mountains, bypassing Viai, and that mountain area was still controlled by their Etruscans and was relatively safe...

Camelus nodded slightly, his expression unchanged, and he said intermittently: From the current situation...it is no longer possible to keep them...otherwise...it will only lead to a civil war in the camp...no matter who wins. Defeated... only the Dionians will gain, and our... friendly relations... with Etruscan... colonial cities... and even the Latin allies... will be utterly destroyed... If that's the case... it's better to let them go...

Lord Dictator! Titus said eagerly: Since we returned from Helniki, fought against the Dionysians, and with the civilian soldiers who fled, we have lost nearly 30,000 people! If we let the Etruscans, the colonial citizens and the Latin Confederate armies all leave, we will probably have less than 15,000 soldiers left, and not only will we not be able to retake Rome, but may also be attacked by the Dionysians!

Titus! Camillous shouted with great effort, and then said with remorse: I made a big mistake before... As soon as I heard that Rome had fallen, I wanted to take it back immediately... That's why...the army suffered so many casualties...and got into such a big predicament...it's all my fault...

No, Lord Dictator, it is not your idea to quickly retake the city of Rome, it is the desperate hope of our soldiers! Titus is not just comforting him, because what he said is also the truth.

Now we all know that... quickly regaining Rome is... an impossible thing... Camelus sighed softly, coughed a few times, revealing a hint of pain: Attack an Aussie Tia...it's all so difficult...then, what happens when we really attack Rome...?!

Titus and Lucius could not refute, because it was the truth, so they kept silent.

At this time, Camelus opened his eyes, and his eyes flashed: Titus, do you remember how we defeated the Celts?!... We attacked a branch of the Celts. Requisition squads...attack the raiding forces they sent out to raid other villages...victory after victory...to the Latins...the Etruscans...the Sabines who were poisoned by the Celts... Join us...the team is getting bigger and bigger like a snowball...while the Celts are forced to stay in the city of Rome...don't dare to leave the city...then they were too scared to fight us head-on...the only choice We retreated...but we were caught up and defeated in the end!

Camelus' voice gradually became stronger and stronger: That war... I remember that it lasted for more than half a year, and then against the powerful Dionysians, we... we should also adopt such a strategy. , only by persevering in the long-term battle with the Dionians... can we finally win!

Titus was a little moved, but he felt a little uneasy: Dionysians are not only Celts who know how to burn, kill and loot, they are more cunning than Celts!

But...the Celts didn't have such a powerful enemy as Carthage...Samonai! Camelus responded confidently.

Titus was persuaded, and he immediately said: I will immediately convey your meaning to Quintus and the others...

Despite Quintus' explicit opposition to Camillous' decision, the Roman generals eventually agreed: the Etruscan troops were allowed to leave, but they were to go with the colonial soldiers and ensure their safety sent home.

After the troops left, the generals generously allowed the Latin Allied troops to return to their respective city-states. These Latin Allied generals did not leave in a hurry like the Etruscans, but rushed to the tents one after another. Sincerely express to Camillous: As long as he has a call, their city-state is willing to continue to fight with Rome at any time, and drive out the outsider Dionia!

Watching the troops fighting side by side leave one by one, it had a great impact on the Roman soldiers still in the camp, and they would inevitably panic. Calm down the chaos in the camp.

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About 13,000 coalition troops composed of Etruscan and Roman colonies marched eastward, arrived in the Tustron area in the evening, rested overnight at the camp, arrived at Phedina on the next afternoon, and passed the pontoon bridge, crossed the Tiber.

Just when they left the river bank and were about to go further east into the mountains, they found that the Dionian army was already lined up in front, blocking their way, and the panicked coalition soldiers had to prepare for a desperate fight.

Just as the two armies were about to approach, the Etruscan troops in Volchi and Tarcuna suddenly turned their shields and spears and attacked the flanks of the Roman colony's soldiers.

The Roman soldiers did not expect the sudden betrayal of their allies, unsuspecting, and plunged into chaos.

The Dionysian army took advantage of the situation to attack from the front, and the coalition forces were quickly collapsed.

Except for a very small number of Roman colonial soldiers who escaped by escaping the Tiber River and hid in the city of Phedena, most of them were captured. The soldiers of the other Etruscan city-states also surrendered, and the Dionian army was victorious with little loss.

It turned out that Printols led the mountain reconnaissance team to attack the city of Kethreira successfully at night, but a few Kethrela people fled to the adjacent city of Tarcuna during the night.

The Tarcuna people were shocked, and the Dionysians were in Los Angeles overnight. Their powerful force made them feel fear, and now Tarcuna, who lacked young and middle-aged citizens, was obviously unable to resist the continued attack of the Dionysian army. , so while Tarcuna sent people to urgently notify the neighboring Etruscan city-state of Walch, while sending messengers to Kathrela to find out.

After winning Caserera, Printoles immediately sent people back to Rome to report the victory to Davos.

Davos was overjoyed, and immediately dispatched two brigades from the Third Army to Kathrela City to garrison in accordance with the plan in advance.

When the messenger of Tarcuna arrived at Kethrela City, Printoles was busy, not only to quickly stabilize the order in the city, but also to deal with the complicated affairs of the port in time, because King Davos repeatedly emphasized: Do not plunder and invade the merchant ships of other city-states, except to seize the ships of Kethrela and Carthage.

As for the arrival of the messenger from Tarcuna, Printoles just told him that if he had any proposals or requests, he could go to Rome to discuss with His Majesty the King.

Seeing that the general Dionia, who occupied Kethreira City, did not speak ill or even threatened with force, the envoy from Tarcuna relaxed a little, so he really rushed to Rome.

Not long after, Walch's messenger also arrived.

Davos received them very kindly, and expressed his desire for the Dionysian Kingdom to form an alliance with the Etruscan city-states to fight against the Romans.