v8 Chapter 172： Advance and retreat

"The dictator, I have already strictly controlled the army I led, in accordance with your orders, to isolate all those who have been in contact with the rebel soldiers, and issued an order, 'any communication and discussion.' People in this matter will be severely punished! 'The situation is temporarily under control.' Lisinius reported to Camillaus.

Without waiting for Camilos to speak, Quintus blamed: "Li Si Nius, you are too embarrassed to say 'get control', if not your management of the regiment led by you is not strict, how can it cause this? The explosion in the night camp! Brought huge troubles to our entire army! The dictator, I think the punishment should be imposed on Li Si Nius first!"

"I am not strict with the management of the Legion?! Let everyone comment on the theory. From the expedition to the present, the legion led by the army has always been criticized by the dictator!" Li Si Nius certainly can not allow Quintus Putting dirty water on himself, he sneered and said: "You should thank you for the fact that the corps under my jurisdiction happened to suffer from the tricks of the Dionyns, so the camp did not cause great turmoil! If you change to be led by you The troops, I am afraid the entire camp will fall into chaos!"

In fact, what Lisinius said is not unreasonable. The army he led was in the southeast corner of the camp, and the troops led by Quintus were in the center of the camp. If it was true, the soldiers under Quintus knew this. Things, the news will soon spread in all directions, it is difficult to control.

But Quintus does not think so. He thinks that Lisignius is humiliating himself. Immediately, his finger Li Si Nius, angryly shouted: "You **** civilian, I am afraid I have been dissatisfied with us in my heart. This time the **** Diaonians gave you the opportunity, so you deliberately let go of the civilians in the Legion so that they can return to Rome and rob us of our land and wealth!"

In the face of such filth, Li Si Nius was so angry that he was so angry that he said nothing: "Shut up, you are a mob in the civilian population! If it is not a greedy and cruel aristocrat like you, it will force the civilians to go nowhere, How could they be easily tempted by the Dionyns to defect from Rome!..."

The two former military and political officials who had worked together and fought side by side actually confronted each other in the big account.

Seeing this situation, the generals in the account are all ugly.

"Enough, give me a shut up!" Or Camilles’s roar caused the two to stop quarreling. Camillaus rarely lost his temper, but tonight he was obviously irritated by the two. He trembled and angered at the two men: "It seems that the Diaonian provocation has finally worked, and even you have had a quarrel. It is impossible to recapture Rome!"

Quintus and Lisignius heard this, and although they were squinting at each other, they were a bit ashamed.

At this time, Oulus asked with concern: "The dear dictator, the hateful Dionym who carried out such measures in Rome, was quite poisonous! Once the news spread, most of the civilian soldiers wanted to escape. The aristocratic soldiers are worried about the family in the city. I am afraid that they will not listen to our orders with peace of mind. What should we do?!"

His voice just fell, and Freuz also said eagerly: "The news in Rome is not only passed on to the soldiers under Li Si Nius, but the people outside the camp are also aware of it. We can’t completely The news was blocked, and after a few days, I am afraid that it will spread throughout the army!"

"Prohibit the soldiers from getting in touch with the people and try to persuade the people to temporarily live near the city of Prinist..." Camilles made a dignified decision, which is obviously contrary to the order he issued a few days ago. Sighed: "Even if this is the case, we can only manage for a while. In order to avoid the floating of the military, we must lead the army to leave the city of Rome!"

"Leaving Rome?!" Quintus heard this and immediately said loudly: "This is impossible! The soldiers have come back from the hard work of Herniki, and they are looking forward to retaking the city of Rome! Rome is in front of you, you But let them leave, I am afraid no one is willing to obey this order!"

"Don't leave, can you let them attack the city?! With the current situation of the army, with the current situation in the city of Rome, we have no chance to capture the victory of the city of Rome!"

The words of Lisignius made the officers in the big account look blank. They had learned from the mouths of the civilian soldiers they had captured: the cruel measures taken by the Dionynes against the nobles in Rome, civilians. The return to them, combined with the fact that the veterans only carried a small army to retreat to Capitoline Hill, the Diaonians have basically taken control of the situation in Rome.

There was a mournful atmosphere in the big account.

At this time, Camillaus said in a deep voice: "I hope everyone will pay attention to it. Although we secretly sent Titus to attack Orstia, but such a huge force left, the soldiers should be aware of it if The Dionys learned of this situation from the soldiers who fled into the city, then our plan to capture Ostia will be exposed. In order to prevent the Daonians from reinforcing the Ostia, we must lead the army. Leaving Rome and going to Ostia can greatly avoid the escape of soldiers and the quick recapture of Ostia! Although the soldiers have emotions, I believe that the strict military laws and your abilities will allow them to obey orders. !"

The generals look at me, I see you, although all face to face, but no one has expressed objection, at this moment they understand in their hearts, this is probably the best way in the current situation.

"After capturing Ostia, what should I do next?" Oulus asked.

"After attacking Ostia... peace talks with the Dionyrians, or depending on the situation, the Dionyrian army besieged here... and attack Rome entirely." Camilleus's tone is not very certain, look Some hesitate, showing that he is also somewhat confused.

After all, the political measures that the Dionyns have carried out in Rome clearly show that they are not just trying to teach the Romans a slap in the face, but have a longer-term purpose. To reach peace talks, let The death of the Dionyns from Rome may have become very embarrassing. But attacking the city of Rome may have caused the division of the soldiers. Today the Roman army can't stand a failure.

Camilles is good at military but weaker than politics. Otherwise, he was easily expelled from the city of Rome when he was attacking the city of Victoria, which many other Roman elders could not take for many years, and gained great prestige. During his last dictatorship, Marcus led the civilians to confront the nobility fiercely. He could not reconcile the conflicts between the two sides. Finally, he was signed on the order to arrest Marcus while others were afraid of it. His name, and finally acquiesced to the killing of Marcus by the Senate, which led him to be insulted by civilians every day... Now, King Dioria uses more intense political means to intensify Rome. The contradiction between the nobility and the civilians, Camilles, who had suffered a lot in this respect, now has to face this problem. He not only can't think of any good solution, but also raises some fear in his heart.

"I hope that in the next time, everyone will treat the soldiers equally, and no longer stir up conflicts!" Camillaus then stressed that this is the only way he can take, his serious eyes sweeping through the accounts. Every general, stayed in Kuntus for a while.

Quintus snorted, but did not say anything.

Everyone has heard the reluctance in the words of Camillaus, but in the face of the current huge difficulties, they also can not get a better way, so although they have remained silent, but they also defaulted to Camilo. The plan of Sri Lanka.

A guard came in and broke the silence of the big account: "The dictator, the troops stationed at the river port sent a messenger to report, dozens of ships in the upper reaches of the Tiber River, lit by torches, full of soldiers, moving downstream Go!"

The faces of everyone in the account have changed color, and at the same time, a word comes out: The Diaonians really want to reinforce Ostia!

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After Titus found that there was a trap in front of Ostia, he did not take the order to let the army continue to attack. Instead, he sent all the heavy infantry, armed with long shields, and braved the arrow rain from the city. And the stone bomb, patiently clear the trap on the ground Despite some casualties, but in the night when the fall, the trap before the trench is roughly cleaned up.

Since Ostia is only a small town, the Roman army only needs to attack the east and south sides. Its wall is less than two miles long. Therefore, Titus divides the whole army into five waves and takes turns to attack. When the first wave of soldiers attacked the city. At the same time, other units rested in the rear, recovering some of the physical energy consumed during the day.

When the Roman soldiers filled the ditch and rushed to the city, while the Dionysian defenders were fighting with the Roman soldiers who attacked the city, Titus also rushed to the chasing and came to the trench. Then the tarred wood in the car was unloaded, ignited with fire, and a fire ignited everywhere illuminated the continued attack of the Roman soldiers.

In addition, Titus also thought of a coup: When a wave of soldiers was frustrated and had to retreat, he did not immediately send a second wave of soldiers, but quietly pushed the guns forward, due to those fires. The pile only illuminates the city, and the wilderness 100 meters away is shrouded in darkness. The Dionysian gunners at the head of the city cannot see the distance, and naturally cannot carry out accurate bombardment. Instead, the Roman artillery units can see In the case of Qingchengtou, they started to launch stone bombs after entering the range (200-150 meters away from the city wall). Although most of the stone bombs slammed on the city wall, the stone chips splashed on the city were densely guarded. The army caused a certain amount of damage.