v8 Chapter 180： Etruscan Union's choice

Outside the city of Ostia, Camilles repeatedly declared that as long as the port town is retaken, it can negotiate with the Diaonians and eventually return to Rome in peace...

The eager Roman soldiers were encouraged by this. They attacked Ostia for two consecutive days and were all repelled by the Dionyrian army. However, the corpses were everywhere, the ground was dyed red, and the walls collapsed. It can be seen that the battle is fierce.

On the third day, the Roman army continued to attack.

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In the Roman Senate, Davers held a meeting. The participants included all the veterans in Rome, including the Third Army Chief Lizaru, the Chief of Staff Printols, Tolmid and the diplomat. Tapirus.

"You, Tapirus was appointed by me to send out the Etruscan city states of Kesera, the Walch, Tarcuna and Fufluna on the north bank of the Tiber River. I hope that these Etruscan city-states, which were forced by Rome under the strong military pressure, could tear up the alliance with Rome and join us to attack the Roman colonial city on the north bank of the Tiber River..." Daves said Come here, sighed.

"Your Majesty, do these Etruscans disagree?" Lizaru hurriedly asked, as the head of the army responsible for guarding the Roman vertebral bridge and the new river port on the north bank, if the Etruscan city-state on the north shore could turn to Dior If Nia and attacked the Roman colonial city, the enemy’s pressure on the north side of the Roman city will cease to exist. The Third Army can be drawn out and put into other battlefields. This is the first interjection of why Lizaru is so concerned. s reason.

Daves did not answer directly, but looked at Tapirus.

The eyes of the people immediately shifted to the diplomat. He swallowed a little nervously and said, "I... I received the order from my majesty and went to Kasera, not only because of it. Closer to us, also because... As far as I know, it is the most friendly Etruscan city-state to the Greeks. In fact, they did receive me very warmly.

But... When I talked about Dionia’s willingness to form an alliance with them and deal with Rome together, the Kasera people euphemistically refused. They said, 'Kes Relai has been friendly with Rome for decades, They will never easily renounce this friendship, but they will not participate in this war and be enemies with Dionia.'

They also defended the Romans and said, 'We have captured the city of Rome and have the upper hand. It is best to have a truce with the Romans at this time. This will bring more benefits and guarantee the land. The trade order will not be greatly damaged..."

"It is said that it will not be an enemy of us, but in the words of the Kaslera, it is to maintain the Romans." Rome Chief Executive Asistics frowned.

"The Keslerarians made it very clear that they have been friendly with the Romans for decades, but they have never been with us before. If I am a Keslera, of course I will help the Romans!" Mattonis Said straightforwardly.

Nico Marcus looked at Tapirus and asked with concern: "Since the most friendly Kaysella of the Greeks is also biased towards the Romans, other Etruscan city-states will not support us?"

Tapirus nodded slightly and continued: "Next, I went to Walch and Tarcuna. Both of these city-states were forced to surrender to Rome because of Roman attacks. The Romans are still They established a colonial city in their territory. They expressed interest in his proposal, but they finally said helplessly, 'The vast majority of their young and middle-aged citizens are following the army of Rome, so they are afraid to take Rome now. Any hostile action, lest the anger of the Romans, and the citizens who are going to levy are in danger..."

"It seems that the Romans are very wary of these Etruscan allies!" Antrapolis, who was born in the intelligence department, heard this and said with a sigh.

"I went to Fufruna again. A few months ago, Rome sent troops to conquer this city-state, but it happened that we had a war with Rome. The Romans withdrew the army that attacked Fofruna, which is equivalent to us. Saved Fufruna.” Tapirus continued: “But when the Fufruna Council met with me, it did not appear to be enthusiastic. It seemed that we were not very interested in our proposal. They told me that 'If we want to unite with us and declare war on Rome, Fufruna can't make a separate decision. It must also be negotiated with the Etruscan city-state alliance. After reaching an agreement, the final decision can be made. But before that, they Very willing to establish a friendly relationship with us...'

But as far as I know, the Etruscan city-state alliance is a loose alliance, not very united. In the past few years, Rome attacked the Etruscan city-state, this alliance did not play all the Etruscans. Yachengbang, against the role of Roman aggression, so Rome will be easier to conquer Walch and Tarchuna..."

"What do you mean by saying... The Fufulunas are just perfunctoring us, and don't mean to want to form an alliance with us?" Asistics indulged in interjection.

Tapirus nodded and said: "After meeting with the Fufruna Congress, I asked the translator who followed me to buy the Fufruna MPs with money, only to know from them that Fufruna hated Rome. But they are also full of vigilance for the outsiders, and the strength of Dionia is even more worrying. At first, the Etruscans joined the Romans and drove the Celtics. As a result, the Romans had not been there for a few years. They want to conquer them, so they don’t want to make the same mistakes any more. They are more likely to see us and Rome lose both sides, which is the best for them..."

"These Etruscans want to get good! Unfortunately, I think they will only regret it in the future!" Mattonis said loudly.

"I am afraid that not only the Fufruna people think this way, but other Etruscan city-states have similar ideas. Even compared with us, they are more willing to trust the Romans who have been with them for hundreds of years." King Duffus The big nephew Alcibidas said with a serious look: "Since yesterday, we have a number of cargo ships and sailors on the Weihe River, and there are small Etruscan troops in the distance to the north bank. Fortunately, there are The guards of the Cavalry Corps did not dare to approach."

"I also received reports from the cavalry, but I think they are only investigating and still dare not have a positive conflict with us." Ledes confirmed the news.

"Although they have not yet fought with us, they have already shown hostility. We must fight back. Otherwise, these Etruscans will think that we are weak and deceive!" Matones said with a hate.

"Your Majesty." Yasisters looked up at the top Daves and said with concern: "Because the Roman army is attacking Ostia, the cargo ship from the kingdom can only be pulled by the tracker from the north bank of the Tiber River to the city of Rome. If the North Shore is also attacked by Etruscans, the waterway leading to Rome will be cut off, and personnel exchanges, soldiers' replenishment, material transportation, and supply of military food will become more difficult. This is not conducive to our governance of Rome!"

When Davers heard this, his fingers began to tap on the table, but his eyes gradually became sharp. He said in a deep voice: "It seems that I have misjudged these Etruscan city-states and thought they were suffering from Rome. Threats, we should be happy to form an alliance with us. I didn’t expect them to have other ideas! Since we don’t accept our kindness, then we will deal with them in a different way, show them our strength and let them know. What are the terrible consequences of being against Ennia? I decided -"

Daves glanced at the crowd and said in aggravated tone: "Send troops to win Kaysella!"

When everyone heard it, some of them were uplifted and some were hard-pressed.

"Your Majesty, will attacking Keslera make the Etruscan city state completely fall to Rome?" Asistics expressed his concern.

"The adults of Assisi don't have to worry. As the Majesty said, these Etruscan city-states have their own minds. Walch and Tarchuna were defeated by Rome, and the territory was divided. There is resentment, just because most of their citizens are not able to cooperate with us in the Roman army. www.novelhall.com~ I am afraid that most of the city-states farther away from Rome will have a spectator attitude... Only Kaysella is close to Rome, and its location is too close to the banks of the Tiber River. It can not only protect our waterways, but also shock other Etruscan city states, which will help to persuade them to form alliances with us again. "Tapirus has a confident analysis.

"However, Kasera is a mountain town. The mountain is located a lot higher than the Capitoline Mountain here. It is not easy to attack. The current situation does not allow us to bring too many soldiers to attack. No, our army will fall into the dilemma of fighting on both sides!" Tolmide looked solemnly reminded.

"Kesella is a mountain town, but it has many citizens in the army of the expedition to the Helsinki in Rome. The third legion also captured some of their citizens a few days ago. In fact, there is no such thing in the city of Kasera. How many soldiers can fight. Your Majesty, I will lead the four brigades to quickly capture the city of Kesera!" Epiphanis loudly fought.

When his voice just fell, Matones immediately repudiated: "Epitunis, your troops have not taken Capitoline Mountain in the past few days, and want to attack Kasera, forget it! Your Majesty, Let us let the Second Legion carry out this mission!"

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