"Your Majesty, our Mountain Reconnaissance Brigade has been doing the hardest training in the past ten years, just for this day! Rest assured, even if it rains heavily and the river swells, we will succeed! Izzam finally showed his true face and said proudly.

"Very well, this is the Izzam I know!" Davers smiled, "When the operation is successful, don't forget to send someone to notify me immediately." ”

"Yes!"

At this time, Davers looked around at the legionnaires and asked, "What do you all think after seeing the city of Rome?" ”

"Your Majesty, although the walls of Rome are ugly, but when you walk down this circle, you feel that its length is not short, and the area of the city is ......also large," Oliver said here, and Davos added: "According to the information we have now, the walls of Rome are about 14 miles long, and it is known as the city of seven hills, and there are seven hills in the city, so its actual city area is larger than we think." ”

"In order to conquer Helniki, the Romans drew out all their young and middle-aged citizens to go out to fight, and there should not be many Roman soldiers in the city now, and to defend such a long city wall would expose the shortcomings of their lack of troops......"

Oliver said, and Matonis interjected: "I have noticed all the way just now, the quality of the soldiers in the city is not good. Ryders, can you send a cavalry to test it? ”

Seeing that Davers nodded in acquiescence, Ryders immediately sent a cavalry squad, and when they quickly approached within 50 meters of the city wall, there was a commotion among the soldiers at the head of the city, and soon javelins and arrows were fired, but the fast-moving cavalry squad was out of the attacked area in an instant.

It is impossible for cavalry to attack the city, not to mention that there will be no threat to the city wall at this point, and the Roman soldiers can deal with it calmly, and there is no need to attack in such a hurry and waste javelin arrows. The commanders who were experienced in battle saw it in their eyes, and their faces showed a little relaxed smile.

"Your Majesty, the reason why you let several legions attack all sections of the walls of the city of Rome at the same time, instead of concentrating our forces and focusing on one or two places, is to make the Romans have to spread out the soldiers they have temporarily recruited and are not strong in combat, so that their defenses will become weaker, and we will be able to break through the city of Rome faster and easier!" After Mattonis finished speaking, he glanced at Oliver triumphantly.

Oliver cursed secretly, Martonis said exactly what he wanted to say, but had not finished yet.

"However, tomorrow, when we attack the city of Rome with all our might, the Roman colonial cities and allies who have received the news will definitely send reinforcements!" Giogris reminded with a little concern: "Especially the Roman army that attacked the Helnikians and the Roman army to the west, which we just defeated yesterday, if they arrive while we are attacking the city-"

"Yesterday, the Roman army in the west suffered heavy losses, and the pursuit of the 1st and 2nd cavalry regiments held their rout in their hands and feet, and our legionnaires alone were ordered to cut the hands and feet of the captured Romans, and there were more than 3,000 of them, not counting the Romans killed and wounded in the battle and those killed and wounded in the rout, so they could not pose any more danger to us for a while." Lizaru affirmed, "As for the Roman army in the northeast—"

"Their forces are indeed huge, but according to previous intelligence, their camp is more than 100 miles away from here, and the roads are uneven, and the normal march is at least three or four days' journey, and by then we have already occupied the city of Rome!" Trotilas said loudly.

"Don't take the enemy lightly!" Davos solemnly reminded: "Roman dictator Camillus is not a simple figure, he has participated in countless battles, he has been experienced in battle, and he has also commanded many battles, and he has not suffered defeat-" At this point, he saw Amintas pout, but quickly became frowning again, obviously thinking of the last encounter with Camillus, which caused the First Legion to suffer a great loss.

"Therefore, we cannot judge the army led by Camillos in the usual circumstances...... Two days! Davers pondered for a while, stretched out two fingers, and said with a serious expression: "We must halve the time for the return of the Roman army, and for the time being, it will be judged that Camillus will return in two days, so you only have one day to attack the city, and you must take the city of Rome tomorrow!" The last sentence, Davers said forcefully, word by word.

When the legion commanders heard this, they all felt the pressure.

"The scout squads and mountain scout squads of the various legions are temporarily under my direct command, and I will send them out to scout the movements around Rome throughout the day, and report to me at any time if there is anything unusual. The cavalry of the 1st Cavalry Regiment and the 2nd Cavalry Regiment remained in the camp, recuperating their strength, and ready to attack at any time. And you-" Davers looked at the six legion commanders in front of him, Amintas, Matonis, Lizaru, Olivers, Giogris, and Trotiras, and said in a deep voice: "Go back quickly, command your legionnaires, and build your camp as soon as possible according to the position just specified, this camp must not only allow the soldiers to rest in peace, but also ensure a certain degree of defense." In the meantime, prepare for tomorrow's siege, each of you is responsible for attacking a section of the wall, and I'm going to see who will be the first to break through the Roman defenses and storm the city tomorrow! ”

When the legion commanders heard this, they glanced at each other, and they all had a sense of competition in their hearts.

"But you should also be careful, don't just attack and let the soldiers suffer too many casualties, because the capture of Rome is only the beginning, and the real battle is yet to come!"

Davers's last words alerted the legionnaires, and they hurried back to their legions, while Davers led the palace guards and two cavalry legions and slowly walked back.

Davers looked at the sky and asked, "Has Epitenis already led the team out?" ”

"According to the plan, he should have left this morning, and he should be on his way by now." Tolmide replied.

Davers thought of another question, and said with a little anticipation: "I hope the Wolsey and the Helnihians will help us buy us more time as planned." ”

Tolmid felt faintly at this moment that the Dionian commander, who had always been invincible and commanding, seemed to be a little nervous in his heart, and he didn't know what to say for a while, so he remained silent.

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When Milucius set off this morning, his mood was a little heavy, although he was not a senator, he could not attend yesterday's senate meeting, but his father who returned home told him about it, and the two had a small dispute, admiring Camillus, he was dissatisfied with his clan uncle Marugineensis taking advantage of the dictator's expedition and directing other senators to make small moves behind his back, but he still took over the task assigned by the senate, because he felt that it was better to carry out this order by himself than to let others go, The cubit against Camillus was much smaller.

However, not long after his departure, he received a new order from the Senate, and although the order that had displeased him had been cancelled, he was not at all happy at the moment, and his heart was full of shock: the army of Dionya was marching towards the city of Rome! I only heard last night that the Dionian army landed on the coast, and today it is already about to attack the city of Rome?!

The speed with which the Dionian army moved was completely beyond the expectations of Milusius, and the sense of crisis forced him to speed up his march again and again.

After Priniste, past Sagnia, Milutius tried not to slow down, even though the road ahead was getting rougher.

At this time, a horse came running ahead, and the rider hugged the horse's neck, and when he saw them, he did not avoid them, but collided head-on.

The soldiers who were with him rushed to intercept him, but the frightened horse left a man, who was dressed in Roman costume and had a javelin stuck in his back, and was so badly wounded that Milucius had to come forward to check on him.

The man woke up in a groan, saw Milucius, and immediately said, "I am...... I am Corius, the house slave of Lord Portitus...... Front...... There was an ambush of the Helnihians ahead...... We were attacked...... Be careful......"

Milutius didn't have to think twice to know why Portitus' slaves were here, and he hurriedly asked, "How many enemies are there?" ”

"At least seventy or eighty people ......"

"There are so many people?!" Milusius was taken aback, and looked back at the ten soldiers who were following him, feeling a little embarrassed: should he continue to push forward? Or do you turn around and go back to move the rescuers?

After only thinking about it for a moment, he made a decision: immediately turn around and go to Signa!

It's not that he's greedy for life and afraid of death, but he thinks that his mission is related to the survival of the city of Rome, and he can't be neglected in the slightest, and Signaia is not far away, so he can't delay much.

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In fact, when the Dionian legions arrived outside Rome, they had already rushed to the area where their legions should be, according to the plan they had agreed on the previous night. The engineers of the legions had already drawn up a preliminary plan for the construction of the entire camp last night according to the plan set up by Davers, and compared with the drawings of the city of Rome, and now they needed to go to the field to revise and finalize the plan.

Soon, new plans for the construction of the camp came out.

So they took the legionary engineering battalions to measure and mark the land outside Rome according to this camp plan: where did the trenches begin to be dug? How deep do you want to dig? Where are the earthen ramparts built? How tall does it need to be? Where is the camp gate? Where is the watchtower? …… Of course, there are special regulations for the construction of the Dionian field camp, and after many battles of testing and correction, in fact, there will not be much change, the soldiers have gone through countless military training, and they have long been familiar with this, so when the commander of the regiment rushed back, the task of the garrison was specifically assigned to the junior officers, and the soldiers were in full swing.