"Great!" Lizaru punched Midorades in the chest and said sincerely, "Thank you for your trust, Midoradus!" ”

"It's all for Dionia!" Midorades replied with a straight face.

"Don't worry, I won't let the fleet infantry suffer great losses!" Lizaru also made a guarantee, and then said to the adjutant: "Go and call Ulaza quickly!" ”

He was ready to let Uraza take his place in command of the entire Third Fleet to attack the south bank of Rome, and he himself would lead the two infantry groups and 2,000 infantry of the Third Fleet who remained in the camp to meet the Roman reinforcements, after all, as the commander of the legion, it would be easier for the fleet infantry to accept his command.

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Viai, a town built by the Etruscans, was located on the north bank of the middle reaches of the Tiber River, about forty miles northeast of the city of Rome, and was one of the twelve allied city-states of Etruscan. It has been the enemy of the Romans since its foundation, and there have been many wars between the two sides over the centuries for control of the lands on both sides of the middle reaches of the Tiber.

The Romans from the initial passive beating, to each other to win and lose, and then to gain the upper hand, can be said to have gone through ups and downs, and finally more than 20 years ago, through a ten-year siege, by Camillus led the army to break through the city of Weiai, based on hatred and interests, the Romans killed all the Uighurs who could resist, captured women and children as slaves, completely occupied the land of Weiai, and used it as a Roman colonial town.

Soon after, due to the fierce clashes between the nobles and the commoners of the city, most of the commoners left the city in anger and settled in Victoria. Then the Celts invaded and the city of Rome was occupied, and after Camillus gathered the Romans and Latins to drive out the Celts, the Roman nobles and commoners once again healed the conflict and rebuilt the city of Rome, and many Roman civilians who had settled in the city also returned.

In order to prevent the city from becoming a refuge in the aftermath of the conflict between the Roman plebeians and the nobility, and thus weakening the city itself, the Senate passed a bill to make the fertile land south of the city near the Tiber River the public land of the city of Rome, thus turning the Etruscan city, which had a population similar to Rome and was even more prosperous than Rome, into a medium Roman colonial city.

Since the inhabitants of the city were Roman citizens, they responded vigorously to Rome's first conscription (i.e., following Camillus against the Helnikians), and when they heard that the city of Rome was under attack, they again squeezed out more than 500 people to come to the rescue.

In addition to the army sent by the Victors to rescue Rome, there was Caisra, also one of the twelve city-states of the Etruscan League, which was located on a hill about fourteen miles from the sea, nearly sixty miles from the north bank of the mouth of the Tiber River, because of its iron ore mines and the production of high-quality clay pots, which made the city prosperous and wealthy in north-central Italy.

Moreover, this city-state was very good at getting along with other powers, and when most of the Etruscan city-states were strained with Rome, it maintained good relations with Rome, and when the Celts invaded and their own cities were breached, the Celtic people also sheltered many Roman people who fled because of the fall of Rome in various mountain villages in the territory, so when Rome regained its strength and began to attack the Etruscan territory north, they were grateful for the kindness of the Chessrellas and did not invade their territory, Instead, Casrera was invited to join the League of Rome.

At the same time, the Kessreira had a good relationship with the Greeks, and it was surprising that they were one of the few non-Greek cities to have a sacred vault in Delphi (Delphi generally did not allow non-Greek city-states to have a sacred vault).

This time, in order to save the alliance leader Rome, Kesreira also sent more than 500 soldiers.

There were also two reinforcements from the Etruscan League, Volch and Tarchna, two Etruscan city-states that were close to the coast but built on a hill, both of which were rich in minerals, large ports and thriving maritime trade.

Walch, in particular, became the center of maritime trade on the west coast of the Italian peninsula for a hundred years, and its pottery, bronze and wine were even exported to the eastern Mediterranean, and it was not only a maritime power, but also controlled numerous Etruscan tribes and small towns on land.

And Tarchuna, like Viai, had a feud with Rome. As early as a hundred years ago, it supported the overthrown Roman king Tajiwen against Rome. However, these two powerful city-states declined during these decades due to the constant Celtic invasion and Roman harassment, and the Celtic invasion more than a decade earlier had devastated the two cities, falling and plundering the populace......

Before they could recover from the war, the Romans, who had driven out the Celts and received strong support from Carthage, invaded their territory again. After suffering defeat in successive battles, the people of these two cities had to choose to surrender.

Rome carved out part of the territory of these two cities and established two colonial cities, Sutrium and Cosa, as Roman fortresses to control southern Etruscan and monitor the movements of these two cities at all times, so this time Rome sent messengers for help, and the two cities also sent reinforcements.

Of course, Sutlium and Xhosa were also accompanied by reinforcements, adding up to more than 2,000 people, and counting the soldiers sent by other Etruli tribes and towns that submitted to Rome, a total of more than 4,000 people.

Reinforcements from the towns of Viai, Kesreira, and Volch gathered one after another, and there were scattered soldiers arriving behind, but they were rewarded by the spies that "the Dionians are attacking the city of Rome in a hurry", and the situation no longer allowed them to wait here slowly, especially the Roman citizens of Viai have been clamoring to rush to the rescue, so the leading generals from the Roman colonial city and the Etruscan city-states quickly reached an agreement, and led their respective citizen soldiers respectively, dragging their way towards the Roman vertebral bridge.

Two or three miles from the Ionian camp, they were again rewarded by the spies: about 4,000 Dionian soldiers were marching at a rapid pace, passing through them!

When several generals heard this, they were all taken aback by the reaction of Paulus: Aren't the Dioonians attacking the city with all their might?! How come there are still enough soldiers left to fight with us in the field?!

But time was pressing, and they didn't have to think about it too much, so they hurriedly began to set up the formation.

These more than 4,000 Roman reinforcements came from many Etruscan city-states, tribes and Roman colonial cities, and it took a lot of effort just to determine the affiliation of each army and arrange the location of the array, so the formation of the entire army had not yet been unfolded, and the Dionian army appeared in their field of vision.

The army led by Lizaru consisted of 2,000 fleet infantry and a light armoured brigade, so it moved relatively quickly, with only one heavy infantry brigade slightly dragging behind.

When he arrived at the battlefield, Lizaru found that the Roman reinforcements were just as he had envisioned in advance, and did not expect the Dionian army to attack, so there was no preparation in advance, and the whole army was still in a hedgehog group, how could he let go of such a great opportunity, and before the heavy infantry brigade arrived, he gave the order to attack: the fleet infantry attacked the enemy's left side, the light armored brigade attacked the enemy's right side, leaving the gap in the front for the heavy infantry brigade that arrived later.

Although neither of these units was heavy infantry, according to the reports of the Scouts, the number of heavy infantry in the Roman reinforcements was far less than half (the elite citizen soldiers had been drafted to attack the Helnihians before). Therefore, Lizaru was convinced that these two well-trained troops could completely suppress the enemy by attacking and hold out until the heavy infantry brigade arrived.

The trumpet of the attack sounded, and the two troops, which had been arranged in battle columns, quickly threw off the entire long column and turned it into a horizontal column in the process of slowing down their advance, and then began to accelerate forward without changing their positions.

The weapons and equipment of the infantry and light armor of the fleet are actually the same, they are all leather helmets, leather armor, leather shields, and short swords, and the biggest difference is the size of the leather shield and the javelin: because the light armored soldiers are fighting on land, they hold larger leather shields, and at the same time, like the heavy infantry, they carry two javelins; Due to the fact that the infantry of the fleet had to fight at sea, in order to maintain better balance, the leather shields were smaller, and they did not carry javelins.

However, this time, because the heavy infantry of the Third Legion had to climb the embankment through the crow warship to attack, it was inconvenient to throw javelins, so they all stayed in the camp, and Lizaru asked the fleet infantry to carry javelins before calling his troops out of the camp to meet the enemy, although they did not use javelins in battles at sea, they would often be trained in peacetime training, because javelin throwing was one of the four killing skills that the Dionian infantry had to master (the other three were hand-to-hand combat, shield-wielding sword fighting, and shield-wielding spear stabbing).

The rapid approach of the Dionian army forced the Roman reinforcements to no longer be able to smoothly spread the formation, of course, they could not shrink into a group and be beaten passively, so the trumpet of the attack was forced to sound, and the generals of the reinforcements led the armies of their city-states to rush towards the Dionian army that was pressing towards them.

The distance between the two sides, which was originally a few hundred meters apart, was quickly shortened in a shouting of killing.

"Javelin! Javelin! Javelin! ......" At the shouts of the officers, the two units of Dionia's fleet infantry and light armor quickly stopped, and quickly threw two rounds of javelins, interrupting the enemy's charge and making the enemy's formation more confused, and then they shouted the name of Hades and rushed over......