The panic quickly dissipated in the atmosphere of common hatred among the Roman people, and they once again enthusiastically signed up to defend the city. The Roman cavalry also galloped across the fields outside the city, urgently informing the people of the villages to evacuate immediately. A dozen messengers also galloped out of the city of Rome and in all directions, asking for help from the colonial cities and allies......

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Ostia is more than 50 miles away from Rome, there are no other city-states in between, and Rome is nearly 30 miles away from the nearest allies, this is the result of the strong expansion of the Romans in the past hundred years, they continue to defeat the nearby city-states, and then continue to move their people into Rome, the city of Rome is constantly growing, and the land directly under it is also increasing, but it leaves a blank area around it for dozens of miles, so that the two armies of Dioonia are like entering no man's land, and they march smoothly all the way without any hindrance. It is not known if the Romans regretted their short-sighted and tyrannical approach at this time.

In particular, the two cavalry regiments of Dionya galloped all the way and rushed to the front of the whole army.

At this time, they saw smoke rising in the distance.

"Damn! It must be the Romans who are burning their granaries! "Ryders remembered the death order sent to him by the messenger sent by King Davos last night: Tomorrow morning, after the whole army has set out, your 1st and 2nd cavalry regiments must rush to the river port outside the city west of Rome, on the banks of the Tiber, as fast as possible, and seize the granary at all costs!

Ryders couldn't help but feel anxious and shouted, "Speed up!" Get ready to put out the fire! ”

In a hurry, Ryders ordered the trumpeters to blow the trumpet, and led the soldiers to gallop on horseback.

The river port of Rome was built after the Romans captured Ostia, it became another passage between the Romans and the outside world, due to the continuous influx of people in the city at that time, and there was no river port planning in advance, so there was no extra space in the city to accommodate the port, so it was built outside the city.

In the first few decades, the river port facilities were extremely rudimentary, until the last ten years, the Carthaginian aid and trade to Rome promoted the great development of this river port, the expansion and improvement of the river port also allowed more and more merchant ships to transport goods by the river, and also led to the establishment of Rome's granary next to the river port. This is because Rome has waged frequent wars for more than ten years, which consumes a lot of food, and sometimes it cannot supply it sufficiently, Carthage provides aid to it, and the grain is basically transported by river and unloaded in the port. After a fire, the Romans learned their lesson and no longer transported food into the city, which was crowded with houses and prone to fire accidents, and parked directly near the port, which was convenient and safe. Later, they stored the grain they had collected from other allies and transported it to the camp when the army went out.

When Ledes arrived with the 1st Cavalry Regiment of Dionia, he saw a large rectangular camp in front of him, a stone wall three meters high, and several towers built within the wall, and the camp was billowing with smoke, but there was no human figure to be seen or heard, and the Roman walls, which were less than two hundred meters away, were full of soldiers, and its gates were closed.

Ryders immediately jumped off his horse, drew his dagger, and was about to run towards the gate of the camp.

"Legion Commander be careful!" Several guards next to him immediately stopped him, and at the same time blocked the cavalry shield in front of him, only to hear two "bangbang" sounds, and two sharp arrows pierced the shield.

Ryders broke out in a cold sweat, suddenly calmed down, looked fixedly, and saw that there were many figures shaking on the wall of the granary, he thought for a moment, and then shouted loudly: "The first brigade will attack the enemy inside with javelins!" The second brigade dismounted me and saw if I could break the gate open! The other brigades went around this camp and climbed the wall for me! ”

"Yes, Legion Commander!!"

After hearing a shout of neighing, the cavalry of the third, fourth, and fifth battalions began to gallop around the camp, while the soldiers of the second battalion ran directly to the camp gate, forcing the Roman soldiers on the wall to show themselves and attack the Dionian soldiers approaching the camp with javelins and arrows.

The 2nd Dionian cavalry, which had already been prepared, immediately attacked the enemy at the wall with javelins.

The walls were not high, and there were no ditches or deer barrages, so the Dionian cavalry could attack at close range, plus they were outnumbered. The Roman soldiers, though condescending, were at a disadvantage in long-range attacks.

By this time, the cavalry of the other brigades had gone around the other sections of the granary camp, and they all jumped off their horses, put their cavalry shields on their backs, their spears on their horses, and their short swords hung on their waists, and they stood against the wall, one crouching, the other stepping on the other's shoulders, and the two slowly stood upright. The three-meter-high stone wall, as soon as the two overlapped, the soldiers above could already put their hands on the edge of the wall, and the soldiers below sent their shoulders up, and the soldiers above climbed the wall...... In a few moments, hundreds of Ionian soldiers were standing on the top of the wall.

They saw that many of the dozens of large round barns side by side in the granaries had already ignited a fire, and more than a dozen Roman soldiers were carrying asphalt and torches, running between the barns. They immediately divided more than half of their soldiers and quickly ran down the fence to put out the fire. The rest of the soldiers followed the aisle at the top of the wall and slaughtered the Roman soldiers who were fighting fiercely.

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The soldiers on the western walls of Rome were able to see the granary camp because of the height of the wall, and they were anxious to see their countrymen in danger.

"General Scipio, Gaius and they refused to retreat to the city in order to completely burn down the granary, they are the heroes of Rome, we should go out of the city to save them!"

"There are less than 2,000 Dionian cavalry, and most of them have jumped off their horses to fight, and they are all wearing light armor, if we send troops out of the city at this time, we will definitely be able to inflict heavy damage on this Dionian cavalry!"

Compared with the pleading of the soldiers, the senator's suggestion made the governor of the city guard, Scipio the Great, a little moved.

Now there are not only Roman citizen soldiers standing at the head of the city, but also some senators, they are all a little curious in the face of the fierce Dionians, after all, this is the first time to face the Dionian army, of course, their arrival has also brought some trouble to Scipio the Great.

Originally, Scipio the Great's plan was to "bring all the grain in the granaries into the city, and then burn the granaries." "Since the Dionian army was still halfway through the journey, according to the previous reports of the scouts, Scipio the Great thought that there was enough time to complete this plan, so he organized nearly 10,000 people and many pack carts to go out of the city to carry food, thinking that he could complete this task before the arrival of the Dionian army.

But not long after the food convoy left the city, he was rewarded again by the scouts: the Dionian cavalry was galloping towards Rome, less than 30 miles from the city.

The speed of the Dionian cavalry was completely beyond Scipio the Great's expectations, and not only was he unable to complete his plan, but he also had to withdraw the food convoy to the city at once. In order to ensure order and prevent chaos between the people and the pack beasts and block the city gates, he did not immediately burn the granary, but the evacuation of the grain transport team took a lot of time, and by the time the people had basically entered the city and wanted to set fire to the granary, the Dionian cavalry was already very close to the city of Rome, and they were coming straight to the granary when the scouts returned.

At this time, the squadron leader Gaius, who was originally guarding the granary, and his 120 soldiers voluntarily chose to stay in order to complete this task.

The valor and tragedy of this Roman squadron magnified Scipio the Great's mistakes, and it was clearly seen by the senators of the city, how much influence this would have on his later political career in Rome, Scipio the Great did not have time to think at the moment, so if the advice of his colleagues could be successfully implemented, it would not only strike at the Dionians, but also restore his image.

Just as Scipio the Great was pondering how to send his troops out of the city to raid, "The Ionian cavalry! Another Dionian cavalry is coming!! ......" The exclamations of the soldiers made him raise his head, and he saw a cloud of smoke and dust billowing in the distance, and countless Dionian cavalry in black helmets and black armor loomed in the dust and mist.

When he saw that the number of the new Ionian cavalry approaching the city was about two thousand, Scipio the Great hesitated: the number of the two Dionian cavalry made him not confident that he could solve the battle in a short time, after all, he only had 3,000 elite soldiers in his hands, and it was impossible for them all to go out of the city to raid, but let the recruits formed by the old man and children go out of the city and fight the cavalry in the field, he was worried that the physical strength of these soldiers would not be able to support them.

But soon he didn't have to hesitate any longer, and the screams of the soldiers again made her see the dust and mist rising in the distance again: hundreds more Dionian cavalry in bright armor and red coats had rushed to the city and joined the attack on the granary!

The arrival of the Ionian cavalry several times gave Scipio the Great an illusion: the Dionian army was constantly rushing towards this side at the fastest speed, and could not send troops out! Otherwise, not only will these soldiers be in danger, but Rome will also be in danger!

Not only did he think so, but I was afraid that the elders and soldiers in the city also had similar thoughts, so the cries of war and pleading that had resounded before were gone, and there was silence around them. I just heard the screams from time to time in the granary camp under the city, and their expressions were extremely painful.

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The second to arrive at the granary of the river harbor was the 2nd Cavalry Regiment of Dionia, and the commander of the regiment, Kucius, quickly found Rydes, who was overseeing the battle, and saluted the old commander, "Lord Rydes, what do you need us to do?" ”