The sheer strength of the Romans forced the Wolsey warriors and Dionian reinforcements in the two cities not to leave the city easily, but could only send a small number of light infantry to attack and harass, which obviously had little impact on the Roman army.

Camillus defended the camp with half of his troops, and the other half of his soldiers, plus slaves and civilians transporting heavy loads, who rotated regularly, and it took only three days to build the Roman camp between Setia and Polyfnum.

Quintus and Licinius eagerly offered to attack the city of Setia.

The venerable Camillus objected at first, reminding the two military officers that the Wolsey had been building traps and ditches outside Setia for the past few days, and that the whole city might be more fortified than before, and that there were tens of thousands of Wolsey reinforcements in the city of Polyfnonam, not far from Setia, and thousands of strong Dionians, who could go out of the city at any time to help, making it more difficult for the Romans to attack the city.

Therefore, he proposed: besiege Setia without attacking, pin up to Polyfnum, and then divide more than 20,000 soldiers, bypass these two towns, and advance straight to the southwest, destroying the fields of the Wolsey along the way, and reaching the city of Selshe, the important town of Wolsey. If the Wolsey reinforcements and the Dionians come to the rescue, take the opportunity to engage them in a decisive battle in the field; If the enemy does not come to the rescue, then attack Sersche and eventually take it, thus changing the stalemate.

Quintus refused. In his opinion: the enemy is at hand, with the strength of the army under his command, it is completely possible to take Setia at the same time, and at the same time to fight the enemy army from Polyfnum, there is no need to march twenty or thirty miles, and risk being disturbed by the enemy's attack to attack the city of Selshe, which the Wolsey people call "dangerous terrain", which is both dangerous and too troublesome.

Licinius, of course, also supported the capture of Setia first.

Frius, the most junior of the military officers, remained silent, but in his heart he actually supported Quintus's proposal. This stems from the Roman military tradition of heavy infantry as the main military force of the city-state, and the vast majority of Roman citizens were accustomed to frontal charges and had no idea much about roundabouts, even though Frius had worked with Camillus for so long.

Instead of insisting on his opinion, Camillus asked himself to stay in the camp while building a new one.

Thus, the Roman assault on the city of Setia began.

Soon they got a taste of the fortifications that had been added with the help and guidance of the soldiers of the First Dionian Legion.

First of all, the wide trap belt in front of the trench made the Roman soldiers suffer enough, and many soldiers were stabbed in the foot by "hanging meat hooks" and "lilies".

Just as they had to patiently clear the traps, the defenders sent hundreds of light infantry, who were familiar with the distribution of traps outside the city, and scattered along the safe passages of the trap area, attacking the Romans who were buried in clearing the obstacles on the ground with javelins and arrows, which not only caused some casualties among the Roman soldiers, but also delayed their siege.

Therefore, although the ballistas 300 meters away from the city fired stone shells for several days, and even several were damaged due to overuse, the old walls of Setia have only recently been repaired, and there have been several collapses that have withstood the continuous bombardment.

This was a great opportunity to storm the city, but the Romans were prevented from reaching the city by the traps outside the city, and could only watch as the Wolsey patched the gap with stones and mud oars. But this also gave Quintus, Licinius, and Frius more confidence in conquering Setiacheng.

They sent thousands of light infantry, risking being stabbed by the traps under their feet, to attack the Wolsey light infantry who were sneaking out of the city, and finally forced the Wolsey light infantry, which suffered a lot of casualties, not to leave the city easily.

A few days later, the Roman soldiers paid some casualties and basically cleared the trap in front of the trench.

Quintus and Licinius left nearly 15,000 men in the camp, led by Camillus and Frius, to guard against the rescue of Polyfnum, and led nearly 30,000 soldiers to launch a strong attack on the city of Setia.

The wide and deep trenches of Setia and the dense deer barricades beneath the walls became the greatest obstacles to the Romans' attack, but they were the most powerful helpers of the Wolsi in the city, and they desperately poured javelins, arrows, stones, and boiling oil downwards......

The Romans paid a lot of casualties.

After a long and arduous battle, the Romans finally broke the gap in the original wall that had been repaired with siege engines, and the soldiers poured into the city through the gap, and they were shocked to find that in front of them lay a slightly lower wall made of earth, and the head of the city was full of Walsey warriors.

The Romans found out that they had been deceived, but the unsuspecting comrades-in-arms behind them continued to pour in, and soon the narrow corridor was crowded.

Wolsey was condescending and attacked from a distance from all sides, killing the Romans with every stone and javelin. And the flames ignited by the large number of thrown oil cans made the Romans fall into hell......

At the cost of more than 2,000 casualties, the Roman army failed to attack the city.

Quintus and Licinius returned to the camp with gloomy faces, and Camillus did not say anything, but called the doctors and soldiers in the camp to treat the wounded.

The Wolsey people in Setia were greatly encouraged by this victory, and strengthened their determination to defend the city.

After two days of rest, Quintus and Licinius refused to listen to Camilus's dissuasion and insisted on another siege, to which Camillus had to agree due to the support of Frius.

This time, Camillus alone led nearly 10,000 soldiers, including some wounded, to the camp.

Quintus, Licinius, and Frius led more than 30,000 Roman soldiers, mainly from the east, west, and south, to storm the city of Setia.

The battle was fierce.

By the afternoon, the Romans had attacked the city, and the Walseys had to retreat to their newly built second wall, and because of their lack of manpower, they even had to arm the old men and women to defend themselves against the fierce attack of the Romans.

At this critical moment, reinforcements arrived from Polyfnum, who attempted to bypass the Roman camp and rescue Setia.

Camillus had been wary of this, and after receiving the return of the scouts, he left more than 2,000 men to guard the camp and personally led 7,000 soldiers out of the camp to intercept it.

The reinforcements of Polyfnum were 8,000 soldiers with the 1st Dionian Army as the main force, and although its strength was not much different from the last time, this time the attack of the mixed forces was far less fierce than the last time.

When Camillus realized this, he felt uneasy.

Sure enough, it didn't take long for the scout's report to confirm his fears: several thousand Wolsey warriors were rapidly approaching Setia City from the north.

Where is the power of the Wolsey people in the north?! When Camillus heard the news, he was extremely uneasy and puzzled at the same time.

In fact, as soon as Polyfnum received the news that the Romans had stormed the city of Setia in a big way, Printors decided that it would be difficult for Setia to withstand the onslaught of the prepared Roman army, so he made his own proposal, and the Wolsey reinforcements heeded this bold suggestion.

They sent 5,000 Wolsey warriors, first marching southwest, reaching a marshy area near the coast, then turning north, taking advantage of their familiarity with the terrain, clinging to the edge of the marshy area, evading the detection of Roman scouts, and making a large circle to the north of the city of Setia.

At this time, the siege battle was at its most intense.

The newly built earthen wall withstood fierce fighting between the two sides, and there were many collapses. The Setias, whether women, old men, or teenagers, were almost always sent to seal the gaps if they could hold a spear. And Quintus also pressed all his forces up, hoping to break through the city of Setia in one fell swoop.

While both sides were doing their best, Walsey's reinforcements appeared, and they were 5,000 of the strongest warriors, and Polyfnonam did everything he could to save Setia.

When Quintus, Licinius, and Frius received the shocking news, they were hit hard, and then they all couldn't help themselves and shouted: "Damn the scout! Why didn't you find out until the Wolsey reinforcements were approaching?!! ……”

Of course, Quintus also casually scolded a few words, "Why didn't Camillus stop the reinforcements?" ……”

Of course, this accusation was ridiculous, and the other two were dismissed by Quintus as an unintentional remark out of anxiety, after all, they had been informed that Camillus was leading his army against the reinforcements of Polyfnonam from the south.

Reinforcements from the north were rapidly approaching, and the Romans were already in full force to attack the city, and it was difficult to draw troops to intercept them. As for the more than 2,000 soldiers in the camp, they did not dare to pull them out, otherwise the Wolsey would attack the camp and lose the mountains of grain, grass and ordnance in the camp, and this huge army of more than 40,000 people would be difficult to sustain.

"Unless the soldiers use the outer walls of Setia to block the Wolsey reinforcements, we will concentrate all our efforts on capturing the inner city of Setia." Frius suggested.

"The resistance of the Wolsi people in the city is very stubborn, we have done our best, even if we take the entire city of Setia, where will the tired soldiers have the extra strength to fight against the four or five thousand enemies who have just joined the battle!" Licinius looked at Quintus and expressed his opinion worriedly.

"Retreat." Quintus said simply: "The defenses of Setia City have been basically destroyed, it will be difficult to hinder us in a short period of time, and there are not many Wolsey warriors left in its city, these thousands of Wolsey reinforcements have come just in time, and they will become our prisoners tomorrow!" Frius, your suggestion is very good, let the soldiers close to the outer walls go and hold off the enemy's reinforcements, and buy time for the retreat of the whole army. ”()

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