The horror of the Dionian army made them finally realize: once Rome was completely destroyed, then Dionya would be able to completely free up his hands and concentrate on Carthage! And now the Senate is still in a quarrel, wasting precious time!

Therefore, they gathered together and strongly appealed to the Senate: while the main force of Dionya was still in Latinum, it should immediately send a large army to land in Sicily, defeat Dionia's army, and completely occupy the whole of Sicily, so as to gain the advantage of the entire battle situation.

In the midst of the excitement of the masses, Hanno did not dare to obstruct it any longer, and the Senate finally made a decision to "recruit no less than 60,000 troops in Carthage and its environs as soon as possible, and hand them over to the Carthaginian military commander Marco."

Far away in the southern part of the Iberian Peninsula, Margo also realized the urgency of the war and stepped up to gather and form new troops.

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In fact, it was not necessary for Tapirus to urge the Wolsey and Helnickians, who had already begun to act as soon as the Roman army had left the Tullerus Valley.

The Helniggian tribes, which had previously fled into the mountains, gathered and began to attack the Roman soldiers in the occupied territory, with the focus of their attack on the city of Flortirum. This Helnihian town was built in the mountains, which caused great difficulties for the Romans to attack the city, and in order to quickly end the war in Helniki, Camillus had to extract a large number of young and middle-aged citizens from Rome and its allies, resulting in the emptiness of the defense of the city of Rome and the surrounding area.

Camillus' army retreated in a hurry, but 2,000 Roman soldiers were left behind to defend the city of Frentirum and the importance of its location.

However, the city was attacked by the Romans several times before, and the battles were so fierce that the walls of the city were full of ruins. Before the remaining Roman soldiers could repair it, the Helnihians had already attacked.

Most of them used the cover of mountains and trees at night and early in the morning to approach the city walls, and even sneaked into the city and launched a surprise attack. As soon as the Romans gathered their forces to fight them head-on, they fled the city. The Roman army, which was not good at fighting in the mountains, followed the pursuit and was ambushed by the Helnikians.

After suffering several losses, the Romans were forced to hold on to the city, while the Helnian attacks did not abate, and although the casualties inflicted on the Romans were not significant each time, they caused a great deal of psychological stress on the Roman soldiers, preventing them from getting enough rest.

After the Roman defenders continued to defend themselves, the Helnihians shifted the focus of their attacks to the Roman baggage caravan that was transporting supplies to the city of Flentirum. Since the main Roman force had withdrawn from the area, there were not many troops left behind, and there were not enough troops to defend it, so the baggage team was repeatedly attacked by the Helnihians and could not reach the city of Frentirum.

The Roman defenders, who were dwindling in food, unreplenished in their weapons, and constantly under attack by the Helnikians, lost their confidence in holding out without reinforcements, and on the same day that the Roman army was forced to disband, the Roman defenders chose to withdraw from the city of Frentirum.

After the Roman soldiers began to retreat, they found that not only the city of Flentirum was attacked by the Helnikians, but also other occupied Helnihian towns were also attacked to varying degrees, especially the small military camps built along the river, which became the main targets of the Helnikians due to their small forces and weak defenses.

The Romans had already seen several burned barracks during their retreat, and the other surviving barracks, as well as the defenders of the neighboring towns, had joined the retreat.

The army retreated northward, eventually to the city of Higenia, near the Latin state of Tolerium, giving up most of the Helniki lands it had managed to capture.

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However, the Wolsy began to gather warriors after the Dionian army attacked the city of Rome and the Roman army stationed in the southwest went to the rescue, wanting to regain the territory occupied by the Romans, but unlike the Helnihians, Rome had colonized Antium, Satnikum, and Villitre, the three towns that originally belonged to the Walsy and their surrounding territories, and the Roman people who had just become new residents would naturally resist with all their might.

After many wars and severely weakened strength, the Wolsey could concentrate no more than 6,000 warriors, and lacked siege weapons, and several attacks on the city of Antium, all of which were repulsed, unable to retake their town, and had to retreat after learning that the Roman army had re-entered Satnikum.

As a result, when the Wallsey hierarchy met Tapirus, they asked him for the support of his ally Dionia.

Tapirus made a promise to them that if Wolsey cooperated with his full force in accordance with His Majesty King Davers's plan, Dionya would help Wolsey regain all of his realms.

As a result, the Wolsi followed Tapirus's advice and changed their strategy of attack, and instead of attacking the territories of Antium and Satnikum, they retreated their main forces from Astura, which was very close to Antium, to Setia, waiting for an opportunity.

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Gabii, one of the most important Latin city-states in the eastern region of Latim, is located about 30 miles southeast of Rome and not far from the west bank of the Ario River, a tributary of the Tiber. It had been an ally of Rome decades earlier and had never betrayed, but this time its loyalty to Rome was tested.

Publius came to Gabi as an emissary of Dionia, hoping that he would break away from the Latin League in Rome and ally himself with the Kingdom of Dionia.

The Gabi Senate debated the matter for a day, and finally the Gabi nobles were worried about Dionia's treatment of the Roman nobles, so they rejected Dionia's request and drove Publius out of the city, while sending men to the west to ask Camillus for help.

Sure enough, on the second day, Dionia's army appeared under the city of Gabi, still commanded by Printors, still under the command of the Second Legion, the Sixth Legion, the Lucanian Reserve Legion, the Roman Reserve Brigade, the First Cavalry Legion, and an engineering team of 500 people, totaling more than 30,000 people.

The Gabi closed the four gates, and all the young and middle-aged citizens of the city went up to the top of the city in armor and spears, ready to defend themselves against the Dionians' siege.

However, Printors did not immediately give the order to attack, but ordered the soldiers to begin building camps.

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In the early hours of the next morning, 12,000 Roman soldiers led by Camillus, who had received the news, hurried to Tuström.

Located north of Lake Albalonga, on the edge of Mount Tustron and about 40 miles south of the city of Rome, it has become the most important city in the central Latin region since the fall of the city of Albalonga.

Most of the Latin city-states and tribes in the eastern, central, and western Latin regions responded to Camillus's call and sent their armies to Tuströn, thus increasing Camillus's forces to 21,000 men.

In the Roman camp outside the city of Tuström, the Roman generals were gathered in the Great Tent to discuss the current situation of the battle and the future military plans.

The Roman dictator Camillus at this time was different from the high-spirited image he had when he attacked Ferentinum, his face was sallow, his face was flabby, and his whole body was slumped against a wooden chair, on each side of which stood a slave, ready to support him.

He closed his eyes and listened to the report on the enemy's situation: "The Dionian army has been building camp in the past few days, and has not attacked Gabi City, but they are constantly bombarding Gabi City with ballistas...... The Gabi sent messengers again to ask for help from us......"

"Your Excellency the Dictator, the Dionian army has not attacked the city for several days, but it has been building camps, and the camp is built to the west of the city of Gabi, which is obviously guarding against us." Mejus said in a deep voice.

"We led our army into Turström, and the momentum was too great to hide it from the Dionians, and it was normal for them to be on guard. According to the reports of the Scouts, the Ionian army outside the city of Gabi numbered in the tens of thousands, and we should also note that there were Ionian troops inside the city of Rome—"

Before Licinius finished speaking, he heard Quintus shout angrily: "Is it because there are many Dionians, because they don't attack the city, we won't attack, or even retreat?!" Well! Licinius, are you afraid?! You shouldn't stay here, but like those Roman civilians, you should surrender to the Ionians—"

"Enough, Quintus, watch your words! The Dictator reminds us again and again that we are in a difficult situation and that we must be united in order to defeat the Dioonians and retake Rome! Aulus reminded loudly.

Quintus snorted, glared at Licinius with his eyes, but did not speak.

Licinius simply turned around and looked out of the tent.

At this time, Camillus opened his eyes, and compared to his weak voice, his eyes seemed much more focused: "I sent someone to inform the troops left behind in Sigenia to come here to join us, how is the matter going?" ”

“…… They were already on their way. Lucius said in a trembling voice.

The withdrawal of the Roman soldiers who remained in Hignaia meant that the results of the previous conquest of Helniki were wiped out, and the generals present were gloomy when they heard this.