Suddenly, the adjutant hurried into the tent: "Your Excellency the dictator, Labicum has sent a messenger saying that several thousand Wolsy have broken into their territory, and that we will send reinforcements to drive them out!" ”

"How could the Wolsey people be there?!" Quintus and Lucius shouted in almost unison.

No wonder they wondered, how could the Verbum suddenly appear here as they were located not far east of Turström, and the Wolsey were far to the southwest of the Latin region, separated by numerous Latin city-states?!

Camillus, who had been fighting in the Latium area for decades and had completely imprinted the topography and landforms of this land in his mind, was also in thought, and he said with some uncertainty: "Prinister? Could it be Prinister?! ……”

Hearing Camillus's words, Lucius said with some disbelief: "Father, this is unlikely! ”

"Even our colonial city can betray us, why can't it!" Quintus shouted angrily: "Prinister united with the Helnihivians and the Wolsy to launch a rebellion, and we executed many Prinister people who participated in the rebellion. And this time, Prinister didn't send reinforcements to join us either! ”

"That's because there are few people in Prinister, and we need it to have enough troops to defend against the Helnikians in the Tullerus Valley!" Lucius retorted.

"Don't make any noise! Now the situation is urgent! Quintus, you immediately lead the army returning from Hignaia, rush to Gabi, assist Titus, and hold off the Wolsi who are rushing from Rabikum! At the moment when the two were arguing, Camillus's face changed, and he shouted with all his might: "Ensure that our army can retreat smoothly!" …… cough cough cough ......"

Quintus was stunned for a moment, and then replied forcefully: "Yes, Lord Dictator!" ”

At the moment when he heard the news, he patronized and wondered how the Wolsy might be there, forgetting that the reason why the Wolsi were there was most likely to be running for Titus and their army, and the Dioonians wanted to surround the Roman coalition that had gone to rescue Gabi! …… Thinking of this, Quintus walked out of the big tent with an anxious expression.

Lucius saw that Camillus's face was even worse on the wooden chair, his hands trembled uncontrollably, he hurriedly pressed his body, and comforted: "Father, Titus is so shrewd, he will definitely withdraw the troops smoothly!" ”

“…… This is a conspiracy that Dionia has designed a long time ago! The Wolsey did not retreat to Setia at all...... They crossed the Lepiny hill eastward...... Hiding in the Tullerus Valley...... I'm waiting for today! …… We are only focused on the city of Rome, but we believe too much in the allies...... Ignoring the defense of the southern face...... It's all my fault! ”

Lucius's muttering self-reproach made Lucius feel equally worried, but he didn't know how to comfort his old father, but just grabbed his arm tightly to show his support and encouragement.

"Lucius...... May Jupiter bless us and let us get back to Satnikum! ......" Camillus's old voice was expectant, but there was a hint of worry in his eyes: "...... I hope that the senators and people of Rome will always stick to the Capitoline Hill as they did back then! ……”

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Titus was taken aback when he heard that six or seven thousand Wolsey and Helnihivian warriors were coming from the south.

He didn't have time to think about why the enemy was there, as Camillus did, but immediately gave the order: "Mejus, you go and withdraw the army attacking the enemy camp at once!" ”

"Tell our allies at once, that more than 20,000 Dionian troops have come out of Rome and are coming at us from the north! More than 7,000 Wolsey and Helnihivian warriors are coming at us from the south! We must retreat west at once, or we will be surrounded by them! ”

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"Commander, the enemy is retreating on all fronts!" The adjutant who stood on the sentry tower and observed the battle reminded loudly.

"It must be the army led by His Majesty, and the Vorsi-Herniki reinforcements, who are attacking the enemy." Printors nodded and said, "Blow the trumpet and let the soldiers attack the retreating enemy!" ”

"Yes!" The adjutant excitedly shouted to the bottom of the sentry tower: "Blow the trumpet of attack!" Attack! ”

"Woo! ……”

At the same time as the trumpet sounded, the Dionian soldiers, who had long been unable to hold back, rushed out of the camp under the command of the officers.

Sextus also commanded the Roman reserve soldiers in pursuit.

Although Printors had opened the camp gate to the west of the camp beforehand, it took time for the troops to break out of the camp, and the Roman coalition army, which had been prepared for a long time, retreated quickly, and in the blink of an eye, it was more than 100 meters away from the attacking soldiers of Dionia.

However, the speed of the Volsey coalition army that rushed straight from the southwest was even faster, and although these soldiers, who were mostly regarded as light armoured soldiers, were still more than four miles away from the Roman army, they had almost changed from the southwest of the Roman army to the west, and it was likely to block the return of the Roman army.

"Go and inform Licinius at once, let him lead the allied army, give me a stop from the Wolsey, and protect the retreat of the Roman army!" Titus was a little anxious, but fortunately he had placed the allied army on the right flank when he was attacking the camp, and he had originally envisioned that when the Dionian army in Rome came out, it would be convenient for the entire coalition to retreat south (the Latin city-states were in the south), but now they could be used to block the enemy, and he didn't care if it would cause the allied army to suffer heavy losses.

He shouted in a hoarse voice: "Order the whole army to accelerate the retreat!" ”

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Licinius led about 10,000 Latin allies with a detachment from the main force and marched straight to the southwest.

When he learned from the scouts that he was "more than a mile away from the enemy," Licinius began to line up.

He placed the heavy infantry of the allies in the front line, and the light infantry in the rear. Titus hoped that he would be able to hold off the incoming enemy, and he hoped that he would quickly crush the enemy in front of him and open the way for the whole army to retreat south.

However, he did not have time to wait for the generals of the allies to command the soldiers to form a phalanx, and by this time the soldiers of the Volsi-Herniki coalition were already less than five hundred meters apart, and they had adopted a very loose formation, so that they could advance and spread out the formation relatively smoothly.

Licinius sent heralds to urge them again and again, and the soldiers of the Latin allies hurriedly put together the formation.

The Warch coalition soldiers, resentful of the Romans, had already charged in front of the battle, and immediately smashed the Latin Allied array into a bump.

Licinius hurriedly ordered the trumpet to continue to blow the attack, hoping to inspire the allied soldiers to block the enemy's charge and wait for an opportunity to counterattack.

The shields and spears of the two sides intersected, and the sound of killing shook the sky, stirring up dust and sand all over the sky.

Under the desperate ferocity of the Wolsey and Helnihian warriors, the ill-prepared coalition soldiers slowly retreated.

Licinius was not in a hurry, he knew that the onslaught of the enemy coming from a long distance would not last, and when the line was stabilized, the heavy infantry would be able to exert their might.

However, in the midst of the fighting, he heard a panicked shout from the right flank of the array: "We are defeated, run away!! ”

"Run, we're almost surrounded!!"

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"What's going on?!" Licinius became nervous and immediately sent his guards to the right flank to check on it.

At this time, the Roman general in charge of commanding the right flank had already sent a herald, and he shouted in panic: "General Licinius, more than 400 Bonneites were suddenly defeated after receiving the enemy, and they also deliberately shouted and shook the morale of the army, and now the entire right flank is in chaos and has lost control!" ”

"What?! Damn Boruto! Licinius was dumbfounded when he heard this terrible bad news.

It turned out that after listening carefully to Publius's detailed introduction to the Latin city-states, Davos secretly had a rough plan in mind, he first sent Publius to quietly send Priniste, who both of them thought was the easiest to persuade to surrender, and the result was that Priniste first reached a secret alliance with Dionia.

Then Publius turned his attention to Beau.

This small Latin city located to the west of Prinister and less than ** miles away has been breached in the original Prinister rebellion, the joint attack of the Wolsey, Helniki, and Eque, and it has survived thanks to the rescue led by Camillus. It stands to reason that it should be grateful to Rome and faithful.

But Publius thought otherwise, since that breached and plundered, the Bonnes seemed to be full of fear of the Helniki and Wolsey races to the south, and whether it was the Roman attack on Wolsey or Herniki, it was very active in supporting it, and provided a large number of supplies and personnel. Now that the city of Rome has fallen, the Romans have retreated to the west of the Latin region, their power has declined greatly, and the Helnikians have revived......

Thus, after Publius hinted that the Bonneites "Priniste had surrendered" and promised that "Dionysa would completely secure Bonnet's territory", Bonnet became the second Latin city-state to ally with Dionia.

When Gabi refused Dionia's persuasion, Davers's plan had taken shape, and the Warch coalition was actually quietly stationed between the cities of Prinister and Bonnet.