Dido was also a little dissatisfied, but she said that King Davos had written her a letter not to prevent Hanno and his men from escaping to the Eastern Mediterranean, otherwise news of their murder would reach Carthage, causing panic among the Carthaginian nobles, and thus causing a twist and turn on Carthage's alliance with Dionia...... Oh, King Davers also promised that even if Hanno and the others fled to Tyre, they would not escape Dionia's punishment, but that was not ...... now"

"What do you mean by that?!" Hasdruba blinked his eyes and asked with a little surprise, "Could it be that King Davos is still willing to declare war on Persia?!" ”

"It's not impossible." Kisgow had obviously noticed this sentence as well, and had carefully analyzed it on the way back, so he said: "The eastern Phoenicia region is a subject state of Persia, and their sending a fleet to participate in the war in the western Mediterranean is actually equivalent to Persia declaring war on Dionia, but the two sides have tacitly not mentioned this matter until now. However, towards the end of the war in the Western Mediterranean, Persia sent an envoy to King Dionya to ask for an end to the war against Carthage, and supposedly made a threat, which was strongly rejected by King Davers, who was a king with a strong character, and he probably kept this in mind......"

"Fight against Persia! ......" Hasdruba leaned back in his chair, his eyes revealing infinite longing, and he said with some excitement: "Dare to fight against the mighty Persia, this is the bearing of a rising kingdom!" It seems that I also need to make more achievements here, so that I can lead the army to seek revenge on Hanno in person in the future! ”

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Five days later, in the early morning, in the Diolian military camp in the Florentian territory, the sentries at the head of the city were patrolling.

"Look! There is an enemy! A sentry pointed ahead and shouted.

I saw a puff of black smoke rising from the mountains to the north......

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw a puff of black smoke rising from the mountains to the northeast, and then to the northwest......

In a short period of time, there were at least six or seven places of black smoke in the sentry as far as the sentinels could see, all of them were made by watchtowers built in the mountains around the barracks, and it was rare to see two puffs of black smoke at the same time, but a situation like this was unprecedented.

"Go and inform the Legion Commander that the Gauls have invaded!" The patrol officer said nervously.

It didn't take long for the alarm bells in the barracks to ring.

The soldiers quickly put on their armor, grabbed their weapons, and rushed out of the dormitory.

The people of the civilian area were also given an urgent notice, and they quickly fled to the nearby city of Florentia with important belongings.

Surrounded by his subordinates, Hasdruba ascended to the north of the city, just in time to see thousands of Gauls pouring out of the mountains and rushing towards the barracks in black pressure.

It was the first time that Hasturuba had seen such a large number of Gauls, but he was experienced in war and did not panic, but said calmly: "Immediately notify the whole battalion of soldiers to prepare for defense!" At the same time, a herald was sent to inform the troops of the other two barracks to hold the camp and not to rescue each other! ”

"Yes!"

"Send a messenger to Rome at once, and report to the Roman magistrate, Assistes, that the Gauls have invaded Etruscan and ask him to come to his rescue!"

"Yes!"

After arranging all this, Hasdruba looked at the somewhat nervous soldiers around him, and shouted loudly: "The soldiers of the Frontier Legion, they all say that the Gauls are terrible, but we have defeated them many times!" Don't look at them now, but these natives are not good at attacking cities, and we have strong city defenses and sufficient military rations, as long as we hold out for ten days - half a month, the kingdom's reinforcements will come, and then cooperate with them to wipe out the invading Gauls. You have done a great job, and the Kingdom may reward you and shorten the years you have been a full citizen! ”

"Roar! Roar! Roar! ......" the soldiers let out an excited roar.

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In the evening, a banquet is about to take place at the residence of the Roman adjutant Crotocatacus to celebrate the prince's ascension to the prefect of the Victories.

All the invited guests had already arrived, except for one of the most important guests, Asistes, the Roman magistrate, who had not yet arrived, so the banquet had not yet begun.

However, the guests knew that Arcistes was busy with affairs, and he never attended anyone's banquets, and this time he agreed to come, also because of Klotocacac's special status. It was everyone's honor to come, so the guests waited patiently with anticipation.

At the beginning of the feast, Klotocatax was having a pleasant conversation with his brother-in-law, Patroclus.

Since Patroclus took office as commander of the 14th Army last year, the two families have been relatives, but now they live closer together, so they have more contacts and become closer.

At this moment, a man hurriedly burst into the hall and said loudly: "Ladies and gentlemen, I have just received news that the Gauls have invaded the Etruscan territory on a large scale, and Lord Assistes has ordered you to rush to the district administration hall at once to discuss countermeasures!" ”

Everyone recognized this as the scribe of Arcistes, and the order he conveyed was naturally not false, and there was an uproar at the banquet, but no one left first, and all eyes were on the host of the banquet.

Without hesitation, Klotocátas stood up and said, "The Gaul invasion is a big deal, we have to hurry to the administrative hall!" ”

Then he said to the servant, "Pack all the dishes and send them to the executive hall!" You may be busy until late at night tonight, how can you survive without dinner! ”

The servants hurried to get busy, and the guests, thoughtful as they followed him out of the mansion.

In the back room, Dido was also entertaining the families of the guests, saying that it was to celebrate her husband's promotion, but for her it was also a celebration of the expulsion of Hanno and the entry of Carthage into the Ionian League.

When the news of the hall reached the back room, the women all looked panicked, but Dido appeared calm, and she comforted everyone loudly: "Ladies, there is nothing to worry about! The armies of the Gauls were far north of Etruscan and were pinned down by our frontier legions; Our allies in Rome and around us will soon organize a large reinforcement to cross the Tiber to repel the Gauls who have invaded Etruria; To the south of us, when the kingdom gets the news, it will soon send more reinforcements, and the Gauls will not be able to set foot in the Roman territory, so rest assured! ……”

Under Dido's comfort, the wives of these officials not only gradually relieved their panic, but also ate happily.

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The Roman District Administration Hall was also located in the city of Rome, only two blocks away from the City Hall, and when Crotocatactus, Patroclus and the others walked into the conference room, Arcistes was giving orders to his officials.

"Leave for Serscher at once, and inform the Wolsi that they should send reinforcements in accordance with the Covenant to fend off the invading Gauls with our army!"

"Rush to Flentirum at once, tell the Helnihians that the Gauls are coming, and let them gather their armies and join them in Rome!"

"You go and inform the Sabines at once, and ask them to send reinforcements as soon as possible......"

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After receiving the order, one of the officials hurried out of the conference room, and before he could even return home, he acted as a messenger, mounted his horse, took his retinue, and hurried to his destination in the dark night.

When Arcistes saw Klotocatax come in, he said to him, "I'm sorry to make your banquet uneventful. And the enemy is currently in short supply, and you, as the adjutant of Roman administration, have basically taken over the main government affairs of Rome for more than a year, so I have to ask you to suspend your tenure and assist me in temporarily managing Rome, and at the same time take on the important task of providing logistical support for the army! ”

After Assistes became the Roman magistrate, Davos did not remove him from his position as Roman magistrate, but let him continue to serve as the magistrate. Instead of getting carried away with his power, Arcistes decided that Crotocátarchs would gradually take over the administration of Rome on the grounds that he was "too busy to manage the administrative affairs of the whole region".

It's just that he never imagined that a year later, Davers would transfer Croto Kataks to Victoria.

"I am willing to obey your arrangement, Lord Acises, and contribute my best strength to defend against the Gauls and the Roman region!" Klotocatax said in a firm tone.

Axistes had expected such an answer from Crotocátax, and he immediately arranged for the young man to lead a group of officials to take stock of the material reserves in Rome over the past few years, and estimate how much food and supplies could be drawn to supply the army.

After receiving the mission, Arcisstes turned to Patroclus and asked, "I have sent to inform the Latin Leagues, Wolsey, Helniki, the Masi, the Eque, and the Sabines...... Wait for the forces allied with us, let them send reinforcements to defend against the Gauls with us, and based on past experience, how long do you think it will take for them to be able to lead their armies to Rome? ”

Due to the increasing frequency of Gaul invasions of the northern Etruscan territories in the past two years, Patroclus organized two military training sessions with the allied armies after arriving in Rome, and in general the allies were relatively cooperative.

Patroclus thought for a moment and said, "For example, the Latins, the Walsey, and the Helnihians are closer to us, and the army will come faster, and they will arrive in four or five days; Sabines, Eque, Masi...... The distance is long, at least eight or nine days. However, now that the Gauls are about to invade, I think they will also speed up the build-up of their troops. What's going on in the north right now? ”