The Romans were currently feeling a great deal of pressure, and dealing with the threat of war from the Punics would have been enough of a headache for them. The north finally reached a rapprochement with the Gauls and Dacians.

The kingdom of Macedonia went on a rampage again, aggressively attacking the mainland. The Brutus family was wiped out and the Scipio Guard was defeated. The Romans panicked.

The Senate, which likes to play politics at this time, is forced to rush at this time, and they are expanding their armaments and warfare while seeking allies everywhere.

At this time, the Gauls were in full strength. Large numbers of infantry units expanded the area east of Veneto with impunity. Without the suppression of the Julius family, Gaul's influence began to extend into Illyria and Dalmatia.

They have no intention of cooperating with the fragile Rome at all today. It's just that the Romans saved themselves with a lot of money; Moreover, the Gauls were reluctant to fight the Roman soldiers, because they had tried the strength of the Roman warriors. The backward echelons of brutes could not compete with the disciplined Roman legions.

The situation in Dacia is different. It is bordered by Macedonia to the south. There is also a great sense of threat and pressure, which could well push it into the arms of the Roman Senate.

Moreover, the two sides still have old feuds. In the past, Macedonia was a mountainous country, barren and weak. The Dacians often invaded and plundered the mountain people of the Macedonian border region.

Now the Kingdom of Macedonia has been revitalized again, with a huge land area and strong national strength. Their armies are tough and victorious.

The Dacia chief was very uneasy, and he feared that Macedonia would attack.

Of course, the Romans knew this too. Since Macedonia has become everyone's henchman and common enemy, why not join forces? The enemy of the enemy is the ally.

The Roman Senate sent diplomats to negotiate with the Dacian side, but the Dacians hesitated and did not agree.

The answer of the chief of Dacia was:

It is better to remain neutral than to provoke a strong enemy and go to war with the Macedonian kingdom. Even if you are lucky, you don't want to take the initiative to invade Macedonia.

The House of Julius of Rome then sent a diplomat, Assinius Domitian, to lobby again. This Assinius Domitian was a sophist and a good talker. It's a guy who can say white to black and black back to white.

The Julius family also paid a lot of money to turn the situation around. Let Acenius, with a large number of gold coins and rare treasures, go again to visit the chief of Dacia.

The eloquent Domitian described this as a chain of friendship between the Romans and the Dacians, and everyone worked together to counter Macedonian hegemony.

In the early stage, Rome would help Dacia against Macedonia in the form of a grant. The Senate promised to provide them with gold coins on a regular basis.

Then he changed his mind.

"If you want to deal with a strong Macedonia, you need neighboring countries to work together to resist. If the expansion of its power is not halted at the right time, then its next target may be Dacia. ”

He magnified the Macedonian threat to Dacia several times and smashed it at the barbarian leader, coercing and luring. Then he praised him, saying that the leader was a brave general. In addition, Dacia has a vast territory and a lot of resources, and joining forces with Rome is enough to defeat Macedonia.

This barbarian king is also very knowledgeable, and the clouds of listening are foggy, and they drift around. Eventually, the leader of Dacia agreed to join forces with the Romans against Macedonia.

Dacia's first action was to revoke Macedonia's right to trade within the country.

This was followed by the mobilization of troops to deploy on the border between Dasia and Macedonia.

As soon as Gueras in Thessaloniki heard of Dacia's alliance with Rome, he immediately ordered Oonos and Abrias to prepare for the eventuality.

Oonos behaved normally after receiving the instructions, and perhaps even a little happy in his heart. Because in the past few days, he has stepped up efforts to build weapons, store military rations, and train soldiers diligently. Now it proves to be a rainy day. He sent for Abrias to raise the alert of the Sixth Army in the North and to be ready to attack Dacia. At the same time, ask Gueras if he could take the initiative to launch a preemptive offensive.

The regent Garras agreed.

As soon as Oonos was allowed to move, he immediately mobilized the Sixth Army to advance northward, approaching Jaski. And he himself will be the first to go into battle, leading the Seventh Army from Catalan to fight against Pororison. Strike quickly and catch the enemy by surprise.

After Abrias departed, the Seventh Army entered the Dacia territory directly from the Dacia Pass. In Oonos' opinion, the Dacians coveted Macedonian land, and they would definitely look for an opportunity to invade Macedonia. Instead of waiting for the enemy to attack, it is better to take the initiative and completely destroy the opponent.

As one side's army moves into the other's territory, the two countries enter a state of war.

Darcia had always had control over Illyria and Dalmatia, and had negotiated a sphere of influence that Rome had managed to gain with great difficulty.

Now the Gauls have taken advantage of the opportunity to occupy one of them. Dacia immediately declared war on Gaul.

When the Romans heard the news, their faces must have turned green. In addition to the vast land, the weak Dacia did not necessarily pose a real threat to Macedonia in terms of strength, military power, and financial resources. Not to mention the distraction now, and at the same time to start a war with Gaul.

It seems that this helper is not reliable, and the Romans have to rely on themselves.

Oonos crossed the pass with the Seventh Legion and advanced towards Pororison. On the way, they encountered a local garrison, and the two armies immediately set up a position and began to fight.

The Dacian troops were relatively primitive and mainly scattered infantry, with a small number of cavalry and many archers.

Although the opposing army appears to be quite numerous, their military philosophy is still very backward. The infantry was influenced by Thrace, and there were also many phalanxes of long-sword soldiers, and the rest, like the Western barbarian troops, were mostly lightly armed infantry armed with short-handled guns and round shields.

Oonos saw the enemy's disposition and knew it. His battle plan came to mind.

He ordered the spears to form a formation and set up a defensive line. Start by sending archers and light infantry to test the enemy from a distance.

The archers on both sides drew their bows and fired at each other, with casualties on each side. Then the light infantry sorted, they ran in front of the enemy line, threw javelins, and Dacia's long-sword men chased them out. The light infantry withdrew quickly, and the enemy could not catch up, so they had to give up. The nimble light infantry went up again to harass.

In such a back and forth, the front of the Dacians was uneven, and there were many gaps.

Oonus ordered the infantry to attack on all fronts, and after the infantry engaged, the cavalry outflanked them. Dacia's scattered infantry lines could not withstand the onslaught of the Macedonian pikes, and their weapons, long knives and short-handled guns, could not reach the Macedonian soldiers at this end of the pike, and they were pressed down by the whole line and could not go around.

The Macedonian phalanx took the initiative in the infantry line.

The Macedonian cavalry quickly bypassed from both sides, surrounded and killed the Dacian cavalry, killing the enemy cavalry in three strikes and dividing it by two, and the Dacian general Vicis was also killed.

After completing these movements, the cavalry rushed forward with free hands and scattered the enemy archers. At about the same time, the enemy's infantry line was breached.

The Macedonian army won. It was a landslide victory, and the battle turned out to be as Oonos had expected, with the Macedonian army outnumbering the Dacian army.

If this continues, it will not take long to defeat Dacia.

On the other side, Abrias set out from Belasola, and he was to attack the southwestern depths of Dacia to form a synergy with Oonos on the eastern front.