Chapter 66 The Gallic Invasion
"Dido was also a little dissatisfied with this, but she said that King Davers wrote her a letter, hoping that she would not hinder Hannover and others from fleeing to the Eastern Mediterranean, otherwise the news of their murder would be sent back to Carthage, causing panic among the Carthage nobles, which caused the alliance between Carthage and Dionya to cause upset... Oh, King Davers also promised that even if Hannover and the others fled to Tyre, they would not be able to escape the punishment of Dionya, but that was not now..."
"What does this mean?" Hasdruba blinked his eyes and asked in surprise: "Does King Davers still have the will to declare war on Persia?"
"This is not impossible." Kisgo obviously noticed this sentence and carefully analyzed it on his way back, so he said: "Eastern Phoenicia is a vassal state of Persia. Their sending fleets to participate in the war in the Western Mediterranean is actually equivalent to Persia declaring war on Dionia. However, both sides have tacitly understood and did not mention this matter until now. However, when the war in the Western Mediterranean was about to end, Persia once sent an envoy to King Dionia to demand the cessation of the war against Carthage. It is said that it also threatened, and was strongly rejected by King Davers. Davers is a king with a tough character, and he is afraid he has always been thinking about this matter..."
"Fight with Persia!..." Hasdruba leaned his body against the back of the chair, and his eyes showed infinite longing. He said excitedly: "Dare to fight against the powerful Persia, this is the demeanor that a rising kingdom should have! It seems that I also need to make more military achievements here and be able to lead the army to seek revenge on Hannover in the future!"
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Five days later, in the early morning of the Florentian territory, sentries on the city were patrolling.
"Look! There is an enemy situation!" A sentry shouted loudly, pointing his finger in front of him.
I saw a stream of black smoke rising from the mountains to the north...
As soon as he finished speaking, he saw a stream of black smoke rising from the mountains in the northeast, and then to the northwest...
In just a short moment, at least six or seven black smoke surged into the sky where the sentrymen saw. They were all built on the sentry towers in the mountains around the military camp. It is rare to see two black smoke at the same time, but a situation like today is unprecedented.
"Go and notify the commander of the army. The Gauls have invaded in a large scale!" said the patrol officer nervously.
Not long after, the alarm bell in the military camp kept ringing.
The soldiers quickly put on their armor, took their weapons, and ran out of the dormitory.
The people in the civilian area were also informed that they quickly carried important objects and fled to the city of Florentia not far from here.
Surrounded by his subordinates, Hasdruba climbed to the north city and saw thousands of Gauls rushing out of the mountains and rushing towards the military camp in black.
Hasturuba saw such a huge number of Gauls for the first time, but he was very experienced in war and did not panic, but said calmly: "Immediately notify all soldiers of the battalion to prepare for defense! At the same time, send a messenger to inform the troops of the other two battalions to stay in the camp and not rescue each other!"
"yes!"
"Immediately send a messenger to Rome and ask the Roman chief executive Ascestes to say that the Gauls invade Etruria on a massive scale and ask him to rescue him!"
"yes!"
After all this, Hasdruba looked at the soldiers who were nervous around him and shouted loudly: "The soldiers of the Border Legion say that the Gauls are terrible, but we have defeated them many times! Although they have many soldiers now, these indigenous people are not good at siegeing cities, and we have strong city defense and sufficient military rations. As long as we stand for ten days and half a month, the reinforcements of the Kingdom will arrive. At that time, we cooperate with them to eliminate the invading Gauls. You have made great contributions, and the Kingdom may reward you and shorten the years for you to become official citizens!"
"Roar! Roar! Roar!..." The soldiers roared excitedly.
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In the evening, a banquet will be held at the residence of Roman Administrator Crotokatacs to celebrate the promotion of the prince to Chief Executive Viagra.
All the invited guests were present, except for one of the most important guests, the Chief Executive of the Roman Region, Ascestes, had not arrived yet, so the banquet had not yet begun.
However, the guests knew that Ascesters was busy and never attended anyone’s banquet. This time they agreed to come because of Crotokataks’ special identity. It was everyone’s honor to be here, so the guests were waiting patiently with expectations.
At the top of the banquet, Crotokataks was having a pleasant conversation with his brother-in-law Patrocros.
Since Patrochros took office as commander of the 14th Army last year, the two families were originally relatives and now live closer, so they have more contact and their relationship has become closer.
At this moment, a man rushed into the hall and said loudly: "Sir, I just received the news that the Gauls invaded the territory of Etruscans. Lord Yassestes ordered you to rush to the regional administration hall immediately and discuss countermeasures!"
Everyone recognized that this was the clerk of Ascesters. Naturally, the order he conveyed would not be fake. There was an uproar at the banquet, but no one left first, and they all turned their attention to the host of the banquet.
Crotokataks stood up without hesitation and said, "The invasion of the Gauls is a big deal, we have to hurry to the Executive Hall!"
Then he said to his servant: "Pack up all the dishes and send them to the Executive Hall! Everyone may be busy until late tonight. How can you eat so much without dinner!"
The servants rushed to work hard, and the guests followed him out of the mansion while thinking about Quarc Lotokataks.
In the inner room, Dido was also entertaining the family of the guests, saying that it was celebrating her husband's promotion, but for her it was also celebrating the great event of "Hanno's expulsion and Carthage joining the Dionys League".
After the news from the hall reached the inner room, the women seemed panicked, but Dido seemed calm. She comforted everyone loudly: "Mrs. There is nothing to worry about! The Gauls' army is far away in the northern part of Etruscany, and our border legions are restrained; our Roman region and the surrounding allies will soon organize a huge reinforcement to cross the Tiber River to repel the Gauls who invaded Etruscans; to the south of our country, after receiving the news, more reinforcements will be sent soon. It is impossible for the Gauls to step into the land of the Roman region, so don't worry!"
Under Dido's comfort, the wives of these officials not only gradually relieved their panic, but also enjoyed eating.
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The Roman Regional Administration Hall is also located in Rome, only two blocks away from the city hall. When Crotokatacs, Paltrocros and others walked into the conference room, Ascesters was giving orders to his subordinate officials.
"You set out to Selshe immediately and inform the Volseys, and let them send reinforcements in accordance with the covenant, and join our army in the fight against the invading Gauls!"
"You rushed to Frentirum immediately and told the Hilniki that the Gauls were coming, and asked them to gather their troops to meet in Rome!"
"You go and notify the Sabins immediately and ask them to send reinforcements as soon as possible..."
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After receiving the order, an official hurriedly walked out of the conference room. Even before he could return home, he acted as a messenger, rode his horse, took his entourage, and rushed to his destination in the dark.
When Ascesters saw Crotokatacs coming in, he said to him seriously: "I'm sorry, your banquet cannot be held. Moreover, the enemy is in the face of the enemy, and Rome is in a tight position. As the administrative adjutant of Rome, you have basically taken over the main government affairs of Rome over the past year. So I have to ask you to suspend your appointment as a Viagra, help me manage Rome for the time being, and shoulder the important task of providing logistical support for the army!"
After Ascesters took office as the Chief Executive of the Roman Region, Davers did not remove his position as the Chief Executive of the Roman Region, but allowed him to continue to serve on the part of the party. However, Ascesters did not lose his power because of his influential power. Instead, he made a decision on the grounds that "he wanted to manage the administrative affairs of the entire region and was too busy to do so." Crotokatacs gradually took over the administrative affairs of Rome.
But he never expected that Davers would transfer Clotokatax to Viagra in a year.
"I am willing to obey your arrangements, Lord Ascesters, and contribute my greatest strength to resist the Gauls and defend the Roman region!" Crotokatax said firmly.
Ascesters had expected Crotokatax to answer this, and he immediately arranged for the young man to lead a group of officials to count the material reserves in the Roman region in recent years, and estimated how much food and food could be drawn to supply the army.
After receiving the mission, Yassitus turned around and asked Paltrox: "I have sent people to inform the Latin allies, Volsey, Hilniki, Masi, Equi, Sabin, etc., and let them send reinforcements and we jointly resist the Gauls. Based on past experience, how long do you think it will take to lead the army to gather in Rome?"
As the Gauls invaded northern Etrusia more and more frequently in the past two years, in order to be prepared for any accidents, Paltros organized two military trainings with allied troops after coming to Rome. In general, the various allies were quite cooperative.
Paltrowros thought for a while and said, "Like the Latins, the Volseys, and the Helnikis are closer to us, the army will come faster and arrive within four or five days; the Sabins, the Equi, and the Masi... are farther away, at least eight or nine days. However, now the Gauls are about to invade a large number, and I think they will also speed up the gathering of troops. What is the situation in the north now?"
Chapter completed!