Comus also participated in the battle to repel the Celtics led by Camillus ten years ago. The fierce impact of the Celtic cavalry holding a big sword and the impact of their chariots were indeed very lethal, but these black cavalry holding spears were obviously not the Celtics.

At this moment, he heard several screams, and then the soldiers shouted in panic: "Beware of the javelin!"

Conmuse subconsciously raised his big shield to protect himself. He turned around and saw a soldier not far away stabbed by a short javelin on his right chest, struggling and crying on the ground. The black cavalry, who were only ten meters away from them, handed their spears in their left hand, holding the javelin in their right hand, slowing down the horse speed, slowly wandering around them, looking for the next opportunity to throw.

"Damn it! These enemy cavalry will throw javelins!" Comus was a little panicked. This was the first time he encountered such a cavalry.

What to do? Cummins thought anxiously: Keep moving forward? It is ten miles away from the camp here. You must beware of the attacks of enemy cavalry and protect the carts. The slow speed is predictable. The soldiers are on guard for a long time, and whether they can hold on to their physical strength is also a big problem! Back to the village and wait for rescue? The village is not far behind the team, and it is very fast to go back, but it is uncertain when the reinforcements in the camp will arrive. Moreover, the enemy cavalry is here, and there may be infantry...

Just as Comus was hesitating, the arrested Wolseys took advantage of the soldiers being guarded against the black cavalry and could not take care of them, quietly untied the horses on the carriage, drove them away and broke the protective circle of the unprepared Roman soldiers, and then sneaked out in the chaos.

Several angry Roman soldiers went to chase after him.

"Idiot, come back quickly!" Comus shouted anxiously.

But, it's too late.

Then several black cavalry chased after him.

The Roman soldiers who found that the situation was not good were not too panic. They raised their shields to face the enemy cavalry and strode back.

However, several black cavalry rushed from behind quickly. They couldn't dodge and were knocked down by the horses.

At this time, the enemy cavalry in front rushed to the scene quickly. The Roman soldiers who were hit were not too late to raise their long shields. The enemy on the horse's back lowered their bodies and poked out their spears. With the speed of the horse, the spear penetrated into the body covered by chain mail, and then quickly released the spear to avoid being pushed off the horse by strong reaction forces.

Seeing the tragic situation of his teammates and the skillful cooperation of the enemy cavalry, the Roman soldiers were both angry and uneasy. Without the pack beasts, the stolen supplies were difficult to transport back. Comus finally made up his mind. He gave up the pack cart and gathered the soldiers to form a dense column. While guarding against the enemy cavalry from time to time, he advanced towards the camp at a slow speed.

Such an encounter occurred to every Roman squadron that raised food for the camp. Some of them took the same measures as Conmuse, while others simply returned to the village and waited for rescue...

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Camillus and Frius in the camp soon received news that "the troops leaving the camp were attacked by the Dionyan cavalry." Camillus did not hesitate anymore and immediately made the decision to "send all light infantry and cavalry to immediately pick up the attacked food-raising troops, and repel the Dionyan cavalry."

Soon, the north gate of the Roman camp opened wide, and nearly 2,000 light infantry and more than 800 cavalrymen rushed out of the camp.

Initially, the light infantry in the Roman army were all held by Roman civilians of the fourth and fifth level who were poor in their families and could not afford to purchase heavy infantry equipment. However, since Camillus implemented the military reform and with the strong assistance of the Carthaginians, Roman civilians could also serve as heavy infantry, but their equipment was provided by the Senate and returned after the war. In this way, the light infantry in the Roman army was mainly provided by other allies in Rome.

At this time, these light infantry and Roman cavalry spent a lot of time outside the camp and divided into more than a dozen troops. Under the leadership of the scouts, they rushed towards their respective targets.

Camillus in the tent received another amazing news: seven or eight thousand Dionian soldiers were marching quickly towards the camp in Rome!

Frius looked at Camillus in surprise: "The Dionians just came and wanted to attack our camp?!"

Camillos thought for a while and gave an order: "Send a scout to explore the movements in Setia and Polephonam. Once an army is found to come out, you will immediately repay it!"

Camillus did not believe that the Dionians dared to attack his camp with only seven or eight thousand men, so he had to closely monitor the movements of the Volseys, and at the same time he did not dare to take it lightly and began to mobilize soldiers to prepare for defense of the camp.

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At this time, in the city of Polefornum, its consul Catemontaros received the news from the messenger of the First Legion of Dionia. He said in surprise: "The First Legion of Dionia is ready to attack the abominable plundering troops of Rome to lure the main forces of Rome out of the camp, attempting to fight with them, and demanding that we cooperate!"

"These Dionians are really impatient. They just came and didn't understand the situation, so they wanted to fight with the Romans." The general of the Olonci reinforcements said sarcastically.

"At least this shows that the Dionians are sincerely trying to help us Volsie!" A sentence from Selshei consul Toulouse made Olonci and the generals of the Sidisoni reinforcements a little embarrassed. They had been leading troops to Volsie for almost half a month and had never fought with the Romans.

"But... the Roman army is very powerful! Once our army breaks away from the protection of the city walls, we fight against the Romans in the wild. If... fail, we, Volsey, will be in danger!" Consul of Teresina, said with concern. He led reinforcements to rescue Villitre, but was defeated by the Romans, which eventually led Villitre to fall.

"As the most powerful kingdom of Italy, Dionia dared to fight with the Romans, they must have the confidence to defeat the Romans!" Coronas, the former consul of Antium, was eager to retake the occupied town and shouted loudly: "What's more, according to our Volsie tradition, no distinguished guests are desperately helping with their work, and the master is standing by and watching!"

As the commander-in-chief of Volsi's army, Katemantaros finally made up his mind to call the messenger of Dionia and said, "Please go back and tell the commander of Amintas. All Volsi's soldiers will wait for his attack order at any time!"

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Since the Dionian cavalry was mainly concentrated in the west and north of the Roman camp, Roman scouts could relatively safely investigate the movements of the Dionian army on the south of the camp.

An hour later, Camillus got the news: the army of Dionia has approached the Roman camp!

When he came to the sentry tower in front of the south gate of the camp again, he could already see the dust rising in front of him.

Camillus was not nervous at all. He looked at the soldiers who had already stood on the wooden wall, hoping that the light infantry sent out and the Roman soldiers who raised food would come back soon, so that he would have no worries at all. Fortunately, two or three Roman squadrons had returned to the camp, and he seemed to have no need to wait too long.

After standing on the mail tower for a while, he suddenly found that the diffuse dust fog was not getting closer to him, but seemed to be moving farther.

Just when he was puzzled, a Roman scout rushed into the camp and reported to him: "Camillus military officer, the army of Dionia turned to the west of the camp."

Westside? Camillus was stunned, pondered for a moment, and his face changed drastically: Did the Dionians want to bypass the camp and attack the soldiers outside our camp?!

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"Captain Amintas, Commander Rides sent me to tell you that the cavalry legion's javelins were almost used up, and the Roman light infantry attacked fiercely, and some cavalry were injured. He could no longer do his best to prevent the Romans from withdrawing from the camp."

Hearing this, Amintas's face became gloomy: Due to the previous addition of Roman light infantry and cavalry, it became difficult for the First Cavalry Legion of Dionia to implement the plan of slowing down the Roman retreat. The combination of Roman light infantry and cavalry in turn posed a great threat to the Dionian cavalry scattered everywhere. Therefore, at the suggestion of Printols, he reluctantly asked Ledes to lead the cavalry to give up obstructing other Roman squadrons and concentrate on obstructing the three Roman squadrons closer to them, the southwest. But unexpectedly, the Roman light infantry has also arrived here.

Is his combat plan going to fail? Amintas was unwilling to accept it and said to Rydes' messenger: "You go back and tell the commander of Rydes, saying 'I... ask him to persevere again, the First Legion will arrive soon. Your cavalry has worked hard for so long and has paid a lot of money. You can't just give up like this!"

Amintas' request obviously moved the messenger of the First Cavalry, and he hesitated: "...I will pass on all your words to the Legion Commander Ryders."

After the commander rushed away, Amintas's face turned completely gloomy and he cursed loudly: "Go and urge the First Legion again! If they can't arrive here immediately, let the Romans go, and all military laws will be punished!..."

While Amintas was cursing, Adjutant Aristonos suddenly showed joy and pointed at the back and shouted loudly: "Legislature Commander, our soldiers are here!"

Amintas immediately turned his head and looked back, and saw dust rolling in the distance and rumbling footsteps.
Chapter completed!