At this time, the sentries in Adidas also heard the "slam, slam" footsteps, but they did not arouse vigilance. After all, Adidas were far away from the center of the Latin city-state, and also away from the Hilniki, Equi, and Masi in the east. In the past, in addition to having some territorial conflicts with Volsey, it rarely had too many wars. Now there is Antium, which belongs to Rome, and Satnikum is blocking its south. During this period, the war in the south has subsided. The Adidas thought they were safe and did not think it would be the enemy at all. They thought it was the Roman army that was mobilizing, so they did not send a scout to investigate at all.

The first and third legions of the Dionia began to approach the coast after passing by the city of Adi. This black army was discovered by the Latin merchant ships and caravans passing by. They were shocked and hurriedly called the police to the neighboring towns. The more alert merchant ship turned around and headed south, preparing to inform Antium, who had heavy troops stationed.

In fact, there was no need for this. After more than two hours of restlessness at the top of the city, Paulus finally decided to send one of the few reconnaissance cavalry again and venture out of the city to investigate the movements of the Dionian army.

At this moment, his subordinates suddenly shouted: "General, fireworks are lit on the port lighthouse!"

Paulus was startled and quickly looked back and saw a straight wisp of black smoke rising from the harbor.

An enemy attacked from the sea?! Paulus's heart became tight again, and then he saw cavalry rushing toward the city and shouted under the wall: "General Paulus, countless warships and troop ships appeared on the sea outside the port!!"

Paulus was shocked: Do the Dionians want to repeat the last battle to capture Antium?!

"Immediately dispatch 500 light infantry and 2,000 heavy infantry to rush to the port to set up defense!" He issued an order to the adjutant without hesitation.

"Yes, General!"

After Paulus finished speaking, he quickly got out of the city, rode his horse, and rushed to the port with the guards.

There was already panic in the city, especially at the gate of the inner city leading to the port, and countless people from the port were rushing to pour into the city, and some even shouted in panic: "The enemy's army is here! Run!..."

Paulus and the guards worked hard to squeeze out, and they rushed to the towering lighthouse on the breakwater.

When he got up to the lighthouse, the scene he saw in his vision made him realize: it was already noon, and the sea outside the harbor was shimmering, and endless sail shadows appeared on the sea in the distance, beyond his sight, and connected with the sea and sky in the distance... These sailboats all have a characteristic, their side is shining with golden light, which is very dazzling.

Although the Romans were not strong in naval forces and had almost never fought large-scale naval battles, Paulus, who had served as military officials several times, was quite experienced in the war, and often humbly asked Camillus for advice. Therefore, he could tell that most of the terrible fleets were troop transporters. Because the troop transport ships had a characteristic that after the soldiers boarded the ship, they had to hang shields on both sides of the hull, which not only freed up space in the ship, but also allowed them to defend against long-range attacks from enemy ships. It was a killing of two birds with one stone, so it almost became a common tradition of troop transport ships in various Mediterranean countries.

How many reinforcements did the Dionians send?! Paulus was shocked and asked with a trembling voice: "Have you put down the iron chains at the port...?"

"It's already pulled up."

"Where is the sentry tower raised by the wave defense? Have the soldiers already been in place?"

"General, don't worry, the archers have already boarded the mail, the asphalt, arrows and rags are all well prepared."

"That's good!" Paulus felt a little comforted, and he said, "The army in the city will arrive soon, don't panic."

"General." The port leader said: "According to the observations of the Lighthouse Sentinel, this huge fleet is probably not for Antium, it should have gone north!"

Paulus was stunned and looked carefully at the sea in the distance again: Although the fleet was too far and could not be seen clearly, compared with some of the ships fleeing to the port of Antium, the white sails showed only the side, plus the flashes at the side of the ship, and the distance between the fleet and the coast did not seem to have changed much during the time they were talking... Obviously, the fleet of the Dionians continued to sail north!

"Are the Dionians ready to land on the coast north of Antium?" Paulus whispered uncertainly.

The head of the port reminded him: "General, the Dionians are better than landing in the south than landing in the north. The last time they landed on the south coast and finally occupied Antium."

Paulus then remembered: There is a low hilly area between Antium and Adid. Although it is relatively flat, it is obviously not convenient enough compared to the south, so...

Paulus's face suddenly changed when he thought of this: the Dionians were preparing to land on the coast further north, attack Latin allies, and even attack the hinterland with weak defenses, and finally approached Rome...

Thinking of this, Paulus was sweating coldly because he immediately thought of: the army of Dionians that appeared from the south in the early morning was probably to meet this huge fleet. They had already crossed the blockade set up by Rome on the border of Walsey and entered the hinterland of the Latin city-state!!

No wonder Paulus didn't think about this in advance. The original message in his mind was still the original message "Dionia's army in Volsey only had nearly 10,000 people." He did not receive the news that Dionys had increased troops to Volsey (because the Third Fleet had completely blocked the maritime routes south of the Latinum area during this period), so he subconsciously believed that an army with no advantage passed through the blockade and went deep behind the enemy. Even if it could gain a temporary advantage, it would be difficult to escape the fate of being encircled and eliminated. Such invasion tactics are suitable for fast-moving and light mountain races, but not for the regular Dionys troops, which are mainly heavy infantry.

Although he had been taught a lesson by the Dionian Navy once before, it was impossible for Paulus, a former Roman military officer who had been accustomed to traditional land battles, to liberate his imprisoned brain so quickly.

"Send a scout immediately to track the coastline, find out where the fleet landed, and then report immediately!" Paulus issued an urgent order: "Send a messenger to inform the defenders of Satnikum and Vilitre, tell them that the army of Dionia has entered the hinterland of the Latinum region, and that their navy is going to land along the coast, so that they are ready to attack! And... send a messenger to quickly rush to Rome, inform the Senate, and let them be prepared!"

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The joint forces of the First Legion of Dionia and the Third Legion passed through the Lavinium town on the seaside.

Although this city is small, it has a very important position in the minds of the Latins, because in the legend of the Latins, they are descendants of the hero Aeneas, the powerful city-state of Troy in Asia Minor, far away in the ancient Mediterranean era (he is said to be the Troy royal family).

After Troy was occupied by the Greeks, Aeneas fled to Italy by boat with some of the Trojans, landed in the Latin region, and was welcomed by the Latin king, and married his daughter Lavini to him. So Aeneas built a new city on the Latin coast, named after his wife, which was the origin of Lavinium. Later, the son of the two established a new city near Lake Alba, the crater lake north of Lavinium, called Albalonga. Later, the city became the center of the Latin people, until the twins born to Sylvia, the royal princess, were fled to the wild, raised by a female wolf, established Rome, and eventually destroyed Albalonga.

Although Lavinim is the origin of the Romans, it is actually a small city-state with low walls and few residents. When they saw the army of Dionia passing by the city, the sentries on the top of the city were frightened and the people in the city were even more frightened and anxious.

However, the Dionian army did not stop the march and continued north along the coast.

"Two legion leaders, the First Cavalry Legion and the Second Cavalry Legion have rushed back-" Before the reconnaissance cavalry could finish his words, a rumbling sound of horse hooves sounded behind him.

"Amintas, Lizaru, our cavalry army is back on time!" Ledes shouted immediately.

"How is the situation?" Amintas asked.

"At least, before we left, we didn't see any troops from Antium and Satnikum out of the city." Ledes patted his horse's neck and said with a little complacent attitude: "During this period, they sent a lot of scouts, but none of them escaped our interception. Where are you? Have you arrived at your destination?"

"It's past Lavineum, it should be almost here." Amintas wiped the sweat from his face, then shook his hand, and said with a little complaining: "I started gathering before dawn. I've been walking forever until now. I'm afraid I've walked seventy or eighty miles. The brothers are already very tired. If it weren't for the flat road, we would probably not have completed the task assigned by His Majesty."

"I don't think my brothers will complain." Ledes looked at the tired-looking legion soldiers passing by, and said comfortingly: "They should be very excited to participate in this battle that will begin."

"Not only the soldiers are excited, we are also excited!" Lizalu interjected.

Several commanders looked at each other and laughed.

The army of Dionia finally stopped moving forward. Under the command and arrangement of several legion commanders, 20,000 legion soldiers leaned against the silver-white flat beach and arranged slowly to form a four-mile-long and eight-row thick military formation.
Chapter completed!