Chapter 110 Landing in Ladium
At this time, the legion commanders sent an order: let the soldiers take off their armor temporarily, put down their weapons, then sit on the ground and rest, eat some rations, and recover their strength.
As soon as the order was issued, the entire four-mile military formation was like dominoes. In the blink of an eye, all the soldiers fell down, which was spectacular.
Amintas, Lizalu and the others did not dare to be careless at this time. Ledes sent all the cavalry to investigate the movements around and the safety of the sanitation army.
The army of the Dionians on the coast did not wait for long. When the sun was west, the soldiers who were at the south of the army cheered first: "Our fleet! Our fleet is here!! The army led by His Majesty is coming!!!..."
In order to carry out this difficult task, the soldiers marched long and went deep behind enemy lines. So yesterday the commanders of the army had already told the team officials in detail the plan and purpose of the operation. In addition, the team officials of the army at all levels informed all the soldiers, so the soldiers had great enthusiasm to endure fatigue and marched for a long distance. Therefore, when they saw black warships appearing on the sea in the distance, they immediately thought: behind the Dionian fleet was bound to be a huge fleet full of soldiers.
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The soldiers' guess was correct. The Third Deonia Fleet continued to sail forward, and then a fleet covered with sea appeared. They turned their bows and headed towards the beach.
Adoris sat in the boat and looked at the beach in the distance. Here he could not see the fully armed legion soldiers on the shore. He could only see a thick black line on the coast extending infinitely to both sides, and there were a few flashing golden lights mixed in the black line... Adoris knew that it was the military flag shining.
On this troop transport ship, the captain directed the helmsman to adjust the course. 50 soldiers sat on both sides of the hull to assist the sailors in rowing the oars. The center of the ship was the team leader Timamanlas, who loudly emphasized all the matters that the soldiers must abide by after they got ashore.
After saying that, he emphasized with a serious expression: "Did you remember everything?"
"Remember!!" the soldiers responded in unison.
Timamanras looked at Adoris, and Adoris immediately shouted: "I remember, team leader, don't worry!" When he thought of the last time he was slapping the stick, his butt hurt, and he almost missed the northward battle. Therefore, how dare he disobey orders and violated military law.
It was the high tide period, and the ships were moving forward very quickly with the tide. Not long after, Adoris could see clearly the soldiers on the coast: most of them sat on the ground, took off their armor, and only wore black linings. While drinking water and eating rations, they watched the sea. A few people waved their arms to the sea and shouted excitedly...
Adoris was just seeing the gods and heard Timamanras shouting, "Prepare to get ashore!"
Adoris suddenly became excited. He and his comrades immediately picked up the items placed under his feet, quickly put on his armor, hung a short sword, carried the food on his back, picked up a long shield, javelin, and stabbed the gun, and watched as the boat approaching the white beach. Then the hull suddenly paused, and the smooth bottom of the boat had already leaned on the land. The helmman immediately locked the rudder, pulled out a long pole from the boat, plunged back into the sand, and held it to prevent the ship from retreating.
There was no need for the team officer to order. The soldiers who were ready to go jumped off the boat and stepped on the cool sea water. They quickly got on the shore. The team leader Timamanlas quickly gathered the soldiers and then took them to the other teams...
The beach was full of troop transport ships, and soon the stretch of beach was filled with black helmets. The soldiers of the Daonian Legion, a pole of military flags were also raised. The team officials led their soldiers to find their own companies and brigades. The beach was crowded and bustling, but it was not very chaotic, because the soldiers carried by this wave of docking ships belonged to the Second Corps. Considering that in the entire Daonian army, the Second Corps were more well-trained and disciplined, during this landing, Davers would allow the fleet carrying the Second Corps soldiers to be in the forefront, land first, complete the assembly as soon as possible, and clear obstacles for the subsequent troops.
Subsequently, the docking ships began to evacuate the beach one after another to make room for the subsequent fleet to dock.
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Legion commanders Amintas, Lizaru, Ledes and Kuchias, who were less than 400 meters away from the beach, were also closely watching the landing of the Second Legion, watching the first troops ashore from the initial dispersion and chaos to gathering into small columns one by one, and then gathering into eight or nine large columns. Finally, with the sound of the military horns, these columns quickly gathered from all over the beach, forming a large square array...
Amintas and the others were all relieved. Although their troops had lined up to protect this landing, after all, such a large-scale landing operation was the first time for even those with rich experience. And King Davers personally led the team. In case of any accident... everyone was under a lot of pressure, and now it seems that everything is going well.
"Matonis did a good job!" Amintas praised, only senior senior generals like him who had participated in the expedition to Persia dared to evaluate the commander of the same level in public.
Here, a scout came galloping: "Report to the commander of the army, a Roman army of about 7,000 people was found five miles south of the south, marching towards this side!"
"Report to the commander of the legion, six or seven miles southeast, a Roman army of nearly 8,000 people rushed here!"
"The Romans are finally here!" Lizaru said, his tone full of excitement.
"They came just right!" Amintas looked at the second wave of fleets that were approaching the coast: "Import brothers immediately and prepare for the fight!"
"Woo! Woo! Woo!..." The trumpet sounded. Under the supervision of the team officers, the soldiers who were resting quickly began to wear armor. When the Second Legion lined up on the beach heard the trumpet, they immediately accelerated the gathering...
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After receiving the reward from the scout, Paulus felt extremely uneasy. The sense of responsibility prompted him to immediately lead 7,500 soldiers to head north. After more than two hours of rapid march, the army had arrived in Lavinim. He slowed down his marching speed because he knew that the army of Dionia was not far ahead. The scout he sent was driven away by the enemy cavalry nearby. At the same time, he also waited for the troops from Satnikum and Vilitre.
This time, the cavalry of Dionia did not obstruct the front, and the Roman army marched smoothly. Paulus, who was riding horses in front of the team, could see hundreds of ships floating on the sea, some rushing towards the coast along the tide, while others left the coast and rowed towards the distant sea. The dense ships completely obscured the blue sea water...
Paulus was anxious again, and the scouts sent out quickly returned: "Report to the general, the enemy is arranged in an array two miles away, with no less than 20,000 people!"
Paulus was shocked: There were not so many people in the Dionian army in Volsey. Could it be that some of their soldiers had landed from the sea and joined the team?!
Thinking of this, Paulus felt even more anxious and regretted that he was late, but he did not dare to lead less than 10,000 troops to attack immediately, and ordered the troops to stop advancing and start to line up in place.
Not long after, Satnikum's troops arrived. The main general who led the army was also the guard of the city, Megius, the full name was Megius, San Pronius Asreo, a veteran over 50 years old. He was born in the prominent family of San Pronius. After the Celtics occupied Rome, he stayed to defend Mount Capitolli. The Senate sent him to serve as Satnikum's guardian, which was because of his rich war experience and tenacious personality.
At this moment, he, who had always been steady, was struggling to hold the horse that was galloping quickly to Paulus, and asked anxiously: "Where is the army of Dionia? How many people are there?!"
Paulus pointed to the front and said, "Dionia's fleet is landing on a large scale on the coast ahead. Their troops in Wolsey have also set up military formations in front to protect their landing. According to the reconnaissance, they have about 20,000 people, and you and I know that their reinforcements in Wolsey are no more than 10,000, so..."
Megius looked at the busy Diorian fleet in the distance, with a dark face and said in a deep thought: "Your and my army are less than 20,000. The more time goes by, there will only be more and more soldiers on the shore. We will fight with it rashly. Once we fail... the west side of Rome that can restrain the Diorian army will be greatly weakened, and the situation will become very bad..."
"I think so too." Paulus also looked worried, and hesitantly reminded: "But... if the Dionians were allowed to successfully land here, invade our territory and the Latin allies, poison our people, and even threaten Rome... The Senate and the Roman people would probably not forgive us!"
Mejius was stunned and then sighed: "When Pantius comes, let's discuss it together... When I led the team from Satnikum, I received a notice from his messenger, and he will lead 10,000 soldiers and then arrive."
"Ten thousand soldiers?! He is too bold. What if the Volseys attack Vilitre?!" Paulus was shocked, but then he thought: Vilitre went deep inland and was located in the northeast of Satnikum. Not everyone had the courage of Camillus. Bypass Antium and Satnikum in front and attack Vilitre directly. What's more, the army of the Dionians were in front. Most of Volsey's soldiers went to aid the Helnikians, and there were no extra troops to harass the Roman towns.
Chapter completed!