"Not here?! They are going to attack Ostia?!" Paulus asked in surprise.

"The specific situation is not clear. I have sent a scout to Ostia to investigate." Mejius said with a worried look on his face.

"I hope Ostia can withstand the enemy's attack! I hope the dictator of Camillus can lead the troops back as soon as possible!" Paulus now regrets that he easily fought with the Dionians yesterday, which has caused the army to suffer heavy damage. The soldiers are depressed and cannot lead the army to fight anymore. He sighed and asked, "What is the situation of the Ravinims?"

"The Dionians simply put the Lavineims in a centralized manner and snatched their food, but did not hurt them. Our cavalry had released them, but they didn't know where the Dionian army went."

Meggus was just talking, but the guards hurriedly pushed the door in: "Two generals, the messenger came to Rome, saying that there was a very urgent matter to ask for a meeting!"

"Come him in!" The two of them looked at each other, feeling a little uneasy.

"The Roman Senate ordered, 'In view of the fact that the Dionians captured Ostia yesterday, and are now making a big march towards the city of Rome, Rome is in danger! Paulus, Megius, and Pantius should immediately lead their troops and hurry back to rescue the city of Rome!"

Ostia was lost?! The Dionians actually marched directly towards Rome?! This was like a thunderbolt, which completely shocked the two of them. They never expected that the Dionians' military operations would be so fast and bold. At this moment, they regretted the rash battle with the Dionians yesterday. But no matter how difficult the military situation is now, they must return to help immediately, otherwise if Rome loses, everything will be over.

The two quickly reached an agreement, and then explained the situation to Pantius, who was bedridden and recuperating, and asked him to temporarily take charge of Antium. Then, the two began to recruit soldiers, but they soon encountered a problem: Antium, as a newly occupied town of Rome, moved it as a colonial city, and moved tens of thousands of landless civilians around Rome to this town, allocating them the land here, and they were also the main component of Antium's 10,000 defenders. Due to the short time, the city had not formed its own parliament, and the main town affairs had to be decided by Paulus, the military commander of the Antium who was appointed by the Senate. However, it was impossible for Paulus to take away most of Antium's civilians, because under the embarrassment of the army, the Roman civilians who had already been allocated the land must first preserve the newly assigned property in Antium.

Therefore, Meggus persuaded the citizens with kind words, while Paulus threatened them with Roman law and power. One of them sang red and the other sang black. It took great effort to finally recruit more than 5,000 Roman civilian soldiers who had been scared by the Dionian army.

By the time they left the city, it was already afternoon, but Paulus and his team did not lead the team to Rome immediately, but passed by Satneycomb and Villitre first. After the defeat yesterday, many defeated soldiers fled to these two new colonial cities. In addition to the soldiers left behind in the city, Paulus and Meggus could still recruit a lot of soldiers to strengthen their rescue team.

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Paulus hurriedly led his army to leave Antium, not knowing that a huge fleet of ships appeared on the sea near Antium port, and their target was the Port of Ostia.

The crow warships of the Third Fleet all went to Rome along the Tiber River, leaving behind more than 80 fast three-layer oar warships and other small and medium-sized warships, a total of more than 80. They set up a cordon on the sea north of the Port of Ostia to escort the arrival of the entire fleet.

"Is this the port of Ostia in Rome? It's too small." The merchant ship approached the port, and the iron merchant of the Kingdom of Dionia, standing at the bow, looked at the approaching pier and couldn't help but look disappointed.

"What you see now is a port that has been expanded many times. Ten years ago, this port was smaller." said Sostatus, president of the Turiyi Chamber of Commerce. As a big seller in the kingdom, he has a wide range of sales channels and has been to Ostia many times.

"It is not important that the port is big or small, but why are there so few laborers in the port?" Dirk Poris, a pottery merchant who had just walked out of the cabin, looked surprised. He said anxiously: "The fleet we came with is full of all kinds of supplies. Just a few people came to unload the goods. When will the goods be unloaded?!"

As he was talking, he saw thousands of strong men lined up in the distance and arrived at the dock.

"Look, Your Majesty has long thought of this problem and sent an army to unload our goods." Sostatus smiled.

The first one to dock at the dock was not a merchant ship, but a few large passenger ships. The ones who took the lead in disembarking were the veterans from the Senate.

The court clerk Henipolis had already stood on the dock and greeted them with a smile: "Mr. Ascestes! Lord. Antrapolis! Lord. Teris! Lord. Nikomarcus! ... Welcome to Ostia in Latinum!"

The elders also greeted each other.

"Is Your Majesty in the city?" Ascesters asked.

"Your Majesty has led a large army to attack Rome, so he has not come to greet you." Heniporist explained.

"Now start attacking Rome City?!" The elders were all surprised. They were not senior generals of the army of Dionys. It was impossible for them to know the combat plan formulated by Davers. However, after they decided to come to Latinum, they had a special understanding of the situation here. Of course, they knew the position of Rome City in the Latinum region. It was a big city with a population of more than 100,000. Will it be so easy to be captured?! Moreover, Rome went deep into the inland and far from the coast. After His Majesty Davers took Ostia, he led his army directly into the heart of the Latinum region. Is it too dangerous?!

Henipolis saw their surprise and concern, but did not say in detail, but raised a scroll of paper tied with black cloth strips and said, "Mr. Teres, Your Majesty appointed you as the Interim Administrator of Ostia, responsible for governing the most important port city in the Latinum region, ensuring the foreign trade, material transfer, and the smooth and prosperous passages on the sea and rivers of the Roman city..."

As he said that, he handed the appointment to Teres.

Teris hurriedly expanded and looked carefully.

Henipolis said to others: "Dears, you can assist Lord Thalis in governing this city while in Ostia, so that you can also help you understand the situation in the Latinum region in advance. After His Majesty captures the city of Rome, you will go to the city of Rome."

Listening to the tone in Henipolis's words, His Majesty was very confident in capturing the city of Rome! Ascesters looked at each other quietly with the other elders, and then expressed his understanding.

At this time, after reading Davers's warrant, Theris asked in confusion: "Your Majesty asked me to manage Ostia, but there seems to be no one in this port except our army!"

"There were about three thousand workers and slaves in the port, but today most of them were sent to relocate the Third Fleet warships. They had already gone to Rome and they would return soon. His Majesty has made a promise to give the slaves freedom and allow the workers and slaves to join Diony and become our citizens. In addition, thousands of Ostians were imprisoned in the city..."

When Henipolis said this, he suddenly remembered something and said hurriedly: "By the way, Lord Teres, Your Majesty asked me to remind you that although the city of Ostia is small and few, its location is crucial to our army on the expedition! After the Romans recover, they will definitely come and fight for it with all their might! Therefore, although there are 3,000 defenders in the city, it is still a little insufficient, but the army is now going to attack Rome with all its strength and is temporarily unable to increase its troops here. Therefore, Lord Teres, you must ensure the safety of Ostia as the first priority. This is the key to our Dionys conquering Latinum!"

After hearing this, Teris's face became a little more solemn and fell into deep thought.

The reason why Davers chose Teris as the Chief Executive of Ostia was because considering that Teris was different from other non-military veterans. He had received military training in Turiy for a long time and eventually became the captain of the reserve team. Therefore, he not only had a very good understanding of the military system of Dionia, but also had rich command experience. He could use his two specialties in the position of Chief Executive of Ostia.

Of course, Ascesters is also a political talent with both civil and military affairs, but Davers has used him other things.

"Okay, my mission has been completed," Henipolis' tone became lighter, and he pointed to the entourage beside him and said, "He will take you to the city hall in the city, where there are several subordinates waiting for you to issue orders. The accommodation of the entourage and officials, the arrival of caravans, the transport of goods, etc., have to be handed over to you. In order to wait for you, I have been delayed a lot of time. Now I am going to rush to Rome and attack such an important battle in the city of Rome. If I cannot witness it with my own eyes, how can I write the next biography of Your Majesty!..." Henipolis said, saluted everyone, then jumped on the war horses led by the entourage, and took a team of cavalry to dust.

The remaining group of people stood at the dock and looked at each other for a moment.
Chapter completed!