"Don't worry!" Davers smiled and said, "The reinforcements from these Latin city-states in the south of the camp either fought against the army led by Thormeed in the west, or were now advancing towards the Sixth Army. They could not have more soldiers to attack our camp. The light armored brigade of the Second Army can guard the camp alone."

Despite Davers' relaxed speaking, the staff members were still a little uneasy, and then a staff officer rushed out to pass the order, and just as the adjutant of the Second Legion arrived.

"Matonis asked for more soldiers..." Davers was slightly shocked after hearing this, and asked the adjutant of the Second Corps in detail about the battlefield situation and sighed in a low voice: "This guy is also anxious!"

To be honest, according to the information Davers had obtained before, young and middle-aged citizens in Rome were all drawn to attack Helniki, with only 3,000 left-behind soldiers. This is why Davers dared to directly lead his army to attack Rome. In his opinion, even if the Romans sent even the elderly and women to defend the city, it would not be possible to compete with more than 50,000 soldiers of the Dionian Legion who had advanced siege equipment, strong and experienced combat experience, but he did not expect that the battle lasted for so long and the various legions did not make obvious progress.

Is the Romans so resilience?! He clenched his fists secretly.

"Your Majesty... Your Majesty..." Heniporis was stunned when he saw Davers a little stunned and hurriedly shouted softly.

Davers immediately came to his senses, his face quickly returned to peace, and said to the adjutant: "There are no heavy infantry in the camp. You should immediately bring 300 light armored soldiers to support."

"Yes!" The adjutant respectfully finished his military salute and turned around to leave the account.

Davers glanced at the slightly worried staff and said confidently: "I still have more than 200 court guards, who are no worse than the heavier infantry of the legion. In addition to the remaining light armored soldiers, there are a thousand people, so there is no need to worry about the safety of the camp."

As he said that, he pointed his finger forward again, looking confident: "What's more, even if the camp is destroyed by the enemy, it's no big deal, because the place we are going to camp tonight is the city of Rome!" In fact, he didn't say anything in his mind: If the siege fails today, he will lead the army to withdraw to Ostia immediately, and of course this camp will be of no use.

My army will definitely be able to capture Rome today!...Davs cheered himself up in his heart.

At this time, another battle report came: It was reported that five miles north of Rome's Bridge, about 4,000 enemy troops were moving quickly towards the Third Legion's barracks.

"What?!" someone in the staff officer exclaimed.

Davers' eyes shrank suddenly, and his right hand suddenly grabbed the back of the chair.

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At this moment, on the embankment on the west side of the south bank of the Roman Bridge, the battle between Rome and the Dionian soldiers was not like fighting, but more like fighting.

The soldiers of the Dionian Legion supported the long shield with both hands, pressed against the opponent's shield, buried their heads behind the long shield, avoided the enemy's spears, and pushed forward with all their strength, so as to make a bigger foothold for the comrades who climbed up. For this reason, they roared in a low voice, their faces were flushed and blue veins stormed. Each of them had such a hideous and painful expression because they were all trying their best to fight against the thick Roman military formation with thin arrays. Often, one person had to fight against the overlapping power of five or six enemies. The reason why they could barely support them was because the comrades behind them squatted down, stabbed the enemy's legs and feet in between their legs, weakened the enemy's combat power, and made them unable to push them into the river with all their strength because of their concerns.

Even though the Dionian soldiers fought so hard that they gave the enemy a lot of damage, the battle line between the two sides was still close to the embankment, winding and intermittent.

The soldiers of the Dionians were constantly squeezed down the embankment and fell into the river. The Roman soldiers who rushed to the shore had to struggle to stop their bodies, otherwise they would fall into the river.

At this moment, the soldiers of the Dionian lying on the crow suspension bridge used long shields to protect their heads and attack the enemy's legs with short swords, which often worked, forcing the other party to retreat again and stand on the embankment again.

Therefore, this flat embankment has pros and cons for the soldiers on both sides. The soldiers of the Dionians were unable to fully establish a foothold on the embankment and form a solid line of defense, and the Roman soldiers were unable to destroy the suspension bridge and cut off the enemy's attack.

Since the Roman defenders did not expect that the Dionians would use warships to build pontoon bridges, they did not prepare tincture oil at all. After the fierce battle between the two sides, the tincture oil could not be transmitted to the embankment through a thick array.

Of course, there were Roman archers shooting rockets into the river through projectiles, but sailors on the Dionian warship were cleaning up these rockets in time.

More sailors patrolled the deck. When they saw soldiers falling into the water, they immediately jumped into the river and rescued them. The 20 pontoon bridges were 20 life rafts. Even if some soldiers falling into the water were unlucky and missed them, there were more than a dozen speedboats patrolling the river downstream of these pontoon bridges. Therefore, although the soldiers in the Dionia fell into the water, most of them were in good health. After being rescued, they would take a short rest on the warship and soon they could start fighting again.

Roman soldiers seemed to have the advantage, but the soldiers were constantly injured in their legs and feet and withdrew from the battle, which gradually reduced the number of soldiers who could fight.

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In the direction of Roman Bridge, the combat situation is completely different.

At the beginning of the battle, Roman soldiers blocked the enemy at the bridge in time, but they could not rely on the power of crowds to push the opponent down the river like their comrades on the embankment, and could only withstand the enemy's impact from the front.

The first brigade of the Third Legion of the Dionia filled the entire Roman bridge. The soldiers in the forefront used long shields and stabbed them with short swords. The soldiers behind pushed them with their bodies and stabbed them with their spears. The soldiers behind pushed forward with all their might, and threw javelins...

The two sides were still in a stalemate at the beginning of the battle. Half an hour later, the Roman soldiers, mainly composed of old and weak, supported by the strong belief in defending their homes, gradually could not resist the impact of these soldiers of the Dionian Legion, whose physical strength, skills, and fighting spirit were far superior to theirs, and began to retreat little by little. Even if Cassius rushed to supervise the formation anxiously, he still could not restore the decline.

More and more soldiers of Dionian rushed across the bridge, expanding the attack area of ​​the first battalion and increasing the defense difficulty of the Roman soldiers. If more than 3,000 reinforcements arrived in time, the Roman soldiers defending at the bridge might have been defeated.

But with so many reinforcements, Cassius' brows still did not relax.

Because Roman citizens have been receiving regular Roman military training since childhood, even if they are not strong or experienced, they can still rely on the whole to fight against the attacks of Diorian soldiers. However, even though these free people and slaves were wearing Roman armor and holding long shields and spears, they had no idea about Roman tactics, especially some slaves, who even had no idea how to use shield guns.

For this reason, the most difficult thing was the team officials who were temporarily in charge of commanding them. They had to shout loudly, reminding their new recruits on the battlefield where the sound of killing sounds were shocking. Soon, everyone's voices became hoarse, but the formation of the new reinforcements still did not improve much, and they were still loose and messy.

Cassius was worried and began to blame: Why didn't the Senate call on the people to build a city wall on this embankment when the city was rebuilt in Rome? Otherwise, with the protection of the city wall, these new recruits could play a greater role even if they had no combat experience.

At this moment, he vaguely heard the familiar sound of a military horn from the other side, and his spirit was suddenly refreshed: Is it our reinforcements here?!

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A few minutes ago, Lizalu, the commander of the Third Legion, who was standing on the bridge on the other side of the shore, was nervously concerned about the situation, received news of the arrival of Roman reinforcements.

Since there have been news that the scouts had been returning to the news that "Roman reinforcements gathered in the north of their camp", he was already prepared for this and did not seem panic.

"There are only more than 4,000 enemies, and I think our troops who stay in the camp can completely repel them in the field!" Lizalu said confidently.

Midolades, the commander of the Navy of the Third Fleet, said with some concern: "The soldiers guarding the camp have gone out to fight, if any enemy comes again-"

"Midorades, you must believe in the ability of the reconnaissance cavalry of the Third Legion and the mountain reconnaissance team. Apart from the arrival of the Roman reinforcements, they have not found any other enemies within ten miles. After defeating them, our soldiers have sufficient time to return to the camp!" In order to eliminate his concerns, Lizaru explained seriously: "I asked the left-behind troops to take the initiative, not because I was wary, but because the camp we built was too large. If it were just a simple defense, the soldiers would suffer a loss!"

Midolades understood what he meant: Yesterday, the Third Legion and the Third Fleet built two camps on the north bank of the Tiber River, one at the bridgehead and the other at the river on the west side of the bridgehead. In order to accommodate these more than 40 huge three-layer oar warships, there must be enough space between the warships to facilitate the warships to be dragged, enter the water and prevent fires. Therefore, the camps by the river are long and wide, which leads to the increase in the defense area of ​​the soldiers. If they want to make full defense, the troops are slightly insufficient...

The reason why Midolades was worried was that the soldiers could still escape, reorganize and fight again when they were defeated. However, if the enemy rushed into the riverside camp, his warships were tied to the riverside and connected into pieces, and could be easily burned, and the third fleet would be completely finished.

But after all, he has been through the battlefield for a long time and knows that he cannot hesitate at this critical moment, so he said decisively: "I agree with you and temporarily hand over the command of the fleet infantry to you!"
Chapter completed!