At this moment, solemn and quietTheoniaarmymoved, the light infantries of variousregimentswelcomedrapidlygo forward, carried out the firstround of attackwith the javelin and arrowarrowto the Romesoldier of advance. But the cavalry corps of twowingshave startedto whip one's horse on, quickhitwith the Romecavalryinone......
就在这时,原本静穆的戴奥尼亚军阵动了,各军团的轻步兵们迅速的迎上前,用标枪和箭矢对前进的罗马士兵进行第一轮的打击。而两翼的骑兵军团已经开始策马前进,很快就与罗马骑兵撞在了一起……A moment later, the cavalry corpsrouted the quantity not manyRomecavalries, andpursues, butlight infantryalsosmoothretreatingtoarmybehind.
片刻之后,骑兵军团击溃了数量不多的罗马骑兵,并进行追击,而轻步兵也顺利的撤退到了军阵后方。„Javelinpreparation!”Inlongarmyresounded the verbal commands of team of officerscontinuously.
“标枪准备!”漫长的军阵中此起彼伏的响起了队官们的号令。Has the javelinrain that the understoodRomesoldiersfaceare speeding alongto cometo hold up the longshieldto the Theoniatactic......
已经对戴奥尼亚战术有所了解的罗马士兵们面对着飞驰而来的标枪雨纷纷举起了长盾……
After tworounds of javelins, the Theoniasoldierchargesforward, hitswith the Romesoldier who spinningto comeinone......
两轮标枪之后,戴奥尼亚士兵向前冲锋,与疾奔而来的罗马士兵撞在了一起……Slaughtered the soundto becomeinthisstretch of the world the onlysound.
厮杀声成了这一片天地中唯一的声音。Crotokataxfelt that ownbreath seems to have stopped, heopens the eye, visionbyfilling the air the dust and fog, maps the mindintensefightscenes, the facial expressionnot onlysomewhatanxious, andis mixing withseveralpoints of excitement.克洛托卡塔克斯感觉自己的呼吸似乎都已经停止,他睁大眼睛,目光透过弥漫的尘雾,将一幕幕激烈的战斗场景映入脑海,神情既有些紧张,又夹杂着几分兴奋。Butinhisnearbykingdomstaff officerofficerTolmidesandpalacelaw clerkHeniePolis, fourthregimentlegatusOlivosandfifthregimentlegatusGiorgris......, theseparticipates ingeneral of thisexpeditionto pay close attention tothisfight, theyknowattaching great importance to of DavosRome, must therefore cometo have a look atthisfightbeforehand, understands the battle efficiency of Romeperson, in order tomakes the correctjudgmentin the laterfight.
而在他的旁边的王国参谋官托尔米德、宫廷书记官赫尼波里斯、第四军团军团长奥利弗斯、第五军团军团长吉奥格里斯……等,这些参加这次远征的将领们都在密切关注着这场战斗,他们都知道戴弗斯对罗马的重视,因此都要来事先看看这场战斗,了解罗马人的战斗力,以便在以后的战斗中作出正确的判断。
A armypositive/directheavy infantryfightsintenselyalsoinrefuses to compromise, has the mounted scoutto catch up with the reportone after another: „Report! The firstcavalry corpshave completed the pursuit, is returningattacks the enemyright flankrear!”
军阵正面的重步兵战斗还在激烈的僵持着,已经有侦骑相继赶过来汇报:“报!第一骑兵军团已经完成追击,正返回攻击敌人右翼的侧后!”„Report! The secondcavalry corpsare attackingenemyarmyleft flankbehind!”
“报!第二骑兵军团正在攻击敌人军阵左翼的后部!”
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After Davoshearreport, patted the nape of the neck of warhorsegently, thensaid: „Amintas, after Romepersonrout, youmustpursueboldly, muststrike the powderthemthoroughly, anddrives awaythemto the south, keepingthemfromhinderingourtomorrow'sactions. IfcantakeRaviNeame, the army that youleaddoes not needto build the campagain, tonightpasses the night there, tohelp the soldiersbe ableto restwell.”戴弗斯听完汇报之后,轻轻的拍了拍战马的脖颈,然后说道:“阿明塔斯,罗马人溃败后,你要大胆追击,要将他们彻底击散,并且将他们驱赶到南面去,让他们无法阻碍我们明日的行动。如果能够拿下拉维尼姆,你所率的部队就不用再修筑营地,今晚就在那里过夜吧,以便于士兵们能够好好休息。”„Yes, your majesty.”Amintassalutes the response.
“是,陛下。”阿明塔斯行礼回应。
After Davosreturns a courtesy, transfers the horse's head, spreadstoward the beach.戴弗斯回礼之后,调转马头,往海滩驰去。
The palace guardfollows.
宫廷卫队紧随其后。Crotokataxsomedo not abandonandlooked atseveralbattlefields, thisfollowsto leave.克罗托卡塔克斯有些不舍的又看了几眼战场,这才跟着离开。OlivosandGiorgristheyextended the congratulationafterAmintas, departsin a hurry. In their opinion, the Theoniaregimentsoldiersblockedfiercely attacking of enemyfrom the upfront, andalsoslightlyis in the upper hand, but the cavalryis also circuitousto the twowings of enemy, undersuchadvantageouswar, even iffightsis still being in progress, the victoryis in the near future.奥利弗斯、吉奥格里斯他们则向阿明塔斯表示了祝贺之后,才匆匆离去。在他们看来,戴奥尼亚军团士兵从正面挡住了敌人的猛攻,并且还略占上风,而骑兵又迂回到敌人的两翼,在这样有利的战局下即使战斗还在进行,胜利已经为时不远。
The fact , after the fightcontinuedjust as they expected for more than tenminutes, the Romesoldierstartsto retreat, quickturned into the bigrout.
事实也正如他们所预料的,战斗又持续了十多分钟之后,罗马士兵开始溃退,很快就变成了大溃败。Romearmysoeasilywas defeated, in factalsooriginatesrelatedwith the soldier of thisarmy, itsoverwhelming majoritysoldierswere bornin the Romeciviliansclass, theywere assignedWillieTherre, TurneyCoombe, Antiumlanda short time ago, buttheyassistedto battleas the light infantryin the past, because for these years the reform of Romemilitary system, added on the generousaid of Carthageagain, Romecouncilallocated the heavy infantryequipmenttothem, andstartedto conduct heavy infantry'straining, butobviously the operationalskill of heavy infantry, itsoperational experiencehadinsufficient, encountered the powerful enemyas the main forcecombat for the first time.罗马军队如此轻易的被击败,事实上也跟这支军队的士兵来源有关,它的绝大部分士兵出生于罗马平民阶层,他们前不久才被分配了维利特雷、萨特尼库姆、安提乌姆的土地,而他们以往都是作为轻步兵辅助作战,只是这几年因为罗马军制的改革、再加上迦太基的慷慨援助,罗马元老院才给他们配发了重步兵装备,并开始进行重步兵的训练,但显然他们无论是重步兵的作战技巧、还是其作战经验都有所不足,偏偏第一次作为主力作战就遭遇到强敌。.......................................
…………………………………WhenAmintasleads the first, second, thirdregimentsandtwocavalry corpspursue the routed troopon a large scale, King Davosleadson the beach the setgoodfourth, fifth, sixthregimentalong the coasttonorthto march, hisgoalwasalreadyalready the Ostiadalport that arranged. Carries on the onlyharbor that the seatrade and valuable cargogainasRomeoutward, capturesOstiadal, not only can shut offaid of CarthagetoRome, isTheoniaexpedites the armyto obtain a standpointin the Latinarea, but also canprovides the enormousconveniencefor the logistics supply and materials transportation of army, thisis the good deed that severalresult at one fell swoop, Davosbeforehas not embarkedalready the lock-on target that must first attackonit.
就在阿明塔斯率领第一、第二、第三军团和两个骑兵军团大举追击溃兵的时候,戴弗斯国王则率领已经在海滩上集合好的第四、第五、第六军团沿着海岸向北进军,他的目标是早就已经定好的奥斯提亚港。作为罗马对外进行海贸以及重要物资获取的唯一的港口,夺取奥斯提亚,不但能切断迦太基对罗马的援助,为戴奥尼亚远征大军在拉丁姆地区获得一个立足点,而且也能为军队的后勤补给和物资运输提供极大的便利,这是一举几得的好事,戴弗斯在未出发前就已经把首先要打击的目标锁定在它身上。Ostiadalbecomes the Romecolonizingcity, alreadydozensyears, butgainsattaching great importance to of Romecouncil, is nearly tenyears of matter. Becauseestablishedcloseralliance relationshipwithCarthage, toprotect the CarthageaidtoRomevariouscommodities, at the suggestion ofCarthaginians, startsto reinforceOstiadalcity garrisonandprotectiontoharbor, particularlyafterTheonianhas the war, becausedreaded that the great strength of Theoniafleet, councilalsoincreased the garrisontowardOstiadal, buttheyhave not thoughtabsolutely,Theoniawill be leading the armyto attackat this moment, andwent round the Romeperson'sdefensive systemonland, places the rearOstiadalfrom the marinedirectattack.
奥斯提亚成为罗马的殖民城,已经有几十年的时间,但是得到罗马元老院的重视,还是近十年的事情。因为和迦太基建立了更紧密的同盟关系,为了保护好迦太基援助给罗马的各种物资,在迦太基人的建议下,开始加固奥斯提亚的城防和对港口的保护,尤其是与戴奥尼亚人发生战争之后,由于忌惮戴奥尼亚舰队的强大,元老院还往奥斯提亚增派了驻军,但是他们绝对没有想到,戴奥尼亚会在此刻率大军来袭,并且绕开了罗马人在陆地上的防御体系,从海上直接进攻身处后方的奥斯提亚。Therefore, when the Davosarmyarrives outside the Ostiadalcity, the garrison troops in cityare about3000people, theyobtain the news that the enemyhas attackedbeforehand, theysend out the messengertoRomerequests reinforcementsat the same time, the soldiersalsoprepareddefense, but when theysaw when the citybystanderscount the hugeTheoniaarmy, unavoidablyfeelsscared.
因此,当戴弗斯的军队到达奥斯提亚城外之时,城内的守军不过3000人,他们事先已经得到了敌人来袭的消息,他们派出信使向罗马求援的同时,士兵们也都做好了防御的准备,但当他们看到城外人数庞大的戴奥尼亚军队时,不免感到胆寒。Garrison troopsgeneralencouragesthemloudly: „Citizens, the time, the attack of enemycannotcontinue is too longearly, showsyourcourageto come, to repel the attack of enemy, tomorrow the Romereinforcementswill rush!......”
守军将领大声的鼓励他们:“公民们,时间已经不早了,敌人的进攻不会持续太久,拿出你们的勇气来,击退敌人的进攻,明天罗马的援军就会赶到!……”Hiswordsgave the Romesoldiersbiginspiration, becausenowisin the afternoon, trulyleaves the time that Theonianattacks a cityto be not quite sufficient.
他的话给了罗马士兵们较大的鼓舞,因为现在已经是下午,确实留给戴奥尼亚人攻城的时间不太充足。Therefore after waiting for the Theoniathreeregimentsto enterrespectively the pre-calculated position, andquicklylaunches, Davoshas not delayedissued the attackinstruction.
所以等戴奥尼亚三个军团各自进入预定位置、并迅速展开之后,戴弗斯一点儿也没耽搁的下达了进攻指令。AlthoughDavosthesegoes to battletime, brought more than 500engineerteams, but because the timeis tight, andspellsto make the large-scaleattacking a cityequipmentwithout enough time, dozenscrossbowartillery and innumerablescaling ladders that the ready-madeattacking a cityinstrumentbringsalong with the ship, after the engineersassemblerapidly, before thesecrossbowartilleryare advanced, tocity wallheavy bombing.
尽管戴弗斯这一次出征,带了五百多名工程师团队,但由于时间仓促,并来不及拼造出大型的攻城设备,现成的攻城器械只是随船带来的几十架弩炮和无数的云梯,被工程师们迅速组装好了之后,这些弩炮就被推到阵前,对着城墙猛轰。Suddenly, coming that in the midair the marblesdo not stand still, the city wallthundersunceasingly, the flakefliesrandomly.
一时间,半空中石弹不停歇的呼啸而来,城墙轰鸣不断,石片乱飞。Has never experiencedRomesoldierfearful and apprehensivehiding of thispersonbattle formationbehind the embattlement, hardlydaresto move, moraleforitJu.
从未经历过这种赫人阵势的罗马士兵心惊胆战的躲在城垛后方,几乎不敢移动,士气为之一沮。
After shellingcontinually for more than tenminutes, the resoundingbuglesoundgets up, the attack of crossbowartillerystopped.
持续轰击了十多分钟之后,高亢的军号声响起,弩炮的攻击停止了。
The Romesoldiersjustrelaxed, cautiouswill find out the city wall, seesbeyond the citynexthundredmetersthatdenseTheoniaattacking a cityteamalong with the heavenshakingroar, likesea tide that roaredturbulently, cametoward the Ostiadalcityfromeastern and southernboth sides.罗马士兵们刚刚松了口气,小心翼翼的将头探出城墙,就看见城下百米之外那黑压压的戴奥尼亚攻城队伍伴随着震天的吼声,如同汹涌咆哮的海潮,从东、南两面向着奥斯提亚城呼啸而来。„Citizens, the enemyattacked, theircrossbowartillerywill stopthrowing the stone, hitsyourspirit, withis goodyourweapons, well the lessonthey, makingthemtastefierce of ourRomeperson!......”Garrison troopsgeneralnon-stopis inspiring the soldiersloudly, but the Theoniancrossbowartillerytrulydoes not have the re-radiationmarbles, thismakesthemcalm downslightly.
“公民们,敌人进攻了,他们的弩炮就会停止抛掷石头,打起你们的精神来,拿好你们的武器,好好的教训他们,让他们尝尝我们罗马人的厉害!……”守军将领不停的大声鼓舞着士兵们,而戴奥尼亚人的弩炮确实没有再发射石弹,这让他们稍微定下心来。„Archer! The archersprepareto fire!......”Rometeamofficersalsostartto issue the order.
“弓箭手!弓箭手准备射击!……”罗马队官们也开始下达命令。Reason that the crossbowartilleryarmyhas not raised the elevation angle of crossbowartillerysupport, making the marbleshigh the city wall, shellstoward the city, thatisbecausein the Ostiadalcityhasmanyharborwarehouses, Davoswas worried that theyare destructed, to affect the lateruse.
之所以弩炮部队没有调高弩炮支架的仰角,让石弹高过城墙,向着城内轰击,那是因为奥斯提亚城内有不少港口仓库,戴弗斯担心它们遭到毁坏、影响之后的使用。Davossits quietly the rear area, calmis waiting and seeing the fight conducts.戴弗斯稳坐后方,气定神闲的观望着战斗的进行。Crotokataxcannot sit still, after being underfather'spermission, herides a horseto forward, was nearerfrom the battlefield, lookedlike thisclearly. Naturally, Martiusleadssomepalaceguardsto follow closelyabouthim, tosafeguardhissecurity.克洛托卡塔克斯则坐不住,得到父亲的许可之后,他骑马向前,距离战场更近了些,这样看得更清晰。当然,马尔提乌斯带着部分宫廷卫士紧随他左右,以保障他的安全。
The siege warfare and positionbattleare different, although the battleis broad in scale, the war criesare shocking, but because the line of sightis blocked, is very difficultto see clearlyin the fierce combatcasualty of both sides, the siege warfareis different, the soldiers of one's own sidefall, the soldier of social climbingscaling ladderpoundby the javelinor the stonefrom the topdrop down and entirescaling ladderwas even overthrown...... thesepicturesto be ableclearmap the Crotokataxview, butthesesceneunceasingemergencealsomakehimfeel the heart pain, doublefist that heentrainstightly, is talking overin a low voice: „Rushes! The quick attackcomes up! Hades, pleaseblessthemto seize the topquickly!......”
攻城战与阵地会战不同,会战虽然规模宏大,杀声震天,但由于视线受阻,很难看清激战中双方的死伤,攻城战则不同,己方的士兵从城头上摔下、攀附云梯的士兵被标枪或石头砸中倒下、甚至整个云梯被推倒……这些画面都能够清晰的映入克洛托卡塔克斯的眼帘,而这些景象不断的出现也让他倍感心痛,他紧拽的双拳,一个劲儿的低声念叨着:“冲上去!快攻上去!哈迪斯啊,请庇佑他们赶快占领城头!……”HoweverHadeshas not responded to his descendant'sprayobviously, Crotokataxfearful and apprehensiveperiod of time, unexpectedlya littledoes not dareto look, hehas looked backunder the distant placecolorsto sit tightDavos, then the visionsweepstonot far awayalsoin the fourthregiment that formationrests, asking of doubts: „Whydoes not sendimmediately the fourthregiment, increases the effort of attacking a city?”
但是哈迪斯显然没有回应他这个后裔的祈祷,克洛托卡塔克斯心惊肉跳了好一阵子,居然有点不敢看了,他回过头来看看远处军旗下稳坐不动的戴弗斯,接着目光又扫到不远处还在列阵歇息的第四军团,不禁疑惑的问道:“为什么不马上将第四军团派上去,加大攻城的力度?”Martiusexplainedinside: „Ostiadalis the placesmall town, is unable to holdtoomanysoldiersto attack a city, ifsends, insteadcreatescrowded, will increase the casualties.”马尔提乌斯在旁边解释道:“奥斯提亚是座小城,无法容纳太多的士兵攻城,如果都派上去,反而造成拥挤,会增大伤亡。”Crotokataxis the regimentreserve forcessoldier, meanwhiledidin the military affairssection for a year, heknows certainly that the fourthregimentwas called the regiment that Theoniamostcanattack a city, stamping the feet that at this timehealso can only worry: „If we had knownshouldsend the fourthregimentfirstto attack a city!”克洛托卡塔克斯是军团预备队士兵,同时还在军务部干了一年,他当然知道第四军团被称之为戴奥尼亚最能攻城的军团,此时他也只能着急的跺脚:“早知道应该派第四军团先攻城!”Crotokataxcanquestion that the resorting to armsarrangement of hisfather, was loyal to the dutyMartiusnaturally unable thento saydownward,he can only comfortto sayin a soft voice: „Attacking a citycosts the timevery much, the fightjuststarted, the defense of Romeperson is very tenacious, wecannotworry, believes that your majestywill have the explicittacticalarrangementto the fourthregiment......”克洛托卡塔克斯可以质疑其父亲的用兵安排,忠于职守的马尔提乌斯当然不能接着往下说,他只能轻声安慰道:“攻城是很耗费时间的,战斗才刚刚开始,罗马人的防御还很顽强,我们不能太着急,相信陛下会对第四军团有明确的战术安排……”„Really?!”Crotokataxeyeonebright.
“真的?!”克洛托卡塔克斯眼睛一亮。„Naturally, your majestyneverfights the uncertainwar!”AlthoughMartiusdoes not know the concretecombat plan, butheis obviously confidentaboutKing Davos.
“当然,陛下从来不打无把握之仗!”虽然马尔提乌斯并不知道具体的作战计划,但他显然对戴弗斯国王充满信心。
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