ancient greece mediterranean ruler

Chapter 1123 Dionia's Counterattack Plan (continued)
Sipulos also said: "Your Majesty, we are sending a large army into the Po River plain to engage in fierce battles in the territory of the Gauls. This will inevitably cause uneasiness among the Ligurians and Venetians. In order to avoid some accidents. , while we are sending troops, we can also send envoys to these two races. Tell them that the Kingdom of Dionia was invaded by the Gauls, so it sent troops to fight back, and invited them to attack the Gauls together. territory, even if they refuse to join, this will lessen their uneasiness about our sudden appearance on the Po plain..."

Davos nodded, feeling reasonable.

"Your Majesty." At this time, Cedorum asked: "After our army conquers the Gauls, what should we do with them?"

This question about Sedorum made Davers fall into deep thought. Precisely because he had no prior plan to attack Gaul in the mountains at this stage, he naturally did not draw up a detailed plan to resettle the surrendered Gauls after the war. What came to mind in his mind was Caesar's war against mountainous Gaul in his previous life. During the eight-year long campaign, he bloodyly conquered the indigenous peoples from the north of the Alps to the island of England. He paid a high price in the battle and killed countless Gauls before finally gaining their surrender.As for the Alpine Gaul, it seems that after Rome became stronger, they submitted and no major war occurred. Of course, when Hannibal led his army to cross the Alps and attack Rome, these Alpine Gauls joined in one after another. His men rebelled against the Romans...

Davos looked at Alexis and Printors, his eyes flashed with cold light, and he said in a strong tone: "The Gauls are a fierce race. We don't have any mercy for their fighting, as long as they are still here." Resist, the soldiers' fighting and killing should not stop. Only if we are more ferocious than them will they be afraid and surrender!
If any Gallic tribe wants to surrender, you can tell them, 'surrender is okay, but they must unconditionally accept our resettlement of their territory, and they must also abide by some of the resolutions made by the kingdom for the surrendered Gauls. '...These resolutions...will be submitted to the Senate for approval after I have special discussions with you all...

But regardless of whether the Gauls surrendered or not, some important towns in the Gallic territory must be captured and firmly in our hands, such as Alimium. Only by occupying it can our military supplies be delivered quickly and smoothly. Transport to the military.There is also Boroma, the central town of the Senones. Our army can only be safe when crossing the mountains from Etrunia and entering the Po River plain; and Mediolan, the central town of the Sarvis people. , only by occupying it can we prevent more Gauls from crossing the Alps and entering the Po River plain..."

"Understood, Your Majesty." Thedorum, Alexis and Printors responded one after another.

"Your Majesty, although the Gauls have suffered heavy losses, it is easier for the Gauls to defend themselves by launching an attack only from the sea. It is better to wait for the army to attack Alimium and attract the main force of the Gauls, so that the troops originally in Etruria can The troops led by Patroclus and Hasdrubal in the territory also launched an attack on the Gallic territory... If you are worried about the difficulty of fighting in the mountains, you can let the Third Army serve as its vanguard..." Hermon also proposed at the right time. suggestions.

When Davos heard this, his eyes lit up and he couldn't help joking: "Hermon, this suggestion you made is a good supplement to Alexis's attack plan. I didn't see that you still have a strong interest in military affairs." You are very well researched. Isn’t it a bit too condescending to ask you to just be the rotating chairman?”

"Your Majesty, Lord Hermon's main purpose is to get the Third Army to join this war and achieve some military exploits. As for being said to be a good military suggestion, it is just a mistake." Antaoris was half-joking. Said seriously.

"What a coincidence, I racked my brains to come up with this. It was precisely because the Third Army was good at mountain warfare... Just because I was thinking about this along the way, I was almost knocked down by a pedestrian." Hemon. Without looking at Antaoris, he complained and touched his knees with both hands, pretending to be frightened, as if something was really happening.

Everyone laughed, and the atmosphere in the room suddenly became more relaxed. Hermon cleverly covered up the embarrassment that Antaoris secretly said that he was selfish.

Davos actually didn't care too much about this matter. He looked at the thin figure opposite and asked: "Haka, what do you think of this?"

"Your Majesty." Haka said calmly: "Now Carthage has submitted to the kingdom, and the people of East and West Numibia have also submitted to us. The southern part of Iberia is governed by the iron fist of the administrator of Bagulu. Order has been greatly improved. The commander of the Sextus Army led the No. 18 Army to join forces with the Border Army. They defeated the invading indigenous people several times this year, and also took the initiative to kill a The raiding Lusitania tribe has even frightened the surrounding indigenous people... Now everything is stable within the kingdom's sphere of influence, and the country's financial and material resources are relatively abundant.

To the east of us, the war between Sparta, Thebes, and Athens is still going on, and it will not have any impact on us for the time being.We should take advantage of such a great opportunity to concentrate our efforts to completely eliminate the kingdom's biggest trouble on the Italian peninsula - the Gauls, and clear the way for us to completely rule the Western Mediterranean! "

"Well said!" Davos said with a smile on his face, approvingly: "Now is indeed the best time to conquer the Gauls! So I agree with the attack plan formulated by the Ministry of Military Affairs! But only sending the first and second The four legions of , 11th and 7th are not enough. The entire Apulian region is on the side of the Adriatic Sea, and it is more convenient to go to the Po River plain by sea, so I decided to add the [-]th, [-]th and [-]th legions in this region. The three legions of No. [-], as well as the first and second cavalry legions, also joined the offensive team. A total of [-] infantry legions, plus two cavalry legions, and the first fleet was used as transportation and Auxiliary, launch an attack on the Gallic territory from the side of Arimium!"

Before Alexis and the others could respond, Davos continued: "Let Proseus be the commander. In addition... the Third Army will be transferred to the Etruscan region to assist the north. The coalition forces eliminated the remnants of the Gallic enemies in their territory as soon as possible, and then ordered Patroclus as the commander to lead a total of four legions, the Third Army, the No. 12 Army, the No. 14 Army, and the Border Army, to cross the mountains and attack the Gaul from the south. The territory of the Lu people!”

"Yes!" After listening to the doctor's order, Alexis, Printors, Alps and other military ministers were more or less excited: 10 troops!Another large-scale war!But compared with the Western Mediterranean War a few years ago, the Kingdom of Dionia today is more powerful and can easily send 10 troops to fight (mainly short-distance wars at home).

Davos saw their excitement and shouted to the door: "Go and call the herald."

Soon, Aristelas walked into the meeting hall.

"Immediately inform the chief officials of each department that the palace is convening an important kingdom administrative meeting urgently, and ask them to come and attend immediately."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

After Aristelas left, Davos turned back to look at the rotating presidents and said with a smile: "Everyone takes a break for a while. After everyone arrives, we will discuss how to ensure the smooth progress of this war, and Make a more detailed plan on how to resettle the surrendered Gauls after the war."

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The Alpine Gaul are a semi-agricultural, semi-nomadic race that still adopts a tribal system and lives in groups. Their lifestyle determines that they are relatively closed, and the surrounding environment in which they live just aggravates this closedness.

The large-scale southern invasion 20 years ago broadened the horizons of the Gauls (mainly Senones), but it also deepened their blind confidence in their own force. They did not think that they were defeated by the Romans because The city of Rome was occupied by them for half a year. The Romans trapped in the mountains even wanted to bribe them with gold and silver, begging them to retreat...

The Senones believed that they failed in the end because they captured too many places and did not have enough warriors. They had to divide their troops for garrison. They were too dispersed and easily attacked by the enemy. They went out to fight for too long, and the warriors began to War weariness; and the damn plague... If these lessons can be learned, those weak Etruscans, Romans, and Latins are destined to become their slaves... These thoughts are common among those who fled back to Seno In the hearts of the tribal leaders and warriors of Nes, after their strength recovered, this strong unwillingness was transformed into the motivation for them to continue to invade the Etruscan territory.

Of course, they also learned from the captured Etrunian people that Rome and some nearby city-states had been occupied by the Kingdom of Dionia.

In the past few years, the Senones have only heard the term "Kingdom of Dionia" from merchants who came to Alimium to trade, and heard that it is a powerful kingdom in the south of this land.

Speaking of strong, weren’t the Etruscans strong!We once occupied a large area of ​​land in the north, but we were also beaten and fled south as hard as we could!Rome and other Latin city-states occupied by the Kingdom of Dionysia were easily occupied by us 20 years ago... There are many Senones who hold this idea, so they did not include Dionysia Ya put it in his eyes.

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