ancient greece mediterranean ruler

Chapter 1183 The Prince's Decision

At the same time, the voice and smile of Adoris in the past kept reappearing in Clotho Cartax's mind: "Clato, I really didn't expect that my father would send you to the Peloponnese. Don't worry, big brother, I will protect you with all my strength." your!……

Oh, by the way, this is your first time commanding an army, don’t worry, I will fully support you...

Clotto, I am here on behalf of all the soldiers in the team to ask if there is any special plan for us to build the camp and not go out to fight...

Clotto, you finally ordered us to fight, and I will fight with all my strength to bring you the first victory..."

"Brother!!..." Crotokatax cried heartbrokenly, and his tears couldn't stop flowing.

After a long time, he had to stop crying because the cremation of the remains of the fallen soldiers was to begin.

Clotokatax watched with a dull expression as Adoris's body slowly burned in the blazing fire...

Only then did Ctissus have the opportunity to tell him deeply: "Your Highness, according to the memories of a seriously injured soldier of the Third Battalion, after Captain Adoris's phalanx was broken by the Spartans, he In order to save his soldiers, he was stabbed with spears in many places on his thighs and chest. His whole body was covered in blood and he was completely unable to stand... But even when he was lying on the ground, he still waved his dagger and continued to kill the enemy. In the end, the angry Spartans Pierced with a spear..."

"The Spartans deserve to be cut to pieces!!" Clotokatax cursed in a hateful voice through gritted teeth. He clenched his fists tightly, and his nails pricked his skin without even noticing the blood flowing out.

"Your Highness, the heroic performance of Captain Adoris has not insulted the glory of the First Legion, nor has it insulted his glory as the prince of Dionia! He is the hero of the kingdom, and his soul will be punished by Hades. With your blessing, go to the Elysee Paradise!" Printors comforted softly from the side.

Clotokatax silently stroked the helmet of Adoris as a relic, and after a long time he said sadly: "...How can I face my parents, my sister-in-law, and my nephew when I go back?"

Printors and Ctissus were shocked and looked at each other. They both thought of a question at the same time: What would happen if King Davos knew about the death of Adoris in battle? !
After the war, after learning that the First Legion suffered heavy casualties, Ctissus had been blaming himself. At this moment, he resolutely said in a deep voice: "Your Highness, the First Legion suffered heavy casualties and Captain Adoris died in battle... These are all mine. Responsibility! If I hadn’t made a mistake in command, was too hesitant in issuing orders, and failed to prepare the soldiers in time, it would have been impossible——"

Although Clotokatax was grieving, his mind was still clear. He waved his hand and interrupted him: "Commander of the Ctisus Army, this is not your responsibility. If you want to blame it, blame the enemy for being too cunning and shameless! Pulin! Lord Thors, we must not let go of the Spartan troops who fled into the mountains!"

Clotokatax's words were full of hatred, and he seemed to be determined not to give up until all the enemies were wiped out. This was completely opposite to the gentle attitude he had shown before. Printors understood that this was the tragedy of Adoris. The young prince's death in battle greatly stimulated the young prince. He did not give any reminder, but took advantage of the situation and said: "Don't worry, Your Highness, we have captured the Spartan army's camp in the sanctuary of Hercules and captured a large number of The baggage, Sparta's troops fled into the mountains, and there is no food to eat. The situation will only get worse. Tomorrow we will send troops quickly south to block Sparta's border, and we will capture them easily."

"The plan to attack Sparta's territory cannot be delayed for too long!" Clotokatax said bitterly: "When will the army be able to complete its rest?"

"Your Highness, it won't take long. We can send some troops into Sparta's territory the day after tomorrow." Printors said with certainty.

"Part of the army? If we want to conquer Sparta, will we not have enough troops?"

"It's the Spartans who are short of troops now, not to mention we still have the fleet infantry of the First Fleet cooperating in the south."

"Okay, then I will implement your suggestion." Crotokatax nodded, and was about to say something more when he saw Muklu coming in a hurry: "Commander, Tegea sent Messenger, I want to see you."

"Tegea!" Clotokatax's face immediately sank, and his young face became a little twisted and ferocious because of resentment: "These shameless traitors still have the nerve to come to see me! We are here to save them. Come, it turns out that not only did they betray, but they also took advantage of our trust to launch a sneak attack on our army! The Tegeans are the culprits who caused heavy casualties in the First Legion and led to the death of my eldest brother in battle! I will never spare them!"

Ctissus sympathized with the young commander's anger. If there had not been a sneak attack by the Tegea army from the rear, it would have been just a false defeat tactic by the Spartan army. He believed that with the combat effectiveness of the first legion, in an irregular formation, Under the circumstances, he would not suffer too much loss. It was precisely because he was attacked from the front and back that he had to let the soldiers of the First Legion switch to defense, so that he was completely in a passive state of being beaten.

Therefore, he also said angrily: "Commander, after the defeat of the Spartan coalition, the Tegea army was completely surrounded by us. Very few soldiers escaped. The number of captured soldiers alone was nearly 2500. How about that?" All these prisoners were executed to commemorate the souls of the fallen soldiers, or all were turned into slaves and sold.

I asked several Taigea prisoners, and the Taigea Council sent out all the citizens in their city who could fight. It was obvious that they had a vicious intention to completely destroy our army through this battle!But with the blessing of Hades, Tegea lost all its vitality, and we can easily capture the city.

Commander, our Dionysian tradition has always been to treat friends sincerely, and we will never tolerate betrayal!We can completely destroy this city, thereby shocking the whole of Greece, and making those city-states who want to be our enemies consider the consequences! "

Ctissus' words were full of murderous intent. After hearing this, Crotokatax, who had been in grief and resentment, still showed some hesitation and subconsciously looked at Printors next to him.

Printors did not express his suggestion directly, but talked about a past event calmly: "I remember that during the Western Mediterranean War, His Majesty led the army north to attack Rome. After capturing the city of Rome, he The Latin allies, who turned to attack Rome, met with strong resistance when they attacked Gabi. Not only did they suffer many casualties, but Gabi also joined forces with the Roman coalition to counter-encircle our siege troops.

In the end, His Majesty led his army to defeat them and captured the city of Gabi, and then ordered all the Gabi people to be demoted as slaves. From then on, the Latium people felt fear, and wherever our army went, they opened the door one after another. surrender.When Commander Tagetinos led the Ninth Legion to capture Salos, he used the same method because of too many casualties. After that, the conquest of the entire island of Sardinia went much more smoothly...

Although the kingdom was powerful, it had little influence on mainland Greece.On the contrary, many Greek city-states treat us like barbarians, which is why Tegea betrayed us so blatantly and Ellis turned from initial goodwill to hostility... On the one hand, while we express our goodwill to the Greek city-states, we also need to express our kindness to them. Properly demonstrating our powerful power will be more helpful for the kingdom to take root in mainland Greece in the future, so destroying the city of Tegea - I think it is a good choice! "

Only then did Clotokatax suddenly remember that the commander who conquered Gabi City and carried out this cruel method was Printors. Of course, he would not object to Ctissus's suggestion.

Crotokatax frowned and fell into thought. After a while, he murmured: "If the Tegeans are eliminated, will we occupy this territory ourselves? If so, it will seriously affect our relationship with Relations with the Arcadian Alliance!..."

Printors blinked and said nothing. He had not thought about this issue because he felt that it should be a political and diplomatic matter and not something that a military staff officer should consider.

Fortunately, Clotokatax did not ask any more questions, but continued to frown in thought. After a while, he said: "Go and call the Mantinian guide Calicenos."

Calicenos came to the young commander, feeling very uneasy. As a bystander, he witnessed the entire battle process. Not only did he see the corpses of countless Spartan warriors lying in the fields, but also He was greatly shocked to see hundreds of prisoners being escorted by Dionian soldiers, including some Spartan warriors with long braids...

At the battle of Leuctra, he was not present and did not know what the situation was.But this time the Spartans had nearly 3 troops, and the full help of the Tegeans. It can be said to be the most powerful force Sparta has had in the past few decades, but it was still defeated by the Dionysian army. Independent defeated it from the front without the help of the Arcadian army.

After this battle, there is no doubt that Dionia will conquer Sparta, and the betrayal of the Tegeans puts the Arcadians as allies into an embarrassing and dangerous situation.

Sure enough, Crotoka Tax made him tremble with fear as soon as he opened his mouth: "Dionia fulfilled the covenant and worked hard to rescue Taigea, but suffered their betrayal, which caused us to kill and injured many soldiers... Taigea Gea must pay the price for this! We have decided to immediately launch an attack on the city of Tegea. After capturing the city, we will touch all members of the council and turn all the people in the city into slaves. From now on, there will be no more in this land. There are no Tegeans!”

(End of this chapter)