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Chapter 320 A desperate move (please subscribe)

In the messenger's exaggerated narrative: a siege equipment can throw round rocks the size of earthen jars hundreds of meters away, accurately hitting the city wall. The powerful impact can cause damage to the city wall, and the stone will be damaged for a long time. A collision can even cause the city wall to collapse; and the other weapon is like a movable sentry tower, which is built higher than the city wall. The archers on the top of the tower can easily attack the defenders on the city wall, and once it is let down By approaching the city wall and lowering the suspension bridge, the enemy can easily rush to the top of the city... The combination of these two siege equipment is simply a nightmare for any city, but they are both owned by Dionia!

Pianlon was not only worried about the city of Cnapetia, he was even more worried about Cosenza.Originally, in his plan, in the worst case scenario, he could retreat to Cosenza and use the strong city walls to resist the Dionian attack until the enemy ran out of food and retreated.However, the messenger's story shook his decision. He did not want to be trapped in the city and be thrown by the Dionians with dozens or dozens of such siege equipment, throwing rocks and constantly hitting his head... Therefore, the city of Knapetia must be defended, otherwise once it is captured by Dionia, Cosenza will be attacked on both sides.

But at this moment, when the natural barrier has been lost and Dionia's strength has a great advantage, the Bruti Alliance is in a difficult situation. Defense alone is too passive and the possibility of failure is too high.Therefore, Pianlun is more inclined to take risks and attack. As long as he can defeat Dionia's main force, all difficulties will be solved!

He set his sights on Bisignia, which had surrendered, because it was the closest to Thurii, the center of Dionia, and the main force of Dionia would definitely attack from here.

After repeated thinking, he finally made the final decision: to send two thousand reinforcements to Knapetia, and at the same time persuade Bogam to return to Ambalia, and send a messenger to Vig, hoping that Bogam and Sedo Rum's two alliance elders can bring as many warriors as possible to support the Bruti Alliance's battle with Dionia.

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In order to wait for the arrival of the baggage and meet the needs of the war, Davos waited for two more days in Bixinia.

Although Bisignia is very close to Thurii, transportation is difficult due to road conditions.In order to make transportation easier in the future, Davers learned his lesson and ordered the soldiers to carry five days of rations each again.

Early on the third day, Davos led the First Army, the Second Army, the Mountain Scout Group, the Cavalry Group, the Heracleian Allied Forces, the Castellon Allied Forces, Bissinian Soldiers, Legion Reserves, and two thousand Freedmen... In addition to a small number of legion reserves stationed in the city of Bisignia, the number of people who went out to fight in Cosenza totaled about 24000. They lined up in a long line and marched westward along the mountain road.

It was close to noon when Pianlen received the report from the scout cavalry: the Dionia army entered the Cosenza Plateau and saw the eye-catching military flag of the Dionia consul.

This news made Pialun unable to sit still, and he immediately held an emergency meeting. In addition to Petalu, Philotalu, and Bergam and Sedorum who had just arrived with their troops last night, Pangelu also In Knapetia, they struggled to resist the enemy's attack, and Nikuru had already died in the battle. The "Council of Seven Elders" actually only had five people, which inevitably made the people in the hall feel sad.

"I estimate that the Dionians will camp in this area after arriving in the city of Cosenza in the afternoon." Pianren drew a circle about six miles east of the Cosenza icon on the map with his finger, and said excitedly Said: "With Amara's blessing, we should take advantage of their discomfort after entering Cosenza, take the initiative to attack while they are building camp, and force them to fight!"

Cedorum understood what Pianlon meant by "discomfort."The area where Cosenza is located has high terrain. When outsiders come here, there is no problem with normal movements. However, once strenuous exercise occurs for a long time, it is easy to get tired and have difficulty breathing.The Bruti warriors, especially the Cosenza people, have adapted to this environment since childhood and will not behave abnormally.

In addition, he already knew the battle situation on Knapetia's side, so he didn't have much hope of holding on to the city.

He and Bogam looked at each other with solemn expressions, and finally agreed.

So, they went back to gather their teams and waited nervously for the arrival of the Dionia army.

But only half an hour later, Pian Lun urgently sent someone to call them again.

"Elders, we just received news that the Dionysians stopped advancing near the Punat River and started camping!" Pian Lun said anxiously.

Punat River!Sedorum and Bergam hurriedly looked at the map placed in the center of the hall.

The Punate River, said to be a river, is actually more like a creek. It eventually merges into the upper reaches of the Crati River. The area it flows through is relatively flat. The key is that it is almost located between Bisignia and Cosenza. middle.

"It's so far away from Cosenza, it's still so early, and we have to start resting?!" Bergam murmured to himself in confusion.

"Those traitors in Bithynia! God Amara will punish them!" Philotalu said with an angry look.

Sedorum understood the reason for the high priest's anger. In his memory, the terrain at the Punate River was not as high as here, and the impact on people was not obvious.

He hurriedly looked at Pian Lun and asked, "What is the chief going to do?"

Pian Lun also cursed along with the high priest. He also believed that the Bisinians must have leaked the secret to the Dionians' move, destroying his pre-designed plan.

He thought for a while, then looked at everyone, and said with a serious look: "Now, Knapetia is being attacked fiercely by the enemy every day, and may be broken by the Dionians at any time! But we are letting the enemy Slowly advance, gradually adapt and familiarize yourself with the weather and environment here, or make up your mind and concentrate on attacking them?! It's up to you to choose!"

Sedorum and Bergam looked at each other again, determination gradually flashing in their eyes: "Do we still have a choice!"

"The great god Amara will protect us, the descendants of Brutus!" Philotalu sang loudly...

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Davos chose to camp near Punate out of caution.

When Baguilipi reminded him that "outsiders will experience some discomfort when entering the Cosenza area," a word immediately came to his mind - altitude sickness: the higher the terrain, the thinner the air and the less oxygen it contains. People become exhausted due to lack of oxygen.Of course, compared with Tibet in the far east, the height of the Cosenza Plateau is nothing at all, but in a fierce battle, it is likely to become a decisive factor.

Daves now has the advantage. He does not need to take risks. He only needs to advance steadily towards Cosenza, allowing the soldiers to gradually adapt to the altitude sickness here and become familiar with the geographical environment. At the same time, he also gradually puts pressure on Cosenza to make He did not dare to divide his troops to reinforce Knapetia.

Although he was unable to grasp the dynamics of the battlefield in Knapetia in time, out of his trust in Xiros and the Fourth Army with two siege equipment, he believed that in Knapetia, the Fourth Army was in an absolute position. Advantage, once the city of Knapetia is broken and the Dionysian army advances from east to west, not only will the advantage greatly increase, but it will also shock the entire Bruti region, which may directly lead to the disintegration of the Bruti alliance without even fighting. You can make the Brutians surrender!
Although the idea was beautiful, Davos did not relax his vigilance. According to the provisions of the "Dionysian Military Law" on building camps in battlefield areas, he did not let all soldiers be busy building camps, but only let the First Army and The soldiers in the reserve began to work first, the freemen assisted, and the Second Legion and its allies, as well as Bithynian warriors, were responsible for guarding.

"Why do we have to come first to build the camp this time? We are the First Legion of Dionysia!" Heitbarus stared at the soldiers of the Second Legion who were sitting and resting in front of him, digging the soil while angrily complained unfairly.

"Perhaps it's because the Second Legion just ended the battle with the Bruti people the day before yesterday, and the commander gave them a reward!" Pesiales guessed.

Leotizides listened to the words of his teammates and thought about it: Although the Spartans also paid more attention to marching and camping, they did not pay as much attention to Dionia as he thought it was paranoid. When the troops arrived at a key location, they first considered how to build an extremely strong camp. They even had engineers to measure and check for acceptance. If they failed to pass the test, they would be punished... Even though he was in the recruit training camp, after many exercises, in Tarantu, Mu has actually practiced it, but he is still a little uncomfortable with it.

"If the Second Army is replaced by our First Army to attack Bixinia, we will do better! It's not because the Commander is unfair and gives this key task to the Second Army, and commands us The First Army Corps was either climbing mountains or marching. I didn’t know how much I walked these days, and the soles of my feet were blistered!..."

Haite Barus kept venting his frustration, and then he was slapped on the head: "Haite Barus, stop talking nonsense and work hard! If our brigade loses because you slowed down our camp building progress, If you give it to Olivers' team, Captain Matonis will never let you off lightly!" Captain Sitarsis scolded.

When it came to Matonis, Heitbarus didn't dare to talk anymore.

Leotizides felt a little emotional: Matonis, a mighty-looking captain, was very protective of his soldiers, and could even be said to be extremely protective of their shortcomings.Leotizides saw him argue with the military judge who the soldiers considered "terrible" several times because soldiers violated discipline and were punished under military law. Once, he even argued with Davos. In addition, he had amazing strength. , superb skills, so the soldiers loved and respected him.

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