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Chapter 392 The Plan Can't Keep Up With Changes

Ansitanos expressed his inference without hesitation: "Maybe in their eyes, Dionia's chances of winning are not great. In fact, Carthage doesn't pay much attention to our Dionia, and the leader Han Nuo didn't even meet me..."

Davos did not expect that Carthage, which was able to compete with Rome on a par with Rome in its previous life, would be so cowardly. However, considering that it was already a hundred years later when Carthage and Rome competed for hegemony, Carthage's development a hundred years later would naturally not be what it was at this time. It can be compared.Recalling that Carthage (mainly due to the influence of Hannibal), who had a good impression on him in his previous life, actually looked down on Dionia, made him a little depressed, and said in his heart: "One day, you will regret that you have treated Dionia negligence!"

"Lord Ansitanos, do you think the Samnite invasion of Potentia was instigated by Dionysius?" Davos wanted to confirm his judgment again.

"I heard the news as soon as I came back." Ansitanos took a sip of syrup and said thoughtfully: "Well... I think it is very possible. You must know that Syracuse and Campania are in Dilon The relationship has been close since the times, with frequent trade exchanges between the two sides. Syracuse also sent troops several times to help the Greek city-state of Campania defend against the Samnite attacks... It is said that most of Dionysius's mercenaries came from Campania. Ya, so Dionysius should be familiar with the Samnites in the Campania mountains. As long as he is willing to pay the price, it is not impossible to persuade the Samnites. Moreover, I am afraid that the Samnites have always Worry about the power of Dionia."

After being reminded by Ansitanos, Davos suddenly remembered: Since Potentia joined the Dionysian Alliance, the Samnite invasion of Lucania has never occurred again. Obviously, the Dionysians Ya is very afraid...

Davos secretly regretted that he had focused on stabilizing the country in recent years and put too little energy into the surrounding situation and the situation in the entire Mediterranean.

This is a lesson!He warned himself in his heart, and then humbly asked Ansitanos for advice: "Where else do you think Dionysius might use a conspiracy like the Samnites against Dionia?"

Hearing this, Ansitanos stroked his gray beard and began to ponder.After a long time, he suddenly opened his eyes and said, "Tarantum! Tarantum is very possible!"

Davos was shocked: Yes, Tarantum is very likely!Although Syracuse has little contact with Tarantum, Syracuse's ally Sparta is Tarantum's mother state. The relationship between the two parties is good, and it is very likely that they can draw connections... And in recent years, due to Dai Onia took Heraclea and Metapontum from Tarantum, (many Tarentum people think so), and the relationship between the two parties became somewhat tense.Despite the alliance agreement, there were minor frictions from time to time.This time since Dionia declared war on Locri, Tarantum, as an ally, has not expressed support or opposition as before. There is no movement at all, it is too calm, this is not normal!
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The next day, the Dionysian Senate immediately sent an envoy to Tarantum at the request of Davos.

The Tarentum Senate showed an extremely impatient attitude towards Dionia's envoys seeking their opinions on "declaring war on Locri", and they all said: Whoever Dionia goes to war with has nothing to do with Tarantum. , Tarentum needs to recuperate and recover from the wounds of the last war.

The envoy returned to Thurii and reported Tarantum's attitude to the Senate in detail. Most of the senators breathed a sigh of relief, but Davos still did not relax his vigilance. He sent people to remind Metapontum and Herak The governor of Leah increased his defenses against Tarantum, and at the same time asked Aristiras to pay more attention to Tarantum... That was all he could do. After all, Tarantum has not had any Unusual behavior.

At this time, Davos focused more on the Lucania region to the north.

The next day, an urgent report from the Third Army was sent to Thurii.

Compared to Potentia's spies, the reconnaissance soldiers of the Third Legion are much more powerful. They have all undergone rigorous training in Izam's reconnaissance brigade.Under the guidance of Davos and combined with his own experience in reconnaissance operations over the past few years, Yizam worked out a relatively complete set of reconnaissance training methods, including mountain climbing and wading, ambush, camouflage, reconnaissance, and many other aspects of training. Project, especially in terms of judging the enemy's strength, the reconnaissance brigade has many methods, such as making inferences based on the size of the enemy's camp, the number of tents, and the amount of baggage. Of course, the most direct method is to count the number of people, so most of the reconnaissance brigade Soldiers come from citizens who are engaged in accounting, banking, trading and other industries that require strong computing skills.

In the military reform of the year before last, Davos transferred personnel from Izam's reconnaissance brigade and equipped each legion with a hundred-man reconnaissance team, thus making each legion's "eyes and ears" more complete. After all, Italy is mountainous. In certain areas, reconnaissance cavalry is often useless.

This military report of the Third Legion describes the Samnite people in much more detail: ... Based on the intelligence of the reconnaissance soldiers, the Samnite army gathered in Kopsa may be composed of the entire Shirpini, Pentni and Part of the Kautini warriors, the current strength has reached more than 4. In view of the fact that the Samoni camp has not continued to expand in the past few days, and at the same time, the number of Samoni entering the city of Kopsa from the north has significantly decreased, it is very likely that the Samoni The Monai people's attack will be in these two or three days!The situation is urgent, and the Third Army requires the exercise of "emergency command authority" (that is, in a state of emergency, the battle situation is complex and ever-changing, and repeated requests to the Dionysian Senate for every major military operation will only delay the fighter plane, and even The legion was placed in a dangerous situation, so after the Dionia territory expanded, Daves realized that he alone could not take care of the entire Dionia Alliance territory at any time, so he formulated this important military regulation to empower The legion commander on the battlefield uses military action autonomy to avoid slow and rigid command that stifles the fighting desire and enthusiasm of legion commanders and soldiers)!And implore the Senate to send more reinforcements! ——Signed: Alexis, Commander of the Third Legion.

4 people? !The senators in the Senate were shocked by the strength of the Samnites, but they were still arguing over "whether to send additional reinforcements." But Davos finally made up his mind. He stood up and said firmly: "My lords, The military situation in Potentia is urgent and we will not be allowed to delay any more time! The Samnite's huge force of more than 4 people is not something that the Third Legion and Puamote's army can withstand! In order to prevent the Samnite from They defeated them, occupied Potentia, and took advantage of the situation to enter our Lucanian territory. I decided to lead the first and second legions to reinforce Potentia and try to repel the enemy in the shortest possible time!"

"I support the Archon's decision!" As soon as Davos finished speaking, Weisba jumped with joy, and Hermon also expressed support loudly, but the others fell silent for the time being.

Of course, Davos' identity does not allow the elders to remain silent for too long, and soon Cornelius got up and asked, "Is the attack on Lokri still going on?"

"Stop for the time being! The Fourth and Fifth Legions return to their bases and standby. At the same time, they send envoys to Crotone, Siliting and other allied city-states to explain. I believe they can understand our situation, but -" Davos has not finished speaking. , Kunogorata interrupted anxiously: "But Syracuse may take advantage of our main force to move north to attack Magna Graecia!"

Kunogorata's words set off a flurry of discussion among the elders.

Amyntas shouted: "It's best if the Syracuseans come, so we don't have to go to Sicily and just beat them in Magna Graecia!"

"But when they come, you, Lord Amyntas, and the bravest and strongest citizens of Dionia will probably still be hiding and seeking with the Samonites in the Lucania mountains!" Scombbu Russ immediately retorted.

"We will soon defeat the Samnites and return soon!" Amyntas argued loudly.

"It's hard to say. In the mountains, we Greeks can't catch up with the Samnites who are good at mountain climbing. You can't catch up with them. How can you repel them?!" Scombras retorted not to be outdone. .

"Old man, you have to understand that it is the Samnites who are attacking us. We don't need to chase them at all. They will take the initiative to fight us!" Amyntas was so anxious that he spoke indiscriminately.

"Okay, gentlemen, please be quiet!" Davos said loudly: "The current situation is obvious. If we don't take action, the people of Syracuse will probably just wait in Sicily, waiting for the opportunity, and then the ones who will suffer will still be the ones who suffer. We, because the threat of the Samnites is right in front of us, if we sit back and do nothing, the situation in Lucania may be unimaginable..." Davos paused for a while, giving the elders a time to think, and then continued: " Therefore, we can only seize every minute and every second and concentrate our forces to attack the enemies we can hit first! No matter which way the enemy comes from, we must concentrate our forces to attack in one place, so as to ensure the greatest victory!"

The elders discussed quietly again.

Kunogorata once again asked the thoughts of the senators: "Lord Consul, what if Syracuse really launches a large-scale attack on Magna Graecia after you leave?!"

Davos was already prepared for this. He calmed down and slowly told the senators his speculations and plans: "With us Dionia sitting in Magna Graecia, if Syracuse wants to attack Magna Greece, there is no way With more than 6 or [-] people, Dionysius has no chance of attacking Magna Graecia! But for such a large number of troops and materials to land safely on the land of Magna Graecia, it must take quite a long time..."

　I was on the train yesterday and didn’t have time to update, so sorry!I just got off the train this afternoon, so I quickly updated the code.

　　
　
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