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Chapter 412 The Choice of the Southern Front Legion
There are warships in the bay making a landing posture, and there are warships in the river going upstream... Sipulos is in a dilemma. He just hates that Xiliting is a small town with too few citizens and soldiers. If he wants to take care of the east, he can't take care of the west.But he finally made a decision: to send 2000 people to quickly track the enemy ships on the north coast and prevent them from landing on the north coast.

But when the dispatched troops arrived at the confluence of the two rivers, they had to make a detour, because the Ramato River here ran from north to south and was just in front of them, and they could not cross the river on foot. They had to Detour north.

Taking this opportunity, Syracuse's warships docked on the east bank of the Corta River, which flows into the Ramato River from the south. In fact, at this time, the sailors were exhausted from rowing hard, and the soldiers on board Take the time to get ashore.

At this time, Dionysius was already dissatisfied with the fact that the army formation had not been completed for nearly an hour. The main reason was that follow-up troops continued to arrive. He immediately ordered: Don't wait, the whole army will attack!

The exhausted Syracuse soldiers stepped into the cold Corta River and fought towards the defense line deployed by the Silitians on the other side.

Although the Xiliting people were small in number and their defense line was weak, they recharged their energy and had an absolute advantage in physical strength. For a while, Syracuse's army was soaked in the river and could not advance an inch.

On this winding stretch of river that is more than four miles long, the Siliting people fought desperately to defend their homeland. They fought with the Syracuse army, which was nearly four times their number, for more than half an hour. The entire river was dyed. Turn into blood red...

It wasn't until the Syracuse soldiers who landed came from the west and attacked the flanks of the Xiliting array, that the Xiliting began to waver and eventually collapsed...

Dionysius breathed a sigh of relief: he finally led his army to break through the defense line of the South Italian coalition and entered the edge of the flat and wide Euphemian plain...

But at this time, the Syracuse soldiers were already exhausted and unable to pursue the defeated troops.

After Dionysius occupied the temporary camp abandoned by the Silitians, he ordered the army to rest on the spot.

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After the Cnapetian army, which had almost arrived at Trina, received the news that the Syracuse army had crossed the Corta River, Asistes, who was shocked, immediately led his team back and sent people at the same time. Explain why to Trina.

In the afternoon, Crotone's reinforcements hurried to Siriting.

Instead of welcoming the arrival of the army of the former mother state and the original leader of the alliance, Pletinis, the chief general of Siritium, and the top leaders of the council, instead accused them of being late, causing the Syracuseans to occupy the Corta River The north bank puts Xiliting City in danger.

Askamas and other Crotone generals faced the accusations and had no excuse because the situation had indeed reached a dangerous situation.

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It's evening.The flying cavalry from the north broke the silence of the Dionia military camp. Epithenis and Drakos received the urgent message from the messenger and hurried to the big tent.

"Two legion commanders, I just received an urgent report from Siriting. The Syracuseans broke through the Corta River defense line and entered Siriting's territory." Felicius said with a serious expression.

"I have long said that the armies of the city-states in the Southern Italian Alliance are unreliable!" Epithenes spat on the ground angrily: "We have won the battle here in vain!"

"How many people from the Syracuse army are in Siliting?" Dracos asked urgently.

"According to the letter from Xiliting, there are more than 5 people." Felicius picked up the letter on the table, and Draco snatched it, opened it and read it.You must know that he was still illiterate when he was the leader of the mercenary army. In order to be able to command the legion, understand the "Military Law" and military orders in recent years, he specially participated in the adult study class of Turui School. He studied very hard and made rapid progress. See Understanding letters is no longer a problem.

"More than 5 people?!" Epithenes exclaimed, and immediately thought: "This shows that the focus of the Syracuseans' attack is on the west coast, and the army here is just to contain us."

"It seems that the situation is like this..." Felicius nodded calmly, feeling a little frustrated that he could not judge Dionysius's intention in time.

"The Siliting people requested in their letter that we immediately withdraw to Siliting and join forces with them to fight against the Syracuse army." Dracos looked at the two of them.

"In fact, Lord Ansitanos also wrote a letter suggesting that we retreat back to Siliting." Felicius took out another letter.

"Besides retreating to Silitium, do we have any other options?" Epithenes shrugged: "If we continue to defend here, let the Syracuse people defeat other allied city-states on the Euphemia Plain. If we let them seize Xiliting City, the 2 of us will really become fish in the net."

Felicius sighed: "Just doing this will probably cause Corunnia trouble..."

You must know that in order to give the Dionians peace of mind in their defense, the Coronians provide them with abundant food every day. After repelling the enemy's attack during the day, Coronians, from the council to the civilians, Go out of the city, express gratitude to them, and also hold a banquet for the commander and commander of the Dionysian army, send wine to the soldiers... etc., Felicius used the provisions of the Dionysian Military Law as the reason , declined the kindness of the Coronia people, but every Dionysian soldier felt the gratitude and hospitality of Coronia to them.

The three of them were silent for a while, and Dracos said helplessly: "The situation is like this, and we have no choice. We only hope that Hades will protect us and allow Corunnia to defend its homeland, and wait until we gather our forces to repel Syracuse." Man, the siege of Corunnia will naturally be lifted."

"Repulse?" Epithenes keenly grasped what Dracos said and asked, "Do you think we can repel Dionysius's army in the Euphemia Plain?"

"Why not!" Dracos pointed to the letter and asked: "Look at what the letter says, there are only more than 5 Syracuseans there, and our two legions plus Crotone, Siliting, Trina's army probably has more than 5 people. Don't you have confidence in our legion?! You know, the legionnaires of Dionia are the best soldiers in the Mediterranean!" Drax glared at Egypt angrily. Pithenis.

"Who said I don't have confidence in our legion! Don't slander people here!" When Epithenes heard this, he was angry: If this word spreads, how can he lead the legion!

"Okay, stop talking, both of you!" Felixius shouted loudly: "What time is it now, and you are still in the mood to quarrel! If Master Davos knows your current performance, he will regret letting you Two people serve as regimental commanders!”

At the mention of Davos, Epithenis and Dracos fell silent.

"I just pretended that I didn't hear what I just said, and you forget about it! I don't want to hear any more rumors about these words among the soldiers, you know!" Felicius looked directly at the two of them.

Epithenis pouted at Dracos, who reluctantly nodded.

Felicius secretly breathed a sigh of relief: "Okay, now let's discuss how to retreat tomorrow morning..."

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In the morning of this day, Pisini, the Samonite leader stationed in Poseidonia who had been worried all night, did not expect a miracle.

Dionia's army still appeared outside the city. They were divided into two parts: one was building a camp and the other was arrayed outside the city.

"There are only more than 4000 people, but they want to seize my Poseidonia!" Pisini felt humiliated.

At this moment, he saw something in the enemy formation that was pushed to the front by the soldiers. His eyes widened in shock. He couldn't help but hold on to the battlements with both hands and leaned forward, trying to see it more clearly.

Immediately afterwards, he saw seven or eight small black dots flying from in front of the enemy's formation and hitting the city wall. The loud noise of "Bang! Bang! Bang!..." dispelled Pisini's luck: Dioni Demihumans also have ballistae!
In the following time, the Samnite people stared at the stone bullets flying in the air with fear, lest they hit themselves. more dilapidated...

Piscini just hoped that reinforcements would arrive as soon as possible.

This day was spent in the busyness of the Dionian soldiers and the uneasiness of the Samnite defenders.

In the early morning of the next day, the bugle of the Dionia camp was blown, and the soldiers who woke up in the tent turned over and sat up regardless of their sleepiness, urging each other to quickly put on their armor.

"Report to the commander of the army, a large number of enemies have appeared in the north of the camp. It is estimated that the number exceeds [-], and they are marching towards the camp!" Scout Captain Krigrew reported to Alexis

"More than 2 people!" Alexis was not surprised, but rather pleased.With the help of the guards, he dressed neatly, took two steps in high spirits, and said loudly: "It seems that the Samnite people are very ambitious and want to eat us in one bite! Haha, but I don't know who it will be in the end." Who to eat!"

Just as he was about to leave the tent, the tent was opened. As soon as the first battalion captain Lizaru came in, he shouted excitedly: "Legion Commander, the enemy has taken the bait, and more than 2 people have come!"

"This is enough for you!" Alexis said jokingly.

Lizaru chuckled.Some time ago, after Alexis took the initiative to retreat in the face of the incoming Samnite army in Potentia, he was not satisfied with it and had been sulking.Now all his anger is gone, all he has is a strong desire to fight.

"Don't be anxious. Let the brothers be full. Today's battle may last a long time! Because the order given by Lord Davos to our third army plan is to try to stick to the enemy and tire them out, so that they can All forces are devoted to capturing our camp!" Alexis reminded again.

"I understand." Lizaru replied, turning around to go out, but suddenly stopped, faced Alexis, and solemnly gave a military salute, which included his apology.

(End of this chapter)