ancient greece mediterranean ruler

Chapter 418
"They all recognize the strength of the Dionysian Army, but because we are strong, they all hope that we can sit in the middle and connect the two wings, so that they can attack boldly with confidence." Felicius looked at the two people, frankly Said: "Although I had the same idea as you before, but... I am also worried about whether the center and the other wing composed of the three city-state armies of Trina, Siliting, and Crotone that do not belong to each other can be defeated by us. If the enemy is not defeated in person before... If they are defeated, the whole situation may turn into a melee, and Syracuse's cavalry will have a chance to exert its strength... On the contrary, if we guard the center, we can control our side The rhythm of attack and defense, discover loopholes on both wings at any time, and provide timely reinforcements..."

"In this way, we will compete with the Syracusans for defense and consumption, and the battle will probably last a long time!" Epithenes, who was a light shield soldier, did not like this way of fighting.

"Being more durable than defense, isn't this what our legion's heavy infantry is best at!" Dracos seemed confident: "Even if the legion is deployed in the middle, I believe our legion can still penetrate the enemy's middle!"

"Since you have already made a battle plan in the meeting, why are you still asking for our opinions? Why don't you just give us orders and let us execute them!" Epithenes said with resentment.

"That's just a rough plan." Felicius said frankly and emotionally: "I need your experience and wisdom to improve this battle plan and get more chances for us to win. This is for Dio Nia!”

Epithenis and Drax looked at each other, and then leaned towards Felicius...

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After these two days of hard work, the Samnite-Silpinians expanded their camp and tightly surrounded the city of Potentia, except to the south, where there was a Basento River.Villani, the leader of Shirpini, only sent people to build a few simple sentry towers on the other side of the river to observe the movements in the city. Since the pontoon bridge had been burned, he was not worried that the Potentians would cross the river and run away. If the Potentians abandoned the fortified city and chose to flee across the river, that would be what he hoped for.

However, there are people swimming in the night in the river that Villoni imagined could prevent the Potentians from fleeing...

Half an hour later, Waller, the leader in charge of defending the city, arrived at the mansion of the great leader.

How could Puamot fall asleep peacefully? When he heard that Valer came to see him, he thought that the Potentia people were making a big noise outside the city, so he immediately met Valer in the living room, and then listened to the leader's excited report : "The envoy of Dionia asks to see you!"

"Printors, the captain of the Dionia Ridge Brigade, paid a visit to the leader of Puamote!" When Printors, who was all wet, saluted Puamote, the leader asked worriedly: " Lord Davos is in Poseidonia...in Poseidonia...how...how is it?!"

"This morning, Lord Davos led the first, second, and third legions to annihilate Samonai's reinforcements and defenders!" Printors replied simply.

"Great! It's great!!" Puamote was so excited that he couldn't control himself and asked eagerly: "Will Lord Davos be able to lead the army to Potentia tomorrow?"

Printors did not answer directly, but took off a small waterproof leather tube from his neck and pulled out a roll of paper: "This is the letter Lord Davos asked me to give to you, the big leader."

Puamote quickly took it, unfolded it, and then his expression became solemn: "Go and call Paulet!"

Pollet, who had been in the backyard all day and was panicking, learned that the Dionysian army had defeated the Samnites in Poseidonia, and then saw Davos's secret letter. His reaction was the same as that of Pua. Mote is different, he is already eager to try: "Lord Davos asked us to cooperate with your mountain reconnaissance team to disrupt the enemy camp tonight in order to prepare for the arrival of the army tomorrow!"

On the contrary, Printols looked calm and said with bright eyes: "Before going up the mountain, I took a special look at the Samonite camp. The continuous escaping soldiers made the camp quite chaotic, and half of my brothers pretended to be defeated. Bing, sneak in... Now, I have a better idea!"

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The Shirpinians had prepared everything needed to attack the city, and were waiting for the troops who went to Poseidonia to rescue them to return and work together to eat all the fish in the net of Potentia.

That night, Villani fell asleep peacefully early.

"Father! Father!!..." Gairni suddenly broke into the tent and woke him up.

"What happened?" Villani opened his sparse eyes and looked at his son standing in front of him in confusion.Then I heard him say in panic: "Something happened! The reinforcements we sent to Poseidonia were...annihilated by the Dionians!!"

"What?!" Villani's sleepiness was all frightened away: "How is this possible?! We sent more than 2 Pentney and Cavutini soldiers, including Torek and Quin. Kedu is a general with great combat experience!... Unless... Unless..." He thought of a possibility and his breathing suddenly became rapid.

"Dionia's reinforcements from Thurii have arrived in Poseidonia long ago, but they quietly ambush..." Gairni told his father what he heard from the soldiers who escaped. .

After listening to his son's words, Villani's hands and feet suddenly felt cold. He sat back on the bed, his mind a mess.

After a moment, he suddenly raised his head and asked: "Did Torek and Quinduk escape back?"

"I heard that the leader of Tolek died in the battle, but there is no news about Kuduink..." Gairni looked depressed.

A feeling of sadness suddenly arose in Villani's heart, but this was not the time to be sad. He immediately asked: "How many warriors have returned from Puntney and Cavutini?"

"How can you count in the dark? Anyway, there are soldiers constantly escaping into the camp from several directions..." After Gairni finished speaking, he asked anxiously: "Father, what should we do now?!"

The bad news came too suddenly. For a while, Villani was so confused that he couldn't think of any solution.Just as he lowered his head in thought, there was a noise outside the big tent, and the sound became louder and louder, which was especially clear at night.

"The reinforcements we sent to Poseidonia were defeated!"

"The reinforcements from Dionia are coming, with a total of 6 or [-] people. We are going to be surrounded!"

"Run away, brothers of Shirpini!"

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"No!" Villani jumped up in shock and hurried outside the tent: he saw that the camp, which should have been quiet at night, was now boiling. The soldiers were at a loss. One after another, naked, they He emerged from the tent and began to follow others, shouting in panic, and walking around...

Villani saw longing figures everywhere in the camp... It was the first time that the Samnites organized such a large army, and it was the first time that they fought a war that lasted for such a long time (counting from the time of gathering troops), so Villani Gurney had never experienced such a huge chaotic scene, and of course he did not know what a "camp roar" was, but he instinctively felt the danger and immediately severely criticized Gurney: "When these defeated soldiers escape back, you will They should be isolated to avoid affecting the morale of our soldiers! Now you should return to your tribe immediately, maintain the order of your tribe, and let the soldiers stay in the camp and not come out!"

Gurney hurried away.

Villani also urgently called his personal guards, holding torches, to notify Lesguk, Lucchini and other leaders respectively, and strictly ordered them to do their best to restrain the people.

Only then did Villany realize that there was no good planning when building the camp. The tribes were far apart, and the tents were too densely built and chaotic. The passages between them were narrow and winding. It was fine during the day, but very troublesome at night. It can easily cause blockage...

He could only stay outside the big tent, surrounded by hundreds of personal guards, hoping that the tribal leaders could play a role. After waiting for the commotion in the camp to subside a little, he would put the personal guards into the camp again. To maintain order, he suspected that there were enemies in the camp taking the opportunity to cause trouble.

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At this time, outside the lively Samnite camp, under the hills where the city of Potentia is located, Pollet was quietly lurking with a thousand soldiers...

"Can we attack?" Pollet looked at the Samnite camp that was close at hand, anxiously asked Printors next to him in a low voice.

The company captain of the Mountain Reconnaissance Group and the executor who once captured Asproustum was unusually calm at the moment and said in a deep voice: "Wait a moment."

"Waiting! What are you waiting for?!" If it weren't for the fact that the speaker was the Dionysian officer holding Davos' secret order, Pollet would have already taken action.

Printors seemed unable to hear the urging and annoyance in Pollet's words. He kept looking intently at the camp ahead and said softly: "Wait for the fire to start."

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Villani stood in the big tent and saw that in the dark camp, dots of torches had been lit. It seemed that the tribal leaders had begun to take action.

But he observed for a while and found that the situation was not well contained.

At night, the strong mountain wind howled not only failed to cover up the noise in the camp, but instead made his body shiver. When he wanted to go back to the tent and put on his wolfskin robe, there was an even louder noise in the camp: "It's on fire." ! It's on fire!!..."

fire!Villani's heart suddenly trembled. He looked forward intently. It was still dark ahead, but his heart was sinking. He turned back again: there was a fire in the distance directly behind the big tent. There was Sasha. Where the Monet people stored their food and baggage!
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