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Chapter 421 Reunion with Potentia
Phoebidas stopped talking. Dionysius's arrogance made him, a warrior from the Greek overlord Sparta, feel uncomfortable.

"Phoebus, for this upcoming largest battle in Greek history, I need your help, Sparta's best warrior, so that we can win this battle more easily!"

Phoebidas could not refuse the invitation of Dionysius. The words "the largest battle in Greek history" alone were enough to attract his greatest enthusiasm.

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On the same day, Davos asked Lizaru, the first brigade of the Third Army, to lead three heavy infantry brigade, with a total of 3000 men and 1000 men from Aelia to garrison Poseidonia, while guarding nearly [-] prisoners. .For this reason, Davos also sent a fast horse to Pikosis and notified Antaoris to arrange manpower to escort these prisoners to the rear of Lucania.

Then, he led another part of the soldiers of the First, Second and Third Legions, totaling about 24000 people, to advance eastward along the Sele Valley.

This march was not smooth. Not only was the road difficult to walk, but we also encountered Samnite people from time to time.

At the beginning when he received the report from the spies, Davos thought that the Samonites wanted to use the complex terrain in the mountains to harass the army, so he sent out the light infantry and light armor of the three legions to guard the two wings of the marching column .

Unexpectedly, when the soldiers rushed forward, they found that the enemy's resistance was weak and they were even easily captured.

The first thing the captured Samnites did was to open their mouths to ask for food. They called soldiers who could understand Samnites. After asking, they found out the reason why they were here, and immediately reported to Davos.

Only then did Davos know that the Samnite army outside Potentia was defeated due to a night attack. This was really a huge surprise!

Originally, Davos just asked Izam to send a lot of mountain reconnaissance team members to pretend to be Samonite troops, intending to sneak into the Samoni camp at night, spread rumors, shake the morale of the army, and of course burn the Samoni people if possible. With the baggage, then the next battle with the Samnites can be regarded as a sure victory. For this reason, he wrote a secret letter to Potentia, hoping to get some help... Of course, this is just a casual move. , he did not have high hopes that he would be able to succeed.

But I didn’t expect the Samnites to be defeated like this!This made Davers, who had a clear understanding of the history of "the Samnites were the early enemies of Rome" in his previous life, somewhat unbelievable.

But soon the army met the reconnaissance team members who came back from the city of Potentia to report. Daves confirmed the news that the Samonites had been defeated, and also learned that the captain of the mountain reconnaissance brigade during last night's operation Printors played an important role. He planned the night attack and took the initiative to contact Pollet in Potentia...

After hearing the story of the night attack, Davos couldn't help but admire him greatly, and praised the captain of the reconnaissance team: "Lizam, you have a very good subordinate!"

Lizam said seriously: "He is better than me!"

"When the country is in crisis, that's when heroes emerge in large numbers!" Davos was filled with emotion, and at the same time he kept the name Printols in his heart.

Look at these Samnite people who are so hungry that they are shaking when they walk. Think about how they ran away after a night of chaos and fright. Their camp was burned down and washed away by heavy rains. They are tired, hungry, and frightened. Where are they? With half the fighting power, the war in Potentia is basically over!Davos made a judgment and felt much relieved. He immediately ordered: the light armored soldiers and light infantry of the legion must attack decisively when encountering the Samnites to expand the results!

At the same time, he sent people to Potentia City quickly and asked Puamote to prepare a camp for the army in advance.Originally marching in the war zone, the Dionian Legion usually stopped advancing in the afternoon and began to build camps, but today Davos will march boldly and try to reach the city of Potentia within a day.

In the evening, the vanguard arrived outside the city of Potentia. They were surprised to see: under the dim sky, two "fire dragons" extended parallel to the mountain pass to the west from the city of Potentia for a full two miles. long.It was the people of Potentia holding high torches, coming to greet the Dionian army and lighting the way for the team...

After Davos learned about the situation, he immediately rushed forward, and happened to meet Puamote and a group of tribal leaders coming to greet him: "Dear Lord Davos, all the people of Potentia warmly welcome you to lead the army! "At Pollet's prompting, Puamote respectfully saluted Davos, and the leaders behind him also saluted immediately.

Daves did not sit on the horse and accept the allies' respect safely, but jumped off the horse in a hurry, quickly returned the salute, and said excitedly with a little apology: "It's really my fault to lead the army to disturb your peace at such a late hour. It’s your fault! I didn’t expect you to welcome us in such a warm way regardless of your own safety when the territory of Potentia was not very safe. Thank you so much! The people and leaders express their heartfelt thanks!!”

"No, Lord Davos! It should be us Potentians who express our gratitude to you Dionysian soldiers." Puamote said to Davos that he could understand his painstaking efforts and felt that this hard work was not worth it. It was in vain, but he did not show it, but said emotionally: "Compared to Dionia's huge kindness in saving Potentia, the little things we did are nothing!"

"We are allies." Davos smiled gently: "Allies should help each other like brothers!"

"That's right! That's right!" Puamot nodded repeatedly, and was about to say something more. Paulet next to him interrupted: "Lord Davos, will our words here affect the progress of the soldiers?"

Davos was reminded and when he looked back, he saw that the army had stopped advancing. He hurriedly said: "I'm so sorry, leaders! Please follow me here."

"Oh, it was our negligence." Puamote hurriedly led everyone to get out of the way of the army.

"Tormid!" Davos turned around and shouted.

"grown ups!"

"Send the order, let the drummers and trumpeters play the "Victory March" and celebrate this moment of victory with our allies!" Davos said loudly.

"Understood!" Tormid immediately turned and left.

The Dionian Legion attaches great importance to the smooth flow of military orders and strictly stipulates the use of bugles and drums to convey instructions. Therefore, there are dozens of buglers and drummers, and here is a huge army of two and a half legions with a total of 24000 people. There were hundreds of drummers and buglers coming out.After receiving Tormid's order, they all retreated to the side of the road.

As members of the legion who do not participate in combat, they are not only responsible for conveying military orders during battles. During the march, in order to cheer up the soldiers and forget their fatigue, they will play music to help them march.

For this reason, in peacetime alliance military training, in addition to practicing with the soldiers in phalanx training, they also have to gather alone to practice playing music at other times.Of course, their presence is indispensable in various large-scale celebrations of the alliance, so although they do not directly participate in battles, they are still respected.

At this time, some of the buglers changed into bamboo flutes around their waists, while some of the military drummers changed into small copper bats. Everyone performed their duties and began to play music.

"Victory March" is Davers humming the melody of the more familiar march melody in his previous life, and let the musicians of the alliance compose and adapt it. Although there is no changeable melody and momentum produced by the various instruments of the symphony in the previous life, in this era But it is rare music.

In the silent night, when a lively and cheerful melody with a vigorous rhythm was played, it soon resounded over Potentia...

When the Potentians heard it, they felt relaxed. During this period, they seemed to be able to temporarily put aside the sadness of losing their loved ones and the worry of their destroyed homes, and enjoy the joy and joy of defeating powerful enemies and winning.

The tired Dionian soldiers cheered up, straightened their chests, and welcomed the review of the allied people with the best spirit.

"Legion advance!"

At the front of the marching column were 300 members of Davos's bodyguards, led by the acting captain Rodom (Martius was recuperating in Thurii). He held high the military flag representing the supreme commander of Davos with both hands. , the top of the flag is a golden statue of Hades wearing a crown, sitting firmly on the throne, holding a double fork in one hand, and holding a ball in the other hand, with a peaceful expression. Compared with the gloomy and ferocious statue of Hades on the top of the legion flag, this statue is more Show the dignity of a king.The name "Davos" is directly embroidered with gold thread on the black flag under the statue.

The escort was followed by the legionary standard-bearer of the First Legion, who was not followed closely by heavy infantry, but by light infantry and light armor.This is because on mountain roads, once an enemy is encountered, the fast-moving light armor and light infantry brigade can respond quickly.In fact, they were responsible for most of the Samnites captured along the way.

The first legion is followed by the baggage train, then the second legion, and the hundreds of Samnites captured on the way, then the third legion, and finally some light infantry, light armor and cavalry brigades. The reason why the cavalry is arranged Finally, it is because some sections of the mountain road cannot be ridden at all, and horses must be led on foot. Moreover, the mountain road is narrow. If thousands of horses pick up excrement and urine, it will seriously affect the marching speed of the troops behind them, and the light infantry among them will be To prevent the Samnite from attacking its rear.

The Dionysian army has clear flags and neat military appearance. With a more orderly pace and a high spirited state, it forms a seemingly endless long dragon. From this "road of fire" built with enthusiasm and cheers by the people of Potentia, Pass through.Although they were dressed in black helmets and armor, which was quite stressful, the smiles on their faces made the Potentians feel relieved.

　Thanks to Feng Yu, a big book fan, for the reward of reading books throughout my life!Your support is my biggest motivation for writing! !

　　In the past two days, I have been busy asking my wife to draw the mountains, rivers and cities of Magna Graecia. I believe that by the weekend, you will be able to see a more vivid map of the war situation in South Italy.

　　
　
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