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Chapter 743 Davos’s decision
"Your Majesty, the battle report says that the Samnite warriors who appeared in this battle belong to the Shirpini and Karacheni tribes, plus the Pentni who were defeated in Asculum not long ago, and Having just taken back the captive Cavutini, the four major tribes of Samonei may no longer be able to launch a large-scale invasion!" Minister of Military Affairs Hilos said happily after carefully reading the battle report.

"It seems that the Second and Fourth Corps can be withdrawn, and there is no need to retain so many troops in the Dauni area. Withdrawing a few legions can reduce the pressure on logistics supply." Acting Quartermaster Alpuins suggested road.

"Don't be too careless. We have to be careful of the Samnite sneak attacks in other areas again, plundering our people, and threatening us to exchange captured Samnite warriors with them!" Chief of Staff Felicius reminded cautiously.

"It is indeed possible. However, the regions and cities leading the Samnite have now increased their vigilance and will not let the Samnite succeed so easily." Staff Adjutant Tormid mentioned another issue. : "But now the soldiers of each legion are eager to perform meritorious service in battle and receive honors and rewards. Which legion should be left? Which legion should leave? This is a troublesome question."

"Withdraw the [-]nd and [-]th Army, reduce the troops in the Daoni area... These proposals can be told to Alexis and let him go to the headache. I believe he will not relax his attitude towards Sasha just because of one or two victories. The vigilance of the Monet people." Davos said disapprovingly.

"Your Majesty, the Samnites may come to us for peace talks again because of this failure." Felicius reminded.

"We will not negotiate peace with a race that has repeatedly violated the covenant and maliciously destroyed the covenant! If the Samnites really want peace talks, I have already made arrangements for it." Davos said seriously, and he changed the subject: "But...if Carthage is asking for peace talks, this can be seriously considered."

Felicius asked hurriedly: "Your Majesty, will the Carthaginians negotiate for peace?"

Davos pondered and said: "Carthage is no better than the Samonites. Their national power is strong, and the failure of one or two battles will not have much impact on them. However, the Magonid family of Carthage and the The power conflict between the Hanno family... You can order Prosaus to lead the Eighth Army and other troops, take advantage of the enemy's defeat, and continue to advance cautiously westward, attacking the sub-states of Carthage and the Phoenician city-states, Cause more damage to the Carthaginians and put more pressure on their Senate.

At the same time... he ordered Seclian to gather all his warships and advance to the western end of Sicily to find the main force of the Carthaginian navy and completely annihilate it, thereby cutting off the maritime connection between Carthage and Sicily!If these plans can be realized, I would like to see if the Carthaginians still have the confidence to fight us. "

"Your Majesty, we are going to convey your order right now. I believe Sekolian can't wait to receive this order." Tormid replied teasingly.

Davos laughed: "Even if the Carthaginians don't want peace talks, but we have Prosaus on land in Sicily and Seklian on the sea, we don't need to worry about the war in Sicily."

"Yes, Your Majesty." Hilos praised sincerely: "Cyklian's ability to command fleet operations is undoubted, but Proseus's commanding ability in the battle of Minoa is really surprising! The conflict by the river originally happened suddenly, but he was quick-witted and used the rout to lure the Carthaginian Holy Order troops into pursuit, forcing the Carthaginians to press forward with a large army in order to protect the Holy Order troops. He also used the special terrain to restrict the enemy. The Carthaginians were unable to take advantage of their large number of troops. At the same time, they used the checkerboard formation to fully utilize the advantages of our legion, which greatly inhibited the performance of the Holy Legion's army. In the end, they won a great victory with less and more... Your Majesty , your firm choice of Proseus as the commander of Sicily was indeed a wise decision!"

"The reason why Prosus was able to win such a victory was the stupidity of the Carthaginian commander." Hieronymus, the military training commander, said suddenly.

Davos glanced at him and felt a slight movement in his heart: It seemed that Proseus' talent made even Hieronymus, who had always been diligent and down-to-earth, jealous.

Of course, this is also related to the qualifications of Prosus. He is neither a Persian mercenary nor a native citizen of Thurii-Amendolara. As a former free citizen, he can Being the commander of the legion and being able to win such a brilliant victory independently really made these veteran generals who followed Davos to Magna Graecia feel uneasy.

However, Davos will never give up promoting and using Proseus because of their uneasiness and jealousy. On the contrary, he will use him more. After all, Davos knows very well: the grand goal he has established in his heart determines He cannot defeat the many powerful forces in the Mediterranean by himself alone. He needs to know people well and get more outstanding subordinates to build a vast kingdom.At the same time, he also needs more outstanding generals of different origins to change the situation where the Dionian army is mainly controlled by the original mercenary generals.

Davers pressed these thoughts to the bottom of his heart, and said slowly: "Sicily has Prosaus and Sekelian, Downey has Alexis, I don't need to worry about these places, but the situation in the Latium area Not optimistic!"

When Latium was mentioned, Hilos and Felixius looked solemn.

Now, the Roman army had captured Signia and Anagnia and was intensifying its storming of Ferentinum, although the Hernicians and Volscian reinforcements were still there. Tenacious defense, but judging from the current situation, the fall of the city of Ferentirum will only happen sooner or later, and as long as the city of Ferentirum is captured, the destruction of the Herniki people will only happen overnight. The Volscian reinforcements in the city of Ferentirum will not escape misfortune. By then, Volscary, whose strength has been severely damaged and does not have enough soldiers, will be unable to resist the two-sided attack of the Romans. In the end, the Romans will completely control the entire Latium region... …So during this period, envoys from Herniki and Wolsey kept coming to the palace to see King Davos and ask him to send troops for support.

"Your Majesty, Amyntas only has one legion, and now the Volscian region relies on him to defend it. He dare not leave without permission to help the Hernicians." Felicius defended his old friend.

"This has nothing to do with Amyntas, he has tried his best." Daves waved his hand, walked to the map in the middle of the conference room, stared at the flat area in the middle of the Italian peninsula, and said in a deep voice: "I believe We all understand that the biggest threat to the kingdom now is not Carthage, which is procrastinating and has constant internal conflicts, nor is it the Samnites, who are weak and can only cause minor troubles, nor is it the Adriatic Sea, which is facing constant troubles of its own. Sparta, but Rome! A Roman with a unified internal understanding, strong citizens, and concentrated all its efforts to achieve its goals! If we don't eliminate it now, it will be a big trouble for the kingdom in the future! "

Davos tapped the icon of Rome on the map vigorously with his fingers, and said firmly and firmly: "Therefore, I decided to personally lead the Second Army, the Third Army, the Fourth Army, the Fifth Army, and the Sixth Army. The legion and the second cavalry legion will go to the Latium area, join the first legion and the first cavalry legion, and completely eliminate Rome, the powerful enemy in the north of the kingdom!"

Hilos, Felixius, Hilorimus... several ministers of the Ministry of Military Affairs looked at each other solemnly, knowing that what Davos said was very important, and no one dared to express their agreement for a while. Or deny it, but Acting Quartermaster Alpuins asked cautiously: "Your Majesty, with such a large army going to Latium to fight, the Ministry of Military Affairs may not be able to provide so much military rations..."

Davers explained calmly: "The second batch of grain aid from the Egyptian Pharaoh had been delivered to the port two days ago and was piled in the Turiyi dock warehouse. It has not been moved. The Turiyi merchants donated a large amount of grain free of charge. The barn has been filled, and the grain purchased from the Uk Star Sea donated by the Lijim merchants is already on its way back. It is reported that the amount is no less than that donated by the Turiyi merchants. Moreover, I asked Burkos, The people of the kingdom have replanted legume crops such as peas and lentils, as well as carrots, radishes, pumpkins, lettuce and other vegetables, and have produced a lot of harvests, which can fill part of the food gap..."

"Even so, since some of this food will be used to supply the Sicilian army and the Daoni army, the rest may only be enough to supply the army led by your Majesty for one or two months." Alpuns reminded seriously.

Davos had already made plans. He said calmly: "One month is enough, and the Latin people will provide the next food."

Several people in the room looked at each other again. Of course they understood what Daves meant. Greek mercenaries often did this when they were fleeing in Persia.

"Your Majesty." Felicius finally asked: "You have taken away so many legions. What if the Carthaginians reorganize their army, choose a shrewd commander, and attack Sicily again?"

"Judging from the current situation in Carthage, if their Senate wants to unify their understanding again and send an army to Sicily, it may not be something that can be solved in a month or two, and Dionia's intelligence department will also be there Carthage incited the atmosphere of peace and disrupted the order of the Carthaginians..." When Davos said this, everyone else looked at Aristelas standing outside the door.

(End of this chapter)