Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

"If the Maple coalition dares to retreat, we will destroy Brindisi! I don't believe these indigenous people can ignore it!" Diomelas shouted fiercely.

Daveus gave him a slightly surprised look, the idea was indeed good!

He noticed that Diomelas used the word "destroy", and apparently the seemingly bad-tempered Tarantum consul was wisely aware that even if Tarantum recaptured Brindisi, Taran The current strength of the Tum city-state cannot be maintained, but more casualties will be added. The city defense of Brindisi, which has experienced many battles, should not be strong. If the Mep coalition forces do not block, destroying it is believed to be easy.But can the Mesapi, who tried hard to retake Brindisi, accept it?Diomeras's idea undoubtedly hit the Mesapi people.

For Davers, the strength of Tarantum has been hit hard. If the Mesapi and Puchti people are allowed to continue to rag and expand, this Greek region in eastern South Italy will be in great trouble. .With the strength of Dionia, Davers, who has regarded southern Italy as the backyard of Dionia, of course did not want to see this bad situation appear, so he led 14,000 soldiers to Tarantum not to The purpose of tourism is in line with the idea of ​​the old mansion of Tarantum-defeat the U.S. and Allied forces!What's more, the two sides are equal in number, and Davers firmly believes that with the ability of the Danian Legion, the final victory will belong to Dionia!So he finally said: "I agree with the proposal of Lord Diomelas, Dionysia is willing to reinforce Manduria."

This time it was Diomeras's surprise look at Daphes.

"That's great! Now that everyone's opinions are agreed, we will send troops together in the solar array!" Yomakas said again.

"Time is tight." Trifias complained.

"Wait a minute!" Diomelas stood up, looked at the crowd, and said aloud: "There is a saying circulating in the port of Tarantum,'No matter how many sailors a ship must follow the helmsman's command, Reached the destination smoothly.'For the same reason, our huge army must also have a commander, so that everyone will obey his command and there will be no chaos during the battle."

"Diomilas is right. The Maple Allied Forces are very strong. We must unite and follow the orders to fight to be able to win. Therefore, it is very important to choose a coalition chief commander to command all our troops. Necessary!" Yomakas immediately replied: "Of course, all plans and orders are not decided by the chief commander alone, and still need to be discussed and agreed upon by you, unless it is in an emergency."

Yomakas looked at Daveus, and these words were obviously for him: "The adults here are commanders from their respective city-state army. I suggest that you choose the person you think is most suitable, including yourself, The person with the most votes serves as the chief commander."

"Who is the commander of Tarantum's army?" Daphes asked.

"It's Tarantum's Consul Diomeras." Yomakas took the opportunity to applaud his colleagues: "His military capabilities are stronger than Aceta, and he has led and Mesa many times before. The Pi people are fighting, so they will be elected as the consul by the citizens of Tarantum this year. He had previously captured Manduria and Brindisi together with Aceta. He is very familiar with the region we are about to fight. Trust him Can lead the coalition to victory!" After finishing his beautiful words to Diomelas, he certainly understood that there was another meaning to the question from Davos, and quickly stated: "I don’t participate in voting, but as this time Elected arbitration."

Tarantum's two consuls sang one answer, which sounded fair, but in fact it has shown that it must be won for the commander in chief.Vote to decide?!Daveus sneered in his heart: Heraclea and Metapontum are all affiliated city-states of your Tarantum. You cannot win except your own vote!

Daveus had made up his mind that even if Tarantum had command of the whole army, no one would want to command him except his own. Reasonable orders could be considered, and unreasonable ones would be ignored.Only in this way, the army that was originally a combination of multiple city-states is even more scattered. In such a large-scale battle, it is very difficult to win.So he still decided to fight: "I think it is not appropriate to use this method to determine the commander-in-chief. War is a very cruel thing. After a battle, thousands of people were killed and injured. An excellent general It is possible to reduce the casualties of its own soldiers as much as possible, and to obtain the greatest victory at a small cost. Therefore, the selection of the chief commander depends on the ability of the selected person and the past record.

In addition, we must also consider that we are a multi-city combined army.Although everyone said they wanted to obey the command, when fighting, they would more or less consider their own city-state army, which is inevitable.So the more soldiers who can fully obey the commander-in-chief, the more they can lead the battle smoothly!"Daveus glanced at the crowd and said with added tone: "Based on the above considerations, I think I am the most suitable commander in chief!"

As soon as Daphus's voice fell, Diomelas jumped up and shouted: "How much combat experience do you have without a beard?! Hmm! I want to be the highest commander! This is impossible! Daioni The soldiers of the junior army are as young and stupid as you, how can they compare with the Tarantum civic soldiers who fought against the fierce Mesapi all the year round!"

Facing the insults of Diomelas, Daveus quietly uttered a sentence: "As a commander, you must have a calm mind in order to cope with the complex battlefield situation. Based on this, you are not qualified! "

Diomelas was irritated again and wanted to swear.

At this time, Yomakas got up to stop him.From the bottom of his heart, he also felt that Davers was the most suitable candidate for the highest commander, but the veterans of the Tarantum House of Elders asked him to fight for this position for political reasons.Because the war with Mesapi has already hurt Tarantum, if he loses his command in the next battle, what would Heraclia and Metapontum think?What do other big Greek city-states think?Do you think that Tarantum is not good enough and can only rely on Dionia?!The proud Tarantum could not lose this look.

"Master Davers made another suggestion. Since we are coalition forces, all city-state armies should be equal. In order to save time, I just let you adults vote and decide to adopt Master Davis's proposal. Or my previous suggestion? Start voting now!" Yomacas smiled on the face, but he was quite decisive and cunning, and caught Daphus with words.

At this time, the meeting room fell into a brief silence.

"I agree with Eumacas's proposal!" Diomeras said first.

Daveus opened his mouth, and finally said nothing.

Yomakas ecstatically: Daphes has no objection, and it is finally possible for Diomeras to become the highest commander.

"I agree with Lord Davis's proposal!" A voice suddenly interrupted the calm in the room and also broke Yomakas's illusions.

The two Tarantum commanders and Davers looked at the speaker almost simultaneously.

Trifias?!How could it be Trifias?!!You Macas' face is incredible.

"Triefias, you say it again! Who do you support?!!!" Diomelas was willing to believe that he had heard it wrong, and asked Trifias to redo his choice, but the tone of his speech was quite unwelcome.

Triffias was also quite nervous, avoiding Diomeras's menacing gaze, turning to look at the equally surprised Davos, barely squeezing a smile.

Daveus moved: Tarantum began to decline. Is it possible that Heraclea began to embrace Dionysia's thigh for her own safety?

In fact, Davis only guessed one of the reasons. More importantly, Heraclea's governor Trifias has felt that the combination of the two fierce races of Mesapi and Pucciti will damage their strength. Tarantum’s defense against the territory became more difficult. The people of Herakliya had complained about the casualties of the Heraklian civic soldiers who were enlisted with the Tarantum army. More, if you want to change this situation, you can only find a way to jump off the old and rundown ship of Tarantum, and Dionia, closer to Heraklia, is undoubtedly a better shelter.

Of course, Davers didn't think about it for a while, but Heraklia's active surrender made him overjoyed.No longer-lasting friendship and covenant is as reliable as interests and strength!Davos felt emotion, with a smile on his face, nodded to Trifias.

"Dionysia's Chief Officer Daphes has never failed to participate in the battles he has commanded. He is a famous master of Megatron! I firmly support him as the commander-in-chief!" Triffias's tone was more firm.

"I recommend myself to be the commander in chief!" Daveus said immediately, he had no hope of voting for this rule, and he did not expect that Trifias gave him a big surprise.

Now the situation is 1:2.

Yumakas didn't expect this to be the case, and what was worse than being the commander in chief was Herculia's attitude towards the League of Tarantum. He was so disturbed that it was hard to hide his emotions and look at Terry Fias's gaze was also full of resentment.

And Diomelas is more concerned about this election, he turned his attention to Tu de Pres: with his voting support, he and the young man had a 2:2 vote, and Yomakas, as an arbitrator, would think Ways to help me get command of the army.

He thought like this, but under the eyes of everyone, he looked down slowly.