Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

Ansitanos unabashedly stated his inference: "Maybe in their eyes, Dionysia's odds are not great. In fact, Carthage does not pay much attention to us Dionysia. Nuo didn't even meet me..."

Daveus did not expect that Carthage, who could compete with Rome in the past, would be so counseling, but think that it was already a hundred years after Carthage competed with Rome, and the development of Carthage was not at this time. It can be compared.Thinking of Carthage (which was mainly influenced by Hannibal) who liked him a lot in his previous life, he looked down on Dionysia and made him a little depressed. He said in his heart: "One day, you will regret the past. Negligence!"

"Master Ansitanos, do you think Dimonius instigated the Samone invasion of Potentia?" Daveus wanted to reconfirm his judgment.

"I heard the news as soon as I came back." Ansitanos took a sip of water and murmured. "Well...I think it is very possible. You know that Syracuse and Campania are in Dillon. The times are closely related, and the two sides have frequent trade exchanges. Syracuse also sent several troops to help the Greek city-state of Campania defend against the attacks of the Samone... It is said that most of the mercenaries of Dionysius came from Campani Asia, so Dionysius should be more familiar with the Samones in the Campania Mountains, as long as he is willing to pay the price, it is not impossible to persuade the Samones. And, the Samones may have been Worrying about the strength of Dionia."

Reminded by Ansitanos, Daphes suddenly remembered: Since Potentia joined the Dionysian League, the Samone’s invasion of Lucania has never appeared again, apparently against Dionys Ya was terrified...

Davies regretted that he had patronized the country in recent years and had invested too little energy in the surrounding situation and the situation in the entire Mediterranean.

This is a lesson!He admonished himself in his heart, and then humbly asked Ansitanos: "Where else do you think Dionysius might have a conspiracy like Dimonia against Dionysia?"

Ansitanos heard the words, stroking the white beard and began to ponder.For a long time, he suddenly opened his eyes and said, "Tarantum! Tarantum is very likely!"

Daphes Horan was surprised: yes, Tarantum is very likely!Although Syracuse has little contact with Tarantum, Syracuse's ally Sparta is Tarantum's motherland, and the two sides have a good relationship. It is very likely that they will draw from it... Onya seized Heraklia and Metapontum from Tarantum, (many Tarantums think so), and the relationship between the two sides became a bit rigid.Despite the presence of alliance agreements, there are occasional minor frictions.This time since Dionysia declared war on Lockley, Tarantum, an ally, has not expressed support or opposition as he has in the past. There has been no movement, too calm, this is not normal!

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The next day, at the request of Daphes, the Dionysian Senate immediately sent an envoy to Tarantum.

The Senate of Tarantum asked the Dionysian emissaries to "declare war on Lockley" and they showed an extremely impatient attitude. They all said: Dionysian and whoever wars have nothing to do with Tarantum. , Tarantum needs rest and recuperation to restore the trauma of the last war.

The messenger returned to Turiri and reported the attitude of Tarantum in detail to the senate. Most of the veterans were relieved, but Daveus still did not relax his vigilance. He sent someone to remind Metapontum and Herak Leah’s consul increased his defense against Tarantum, while at the same time allowing Aristilas to pay more attention to Tarantum... all he can do is that, after all, Tarantum has not yet had any Unusual behavior.

At this time, Davers put more attention on the Lucania region in the north.

The next day, the urgent report of the Third Army was sent to Turui.

Compared with the spoilers of Potentia, the reconnaissance soldiers of the Third Army are much more powerful. They are all rigorously trained in the reconnaissance brigade of Izam.Under the guidance of Daveus, Izam combined his own years of reconnaissance and combat experience to find a more complete reconnaissance training method, such as mountain climbing, wading, ambushing, camouflage, reconnaissance... and many other aspects of training. The project, especially in judging the enemy’s strength, the reconnaissance team has many methods, such as: inference based on the size of the enemy’s camp, the number of tents, and the amount of weight. Of course, the most direct method is to count the number of people, so most of the reconnaissance team The soldiers are from citizens who are engaged in accounting, banking, trade and other industries that require strong computing power.

In the military reform of the previous year, Dafs transferred personnel from the Izam reconnaissance brigade to equip the legions with a 100-person reconnaissance squad, thereby making the "eyes and ears" of the legions more complete. After all, Italy is mountainous In many areas, Scout Riding is often not useful.

The report of the Third Army on the Samonais is much more detailed: ...Integrating the intelligence of the soldiers, the Samonei army assembled in Copsa may be composed of the entire Hippini, Pentney and Some Kautini fighters are composed of more than 40,000 troops. In view of the fact that the camps of the Samones no longer continue to expand in the past few days, and the number of Samones entering the city of Copsa in the north has decreased significantly, it is likely that The Monet's attack was in these two or three days!The situation is urgent, the Third Army requires the exercise of "emergency command power" (that is, in an emergency, the battle situation is complicated and changes rapidly. Every major military operation requires repeated requests to the Dionysian Senate. It will only delay the fighter, even even The legion was in danger, so after the expansion of Dionysian territory, Davers realized that he could not take care of the entire territory of the Dionysian alliance at any time, so he developed this important military regulation to give With the autonomy of military operations, the commanders of the battlefield avoid slow and rigid commands and stifle the desire and enthusiasm of the officers and soldiers of the regiment)!And urge the Senate to send more reinforcements!—— Signature: Head of the Third Army, Alexis.

Forty thousand people?!The elders of the Senate were shocked by the strength of the Samonais, but they were still arguing about "whether to increase reinforcements," but Davers finally made up his mind. He stood up and said firmly, "Masters, Potentia’s military situation is urgent, and we will not allow us to delay the time! The huge force of the Samonians of more than 40,000 is not something that the Third Army and Puamot can resist! In order to prevent Samone People defeated them, occupied Potentia, and took advantage of the situation to enter our territory of Lucania. I decided to lead the first and second legions to reinforce Potentia and try to repel the enemy in the shortest possible time!"

"I support the decision of the governor!" As soon as Davers' voice fell, Weissba jumped with joy, Hermon also expressed support in a loud voice, but the others temporarily fell silent.

Of course, Davis’s identity did not allow the veterans to be silent for too long, and soon Cornelius got up and asked, "Is the attack on Lockley still going on?"

"Temporarily stop! The Fourth and Fifth Legions returned to the station to stand by, and dispatched messengers to explain to Crotone and Siriting as allied city-states, believing that they could understand our situation, but—" Daveus had not finished speaking. , Kunogolata interjected anxiously: "But Syracuse may take advantage of our main force to go north and attack Great Greece!"

Kunogolata's remarks caused a stir among the elders.

Amintas shouted: "The Syracuse people are the best, we don't have to go to Sicily anymore, just beat them in Great Greece!"

"But when they come, you, Master Amintas, and the most brave and strong citizens of Dionysian are probably still playing hide-and-seek with the Samones in the mountains of Lucania!" Scombe Russ retorted immediately.

"We will soon defeat the Samonais and return soon!" Amintas argued loudly.

"It's not easy to say. In the mountains, we Greeks can't keep up with the Samonais who are good at climbing mountains. You can't keep up with them. How can you repel them?!" Scombras reluctantly refuted. .

"Old man, you have to understand that the Samonais are attacking us, we don't need to chase them down at all, they will take the initiative to fight us!" Amintas was anxious.

"Okay, everyone, please be quiet!" Daveus said aloud: "The situation is very obvious now. If we don't act, the Syracuses might only be watching in Sicily, waiting for the opportunity. We, because of the threat of the Samonei, are in front of us. If we sit back and watch, the situation in Lucania will be unimaginable..." Daveus paused for a moment, giving the elders a time to think, and then continued: " Therefore, we can only seize the time of every minute and every second, and concentrate our forces to give priority to the enemies that can be hit! No matter how many paths the enemy comes from, we must concentrate our forces to attack one place, so as to ensure the greatest victory!"

The veterans were whispering again.

Kunogolata once again asked the veterans' voices: "Master Sir, in case Syracuse really attacked Great Greece after you left, what shall we do?"

Daveus had already prepared for this. He calmed down and slowly told his elders his speculations and plans: "With us Dionysia sitting in Great Greece, if Syracuse wants to attack Great Greece, no For more than 50,000 or 60,000 people, Dionysius didn't even want to fight Great Greece! But it would take a long time for such a huge force and materials to land safely on the land of Great Greece..."