Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

"However -" Seckrian touched his nose: "Because you are about to take away the first legion that has been training "new tactics" with us for a few months, I still need to renew with the new legion soldiers. Training this tactic, but it will not take much time. I believe that soon I can lead this brand new fleet to the south to find the Syracuse Navy for a decisive battle. I believe that the Syracuse Navy will be surprised!"

Seckrian seemed to be full of enthusiasm, and was obviously full of confidence in the new strategy.

Daveus shook his head gently in his heart and reminded him seriously: "Secrian, even if you defeated the Siracusa fleet somewhere in the Ionian Sea, our warship will inevitably be There is damage. Soldiers in the water need to be rescued, damaged warships need to be repaired, and captive warships also want to be dragged back...You have so many aftermaths to complete, but you need to know that Syracuse can have more than one fleet , Just in case—" Daveus added a tone: "What if the enemy’s reinforcements appear when you are busy?!"

Seeing Seclian eager to explain, Daphes reached out to stop him, and continued: "Even if the enemy's reinforcements will not appear, it is not easy for you to do these aftercare matters, and we There is only one fleet in this fleet. I hope it will grow stronger in the Vietnam War, not weaker and weaker, so I suggest that you arrange the first naval battle in..."

After listening to Dave's detailed plan, Seckley said comfortably and confidently: "I understand, sir! I will follow your plan! ... However, there is one thing I need your help now, otherwise it will affect the Navy For preparations."

"what's up?"

"With the arrival of warships from other allies, our dry dock is not enough."

This is a problem!Daveus thought for a while and said, "I will let Master Kunogolata step up the construction of more dry docks on both sides of the Krati River channel from the city of Turiri to the estuary, and establish a naval base to meet your needs. !"

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The Third Army of Dionia reached the Pinho Valley, which is a tributary of the Basinto River, the largest river flowing through the city of Potentia. Although it is only a small river, it is enough to meet the water of a legion. Yes, and the land of the river valley is soft, the water and grass are lush, and the sides are steep and unclimbable mountains. It is a good place to camp.Therefore, Alexis chose to build a camp at the opening of Taniguchi.

The soldiers of the army unloaded their suits and as soon as they started digging the trenches, Scouting Captain Krigoru hurried to report: "Leader of the Army, the brothers found that the Samonais were approaching here, about 20,000. Multiplayer!"

More than 20,000 people!Alexis was shocked: The Samone came so quickly, and so many people came, which was beyond his expectation, so he can also feel the fierceness of the Samone and want to revenge with him. Very strong.

Alexis looked sadly at the trench that had not been dug in front of him. If he were given two or three more hours, the Third Army could build a rough camp, then there would be one with the incoming Samone Fight hard!

"Retreat!" He gave a decisive order.

what?!The herald thought he had heard it wrong.

"Retreat immediately!!" Alexis shouted again.

After the bugle sounded, Litoru came after a while.

"Head of the Legion, why did you retreat as soon as you arrived at the camp?! Isn't it the commander who heard the wrong command?" Litoru asked in a tone of voice.

"He played right. More than 20,000 fighters of Samone are rushing at us. We can't fight the Samone who is twice as powerful as ours without building a camp and the brothers' physical strength being extremely tired. . You can only retreat first, and then look for fighters." In the face of the first captain, Alexis explained a few more words in order to show respect.

"Withdrawing without fighting, this is too morale! The soldiers and the people of Dionysia will think that we are timid and afraid of death! In front of other legionnaires, we will not be able to look up!" Litoru does not Convincedly retorted: "And I think even if there are 9,000 people against 20,000 people, our army can resist the enemy's attack and defeat them!"

"Sir Davies once said that the Samonais are quite fierce. Even if we can defeat them, we can kill the Third Army. Do we still want to participate in future battles?! More importantly, it will affect Davies Master's next plan!" Alexis swallowed his breath and explained a few more words.

"I think it's what Master Davers wants to fight back the enemy's attack and build a camp here!" Litoru retorted weakly.

"Implement the order!" Alexis decided not to argue with him again. The Dionysian Military Law emphasized military discipline: during the war, the subordinates must absolutely obey the superiors.

Litoru glared directly at Alexis, but in the end he chose to obey, which also shows that Litoru has broken away from the level of tribal warriors and became a qualified Dionysian general.

He reluctantly performed a military salute, and when he turned back, he also deliberately betrayed loudly: "If Lord Hironimos is still the head of the army, he will never retreat!"

Alexis hadn't heard anything about him, and now he had to think about how to retreat safely.

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The city of Potentia is located on the upper bank of the Basinto River, where the ground is relatively flat, but the terrain is high, and it should be counted as a small plateau, and the city is built on a huge and gentle slope.

The Potentians spent decades building a large city with stones.Now Puamot and the tribal leaders are anxiously observing the dynamics of the Samone outside the city every day.

"Large leader, look! The Samone's army is going south!" Shahdat said aloud, pointing to the dusty, noisy distance outside the city.

Puamot moved, so he shouted excitedly: "The people, it should be Dionysia's reinforcements!"

This sentence immediately excited the leaders and fighters: the powerful Dionysians came to rescue them!

The good news immediately relieved many of their worries these days.

"Are we sending troops to meet them?" the leader said excitedly.

"No!" Puamot refused him without hesitation, saying cautiously: "The only thing we can do now is to defend the city desperately, and then wait for the arrival of Dionysia's reinforcements!"

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The Samone rushed to the Pinho Valley and saw only a ring-shaped trench that had not been completed for several miles.

"The Dionysians were as timid as rabbits, and they ran away!" Leskok panted, piercing his spear into the soil with regret.

"Father, most of the Dionysians are heavy infantry and should not be far away. We should take advantage of this opportunity to catch up and defeat them!" The vengeful Gellney said anxiously to the chief of Hillpini.

Of course, Veroney was not willing to come here in vain, he immediately ordered the troops to continue their pursuit.

The advancing Samone was quickly ambushed by the Light Infantry Brigade of the Third Army. After paying hundreds of casualties, they were unable to catch these lightly equipped Lukalia light infantry who were equally good at climbing mountains. Even though Veroni was angry, he had to be cautious.

As a result, the Third Army was finally able to get rid of the Chamonix chase and entered a military camp on the border between Grummentum and Potentia in the evening.

Departing from Grumentum yesterday, only exposed in the area of ​​Pautia, he was forced to return to Grumentum today, and Alexis and the soldiers of the Third Army had the same mind Somewhat depressed.

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Poseidonia, a seaside city not far north of Elia (not the city of Poseidonia in the Aegean Sea), is a colonial city built by the Subaris, once used roses and three goddess temples The famous Greek city-state (two temples of Hera and one temple of Athena) in Italy, however, the Lucanians moved south a hundred years ago, leaving this Greek city-state under the continuous attack of the Lucanias for many years. Eventually it fell and became a town in the union of Potentia tribes.

Poseidonia has not suffered any aggression for decades.In the south, Elia is still insecure, and there is still power to attack others; in the north, the Samonais prefer the mountains, preferring to invade the stronger and more defensive Potentia, rather than going to the sea. Come stroll.Therefore, when the Lucanians of Poseidonia learned that the Samonaites had attacked Potentia, they did not show too much concern about the safety of the city, and only took a little precaution, and put More attention was paid to the question of "how many fighters will be sent to reinforce Potentia".

Today, however, the sentry of the watch tower sounded the alarm.

When the leaders and the soldiers ascended the city wall, they were stunned: the Samonians outside the city were so dense that they couldn't see their heads at a glance, and I didn't know how many people...

Tottenk, the chieftain of Pentney, stood in front of the battlefield, looking out at the small city ahead. The panic and yelling of the Lucanias on the city wall, he looked in his eyes, listened in his heart, but did not care much. Instead, he turned to his subordinates and said, "The ones that sent the Syracuse are... what's their name?"

"The big leader is called the ballista." a leader beside him reminded.

"I know, I don't need you to say more." Tolek glared and said, "Put the crossbow... the ballista, let's see how powerful this thing is!"

Six ballistas were placed in front of the formation, but it was the Syracuse who manipulated them.

A shot of the size of a double fist bombarded the stone debris on the walls of Poseidonia, adding to the panic of the Lucania...