Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

Miltias listened, thoughtfully.

"Another point, you'd better arrange a few clippers at the port of West Pentum City. Once I need the assistance of the Fourth Fleet, I can quickly notify you."

After hearing this, Miltias shouted with dissatisfaction: "Our fourth fleet only has a hundred warships! To patrol such a long coastline, to block any hostile forces coming from the sea, but also to assist you in combat... …My warships and sailors are not enough!"

"If the Fourth Fleet performs well in this war, I think the Ministry of Military Affairs will definitely consider increasing the size of the Fourth Fleet." Alexis can only inspire.

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Pregules quickly assembled the Fourth Cavalry Regiment, and Alexis immediately led the two thousand cavalrymen out of Brindisi, quickly north, and entered the Puceti area.

In the evening, finally arrived at the military camp near Silvim.

After the head of the Fourth Army, Melissanda personally welcomed Alexis into the barracks, Alexis, who had been running for a day and had almost no rest, was tired and walked a little. After all, he was not young when he was over 50. People are full of energy, but he is still concerned about the query: "Has the Tenth Army been convened?"

"The brothers are in the barracks," the youngest commander said loudly. "As soon as the commander gives you an order, we will immediately go to the battlefield."

"Arrange the accommodation for the Cavalry Legion, and also arrange a place for me to sleep, so that I can sleep well." The sleepy upsurge, Alexis couldn't help but yawn: "Tomorrow... early in the morning, we will set off!"

The soldiers who heard this all around were excited.

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Early in the morning of the second day, the camp's bugle sounded.

The soldiers of the 10th and 4th Cavalry Corps did not pack the armor and weapons on their shoulders as required. Instead, they dressed up in a hurry and walked out of the barracks to the playground.

In the camp meeting room, Alexis, Melisanda, and Pregules held an emergency military meeting.

"Now, what is the hostility in the Downey area?" Alexis asked.

As the tenth legion in the immediate vicinity of Dawney, Melisanda naturally knows the most and the most timely. He immediately replied: "According to the return of the reconnaissance ride yesterday, the large forces of the Samone are still surrounded. The cities of Askurum and Vyboom, the enemies occupying Grumum, have not yet left, but a small number of Samones rushed into Dawn’s hinterland and looted..."

In fact, from the invasion of the Samone to the present, but more than two days have passed, it is impossible for the Samone to transfer to attack new targets so quickly.

Alexis then asked again: "Where is the Eleventh Army?"

"Still at the barracks." Melisanda replied.

When he captured the Downey area two years ago, Alexis was already familiar with the terrain there.

The central town of Dawney, Lucerna, is not located in the center of the Dawney region, but is more northwest, closer to the mountain of Samone, and there is no large town on the west side as a barrier. The raid came, and if it was fast, it would take just over half a day to reach the city directly. So after the Conquest of the Dawney area and the appointment of Antonios as the chief executive of Luceneia, the chief executive of the regiment asked Dai Firth wrote a letter suggesting that the military camp in the Downey area be located on the west side of the city of Lucena, as a fortress to protect the safety of Lucena city.

This proposal was approved by Davos.

Therefore, under the circumstances that Askurum, Vyboom and Grumum were all attacked and the city of Lucenia might be attacked on three sides, the newly-built 11th Army Corps was stationed in the barracks and it was safe to wait for reinforcements. practice.

After thinking for a while, Alexis made a decision: "The 10th and 4th Cavalry Corps crossed the river from the Ovanto River and went straight to rescue Askurom!"

"Yes!" Both Pregules and Melisanda were excited.

The adjutant Yomatsius reminded: "Master Commander, now we don't know how many enemies there are in Ascurom? Are there ambushes?...Will it be too much to rely on a legion and cavalry to attack? Take risks? Be alert to the lessons of the First Army!"

"I believe in the combat effectiveness of the Tenth Legion and the Fourth Cavalry Legion! I also believe that the Samonais would not expect our reinforcements to attack them so quickly, which would leave them unprepared!" Alexis Weiwei He raised his head and said confidently: "Even if Askurom really has a large force of the Samonais, he can surround us. As long as we can hold on, I believe Capps, Antonios, and Tegti. Los will definitely come to the rescue with all his strength, and it is just possible to defeat the main force of the Samonais in one fell swoop!"

Alexis read the report of the First Army, and he is very clear: although his current strength and arms are very similar to the Amintas who rescued Walsey not long ago, it is different from the Amintas alone. , He is fighting in the country!

He firmly believes that once there is an anomaly, Capps, Antonios... these old comrades will definitely rescue, even before, he and Antonios have some minor conflicts.

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The siege of Askurom was mainly by the Pentney tribe.It should be said that their attack was very sudden. When they entered the territory of Askurom, the Askurom were still grazing cattle and sheep or planting farmland. They were completely unprepared.

Upon learning of the invasion of the Samonei, many people ran into the city in panic. The Samonei soldiers chased after him and tried to take the opportunity to rush into the city.

But the chief executive of Askurom was Hegsitus, the former head of the Silun tribe who had bravely resisted the oppression of the Bruti tribe alliance, which set off the war of Dionysia to conquer Bruti. He also assisted Silos in the Southern Italian War. After more than ten years, he served as the city chief of the Bruti region, Mesapi region, and Puchti region. Until the previous year, he was transferred to the Dawn region. It can be said that his administration The resume is not only rich, but also familiar to the military.

A few months ago, he received a warning from the Ministry of Military Affairs: demanded that all towns in Dawney be vigilant and be careful of the attacks by the Samones!

He did not regard it as a children's play. Not only did he mobilize the people to strengthen the city defense, increase the number of patrols to strengthen the patrol of the city, and at the same time, he gathered citizens who had participated in military training in the city square every few days for one or two exercises. Hours of formation and fighting, and also a group of citizens with horses, each day taking turns to patrol at the foot of the west...

After dozens of days passed, everything was normal and no trace of war in the mountainous area of ​​Samone. Because of his many advises (after all, frequent military training was not conducive to the upcoming spring broadcast), he relaxed his guard slightly and reduced his training. , I didn't expect that at this moment, the Samone killed.

Askurom, who was on patrol out of the city, quickly discovered the enemy's situation and shouted, "The Samonais are here!" to inform the people in the villages passing by to evacuate while rushing into the city.

After Hegsitus received the news, he was not too alarmed. He ordered: close the city gate, pull up the suspension bridge, and ring the alarm bell at the same time, let the young and middle-aged citizens in the city pick up the shield spears and defend the city.

At the same time, he also asked the soldiers at the head of the city to shout to the people who fled outside the city and advised them to flee to the east of Hedorum. The city gate of Askurum will never be attacked by the enemy. opened!

It is precisely because of the implementation of these measures that when the Samonei army, mainly composed of Pentney fighters, rushed down the city, they saw that the city of Askurom had been prepared.

Although there were not many citizens able to fight in the city at this time due to the surprise attack by the Samonei, Askurom was also a large city in the Dawn area with an eight-meter-high wall.

The Samonaite came and did not carry the siege equipment. Badani only allowed tens of thousands of fighters to form a formation under the city. They roared in unison and wanted to intimidate the Askuroms to surrender.

How could Hegsitus be scared by such a battle.

Badani had to camp outside the city.

Over the next day, Badani ordered the soldiers to cut down trees, made a large number of ladders and sapwood, and launched an offensive against the city of Askurum, attempting to take advantage of the advantages of many people. This important town in the southwestern part of the Nepali region has revived the prestige of the Pentene tribe and his great leader.

So from the beginning, Badani ordered the troops to launch an offensive.

The Samonei soldiers carried the ladder and sapwood, risking being shot by javelins and arrows, and swiftly attacked the city from the north, west, and south.

As the Chief Executive, Hegecitus visited the city in person and led the civilian soldiers to resist bravely.

The Samonaites were on the offensive, frustrated and attacked again and again, and the continuous offensive gradually made the Askurom civic soldiers with little strength unable to resist.

In the afternoon, the Western City Wall made the Samonians attack the city a few times. Hegsitus hurriedly gathered the few remaining soldiers, and finally drove them down the city again, and some soldiers hurriedly followed. The South City Wall rushed: "Master Hegsitus, the enemy has attacked the city, and the inspector Copkas asks for your rescue!"

"Where do I have any reinforcements here?" Hegsitus smiled bitterly, stretched his hands to wipe away the blood that splashed on his face and blocked his sight, and looked at the civic soldiers who were tired and crooked around him. The roar of the ears, the timidity in his heart flashed away, he resolutely turned back and said to the administrative adjutant: "You rush to the city immediately, gather the old people, and rush to reinforce Nancheng! Persevere! Tell Copcas to persevere! We are holding it today! The reinforcements will arrive tomorrow!"