Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

After listening to Antonios, Pregules marched forward a military salute and responded loudly: "When the Fourth Cavalry Regiment rushed to Ascurom City, the Samonais were attacking the city with all their strength, so defeating them was Relatively easy, this should be attributed to Commander Alexis, who decisively let us march forward to Askurom to have such a fighter!"

"Look, this is your good subordinate." Antonios smiled back at Alexis.

Capps also saluted Pregules. As an important member of the military department, he certainly knew Pregules.

Pregules hurriedly and respectfully returned the gift.

"I don't need to introduce this one." Alexis pointed to Melisanda.

"Melissa, I don't want to see you." Antonius made a painful expression, his words were amazing, and then the words changed: "As soon as I see you, let me realize. The kingdom is now a young man. All of us are old!"

"Uncle Antonios, can't you be old, Andreas still needs you to raise up!" Melisanda replied immediately.

Antonios glared: "I'm just old, and I'm not dead!"

Everyone laughed, and the shadow of war created by the Samonaite seemed to be washed away in their laughter.

The soldiers of the 10th and 4th Cavalry Corps went directly to the Dawn Barracks, while the five of Alexis, Antonios, Capps, Pregules, and Melissanda went directly to Lucene Asian City Hall, held a military meeting.

"Now, what's the situation with the Eleventh Army?" Alexis asked straight away when everyone was seated.

Capps did not care, and answered seriously: "Because the invasion of the Samonais was very sudden, there were only more than 2,000 soldiers in the barracks at the time. There are more than 2,000 soldiers coming to report these days. Many people, due to the siege of Askurum and Vybrum, and the occupation of Grumum, some soldiers could not come, and I have replaced the reserve soldiers of the city of Luconia.

At present, the Eleventh Army has six heavy infantry brigades, one light infantry brigade, and one light armour brigade, with a total of 8,000 personnel.As for whether to recruit additional soldiers in the Downey area, you need your commander to make a decision."

Alexis nodded to understand, he asked again: "How many troops are there in the invading Samonei?"

"Previously, the scouts scouted roughly the three Samone troops that besieged the cities of Askurum, Vibinum, and Grumum. They all had more than 10,000 people, and counted some scattered tribal warriors. I am afraid there are more than 30,000 people. But so far, we have not found the soldiers of Cautini..." Antonios said.

"It seems that the victory of the Third Army in Campania caused the Cautini tribe to lose a lot..." Alexis showed a reassuring expression, and then he asked with concern: "Gruu How is Mucheng?"

"According to the return of the scout ride, the Samonais there had been withdrawn into the mountains yesterday, but... the people in the city were taken away by them!" Antonios said with some anger and some pain. Now these The cities and towns belong to his jurisdiction, and of course he has the responsibility to protect the lives of the people of Dawn.

"Retreat?" Alexis was slightly surprised, and he fell into thought...

At this time, Antonios said solemnly: "Yesterday, when the Samonais evacuated, they also sent a messenger to ask for the thousands of Dawn captives they captured in exchange for all the previously captured capu. Tini!"

"This is the dream of the Samonei! We must not promise their arrogant demands, let those Kautini go back, and command the strengthening of the strength of the Samonei army, continue to looting and killing our people!" Meli Hill Darge interjected angrily.

Antonios frowned.

"Melissa Sanda, whether you agree to the request of the Ambassador of Samoney, this is not something you can decide." Alexis looked at him and said seriously, "This matter is related to the lives and freedoms of thousands of Dawney people. , Only your majesty can make a final decision!"

"Yes! I'm sorry!" Melisanda bowed his head to admit his mistake. He just spoke quickly, and after being reminded by Alexis, he realized that he only considered the impact on the war, not the safety of the captured people. The governor of the Downey region sat in front of him.

Antonius nodded at him, forgiving him for a while, and said: "I have sent a messenger to Turiyi quickly to report this to His Majesty, and I believe I can get a reply in two days."

Alexis nodded. This matter was not what he could worry about. He looked at the map of the Dawney area placed on the wooden table in the center of the meeting room and slowly said, "The Samonians started as soon as our reinforcements arrived. Withdrew, it seemed that they were afraid of us, but I don’t think they would stop the attack on Dionysia..."

"I agree with you. The Samoines have been with us for so many years. They should be very clear that they have broken the alliance and started war against us without authorization. Even if they want to stop the war against us at this moment, His Majesty will never be lighthearted. They! However, from the current situation, it seems that the Samonai people do not want to have a decisive battle with us." Kapus also expressed his opinion.

"Now the Teny, Eleventh, and Fourth Cavalry Legions are concentrated in the Dawney area, and the Ninth Legion will arrive in a day or two. By that time, we will have a strong military force of more than 30,000 people, even the Samonians. Counting the Kautini tribe, there may be more than 40,000 people, and we can completely defeat them in frontal battles, so we don’t need to call for reserve soldiers for the time being. However, most of the Samonet army is light infantry, and they move quickly, very May avoid us and attack the eastern part of the Downey area, so-Antonios." Alexis pondered for a while, and said: "I am going to bring the reserve soldiers from the towns of the Downey area together and return to the city. The Chief Executive temporarily commanded to strengthen the defense of the town. Once attacked by the Samonais, we can stick to our rescue until it arrives, so this may affect the spring sowing of the Downey area!"

"Don't worry about the problem of spring broadcasting, I will make appropriate arrangements." Antonios waved his hand and made a confident commitment.

"Pregules, send your cavalry to closely monitor the borders of the Dawney area, find the enemy's movements, and report back immediately."

"Yes, Master Commander."

"Now let us wait for the arrival of the Ninth Legion, and observe the movements of the Samonais to determine what they will do next..."

Just after Alexis finished speaking, Melisanda replied: "Master Commander, I think the reserve forces of Puchti towns should also gather to strengthen the defense of the towns because... because of Samone People are likely to worry about being sieved by our heavy soldiers in the Dawn area, and instead attack the empty Puchti area..." Melisanda actually said that he had his own selfishness because his tenth army barracks In Puchetti, most of the soldiers also came from there. Of course, he did not want Puchetti to be attacked to affect the morale of his legions.

Melissanda woke up Alexis, who was about to answer, but heard that the young army chief who had been stationed in the Puchti region for many years and was very familiar with the terrain there continued: "...especially Victoria Rosa’s territory needs a defensive focus because it is adjacent to the Samone Mountains and has a history of being captured by the Samone...

Alexis quickly moved closer to the map and fixed his eyes on the northwest corner of the Puceti region, bursting into the area in the mountains.

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Two days later, the ninth legion led by Tag Tilos arrived in the city of Lucenia to meet with the large army.

At the same time, there was also the Minister of Foreign Affairs Ancitas, who brought the will of King Davers, and soon had a meeting with the messenger of Samone who remained in the city of Luconia.

Ansitanos said solemnly to the messenger of Samonei: "His Majesty Daveus is very concerned about the captured Dawn people. He once said,'The life of every Dionysian people is extremely precious, It is unmatched by the people of other Mediterranean city-states and countries', so he did not hesitate to agree to exchange all the captives of Kautini in exchange for all the Dawn people looted by your Samone. If the Monet believes in the promise of His Majesty Dapheus, please immediately release all looted Dawney people, and Dionia will release all Cautini prisoners in Campania!"

Dionysian Devers' reputation for keeping promises is famous throughout the whole of Italy, and if he can get his promise, why would the emissary of Samoney disagree.

However, Ancitanos, who received a clear response from the messenger, looked at him again and said seriously: "Since the agreement has been reached, Dionia will ensure that all the released Cautini captives are in good health and hope that the Samone I also made the same commitment to ensure that the captured Dawn people have not suffered any major harm!"

The messenger of Samone hesitated, and he was very clear in his heart: these wolf-like, hard-to-control warriors would always scold the captives, and they would not suppress their strong energy to women...

Therefore, he reluctantly said: "We... will do our best to ensure the safety of the captives..."

Ancitanos stared at him, staring at him, and said sharply: "Before he came, His Majesty Devus once said,'The life of the Dionysian people is much more expensive than the Monet! If you hurt someone, In the future, when we capture the captives of Samoney, there will be one life to pay back! If one person is dead, there will be three lives to pay back!'