Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece - Chapter 1124

[Chapter 73 Dionia’s Counterattack Plan (Continued)]

Cypros also said: “Your Majesty, we sent a large army into the Po River plain and fought fierce battles in the territory of the Gauls, which will inevitably arouse the unease of the Ligurians and Venetians, in order to avoid some accidents. , we can also send envoys to these two races while sending troops. Tell them that the kingdom of Dionia was invaded by the Gauls, so it sent troops to fight back, and invited them to attack the Gauls together. Even if they refuse to join, it will reduce the unease they feel about us suddenly appearing in the Po River Plain…”

Davos nodded, feeling reasonable.

“Your Majesty.” At this time, Sedorum asked: “After our army conquers the Gauls, what should we do with them?”

This question of Sedorum made Davos fall into contemplation, precisely because He did not plan to attack Gaul in the mountains at this stage in advance, and naturally he did not draw up a detailed plan for relocating the surrendered Gauls after the war. What appeared in his mind was the war of Caesar against Gaul outside the mountains in the history of the previous life. In the 8-year long campaign, the bloody conquest of the aborigines from the north of the Alps to the island of England, paid a high price in the continuous battle, killed countless Gauls, and finally In exchange for their surrender.

As for the Gaul in the mountains, it seems that after Rome became stronger, they obeyed, and there was no major war. Of course, when Hannibal led the army to cross the Alps and attacked Rome, these Gauls in the mountains joined in one after another. His subordinates resisted the Romans…

Davos looked at Alexis and Plintos, his eyes flashed coldly, and he said in a tough tone: “The Gauls are a fierce race, we don’t want to fight against them. Have any mercy, as long as they are still resisting, the soldiers will not stop fighting and killing, only if we are more fierce than them, they will fear and surrender!

If there are Gallic tribes who want to surrender, you can tell them , ‘Surrender is ok, but we must unconditionally accept our resettlement of their territories, and must also comply with some resolutions made by the kingdom against the surrendered Gauls.’… These resolutions… Wait for me and you to have a special discussion and discussion After that, submit it to the Senate for approval…

But no matter whether the Gauls surrender or not, some important towns in the Gallic territory must be captured and firmly in our hands, such as Arimium, if we occupy it, our military supplies can be relatively fast and smooth. Transport to the army.

And Boloma, the central town of the Zenones, where our army from Etruscans crossed the hills and into the Po plain, was safe; and Medeolan, the central town of the Salvis. , only by occupying it can we prevent more Gauls from crossing the Alps and into the Po plain…”

“Understood, Your Majesty.

Sedorum, Alexis, and Printoles responded in succession.

“Your Majesty, although the Gauls have suffered heavy losses, only attacking from the sea is also convenient for the Gauls to defend. It is better to wait for the army to attack.” After Arimium, the main force that attracted the masters, let the army originally led by Patroclus and Hasdruba in Etruria also attack the Gaul territory… If you are worried about fighting in the mountains It is

difficult, and

the Third Army can be the vanguard…” Hermon also put forward his own suggestion in a timely manner.

Davos’ eyes lit up when he heard this, and he couldn’t help joking: “Hermon, this is what you proposed. The suggestion is a good supplement to Alexis and their offensive plan. I don’t see that you still have a lot of research on the military. Is it a bit too subservient for you to be just a rotating chairman?

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“Your Majesty, Lord Hermon’s main purpose is to let the Third Legion join the war and make some military exploits. As for being said to be a good military proposal, it is just a crooked fight.”

“Antaoris said half-jokingly and half-seriously.

“What’s wrong? I’ve racked my brains to come up with this, taking into account the characteristics of the Third Legion’s ability to fight in the mountains… just because I’ve been thinking about this all the way.” He was almost hit by a pedestrian.

“Hermon didn’t look at Antaoris, and while complaining, he touched his knees with both hands, showing a lingering fear, as if something really happened.

Everyone laughed, and the atmosphere in the room suddenly relaxed a little. Hermon also subtly covered up the embarrassment that Antaoris secretly said that he was being selfish.

Davos actually didn’t care much about this matter. He looked at the thin figure on the opposite side and asked, “Haka, what do you think about this?”

“Your Majesty.” Haka said unhurriedly: ” Now that Carthage has surrendered to the kingdom, the East and West Numibians have also submitted to us, and the order of southern Iberia has been greatly improved under the iron-fisted rule of the Chief Executive Bagule. Sextu The commander of the army led the 18th army and the frontier army to join forces to defeat the indigenous people who came to invade several times in the past year, and also took the initiative to slaughter a predatory Lusitania tribe, and even more so. It has frightened the surrounding indigenous people… Now everything is stable within the sphere of influence of the kingdom, and the country’s financial and material resources are relatively rich.

To our east, the war between Sparta, Thebes and Athens continues. , it will not have any effect on us for the time being. We should take advantage of such a great opportunity to concentrate our forces and completely remove the kingdom’s biggest trouble on the Italian peninsula – the Gauls, to clear up our complete domination of the Western Mediterranean. Obstacle!”

“That’s right!” Davos said with a smile on his face, approvingly: “Now is indeed the best time to conquer the Gauls! So I agree with the offensive plan formulated by the Ministry of Military Affairs! But only the first , The second, fourth, and fifth legions are not enough. The entire Apulia region is on the Adriatic side, and it is more convenient to go to the Po River plain by sea, so I decided to put the ninth, The tenth and eleventh corps, as well as the first and second cavalry corps, also joined the attacking team, a total of 7 infantry corps, plus two cavalry corps, and at the same time let the first fleet As transportation and support, attack the Gaul territory from the side of Arimium!”

Before Alexis and the others could respond, Davos continued: “The candidate for its commander is Prosusus. Come on. In addition… the Third Army will be transferred to the Etruscan region to assist the northern coalition in destroying the remaining Gallic enemies in its territory as soon as possible. Then Patroclus will be the commander to lead the Third Army and the Twelfth Army. , Fourteenth Legion, Frontier Legion, a total of four legions crossed the mountains and attacked the Gallic territory from the south!”

“Yes!” After listening to the doctor’s orders, Alexis, Printoles, Alpuins and other ministers of the military affairs department were more or less excited: 100,000 troops!

Another massive war!

However, compared with the Western Mediterranean War a few years ago, the Kingdom of Dionia today is more powerful and can easily send 100,000 troops to fight (mainly short-distance wars at the doorstep).

Davos saw their excitement in his eyes and shouted to the door: “Go and call the herald.”

Soon, Aristillas walked into the chamber.

“You immediately inform the chiefs of the various departments that the palace will urgently convene an important administrative meeting of the kingdom, and ask them to come to participate immediately.”

“Yes, Your Majesty.”

After Aristillas left, Davos turned to look at The rotating chairmen said with a smile: “Everyone take a break for a while, and after everyone has arrived, we will discuss how to ensure the smooth progress of this war, and how to settle the surrendered Gauls after the war, and formulate a more A detailed plan.”

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The Gaul of the Mountains is a semi-agricultural and semi-nomadic race, still adopting a tribal system, living in groups, and their way of life is determined As a result, they are relatively closed, and the surrounding environment in which they live just aggravates this closure.

The massive southern invasion 20 years ago broadened the horizons of the Gauls (mainly Senones), but also deepened their blind confidence in their own strength, they did not think they were defeated by the Romans, because The city of Rome was occupied by them for half a year, and the Romans trapped on the mountain even wanted to bribe them with gold and silver, begging them to retreat…

The Zenones believed that the reason they failed in the end was because they had captured too many places, and the number of soldiers was insufficient, and they had to divide their troops to garrison, which was too scattered and easily attacked by the enemy; It’s been too long and the warriors are getting tired of fighting; and there’s the damned plague… If these lessons can be learned, the weak Etruscans, Romans, Latins are destined to be their slaves…Those thoughts It is prevalent in the hearts of the tribal leaders and warriors who fled back to Zenones, so when their strength recovered, this strong unwillingness was transformed into the driving force for them to continue to invade the Etruscan territory.

Of course, they also learned from the captured Etruscan people that Rome and some nearby city-states have been occupied by the Dionysian Kingdom.

In the past few years, the Zenones also heard the term “Dionia Kingdom” from the merchants who came to Arimium to trade, and heard that it was a powerful kingdom in the south of this land.

Speaking of power, aren’t the Etruscans powerful?

It once occupied a large area of the north, but it was also beaten by us and desperately fled south!

The Roman and other Latin city-states occupied by the Kingdom of Dionysus were easily occupied by us 20 years ago… There are many Zenonians who have this idea, so they did not take Dionysian Ya in the eyes.

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