Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece - Chapter 396

[Chapter 63 The Assault of the Samonites]

His question made Gellney look up, and also made the other leaders in the cabin interested.

Dionians!

At this moment, when Gellney heard this name, hatred rose in his heart, and he tried his best to make himself recall the scene at that time: “…their soldiers are mostly heavy infantry, but their heavy infantry is the same as what we used to do. The Greek heavy infantry I saw was not the same… Their helmets were very similar to ours, and they were not holding round copper shields, but long shields similar to ours…”

“Ah?!” feeling suprised.

“It’s especially important to note that their heavy infantry is the same as our heavy infantry… can throw javelins!” Gellney recalled the scene that made him painful.

The chiefs were in a commotion: “When did the Greeks start to learn our tactics?”

“The Dionysians have never contacted us, how could they learn our tactics?”

…

When the chiefs were discussing , Veronica asked with concern: “So is the other equipment of Dionia’s heavy infantry the same as our heavy infantry?”

“No. The back, the crotch and the thigh are all covered, and there are greaves on the calf…”

“That means we will suffer when throwing the javelin face-to-face.” Kapus leader Luthany said worriedly.

“We have a long shield, and the thick armor will be injured by javelin throwing. On the contrary, the heavy equipment of Dionian heavy infantry is not conducive to operation in the mountains,” said Lesku, chief of Beneventoum. K didn’t care too much about it.

“The leader of Leskuk is right!” Quinduk, who was in charge of leading the Kautini warriors to the battle this time, said confidently: “We have fought many times with the Greeks in Campania, Their heavy infantry was cumbersome and difficult to walk in the mountains, and could not catch up with us at all, but because they were not agile enough to avoid the javelins we threw at their side and rear, and we would never easily join the Greeks on the plains fight.

”

What the leader of Quinduk said was our decades of experience in dealing with the Greek heavy infantry. The mountains are the domain of our Samonais. If the Dionysians dare to come in, we will not let them go out again.” !

“Luthany encouraged loudly.

“That’s right!”

Kill the Dionians!

Let them know how great we Samonais are!

“Many leaders followed suit.

“But… the Dionysians are not only heavy infantry.

Gellney had to remind these overconfident leaders: “They also had archers, and harpooneers without armor and shields, and a light infantry with a small shield and a short sword, and they were in the mountains. The walking speed is also very fast, I guess it may be a Lucanian… And what should attract our attention is that in the Dionysian army, whether it is heavy infantry, archers, javelinmen, and light infantry of that kind , the cooperation between them is quite tacit, obviously after a long period of training, it is obviously different from the Greek city-state civic soldiers who were temporarily recruited in Campania…”

After Gellney finished speaking, the leaders were all caught up in Contemplation.

At this time, Veroni pondered and said: “The Dionysians have arrived in Potentia so quickly, so this force must not be the main force from Turii, and the number will certainly not be too many.

Since they have the courage to come, then we will let them taste the power of Samonai warriors!

His words lifted the spirits of the chiefs.

”

Quinendok, you lead 7,000 Kautini warriors to stay in the camp, and the other chiefs lead all of your warriors with me to attack the incoming Dionians.”

”

Big Chief, you mean all the Shilpini warriors?”

asked Leskuk in surprise.

“Yes, 25,000 Shilpini warriors!”

“Villony said clearly.

“Is it too much?”

”

“I think it’s too little.”

If Torek hadn’t taken his 18,000 Pentney warriors to attack Poseidonia, I would have asked his Pentney army to go with us.

“Virone said proudly: “This time, I want to eat this Dionysian army who dared to enter Potentia alone!”

”

“What if the Lucanians in Potentia City suddenly come out?” Lutheni asked worriedly.

“I’m worried that they won’t dare to come out.” | Quinn Duke looked at Veroni and smiled.

Veronica nodded and said, “There are only ten thousand warriors in Potentia City, if they dare to come out – hum, Quinduk, don’t rush to repel them, but entangle them, I I will lead the army back as soon as possible, and attack you back and forth to annihilate them!”

“Understood.” Quinn Duke’s eyes flashed coldly.

…………………………

“Felixius, you can be expected to come back.” Davos happily greeted him out of the living room, held Felixius’s hands, and said with a smile: ” I heard that you did a good job in Cosenza. The leaders of the Bruti tribe and herdsmen line up in front of your official residence every day, wanting to see you… Haha, I have been the chief executive for more than a year. Do

n’t bear to take it off!”

“Sir, don’t make fun of me. Next time, no matter how much you persuade me, I won’t want to go to Bruti region to be the chief executive.” Felixius shook his head with a wry smile. : “The people there don’t trust the judges at all. No matter how big the disputes are, they come to me, the chief executive. If it wasn’t for the full assistance of Hegesitus (the former leader of the Siren tribe), I think I would be in Cosenzagen. It won’t be three months.”

“But you have been in Cosenza for more than a year, and several investigations by the Senate Public Service Management Committee have concluded that you have done a very good job in Cosenza, and I believe you will be allowed to serve in other cities. The Chief Executive, it will be very easy for you.” Davers praised him with a smile: “Go, let’s go in and talk.” The

two sides sat down, and the slave served the slurry.

Felixius didn’t want to drink, and immediately said to Davos: “Sir, this time you propose me to be the commander of the southern part of Dionia, commanding the fourth and fifth legions, there is no problem. But I have to be the commander of the entire southern part. I agree with the commander-in-chief of the Allied Allied Forces to direct the operations of this allied force. I think it is too difficult! Can the big city-states like Crotone and Lijim be willing to follow my command?!”

After listening to Davos, he seriously persuaded: “Felixius, this task is indeed a bit troublesome. But even if it is troublesome, you must do your best to do it, and try your best to do it well! You must know that although The South Italian Alliance agreement said, ‘All city-states, big or small, shall be treated equally.’ But all the allies understand that in fact we, Dionia, are the leaders of this alliance. We are not the commander-in-chief of this alliance. Responsible for the organization, not the command, which city-state dares to be the leader! So don’t have any concerns, and boldly manage and command the coalition! And I have already written to the councils of the allies such as Crotone and Lijim You have sent a letter asking them to actively cooperate, and the messenger has already sent it. At the same time, the Senate has also arranged for Sir Ancitanos to serve as your diplomatic liaison officer, responsible for coordinating matters with various city-states.”

“That’s great!” Felixius With a certain understanding in his heart, the expression on his face also relaxed a lot, but he continued: “Sir, you asked us to fortify in Coulonia and Trina, but now Syracuse has not declared war, Coulonia Will Trina and Trina allow us to set up camps in advance on their land? And if Syracuse declares war, the army will quickly land in Locri, but our coalition forces come from various city-states, and it takes a lot of time to gather together, Not to mention the fact that we have to rush to Colonia and Trina to build camps. What if Syracuse’s army has already broken through Colonia before the camp is built?”

“This is indeed a problem. War After it happens, there will be many unexpected factors, and no one can make an accurate prediction.” Davers tapped the armrest with his fingers, pondered for a long time, and finally said: “You try to do as originally planned, if things don’t work out. , we must try our best to preserve our strength, and don’t blindly fight. But there is a bottom line that you must keep in mind!”

Davos tapped his fingers on the table, and said firmly: “Keep Knapetia and Azerbaijan. Sproustum, assist the Crotones to defend the city of Crotone! As long as this line of defense is maintained, we can keep the enemy out of the territory and accumulate strength for the counterattack!”

“Okay, my lord. , I will hold the territory to the south until you come back!” Felixius promised, but he asked again: “In case the Syracuses use their fleet to bypass Crotone and land behind us. what to do?”

Felixus’s forward thinking disappointed Davos a little, he said impatiently: “It’s so easy to land tens of thousands of soldiers on our land, don’t we have a newly built two A Legion? And that’s not your concern, it’s Cykrian’s business.”

…………………………

“Cekerian, once Dionia and Syracuse are separated When the war breaks out, what preparations will your navy have?” Davos asked with a serious expression.

Sekelian said confidently: “Sir, we hope to gather all the warships of the allies first and direct them under our direct command… Since Lijim took the initiative to hand over 35 three-tier oars to our navy, Cullen has Nia and Trina have also merged their fleets successively. Sirius has already expressed his consent, but has not yet put it into action. Only Crotone is still hesitating, but I think they will agree soon… to At that time, Dionia has a powerful fleet of nearly 200 large and small warships, and I will put the three-layered warships on the ‘raven’…”