Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece - Chapter 743

[Chapter 89 Davos’ Decision]

“Your Majesty, it is stated in the battle report that the Samone warriors who appeared in this battle belonged to two tribes, the Shilpini and the Caracheni, plus the Pentney who was defeated at Ascurum not long ago, and Kautini, who has just taken back the prisoner, is probably no longer capable of launching a large-scale invasion by the four major tribes of Samone!” The Minister of Military Affairs, Hiros, said with joy after reading the battle report carefully.

“It seems that the Second and Fourth Corps can be withdrawn, and there is no need to retain so many troops in the Downey area. With the removal of a few legions, the pressure on the logistics supply can be relieved.” Alpins, the acting quartermaster, suggested road.

“Don’t be too careless, we have to be careful that the Samonaites attack other areas again, loot our people, and threaten us to exchange the captured Samonaite warriors with them!” Chief of Staff Felixius cautioned.

“It is indeed possible. But now the areas and cities that are led by Samone have been on high alert, and it will not be so easy for the Samones to succeed.” Staff adjutant Thormid mentioned another problem. : “But now the soldiers of each legion are eager to fight for meritorious service, get honor and rewards, which legion should stay? Which legion should leave? This is a troublesome question.”

“Withdraw the second and fourth legions and reduce the Downey area. These proposals can be told to Alexis, just let him have a headache, I believe he will not relax his vigilance against the Samonais just because of one or two victories.” Davos said disapprovingly. .

“Your Majesty, the Samonaites may come to us for peace talks again because of this failure,” Felixius reminded.

“We will not have peace talks with a race that violated the covenant many times and maliciously broke the covenant! If the Samonais really want to have peace talks, I have made arrangements for this.” Davos said with a serious expression, and he changed his words: “However…if Carthage asked for peace talks, this can be seriously considered.”

Philisius asked hastily, “Your Majesty, will the Carthaginians have peace talks?”

Davos pondered and said: “Carthage is no better than the Samonais, their national strength is strong, and the failure of one or two battles will not have much impact on them. However, the Margonid family of Carthage and the The conflict of power between the Hannos… Prosous could be ordered to lead the Eighth Legion and other troops, taking advantage of the enemy’s defeat, to continue moving cautiously westward, attacking the sons of Carthage and the city-states of Phoenicia, Inflict

greater losses on the Carthaginians and increase the pressure on their senate.

At the same time… Order Cykrian to concentrate all his warships to the western end of Sicily, find the main Carthaginian navy, and completely annihilate it, So as to cut off the sea connection between Carthage and Sicily! If these plans can be realized, I would like to see if the Carthaginians still have the confidence to fight with us.”

“Your Majesty, we will send your instructions, believe that Sekolian has been waiting impatiently to receive this order.

” Tormide replied sarcastically.

Davos laughed: “Even if the Carthaginians are reluctant to negotiate peace, but we have Prosusus on the land of Sicily and Sekelian at sea, and we don’t need to worry about the war in Sicily.”

“Yes, Your Majesty.” Hiros sincerely praised: “Sekelian’s ability to command fleets is beyond doubt, but Prosous’s commanding ability in the battle of Minoa is really surprising! The conflict by the river This happened suddenly, but he was able to be quick-witted and used the rout to lure the Carthaginian Holy Order troops to pursue, forcing the Carthaginians to overwhelm the Holy Order troops in order to protect the Holy Order troops, and used the special terrain to restrict the Carthaginians. We couldn’t take advantage of the large number of soldiers, and at the same time, we used the checkerboard formation to give full play to the advantages of our legion, which greatly inhibited the performance of the Holy Order army, and finally won a big victory with fewer wins… Your Majesty, you were firm at the beginning. The choice of Prosusus as the commander of Sicily is indeed a wise decision!”

“The reason why Prosusus was able to win such a victory was the stupidity of the commander of Carthage.” Military training chief Xi Ronimus said suddenly.

Davos glanced at him, and his heart moved slightly: it seems that Prosous’s talent even felt jealous of Hironius, who had always been diligent and practical.

Of course, this is also related to Prosusus’ qualifications. He is neither a Persian mercenary, nor a native citizen of Turii-Amendolara. Being the commander of the legion, and being able to win such a glorious victory independently, really made these veteran generals who followed Davos to Greater Greece uneasy.

However, Davos will never give up the promotion and use of Prosous because of their unease and jealousy. On the contrary, he will use him even more. After all, Davos is very clear: the grand goal that he has established in his heart determines the It is impossible for him to rely on himself to defeat many powerful forces in the Mediterranean. He needs to be knowledgeable and responsible in order to obtain more excellent subordinates to build a vast kingdom.

At the same time, he also needs more excellent generals of different backgrounds to change the situation that the Dionysian army is mainly controlled by the former mercenary generals.

Davos pressed these thoughts to the bottom of his heart, and said slowly: “Sicily has Prosous and Cykrian, Downey has Alexis, I don’t need to worry about these places, but the situation in the Latium area Not optimistic!”

When mentioning Ladrum, Hiros and Philisius all looked solemn.

Now the Roman army has now taken Signia and Anagnia, and is intensifying the assault on Ferentinum, although the Helnicians and Volsi reinforcements are Tenacious defense, but judging from the current situation, the fall of Ferentirum City is only a matter of time, and as long as Ferentirum City is captured, the annihilation of the Helniki people is only in the blink of an eye. The Volsi reinforcements in the city of Ferentirum were also unable to escape bad luck. At that time, Volsi, who was severely damaged and did not have enough soldiers at all, could not resist the two-sided attack of the Romans. In the end, the Romans would completely control the entire Latinum area… …So during this time, the messengers of Heniki and Wolsey kept coming to the palace to ask King Davos to send troops to support him.

“Your Majesty, Amyntas has only one legion, and now the Volssi region is entirely guarded by him. He does not dare to leave without permission to help the Herniki people.” Philisius defended his old friend.

“It’s none of Amintas’ business, he has done his best.” Davos waved his hand, walked to the map in the middle of the conference room, stared at the flat area in the middle of the Italian peninsula, and said solemnly: “I believe We all understand that the biggest threat to the kingdom now is not Carthage, who is procrastinating and has constant internal conflicts, nor is it the Samonaids who are weak and can only cause minor troubles, nor is it across the Adriatic Sea and has constant troubles of its own. Sparta, but Rome! A Roman with a unified mind, a strong citizenry, and a concentrated force to achieve its goals! If we don’t destroy it now, it will be a big problem for the kingdom later on! Davos tapped the icon of Rome on

the

map forcefully with his fingers, and said in a firm tone: “Therefore, I decided to lead the Second Army, Third Army, Fourth Army, Fifth Army, Third Army, etc. The Sixth Legion and the Second Cavalry Legion went to the Latium area, joined the First Legion and the First Cavalry Legion, and completely eliminated Rome, the strong enemy in the north of this kingdom!”

Hiros, Philisius, Hilorim S… Several ministers of the Ministry of Military Affairs looked at each other solemnly, knowing that what Davos said was very important, no one dared to express their approval or denial for a while, but Alpins, the acting quartermaster, cautiously He

asked, “Your Majesty, with such a huge army going to Ladium to fight, the Ministry of Military Affairs may not be able to provide so much ration…”

Davos explained calmly: “The second batch of grain from the Egyptian Pharaoh aided two It has been transported to the port a few days ago, and has not been moved yet in the warehouse at the Turii dock. A large amount of grain donated by the Turiyi merchants has filled the barn, while the Lijim merchants donated the food bought from the Eoke Star Sea. The food is already on its way back, and it is reported that the amount is no less than that donated by the traders of Turii. Moreover, I asked Burkes about the peas, lentils and other legume crops replanted by the people of the kingdom, as well as carrots, radishes, and pumpkins. , lettuce and other vegetables have been harvested quite a lot, which can fill part of the food gap…”

“Even so, UUkanshu www.sonicmtl.com Since some of these grains have to be used for the Sicilian army and the Doni army, the leftovers I’m afraid that it’s only enough for your majesty’s army for a month or two.” Alpins reminded earnestly.

Davers had planned for a long time, and he said calmly: “One month is enough, and then the food will be provided by Latin people.”

Several people in the room looked at each other again, of course they understood what Davers said. What does it mean, when they fled in Persia, the Greek mercenaries often did this.

“Your Majesty.” Philisius

finally asked, “You have taken away so many legions. What if the Carthaginians reorganize their army, choose a shrewd commander, and attack Sicily again?”

Judging from the current situation, if their Senate wants to have a unified understanding again and send a large army to Sicily, I am afraid it will not be a matter that can be solved in a month or two, and Dionia’s intelligence department will also instigate in Carthage. The atmosphere of negotiation, disturbing the order of the Carthaginians…” Davos said here, and the others all looked at Aristillas standing outside the door.

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