Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece - Chapter 964

[Chapter 302 Minoan Grand Master]

Davos looked up at the sky, then looked down at the tired but excited faces below the city, and said calmly: “Everyone, it’s hard work! Please follow the instructions for building camps during wartime in the “Dionysian Military Law”. As a rule, half of the soldiers of each legion are responsible for the defense on the mountain, and half of the soldiers are under the command of the engineers to step up the construction of the camp, go and implement it.”

Davos’s order is very far from their expectations. Amyntas, Mattoni Si and others were a little disappointed, but they still responded loudly: “Yes!!”

Watching the generals go away, Davos remembered something again, looked around and asked, “Where’s Tormid?”

“Your Majesty, he has already Go and urge the legions to build their camps.” Printols replied.

“You go to Thormid immediately, and ask him to notify the commanders of each legion to separate some soldiers and engineering battalions, and repair the original port of Minoa as soon as possible, so that the Sicilian fleet can be stationed. You are responsible for this.”

“Yes, Your Majesty!” Printols was ordered to leave.

Davos turned back and continued to stare down the mountain.

At this time, a large group of Carthaginian infantrymen were arriving on the west bank of the Pletani River one after another, while the Carthaginian cavalry who had originally gathered on the riverbank retreated to the rear on both sides, giving way to the front, and all the soldiers were walking along the riverbank. Lined

up, the formation of the army gradually took shape…

Davos’s eyes finally focused on the group of generals on horseback in front of the Carthaginian infantry phalanx on the west bank of the Pletani River. There was a general in the center. Wearing a golden helmet without a tassel, wearing a golden breastplate, a dark red armor skirt, and a blue cloak, he pointed to the hills and said something, and the people around him gathered around and listened.

Davos murmured solemnly: “Marco…”

The person Davos saw was indeed Marco. At this time, he was squinting at the mountain: Dionysian soldiers kept coming from the ruins of Minoa. Emerging in the middle, they are forming a defensive line…

“My lord, it seems that the Dionians have no intention of fighting with us.” A general made a judgment.

“If it was me, I wouldn’t let the soldiers fight just after marching.” Another general reminded meekly.

Marco raised his eyebrows and didn’t speak.

It was not until he saw that the Dionian soldiers on the mountain not only had no intention of going down the mountain, but also began to arrange deer villages in front of their defensive array, he had to give an order: “Leave the cavalry to continue to monitor the enemy’s movements, and be careful to guard against their Sudden attack! You lead your soldiers to build a camp!”

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While Davos was leading his army westward along the south coast, the other route was led by the Third Corps. The main Dionian army did not rest much after entering Agilion. On the second day, the newly formed Sikel army continued to march westward.

Strangely, they did not see any Sikel tribes along the way, nor did they suffer any harassment. Two days later, the army successfully arrived at the central town of Sicily, Enna.

This is another empty city.

The battle-hardened Lizaru and Epithenes were not overjoyed. Instead, they were a little more cautious and sent more mountain scout soldiers and Sikel warriors to scout out the enemy’s movements.

One day later, Lizaru received news that there were a large number of Carthaginian soldiers gathered near the city of Kepharoytion, and there were also some Sikel warriors, with

an initial estimate of more than 30,000 troops.

Lizaru seems to be rough, but in fact he is thick and thin, whether he led the third legion to defeat the Cautinis in Campania alone, or when he attacked Rome, he attacked the city of Rome from the Shibashi, and divided his troops and defeated them. The reinforcements in the north, these battles undoubtedly reflect his characteristics.

For the first time as the interim commander of several legions, he became quite cautious after entering this unfamiliar mountainous area.

After getting this news, he immediately discussed with Epithenes and Crayrou, and finally decided: until the detailed troop deployment of the enemy in the west is clear, the army will continue to stay in Enna and report the news. His Majesty Davers on the South Coast.

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Although it was already early November, the sun was still scorching hot at noon by the Minoan Sea.

Davos led the main senior generals of the army, but stood by the temporarily restored port, endured the sun exposure, and patiently waited for a huge fleet of ships outside the port to enter.

With the docking of passenger ships, countless soldiers boarded the dock, and the port that had been abandoned for a while suddenly became lively.

“Your Majesty, they are here.” Henipolis reminded in a low voice.

“Go, go meet the hero who conquered the Samonais!” Davos smiled and strode forward.

Others followed.

“Your Majesty!” Alexis also strode to Davos and gave a solemn salute.

“You’ve worked hard!” Davos looked at him with unusual emotion, and after returning the military salute, he also took the initiative to give the general who had made great achievements in battle a strong hug.

“Alexis, you are a little slow, we are missing you!” Amyntas’ mood was a little complicated, but this did not affect the friendship between him and his old comrades, and he also gave him a A warm hug.

Immediately afterwards, generals such as Matonis, Olivers, and Trotiras all greeted him one by one.

“Your Majesty, the commander of the Tenth Legion, Melisanda, is reporting to you!” Melisanda gave the military salute neatly, with an unusually loud voice.

The smile on Davos’ face was even brighter: “Oh, Melisanda, you did a great job in the previous battle! I’m sure your parents must be very proud of you when they saw the battle report! After Samonay’s war ended , have you ever returned home?”

“Not yet.”

“Then make more achievements in the next war with Carthage, and go home full of honor.” Davos patted his shoulder and encouraged road.

“Yes, Your Majesty!”

Then, Melisanda bravely greeted the other generals. Most of the generals present were his stepfather Philisius’ comrades-in-arms. When these people spoke to him in the tone of their elders, he always Kind of awkward.

Another person stepped forward and bowed to Davos with special etiquette: “Hi Davos, hello!” “Captain Paulette

, I didn’t expect you to lead your troops in person, I’m so grateful. !” Davos hurriedly stepped forward to help him up, and said with joy and gratitude.

“For more than 10 years, Portentia has been under the protection of Dionia, relying on your generous assistance, Your Majesty, the tribes of Portentia have survived the difficulties many times, but we have always regretted that we have not had the opportunity to repay this. A lot of kindness, I finally got this opportunity, and of course I have to go all out!”

Paulette’s words were sincere and sincere, Davos nodded repeatedly, but corrected with a smile: “Dio Nia and Potentia are already a family, let’s not talk about kindness and gratitude like outsiders, let’s continue to fight side by side like brothers.”

“Yes! Yes!” Paulette nodded repeatedly in response .

Davos turned his gaze to the other person beside him: “You are… the leader of Tatoni of Abenilum?”

“You remember me?!” Tatoni was a little surprised.

“In the past few years, you have led Abenerum’s team to the Hades celebration in Turui, how can I not remember.” Davos smiled and said solemnly: “This time, thanks to you guys Benelum’s great help, we Dionia finally won the Samona War!”

“You are welcome, we are already a family, aren’t we!” Tatoni responded bluntly.

Davos was stunned for a moment, then laughed and said: “Yes! You are right! It’s my slip of the tongue! I’ll give you a drink at the banquet later!

” Reinforcement leaders of Ni, Caracheni met.

Immediately afterwards, Davos made an exception and held a simple banquet in the tent of the camp to welcome the leaders of the reinforcements of Potentia and Samone. The atmosphere was still warm.

When the banquet was over, the guards removed the leftovers and placed a map of Sicily in the center of the tent, and the military meeting began.

Tolmid, the staff officer of the Ministry of Military Affairs, stood in front of the map with a wooden stick in hand, bowed slightly to Davos, and Davos nodded to him, he turned to face the crowd, and said: ” Ladies and gentlemen, Your Majesty, let me first tell you about the current situation between the enemy and us in Sicily… In Minoa, where we are, we have gathered the First Army, Second Army, Fourth Army, and Sixth Army. , The Roman Reserve Brigade, the First, Second, and Third Cavalry Corps are nearly 50,000 people, and now there are 16,000 people in the Tenth Legion, Botentia reinforcements, and Samone reinforcements, with a total strength of 66,000 people .In the lowland west of Minoa City, the army led by Marco, the military commander of Carthage, built a camp there. According to the information detected by the scouts and the sentries in the past two days, there are about 60,000 infantry and More than 7,000 cavalry—

”

“More than 7,000 cavalry?!” Melisanda exclaimed, and then realized his rudeness, and cast an apologetic look at Thormid.

Thormid took advantage of the situation and said, “Yes, Carthage has a lot of cavalry, and their fighting power is very strong. This is why the Carthaginians have been setting up a battle at the foot of the mountain for the past two days to fight us. The reason why Your Majesty has always avoided fighting with them at this time.”

Thormed said, pointing the stick to a town icon not far north of Minoa City on the map: “This is the town of Sikel. ——Kefaroition, according to the news reported by the soldiers of the Mountain Reconnaissance Brigade, there are more than 30,000 Carthaginian-Sikel combined troops stationed. Our Third Army, the Lucalia Reserve Army, also There are 20,000 Sikel warriors who have occupied Enna and are confronting them.”