Chapter 55 Dionia's War Potential

"Crotone people, tell me, let's hear how much appetite Crotone has, and wants to take advantage of our Dionia!" Amintas, Skomblas and other elders began He shouted, and the feeling of guilt just now suddenly became the same enemy.

Lycias glanced at Davos: This young man should not be underestimated!

He cleared his throat and said loudly with a normal expression: "The Crotone League and Crimea demand that Dionia compensate Crimesa five hundred talents for what Crimea has done in this battle. Huge loss—"

"What! Five hundred talents!! You're crazy about money!!!" Mersis exclaimed.

Lysias ignored it, looked around the crowd, and continued: "Secondly, in order to prevent the aggressive Dionia from invading the neighboring city-states again, we ask Dionia to dissolve the alliance and allow Amendolara and Niutu. Mu independence, abolish the alliance!"

"What?! Did I hear it wrong?! What right does Crotone have on us!"

"We will never agree, this is a humiliation to Dionia!"

"Get out! Dare to say such things to the Dionysian Senate, are you crazy!"

"A fool would agree to such a request! Only a fool would make such a request!"

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The venue exploded, and the elders scolded one after another. The grumpy ones such as Amyntas and Scombras even went up to beat Lycias, and were beaten by Kunogolata, Cornerus and others. Stop, mess up.

Lysias and Antaoris looked at all this indifferently like outsiders, as if they were not the cause of the mess, until Davos stepped forward and said, "Did you hear it! This is our answer!"

He said loudly, word by word, "No-promise-yes!"

"That means war, because you violated the agreement first." Lycias said sternly.

"Then war is fine. Isn't that the real intention of your coming here?" Davers had seen through their actions, and he didn't bother to argue with him anymore.

His understated attitude made Lysias not see the expected reaction, as if he punched an empty fist and said subconsciously: "War! I'm talking about the war between Crotone and Dionia!"

Davos smiled slightly, turned around and said, "Are we afraid of going to war with Crotone?"

"Great! I can finally fight again!"

"I can't wait to beat Crotone hard!"

"We beat Crotone once, and we can beat it a second time! This time we're going to burn Crotone!"

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Faced with the high fighting spirit of the elders, Lysias, who was unexpected, felt a little uneasy.

"Kunogolata, please write down the request of Clotone just now, it will be used in the next negotiation." Daves said suddenly.

"The next negotiation?" Lycias wondered.

"Yes, after the war is over!"

Lycias froze in his heart, he saw the fighting spirit burning in Davos' eyes...

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After the messenger was sent away, the atmosphere at the venue was still warm. Compared with the former mercenary elders who had a high fighting spirit, the elders of Amendolara and Turui expressed more concerns about the upcoming war.

Kunogolata's words are very representative: "Lord Consul, are we sure that we will fight Crotone? Crotone has been a strong state in Greater Greece for decades, and it also has a powerful Alliance, it can organize an army of 30,000 to 40,000 people! Moreover, it has 25 three-layer oar warships. We don't even have a warship. Once the war begins, Crotone can easily block our Port. This time, I'm afraid it won't make the mistake of underestimating the enemy and neglecting the last time..."

Davos listened carefully and looked around at the people in front of him. He could feel their fear of Crotone, especially the Turians. That was the power accumulated in their hearts by Crotone's three destructions.

He thought for a while, and just as he was about to answer, a voice suddenly interjected: "I said long ago that I want to drive away those damn mercenaries, you don't listen, and now we have Crotone's revenge! We Some people should be held accountable first for indulging them!" It was Polyxis who spoke.

Agarcia they glared at him.

"Did I say it wrong!" Polyxis glared back, not to be outdone.

"Now that the war has broken out, there is no point in arguing about it. All of us should unite and overcome the difficulties together, not to create differences and weaken our strength!" Burkes persuaded his friend.

"It is precisely because this incident led to the war that we need to find out the problem so as to avoid similar incidents in the future!" Polyxis stubbornly retorted.

At this time, Antonios stood up and said: "As an inspector, many people have recently reported to me that when the city of Turii was being rebuilt, Bulcos, Plessinas and other elders often went to the people's homes to offer condolences and express their condolences. I apologize, but some people, who were the main assistants of Neonsis, were very responsible for the burning of Turiyi, but they swaggered in and out of the Senate every day, and did not have the slightest remorse for the people of Turiyi. We will conduct a thorough investigation to prevent similar incidents from happening again..."

Pollux's face changed greatly.

But Davos asked, "Polyxis, do you think this issue should be investigated clearly?"

"I...I..." Polyxis trembled slightly under Davos' sharp eyes.

"Antonios, just like what Burkes said, now we should unite to deal with this life-and-death war, and other things will be put on hold for the time being." Davos's calm voice penetrated into Pollux's ears, and he felt as if he was confused. Amnesty, suddenly relaxed, and slumped on the stone bench.

Antonios glanced at Pollux with contempt, then turned around and said, "Okay, Your Excellency Consul."

Davos said with a relaxed expression: "Sorry, I was interrupted just now, what I want to say is that, my lords, you are all busy with your own affairs during this time, and I am afraid you don't know much about the military strength that the alliance has now. Scomblas, do you think the number of citizens in our alliance is still more than 5,000?"

The stubborn old man Scombras stroked his beard and said with a laugh, "It must be more than that! Now there are more than 6,000 citizens in the city of Amendolara. I am talking about more than 6,000 citizens. I don't really know, but it's definitely a lot."

"Let's let the military officer Felixius tell us how many citizens there are." After Davos finished speaking, Felixius stood up: "My lord, the numbers I announce below are Turii and Amendo. The number of Lara and Niutum who have participated in military training and have been incorporated into the army is lower than the total number in the household registration statistics of Lord Raphias. This is because citizens over the age of forty-five and some special professions. , Citizens under the key protection of the city-state, such as doctors, engineers, scholars, etc., have not been added to the military training system of the citizen soldiers.”

The elders nodded and turned their attention to Felixius.

"There are about 5,500 citizens of Amendolara who have participated in military training for more than three months, about 4,300 people in Niutum, and 14,800 people in Turii. Seeing the surprised expressions of the elders, Felixius continued to explain in detail: "There are 7,000 official citizens among them, and the rest are all reserve citizens. At the end of December last year, the consul ordered me to They carried out a preliminary reorganization into three regiments.

The First Legion was mainly composed of veterans and reserve citizens of Amendolara.

The 2nd Legion consisted mainly of the citizens and reserve citizens of Turii, commander Drax.

The Third Legion was mainly composed of citizens and reserve citizens of Niutum, with Hieronymus as its commander and Bagul as its first commander.

The number of regular combat soldiers in each legion is now 7,000, and the three legions total 21,000. In addition, there was a reserve force of 3,600 people, totaling about 24,600 people. In addition, there are three hundred cavalry, led by Ryders..."

"Philicius did not mention the freedmen with household registration. In fact, we can organize 10,000 to 20,000 trained freemen to fight as light infantry. In addition, Laos can provide us with 2,000 to 3,000 With human reinforcements, Castron can provide not many troops, but there are at least fifty cavalry..." Davos looked at the crowd and said in a passionate voice: "If the whole army is overwhelmed, we can at least shoot Nearly 50,000 troops! Considering the need to guard the ports of Niutum and Turii, the actual number of troops must be far less than this number, but it is not too different from Crotone's troops! Ladies and gentlemen, please You can rest assured that since the establishment of the alliance, the situation of playing more with less will not happen again, and we have the ability to compete with Crotone on land!" Davos's words lifted the spirits of the elders, Amintas They shouted confidently: "When there were few people in the past, we were not afraid of Crotone, and now Crotone is no longer our opponent!"

"As for the sea." Davos looked at Kunogolata and said, "We really can't do anything about Crotone, but what else can Crotone's fleet do other than block our port. As long as it dares to enter the mouth of the Corati, we will wipe it all out! And our cavalry will keep watch on the beaches from Amendolara to Castellon, to prevent the Crotones from sneaking in. I believe Croto As long as the wife has a normal mind, he will not do such a risky thing. Dionia and Crotone are so close, the victory or defeat can only be determined by the battle on land!"