Chapter 63 Attack of the Samonei

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 different...their helmets were very similar to ours, and they were not holding round copper shields, but long shields similar to ours..."

"Ah?!" The Samona leaders were all surprised.

"It is 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 leaders were in a commotion: "When did the Greeks begin to learn our tactics?"

"The Dionysians have never contacted us, how could they possibly learn our tactics?"

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When the leader was talking about it, Veroni asked with concern: "Then Dionia's heavy infantry is not equipped with the same equipment as our heavy infantry?"

"Not the same. Their breastplates are more protective, covering the arms, chest, back, crotch and thighs, and greaves on the calves..."

"That is to say, we will suffer when we throw face-to-face javelins." Capos leader Lusani 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.

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"What the leader of Quinduk said was our decades of experience in dealing with Greek heavy infantry. The mountains are the world of our Samonais. If the Dionysians dare to come in, we will let them never get out! "Luthany exclaimed loudly.

"That's right! Kill the Dionysians! Let them know how powerful we Samonais are!" Many leaders responded.

"But... the Dionysians were not just heavy infantry." Gellney had to remind these overconfident leaders: "They also had archers, harpooneers without armor and shields, and a Light infantry armed with small shields and short swords, they are also very fast in the mountains, I guess they may be Lucanians... And what should attract our attention is that no matter how heavy the Dionian army is Infantry, archers, javelinmen, and the kind of light infantry, the cooperation between them is quite tacit, obviously after a long period of training, and the Greek city-state citizens who were temporarily recruited in Campania are obviously different. …”

After Gellney finished speaking, the leaders fell into deep thought.

At this time, Veronica 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 Dare to come, then we will let them taste the power of Samonai warriors!"

His words lifted the spirits of the leaders.

"Quinduk, you lead 7,000 Kautini warriors to stay in the camp, and the other leaders lead all your warriors with me to attack the incoming Dionians."

"Big Chief, you mean all the Shilpini warriors?" Lesguk asked in surprise.

"Yes, 25,000 Shilpini warriors!" Veroni 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." He said proudly: "This time, I will eat this Dionysian army that dares 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 fight back and forth with you to annihilate them!"

"Understood." Quinn Duke's eyes flashed coldly.

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"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, those The leaders of the Bruti tribe, as well as herdsmen, are lining up in front of your official residence every day, wanting to see you... Haha, I've been the chief executive for more than a year, so I can't bear to get rid of it!"

"Sir, don't make fun of me. Next time, no matter how much you persuade me, I don't want to go to Brute region to be the chief executive." Felixius shook his head with a wry smile: "The people there don't believe it at all. Judge, no matter how big the dispute is, come to me, the chief executive, if it wasn't for the full assistance of Hegsitus (the former chief of the Siren tribe), I don't think I would have stayed in Cosenza for three months at all."

"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. I believe that you will be appointed as the chief executive of other cities. For you, It's very easy." Davos praised him with a smile: "Come on, let's go in and talk about it."

The two sides sat down, and the slave offered 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 A letter has been sent, asking them to cooperate actively, and the messenger has already been sent. 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 felt confident, and his expression relaxed a lot, but he continued: "My lord, you asked us to fortify in Corenia and Trina, but now Thera Kuza did not declare war, will Coulonia and Trina allow us to set up camps on their land in advance? And if Syracuse declares war, the army will land in Locle quickly, but our coalition forces come from various city-states , it takes a lot of time to gather together, not to mention rushing to Coulonia and Trina to build a camp. If the camp is not built, the army of Syracuse has already broken through Coulonia. manage?"

"This is indeed a problem. After the war, there will be many unexpected factors, and no one can make an accurate prediction." Davers tapped the handrail with his fingers, pondered for a long time, and finally said: "You try your best to follow the original plan. Do it, if it doesn't work, try to preserve our strength and don't fight blindly. But there is a bottom line that you must keep in mind!"

Davos tapped heavily on the table with his fingers, and said firmly: "Defend Knapetia and Asprostum, and help the Crotone people to defend Crotone City! Only this line of defense is required. Without losing, we will be able to keep the enemy out of the territory and accumulate strength for the counterattack!"

"Okay, my lord, I will defend 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, in the What about our rear landing?"

Davos was a little disappointed by Felixius's forward thinking. He said impatiently, "It is not so easy to land tens of thousands of soldiers on our land. Don't we have two new legions. And this is not What you should be concerned about is Cykrian's business."

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"Secrian, once the war between Dionia and Syracuse 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'..."