Chapter 173 Reinforcement

"General Cykrian really wants to do this!" Flalios responded immediately.

"The soldiers took a full day off yesterday, and they stayed on the ship again today. They are still full of energy and spirit. But look at now—" Hiros pointed to the densely packed troop transport ships waiting on the dock, and said anxiously: "More than 6,000 soldiers have come ashore, and I don't know how long it will take! And I was the administrator of Cosenza, and I know how big the city of Knapetia is. Just helping to resettle the refugees in Trina is probably enough. Fill the city of Knapetia with people."

"You don't have to worry about accommodation, I will try my best to arrange it! If you can't live there, you can still camp outside the city." Asisters said confidently.

"I know that there are mountains outside the city of Knapetia, and camping here, I might as well camp on the plain in front, the soldiers will sleep better." Hiros was unmoved and continued: "And You have been monitoring Trina's movements, and Trina's enemies are probably watching here at all times. Our fleet has stayed outside the port for so long, will the enemy not know! They know of our arrival, even if they want Bernian is attacked, and they will also strengthen the defense of Trina! Instead, it is better that I lead the army to attack Trina first, attract Hibernian's defenders to come to the rescue, and Sekelian will lead Lijim. People attacking Hibernian, which is empty of defense, have a higher probability of success!"

After saying this, the other people were a little moved. In fact, both Asistes and Flarios understood that the reason why Cykrian designated the plan was actually selfish, and wanted Dionia's army to obtain more There are many records, but Hiros doesn't care about the achievements at the moment, but more about how to benefit the whole battle situation.

"Actually, whether it's attacking Trina or Hibernian, it's not the most important thing! The most important thing is—" Hiros looked at Asistus and said with a serious expression: "The army led by Your Majesty is now We are facing off against the Syracuse army in Crotone. The sooner we attack the enemy's rear, the sooner we can fall into the passive position of the enemy and let His Majesty gain the initiative, so that we can better defeat the main force of Syracuse and obtain this. Victory in a war! I've lost a lot of time in Laos, and now we must act as soon as possible!"

Yasis was deeply moved by Hiros's words from the bottom of his heart, and immediately stated: "I understand, Hilo is an adult! I will not stop you from landing in Ophemia, I will organize manpower to deliver food, grass and luggage to the troops. , and immediately gather a thousand soldiers, set off from the land, and go to Ophemia to meet you!"

"Lord Hiros, I'm going to recruit Trina citizens now, they've been looking forward to this day!" Blomaras said excitedly.

"Lord Hiros, my warship will set off with you, and I want to let General Cykrian get the news as soon as possible!" Flarios also said immediately.

"Okay, let's meet in Trina!" Hiros solemnly gave a military salute.

"Ugh,

Originally, I prepared a banquet tonight, and I wanted to invite you to my house as a guest, and meet my wife and children by the way. It seems that there is no chance this time! "Asisters sighed and gave a few words to a port official beside him. The man hurriedly ran to the dock, directed the ship, and combed the channel so that the troop carrier could leave the port smoothly.

"Lord Hiros, may Hades bless you with everything going well!" After Asisters sent his sincere blessings, he asked: "Lord Henepolis, are you willing to come to my house as a guest, by the way? Can I talk to you about how to be your majesty's secretary?"

Henepolis was a little moved, and he turned to look at Shiros.

Hiros suggested: "You should stay in Knapetia, and it's not too late to meet him after His Majesty leads the army into the Plain of Ophemia."

Henepolis hesitated for a moment, and finally said: "Lord Asistes, thank you for your invitation! I came with Lord Hiros, so let's go with him."

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Yesterday, they were attacked with rockets by the Syracuses for most of the day. Lysias and others led the citizens to work until evening. Tired and thirsty, they fell directly on the square outside the temple and slept until dawn.

The rocket attack of Syracuse, which worried them the most, did not come again, and looking down from the acropolis, they could not see a shadow of an enemy. After deliberation, Lysias, Miron and others who were surprised decided. Send people out to investigate.

In fact, the envoys sent from the Acropolis to the Dionysian camp many times yesterday were able to return safely. They were already well aware of the Syracuse people's intentions, but this only slightly weakened Lycias. These Crotone executives resented that Dionysus did not lend a helping hand.

The spies quickly returned to the Acropolis to report: not only could there be no enemies inside the city, but the Syracuse camp outside the city had also disappeared!

Lysias looked at Miron in surprise and surprise, and said in disbelief: "Did the Syracuses retreat?!"

"Very likely," Miron said thoughtfully. "If Syracuse's army were to attack Camp Dionia on the north bank of the Neto River, their own camp would not be demolished."

"So we can leave the Acropolis!" Hisprotis said excitedly, licking his dry lips.

His words received enthusiastic responses from others. He hadn't drank water for most of the day, and everyone's throat was smoking.

Lycias couldn't make up his mind at the moment, and asked hesitantly, "Miron, what do you think?"

"As far as I know, Dionysius was an extremely cunning person, he may deliberately lure us out of the city, and then let his thousands of cavalry come back quickly. Most of us are women, children and old people. Once we get off the acropolis, it is very difficult to Escape from their pursuit!" Miron said worriedly.

"Are we going to stay in the Acropolis to die of thirst because we are worried that it is a trick of the Syracuses?!" Sitiprotis asked loudly.

"Of course not." Miron said sternly: "We can send people to continue to investigate the movements of the Syracuses in the south, and at the same time send messengers to ask the Dionians on the north bank of the Neto River for protection, and we can also ask them Send a fleet to transport water to the port, and take advantage of the fact that there are no enemies in the city, and then transport the water to the Acropolis..."

"Good idea, let's do it like this!" Lucias made a decision immediately, and the others also agreed.

At this moment, the messenger sent by Davos arrived at the Acropolis.

News that "the Dionian army has crossed the river" cheered Crotone executives, but they were nervous about Davos' speculation about "a possible battle with the Syracuses."

"Although I was a little dissatisfied with the 'indifference' of the Dionians before, they really crossed the river, and I don't want them to come..." Lycias said with a solemn expression.

"Yeah." Miron felt the same way, and he said contradictingly: "According to the messenger's description, the number of Dionia's army is about 55,000 people, and according to what I learned earlier about the Siracusa army's siege The situation, they probably have no less than 70,000 soldiers, a difference of more than 10,000! If Dionia and Syracuse will really fight here today, we must give Dionia our full assistance! Otherwise..."

"This is a must! If Dionia also loses, we will all become slaves of the Sicilian tyrant!" Cypros arrived at the high-level council meeting in Crotone at some point and said loudly: "We The Trina decided to rush to join Dionia's army at once!"

Crotone's MPs looked at each other and then chatted.

In the end, Lycias said loudly: "We Crotone will also send General Miron to lead most of the Crotone citizens to join Dionia's army!"

Miron squeezed out a smile: "I just happened to bring the civic soldiers to ask for a glass of water!"

He wanted to relax the atmosphere of the venue, but everyone looked nervous and no one laughed.

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Just as Crotone gathered more than 4,000 soldiers and Cypros led Trina's nearly 900 people down the mountain, Dionia's army had reached the front of the former camp of Syracuse.

Dionysius relied on the strength of his troops. In addition to building a tighter defense facility on the side facing Asprostum, the camp on this side in the core area of ​​Crotone only set up He had built earth barriers, wooden fences, and did not even dig trenches. He even hoped that the Crotones would come out of the city and attack the camp, just in time to inflict heavy damage on them. Therefore, when retreating, it is enough to push down the earth wall, which does not greatly hinder the progress of the Dionysian army.

At this moment, Davos received the report of the scout: the Syracuse army stopped retreating, and quickly turned around, approaching them, and the enemy cavalry also began to attack, driving Dionia's cavalry.

Dionysius is here! Due to the speculation and preparations in this regard, Davos was not too surprised. The more he thought about it, he issued an order: "The entire army retreats slowly, and at the same time beware of enemy cavalry attacks! Inform Ryders, Don't fight recklessly with the enemy's cavalry, withdraw first!"

Despite his doubts, Thormed rushed to issue the military order.

Because the Dionysian army did not adopt the usual method of marching in columns after crossing the river, but lined up and marched southward together with a large front, the troops of more than 50,000 people stretched for seven years from west to east. Eight miles long, in order to ensure the rapid transmission of military orders, Davos and Thormid discussed a method, that is, there are two messengers every 1,000 meters behind the entire team to ensure that Davos and each other. The speed and ease of communicating orders back and forth between regiments.

The 7th Legion was at the far right of the main force, adjacent to the Tachnadi River. After listening to the words of the messenger, Legion Commander Matonis expressed incomprehension: "Why retreat?! The enemy is chasing, and retreating at this time will only lead to a drop in morale and confusion of the formation! We should go up and fight the enemy!  … "