Chapter 68 The Samonite Plan

The words of Catemantaros were recognized by everyone. After deliberation, everyone decided to send 10,000 people to assist the Herniki people in defending Ferentirum City.

10,000 soldiers—this is already the largest force that the Volsi people can send. After these 10,000 people leave, the Volsi territory will inevitably be empty of defense, so they entrust the heavy responsibility of defending the Volsi territory to Ahmad. Mintas, this shows that the bloody battle of the First Dionian Legion has won the full trust of the Volsci people.

The Hernigian messenger, who had been hinted by the Volsi, found Amintas in private, hoping to form an alliance with Dionia and obtain the support of this southern power.

Tapirus, already authorized by King Davos, took over the negotiations.

Under the pressure of the situation, the Herniki people soon drew up a draft alliance with Dionia. However, Tapirus reminded the other party that Dionia was unable to send troops to support Herniki in a short time due to lack of food.

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The news that "the Carthaginian army landed in Sicily and attacked the territory of Dionia" also spread to the Samone Mountains, and the Samone Tribal Alliance was also in high spirits.

Although Leskuk believes that the war in Sicily has just begun, the situation is not yet clear, we should wait and see...

However, several other tribal chiefs could no longer wait, and finally passed the decision to "send troops Dionia" at the meeting, but there were some disputes over the direction of the attack.

The leader of Usibek, who attended the meeting on behalf of Kautini, insisted that he should attack the Campania region, attack the weaker Campania alliance, and rescue the more than 2,000 Kautini soldiers who were captured. Thereby enhancing the strength of the Samonite coalition.

Leskuk objected to this. He believed that the dispatch of the Samone Tribal Alliance this time was a declaration of war against Dionia. Therefore, Samona's biggest enemy was the Kingdom of Dionia. How to strike to the greatest extent The Dionysians, weakening the strength of Dionysus, making it suffer defeat in this huge war, and being unable to fight back against the Samonais, are the primary issues for the great leaders to consider.

Then, facing Usibek's angry eyes, Leskuk said loudly: "My suggestion is - attack the Downey area!"

After speaking, he analyzed calmly: "First of all, the Downey area is adjacent to the tribes of Kautini and Pentney, which is convenient for us to send troops. We must know that this time we will lead a lot of soldiers. , food consumption will be a big problem, the short distance means less consumption on the road. And the area where Downey borders us is large, which means that we have more places to attack,

Makes the Dionians unstoppable..."

Pentney chief Badani and Caracheni chief Contruk nodded thoughtfully.

"Secondly, the Downey area is an area newly occupied by the Dionysians only two years ago. As far as I know, the Downeys have not fully surrendered to Dionysian, and the Dionysian army in the Dauri area has also It's only just formed, so our attack will be easier, and it might even cause chaos in the area.

Moreover, now that the Dionysians are at war with the Romans because of the Volsci people, as the war between the two sides expands, Dionysian is likely to send more reinforcements. If we attack Campania, it is very convenient for Dionia to mobilize troops nearby, and when we attack Downey, Dionia faces the difficulty of choosing: should I rescue the Volsci or Downey? "

"Then it goes without saying that the Dionians will definitely send an army to rescue Downey! We are helping Rome, but we have recruited an army for ourselves!" Usibeke questioned angrily.

"What does that matter? We'll just go back to the mountains. It's very convenient anyway." Leskuk said with a smile, "But for the Dionians, it's inconvenient to move the army back and forth. Destroying the Volsci provides more time, and when the Romans have completely conquered the region of Latium, we can even make way for them to attack Campania..."

"Would the Romans listen to you like that?" Usibik sneered.

"As long as the Romans don't want to be retaliated by Dionia in the future, they must take advantage of the present to step up their attack. I heard that the newly elected dictator of Rome, Camelus, is a smart man." The martyr customer said patiently: "And once Dio Nea's troops are sent to deal with the Romans, the Carthaginians, and we can attack Downey again, and even southward to Puchetti, and—"

Lesguk looked at Usibik and said seriously: "We want to capture as many prisoners as possible in Downey, and then ask the Dionysians to exchange the captured Kautini warriors."

Ussibek's eyes lit up and asked anxiously, "Will the Dionysians agree?!"

"According to Davos's previous treatment of his people, he is likely to agree! And if he wants to get the complete subordination of the Downey people, he must agree!" Leskuk said affirmatively.

At this time, Contruk asked: "Why not attack the Potentia region first, in order to retake the lost land (referring to Capusa) of your Shirpini?"

Lesguk was well prepared, he said: "The mountain road in Portentia is rugged, and it will take longer to fully capture it, enough for the Dionysians to mobilize a large army to counterattack. It's a lesson. What's more, there is also Abenirum before the Potentia area, our army is going to pass through it, it is bound to cause a strong reaction from Garni, and it is likely to cause a war, which will violate the Ancient traditions of the Samonais!"

Lesguk said it well and made the old-fashioned Kontruk nodded again and again, and he finally said: "Originally this is an internal affair of your Shirpini tribe, but now Garni has become a serious influence on our entire It is an important issue for the survival of the Samonites, so I suggest that when this war is over, the entire alliance will do its best to force the tribes of Abenerum to expel Gaerni, and you will send a new leader, if Abenerum The tribe refuses to execute it, and we will pray to the god Savoni with the priests of the Samonite priesthood and announce that we will not recognize the Abenerum as the Samonite and wage war against them!"

"I agree with this proposal too!" Usibik immediately agreed.

Immediately, Badani nodded in agreement.

Leskuk hurriedly thanked him and breathed a sigh of relief: the thorn in his throat was finally going to be removed.

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In the military conference room of the Dionysian Palace, Davos and several chief officers of the Military Department spent several days here studying the ongoing war.

The chief of staff, Philisius, stood in the center of the conference room, leaning against the huge topographic map of the Italian peninsula and Sicily carefully sculpted with mud and cement, sticking to the location of Minoa with wooden sticks, and explained: "Your Majesty, the Sicilian commander, Lord Prosusus, wrote to say that he will lead 15,000 soldiers, and then unite with the citizens of friendly city-states, take the initiative to attack Minoa and meet the main force of Carthage. After our Analysis, he has a better chance of winning."

"Prosous is very bold and determined, so let him do it." Davos nodded in appreciation, he had already understood this situation, and said jokingly at the moment: "I'm afraid the eighth The action of the Legion has stimulated Sekelian."

"Yes, Your Majesty. The Clippers of the First and Second Fleet have probed the south and north coasts of Sicily many times, but they have never found any trace of the enemy fleet, which made Lord Sekelian's desire to fight the Carthaginian fleet. Failed to do so," Philisius replied.

Davos frowned, bent over and overlooked the entire map, and said in a deep voice: "Carthage's naval strength is not much different from ours, and it has never fought with us, it is logically impossible to avoid war... Be careful... , the Carthaginian navy rounded Sicily and raided our Italian coast!"

"Our staff has also considered this, and has notified the Third and Fourth Fleet to be more vigilant, and the merchant ships coming and going from various ports have not reported any traces of the Carthaginian Fleet." Tormide said.

"Continue to investigate carefully, don't let down your vigilance. In addition, I remind Sekelian not to be too aggressive, first to ensure the victory of the battle between the Eighth Legion and the Carthaginian Army!" Davos warned.

"Okay, Your Majesty, I will immediately send the Clippers to inform Sekolian." Felixius responded.

Davos turned to look at Quartermaster Alpins: "Can the food supply for the Sicilian fleet be able to handle it?"

"Your Majesty, there is food delivered from Egypt, and Catanai also bears part of it... Barely can support it for about 20 days." Alpins replied earnestly, word by word.

The original quartermaster was Capps, but due to the newly built 11th Corps in Downey and the bad relationship between Dionia and the Samonai this year, Downey is in urgent need of a prestige, experienced battlefield, And the generals with strong administrative ability were sitting in the front. Davers thought about it, and finally decided to send Capps to temporarily serve as the commander of the 11th Legion. The change from the quartermaster to the commander of the 11th Legion was actually a demotion. Davers didn't let him get rid of the quartermaster post. But now is the war, the quartermaster's job is very important, this job must not only be done by someone, but also done well, so Capps recommended his assistant Alpins to act as an agent.

As a senior team officer who also followed Davos back from Persia, compared to his other colleagues, whether in the Senate or in the Legion, Alpuins was always unremarkable and ordinary. After the South-Italian War, he was transferred to the Ministry of Military Affairs as the captain of the light infantry, but he quickly gained a firm foothold with his diligent and down-to-earth work style, and also won the attention of several chief officials. ()

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