Chapter 75 After the First Battle

After listening to Antonios' words, Plegulius stepped forward and gave a military salute, and responded loudly: "When the Fourth Cavalry Corps arrived at the city of Aschrom, the Samonais were attacking the city with all their strength, so defeating them would be a great challenge. It's easier, and this should be attributed to Commander Alexis, who decisively let us march towards Askurom, so that we can have such a fighter!"

"Look, this is your good subordinate." Antonios smiled back at Alexis.

Capps also saluted Plegules, as an important member of the Ministry of Military Affairs, he certainly knew Plegules.

Praglus hurriedly and respectfully returned the salute.

"I don't need to introduce this one." Alexis pointed to Melisanda and said.

"Melisenda, I don't even want to see you." Antonios put on a painful expression and said amazingly, and then changed the subject: "As soon as I saw you, I realized. The kingdom is now young people. In the world, we are all old!"

"Uncle Antonios, you can't be old, Antodoris still needs you to grow up!" Melisanda replied immediately.

Antonios stared: "I'm just old, I'm not dead!"

The crowd laughed, and the shadow of war created by the Samone seemed to be washed away in their laughter.

The soldiers of the 10th and 4th Cavalry Corps went directly to the Downey Barracks, while the five men of Alexis, Antonios, Capus, Precules, and Melisandar went directly to Lucerne Yacheng City Hall, a military meeting was held.

"Now, how is the situation of the 11th Legion?" Alexis asked straight to the point when everyone sat down.

Capps didn't care either, and replied seriously: "Because the Samone invasion was very sudden, the military camp was undergoing rotation training at that time, and there were only more than 2,000 soldiers... These days, legionnaires kept coming to report, and there were already 6,000 soldiers. There are many people. Due to the siege of Askurom and Vibingrum and the occupation of Gruum, some soldiers could not come. I have replaced them with reserve soldiers from Lucenia.

Now the Eleventh Corps has six heavy infantry battalions, one light infantry battalion, and one light armoured battalion, with a total of 8,000 men, and its main combat units are already fully organized. As for whether to recruit the reserve soldiers in the Downey area again, it is up to you, the commander, to make a decision. "

Alexis nodded to show his understanding, and he asked again, "How many troops are invading the Samonites now?"

"The scout cavalry has roughly scouted the three Samonai armies besieging the cities of Ascurum, Vibinrum, and Gruum.

Their number is more than 10,000 people, and some scattered tribal warriors are included, I estimate that there are more than 30,000 people. But so far, we haven't found Kautini's warriors..." Antonios said.

"It seems that the victory of the Third Army in Campania has caused a lot of losses to the Kautini tribe..." Alexis showed a relieved expression, and then he asked with concern: "Gruu How is the situation in Mu City?"

"According to the report of the scout, the Samone people there had withdrawn to the mountains yesterday, but...the people in the city were kidnapped by them!" Antonios said with some anger and some sadness. Now these Towns are under his jurisdiction, and he certainly has the duty to protect the lives of the people of Downey.

"Retreat?" Alexis was slightly surprised, he was lost in thought...

At this time, Antonios said solemnly: "Yesterday, when the Samones were evacuating, they also sent an envoy, asking them to exchange the thousands of Downey prisoners they had captured in exchange for all the Kau that had been captured before. Tiny people!"

"The Samonites are dreaming! We must not agree to their arrogant demands, let those Kautinis go back, command and strengthen the Samonite army, and continue to loot and kill our people!" Da interjected angrily.

Antonios frowned.

"Melisenda, it's not up to you to decide whether to agree to the request of the messenger of Samona." Alexis looked at him and said seriously: "This matter concerns the lives and freedom of thousands of people in Downey. , only His Majesty can make the final decision!"

"Yes! I'm sorry!" Melisanda bowed his head to admit his mistake. He was quick to talk just now, and after being reminded by Alexis, he realized that he only cared about the impact on the war and did not consider the safety of the captured people. The Governor of Downey was sitting in front of him.

Antonios nodded at him, forgiving his momentary Meng Lang, and then said: "I have sent a messenger to Turii quickly to report this matter to His Majesty, I believe I will get an answer in two days."

Alexis nodded, this was not something he could worry about, he looked at the map of the Downey area on the wooden table in the center of the conference room, and said slowly: "As soon as our reinforcements arrived, the Samonais began to Pulled back, it looks like they're scared of us, but I don't think they'll end the attack on Dionia..."

"I agree with you. The Samonais have been with us for so many years. They should know very well that they broke the alliance and started war against us without authorization. Even if they want to truce against us at this moment, His Majesty will never forgive me. They! However, from the current situation, it seems that the Samonais do not want to have a head-to-head battle with us." Capps also expressed his opinion.

"The Tenth Corps, Eleventh Corps, and Fourth Cavalry Corps are now concentrated in the Downey area, and the Ninth Corps will arrive in a day or two. At that time, we will have a strong military force of more than 30,000 people, even if the Samonais Including the Kautini tribe, there may be more than 40,000 people, and we can completely defeat them in frontal battles, so there is no need to recruit reserve soldiers for the time being. However, most of the Samonai army is light infantry, they move quickly and are very It may avoid us and attack the eastern part of the Downey area, so-Antonios." Alexis pondered for a while, and said: "I am going to let the reserves of the towns in the Downey area gather and return to the city's The chief executive temporarily commanded to strengthen the defense of the town. Once attacked by the Samone, it can hold on until our rescue arrives, so this may affect the spring planting in the Downey area!"

"Don't worry about the spring sowing, I will make appropriate arrangements." Antonios waved his hand and made a confident promise.

"Pregulus, send your cavalry out to closely monitor the borders of the Downey area, detect the enemy's movements, and report immediately."

"Yes, Lord Commander."

"Now let's wait for the arrival of the Ninth Legion, and at the same time observe the movements of the Samone people, and judge what they will do next..."

Just as Alexis finished speaking, Melisanda continued: "Lord Commander, I think the reserves of the towns in Puchetti should also be assembled to strengthen the defenses of the towns, because... because of Samonei People are likely to worry about being surrounded and suppressed by our heavy troops in the Downey area, and turn to attack the empty Puchetti area..." Melisanda said this actually has his own selfishness, because his Tenth Corps barracks In Puchetti, where most of the soldiers came from, he certainly didn't want Puchetti to be attacked and affect the morale of his legionnaires.

Alexis was awakened by Melisanda's words, and he was about to answer when he heard the young army commander who had been stationed in the Puchetti area for many years and was very familiar with the terrain there, continued: "... Rosa's territory needs to be heavily defended because it is adjacent to the mountains of Samone and has a history of being conquered by the Samone..."

Alexis quickly approached the map, his eyes fixed on the northwest corner of the Puchetti area, and he broke into the area in the mountains.

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Two days later, the Ninth Legion led by Tiger Delos arrived in Lucernia and joined the army.

At the same time, Ancitanos, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, brought the will of King Davos, and soon held talks with the Samone envoys who stayed in the city of Lucenia.

Ancitanos said to the Samone messenger with a solemn expression: "His Majesty Davos is very concerned about the captured people of Dawnee, he once said, 'The life of every Dionysian people is extremely precious, unmatched by the people of other Mediterranean city-states and countries', so he agreed without hesitation to exchange all the Kautini captives for all the Dauni people plundered by your Samonais. The Monet believe in the promise of His Majesty Davos, please release all the plundered Douni people immediately, and Dionia will release all Cautini captives in Campania!"

Dionysius Davos' reputation for keeping his promises is well-known throughout southern Italy. If he can get his promise, how could the Samone messenger disagree.

However, Ancitanos, who received a clear response from the messenger, looked at him again and said with a serious expression: "Since the agreement has been reached, Dionia will ensure that all released Kautini captives are in good health. Make the same promise to ensure that none of the captive people of Downey suffer any major harm!"

The Samone messenger hesitated, but he knew very well in his heart: these wolves and uncontrollable warriors would inevitably beat and scold the captives, and they would not suppress their vigorous energy for women...

Therefore, he reluctantly said: "We... will do our best to ensure the safety of the prisoners..."

Ancitanos stared at him with piercing eyes, and said sharply: "Before he came, His Majesty Davos once said, 'The lives of the people of Dionia are much more precious than the lives of the Samones! If you hurt a person, In the future, if we capture Samonai prisoners again, we will have one life to pay! If one person dies, we will have three lives to pay!'