Chapter 183 Amyntas' Concession

"We should fight with all our strength, but don't think too highly of the Romans!" Amyntas said confidently: "Our loss yesterday was not small, and it stands to reason that the Romans should continue to attack today to gain more advantages. , but it's almost noon now, why didn't the Romans attack again?!"

Amintas raised his head, looked at the crowd, and said loudly: "I'm sure the Romans suffered more, because they were sieging the city! This kind of loss actually caused more than 60,000 soldiers to attack for three consecutive days. The Roman army can't organize an attack today, they are afraid!"

"The commander is right!" Telis took over the conversation and said, "According to the news from the city of Rome, Roman civilian soldiers have been fleeing the camp in front of them for the past two days and fleeing back to the city of Rome. Moreover, not only did the Roman army not only There were Romans, as well as the armies of Latin and Etruscan city-states, and the Romans may not care about casualties, but can these allied armies withstand such large casualties?!”

"Lord Telis is right!" Amyntas slapped the back of the chair with his hand again and said loudly: "The Roman army has a complex source of soldiers and is not as united as our army, as long as we can repel it a few more times. If we attack, the enemy will probably collapse, and then it will be our time to attack, so you must encourage your soldiers to keep on defending, don’t let up, and victory will eventually belong to us!”

After listening to Clotokatax, he turned his head to look at Amyntas again, although his father told him privately, "Amyntas fought too bravely, and he did not consider the issues carefully and comprehensively. During the battle, the casualties of the army were often too large, which was not suitable for him. To be the head coach of the army...", but Clotokatax felt at the moment that Amyntas had a strong energy that was not afraid of failure and was always brave and enterprising, which could well inspire the fighting spirit of the officers and soldiers under his command. Moment played the role of the mainstay.

"Everyone, while the enemy hasn't attacked today, organize the soldiers and the people in the city to hurry up and try to block the gap! If it can't be blocked, set up traps near the gap..." Finally, he asked, "What else do you want to add?"

Giorgris immediately said: "Lord Commander, when I came, I met Lord Stacey Cordas, and he asked me to tell you that there are too many wounded in the medical camp now, and there are not enough herbs..."

"Sir Stacey Cordas should come and tell me about such an important matter!" Amintas complained, but he completely forgot that he had never called people from the medical camp to attend the military meetings in the past few days. , and he has been fighting at the top of the city for the rest of the time, how could Stacey Cordas see him.

Clotokatax blinked, and through the contacts in the past few days, he found that this may be one of the biggest shortcomings of Amintas-too arbitrary, and it is no wonder that his father is a little worried about him.

Giorgris hesitated for a moment and said, "Master Stacey Cordas has been busy treating the wounded for the past two days. I'm afraid he can't find time."

Telis also said immediately: "For a while,

I'll send someone to the port to inform the men of Agums (the great herbalist in Turiyi) to see if they have any herbs in storage. If not, have them shipped from the kingdom as soon as possible. "

"Well, I'll leave this matter to you." Amintas said simply, and then looked at the others: "Are there any other questions? No, just go and do your own task."

As soon as he finished speaking, a guard hurried into the hall: "Report to the commander, His Majesty the King sent a messenger, saying that there is an urgent military order to convey!"

Amyntas was stunned for a moment, and said hurriedly, "Let him in."

After a while, the messenger entered the hall, and Clotokatax recognized him as Athenarus, the young counselor by his father's side.

Asinarus quickly glanced at everyone in the hall, then looked at Amyntas, and said respectfully: "Commander Amyntas, all legion commanders and lords, I am under the order of His Majesty Davos to come to Austria. Sitia, convey his latest order!" With that, he held the papyrus scroll tied with black thread in both hands and presented it to Amyntas.

Amyntas unfolded the scroll of papyrus, first with a happy expression on his face, then his expression became solemn, his eyes looked directly at Asinarus, and there was a trace of anger in his words: "Are you sure this is a warrant written by His Majesty himself?! Not What do you mean by the staff?!"

Asinarus said without being humble or arrogant: "Lord Commander, you don't know Your Majesty's handwriting and his seal, right?! Besides, Your Majesty led the army to go on an expedition, how can our staff dare to issue orders privately!"

"What the hell is going on?" Olivers quickly interjected, seeing that the atmosphere was not right.

"Your Majesty wants us to... evacuate Ostia!" Amyntas slammed his hand on the back of the chair again.

Everyone was amazed: after all, the soldiers fought bloody battles for three days and paid a lot of casualties, and Ostia, which was just trying to defend, actually wanted to give it up, which was unacceptable to anyone.

Therefore, even Georgris asked: "Does Your Majesty think we can't keep Ostia?"

"Your Majesty did not explain the original intention of His Majesty's warrant!" Athenarus glanced at Amyntas and explained seriously: "Yesterday, we have captured Kathrela and Wei Ai, Keith. Leyla's port is not far from the mouth of the Tiber, and can accommodate more ships. In view of the continuous storming of Ostia by the Roman army, our army has suffered more casualties. In order to ensure that we have enough in the next battle. strength, and there is no need to fight with an army that has lost its homeland and has no hope here, His Majesty Davos decided - please be careful not to want-"

Asinarus secretly sneered at Amyntas here, and then said in a more serious tone: "The soldiers of the three legions quickly withdrew to the north bank of the Tiber, and then returned to Rome by land, the other troops, as well as Osti All the people, materials, and prisoners of Asia will be transferred to Keslera! If possible, completely burn Ostia, completely cut off the possibility of the Roman army wanting to use the port of Ostia, and attack their fighting spirit! Terry! Sir Si is in charge of commanding the evacuation of the entire city, and everyone must obey his orders! After arriving at Kes Leila, Master Telis took over as the chief executive of Kes Leila city... This is the entire content of the warrant, please obey Your Majesty's order, execute it immediately!"

Just as Asinarus was speaking, Olivers and the others were already reading Davos' warrant.

"Indeed, His Majesty's warrant said so!" Olivers said loudly.

"This is good, our soldiers can reduce unnecessary casualties!" Georgris smiled.

In the past few days, due to the continuous siege of the city by the Romans, the arrival of various legions, and Amyntas as the commander... The whole city is revolving around the war, and Telis is more like a general under Amyntas. The command came and the command went, and because the soldiers under him were ineffective, he was criticized by Amintas. As the chief executive of this small town, it is impossible to say that he has no grievances. But the shrewd man would not show the joy of regaining power at this time, so he remained silent, but in his mind he devised a plan for how to evacuate as soon as possible without being discovered by the enemy.

Although Amintas admitted in his heart that the Roman army's attack had caused a lot of casualties, but retreating before winning was like admitting defeat before he fought, and he was really unwilling.

Clotokatax saw Amyntas resting his hands on the back of the chair, staring straight at Asinarus, and kept silent. His aura was like a beast ready to pounce at any time. He subconsciously reached out and touched it. Touching the secret order given to him by his father in his arms, he realized at this time that these senior generals who usually greeted him with a smile were not as obedient as he thought at certain critical moments, but he was very obedient to his father. confidence in the prestige.

"Lord Commander, we should carry out His Majesty's order immediately!" Olivers suddenly shouted again.

Giorgris also continued: "Yeah, you should be ready to evacuate while the Romans are not attacking!"

The successive statements of the two legionnaires made Amyntas look away. He looked at Olivers and Geogris, and after a while, he said sullenly: "Then let Lord Telis be responsible for arranging the retreat. Let's do something..."

After he finished speaking, he stood up and walked out of the hall.

The rest of the people looked at each other and breathed a sigh of relief.

If one day, you can lead the army to fight, how can you make these generals obey orders? Crotokatax is thinking silently...

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Camelus came out of the camp where he was treating the wounded, with a heavy heart. The tragic scene of the camp full of struggling wounded people lingered in front of his eyes. Trance.

"Father, be careful!" Lucius grabbed Camelus, who was about to fall.

"Lucius...you said, I insisted on taking Ostia...isn't it wrong?" Camelus murmured while supporting his son's shoulders.

"Father, if we don't attack Ostia, are we going to attack Rome?! Father, don't think about it, Titus, Aulus, Quintus all agree with your plan, it's so difficult now In this case, we can only have hope by forcing Dionysians to carry out peace talks with us by continuously killing and wounding Dionian soldiers and capturing Ostia!" Lucius said solemnly.

"In the past few days, there have been 20,000 casualties!..." Camelus sighed long. He has always cherished the lives of soldiers, and has always been known for his skillful fighting skills and small casualties. This time, such a large casualty was the result of the plan he made.