Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 22: Prince Adoris

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"An...Opole." Elems gestured, speaking in blunt Greek.

The young man took out a drachma from the purse he was carrying, threw it to Elems, then squatted down, holding up a wooden tube, which hollowed out, polished and painted the center of the fist-thick trunk The simple wooden cup made afterwards, the cup is full of milky white slurry, held in the hand, heavy. The young man did not dislike its simplicity. First, he took a sip, and after tasting it, his face was surprised: "It tastes very good. You mix goat milk and grape juice in the syrup. You should also add honey. It's just goat milk. There is no smell, how did you do it?"

The young man speaking is Adoris, the adopted son of King Dionian Daves. He has turned 18 and participated in this war against Downey as a legionary soldier for the first time. Although he has no interest in cooking a dish, he can taste delicious food at home all the year round, and he has some refreshments in this regard.

Erams pretended not to understand, and bowed his head to find change.

Adoris did not question any more, took out a drachma, and threw it to him: "Stop looking for it. Bring me ten cups of slurry." He looked around and said, "Brothers train. It’s hard work. I treat my guests and drink some syrup to quench my thirst."

His teammates cheered immediately: "Thank you Adoris! Generous Adoris!..."

Erams and his wife hurriedly filled each wooden cup with water and handed it to the thirsty soldiers.

"I said the prince, don't just invite your teammates to drink water, but also us! We are also very thirsty!" a soldier shouted not far from the entrance of the market.

Prince? ! Elems looked curiously at the young man in front of him. In his memory, the "Prince" was named Vadarka, the son of Tremoni, the former king of Puchetti. In the Battle of Brindisi, Tremoni died in the battle, and the tribal warriors directly under him were almost completely lost. As a result, the power of the royal family was greatly damaged after the war, and there was chaos in Puchetti, and Valdarka had no "prince". "The name, but because he can't get the support of any big tribe, he can't become a new king. After the Dionian invasion, Vadarka took his family and fled to Epirus on the other side of the Adriatic Sea by boat.

The young man in front of him was tall and burly, with big eyes and thick eyebrows. Unfortunately, the remaining childishness on his face concealed his mighty power. Elems didn't know whether the term "prince" was true or false.

Adonis turned around and cursed: "Anphias, you shout arrogantly, believe it or not, I won't let you drink water today!"

The soldier was not afraid. He responded with a grin: "As long as you treat me, I won't shout."

Adoris glared at him, but he couldn't help it. After the South-Italian War, Dionia almost completely occupied Great Greece. Crotone was forced by the situation. At the same time, they had to rely entirely on Dionia to rebuild the new city and restore the prosperity of the past, so the people finally chose Incorporated into the Kingdom of Dionian, Crotone's esteemed councillors such as Lucias and Miron were elected and became the veterans of Dionian. Anfias was the son of Lucias and came to Tu Lee, and became a classmate of Adoris at Turri School. When Adoris became an adult, in order to avoid too much care, he specifically requested Daves to be a soldier in the Fourth Army with Crotone as the center, thinking that no one would know him. Who knows that I met Anfias in the Fourth Army. It turned out that this guy did not register his household registration in Turei when he became an adult, but chose the birthplace of Crotone. The identity of Adoris was leaked.

Adoris understands the personality of Anfias's dead skinny face. He looks around the market, turns around and points to the clay pot beside the stall, and asks: "How much is your pot of slurry?"

Erams’s heartbeat speeds up, and he quickly replied: "Two drachmas."

"You still have 15 cans here, and I bought them all. Any comrade who comes here, you can give him a cup of syrup to drink, can you do it?!" Adoris said plainly, at the same time from Thirty drachmas were counted in the purse.

"Okay! Okay!..." Elems nodded repeatedly.

Suddenly louder cheers sounded in the market, "Prince Adoris wins!" The cheers were mixed with a sudden shout.

Damn Anphias! Adoris was itchy with anger, and immediately shouted: "Brothers, Anfias told me just now, today I invite you to drink some water, and when I return to Turri after the victory, he wants to invite everyone to drink beer. !"

"Where did I—" Anfias was about to argue, and the soldiers were already shouting excitedly: "Anfias, I didn't expect you to be more generous than Adoris!"

"Anfias, we can't wait to go to the battlefield, and then win, go home and drink your beer!"

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There is constant laughter in the market.

While Elems was busy delivering water to these young soldiers, he lamented that these young soldiers were fearless and ignorant of the cruelty of war, which reminded him of his youth.

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In the Great Tent of the Chinese Army at the Dionian Barracks, this time the army commander in charge of attacking Downey, Alexis, is wondering about a letter written by King Daves. The reason is in the letter. At the end of the book, Daves wrote: "...On the north bank of the Ofanto River, where a brilliant battle has taken place in history, I look forward to you also winning a brilliant victory that is not lost to your predecessors!... "

Alexis thought about it for a while, but couldn’t remember any major battles that took place around here, so he asked the adjutant who graduated with honors from the Turíy School: "Eumathis, you can Do you know of any fierce battles that took place near the Ofanto River before?"

Eumathesius, the eldest son of Baggul thought for a while, and immediately answered simply: "I don't know."

Could it be that the battle that took place here a long time ago has not been recorded, and as the blessed one, he can know through Hades's enlightenment... Alexis can only think about it like this, The encouragement in Davers' letter gave him an ambition.

Of course he wouldn’t know that the "brilliant battle" mentioned in Daves’ letter did not happen in the past, but in the history of the previous life: in the Dionia barracks about ten miles east, there was a man named Canny. In the place where the Carthaginian army was stationed there, the great commander Hannibal led 50,000 troops across the river and fought with 80,000 Roman troops. Through his ingenious deployment, he eventually defeated more with less and wiped out the Roman army. , Created one of the most glorious battles in the history of ancient Western wars. This also made Daves impulsive, and wanted to come over to direct the war personally. He was short and long with Hannibal, but in the end he gave up. After all, Dawney is so different from Rome in his previous life that it is not worth it. He shot it himself.

Daves, who is not very knowledgeable in history, did not know another scene that took place south of the city of Ausculum on the northwest bank of the Ofanto River in the following decades in the history of the previous life. The battle is also quite famous-at the Battle of Asculum, King Pilus of Epirus led his army to fight the Romans again for a second time. Although he won the battle, he suffered heavy losses and made Pilus no longer want to go. With the thought of fighting the Romans, he finally led the army to leave Italy and go to Sicily.

"Armintas Legion Commander is here!...Olivers Legion Commander is here!...Geoglis Legion Commander is here!...Lyders Legion Commander is here!..." The guards outside the big tent kept shouting loudly. Roll call.

After entering the account, the commanders of the corps and Alexis finished their military salutes and sat down separately.

"Legal commanders." Alexis sat on the main seat and solemnly said to them: "We have been here for seven days. All the corps and auxiliary troops, as well as the rations, have arrived. The Dawneys are also gathering on the other side, so I decided to cross the river tomorrow and launch an attack on the enemy."

"It's time to attack long ago! Staying here for so long is about to suffocate our soldiers!" Amintas immediately raised his hands in agreement.

"Master Amintas, I think you are the one who was suffocated." Olivers next to him laughed.

"Well, you Olivers, dare to make fun of me. There is a football game in the afternoon, the First Army VS the Fourth Army, you and I are quarterbacks, who loses, who leaps around the training ground, Do you dare?!" Amintas called out to fight.

"It's not that I didn't dare." Olivers tactfully refused: "I will set off tomorrow. I will also assign tasks to the Legion in the afternoon to prepare the soldiers. There is no time to play."

"Find a reason!" Amintas murmured. He also knew that Oliver was right and didn't bother.

"My lord commander, will the Dauni come out to intercept when we cross the river tomorrow?" Geogris asked cautiously.

"Very likely!" Alexis replied simply: "According to the information from the north, although King Downey did not want to go out of the city to fight, but Askurum, Sipontum, He Herdoniae...and many other town leaders insisted on blocking us outside of Downey’s territory. That’s why they urged their king to finally gather the army on the opposite bank of the Ofanto River. Their strength Less than us, relying on river fighting can increase their advantage. They should not easily let go of this advantage, so they are likely to line up on the opposite bank to block us from crossing the river."

"In this case, we will leave the camp early in the morning and cross the river at the fastest speed. I believe that the Dawney army does not move as fast as our Dionian army. When they arrive on the other side , We have already crossed the river." Olivers made his own proposal.

"If that were the case, the Dauni would probably shrink in the city of Herdonia on the other side and would not come out to fight with us. This will undoubtedly not help us to wipe out the main force of the Dauni in one fell swoop, and it will also delay our conquest. The entire downy area has increased the casualties of the soldiers." Alexis shook his head.