Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 118: All-or-nothing (for subscription)

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In the messenger’s exaggerated narrative: a kind of siege equipment can throw cobblestones the size of a crock a few hundred meters away, and accurately hit the city wall. A powerful impact can cause damage to the city wall and suffer for a long time. The impact of the stone can even collapse the city wall; the other weapon is like a movable sentry tower built higher than the city wall, and the archers on the top of the tower can easily attack the defenders on the city wall. And once it is brought close to the city wall and the suspension bridge is lowered, the enemy can easily rush to the head of the city... The combination of these two siege equipment is simply a nightmare for any city, but they are all owned by Dionia!

Pianren is not only worried about Knapetia City, he is more worried about Cosenza. Originally in his plan, in the worst case, he could retreat to Cosenza and use the strong walls to resist the attack of the Dionians until the enemy's food was exhausted. However, the messenger's story shook his decision. He didn't want to be trapped in the city. The Dionians used a dozen or dozens of such siege equipment to throw stones at the head, and they kept throwing them on the head... Therefore, the city of Knapetia must be defended, otherwise once it is captured by Dionia, Cosenza will be enemies on both sides.

But at this moment, with the moat already lost and the strength of Dionia occupying a great advantage, the Bruty Alliance is in a predicament. Defense alone is too passive and the probability of failure is too great. Therefore, Pi Anlun is more inclined to take risks and attack, as long as he can defeat the main force of Dionia, all the difficulties will be solved!

His eyes were on Bisignia, who had surrendered, because it was the closest to the center of Dionia, Turri, and Dionia’s main force would definitely attack from here.

After much thinking, he finally made the final decision: to send two thousand reinforcements to Knapetia, and at the same time to persuade Bogam to return to Ambalia, and to send a messenger to Vig, hoping Bogam The two alliance elders and Sedorum can bring as many fighters as possible to support the battle between Bruti Alliance and Dionia.

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In order to wait for the arrival of the baggage and meet the combat needs, Daves waited two more days in Bisignia.

Don't look at Bisignia is very close to Turri, but due to road conditions, transportation is more difficult. In order to make the next transportation more convenient, Daves learned the lesson and ordered the soldiers to carry rations for five days again.

In the early morning of the third day, Daves led the 1st Army, 2nd Army, Mountain Reconnaissance Brigade, Cavalry Brigade, Heraclea Allied Forces, Castellon Allied Forces, Bisignian Warriors, and Legion Reserves , Two thousand freemen... Except for a small number of legion reserves stationed in the city of Bisignia, only the number of people who fought in Cosenza was calculated to total about 24,000. They lined up long and marched vigorously along the mountain road to the west. military.

Pi Anlun received the scout's report that it was close to noon: The Dionian army entered the Cosenza Plateau and saw the striking flag of the Dionian Archon.

The news made Pi Allen unable to sit still. He immediately called an emergency meeting. In addition to Petaru and Philotaru, there were also Bogam and Sedorum, who had just arrived with troops last night, and Pan Galu was still struggling to resist the enemy's attack in Knapetia, while Nikuru had died in battle, and the "Seven-member Elders Council" actually only reached five people, which inevitably made the people in the hall feel sad.

"I guess the Dionians will camp in this area after they arrive near Cosenza in the afternoon." Pi'anren drew a circle about six miles east of the Cosenza icon on the map. Excitedly said: "With the blessing of Amara, we should take advantage of their discomfort after entering Cosenza, take the initiative to attack them while they are building a camp, and force them to fight a decisive battle!"

Sedorum understood what Pi Anlun meant by "discomfort". Because of the high terrain in this area where Cosenza is located, outsiders come here and there is no problem with normal movement, but once strenuous exercise, over a long period of time, it is easy to get tired and have difficulty breathing. But the Bruti fighters, especially the Cosenza people, have adapted to this environment since they were young, and there will be no abnormalities in their actions.

Besides, he already knew the battle situation on Knapetia's side, so he didn't have much hope of holding the city firmly.

He and Bogam looked at each other with solemn expressions, and finally both agreed.

So, each went back to gather the team and waited nervously for the arrival of the Dionian army.

But only half an hour later, Pi Anlun once again urgently sent someone to call them.

"Elders, just received the news that the Dionians stopped advancing near the Punat River and began to camp!" Pi Anlun said anxiously.

Punate River! Sedorum and Bogam hurriedly looked at the map placed in the center of the hall.

The Punat River, said to be a river, is actually more like a small stream. It eventually merges into the upper reaches of the Krati River. The area it flows through is relatively flat. The key is that it is almost located in Bisignia and Ko In the middle of Senza.

"It's so far away from Cosenza, it's still so early, and it's time to start resting?!" Burgam murmured suspiciously.

"Those traitors of Bisignia! The Great God Amara will punish them!" Philotaru said angrily.

Sedorum understands the reason for the high priest's anger. In his memory, the terrain of the Punat River is not as high as here, and the impact on people is not obvious.

He hurriedly looked at Pi Anlun, and asked: "What is the big boss going to do?"

Pi Anlun also cursed after the high priest, and he also thought that the Daionians must have leaked the secrets of the Bisignians, and undermined his pre-designed plan.

He thought for a while, then looked at everyone, and said with a serious expression: "Now, Knapetia is being attacked by the enemy every day, and may be breached by the Dionians at any time! And our side is Let the enemy advance slowly, gradually adapt and become familiar with the weather and environment here, or make up your mind to attack them with all your strength? Your choice is yours!"

Sedorum and Bogam looked at each other again, and their eyes gradually flickered with determination: "Do we still have a choice!"

"Amala will bless our descendants of Brutus!" Philotaru chanted loudly...

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Daves chose to camp near Punat out of caution.

When Bajilippi reminded him, “Foreigners will experience some discomfort when entering the Cosenza area.” A word immediately came to his mind—altitude sickness: the higher the terrain, the thinner the air and the oxygen content. The less, the person will become exhausted due to lack of oxygen. Of course, compared with Tibet in the far east, the height of the Cosenza Plateau is nothing at all, but in the fierce battle, it is likely to become a decisive factor.

Daves has the advantage now. He does not need to take risks. He only needs to steadily advance to Cosenza, so that the soldiers can gradually adapt to the altitude sickness here, familiarize themselves with the geographical environment here, and also gradually impose on Cosenza. The pressure prevented him from dividing his forces to reinforce Knapetia.

Although he was unable to grasp the dynamics of Knapetia’s battlefield in time, out of trust in Hiros and the Fourth Army with two siege equipment, he believed: In Knapetia, the Fourth Army The map is in an absolute advantage. Once the city of Knapetia is broken, the Dionian army will advance from east to west. Not only will the advantage rise sharply, but it will also deter the entire Brudi region, which may directly lead to the disintegration of the Bruti Alliance, or even not. You need to fight to make the Brutis succumb!

Although the idea is good, Daves did not relax his vigilance. According to the regulations of the "Dionian Military Law" to build camps in the battlefield area, he did not let all the soldiers be engaged in the construction of the camp, but just let the first The soldiers of the First Legion and the Reserve began to work first, the freedmen assisted, and the Second Legion and its allies, as well as the Bissinian soldiers, were responsible for guarding.

"Why did we come first when building the camp this time? We are the First Legion of Dionia!" Heterbarus fixed his eyes on the soldiers of the Second Legion who were sitting and lying in front of him while digging. , One side complained angrily.

"Perhaps because the Second Legion just ended the battle with the Bruti the day before yesterday, the commander's honor gave them a reward!" Persials guessed.

Leotizides listened to his teammates, thinking in his mind: Although the Spartans paid more attention to marching camps, they did not attach much importance to what he thought was paranoia. At the point where the troops arrived at the important place, they first considered how to build an extremely strong camp. There were even engineers to measure and check the acceptance. He would also be punished if he failed to pass... Even though he was in the boot camp, after many practice Tarantum has actually practiced it, and he is still a bit uncomfortable.

"If the Second Army is replaced by our First Army to attack Bisignia, we will accomplish better! It is not because the commander is unfair to give this critical task to the Second Army, and Commanding our First Army is either climbing or marching. I don’t know how many roads have been taken these days. My feet are blistering!..."

Heterballus chattered and vented his depression, and then slapped his head: "Heartballus, don’t talk nonsense, work hard! If it’s because you slow down our camping progress, Our team lost to Olivers's team, Captain Martonis will never spare you lightly!" Captain Sitarsis scolded.

When mentioning Matonis, Heterballus dared not say any more.

Leotizides was a little emotional: Matonis, the mighty-looking captain, loves his soldiers very much, and can even be said to be extremely short-sighted. Leonid Zidds has seen him several times arguing with military judges whom the soldiers consider "terrible" because soldiers are punished by military law. He even argued with Daves once, plus his amazing power. , Superb skills, so the soldiers love and respect him.