Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 23: Strategy for the battle
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Alexis stared at them and said solemnly: "So I decided to slow down the assembly line of the legions early tomorrow morning, and wait for the Dawnies to arrive on the opposite bank of the Ofanto River. We crossed the river with the enemy. Fight and defeat them in one fell swoop."
"I agree with Allais... Commander-sir. I have walked this river many times in the past two days. Although its surface is a bit wide, the water is not deep, at most it exceeds the knee, and the current is not too high. Urgent, the bottom of the river is relatively hard and solid. Even if the Dawneys block us in the river, it is enough for our heavy infantry to exert their power." Amintas agreed, and other army commanders also agreed.
Alexis continued: "My sir, come and see, our crossing point will be here tomorrow."
Several legion commanders hurriedly went up and looked at the map placed on the table. The place Alexis was pointing was less than one mile from the barracks. They all surveyed the terrain and knew the river three or four miles east. The terrain on both sides of the section is low and flat, mostly tidal flats. Due to the summer sun, the silt on the river bank has dried up and agglomerated, which is very conducive to the march of the army.
"Leader Armintas, your first legion is in this position." Alexis moved his finger to the east and said, "Because your first legion has the strongest combat effectiveness, in the legion The number of veterans is the largest, so you are arranged in the middle. I hope that the first legion will not rush forward too fast, and keep in touch with the military and political on the left and right..."
The troops led by Amintas have always been known for their aggressive offensives, but as a Dionian veteran who has been fighting for more than ten years, he distinguished the importance and he immediately nodded to express his understanding.
"Leader Oliver, your Fourth Army is on the left flank of the First Army. Commander Geogris, your Fifth Army is on the right flank of the First Army. There are too many recruits in your corps, and you want to fight across the river. During the process, the team officers at all levels must be able to stabilize the emotions of the soldiers under them, and don't have a big chaos..." Alexis reminded them while pointing at the map.
"Relax, Lord Commander, although many soldiers have just joined the corps from the reserve team, they have been trained in Transition River operations many times in the training camp, and the lowest-level team officer (ie the team leader) They are equipped with veterans who have participated in more than four battles, and there will be no problems." Olivers immediately promised.
Giogris was also responding by the side. Although the Fifth Army led by him was dominated by Brutis, Bruti's civil strife during the Southern Italy War and the cleanup after the war made Bruti with dissatisfaction. People have been cleaned up. In the past ten years, the Brutis have basically integrated into the kingdom, and the recruits in the legion spent their childhoods and grew up after Bruti was merged into Dionia. Most of them have read the schools established by Dionian in various towns in Bruti, and are deeply influenced by Dionian culture. Apart from their appearance, they are not much different from the Greeks, the main ethnic group of Dionian. .
As for why there are so many recruits in the legion? This issue has to be discussed after the South-Italian War.
The greatest achievement of Dionian’s victory at the time was to occupy all of Great Greece and the eastern coast of Sicily. After the civic soldiers were resumed and the city-states who were incorporated into the kingdom were placed, there was still a lot of free land. At that time, the Senate even Several interim bills have been passed in succession, allowing prospective citizens and registered free citizens to first allocate land (but the amount of tax payment is different), and then grant them formal citizenship after the number of years.
At that time, the Corinthian War was taking place in Greece, and in Asia Minor, the coalition led by Sparta was still fighting with Persia. The continuation of the war led to an increase in the number of refugees throughout the Greek world. Under Dionian’s intentional guidance, most of the refugees flocked to Great Greece, so manpower is sufficient, but the vast majority of Dionian’s laws are for official citizens, but the freedom of registration during that period The number of people has increased rapidly, and it takes most of them six or seven years to become full citizens, which brings great trouble to governance.
Out of practical needs, and also out of Daves’ strategic plan for the kingdom, he launched a war against Mesapi and Puchetti in the fall of Dionysia, after the Battle of Brindisi , He replaced the army regiments with a large number of recruits, mainly prepared citizens and free citizens, in order to shorten their years of becoming citizens through military exploits, and at the same time prevent the older group of citizens from being distributed due to excessive military exploits. There is too much land, and large landlords have emerged. As a result, the gap between the rich and the poor among domestic citizens has been widened just after the establishment of the kingdom.
But in this Downey War, the situation is slightly different, because many of the recruits have been growing up in the alliance since the establishment of the Dionian League since childhood. This group of adults has not The new Dionian citizens for a few years have been trained in the Dionian military since they were young. Although they are recruits, their military quality is not low. This is where the confidence of several army commanders lies.
"Leides, your cavalry corps must divide the forces equally, on both sides of the entire army, responsible for driving away and defeating the Dauni cavalry." Alexis continued to lay out his offensive plan.
"Understood." Leides nodded in response.
There are now four cavalry regiments in the Kingdom of Dionia: the headquarters of the first cavalry regiment is in Turei; the headquarters of the second cavalry regiment is in Grumentum; the headquarters of the third army is in Kata Chennai; The Fourth Army is headquartered in Brindisi. In terms of cavalry quality, the Fourth Cavalry Corps should be the strongest, because most of them are composed of Puchetti and Mesapi. However, the earliest time these two regions were merged into the Kingdom of Dionia was only six years old. With the unruly, free and unruly temperament of these two races, let alone the cavalry, in case they do not obey the command and chaos in the battle, Disposal according to military law, beheading is the most serious, and the blame is lighter. I am afraid it will cause a lot of trouble to the entire war and even the two regions that have just stabilized. After thinking about it again and again, Daves decided to transfer the 1st Cavalry Corps to the battle, so the Cavalry Corps had the fewest recruits among the participating teams, so Alexis did not advise anything.
"When the entire army formation begins to cross the river, I will concentrate all the ballistas and abdominal bows behind you to bombard the Dauni army formation on the opposite bank, disrupting their formation, for your offensive..." Alek Sith's words made the legionnaires completely relieved.
"Will the Wandanians never go to war to prevent us from crossing the river?" Geogris asked more.
"Then we can easily cross the river, and then take their cities one by one!" Amintas answered Alexis.
At first, Daves forcibly detained a team of nearly 2,000 engineers and craftsmen under Dionysius, and later forcibly asked Syracuse to send their families to Dionia, and finally kept them In Turei, Dionia's metal forging, engineering construction, woodworking...etc. craftsmanship have suddenly improved a lot. Later, in the conquest wars of Mesapi and Pucheti, with their help, the legions successfully conquered cities and towns. Therefore, the Dionian legions are now very confident in siege.
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The newly-built Dionia Barracks near Kanusian is composed of several army camps, and a highway runs through the entire camp from west to east.
After each corps commander returns to their camp, they will immediately gather their respective commanders for discussion.
The commanders of the First Corps were rushing to the corps commander’s account through the avenue, and a group of soldiers returning to the camp came face to face. When they saw the senior team officers, they all stopped and saluted as a show of respect. . Although only one soldier was also saluting, his eyes were dodged and he didn't make a sound, and walked away after hurriedly saluting.
The commanders of the First Army Commander also seemed to have not seen them. It was not until the soldiers walked away that the First Commander Kettisus turned his head and said with a narrow smile: "Patrolocos, you are enough. Majestic, even our prince of Dionia is afraid of you! Seeing what he looked like just now, I dare not look at you at all."
"I said Cettisus, our prince Dionia is a descendant of Hades, how can he be afraid of Patroclus, he is out of his brother-in-law's respect for the future brother-in-law!" Another big The captain said jokingly.
"You are mistaken, Prince Adoris is only the adopted son of His Majesty Daves, including his sister, but His Majesty treats them as lovingly as his own children." Kettesus hurriedly corrected.
"Really?!"
"The older group of Dionian citizens know this. If you don't believe me, you can ask this kid, he knows these things best." Ketisus pointed to Patroclus.
"Brothers, the commander of Armintas is urging us to discuss matters. We are chatting here. If we go late, he will beat and scold people!" Patroclus hurriedly turned the topic away.
"It's okay, we are not afraid of Master Amintas' roar." Ketisus looked indifferent.
"Ketisus, you are not afraid, we are terrible!" the captain next to him wailed.
Ketisus smiled "hehe", and said to the youngest of the eight: "Patrolocros, you married your Majesty’s daughter, your identity will be quite different in the future, don’t forget. Help us older brothers more."
His words attracted the approval of others.
"I said, brother, your majesty let Adoris participate in the war as an ordinary citizen, and he should belong to the first legion. His Majesty is afraid that he knows too many acquaintances, so he specifically asked the Ministry of Military Affairs to incorporate him into the fourth legion. Isn’t it that I don’t want someone to take care of him! Your Majesty has such strict requirements for his children. If I become his son-in-law, I am afraid that my requirements will never be low. It is impossible to get special care from him. !" Patroclus said seriously.