Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 59: The plan cannot keep up with the changes

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Ansitanos spoke out his inference without hesitation: “Perhaps in their eyes, Dionia’s chances of winning are not great. In fact, Carthage doesn’t pay much attention to us Dionia. Hanno, the one in power, didn’t even meet me..."

Daves did not expect that Carthage, who was able to compete with Rome in the past life, would be so awkward, but think about the time when Carthage was fighting for hegemony with Rome, it was already a hundred years later, and the development of Carthage after a hundred years was naturally not It can be compared at this time. Remembering that Carthage (mainly influenced by Hannibal), who had made him very fond of his previous life, actually looked down on Dionia and made him a little depressed. Snub!"

"Master Ansitanos, do you think Dionysius instigated the Samoite invasion of Potentia?" Daves wanted to reconfirm his judgment.

"I heard the news as soon as I came back." Ansitanos drank a sip of water and groaned: "Well...I think it's very possible. You need to know Syracuse and Campania The relationship was close during the Dillon era, and the two sides had frequent trade exchanges. Syracuse also sent troops several times to help the Greek city-state in Campania defend against Samone’s attacks... It is said that most of Dionysius’ mercenaries came from Campania, so Dionysius should be familiar with the Samonais in the mountains of Campania. As long as he is willing to pay the price, it is not impossible to touch the Samonais. Moreover, the Samonais I’m afraid I’ve been worried about the power of Dionia."

After Ancitanos’ reminder, Daves suddenly remembered: Since Potentia joined the Dionian League, the Samoneites’ invasion of Lucania has never occurred again. Obviously, Dionia is very afraid...

Daves regrets that he has been patronizing the country to stabilize the country in recent years, and has devoted too little energy to the surrounding situation and the situation in the entire Mediterranean.

This is a lesson! He warned himself in his heart, and then humbly asked Ansitanos: "Where else do you think Dionysius might use a conspiracy similar to that of the Samonais against Dionysius?"

Ansitanos heard the words, stroked his gray beard, and began to ponder. After a long time, he opened his eyes suddenly and said: "Tarantum! Tarantum is very possible!"

Davers was surprised: Yes, Tarantum is very likely! Although Syracuse has very little contact with Tarantum, Syracuse’s ally, Sparta, is Tarantum’s mother state. The relationship between the two parties is good. Onia took Heraclia and Metapontum from Tarantum, (many Tarantum people think so), and the relationship between the two sides became a little stiff. Despite the alliance agreement, there are small frictions from time to time. This time since Dionia declared war on Lokri, Tarantum, as an ally, has not expressed support or opposition as before, there is no movement, it is too calm, this is not normal!

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The next day, the Dionian Senate immediately sent an envoy to Tarantum at the request of Daves.

The Tarantum Senate asked Dionian envoys for their opinions on the "declaration of war on Lockley", showing an extremely impatient attitude, saying: Dionian and whoever goes to war are with Taran. Tum has nothing to do, Tarantum needs to recuperate to recover from the trauma of the last war.

The messenger returned to Turriy and reported Tarantum’s attitude in detail to the Senate. Most of the elders were relieved, but Daves still did not relax his vigilance. He sent someone to remind Metapontum Raising the defense against Tarantum with the Archon of Heraclea, and at the same time making Aristiras pay more attention to Tarantum... This is all he can do. After all, Tarantum has been There hasn't been any unusual behavior so far.

At this time, Daves put more thoughts on the Lucania area to the north.

The next day, the emergency report of the Third Army was delivered to Turey.

Compared with Potentia’s spies, the Scout soldiers of the Third Army are much more powerful. They are all strictly trained in the Scout Brigade of Izam. Under Davos’s suggestion, Izam combined his experience in reconnaissance operations over the past few years to figure out a complete set of reconnaissance training methods, such as mountain climbing, wading, ambush, camouflage, reconnaissance... and many other trainings. Projects, especially in judging the enemy’s strength, the reconnaissance brigade has many methods, such as: inferring based on the size of the enemy’s camp, the number of tents, and the amount of baggage. Of course, the most direct method is to count the number of people, so most of the reconnaissance brigade’s Soldiers come from among the citizens who are engaged in industries that require strong computing capabilities, such as bookkeeping, banking, and trade.

During the previous year’s military reform, Daves drew personnel from Izam’s reconnaissance squad and assigned a hundred-man reconnaissance squad to each corps, thereby making the "eyes and ears" of each corps more complete. After all, Italy is In mountainous areas, scout riding is often useless.

This military newspaper of the Third Army has more detailed descriptions of the Samoneites: …Integrating the intelligence of the investigating soldiers, the Samoneite army assembled in Kopsa may be composed of the entire Shillpines and Peng Teni and some Kautini fighters now have more than 40,000 troops. In view of the fact that the camps of the Samonaes no longer continue to expand in the past few days, and the number of Samonaes entering the city of Kopsa from the north has decreased significantly. It is very likely that the Samoneites attacked in these two or three days! The situation is urgent, and the Third Army requires the exercise of "emergency command power" (that is, in a state of emergency, the battle situation is complex and changes rapidly, and every major military operation has to repeatedly request the Dionian Senate. The Legion was in a dangerous situation, so after the expansion of the Dionian territory, Daves realized that he could not take care of the entire Dionian Alliance territory by himself at any time. Therefore, this important military rule was formulated to grant The commander of the corps in the battlefield has the autonomy of military action, avoiding the slow and rigid command, and stifling the desire and enthusiasm of the corps commander and soldiers to fight)! And urge the Senate to send additional reinforcements! -Signature: Alexis, commander of the Third Army Corps.

Forty thousand people? ! The senators in the Senate were shocked by the strength of the Samoneites, but they were still arguing about "whether to send more reinforcements", but Daves finally made up his mind. He stood up and said firmly, "My lords, Potentia’s military situation is urgent, and we will not be allowed to delay any more time! The huge force of the Samoneites of more than 40,000 cannot be resisted by the Third Army and Puamote’s army! In order to prevent Samona They defeated them, occupied Potentia, and took advantage of the opportunity to enter our territory of Lucania. I decided to lead the First and Second Army to reinforce Potentia and try to repel the enemy in the shortest time!"

"I support the Archon’s decision!" As soon as Daves's voice fell, Wesbah jumped up with joy, and Hermon also yelled his support, but the others fell silent for a while.

Of course, Daves’ identity does not allow the veterans to remain silent for too long, and soon Cornelus got up and asked: "Is the attack on Lockley still going on?"

"Temporarily stop! The Fourth and Fifth Legions returned to their garrisons, and at the same time sent envoys to Crotone, Siriting and other allied cities to explain, I believe they can understand our situation, but -" Davers said Before finishing speaking, Kunogorata interjected anxiously: "But Syracuse may attack Great Greece while our main force is going north!"

Kunogolata's words caused a lot of discussion among the elders.

Amintas shouted: "The Syracuse people are the best here. We don't need to go to Sicily anymore, we will beat them directly in Greece!"

"While waiting for them to come, you, Master Amintas, and the bravest and strongest citizens of Dionia, may still be hide-and-seek with the Samonais in the mountains of Lucania!" Cambras retorted immediately.

"We will defeat the Samonais soon and come back soon!" Amintas argued loudly.

"It's hard to say. In the mountains, we Greeks can't catch up with the Samonaes who are good at climbing. You can't catch up with them. How can you repel them?!" Scombras was unwilling to catch up with them. Rebuttal showing weakness.

"Old man, you have to understand that it is the Samonais who are attacking us. We don't need to chase them at all. They will take the initiative to fight us!" Amintas was anxious. .

"Okay, sirs, please be quiet!" Daves said loudly, "The situation is obvious now. If we don't act, the Syracuses will only be watching in Sicily, waiting for the opportunity, then It is us who suffer, because the threat of the Samonais is right in front of us. If we sit back and watch, the situation in Lucania may be unthinkable..." Daves paused for a while, gave the senators a time to think, and then continued. Said: "So, we can only seize every minute and every second, and concentrate our forces on the enemies that can be hit first! No matter how many ways the enemy comes from, we must concentrate our forces to attack one place, so as to guarantee the greatest victory! "

The elders were talking again in a low voice.

Kunogorata asked the voice of the elders again: "Consultant, if Siracusa really aggressively attacked Greece after you left, what should we do?!"

Daves was prepared for this. He calmed down and slowly explained his speculations and plans to the elders: "With our Dionia in Greece, if Syracuse wants to attack Greece, there are no more than five to sixty thousand people, Dionysius does not want to make the idea of ​​Great Greece at all! But for such a huge force and materials to safely land on the land of Great Greece, it must take a long time. ……"