Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 72: Dionia’s counterattack plan

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Davers touched the stubble of his jaw, his face finally showed a bit of joy. He looked around the crowd, his eyes finally fell on Alexis: "The Gauls are coming fiercely, I thought this was a sudden The war will last for a relatively long time, and everyone has deliberately drawn up a thorough counterattack plan... Alas, I didn’t expect the Gauls to be so inexperienced. All these preparations we made were in vain. What are your new ideas about the current situation of the war? 'S opinion?"

"Your Majesty." Alexis and Plintors looked at each other, and said, "Before coming to the palace, I had already fought with Lord Plintors on the current Etruscan situation. After a simple discussion, Patroclus led the northern coalition to defeat the main force of the Gaul, and then he will inevitably launch a continuous attack on the remaining Gaul army.

And we think that the three barracks of the Border Army cannot be captured by the Gauls in such a short period of time. The Gauls are very likely to use a small number of troops to target the barracks, and the large troops directly bypassed and invaded Etruscan. Sub-Territory——"

"There is no need to speculate, I already have the exact news, at least the barracks where Hasdruba is still defending stubbornly and not lost." Daves said confidently.

Alexis was not surprised. He knew that the intelligence department under King Davos was very capable. After thinking about it, he took the opportunity to say: "Your Majesty, can you send someone to inform Master Hasdruba to cooperate The offensive of the northern coalition forces blocked the mountain pass leading to the Po River plain, and tried their best to intercept the Gauls who wanted to escape back to their territory, and completely surrounded and wiped them out to the south of the mountain!"

Daves said without hesitation: "I will send someone to give orders to Hasdruba, but I think even if we can’t inform Hasdruba in time, with his ability, he will be able to respond to the situation. Change and make corresponding decisions."

"Your Majesty." Plintors took the conversation and said loudly: "The reason why we want to wipe out all the invading Gauls south of the mountain is because we think the Gauls are very aggressive. Sexual race, and its population is large, and the threat is also great. It has been 16 years since the last large-scale invasion, and it has been able to dispatch an army of far more than 50,000 people. If we have been adopting a defensive strategy, it will not be too much. Passive, and the Gauls will also learn a lesson from this fiasco. The next time they go south, I am afraid it will cause us more trouble. Therefore, to completely solve the problems of the Gauls, we should take advantage of this. A great opportunity for the strength of the Gauls to be severely damaged, change from defense to offense, send troops directly to attack the territory of the Gauls, and completely conquer them!"

As soon as this was said, a small commotion was caused in the conference hall, and several rotating chairpersons began to talk quietly with each other.

The corner of Davers's mouth was slightly tilted, and Plintors’ suggestion was exactly what he wanted. He glanced at the rotating chairpersons who were whispering, and asked calmly: "Um... take the initiative, yes. No specific plan?"

Alexis walked to the wooden plank map of northern Italy placed in the center of the chamber, and said in a deep voice: "According to current intelligence, this time the Gaul who invaded Etruscans was composed of Senonis and Knomani is formed. It is estimated that most of the young and middle-aged soldiers of these two Gaul tribes have joined this invading army, and there will be such a large number. Therefore, their territory will inevitably be defensively empty due to insufficient troops.

Now, the soldiers of the First Army, Second Army, Fourth Army, and Third Army have all assembled. They were originally planning to reinforce the northern coalition forces. Now it seems that they are no longer needed. It is better to transfer these corps to Brindisi, heading north by boat, landed near ariminum (now Rimini). "Alexis pointed to a location on the map, and said forcefully: "Direct attack on the territory of the Gauls!" "

At this time, Daves and the others have leaned forward to the map, their eyes focused on the landing site Alexis said.

Looking at the map carefully, other ministers realized that it is not so easy to attack the Gaul territory directly.

The Gauls rely on the tall and steep Alps to the north, the Ligurian territory to the west, and the Venetian territory to the east. Almost all the coasts are occupied by these two races. Lu was caught in the middle. Although it is an Etruscan territory to the south, there is a continuous mountain range between the two. The direct distance exceeds one hundred miles. Many areas of it are difficult to pass, and the lower terrain is often There are Gaul tribes settled (mainly Senonis).

If the Dionian army wants to attack the Gaul territory through the mountains, it is of course possible to do so in the current situation where the Gaul army has suffered heavy losses. It is weaker than the overall mountain combat capability... etc. These shortcomings will not only cause greater wear and tear of the Dionian army, but also slow movement, causing the Gauls in the Po Plain to have enough time to prepare for defense in advance. The effect of the offensive is greatly reduced, and the war will continue to be prolonged... Therefore, the Ministry of Military Affairs has analyzed that this is not a good choice.

The Ligurians and the Venetians are two conservative races. They didn’t have much contact with Dionians in the past. It is estimated that even the Dionian messengers assured them that the Dionian army was just for Attacking the Gauls will never infringe on their interests, nor will they allow an unfamiliar and powerful army to land on their own coast and traverse their own territory.

And if the Dionian army were to forcibly land on their coast, it would undoubtedly trigger a new war, which of course is not a wise move.

So, it seems that the best and only place to attack first is Alimium. Because this is the only seaside town of the Gauls, it is on the south side of the Vineti territory, on the north side of the Apennines, and is on the edge of the Adriatic Sea.

"Alimium..." Daves stared at its icon, thinking about the information about it. In recent years, he has had a lot of affairs, and the attack on the Gaul territory was not in his plan. He did not pay much attention to the details of the Gaul territory, so there was not much memory of him in his mind, so he simply asked Said: "Is it easy to land on the coast there? What is the situation in Alimium? Is the defense tight?..."

"Your Majesty." Plintors explained in detail: "Arimium was originally a town of the Vinetti people. It was captured by the Senonis more than 20 years ago. At first, they seemed to have just fancyed Ali. The flat land around Mium was used to cultivate farmland and graze cattle and sheep. It is said that until the Adriatic pirates ventured to land in this small town, they offered to trade with the Gauls and successfully used some of the looted. The goods were exchanged for the horses of the Senones, which made the Senones realize the benefits of sea trade, so in the past 10 years, the Celonians began to develop the sea trade in Arimium. They expanded it. In the urban area, markets and ports have been built in the city. The sea trade of the Senonius people has gradually made some progress, but they lack sailors and mainly rely on other city-state merchants to trade in Arimium.

However, the Gauls are notorious. In addition, they have just begun to develop. There are not many merchants willing to trade in Alimium. The main ones are pirates in the Adriatic Sea, or some in the Illyrian area opposite. Merchants, and occasionally Umbrians and Florentanis take small boats to exchange goods.

When the patrol boat of the 1st Fleet was cruising in the Adriatic Sea, it carefully observed Alimium. In the report, it stated that its walls were low, and they were all wooden, and the area of ​​the city was not large, not so much. A city is not as good as a Gaul camp, and the security in the city is relaxed. The coast where it is located has many flat sandy beaches, which can accommodate hundreds of ships and land at the same time..."

Daves listened attentively while staring at the tentacles of the Gaul territory on the map that protruded to the southeast. That small area was Gaul, who had lived inland for many years. An attempt by people to go to the ocean, but now Dionia is about to interrupt their vision and vision for the ocean.

Davers looked back at several rotating chairpersons and asked: "What do you think of the military affairs department's proposal?"

Although seeing the excitement in Daves’ eyes, Lycias still had to remind: "Your Majesty, now we all know that there are three tribes of Gauls south of the Alps. This time The Senones and Knomani were hit hard in the invasion of, and their territory may be a defensive emptiness, but what about Salvis? They did not participate in this invasion.

According to the intelligence of the Gauls, this tribe has always developed with peace of mind and has less external expansion, but its strength is the strongest of the three tribes. Once our army attacks their compatriots’ territories, Sa The Elvis people will probably assist their defense with all their strength, and this war may not be so easy to end. "

Daves groaned, but did not respond.

Anta Auris laughed and said loudly: “It’s not a bad thing that the Salvisians want to join this war. It is precisely because of this that they will completely conquer them and conquer the south of the Alps. All the Gauls solved the problem at one time. Master Lycias felt that with the participation of the Salves, the war would become difficult. That is because we were only going to send the first, third, fourth, and fifth There are only four legions. With the kingdom's full treasury and well-stocked granary, it is absolutely possible to send a few more legions to defeat all the Gauls in a short time with an absolute advantage!"

After Daves listened, his eyes lit up and cast an approving look at Anta Auris.