Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 75: After the first battle

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After listening to Antonios, Plegules stepped forward and paid a military salute, and responded loudly: "When the Fourth Cavalry Regiment arrived in Ascurom, the Samonais were attacking the city with all their strength, so It is relatively easy to defeat them. This should be attributed to Commander Alexis. He decisively allowed us to march on Ascurom to have such a fighter!"

"Look, this is your good subordinate." Antonios looked back and smiled at Alexis.

Kapus also salutes Pregulus. As an important member of the military department, he certainly knows Pregulus.

Plegules hurriedly paid back respectfully.

"I don't need to introduce this one." Alexis pointed to Melisanda and said.

"Melisanda, I don’t even want to see you." Antonios put on a pained expression, said something amazing, and then turned around: "As soon as I see you, I realize. The kingdom is now It’s the world of young people, we are all old!"

"Uncle Antonios, you can't be old, Antetoris needs you to grow up!" Melisanda immediately replied.

Antonius glared: "I'm just getting old, and I'm not dead!"

Everyone laughed, and the shadow of war created by the Samonais seemed to be washed away in their laughter.

The soldiers of the Tenth Army and the Fourth Cavalry Corps went directly to the Dawney Barracks, while the five men from Alexis, Antonios, Capus, Pregules, and Merishanda came directly The city hall of Lucenia held a military conference.

"Now, how is the situation of the Eleventh Army?" Alexis asked straightforwardly when everyone sat down.

Caps didn’t care, and replied seriously: “Because of the sudden invasion of the Samonaes, the military camp was undergoing rotation training at that time. There were only more than two thousand soldiers... These days, legionaries kept coming to report. There are already more than 6,000 people. Due to the siege of Askurom and Vibingrum and the occupation of Grum, some soldiers cannot come. I have replaced them with reserve soldiers from Lucenia.

Now the 11th Army has six heavy infantry groups, one light infantry group, and one light infantry group, with a total of 8,000 people, and its main combat troops are already full. As for whether to recruit the reserve soldiers in the Downey area, you, the commander, need to make a decision. "

Alexis nodded to express his understanding, and then he asked: "How many troops do the invading Samonaes have?"

"The scouts had previously surveyed the three Sammonite armies that besieged Askurom, Vibingrum and Grumium. They were all over 10,000 in number, plus some scattered ones. Tribal warriors, I am afraid there are more than 30,000 people. But so far, we have not found Cavutini warriors..." Antonios said.

"It seems that the victory of the Third Army in Campania has caused the Cavutini tribe to lose a lot..." Alexis showed a relieved expression, and then he asked with concern: " What's the situation in Grum City?"

"According to the scout's return, the Samonais there had already withdrawn from the mountains yesterday, but...the people in the city were all taken away by them!" Antonios said with some anger and sadness. Now these towns are under his jurisdiction, and he certainly has the duty to protect the lives of the people of Downey.

"Retreated?" Alexis was a little surprised, he was lost in thought...

At this time, Antonius said solemnly: "Yesterday, when the Samonais were evacuating, they sent an emissary to ask for the thousands of Dauni prisoners they had captured in exchange for those captured before. All Kautini people!"

"The Samoneites are dreaming! We must not agree to their arrogant request, let those Kautini people go back, command and strengthen the strength of the Samoneite army, continue to looting and killing our people!" Melishanda interjected angrily.

Antonius frowned.

"Melisanda, it is not up to you to decide whether to agree to the request of the messenger of Samona." Alexis looked at him and said seriously: "This matter concerns the thousands of people in Dauni. Life and freedom, only your Majesty can make the final decision!"

"Yes! I'm sorry!" Melisanda lowered his head to admit his mistake. He was quick to speak just now. After Alexis reminded him, he realized that he was only considering the impact on the war and not the captured people. Life is safe, and the Governor of Downey is sitting in front of him.

Antonius nodded at him, forgiving his momentary Meng Lang, and then said: "I have sent a messenger to Turei quickly to report this to Your Majesty. I believe I will get an answer in two days."

Alexis nodded. This is not something he can worry about. He looked at the map of the Dawney area placed on the wooden table in the center of the conference room, and said slowly: "Our reinforcements have just arrived, Samona The people began to retreat. It seems that they are afraid of us, but I don’t think they will end their attack on Dionia..."

"I agree with you. The Samonais have been with us for so many years. They should be very clear that they have destroyed the alliance and launched wars against us without authorization. Even if they want to truce us at this moment, your Majesty will never Give them lightly! However, judging from the current situation, the Samonais don't seem to want to have a head-on decisive battle with us." Capus also expressed his opinion.

"Now the Tenth Army, the Eleventh Army, and the Fourth Cavalry Army are concentrated in the Dawney area. The Ninth Army will arrive in a day or two. By then, we will have a strong army of more than 30,000 people. There may be more than 40,000 Monetites including the Cavutini tribe, and we can defeat them in frontal battles, so there is no need to recruit reserve soldiers for the time being. However, the Samonaite army is mostly light infantry, and they act. Swift, it is possible to avoid us and attack the eastern part of the Downey area, so-Antonios." Alexis groaned for a while, and said: "I am going to let the reserve soldiers of the towns in the Downey area gather and return. The chief executive of the city temporarily commands to strengthen the defense of the town. Once attacked by the Samonais, he can hold on until our rescue arrives, so this may affect the spring planting in the Downey area!"

"Don't worry about the issue of spring seeding, I will make appropriate arrangements." Antonios waved his hand and made a confident promise.

"Plegules, send your cavalry out to closely monitor the border of the Dawney area, find the enemy's movements, and report back immediately."

"Yes, Lord Commander."

"Now let us wait for the arrival of the Ninth Army, while observing the movements of the Samonais and judging what they will do next..."

As soon as Alexis finished speaking, Melisanda took the words again: "Commander, I think the reserve soldiers in the towns of Puchetti should also be gathered to strengthen the defense of the towns, because...because The Sammonites are likely to be worried about being encircled by our heavy forces in the Dawney area, and instead attack the empty Puchetti area..." Melisanda actually has his own selfish intentions because of his The Tenth Legion barracks were in Puchetti, and most of the soldiers came from there. Of course, he did not want Puchetti to be attacked and affect the morale of his legionnaires.

Melisanda's words awakened Alexis. He was just about to answer, but he heard this young army commander who had been stationed in the Puchetti area for many years and was very familiar with the terrain, continuing to say: "... In particular, the territory of Verosa needs key defense, because it is adjacent to the Samona Mountains and has a history of being captured by the Samonais in the past..."

Alexis quickly approached the map, fixed his eyes on the northwest corner of the Pucheti area, and plunged into the area in the mountains.

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Two days later, the Ninth Army led by Tagtilos rushed to the city of Lucenia and joined the army.

At the same time, the Minister of Foreign Affairs Ansitanos, who brought the decree of King Davos, soon had a meeting with the emissary of Samona who remained in the city of Lucenia.

Ansitanos said solemnly to the emissary of Samnet: "His Majesty Daves is very concerned about the captured Dauni people. He once said,'The lives of every Dionian citizen are incomparable. The preciousness is unmatched by the people of other Mediterranean city-states and countries', so he agreed without hesitation to exchange all the captives of Kautini in exchange for all the Dauni people looted by your Samonaes. If the Samonais believe in the promise of His Majesty Daves, please immediately release all the looted Dauni people, and Dionia will release all the Cavutini prisoners in Campania!"

The reputation of Dionian Davos for keeping the promise is well-known throughout Southern Italy. If he can get his promise, how could the messenger of Samona disagree.

However, Ansitanos, who received a clear response from the messenger, looked at him again and said solemnly: "Since the agreement has been reached, Dionia will ensure that all the released prisoners of Kautini are in good health. I hope Sa The Monet people also made the same promise to ensure that the captured Dauni people did not suffer any major harm!"

Samonet’s messenger hesitated. He knew very well: These wolves and uncontrollable warriors must beat and scold the prisoners, and they will not suppress their vigorous energy to the women...

Therefore, he reluctantly said: "We...will do our best to ensure the safety of the captives..."

Ansitanos has **** eyes, staring at him, and said sharply: "Before coming, His Majesty Daves said, "The lives of the people of Dionia are much more valuable than the people of Samona! For one person, if we capture Samona’s prisoners in the future, we will have one life to pay for it! If a person dies, we will have three lives to pay for it!'