Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 83: The decision of the South-Italian League

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Acesias coughed a few times and continued: "...Sirracuse Camp is about 24 miles east to Siriting City. There are many hills in this direction, but in general the terrain is still It’s pretty flat, so although the Syracuses stayed in the camp today, their mercenary cavalry was on the territory of Siriting. They wantonly destroyed farmland and orchards, burned down villages and houses, and killed dozens of us scouts. ……"

"How many soldiers are there in the Syracuse camp?" Askamas asked.

"According to observations over the past two days, there are probably more than 50,000 people!" Assisias replied.

50,000 people! Askamas thought for a while, turned his head and asked: "Master Felicius, how many enemies have you encountered in Corenia?"

"Not less than 40,000." Felicius answered truthfully.

"If you include the troops of Medema and Hibernian, this time the Syracuse’s attack on our Southern Italian League should surpass—" Askamas vomited a serious expression. Number: "100,000 people!"

When everyone here heard this number, all of them looked solemn: This is the largest army that has appeared so far, not only in Great Greece, in the Western Mediterranean, and in the history of the entire Greek world! "

"The number of coalition forces here, if you add Trina’s citizen soldiers, is only nearly 60,000." Pretinis sighed: "Unfortunately, Lijim is separated to the south and cannot join us. , Corenia is now under siege again, the most important thing is—"

Pretinis looked at Felicius and Ansitanos, and said regretfully: "Master Davos is leading Dionia’s main force in the Lucania area. If they all gather in Siritin , We don’t have to fear the Syracuse at all, even if there are 100,000 of them!"

"We made things simpler before. When planning, we always think too much about the good things. Once we implemented it, we found that there were so many problems." Niya blamed herself, and was also trying to relieve the senior leaders of the allied states who participated in the discussion at the time: "Some things happened suddenly and people were caught off guard! For example, the invasion of the Samoneites was unexpected! Only Dionysius can be said. For this invasion, I’m afraid I’ve already been preparing for it."

Ansitanos's remarks were obviously a bit more powerful than others and extinguished his own ambition. Askamas snorted softly, just about to speak.

Asopias asked first: "When will Master Davos lead his army back?"

"I haven't received any news yet. But Master Davos has never failed much in the military. I believe he will soon be able to repel the savage and backward Samonais and rush to join us quickly." Ansitanos comforted.

Feirisius took the opportunity to take his words and continued: "So we should now strengthen our camp outside the city of Silitin, and be horns with the city, based on defense, and dragging the army of Siracusa. , Wait for Master Daves to lead his army to return, and then have a decisive battle with the Syracuse!"

Askamas sneered twice: "Listen,'Master Davos, Master Davos,' Without Davos, wouldn't all the generals of our South Italy League command the war anymore? Right?!"

When Felicius heard it, his face changed slightly. Ancitanos frowned. Asesias looked a little calm.

Askamas looked at Felicius with disdain: "I ask you, how long is it from Turri to Potentia?"

"The easiest way is about five or six days." Even though Felicius was angry at what he had just said, he answered truthfully.

"In other words, in terms of days, Daves may have just arrived in Potentia. How long will it take to get here from Potentia?"

"About nine or ten days."

"Well, ten days, this does not count the number of days needed to defeat the Samonais. We Crotones have not dealt with the Samonais, but since they are natives living in the mountains, The way of fighting is very likely to be similar to that of the Bruti. In the mountains, they rarely fight head-on, but like wolves like to hide and sneak attacks. This means that it is difficult to repel them through a decisive battle. It’s impossible to end the war soon! General Felicius, I know that there are many Brutis in your team, you should know better than me in this regard!" Askamas’s tone was more mocking. : "Even if Daves has a strong commanding ability, he can return to Xiliting within 20 days... This is the shortest time I can give! But in these 20 days, what do you think of the 4 who fought with you before? Is it possible for more than 10,000 enemies to capture Corenia?! I heard that the Syracuse people have a siege weapon called a ballista. In the previous war with Carthage, they had used it to capture several canadians. The city of Taiji..."

Felicius' face changed again. They had captured Syracuse’s ballistas after they defeated Syracuse’s battalion. According to the ballista captain, it was very similar to Dionia’s ballistas. It is not as accurate as Dionia, but it is more powerful than Dionia. After all, its size is larger than Dionia’s siege ballista, and the stone bullets used are naturally larger. Thinking of Phoeniris, who was confident of defending the city before leaving, Felicius was up and down and had to remain silent.

Ascamas looked in his eyes and continued: "If the mixed army of Syracuse and Lokri uses a ballista to capture Corenia, and then come to Siriting to meet, they will only A small and a half of the troops need to be allocated to besiege Trina. We have no way to stop it. How many days can Trina resist?"

Athoppi, Aston's face turned pale.

"When Master Daves arrives here with his troops, I am afraid that even the outside of Siriting City will be in ruins." Askamas's next sentence made Pretinis , Asesias could not sit still.

After Pretinis and Athesias met and reached an agreement, Athesias slapped the wooden table hard, stood up, and said loudly, "My lords, we can't wait any longer! We should take advantage of the fact that the two armies of Syracuse have not yet converged, we should be the first to attack the army of Syracuse here! "

Felicius frowned and asked: "Attack? How to attack?! Is it going to attack Syracuse’s camp?!"

"Let's start the war! According to the soldiers who retreated from the Corta River, they saw the Siracusa people crossing the river with a large Siracusa flag erected behind them." Syracuse Zha’s tyrant, that Dionysius should be in this army. We wrote him a war letter in accordance with the ancient tradition and invited him to a battle between the two armies. This tyrannical and arrogant dictator claimed to be the'master of Sicily' '...He shouldn't...should not allow himself to show fear in front of his men and dare not fight. Then the Greeks under his tyrannical rule will see through his timidity and weakness !" Asesias said uncertainly.

"This is a good way! Our Trina will also do our best to send more soldiers to join you. In this way, the number of our coalition soldiers will greatly exceed the number of Syracuse soldiers here. !" At this moment, Asopias also took the initiative to make a promise.

"But Dionysius is likely to refuse to fight when there is a gap in military strength." Felicius warned cautiously.

"The Syracuses dare not come out to fight, then we will storm their camp!" Askamas took the conversation and added: "I have observed the Syracuse camp, they built The camp is far less solid than your Dionians, isn’t your team also equipped with ballistas! So, keep throwing stones at the Syracuse camp until you force these timid Syracuses Come out to fight!" As Dionian's neighbor, Crotone is still more concerned about Dionian's army.

"That's right, Master Ascamas, let's do that!" Asesias responded excitedly.

"Master Felicius, what do you think?" Pretinius' question made everyone's eyes focus on Felicius.

In the face of everyone's expectations, Felicius sat on pins and needles, but was unable to reply.

Seeing that everyone's expressions gradually became impatient, Ansitanos stood up and said: "My sires, please let me and Master Felicius say a few words separately."

The two walked out of the venue.

Ansitanos brushed away the dust on the steps, and after sitting down, asked Felicius to also sit down.

Philipsius was a little flattered. He has been in a high position in the Dionian League for several years, but facing a university like Ansitanos alone, the inferiority of Philipius, who was once a mercenary, can't help but pop up.

"Master Felicius." Ansitanos did not notice his expression, looked at the square in front, and asked in a calm tone: "Are you going to stick to the defensive tactics developed by Master Daves? ?"

Philipsius hesitated for a moment and replied: "Yes. Ascamas, Athesias and their battle plans are too risky. If they fail, the consequences are unimaginable! And as long as we hold on to the camp , Waiting for Lord Davos to lead his army back to Great Greece, and then fight the Syracuse, whether it is the number and ability of the soldiers, or the commanding ability of the generals, they will win the Syracuse, this is the most secure Tactics!"

"The safest tactic? I'm afraid no one in the house would think so." Ansitanos sighed, "Man, when the danger comes, I always want to eliminate the danger as soon as possible, but not Calm down and think about longer-term plans... Now that the war is burning on the land of the allies, their homes are facing great danger. Our delaying tactics will only make them feel suspicious and angry. They will think that we Dionians Selfishness, allowing their homes to be invaded and the people killed without any action!... If you delay this way, the image that Dionia has been trying hard to establish in the Southern Italy Alliance for the past few years will be destroyed, and we will lose it. The trust of the people of these city-states is very detrimental to the future development of Dionia!"

"Should we put our soldiers in danger in order to win their trust?!" Felicius asked rhetorically.

"Is there no chance of victory according to their plan?" Ansitanos looked at him.