Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

In the exaggerated narrative of the messenger: a siege machine can throw a cobblestone the size of a crock pot hundreds of meters away, and hit the city wall accurately. The impact can even make the city wall collapse; while another weapon is like a movable sentry tower, it is built higher than the city wall, the archers on the top of the tower can easily attack the defenders on the city wall, and once let It is close to the city wall and the drawbridge is lowered, so that the enemy can easily rush to the city head... The combination of these two siege weapons is simply the nightmare of any city, but they are all owned by Dionia!

Pianlon is not only worried about Knapetia, he is more worried about Cosenza. Originally in his plan, in the worst case, he could retreat to Cosenza and use the strong city wall to resist the attack of the Dionians until the enemy ran out of food and retreated. However, the messenger's remarks shook his decision. He didn't want to be trapped in the city, and the Dionysians used dozens or dozens of such siege equipment to throw stones, constantly smashing them on the head... Therefore, the city of Knapetia must be defended, otherwise, once captured by Dionia, Cosenza will be attacked on both sides.

But at this moment, under the circumstance that the moat has been lost and the strength of Dionia has a great advantage, the Brutite Alliance is in a difficult position, relying on defense alone is too passive, and the possibility of failure is too great. Therefore, Pian Lun is more inclined to take risks and attack. As long as he can defeat the main force of Dionia, all difficulties will be solved!

He turned his attention to Bisinia, who had surrendered, because it was the closest to Dionia's center, Turii, and Dionia's main force would definitely attack from here.

After much deliberation, he finally made a final decision: send two thousand reinforcements to Knapetia, at the same time persuade Bergam to return to Ambalia, and send a messenger to Vig, hoping that Bergam and Sedo The two alliance elders of Rum can bring as many warriors as possible to support the battle between the Bruti alliance and Dionia.

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In order to wait for the arrival of the baggage and meet the needs of the battle, Davos waited two more days in Bisinia.

Although Bisinia is very close to Turii, transportation is difficult due to road conditions. In order to make the next transportation more convenient, Davos learned his lesson and ordered each soldier to carry five days of rations again.

Early on the third day, Davos led the First Army, Second Army, Mountain Scout Brigade, Cavalry Brigade, Heraclea Allies, Castellon Allies, Vicinian Warriors, Legion Reserves, two thousand The free people... Except for a small number of legion reserves stationed in the city of Bisinia, the total number of people who were only counted to fight in Cosenza was about 24,000 people. They formed a long queue and marched westward along the mountain road.

It was almost noon when Pianlon received the report from the scout: the Dionysian army entered the Cosenza Plateau and saw the conspicuous flag of the Dionysian consul.

This news made Piaren unable to sit still,

He immediately convened an emergency meeting, in addition to Petaru, Philotaru, and Bergam and Sedorum who had just arrived with troops last night, Pangailu was still struggling to defend against the enemy's Attacking, and Nikuru was already dead, the Seven Elders Council actually only had five people, which inevitably made the people in the hall feel sad.

I estimate that after the Dionians arrive at Cosenza City in the afternoon, they will camp in this area. Pianlon drew a circle about six miles east of the Cosenza icon on the map with his finger, and he was very emotional. Said: With Amara's blessing, we should take advantage of their discomfort after entering Cosenza, take the initiative to attack while they are building a camp, and force them to a decisive battle!

Sedorum understood what Pianlon meant by discomfort. Because of the high terrain in the area where Cosenza is located, there is no problem with outsiders coming here. However, once they exercise vigorously, they will easily become tired and have difficulty breathing. The Brutian warriors, especially the Cosenza, have adapted to this environment since childhood, and will not have any abnormal behavior.

In addition, he already knew the situation of the battle on Knapetia's side, so he didn't have much hope for holding the city.

He and Bogam looked at each other with solemn expressions, and both finally agreed.

So, they went back to assemble their teams and waited nervously for the arrival of the Dionysian army.

But only half an hour later, Pian Lun urgently sent someone to call them again.

Elders, I just received the news that the Dionians stopped advancing near the Punat River and started to camp! Pian Lun said anxiously.

Punat River! Sedorum and Bergam hurriedly looked at the map in the center of the hall.

The Punat River, said to be a river, is actually more like a small stream. It eventually flows into the upper reaches of the Krati River, and the area through which it flows is relatively flat. The key is that it is almost located in Vicinia and Cosenza. middle.

It's so far away from Cosenza, and it's still so early to start resting?! Burgam muttered to himself in confusion.

Those traitors in Bisinia! God Amara will punish them! Philotaru said angrily.

Sedorum understands the reason for the high priest's anger. In his memory, the terrain on the Punat River is not as high as this, and the impact on people is not obvious.

He hurriedly looked at Pian Lun and asked, What is the big leader going to do?

Pianlon also cursed with the high priest. He also believed that the Dionysians must have leaked the secrets of the Bixinians and destroyed his pre-designed plan.

He thought for a while, then looked at the crowd, and said with a serious expression: Now, Knapetia is being violently attacked by the enemy every day, and it may be broken by the Dionysians at any time! On our side, we let the enemy alone. Slowly advance, gradually adapt and become familiar with the weather and environment here, or make up your mind and concentrate on attacking them?! It's your choice!

Sedorum and Bergam looked at each other again, with determination gradually flashing in their eyes: Do we still have a choice!

God Amara will bless our descendants of Brutus! Philotaru chanted loudly...

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Davos did choose to camp near Punat out of prudence.

When Bachilippi reminded him that 'foreigners entering the Cosenza area will experience some discomfort', a word immediately popped into his mind-altitude sickness: the higher the terrain, the thinner the air and the less oxygen it contains, People get tired from lack of oxygen. Of course, compared with Tibet in the far east, this height of the Cosenza Plateau is nothing at all, but in a fierce battle, it is likely to become a decisive factor.

Davos now has the advantage, he doesn't need to take risks, he just needs to steadily advance towards Cosenza, let the soldiers gradually adapt to the altitude sickness here, get familiar with the geographical environment here, and at the same time gradually put pressure on Cosenza to make It did not dare to divide troops to reinforce Knapetia.

Although he could not grasp the battlefield dynamics of Knapetia in time, out of his trust in Hiros and the Fourth Army with two siege machines, he believed that: in Knapetia, the Fourth Army was in an absolute position. The advantage, once the city of Knapetia is broken, the Dionysian army will advance from east to west, not only the advantage will increase greatly, but also it will shock the entire Brudy area, which may directly lead to the disintegration of the Bruti alliance, even without fighting, It will make the Brutians submit!

Although the idea was beautiful, Davos did not let his guard down. According to the regulations of the Dionysian Military Law to build camps in the battlefield area, he did not let all the soldiers devote themselves to the busy construction of camps, but only let the First Army and the The soldiers of the reserve began to work first, aided by the freedmen, and guarded by the Second Legion and its allies, and the Bissinian warriors.

Why let us come first this time to build the camp? We are Dionia's First Legion! Heitbarus stared at the soldiers of the Second Legion who were sitting and resting in front of him, while digging the soil, he was angry at the same time. Complained uneasily.

Maybe it's because the Second Legion just ended the battle with the Brutians the day before yesterday, the reward given to them by the Commander! Pecials guessed.

Leotizides listened to his teammates and thought: Although the Spartans paid more attention to the marching and camping, they did not pay much attention to what he thought was paranoia like Dionia. When the troops arrive at the important place, the first thing to consider is how to build an extremely strong camp. There are even engineers to measure and inspect, and if they fail to pass the inspection, they will be punished... Even if he is in the boot camp, after many exercises, he is in Tarantu. Mu has also really practiced it, but he is still a little uncomfortable.

If the Second Army is replaced by our First Army to attack Bisinia, we will do better! It is not because the Commander is unfair that he gave this critical task to the Second Army and commanded us. The First Corps is either climbing mountains or marching, and I don't know how much I have walked these days, and the soles of my feet are blistering!

Heitbarus vented his frustrations nonstop, and then his head was slapped: Hitebarus stop talking nonsense, work hard! If you slow down our camp construction progress, our brigade loses. Given to Olivers' team, Captain Matonis will never spare you lightly! Captain Sitarsis scolded.

When it comes to Matonis, Heitbarus dare not say it again.

Leotizides was a little emotional: Matonis, the mighty-looking brigade captain, was very protective of his soldiers, and could even be said to be extremely protective. Leotitsides had seen him several times with his own eyes, arguing with a military judge who the soldiers considered horrible for being punished by military law, and even once with Davos, plus his incredible power. , highly skilled, so the soldiers love and respect him.