"Let's go, Lord Shiros, or we'll have to wait again!" Henipolis urged triumphantly, and led his guards to the trestle at a gallop.

Shilos had no choice but to accept the fact that Henipolis had gone on the expedition with the army, and once again solemnly saluted Bagul: "Laos will be handed over to you." ”

Bagul, who was a little guilty, also replied solemnly: "Don't worry, may Hades bless you to go to the south to break the enemy and attack the city!" ”

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As soon as Davers crossed the Neto River, he received a report from the herald Tolmid: "Your Majesty, a troop of Scouts of Syracuse has appeared ahead, and our cavalry is pursuing it. ”

"Rydes's cavalry corps has already been scattered, why didn't they find out, and let them break into front of our army." There was a majesty in Davers's calm tone.

The kind-hearted Tormide hurriedly explained: "It is reported that these enemy horses were hiding behind the ruins of the broken wall of the city of Crotone, so they were not discovered. Now Ryders has reorganized his men and prepared to thoroughly investigate the ruins of the city of Crotone. ”

"Dionysius is very careful in order to find out the movements of our army!" Davos sneered, and he sat down on his horse, looking ahead, and his vision was full of small phalanxes of Dionian soldiers, and his expression began to become solemn: "I'm afraid my worst is coming true...... Tolmid! ”

"In!"

"Tell all legionnaires to put on their weapons and equipment and march south at a normal pace! Tell Ryders not to scatter his cavalry to scout the city of Crotone, I want his cavalry to follow closely with the army of Syracuse, to report the enemy's movements at all times, and at the same time give me all the cover for our troops! Let the Mountain Scout Brigade do the work of exploring the city of Crotone. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Tolmide asked softly, "I need to inform the Crotone people in the Acropolis that we have crossed the river?" ”

Davers groaned for a moment, nodded and said, "You sent someone to tell Lycias...... Well, let's just say that we are leading an army to rescue them, and there is a possibility of a fierce battle with the army of Syracuse, so let them send their troops over to meet them as much as possible! ”

"Understood, Your Majesty!" Tolmide immediately turned and gave orders to the heralds.

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"My lord, my men are back." Archirita rode up to Dionysius: "Of the ten men who were sent out, only two returned, and they were all wounded, and although they were skilled in riding, they had to pass through the siege of so many enemy horsemen—"

"I know, you have made a contribution, and the reward will not be less in the future!" Dionysius impatiently interrupted his complaint: "Tell me, how is the situation?" ”

"The great army of the Dioonians crossed the river, and there were many, many of them...... "The Numibians were much less civilized than Carthage and Greece, and after the number reached tens of thousands, most of them could not be counted.

Dionysius listened to Arshirita's exaggerated words, and his original worries dissipated, and a smile appeared on his face. Anything that he said about retreating because the rear was attacked was an illusion to lure the enemy across the river, and he had only one goal in mind - to defeat the army of Dionia, and only by achieving this goal could he completely get rid of the predicament of the army of Syracuse, which Dionysius knew very well from beginning to end.

His gaze swept to Phoebidas next to him, and Phoebidas nodded forcefully at him.

Dionysius resolutely ordered: "Order the whole army to stop advancing, turn around at once, cross the Tacchinadi, and march quickly north!" ”

At this moment, his army had already crossed the south bank of the Tachina River, and the whole army was about ten miles from the Neto River, and it would take more than two hours to reach it on a normal march, so he had to move quickly to avoid the enemy from realizing that he had been deceived and then fleeing back to the north bank of the Neto. However, the time required for an army of tens of thousands to cross Netohe should probably be more than a few hours, and he has enough time......

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Near noon, the flotilla entered the port of Knappetia.

The port of Krapetia was not large, and although it was expanded by the two governors after its incorporation into the Dionian Union, the port's congenital conditions were not good, and its capacity to accommodate ships was not significantly improved, so troop carriers had to queue up to enter the port one by one......

"Welcome, Lord Shiros! I haven't seen you in over two years, and this time I heard that you were coming, so I was waiting for you at the dock early! ”

Assistes gave a warm hug to Shiros, who had just disembarked, and then said: "Your Majesty is really ruthless, these years have either let me stay in Lucania, or sent me to this remote Bruti region, and will not give me a little leisure time to have a good reunion with you old brothers." The last time you were appointed governor of Cosenza, I wanted to go to Cosenza to congratulate you, but I didn't expect the war to break out so soon......"

As soon as Assistes came up, he couldn't stop talking excitedly, and Shiros only replied: "Your Majesty is also for your good." ”

"Of course, Your Majesty treats me like a brother, and if I complain a few words, he won't blame me." Ashistes cheekily teased.

"Hello, Lord Asisteus!" Henipolis stepped forward to salute.

By the time Hennepolis went to study in Turiy, Ascestes had already gone to Niutum, and had only seen Henypolis a few times each time he returned to Turiyi to report to Davers, but he remembered this only boy who had lived in Davers's mansion with great memory.

"Lord Henipolis, it's a pleasure to meet you!" Assistes immediately replied warmly, and then he remembered something, and his face was puzzled: "You can get here, it means that Laos has taken it back, shouldn't you be in Laos to sort out the affairs of the city-state that has just experienced the war?!" ”

In fact, there was a bit of a lesson in this, but Henipolis did not care, and he said calmly: "Lord Bagul is now in charge of the city of Laos, and he has done a good job, and I will fulfill the promise I made to His Majesty and serve as his secretary of the army, so I have come with Lord Shiros." I have heard that Lord Assistes is the first secretary of His Majesty, and I would like to ask you for more experience in serving as His Majesty's secretary. ”

Assistes laughed, but glanced at Shiros, and when he saw Silos nodding to him, he said: "No problem, we can communicate together, I think you must be better than me, because I don't have the same good writing ability as you, and I was criticized by His Majesty a lot......"

Just as Assistes modestly encouraged Henipolis, a man behind him stood up: "Lord Shiros, we've been waiting for you for a long time! ”

"You are?" Shilos looked at the stranger who spoke.

"Let me introduce you." "This is Blomaras, the general of Trina, who led the people of the city to retreat to Knappetia after the defeat of the Allied forces in southern Italy, and avoided the tragic fate of Siritin. ”

Bromaras said solemnly, "Lord Shiros, the citizens of Trina will fight with you to reclaim our homeland!" ”

"Your wish will soon come true!" Shilos confidently promised.

"And this one—" Assistes pointed to another man beside him and introduced to Shiros, "Vlalios, the captain of the tri-oared warships of the Dionian fleet, has been waiting for you in Knappetia for a day on the orders of the Admiral Secrean. ”

Vlalios stepped forward and gave a military salute: "Lord Shiros, our fleet is now anchored in the port of Taurena, and Admiral Sekrian has ordered me to come and consult with you, and when I have time for your attack on Trina, I will return as soon as I tell Admiral Secrean." He will lead a fleet, laden with 4,000 of Ligem's soldiers, to land on the shores of Hibernian and cut off the route of reinforcements in Lokry......"

After hearing this, Shilos couldn't help but sigh: "Now that our navy is strong, it will be even more helpful for the army's attack!" ”

He turned his head to look at the dock, where there were only a few hundred soldiers ashore, and troop transports lined up one after another, all the way out of the port.

He looked back at Brommaras, the general Trina looking at him expectantly.

"General Brommaras, how many soldiers do you have left?" Shilos asked suddenly.

"500 people." Seeing that Shilos frowned slightly, Brommaras added, "Counting the older citizens, I can lead 900 men to fight with you." ”

"How many soldiers can Knappetia draw?" Shilos asked Assistes again.

"Knappetia has 1,500 reserve citizen soldiers, and I can send a thousand to support you." Assistes said without thinking.

"How many enemies are there in Trina?" Shilos asked again.

"Hmm...... According to our reconnaissance these days, there may be 4,000 people, but more than half of them are citizen soldiers of Hibernian and Medma. Brommaras replied.

Shilos bowed his head and pondered for a while, then made up his mind, and immediately said in a deep voice: "I will return to the ship now, lead the fleet to land on the shores of the Euphemiaan Plain, and march to Trina. ”

"What?!" Acestes was taken aback, and hurriedly persuaded: "The soldiers have been tossed at sea for several hours, they should be allowed to go ashore to rest, and it is not too late to set off tomorrow." What's more—"Back then, Assistes and Shiros fought side by side in Persia, and knowing that once Shiros had an idea, it would be difficult for him to change it, so he pointed to Vlalios and said, "You have not yet made good contact with our fleet. Sekrian wanted the Lijim army to attack Hibernian first, luring Trina's enemies back so that you could easily take it down when you attacked Trina. ”