The Wolsi did not have a grand banquet to welcome the arrival of the Dionian army, as the Campanias did, and they were quick to ask Amintas if they could give him a detailed account of the whole situation of the war and begin to discuss how the two sides should work together to meet the Romans in the future.

Amintas didn't think about it, and immediately agreed.

This took the Wolsey's perception of the Dioonians to a new level.

As a result, a military meeting was held in the conference room of the residence of the Governor of Selcher.

Amintas and Printors' eyes widened as the map of Wolsey and the surrounding area in cowhide was unfolded on the table: although the map was crude, perhaps not even precise, it was at least as detailed as the map of central Italy produced by the Dionian Ministry of War, after all, there were many races and forces in this area, some of which did not welcome outsiders at all, and Dionia had no roots here, As a result, Aristiras's intelligence services had no way to allow their men to penetrate deep into the interior of the area.

As the two of them looked closely, the consul of Sersche Tulous pointed to the map and said in a heavy Greek voice: "General Amintas and General Printors, more than 30,000 Romans invaded our territory in Wolsey more than a month ago, and besieged the city of Villitre, because we had just suffered a defeat in the battle with the Romans, so we reluctantly gathered 20,000 men to come to the rescue, and fought the Romans outside the city of Villitre, and suffered defeat again......"

At this, Toulouse's face was mixed with anger and shame, he coughed lightly, and continued: "After our defeat, the Romans began to storm the city of Villitre, they used a terrible siege machine, which could shoot stones from a great distance, and constantly bombarded the city walls, as a result, they blasted open the breaches in the city walls, causing the city of Villitre to fall......"

Printors was surprised: "Could it be that the Romans also made ballistas?!" ”

As the patriarch of Dionia, Amintas has been attending the emergency meeting of the Senate on Carthaginian affairs during this time, and after being appointed by Davers, he also went to the military department to read some secret information about Rome, so he knew a lot of things, he saw the surprise on Printors' face, so he whispered to him: "It should be given by the Carthaginians, they formed a military alliance with the Romans, and it is said that in the past, they also sent fleets to Rome to fund weapons and equipment." Before I left Turiyi with my army, Carthaginian emissaries went to our Senate to express their support for the Romans and tore up their agreements with us......

The Ministry of War did have information about the Carthaginians secretly trying to develop ballistas and siege towers...... But Printors was even more shocked: because in the present situation, there was a good chance of war between Dionya and Carthage!

Toulouse noticed the change in the expressions of the two Dionian generals, but he did not stop saying: "After the capture of Villitre, the Romans continued to attack Satnikum. This time, we learned our lesson, and instead of fighting the Romans, we defended the city with all our might, and thus repelled the Romans' attacks many times, but—"

Toulouse said indignantly again: "Ten days ago, another Roman army suddenly attacked Antium, and because most of the citizens of Antium went to the aid of Satnikum, they were unexpectedly attacked by them!" After taking Antium, the Roman army marched rapidly south along the coast, and most of our reinforcements had to withdraw from Satnikum in order not to be cut off by them......"

Turlouse's face took on a look of pain, and he sighed, "What is the situation with Satnikum now?" We don't know for sure, but there aren't too many soldiers in the city, and I'm afraid it won't last long. But we can't help it now, because this Roman army is attacking at a fast pace, and this piece—"

Toulouse drew a small circle on the map with his finger: "There are no large towns, only a few villages and a few small towns, and the terrain is very flat, and although there are several rivers, they can be easily crossed, so we hastily organized an army to intercept them, and the Romans have routed them...... Now they have reached the city of Setia. ”

Amintas, noticing that the place on the map where Toulouse was pointing was not too far from Selcher, immediately interjected: "How far is this city from us?" ”

"About 40 miles." Toulouse's answer made Amintas and Printors look at each other, and the same meaning was expressed in their eyes: no wonder the Walsey were in a hurry to hold a military council, and the Romans were about to be killed at their doorstep!

Toulouse's finger moved slightly south on the map to another city very close to the city of Setia: Now that our reinforcements are concentrated in the city of Polyfnum, the cunning Romans have stopped attacking the city of Setia and have set up camp not far from the city, we have been holding each other for several days, but once the other Roman army has captured our city of Satnikum and come to rendezvous, I am afraid it will be time for them to attack! ”

Toulouse said with a worried look on his face, and the rest of the room looked worried.

Amintas thought for a moment, pointed to the icon of Polyfnonam on the map, and asked, "How many of you are here?" ”

"There are about 12,000 people." After Toulouse finished answering, he couldn't hide it, and emphasized: "This is the largest force that our Wolsey Alliance can muster right now, and this also includes the 3,000 reinforcements sent to us by Oronchi and Citsiney. ”

The Wolsis present were both ashamed and a little sad: the Wolsey, who had once dominated the Radin region, were now in such a state that they could not even raise 10,000 soldiers.

Tapirus, who was listening from the sidelines, looked surprised: No wonder I didn't see many Wolsey citizens in the harbor and in the city!

Amintas didn't care about this, he pointed to the icon of the city of Setia and asked, "How many Roman troops are here?" ”

"I'm afraid it won't be less than 12,000 men, because this time there are two military officers in the Roman army, according to Roman regulations, usually one military officer leads a legion into battle, and they have about 5,000 men in one legion, plus some of the armies of the Roman allies......"

Before Toulouse could finish speaking, Tapirus couldn't help but exclaim: "Rome also has legions?!" ”

Amintas glanced at him and said calmly, "Yes, Rome also has legions. And its organization is somewhat similar to that of our Dionian legion. ”

Before coming, Amintaste went to the military department to learn some information about Rome, and when he saw the description of the Roman military system, he was also taken aback, and he was still thinking in his heart: The Romans have stolen the tactics of our Dionian legions! But it also reduced some of his contempt for the Roman army.

"More than 12,000 people, if you join up with another Roman army of more than 30,000 people, then the Roman army near the city of Setia has nearly 50,000 men." Amintas said slowly.

The Wolsey people in the house all looked solemn, after forming an alliance with Dionia, they thought that this powerful Southern Alliance would send more troops here, but they did not expect to send only 10,000 people. Of course, after listening to Matt Pola's explanation that "Dionya was unable to send more troops because of the lack of food due to the drought", they understood this: in fact, Wolsey also had some difficulty in supplying the more than 10,000 Dionian troops, as well as their own.

Amintas, too, looked solemn, knowing that no matter how brave the First Legion was, it would not be possible to repel 50,000 Roman soldiers, because according to the data, the Romans were not as easy to deal with as the weak Tarantums after a long period of continuous fighting.

He stared at the map, thought for a while, pointed to the west of Polyfnum, and said resolutely: "Tomorrow, I will lead my troops to camp here, and then see if the situation can induce this Roman army to fight us!" ”

After Amintas finished speaking, his eyes looked around the people in the room, and when he landed on Printors, he paused slightly, and asked with a little hesitation: "Printores, do you have any suggestions?" ”

In the case of Alexis in the past, he would first ask Printors for his opinion, and then make his own decision after careful consideration. Amintas had clearly not yet adapted to the presence of Printors, and the question was clearly perfunctory.

Printors compared the style characteristics of these two important Dionian generals in his heart, and shook his head gently: "I don't have any opinion, the decision of the regiment commander is correct!" ”

Indeed, Polyfnonam was an important town of Wolsey, and the fact that the First Army had encamped to the west of it was undoubtedly a great difficulty for the Roman army to storm it. To the west of the camp was a marshy area, which would establish a relatively sparse defensive line to protect the two most important towns of Wolsey and the surrounding fields and villages, and to ensure that these towns and villages would continue to provide logistical support to the camp. Of course, if the Romans abandoned the attack on the city of Setia and the camp of Dionia, and forced their way through the large gap between the camp and the swampy area to attack the empty Selscher in the rear, the Romans would risk being shut down and beaten by dogs! Printors mentally analyzed the merits of Amintas's decision.

Printors agreed, but before the Wolsey could say anything, Amintas had already slapped the table and said, "This matter is settled!" Early tomorrow morning, I will set off with the army! ”