Alexis looked at them and said solemnly, "So I have decided to slow down the formation of the legions early tomorrow morning, and wait for the Daunis to reach the other side of the Ovantto River, and then we will engage the enemy on the way across the river and crush them in one fell swoop." ”

"I agree with Alai...... The Commander's plan, I have crossed this river many times in the past two days, although its surface is a little wide, but the water is not deep, at most knee-deep, the current is not too fast, the bottom of the river is relatively hard, even if the Dawneys hold us back in the river, it will be enough for our heavy infantry to exert their might. Amintas agreed, and the other legion commanders agreed.

Alexis continued: "Legionnaires, come and see, tomorrow our river crossing will be here. ”

Several regiment commanders hurriedly gathered around, looking at the map placed on the table, the place Alexis pointed to was less than a mile from the barracks, they all surveyed the terrain, and knew that the two sides of the river three or four miles to the east were low, mostly tidal flats, and the silt on the banks of the river had long since dried up and agglomerated due to the summer sun, which was very conducive to the march of the army.

"Captain Amyntas, your First Legion is lined up in this position." Alexis moved his finger to the east and said: "Since your first legion has the strongest combat effectiveness and the largest number of veterans in the legion, I arrange for you to be in the middle lane, hoping that the first legion will not advance too fast, and will maintain the connection with the military and government on the left and right flanks......"

The troops led by Amintas have always been known for their ferocious attacks, but as a veteran of Dioonia for more than ten years, he knows what is important, and immediately nods his head to show that he understands.

"Commander Olivers, your Fourth Legion is on the left flank of the First Legion. Commander Giogris, your Fifth Legion is on the right flank of the First Legion. There are too many recruits in your legion, and I hope that in the process of crossing the river, the officers at all levels will be able to stabilize the mood of the soldiers under their command and avoid major confusion......" Alexis reminded them, pointing to the map.

"Don't worry, Lord Commander, although many soldiers have just been incorporated into the corps from the reserves, they have all been trained in the training camp for Transition River Operations many times, and the lowest-level officers (i.e., squad leaders) are all veterans who have participated in more than four battles, so there will be no problems." Oliver immediately assured.

Giogris is also on the side, although the Fifth Legion he led is dominated by the Brutis, but the civil strife in Bruti during the South Italian War and the post-war clean-up, the dissident Brutis have been cleaned up, and the Brutis have basically integrated into the kingdom in the past ten years, and the recruits in the legion have spent their childhood after the Bruti merged into Dionia, and grew up, most of them have read the schools established by Dionya in various towns in Bruti, and are deeply influenced by Dionian culture, in addition to appearance, They were no longer much different from the Greeks, the main ethnic group of Dionia.

As for why so many recruits have been transferred to the legion? This question has to start after the South Italian War.

Dionia's greatest achievement after the victory was to occupy all the eastern coasts of Greater Greece and Sicily, and after the completion of the civic army and the settlement of the citizens of the city-states incorporated into the kingdom, there was still a large amount of vacant land, and the Senate even passed several temporary laws in succession, allowing reserve citizens and registered freedmen to distribute land first (but with different tax amounts), and then grant them full citizenship after reaching the age limit.

At that time, the Corinthian Wars were taking place in Greece itself, and in Asia Minor, Sparta led a coalition of forces still fighting with Persia, and the continuation of the war led to an increase in the number of displaced people throughout the Greek world. Under the deliberate guidance of Dionia, most of the displaced people flocked to Greater Greece, so the manpower was sufficient, but the laws of Dionya were mostly aimed at official citizens, but during that period the number of registered freedmen increased dramatically, and most of them took six or seven years to become full citizens, which brought great trouble to governance.

Out of practical needs, and also out of Davers's strategic planning for the kingdom, he launched a war against the Mesapi and Puchetti people in the autumn of the fourth year of Dionia, and after the Battle of Brindisi, he replaced the legions with a large number of recruits mainly reserve citizens and freedmen, in order to shorten their years of becoming citizens through war exploits, and at the same time to prevent the older group of citizens from producing large landlords because of too many military exploits and too much allocated land, resulting in the kingdom just being established. The gap between the rich and the poor of the country's citizens has been widened.

But in this Dawny War, the situation is slightly different, because many of the recruits have grown up in the alliance since the establishment of the Dionian Alliance, and this group of new Dionian citizens who have not been adults for a few years have been trained by the Dionian military since they were children, although they are recruits, their military quality is not low, which is also the confidence of several legion commanders.

"Ryders, your cavalry corps is to divide the forces equally, and on both sides of the entire army formation, it is responsible for driving away and defeating the Daoni cavalry." Alexis continued to lay out his offensive plan.

"Understood." Ryders nodded in response.

There were now four cavalry regiments in the Dionian kingdom: the 1st Cavalry Regiment had its headquarters in Turiy; The headquarters of the 2nd Cavalry Corps was located in Grummentum; The headquarters of the Third Army was located in Catanay; The headquarters of the Fourth Army Corps was located in Brindisi. In terms of cavalry quality, it should be the strongest in the Fourth Cavalry Regiment, because most of them are composed of Pucheti and Mesapi. However, the earliest time for these two regions to be incorporated into the Kingdom of Dioonia was only six years, and with the unruly and free nature of these two races, not to mention the cavalry, if they did not obey the command in the battle, they would be dealt with according to military law, and they would be beheaded at worst and punished with rods, which would cause a lot of trouble to the entire war and even the two regions that had just been stabilized. After thinking about it again, Davers still decided to transfer the First Cavalry Regiment to the battle, so the cavalry regiment had the fewest recruits in the ranks that participated in the battle, so Alexis did not tell anything more.

"As the whole formation begins to cross the river, I will concentrate all my ballistas and bellied bows behind you to bombard the Dorni army on the opposite bank, disrupt their formation, and ...... for your attack," Alexis said, reassuring the commanders completely.

"What if the Janis don't go to war at all to stop us from crossing the river?" Giogris asked.

"Then we'll cross the river easily, and then take their cities one by one!" Amintath replied for Alexis.

At first, Davos forcibly detained Dionysius' team of nearly 2,000 engineers and craftsmen, and later forcibly demanded that Syracuse send their families to Dionia, and finally left them in Turiyi, thus making Dionysia's metal forging, engineering construction, and carpentry ...... and so on, the process has suddenly improved a lot. Later, in the conquest wars of Mesapi and Puchetti, with their help, the legions successfully captured towns one after another, so the Dionian legions are now very confident in the siege of cities.

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The newly built Dioonian barracks near Canusian were made up of several regimental camps, which ran from west to east by a road.

After the commanders returned to their respective camps, they immediately gathered their captains for discussion.

The captains of the First Legion were hurrying through the avenue to the Legion's tent, and they were greeted by a wave of soldiers returning to the camp, and when they saw the senior officers, they all stopped to salute as a sign of respect. Only one soldier was saluting, but his eyes were evasive, he did not make a sound, and hurriedly finished his salute and walked away.

The captains of the First Legion were also stunned, and it was not until the soldiers were far away that the First Captain Quetsus turned around and said with a narrow smile: "Patroclus, you are so majestic that even our prince of Dionya is afraid of you!" Looking at the way he looked just now, he didn't dare to look at you at all. ”

"I say Chysus, our Prince of Dionya is a descendant of Hades, how can he be afraid of Patroclus, he is out of respect for his brother-in-law for his future brother-in-law!" The other captain said jokingly.

"You are mistaken, Prince Adoris is only the adopted son of His Majesty Davers, including his sister, but His Majesty treats them as if they were his own children." Chysus hurriedly corrected.

"Really?!"

"The older group of Ionian citizens know about this, and if you don't believe it, you can ask this kid, he knows these things best." Quetsus pointed at Patroclus.

"Brothers, Captain Amyntas is in a hurry to summon us to discuss matters, we are here to chat, if we go late, he will beat and curse!" Patroclus hurriedly shifted the subject.

"It's okay, we're not afraid of Lord Amintas's roar." Testissus looked indifferent.

"Ketisus, you are not afraid, we are terrible!" The captain next to him wailed.

Quethusus smiled "hehe", and said to the youngest of the eight: "Patroclus, you have married His Majesty's daughter, and your status will be very different in the future, don't forget to help us old brothers." ”

His words were echoed by others.

"I said brother, Your Majesty let Adores participate in the war as an ordinary citizen, and he should have belonged to the First Legion, Your Majesty was afraid that there were too many acquaintances who knew him, so he specially asked the Ministry of Military Affairs to integrate him into the Fourth Legion, didn't he just want anyone to take care of him! His Majesty is so strict with his own children, if I become his son-in-law, I am afraid that the requirements for me will never be low, and it is impossible to get his special care! Patroclus said earnestly.