"Ladies and gentlemen, Cosenza's army has entered the Buruti barracks, two miles away, and according to the spies, the number of enemies may be more than twenty thousand." Dracos told the crowd that he was not nervous but relieved when he received the hostile situation.

It turned out that the two thousand Bissinian warriors had voluntarily surrendered, and Dracos was having a headache about how to settle them, and Bachilipi gave a suggestion, on the grounds that Nikuru would soon lead Cosenza's army back to retaliate, except for a few wounded warriors who could return to Bissinia to recuperate, everyone else should stay in the newly built fortress to assist the Dionians in defending against Nikuru's attack. In order to prevent Dracos from suspecting that he had too much military power, Bachilipi also offered to propose that the warriors of each tribe be led by the leaders of each tribe.

Dracos was very grateful for Bachilipi's understanding, but after all, not long after the battle between Dionia and Bisinia ended, and some of the family members of the Bessinian warriors had died at the hands of the Dionian soldiers, the enmity between the two clans could not be resolved so quickly, and the conflict between the soldiers between the two sides was inevitable in the small fortress, and Dracos and Bachilipi were heartbroken. Drax, who had never been good at handling such matters, was eager to turn his soldiers' attention to fending off enemy attacks.

With Dracos finished, Adpigis translated his words into Bruti again, and the captains were eager to try.

Although Creru was nervous, he knew that he had to assist the Dionians in blocking the attack of the Bruti coalition, otherwise he would be the first person Nikuru would kill if the enemy came in.

Bachilipi sat still, but thought roughly like the young Krem.

Only Brim held one hand on his abdomen, which had been stabbed with a spear by a Dionian soldier and then wrapped in a cloth by the doctor, waved his other hand, and said in astonishment: "Twenty thousand Kosenza warriors! Are there so many fighters in Cosenza now?! ”

"I think Pianren must have gathered the Ambanians and warriors of other tribes as well." Bachilipi said.

Brim's consternation subsided somewhat, but he still exclaimed, "Twenty thousand warriors! This is a powerful army that Bruti has never had! ”

"What is this! There are many city-states with more than 20,000 men who have lost to me, Dionia, and Crotone to the south! Across the bay are Mesapi, Puchetti! …… We are not afraid that the enemy will come too much, but we are afraid that the enemy will come too little! Trotilas stood up and said impassionedly, the son-in-law of Anticoris with the "broken arm", who was only a squad leader when he arrived in Turiy with the mercenaries, is now a captain of a thousand men.

His words were echoed by the other captains.

Brim was not convinced, and wanted to say more, but was held down by Bachilipi's hand.

Seeing this, Adrianx, the first captain, looked at Drax and found that the legion commander did not seem to have the meaning of speaking, he knew the temperament of his old friend, so he came out to the round: "Although Cosenza's team is huge, we also have tens of thousands of soldiers, and we have a fortress as a barrier. In the words of Lord Davers, 'It is very difficult for the besieging side to take the city easily without several times the strength of the defending side.' 'Not to mention, the army led by Lord Davers will soon arrive!' ”

Obviously, the loudness of the name Davers made Brim lose the desire to refute.

At this time, Dracos saw that the silence in the hall had returned, and began to say: "Zpit, how is the training of the two thousand new Ionian freedmen handed over to you now?" ”

Zpitt said with satisfaction: "It seems that these freemen sent by the Senate have been carefully selected, they have undergone many military trainings, and they can obey orders well, archery and javelin are their strengths, and they can resist hand-to-hand combat for a while. I've teamed them up, and they're fully capable of defending the city. ”

"That's good." Dracos, despite his satisfaction, did not have a smile on his face, he kept his face calm and continued: "Given the small walkway of the newly built wooden wall, it cannot accommodate too many soldiers. When the enemy attacks, you lead a light infantry brigade and 2,000 free men on the wooden wall, and carry out non-stop long-range attacks on the attacking enemy, until the enemy approaches under the wall, you immediately command them to retreat under the wall, and let the archers continue to kill and wound the enemy with projectiles, disrupting the rhythm of their attack. ”

"Commander, don't worry! Hades will protect my brigade, I am afraid that before it is your turn to fight, the enemy will be repulsed by my brothers! Zpitt said confidently.

Dracos was happy to see his men have such fighting spirit, but he would not praise and encourage like Davers, or even joke and liven up the atmosphere, he just nodded slightly, did not respond, looked around at the other captains, and continued to say his battle plan: "After Zpitt's troops retreated to the city, the first and second brigades and the Bessinian warriors quickly went to the city!" The 1st and 2nd Brigades defended the wooden wall to the south, and the Bissinian warriors defended the northern side, leaving no gaps for the enemy's attack!

The 3rd and 4th Brigades, as reserves, are waiting under the city, and once they find danger, they will immediately go to support!

The 5th and 6th Brigades stayed in the city of Bissinia! …… Guys, do you understand your mission?! ”

"Got it! Brutus is on top, and we Bissinian warriors will never let a Cosenza climb a wooden wall! The young, patriotic Krem was the first to respond, and he also made a promise to Dracos on behalf of Bachilipi and the silent Brim.

"Legion Commander, this is not fair! Our 5th and 6th brigades also want to go to the fortress to kill the enemy! Trotilas, the leader of the Sixth Brigade, shouted aggrieved.

Although the fifth captain didn't speak, the look of loss on his face said it all.

Dracos looked uncertain and said forcefully, "This is an order!" ”

"But—" Trotilas was about to retort, but was interrupted by Adrianx, "Trotiras, you see, the city of Bissinia is very important to us!" In the unlikely event that the Cosenzas break through the fortress, the city of Bissinia where you are stationed will be the last line of defense against the enemy's blockade of the mountains, and will be the base from which to welcome the army led by Lord Davers! ”

In order to wake him up, Adrianks did not hesitate to be a "crow's mouth", Trotilas was just impulsive, not a fool, he immediately understood the meaning of Adrianx's words: If there is no testimony from the Ionian soldiers in Bissinia, if there is a recurrence, the rear of the Third Army will be cut off, which will not only fall into great danger, but also make the attack plan formulated by Lord Davers completely fail!

"I ...... Accept the order. Trotilas replied.

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"Woo! …… Woo! ......" Bruti's horn sounded in the distance.

Holding on to the wooden battlements, Zpitt looked out: the yellow-green grass in front of him was covered with dense enemies, like a black tide rushing towards the city wall......

It should be said that the array of the Brutis is still relatively neat and tight, not as loose as the Lucanians. Two hundred meters from the fortress, the Brutis stopped advancing,

"Drive the slaves up and fill in those traps for me!" Pianlun ordered with a blank face.

The 2,000 slaves of the Bruti tribes, mainly Greeks, who had been plundered from Great Greece over the years, came to the front of the battle with sacks full of earth and began to tremble and move forward with trembling ropes......

"Captain, they're in the trap area!" The soldier next to Zpitt reminded with a slight urgency.

Zpitt looked at him, smiled, and said, "You're a recruit, don't worry, let more enemies enter the firing range." ”

A slave threw down the sack on his back, turned and ran. The other slave then dropped the sack in the gap next to it...... One after the other, the scene is both tense and somewhat chaotic. From time to time, slaves accidentally stepped on the trap and let out a terrible scream, prompting the slaves to put the sacks even more nervously.

But the overseer, the Bruti warriors, not only whipped the perfunctory slaves, but also stabbed them to death with spears.

In the face of the threat of death, the slaves did not dare to be lazy, obediently ran to the rear of the array, and then carried the sacks on their backs to continue paving the road.

"Archer prepare!" Sensing that the time was ripe, Tspeit raised his right arm.

More than 500 archers of the 7th Brigade and 2,000 freemen stood on a four-meter-high wooden wall, drawing bows and arrows one after another.

80 meters, exactly within the range of the bow and arrow! After reciting a few Hades chant, Zpitt waved down with his right hand: "Release!" ”

"Whoosh! Sou! Sou! ......" continued to sound the bowstring, and more than 2,000 sharp arrows soared into the sky, whistling down in an instant, evenly scattered among the slaves, and suddenly a bloody flower appeared, and the screams continued......

When Pianlun saw this scene, he couldn't help but be moved. Not because of the death and wounds of the slaves, but because I didn't expect that there were so many archers from the Dionians, and judging from the landing point of the arrows, the level of the archers was not bad.

Could it be that the Ionian army here is not a patchwork of randomness, but a main force of the enemy?! You must know that the Bessinians, who had fled to Cosenza before, told him that there were not too many enemies attacking the city of Bessinia, and there should be no more than a thousand! Nikuru, who fled back to Cosenza yesterday, increased the number of enemies by another two thousand in his narrative...... All this information gave him considerable confidence in the "recapture of the city of Bissinia". However, when he arrived, he was already surprised by the fact that a fortress was beginning to take shape, and the Dionians were only one round of arrows, which made her wary.

"Great Chief, there are a lot of enemy archers!" Petaru was clearly aware of this, and said with some concern.

Pianren maintained a superficial calm: "Let these Greek slaves continue to consume the Dionians' bows and arrows, even if they all die!" ”

The Buruti warriors executed a dozen escaped slaves, intimidating the others. Once again, the slaves were forced to fill in the earth, and the walls continued to shoot relentless arrows......