Ansitanos did not shy away from stating his reasoning: "Probably in their eyes, Dionya doesn't have much chance of winning." In fact, Carthage didn't pay much attention to us in Dionya, and Hanno, who was in power, didn't even receive me......"

Davers really didn't expect that Carthage, which could compete with Rome in the history of his previous life, would be so cowardly, but thinking about the time when Carthage and Rome competed for hegemony, it was already a hundred years later, and the development of Carthage after a hundred years was naturally not comparable to it at this time. Remembering that Carthage (mainly the influence of Hannibal), who had made him quite fond of in his previous life, actually looked down on Dionia, he was a little depressed, and said in his heart: "One day, you will regret the neglect of Dionia!" ”

"Lord Ansitanos, do you think that the invasion of Pothenia by the Samonai was instigated by Dionysius?" Davos wanted to double-check his judgment.

"I heard the news as soon as I got back." Ansitanos took a sip of the water and said in a deep voice, "Hmm...... I think it's very likely. You must know that Syracuse and Campania had a close relationship during Dillon's time, and the two sides had frequent trade exchanges, and Syracuse also sent troops several times to help the Greek city-states of Campania defend against the attacks of the Samoneans...... It is said that most of Dionysius' mercenaries came from Campania, so Dionysius should be familiar with the Samonai people in the mountains of Campania, as long as he is willing to pay the price, it is not impossible to move the Samonai. Moreover, the Samonai people must have been worried about the strength of Dionia. ”

After being reminded by Ansitanos, Davers suddenly remembered that since Pothenia joined the Dionian League, the invasion of Lucania by the Samonians had not occurred, and he was obviously very jealous of Dionia......

Davers secretly regretted that he had patronized the country in recent years, and had invested too little energy in the surrounding situation and the situation in the Mediterranean as a whole.

Here's a lesson! He admonished himself in his heart, and then humbly asked Ansitanus: "Where do you think Dionysius could have resorted to a conspiracy like the Samonians against Dionia?" ”

Hearing this, Ansitanos stroked his gray beard and began to groan. After a long time, he suddenly opened his eyes and said, "Tarantum! Quite possibly Tarantum! ”

Davers was shocked: yes, Tarantum is very likely! Although Syracuse has little contact with Tarantum, Sparta, an ally of Syracuse, is Tarantum's mother state, and the two sides have good relations, and it is very likely that they will be drawn from it...... And in recent years, since Dioonia took Heraclia and Metapontum from Tarantum, (as many Tarantumites think), relations between the two sides have become somewhat stiff. Despite the alliance, there are small frictions from time to time. This time, since Dionia declared war on Lockry, Tarantum, as an ally, has not expressed support or opposition as before, there has been no movement, it is too calm, this is not normal!

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The next day, the Dionian Senate, at the request of Davers, immediately sent emissaries to Tarantum.

The Senate of Tarantum was extremely impatient with the Dionian emissaries to consult them on the matter of "declaring war on Lokry", and said that it was none of Tarantum's business with whom Dionya went to war, and that Tarantum needed to recuperate in order to recover from the wounds of the last war.

The envoy returned to Turii and reported Tarantum's attitude to the Senate in detail, and most of the senators were relieved, but Davos still did not let his guard down, and he sent someone to remind the consuls of Metapontum and Heraclia to increase their guard against Tarantum, and at the same time asked Aristiras to pay more attention to Tarantum...... That's all he can do, after all, Tarantum hasn't behaved out of the ordinary so far.

At this time, Davers was focusing more on the Lucania region to the north.

The next day, an urgent telegram from the Third Army arrived in Turii.

Compared to the spies of Pothenia, the scouting soldiers of the Third Legion were much more powerful, and they were all trained in Izzam's scout brigade. Under the guidance of Davers and combined with his own experience in reconnaissance and combat over the past few years, Izzam explored a relatively complete set of reconnaissance training methods, such as climbing mountains and wading through waters, ambushing, camouflage, and reconnaissance...... And so many aspects of the training program, especially in judging the enemy's strength, the reconnaissance brigade has many methods, such as: according to the size of the enemy's camp, the number of tents, the amount of baggage to make inference, of course, the most direct method is to count the number of people, so most of the soldiers of the reconnaissance brigade are engaged in bookkeeping, banking, trade and other industries that require strong computing ability.

In the military reform of the previous year, Davers drew personnel from Izzam's reconnaissance brigade and equipped each legion with a hundred-man reconnaissance team, so that the "eyes and ears" of each legion were more complete, after all, Italy is a mountainous area, and the scout cavalry is often useless.

The Third Legion's report describes the Samonai in much more detail: ...... Based on the intelligence of the reconnaissance soldiers, the Samonai army assembled in Kopsa may be composed of the entire Hippine, Putney and some Kautini warriors, and the current strength has reached more than 40,000 people, in view of the fact that the Samonai camp has not continued to expand in the past few days, and at the same time, the number of Samonai people entering the city of Kopsa in the north has decreased significantly, and it is very likely that the attack of the Samonai people will be in these two or three days! The situation was urgent, and the Third Army demanded the exercise of "emergency command" (that is, in a state of emergency, the battle situation was complex and ever-changing, and every major military operation had to repeatedly request the Dionian Senate, which would only delay the fighters and even put the Legion in danger, so after the expansion of the Dionian territory, Davers realized that he could not take care of the entire Dionian Alliance's territory at any time, so he formulated this important military regulation to give the regimental commander in the battlefield the autonomy of military operations, Avoid sluggish and rigid command, stifle the desire and enthusiasm of the regimental commanders and soldiers to fight)! And implore the Senate to send reinforcements! - Signed: Alexis, Commander of the Third Legion.

40,000 people?! The senators of the Senate were shocked by the strength of the Samonai, but they were still arguing about whether to send reinforcements, but Davos finally made up his mind, he stood up, and said in a firm tone: "My lords, the military situation in Pothenia is urgent, and we cannot afford to delay any longer!" The Samonai had a huge strength of more than 40,000 men, which was not something that the Third Legion and Puamot's army could withstand! In order to prevent the Samonai from defeating them, taking Portentia, and taking advantage of the situation to enter our Lucanian territory, I have decided to lead the 1st and 2nd Legions to reinforce Portetia and try to repel the enemy in the shortest possible time! ”

"I support the Archon's decision!" As soon as Davers finished speaking, Weber jumped for joy, and Hermon shouted in support, but the others fell silent for a moment.

Of course, Davers's identity did not allow the senators to be silent for too long, and soon Cornerus got up and asked, "Is the attack on Lockry still going on?" ”

"Stop for now! The Fourth and Fifth Legions returned to their garrisons and stood by, and at the same time sent emissaries to explain to the allied city-states such as Crotone and Siritin, believing that they would be able to understand our situation, but—" Before Davers could finish his sentence, Kunogorata interjected anxiously, "But it is possible that Syracuse will attack Greater Greece while our main army is heading north!" ”

Kunogorata's words set off a wave of discussion among the senators.

Amintas shouted: "It's best if the people of Syracuse come, so we don't have to go back to Sicily, and attack them directly in Great Greece!" ”

"But when they come, you, Lord Amintas, and the bravest and strongest citizens of Dionia, will probably still be playing hide-and-seek in the mountains of Lucania with the Samonais!" Scombras immediately retorted.

"We will defeat the Samonai soon, and soon we will return!" Amintas argued loudly.

"It's hard to say. In the mountains, we Greeks can't catch up with those Samonai who are good at climbing mountains, you can't catch up with them, how can you repel them?! Not to be outdone, Scombras retorted.

"Old man, you have to understand that it is the Samonai people who are attacking us, we don't need to chase them at all, they will take the initiative to fight us!" Amintas was a little anxious.

"Alright, ladies and gentlemen, please be quiet!" Davers said loudly: "The current situation is obvious, if we don't act, the Syracuse people will probably only watch in Sicily, waiting for the opportunity, then it is still us who suffers, because the threat of the Samonai is in front of us, if we sit idly by, the situation in Lucania may be unimaginable......" Davers paused for a moment, giving the senators a time to think, and then continued: "Therefore, we can only seize every minute and every second, and concentrate our forces to strike the enemy that we can hit first!" No matter how far the enemy is coming, we must concentrate our forces and attack in one place, so as to ensure the greatest victory! ”

The patriarchs whispered again.

Kunogorata asked the senators again: "Your Excellency, what should we do if Syracuse really attacks Great Greece in a big way after you leave?!" ”

Davers had already prepared for this, he calmed down, and slowly told the senators about his speculation and plan: "With our Dionysia in Great Greece, if Syracuse wants to attack Great Greece, there are no more than fifty or sixty thousand people, and Dionysius doesn't even want to attack the idea of Great Greece!" But it must have taken a long time for such a large number of troops and supplies to land safely on the land of Great Greece......"