Sipros also spoke: "Your Majesty, we send a large army into the Po Plain and fight fiercely in the territory of the Gauls, which will inevitably cause uneasiness among the Ligurians and the Venetis, and in order to avoid some surprises, we can also send emissaries to these two races at the same time as we send our troops." Tell them that the Kingdom of Dionys, which had been invaded by the Gauls, had sent troops to fight back, and invited them to join them in attacking the Gallic territory, and that even if they refused to join, it would lessen the unease of our sudden appearance on the Po Plain......"

Davers nodded, feeling justified.

"Your Majesty." At this time, Sedorum asked: "What should we do with the Gauls after our army has conquered them?" ”

Sedorum's question made Davers ponder, precisely because he did not have a plan to attack the mountain Gaul at this stage in advance, and naturally did not draw up a detailed plan to settle the surrendered Gauls after the war, what came to his mind was Caesar's war against the mountain Gaul outside the mountain in the previous history, and the bloody conquest of the aborigines of the land north of the Alps Mountains to the island of England in the 8 years of long wars, and paid a lot of price in the continuous battles, killing countless Gauls, In the end, they were exchanged for their submission. As for the mountain Gaul, it seems that after Rome became strong, they obeyed, and there were no major wars, of course, when Hannibal led his army over the Alps and attacked Rome, these mountain Gauls joined him one after another against the Romans......

Davers looked at Alexis and Printors, his eyes flashed with coldness, and he said in a tough tone: "The Gauls are a fierce race, we don't have any mercy for their battles, as long as they are still resisting, the soldiers will not stop fighting and killing, only if we are more fierce than them, they will be afraid and surrender!"

If there are Gallic tribes who want to surrender, they can be told, 'Surrender is possible, but we must accept our resettlement of their territories unconditionally, and we must abide by some of the Kingdom's resolutions against the surrendered Gauls.' ’…… These resolutions ...... After I have a special discussion with you, I will submit it to the Senate for approval......

But whether the Gauls surrendered or not, some important towns in the Gallic territory had to be captured and firmly controlled by us, such as Arimium, so that our military rations could be transported to the army relatively quickly and smoothly. and Boloma, the central town of the Senones, from Etrunia to the plains of the Po River, where our army would be safeguarded; and Mediolan, the central town of the Salves, and only by occupying it will we be able to prevent more Gauls from crossing the Alps and into the Po Plain......"

"Understood, Your Majesty." Sedorum, Alexis and Printoles responded.

"Your Majesty, although the Gauls have suffered heavy losses, it is also convenient for the Gauls to defend by attacking only from the sea, so it is better to wait for the army to attack Arimium and attract the main force of the Gauls, and let the army led by Patroclus and Hasdruba, which was originally in Etrusia, also attack the Gallic territory...... If you are worried about the difficulty of fighting in the mountains, you can let the Third Army be its vanguard......" Hermon also made his own suggestion at the right time.

When Davers heard this, his eyes lit up, and he couldn't help but quip: "Hermon, this suggestion you put forward is a good supplement to Alexis and their offensive plan, I don't see that you still have a lot of research on military affairs, isn't it a bit too condescending to let you only be the rotating chairman?" ”

"Your Majesty, Lord Hermon's main purpose is to get the Third Legion to join this war and make some achievements, as for being said to be a good military advice, it is just a crooked fight." Anta Oris said half-jokingly, half-seriously.

"What is crooked, this is what I racked my brains to come up with, and it is precisely in consideration of the characteristics of the Third Army that are good at mountain warfare...... Just because I was thinking about it all the way, I almost got hit by a pedestrian. Hermon didn't look at Antaoris and complained, touching his knees with both hands, as if something was really happening.

Everyone laughed, and the atmosphere in the room suddenly relaxed, and Hermon cleverly covered up the embarrassment of Antaoris secretly saying that he was favoritism.

Davers didn't really care too much about this, he looked at the thin figure across from him and asked, "Haka, what do you think about this?" ”

"Your Majesty." Haka said unhurriedly: "Now that Carthage has been submitted to the kingdom, and the East and Sinumipians are also submissive to us, the order of the southern region of Iberia has been greatly improved under the iron fist of the governor of Bagul...... Nowadays, everything is stable in the kingdom's sphere of influence, and the country's financial and material resources are relatively rich.

To the east of us, the war between Sparta and Thebes and Athens continues, and it will not affect us for the time being. We should take advantage of this great opportunity to concentrate our efforts and completely eliminate the greatest trouble of the kingdom on the Italian peninsula, the Gauls, and clear the way for our complete domination of the western Mediterranean! ”

"Well said!" With a smile on his face, Davers said approvingly, "Now is indeed the best time to conquer the Gauls!" So this offensive plan drawn up by the Ministry of War, I agree! But it was not enough to send the first, second, fourth, and fifth legions, and the entire Apurian region was on the Adriatic side, and it was more convenient to go to the Po Plain by sea, so I decided to add the ninth, tenth, and eleventh legions in this area, as well as the first and second cavalry legions, to the attacking team, a total of 7 infantry legions, plus two cavalry legions, and at the same time let the First Fleet as a transport and auxiliary, from the Arimium side to attack the Gallic territory! ”

Without waiting for Alexis to respond, Davers continued: "Let Prosous be the commander of the command. Other than that...... Transfer the Third Army to the Etruscan region to assist the Northern Coalition to destroy the remnants of the Gallic enemy in its territory as soon as possible, and then order Patroclus as the commander to lead the Third Army, the Twelfth Army, the Fourteenth Army Corps, and the Frontier Army, a total of four legions, over the mountains and attack the Gaul territory from the south! ”

"Yes!" Alexis, Printors, Alpunes and other ministers of the Ministry of War were more or less excited after listening to the doctor's order: 100,000 troops! Another large-scale war! However, compared to the Western Mediterranean War a few years ago, the Dionian kingdom is now much more powerful, and can easily send 100,000 troops to fight (mainly in short-distance warfare at home).

Davers saw their excitement and shouted outside the door, "Go and call the herald." ”

Soon, Aristiras walked into the council chamber.

"Go and inform the chiefs of the various departments at once, and the palace will urgently convene an important council of the kingdom's administration, and let them come to it immediately."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

After Aristillas left, Davers turned to look at the rotating presidents and said with a smile: "Everyone take a break for a while, and when everyone is ready, we will discuss how to ensure the smooth progress of this war, and how to settle the surrendered Gauls after the war, and make a more detailed plan." ”

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The Gauls were a semi-agrarian, semi-nomadic race that lived in groups and lived in groups due to their way of life, which was exacerbated by the environment around them.

The large-scale southern invasion 20 years ago broadened the horizons of the Gauls (mainly Senones), but also deepened their blind confidence in their own strength, and they did not believe that they were defeated by the Romans, because the city of Rome had been occupied by them for half a year, and the Romans trapped in the mountains even wanted to bribe them with gold and silver, begging them to retreat......

The Senones believed that they had finally failed because they had captured too many places, and that there were not enough warriors, and that they had to divide their forces and garrison them, and that they were too scattered and vulnerable to enemy attacks; After going out to fight for too long, the soldiers began to be war-weary; And then there's the damn plague...... If these lessons were learned, the weak Etruscans, Romans, and Latins were destined to become slaves...... These thoughts were prevalent among the tribal leaders and warriors who fled back to Senones, so when their strength was restored, this strong reluctance turned into motivation for them to continue to invade Etruscan territory.

Of course, they also learned from the captured Etrunian populaces that Rome and some of the nearby city-states had been conquered by the Kingdom of Dionia.

It was only in the past few years that the Senonesians had heard the term "Kingdom of Dionia" from the merchants who came to trade in Arimium, and that it was a powerful kingdom in the south of the land.

Speaking of being strong, aren't the Etruscans strong! Once occupied a large area of land in the north, isn't it also desperately fleeing south by us! Rome and other Latin city-states occupied by the Kingdom of Dioonia were easily occupied by us 20 years ago...... There were many Senones who thought this way, so they didn't take Dionya seriously.