"Matonis, don't talk nonsense, it's not that we can't attack Capitoline, it's His Majesty who ordered us to temporarily besiege it and not to attack!" Epitenis cursed angrily.

"Now that the city of Rome is still unstable, what if the two lords leave with their armies and there is chaos in the city of Rome?! So it can only be fought by our Third Legion! Lizaru chimed in.

……

Several legion commanders quarreled with each other in order to compete for the opportunity to fight.

Seeing Davers' brows furrowed slightly, Tolmid hurriedly said something to stop: "A few-"

"Your Majesty, the Second Legion, the Third Legion, and the Reserve Brigade all have important tasks and cannot be dispatched lightly. I'm willing to lead my troops into battle and take down Kesreira in one day! At the same time, take Wei Ai again! ”

As soon as these words came out, Mattonis and the others immediately stopped arguing, and the eyes in the venue quickly focused on the past, and the person who spoke was Printors, who had been sitting quietly next to him before.

"Printors, now is not the time to brag, we are having a very important military meeting!" Matonis looked at him like an idiot and couldn't help but mock.

"I can swear to Hades in front of His Majesty!" Printors said seriously.

"If none of our armies can be mobilized, what are you going to do to capture Kesreira and Viai?" Epitenis looked at him with interest.

"Are you going to use the Mountain Brigade?" Davers' voice came from above.

"Yes, Your Majesty." Printors said respectfully: "In the past two days, the three commanders of the army, Matonis, Lizaru, and Epitenis, have been busy with military affairs, and I have nothing to do, leading a team of reconnaissance soldiers to quietly explore the environment and terrain around the north bank of the Tiber River.

From what I've observed for a long time, even during the day, there are no sentinels in sight at the head of Kesrela, and the guards are relatively lax...... It may have something to do with the fact that it has been friendly with Rome for more than ten years, so there is a high probability that the surprise attack will succeed. ”

"I remember that you spent a few years in the Mountain Scout Brigade and made great achievements...... "Davers looked at him and said slowly.

"Yes, Your Majesty."

"In this way, you are not talking big, Kesrela City can indeed be climbed, and you are preparing to raid at night?" Davers asked thoughtfully, scanning the crowd.

"Yes, Your Majesty."

"What about Victoria? You're also going to use the Mountain Scout Brigade to sneak attack? Davers asked again.

Printors said unhurriedly, "Let the Romans attack, Your Majesty." ”

Davers's eyebrows twitched, and then his eyes narrowed, he understood that the "Romans" mentioned by Printors were the reserves that had just been formed by Roman civilians in the city, and it had increased from a few hundred a few days ago to more than 2,000 people, for which Davers also promoted several more capable and loyal Roman civilians to serve as Sextus's assistants.

"Let these Roman civilians in the city attack Victoria?! That's impossible! Madenis made clear his objection: "The order in the city of Rome is not very good now, it is caused by these Roman civilians, and yesterday several Roman civilians attacked the patrol!" It would be too risky to let such an unstable reserve force attack Weiai! And according to the report of the scouts, although there are not many Roman soldiers in the city of Viai, they are still relatively well guarded, and with these more than 2,000 Roman civilian reserves who have not received our regular military training in Dionia, it is impossible to capture it! ”

"Lord Mattonis, the captured Romans have been interrogated and have been confirmed to be diners of the Roman nobility." Anterapolis interjected that as the adjutant of Rome, he was responsible for order and law and order in the city, so the inspection office and the court were under his control.

"The small nobles and diners in the city have not been cleaned up yet, which means that this reserve team is complicated, how dare we use them with confidence!" Not to be outdone, Martonis replied.

Assistes interjected: "I have spoken with the captain of the Roman reserve in the past two days, Captain Sextus, and several officers below, and they say that the soldiers are desperate to make meritorious deeds in order to get more rewards, and if we never dare to use them boldly, and if we are suspicious of them, I am afraid that their expectations of us will turn into resentment, which will not help us govern the city!"

They dared to take the risk of rebelling against the Roman army, fleeing back to us and submitting to us...... I believe that most of them really want to join our Dionian Kingdom, and even if a small number of them have ulterior motives, then what is there that can be exposed through battle. Even if the siege failed, we found the hidden dangers and made these Roman civilians more loyal, which is a good thing! ”

"Lord Assistes is right! In the long run, it is impossible for our army to stay in Rome forever, and the main force to fight against the surrounding forces in the future is the Dionian citizen army composed of Romans, so why not take advantage of our legions here to train them well! Nico Marcus also suggested.

At this point, Printors further explained: "Your Majesty, I am not asking the Roman reserves to storm the city of Vitae, but letting them use their status to gain viigree. ”

After Printors' remark, Davers had a rough idea in his heart, and he asked, "Do you want them to play the role of Roman reinforcements?" ”

"Yes, Your Majesty." Printors explained earnestly: "We all know that if we want to get from the south bank of the Tiber River to the north bank, in addition to these two bridges in the city of Rome (the bridge of the Roman vertebral bridge and the bridge in the center of the river), there are also bridges to cross in the upper reaches of the city of Phidine, since the last failed attack of the Vies, they have been locking the gates, our cavalry has been patrolling the north bank of the Tiber River for the past two days, and has not seen any Roman soldiers enter the Viet through the city of Phidine upstream, so it is very likely that the Vivians did not know about the Roman civilians joining us in Dionia, We can let the Roman civilian soldiers who have fled back pretend to be their reinforcements and trick the gates of Victory into opening the gates......"

"Bang!" Davers slapped the table with a powerful slap and exclaimed, "Good! Printors, this plan of yours is good! If the two towns could be taken at the same time, they would be able to support each other and build a barrier north of the city of Rome, which would have to be conquered by the Etruscan-Roman coalition from the north and the Roman-Latin coalition crossing the river from the upper reaches of the Tiber in the future. At that time, the Third Legion led by you will not have to defend so passively, and most of the soldiers will be freed up to devote to other battlefields......"

At this point, Davers said this, and Lizaru was happy.

"I decided to take Primples' suggestion and let the Roma reserves go to the game."

"Your Majesty, who do you send to command?" Tolmide asked.

"As Assistes said, since these Roman plebeians have joined Dionia, we must be bold in appointing them, otherwise they are no different from the Roman nobles, I think...... Let Sextus be the commander of the attack on Victoria. Davers said decisively.

"Sextus, a good young man from Rome, has been actively assisting us and pacifying the Roman civilians who have fled since he was elected prefect of Aventindemo." Assistes chimed in.

"For these Romans who have really surrendered to us, we must be bold and give them more opportunities, even if the attack on Weiai fails, we will at least get a group of tested and loyal Roman civilians!" What Davers said was deeply agreed with by the administrative elders like Arcistes.

"But Kesrela must take it, and in the shortest possible time!" Davers's tone suddenly changed to tough, and he said: "The Roman army led by Camillus is storming the city of Ostia without counting casualties, and the clippers reported yesterday that most of the trenches outside Ostia have been filled in, and the walls have collapsed in many places, and it will not be long before we will no longer have the advantage of being able to occupy the territory and have to engage the Romans head-on......

We have the initiative in the battle, there is no need to fight with a mad dog that is about to die, and increase the casualties of our soldiers, so we don't have to defend Ostia at all, as long as we take Kesreira, we can use its port as a transit point to connect to the Roman river port, although it is farther away than Ostia, but Kesreira's sea trade is prosperous, its port must be larger than Ostia, the facilities are better, and it will not be threatened by the Romans, so-"

Davers looked directly at the staff officer who was heavy on him, raised his right fist, and swung it vigorously: "Printors, it is up to you to carry out the plan of the surprise attack on Caisreira, if there is any need, just raise it, we will do our best to solve it, but I hope you can do it as soon as possible- no!" Can you take it today and tomorrow?! ”

Printors thought for a moment, and then said in a firm tone: "Your Majesty, I am willing to accept this task!" ”

His words made Matonis, Lizaru, and Epitenis all look admiring, and Tormide looked at him with a complicated expression: King Davers gave him two days, but according to Printors's surprise attack plan, there was actually only one night left, is it too late? Even the battle-hardened ones didn't dare to play this guarantee.

"Very well, I am waiting for your news of victory!" Davers smiled, readily agreeing to Primples' request to leave the venue now to prepare, and watched him leave with admiration.

At this time, Tolmide asked, "Your Majesty, are you preparing to evacuate the troops in Ostia City after the capture of Kesreira?" ”

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