In the Courier's exaggerated narrative: a siege machine can throw cobblestone blocks the size of a clay pot hundreds of meters away, accurately hit the city wall, and a powerful impact can cause damage to the city wall, and the impact of the stone blocks for a long time can even cause the city wall to collapse; The other weapon is like a movable watchtower, built higher than the city walls, so that the archers at the top of the tower can easily attack the defenders on the walls, and once it is close to the walls and lowers the drawbridge, the enemy can easily rush to the top of the city...... The combination of these two siege engines is a nightmare for any city, but they are all owned by Dionia!

Pianlen is not only worried about Knappetia City, he is more worried about Cosenza. Originally, in his plan, in the worst-case scenario, he could retreat to Cosenza, using the strong walls to defend against the Ionians until the enemy ran out of food. However, the messenger's account shook his decision, he did not want to be trapped in the city, to be thrown stones by the Dionians with a dozen or dozens of such siege engines, and to smash them on the head...... Therefore, the city of Knappetia must be defended, otherwise Cosenza will be attacked on both sides if it is captured by Dionia.

But at this moment, with the Trench having lost and Dionia's strength occupying a great advantage, the Bruti Alliance was in a predicament, and it was too passive to rely on defense alone, and the possibility of defeat was too great. Therefore, Pianren is more inclined to take risks and attack, as long as he can defeat the main force of Dionia, all difficulties will be solved!

His eyes were set on Bissinia, which had already surrendered, as it was the closest to the center of Dionia, Turii, from which the main force of Dionya would surely attack.

After much thought, he finally made a final decision: to send 2,000 reinforcements to Knapatia, and at the same time persuade Bergarm to return to Ambalya, and send messengers to Vig, hoping that the two Alliance Elders, Bergam and Sedorum, would bring as many warriors as possible to support the Bruti Alliance in the battle against Dionia.

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In order to wait for the arrival of the baggage and meet the needs of the battle, Davers waited for two more days in Bisinia.

Bissinia is very close to Turiyi, but due to road conditions, transportation is more difficult. In order to make transportation easier in the future, Davers learned his lesson and ordered the soldiers to carry another five-day ration each.

Early in the morning of the third day, Davers led the 1st Army, the 2nd Army, the Mountain Reconnaissance Brigade, the Cavalry Brigade, the Heraclian Allies, the Castron Allies, the Bissinian Warriors, the Legion Reserves, and 2,000 Free Folk ...... With the exception of a small corps reserve stationed in the city of Bissinia, the number of men who fought in Cosenza alone amounted to about 24,000 men, and they marched west along the mountain pass.

It was close to noon when Pianren received the report from the Scouts: the Dionian army had entered the Cosenza plateau and had seen the striking banner of the Dionian Archon.

This news made Piallen unable to sit still, and he immediately called an emergency meeting, in addition to Petaru and Firotaru, as well as Bergarm and Sedorum, who had just arrived with their troops last night, Panguaru was still struggling to resist the enemy's attack in Knapatia, and Nikuru had already died in battle, and the "Council of Seven Elders" was actually only five people, which would inevitably make the people in the hall feel sad.

"I suppose the Dionians will camp in this area when they approach the city of Cosenza in the afternoon." Pianlen drew a circle with his finger on the map about six miles east of the Cosenza icon, and said with emotion: "With the blessing of Amara, we should take advantage of the discomfort they will experience after entering Cosenza, and take the initiative to attack while they are building camps, and force them to have a decisive battle!" ”

Sedorum understood what Pianlun meant by "discomfort." Because of the high terrain in this area where Cosenza is located, outsiders can move here without any problem with normal movements, but once they exercise vigorously for a long time, they are easily tired and have difficulty breathing. And the Bruti warriors, especially the Cosenzas, have adapted to this environment since childhood and will not have any anomalies in their actions.

In addition, he already knew the battle situation on the side of Knapatia, so he did not have much hope of holding the city to the death.

He and Bergam looked at each other, their expressions solemn, and finally agreed.

So, they went back to gather their troops and nervously awaited the arrival of the Dionian army.

But only half an hour later, Pianlun again urgently sent someone to call them.

"Elders, I have just received news that the Dioonians have halted their advance near the Punat River and have begun to encamp!" Pianlun said with an anxious expression.

Punate River! Sedorum and Bergarm hurried to look at the map placed in the center of the hall.

The Punate River, which is more like a creek, eventually flows into the upper reaches of the Clatti River, which flows through a relatively flat area and, crucially, is located almost halfway between Bissinia and Cosenza.

"It's so far from Cosenza, it's still so early, it's time to start resting?!" Bergam muttered to himself in confusion.

"Those traitors in Bissinia! The god Amara will punish them! Firotaru said with an angry expression.

Sedorum understood the reason for the High Priest's anger, and in his memory, the Punath River was not as high as it was, and its effect on people was not very obvious.

He hurriedly looked at Pianlun and asked, "What is the Great Leader going to do?" ”

Pianren cursed along with the high priest, believing that the Dioonians must have leaked the Bisinians and ruined his plans.

He thought for a moment, then looked at everyone, and said with a serious expression: "Now, Knappetia is under fierce attack by the enemy every day, and it may be broken by the Dionians at any time!" And will our side allow the enemy to advance slowly, gradually adapt and become familiar with the weather and environment here, or will we make up our minds and concentrate on attacking them with all our might?! The choice is yours! ”

Sedorum and Bergarm looked at each other again, their eyes gradually flashing with determination: "Do we still have a choice?" ”

"The god Amara will bless our children of Brutus!" Firotaru chanted aloud......

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Davers chose to camp near Punat, out of caution.

When Bachilipi reminded him that 'outsiders will experience some discomfort when entering the Cosenza region', a word immediately came to his mind – altitude sickness: the higher the terrain, the thinner the air, the less oxygen, and the person will be exhausted by the lack of oxygen. Of course, compared to Tibet in the far east, this height of the Cosenza Plateau is nothing at all, but in the heat of battle, it is likely to be a decisive factor.

Davers now has the advantage in hand, he does not need to take risks, he just needs to steadily advance towards Cosenza, so that the soldiers can gradually adapt to the altitude sickness here, familiarize themselves with the geography here, and at the same time gradually put pressure on Cosenza to not dare to divide his troops to reinforce Knappetia.

Although he could not grasp the battlefield dynamics of Knappetia in time, out of trust in Shiros and the Fourth Army with two siege engines, he believed that in Knappetia, the Fourth Army was in an absolute advantage, and once the city of Knappetia was broken and the Dionian army advanced east and west, not only the advantage would be greatly increased, but it would also shock the entire Brudi region, which might directly lead to the disintegration of the Bulanti Alliance, and even make the Brutis submit without even fighting!

Although the idea was good, Davers did not let his guard down, and according to the Dionian Military Law, he did not put all the soldiers into the construction of the camp, but only let the soldiers of the First Legion and the Reserve start working first, with the Free Folk assisting, and the Second Legion and its allies, as well as the Bessinian warriors, in charge of guarding.

"Why did we come first this time to build the camp? We are the First Legion of Dionia! Heitbarus stared at the soldiers of the Second Legion who were sitting and resting in front of him, and grumbled angrily as he dug into the earth.

"Maybe it's because the Second Legion just finished the battle with the Brutis the day before yesterday, and the Commander gave them a reward!" Pesias guessed.

Leotizides listened to his teammates and thought to himself: although the Spartans also attached more importance to marching camps, they did not pay as much attention to what he considered to be paranoia...... Even though he was in boot camp, after many exercises, and really practiced in Tarantum, he was still a little uncomfortable.

"If we had replaced the Second Legion with our First Legion to attack Bisinia, we would have done better! It's not because the commander was unfair and gave this crucial task to the Second Legion, and the commander of our First Legion either climbed the mountain or marched, and I don't know how many miles I have walked these days, and the soles of my feet are blistered! ……”

Heitbarus chattered and vented his frustration, and then his head was slapped lightly: "Heitbarus don't talk nonsense, work hard!" If you slow down our camp and cause our brigade to lose to Olivers' brigade, Captain Martonis will never spare you! Captain Sitalsis scolded.

At the mention of Mattonis, Heite Barruth did not dare to say any more.

Leotizides sighed with emotion: Mattonis, the mighty captain, is quite protective of his soldiers, and can even be said to be extremely protective of his shortcomings. Leotizides had seen him argue several times with military judges whom the soldiers considered "terrible" because he was punished by military law for violating discipline, and even argued with Davers on one occasion, and because of his incredible strength and skill, the soldiers loved and respected him.