Speaking of this, Davers quieted down and listened carefully, it seemed that the sound outside was much quieter, he was relieved, and yawned: "It seems that the battle is over, you all go to sleep." ”

Tolmide and Rodom took their leave.

"Amintas's desire to fight, and trying to keep him going until the fight against Syracuse......" Davers murmured to sleep.

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Early the next morning, Puamot and Poulette came to visit Davers.

After a friendly conversation, the two left satisfied.

And Davers was also happy, and quickly called Alexis, the commander of the Third Army, and said to him: "Just now the great leader of Pothenia came to me and offered to ask for the city of Poseidia to be handed over to Dionia. ”

"That's great!" Alexis said excitedly.

"yes, I didn't expect him to make such a decision so decisively. Although many Lucanians despise Puammut, saying that he is neither as brave as Akpiru nor as smart as Sincinag, but a coward who only stays at home and sleeps with his wife. But the power of those two men perished, and Portentia will live on! People who can understand the general trend and conform to the general trend are the people who really have great wisdom. Davers was quite emotional.

He turned to look at Alexis and continued, "I called you here today because I have an important task for you to do. ”

When Alexis heard this, he immediately sat up straight.

"Although the Samonai were defeated, nearly 20,000 defeated troops were scattered and fled, and according to the mountain scouts, except for three larger groups that were retreating to the north, the rest of the defeated troops were scattered in the mountains around Pothenia, suffering from hunger and disease. But their presence also thwarted the plans of the Pothenian tribes to return to their settlements. I have decided to leave the Third Legion behind and station it here to clear out these Samonai routs, and Polette will lead the Pothenian warriors to accompany you. ”

As soon as Davers finished speaking, Alexis said eagerly: "My lord, now that the war with Samonai is over, and the army of Syracuse is attacking our Great Greece, we should immediately return to Turiyi and concentrate our forces against Syracuse." ”

"You don't have to worry about Syracuse, I have my own arrangements. To tell you the truth, I always felt that in the future when our alliance expanded northward, the Samonai would be a headache for the adversary. But unexpectedly, this time they gathered a large number of troops, took the initiative to leave the mountains they were familiar with, and attacked Lucania in a big way. Under the patronage of Hades, the Samonai suffered a crushing defeat, and our losses were not great. In the face of a wounded beast, what we need to do is to seize this opportunity and kill it while it is weak, rather than let it go and wait for it to recover and then come back to cause us trouble.

Therefore, the Third Army had to exterminate and capture the Samonai who remained here as much as possible, and not allow them to flee back to the north. While completing this mission, a tentative assault on the mountains of Samonai can be made to see if there are any further gains. But be careful, don't expand the scale of the war and usher in new enemies! You have to understand that the current state of Dionya cannot support a two-sided war! Davers admonished solemnly.

"I see, I'll do my best to expand our gains!" Alexis became excited after understanding Davers's intentions, after all, being able to independently lead an army to conquer a region is the greatest pursuit of any general of the army.

"I've also found a good helper for you." Davers said, shouting outside the house, "Maltius, let him in." ”

Alexis looked curiously at the door, and saw a small, lean young man entering.

"Your Excellency the Supreme Commander." The young man gave a standard military salute.

"Printors, the company leader of the reconnaissance brigade, the mastermind of the rout of the Samonai camp this time!" After Davers returned the military salute, he looked at him and couldn't help but admire: "Amazing! It's really remarkable! This victory you've created has saved time for Dionya to focus on Syracuse! On behalf of the people of Deonia, I thank you that your name will be remembered forever at Valhalla! ”

Printors was both excited and a little embarrassed by Davers's compliment, and hurriedly said humbly: "My lord, this is all the inspiration you made last time to capture Asprarustum City!" ”

Victory without arrogance! Davers nodded, becoming more and more satisfied with the young man: "I will transfer two companies from the Mountain Reconnaissance Brigade, a total of 400 men, to your command to assist the Third Army and the army of Pothenia in pursuing the Samonai rout, and at the same time invading the territory of the neighboring Samonai, can you complete this task?" ”

"I can!" Printors replied confidently.

Davers nodded quietly, turned back to the commander of the Third Legion, and said, "Alexis, are you satisfied with the assistant I sent to you?" ”

"I couldn't be more satisfied!" Alexis smiled: "But it also makes me feel more pressure, with such a hero support, if I don't have a decent record, I'm embarrassed to go back to Turiyi." ”

"If only you understood that." Davos also smiled and continued: "I hope that if you can, you will take Kopsa. ”

Kopsa? Alexis heard the term for the first time.

"That's the closest town to Pothenia in Samonay, about 40 miles from here." Printors told Alexis that he had been here for almost a day as a scout, and he had learned something about his surroundings.

"This is an expectation of the Grand Chieftain of Poittia! If Kopsa is captured, Syracuse will be completely under the protection of Dionysa and will no longer have to worry about an invasion by the Samonai......" Davers further explained. In the morning, when Puamot made this request to him, Davers understood that Pau Tia had made up his mind to be completely dependent on the Ionian League.

"Of course, you should also do what you can, not forcefully. The battle in the south of the alliance will be fierce and the supply will definitely be very tight, so you should pay special attention to this issue and not provoke a big war in the north! Davers reiterated the remark.

Alexis and Printors glanced at each other and immediately understood.

"One more thing...... Puamot wants to build a road that will strengthen ties with our Lucanian territory. That's a good thing, I've agreed, and I'm going to let Bagul take over the matter, and let Alexis you act as a support. Seeing that Alexis wanted to speak, Davers waved his hand and said: "After all, you have served as a construction officer, you are very familiar with road construction, and you have a good relationship with Bagula, I believe you can cooperate very well." Now I have the tens of thousands of Samonai captives as ready-made labor, but don't exhaust them to death, these captives will be of great use to me in the future. ”

"I accept this task." Alexis said helplessly.

Seeing that he had replied rather reluctantly, Davers had to remind: "The construction of this road will not only strengthen the connection with Pothenia, but also facilitate the future expansion of our Dioonia into the central Apennines, so the construction of the road is as important as the pursuit of the Samonai army, and it is not in conflict." ”

"My lord, I understand, I will do my best to help Bagul and them repair this road!"

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Early in the morning of the same day, Sesta was on his way to the Senate.

The outbreak of this war still had a great impact on the city of Turii, and most of the 1st and 2nd legions were citizens of Turii. Two new regiments were then formed, mainly Turriyi citizens, who trained daily in the military harbor of the Klatty River, east of the city, so that there were few young men in the city. The elderly and women, out of concern for their loved ones, spend less time in the square, and more often stay at home or pray in the temple.

Sesta looked at the empty Victory Square and felt a little stunned.

"Master Sesta!" There was a shout behind him, and when he looked back, it was the patriarch from Bruti - Bachilipi.

"With Master Sesta's company, even if I'm late, I don't feel scared." Bachilipi said half-jokingly, half-seriously, he was wearing a black-trimmed white Bolton robe that represented the status of the patriarch, like a thin bamboo pole hanging from a wide cloth robe, so he tried to pull the corners of the falling clothes with both hands, which looked quite funny.

But Sesta didn't laugh, as the Ombudsman, he already had the function of supervising the performance of the senators during the Senate meetings, and now because of the treason case of Polyxis and other senators, the senators, at the initiative of Davers, gave the Ombudsman great power to supervise the crimes of the senators and the public officials of the alliance.

Because of the heavy responsibility on his shoulders, Sesta has always led by example, but he didn't expect to be late today, he involuntarily explained: "Last night I was busy sorting out information about the supervision of the elections in various cities and the establishment of local councils, so that I could report to you at the meeting today, but I was busy until late at night, and I woke up late today. ”

"With the current Syracuse army overwhelmed, will the local council elections still be held?! You know, yesterday I heard the news that the South and Italy coalition forces were going to fight a decisive battle with the Syracuse people in the Siriting, and I couldn't sleep all night! Bachilipi said worriedly, after all, the Fifth Army was almost all composed of Bruti citizens, and the Bruti region was at the forefront of the war, and once the battle was lost, the impact on the Bruti people would be greater than that of other city citizens in the alliance.