"Your Excellency, you can rest assured that the rest of the battle will be handed over to us! Our brothers of the Third Legion have long been eager to participate in the battle and make meritorious contributions! Bagul patted his chest and said loudly.

"Don't worry, don't worry, there are battles for you to participate in!" Davers jokingly said, "You'd better report to your Legion Commander first." He, the corps commander who lacks a major general, thinks that you are calling your name in your dreams! ”

Everyone laughed, and Hieronymus, who was usually expressionless, also grinned at this time.

"Lord Avinogis, thank you for your full support of Dionia! Personally lead the army to participate in the battle! Davers stepped forward and saluted Avinogis as a token of his sincere gratitude.

"It is my responsibility as the Dionian League to send troops to war!" Avinokis hurriedly replied, "In Turiy, I have heard of the glorious victory of Lord Davos against the army of Crotone once again, and this is another miracle of winning more with less!" I am amazed by the military prowess of Lord Davers, and I believe that the warriors of Laos will be able to follow Dionya to more victories! ”

"As long as we, the Ionian League, remain united, there will be no shortage of victories!" Davers replied passionately.

"You're right, Master Davers!" Avinokis immediately nodded earnestly in agreement.

At this time, Assistes interjected: "My lord, I almost forgot one thing, when we led our army through the swamp area, the engineering battalion was about to repair the road through the swamp area, and they will be able to transport the baggage here tomorrow. ”

"Great!" Davers said happily.

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Davers entered the Great Horde with the Commander of the First Legion, Kaps, the Commander of the Second Legion, Drax, the Commander of the Third Legion, Hieronymus, the Commander of the Third Legion, the First Captain of the Third Legion, Bagul, the Adjutant of the Third Army, Assistes, and the Archon of Lars, Avinogis.

In the center of the tent was an unusually smooth wooden table with a large map of southern Greece drawn on it.

"Kaps, please give the new comrades the latest battle situation." Davers said.

"Yes, sir." Kapus came to the wooden table, found the Crimesa logo on the map, pointed to it, and said: "After the defeat of the Crotone army in the battle, according to the information obtained from the interrogation of the captured soldiers, it is estimated that about 7,000 people fled from the battlefield, and they probably fled back here-" Kapuz glanced at the people who were listening carefully to what he was saying, and continued: "Then 14,000 men of our 1st and 2nd Army Corps rushed to the outside of Crimesa, built camps, and surrounded Crimesa from the east, west, and north. Today, as we build a bridge over the Wembria, the troops on the south bank are attacked by nearly 7,000 light infantry, indicating that Crimesa has been reinforced by Crotone in the course of a day, and the strength of the city may have reached 14,000. And your arrival brings the total number of our soldiers to 22,000. ”

Avinokis and the others gathered around the wooden table, listening to the Capus while staring at the map.

"22,000 men, if you want to capture a city defended by 14,000 soldiers, I'm afraid it will be difficult!" Avinogis said based on his previous experience.

"We don't have to take the city of Kremisa." Cappus's words stunned the newcomer.

"How can we attack Crotone without taking Crimesa?" Bagul asked in surprise.

"Surround it." Capps pressed the Crimesa on the map with his right hand, and then drew a circle: "If we storm Crimesa, with the defense of 14,000 soldiers in Crotone, not only will there be heavy casualties, but once Crimesa cannot be defended, the Crotone people may flee back to Crotone by boat and retreat in the city, adding difficulty to our next attack." Leave them behind, and let the city of Crimesa disperse the forces of Crotone, and we can divide the forces—" Kapuse's finger slid to the south of Crimean City, the plain north of Croton.

Avinokis, Bagul, Assistes, and Lizaru stared at the map with wide eyes, lost in thought.

"What if the Crotone people find out that we are down in number and go out of the city to attack the camp?" Avinokis asked with some concern.

The rest laughed at the same time.

"We're welcoming them to come out and get a taste of the awesomeness of our Dionian camp defenses!" Drax said confidently.

"If we don't attack Crimesa, we may make the Crotoneites aware of our intentions, what if they voluntarily withdraw to the Crotone defense?" Arcistes also raised his own questions.

"Who said that we will not attack, we will attack appropriately to put pressure on the city of Crimesa, and by the time they realize that the situation is not right, the troops we sent out will already make a mess of the territory of Crotone, and when they withdraw to Crotone, we can easily take Crimesa! In short, according to the words of the commander...... It is...... We had to actively mobilize the Crotone people back and forth, and we were never able to concentrate our forces against us......" explained Capps.

"It's wonderful! I think this must have been a plan conceived by Lord Davers, and it was the first time I had seen such an ingenious military plan! We don't need to fight hard, we can easily achieve our goal! Avinokis complimented half compliment, half genuinely.

His words were unanimously agreed by everyone.

Davers smiled and said seriously, "Now I'm most worried about one thing-"

"Our food supply?!" The taciturn Hieronymus interjected, as the commander of the Light Pole Legion, he had been staying with the baggage battalion of the army for the past two days, so he knew something about it.

"That's right." Davos glanced at him appreciatively, and said with a serious expression: "The rations carried by the soldiers are about to be eaten up, and then they have to transport food from the rear, and to meet the needs of 22,000 people, the food required is definitely a huge amount!" The distance from Turiy to Crimesa is almost a hundred miles, and it is impossible for us to protect such a long transport line! If Crotone realizes this, their warships can land on any coast, attack our grain convoys, or even destroy villages, kill our people, and cause us a lot of trouble! So we need to complete our plan as soon as possible and leave Crotone exhausted. ”

"Hieronymus!"

"In!"

"You immediately lead the Third Army to build a camp on the south bank and besiege Crimesa!"

"Yes!"

"Drax!"

"The subordinates are here!"

"Three brigades were drawn from the Second Army to assist Lord Avinogis' troops in encamping on the south bank. I ask you to set up camp before tonight and besiege the city of Crimesa! ”

"Understand !!"

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In the afternoon, more than 10,000 Dionian soldiers crossed the wooden bridge and began to take turns building camp on the south bank of the Wembria.

Milon did not rush to send troops to assault again.

By the evening, the South Bank camp was initially built. At this point, the Dionian camp was in a huge semicircle, surrounding the Crimean city, surrounded by the Dionian camp except for the port facing the sea and which could not be contained.

By the early morning of the next day, the Dionian soldiers continued to improve their camp facilities, and Crotone's emissary Lycias arrived at the northern camp of Dionia, where he was masked and taken into Davers's tent.

"I'm so sorry, Lord Lucias! You and I are the warring parties and have to do it this way. Davers apologized, but there was no trace of apology on his face, but he showed an excited look like a hunting dog seeing fresh meat: "I remember we just met four days ago, I didn't expect to meet again so soon, you won't bring any harsh conditions to threaten us Dionia, right?" ”

Of course, Lucias heard the strong mocking taste in Davers's mouth, but he didn't hear it, and said directly: "Lord Davos, I am here this time for peace talks, and Crotone is willing to sign an armistice agreement with Dionya and compensate Dionya for its losses in the war, I only hope that the war between Crotone and Dionya can be calmed down to restore peace and tranquility in Greater Greece!" ”

Davers laughed: "You Crotone people go to war if you want to, and stop war if you want to, do you think this is a child playing war games?" ”

Lycias asked calmly, "Then what kind of conditions do Dionyas want to accept the truce?" ”

"Conditions?" Davers snorted coldly, dissipated the impulse on his face, paced back and forth a few steps, and when he looked at Lucias again, his blazing eyes had returned to his previous shrewdness: "Remember what I said last time you left?" My conditions are the same as those you made earlier in the Senate of Turiyi, they are very simple! ”

Hearing this, Lucias's heart "chuckled".

"First, Crotone is to pay Dionian a lump sum of 5,000 Talient silver; secondly, to dissolve the Crotone League, and to prohibit Crotone from any other city-states in the future; Thirdly, the incorporation of Crimesa into the Ionian Union! ……”

After listening to each one, Lucias's face turned ugly, and finally he shook his head very dryly: "The conditions you put forward are too harsh, and the Council of Crotone will not accept them!" ”

"It's better not to accept! The Dionian soldiers also want to win more victories in order to get more rewards from the Alliance! Davers looked indifferent, but there was more threat in his words.

"I admit that Dionia's previous victory has caused us to panic, but panic has also prompted us in Crotone to move into action and work together against an enemy who might invade Crotone's territory! In the future, the battles that you Dionians will encounter will only get harder and harder! I would like to remind you, Lord Davers, that grapes should not be sold for a good price until they are fresh, otherwise they will be worthless when they are ripe. Lycias's words hardened.