"We don't have to rush to Atra in such a hurry, if the Kautini want to capture Atra, then let them occupy it." A voice rang out from inside the tent.

When the generals of the Campania League heard this, they were a little angry. They followed the sound and saw a general in black armor sitting beside Lizaru, with a purple helmet in his hand, which showed that this man's status in the Dionian army was not weaker than Lizaru's, which made them swallow back the words they wanted to curse.

"This man's name seems to be Prin...... Thor...... "Aealos vaguely remembered that Lizaru had introduced them before, but this man had been sitting quietly, not very noticeable, and he couldn't even remember his name for a while.

Lizaru's plan was opposed, but instead of getting angry, he seriously asked the man, "Printors, what is your opinion?" ”

Born in the mountain reconnaissance brigade led by Lizam, Printors had made great achievements in the capture of the city of Aspraustum by the Third Army more than ten years earlier, and then used another clever plan in the war led by Davers to counterattack the invasion of Potentia by the Samonai army, which caused the Samonai camp to roar, resulting in its crushing defeat. After this, Davers asked him to assist the Third Army in its attack on Samonay's territory north. The Third Legion successively occupied many of Cipini's territories, such as Kopsa and Eriona, and it was during this process that Lizaru, the commander of the First Brigade of the Third Legion, met Printolls.

After the end of the Great Greek War, at the suggestion of Davers, a staff office was established in the military department, and Davers named Printors to transfer to the staff office, and soon he became the third person in the staff office - the staff officer, there is a joke in the military department to describe the three giants of the staff: "Felicius is sitting on a bad hip, Tormid is running a bad leg, and Printors is tired of his brain." "You can see its role in the Ministry of Military Affairs.

At this moment, Printors looked at everyone and said slowly, "The biggest problem for our Greek army is that the invasion of the Kautini is that they move quickly and are difficult to capture, and now they attack Atra is tantamount to voluntarily giving up this advantage, giving us the possibility of encircling and annihilating them." Moreover, such a large army of the enemy must have been led by their great leader himself, and our annihilation and capture of this army would be tantamount to a complete solution to the problem of frequent invasions of Campania by the Cautini. ”

Printors' words made the people in the tent very excited, and one of the generals from Pozzuoli said with some hesitation, "But if the Kautini take Atlah, they will defend the city...... There is some experience, once we can't attack for a long time, and the other Kautini tribes, even the Hippini and Putney come to the rescue, it will be even worse! ……”

Twenty years ago, the Caustini dared to capture this small city deep into the territory of the Campania League, because they were confident that they could hold it, and the Campanian League's armies did fail in many sieges, and now the general was worried that he would suffer the failure of the previous siege.

Without further explanation, Pierthos said, "There's nothing to worry about, our ally Dionya is so strong in siege that it can easily take down Atlah, which is guarded by the Kautini!" ”

Yes, the Campania League now has Dionya as a strong reinforcement! The thought of what they had heard over the years about the towns that Dionysa had taken by force during the conquest of the vast expanses of Apulia suddenly increased their confidence.

Instead, Lizaru asked in a slightly worried whisper, "Your Majesty just asked us to repel the invasion of Kautini, will we do this and cause a bigger war?!" When the time comes, Your Majesty—"

Printors hesitated for a moment, and then said with certainty, "Don't worry, when we annihilate this main force of Cautini, even if they want to continue the war, they will not have this strength, and they will only listen to us more when the time comes!" ”

When Lizaru heard this, he immediately had no worries, he was already a militant, and at this time he said to everyone in high spirits, "We must hurry up and make a plan to destroy this enemy as soon as possible!" ”

As he spoke, he leaned on the table, pointed to the map that had been detailed by the staff officers, and said, "Now, the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Battalions of the 3rd Dionian Legion, as well as most of the light armoured and light infantry, and a part of your army, are holding back the Kautini from Capua and Sacella in the northeast of Naples; The Fifth, Sixth, and Fourth Battalions of the Third Legion and the other part of your army are southeast of Naples, holding off the Caustini coming out of Lola, and we must at once send scouts to inform them, 'After completing the task of blocking the attack, do not lose time, and turn at once to the east, north, and south of the city of Atlah, and cut off the enemy's retreat!' ’； And we are to gather all the remaining soldiers in the camp and approach the south of the city of Atra. Finally, encircle the enemy! ”

"There's one more thing that needs our attention!" "The enemy, knowing that our Dionian Third Legion is involved in this battle, is likely to abandon the city of Atlah and flee back to the mountains," Printors reminded. ”

Lizaru thought for a moment and immediately said, "Then go and inform the Second Cavalry Legion, as well as the cavalry of your Campanian Alliance, to the east of the city of Atlah as fast as possible, and once you find the enemy fleeing, do your best to delay their retreat, wait for the other troops to arrive, and destroy them!" ”

The generals also put forward their own suggestions to improve the plan, and at this time, no one cared too much about the lives of the thousands of people in the city of Attra, after all, the generals of the Campanian League hoped to completely solve their troubles after this battle.

Soon, a large number of scouts rushed out of the camp and galloped in all directions.

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After half an hour of fighting, Segovani's troops attacked the city, and then broke into the city and cleared the city.

While Segovani was proud of the success of his plan, the spies who hurried back reported to him that several of the raiding Cautini tribes near the city of Attallah had been routed by the Greeks, and that among the soldiers pursuing them were many heavy infantry in black armor and with guns, who suspected that they were Dionia's army.

The spies also brought with him a tribal leader who had fled, and he cried out to Segovani: "The attack of the Greeks is so fierce that my 150 warriors are quickly routed!" The enemy also had a lot of cavalry, and the soldiers could not escape, either killed or captured...... Great Chief, you must send troops to rescue them! ”

Segovani was shocked at the moment, and asked loudly, "Are you sure that there are Dionians who attacked you?!" ”

"It must be them, the Campanians don't have the kind of strangely dressed soldiers, and it's impossible to completely defeat us! ......" The leader tried to justify his defeat, but saw Segovani gritting his teeth and scolding, "Damn the Dionians, they dare to break the covenant!" Are they preparing for war with the Samoneh?!! ”

Segovani was in a state of confusion, and although he repeatedly ignored Dionia's warnings, he knew very well that with the strength of Kautini, he could not compete with the powerful kingdom of Dionia, and once Dionia did send an army, it would mean that he was in a bad situation!

Run! Segovani immediately had this thought in his heart, but he immediately hesitated and just captured the city of Atlah, and paid some casualties, so he gave up the fat of Atra and left with empty hands, not only was he reluctant in his heart, but the warriors of the tribes below would not agree, taking advantage of the enemy's troops still scattered everywhere and unable to concentrate against him in a short time, seize the time to loot some supplies and bring them back. When he returned to Kautim, he would discuss with the great chiefs of the clans, Hirpine, Pentney, and Kaucheni, how to deal with the Dionians' betrayal.

As soon as Segovani made up his mind, he ordered his soldiers to hurry up, loot supplies, and be ready to leave at any time. At the same time, he sent a number of spies, ordering them to carefully probe the movements around the city of Atra, and report any changes immediately.

But it didn't take long for him to receive reports that he had found traces of the enemy in the south, north, and west of the city of Atlah, and at this moment he didn't understand that the enemy had discovered him and was trying to surround him!

Segovani did not dare to hesitate and immediately led the warriors to retreat to the east.

Not long after they escaped from the city of Atra, they heard the sound of horses' hooves coming from the north.

"It's the Greek cavalry!" Reminding each other, the Kautini warriors stopped, drew their javelins, and leaped forward to meet the hundreds of cavalry rushing towards them.

It was the cavalry belonging to the 2nd Cavalry Regiment of Dionyas who came quickly. This time, in order to cooperate with the Third Army Corps in the Campania area, the Ministry of War asked the Second Cavalry Corps to draw a thousand cavalry under the command of Lizaru. Although the camp headquarters of the 2nd Cavalry Regiment was stationed in Niutum, most of its soldiers were from the Cosenza plateau, and they were better at riding horses on gentler slopes.

As they approached the range of the Kautini javelins, the Dionian cavalry turned around and galloped towards the head of the Cautini army, facing the Kautini. Everywhere it passed, the Kautini warriors subconsciously slowed down.

At this time, the warriors on the right side of the line also shouted, "Cavalry! There are cavalry!! ……”

Dozens more Dionian cavalry arrived from the south, employing the same tactics, and the pace of forcing the entire Cautini army to retreat began to slow down noticeably.

Segovani was in a hurry and shouted "Retreat!" Retreat! Leave them alone! ”

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