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Melanthius refused, and his reason was: Castron and Clemisa have joined our Crotone Alliance for the first time, and we need to show them the results of the capture of Turrij and the serious consequences of opposing Crotone!

In fact, there was another reason in his heart: he was afraid that the materials brought back by the ship would be privately divided among the people at the city hall, and then he would have much less wealth.

As for why the pontoon bridge was not burned? Davers's fears were completely unfounded, and Melanthius did not take Amendolara into account at all, believing that in the event of the destruction of the city of Turi, there was no longer any force in the north of Great Greece that could threaten Crotone, and the pontoon bridge was kept for the convenience of the Crotone's relocation to Chabari in the near future.

Crotone's march was more than ten miles long, most of which were fully loaded pack carts, so the march was extremely slow. It was dusk, and the front team had just arrived in Castron.

The people of Castlon were indeed afraid, and the chief general, Amicles, led the city-state's top brass with smiles on their faces, and opened the city to welcome the victorious Meransius, and to hold a grand victory banquet for him, as well as the generals of Crotone. At the same time, they tactfully said to Melansius: Castron is too small to accommodate such a large army, and so many baggage is placed in the city, and if it is lost, it will not be good if there is a conflict.

They also stated that the city of Castron had prepared a large amount of wine and food for the soldiers of Crotone to celebrate their victory and to make up for Castron's failure to let them into the city.

Melanthius was not a man who could think about the soldiers, and seeing that the people of Castron were so thoughtful, he readily agreed, and led Timaras and a dozen other senior officers into the city with Amicles.

On the way into the city, Melansius heard a report from the spies: the people of Amendolara rushed to the plains of Cybari to rescue the Turiyi. Immediately laughed and said, "Amendolara is doing this in vain, we will be back soon, and the plains of Subari can only belong to Crotone!" ”

When the soldiers of Crotone heard that there was wine to drink and meat to eat, they immediately accelerated their march. It was getting late, and they only set up their tents, and then they could not wait to start drinking wine and eating meat, celebrating their victory, and making noise until late at night, when their tired bodies could not resist the invasion of the sleeping gods, and they fell into a deep sleep......

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Ansitanos does not write in his book that on this day, the citizens of Amendolara set up their tents in a rough way, and after simply constructing the camp, they all went to sleep. In fact, it was mainly the women, teenagers, and elderly of Amendora who came out to help the Turii in the afternoon......

For this battle, almost the whole city went out.

That night, Davers did not let the people of Turii into the camp that had just been built, and the exhausted people of Turriy fell into a deep sleep in the curtain. At this time, the Amendolara citizen soldiers in the camp were being woken up by the officers one by one, and they began to eat the freshly baked bread prepared in a sleepy daze, and drank hot mutton soup, as well as a little mutton and cheese. Although they had already eaten dinner a few hours earlier, the food would store them more protein and calories for the rest of the long march and fight. Then they began to put on the cuirasses and shinplates that had been taken out of the pack carts, and examined the bayonets, knives, and round shields.

At this time, several torches were erected in an open space in the center of the camp, and Davers and the captains, company leaders, and detachment leaders were carefully observing a terrain model of the camp in Crotone, which had been simply made out of dirt based on the information they had obtained from Izzam.

"Melansius was a little cautious, he had his troops cross the Trionto River and camp south of the city of Castron, thinking that they would be safe with the city of Castron, but that would have made his soldiers even more unprepared." Davers used his stick to point to the model of the Trionto River that separates the city of Castro from the camp of Crotone: "But Izzam led the men to try it on different sections of the river repeatedly, and he said that there was a section of the river that could be trekked on foot, because it was in the middle of the river, far from the camp of Crotone, and would not be discovered. And he sent someone to report that 'the Crotoneites had been drinking and partying in the camp all night,' and that they would sleep like dead pigs tomorrow when we attacked. Davers's words sent the crowd into a knowing chuckle.

"They didn't dig trenches, they didn't set up fences, they didn't even have sentries tomorrow morning, did they think they were walking in their yards? It's so easy! When the officers listened to Davers's introduction, they were not amused, but they were enraged, and they secretly became ruthless, and they must not let go of these arrogant Crotone.

"The only trouble is that their tents are very scattered, with large intervals, and the southern part of the tent is very protruding outward, because there are all the supplies they have looted here." Davers drew a large circle above the camp model with a wooden stick, and said cautiously: "Our citizen soldiers and the Lucanian brigade led by Bagul are only about 5,000 men (Artenis sent people to the eastern Mediterranean to recruit some Thrace, Rhodes, and Cretan freemen about 500 men one after another, so that the seventh brigade tends to be complete), in order to be able to completely encircle the camp in Crotone, our attack formation can only have a single column of soldiers. ”

"Don't worry, Captain, one column is enough! It's more troublesome to deal with people, isn't it easy to deal with a group of sleeping pigs! Amintas's words caused everyone to cover their mouths and chuckle again.

Davers smiled slightly, and said to the Cappus beside him: "The south side of the camp is handed over to your first brigade, you will attack first, because the south area is large, and there are many pack carts and supplies blocking the advance, how to solve these problems, you and your subordinates discuss a solution." I only have one request, whether the first brigade can become the first in the whole army depends on whether you can keep up with the attack speed of other brigades, or even faster than them! ”

The usually steady Kapus was also excited at the moment: "Rest assured, Commander, the first brigade will never live up to your expectations!" ”

Davers nodded, then turned to Drax again, "The second brigade is to the east of the camp, and after the first brigade attacks, you can start attacking." The east side of the camp is close to the city of Castron, and the first thing that panicked enemies under attack is to flee into the city, so you need to use the most fierce attack to dispel this idea! ”

Drax glanced at Capus and said, "Commander, our second brigade will prove with our actions that we are no worse than the first brigade!" ”

"Well, you have to have that kind of faith!" Davers praised, then turned to Hieronymus: "The Third Brigade is attacking from the west, and although most of you are new recruits, I believe that the Third Brigade will perform well. ”

Hieronymus clenched his fists and said, "Don't worry! ”

"Epitenis."

"Yes."

"You and Zpitt are attacking from the north with the Light Shields of the Seventh Brigade."

"Commander, are we attacking a little less?" Epitenis immediately asked.

"Don't worry. Is Bagul coming? Davers asked.

"I'm here!" Bagul said at the back of the crowd.

"Come to the front." Davers beckoned him to approach, and then said in a deep voice, "The Lucanian brigade you led will join the attack from the north, and the commander will be Epitenis. ”

Bagul glanced at Epitenis with a slight hesitation, and Epitenis smiled at him in a friendly manner, and he lowered his head and said, "Okay." ”

"Light shieldmen are good at melee combat, and your Lucalian warriors are very powerful in their onslaught, and the enemy may not consider fleeing north at first, because of the Trionto River. I'm not worried about your attacks, I'm only worried about your lack of coordination and the gap caused by your rush too hard, so you have to communicate well after you come down and solve the problem of how to improve coordination and control the pace of attack. ”

"And something more important!" Davers accentuated his tone and said with a serious expression: "Bagul, I have already told you before, and I want to emphasize again, before the battle, whether it is marching or lurking, you must keep quiet, and you must not alarm the enemy!" You must warn your people well, keep their mouths in check, and if anyone does not obey the order and interferes with this operation, according to the "Amendolara Military Law", the serious person will be put to death! ”

"I see." Bagul was secretly frightened, and decided to go back and immediately consult with Assistes about how to prevent his people from making mistakes.

"Commander, won't we archers and slingers take part in this operation?" Seeing that there was no place for himself in the deployment of the attacking battalion, Alpuns couldn't help but ask urgently.

"Of course you are indispensable." Davos laughed, "Alpons, you lead the archers and slingers to ambush the road to the east of the camp leading to the city of Castron, and if anyone goes out of the city to rescue, give them the maximum damage!" ”

"Yes!"

According to Izzam's information, the soldiers who followed Castro to fight with Crotone did not return to the city because they had to celebrate their victory in the camp, and there should not be many soldiers in the city who could fight, and their combat effectiveness should not be strong. Oh...... And the generals of Crotone who are looking for pleasure in the city, it is estimated that their legs will be weak by tomorrow morning, and where will they be able to use their weapons......" Davers finished speaking, and everyone chuckled ambiguously.

"After you go down, deploy your own subordinate companies in the line of attack, but please remember - there can be no gaps in the line of attack between detachments, between companies, and between brigades!"