Olivers originally thought he would not be able to fight, but Davers' order made him overjoyed. Although he was unable to serve as commander, Davers explained to him and straightened his spirit. He immediately solemnly stated: "Your Majesty, don't worry! I will cooperate with Tigtinos to complete the strategy of Sardinia as soon as possible."

As a newcomer to the Dionian army, Sextus naturally had no objection.

After receiving the order, the other generals who had not yet had a mission saw hope, but Davers looked at them and said calmly: "The Seventh Army needs to temporarily divide troops to garrison Lilibi, Mazara, Selinnus, and Palermos to stabilize the order of the entire western region. The Tenth Army and the Mountain Reconnaissance Brigade stayed at Lilibi, as a reserve force, ready to deal with emergencies at any time. The Sixth Army, the Eighth Army, and the Lucanian Reserve Corps, three cavalry corps can be disbanded first, allowing the soldiers who have fought for a year to return to their hometowns, and at the same time, it can alleviate the tension in military ration supply. However, you commanders are still unable to go home for the time being and must stay in their respective barracks. Once you receive the order, you must summon soldiers as soon as possible and rush to the designated battlefield. Do you understand?!"

"I understand, Your Majesty!" No matter how much loss I felt in my heart, no general dared to come forward to express his objection at this time.

"Your Majesty, what about our navy?" Secklien couldn't help but ask.

"How can you lose your navy when attacking Carthage opposite the sea!" Davers's expression was still serious: "The Sicilian fleet and the Third Fleet must not only protect the expeditionary army to land in Afilica safely, but also be responsible for the safety of the transport fleet in the future. In addition, from today on, the navy does not have to cruise the western waters anymore, but instead changes its target to Carthage, block the port of Carthage, intercept Carthage and its allies' ships, land on the enemy that harass us, and at the same time, actively cooperate with Alexis' army until the end of the war... This is the task of your navy, it is very hard, can it be accepted?"

"Doesn't this highlight the importance of our navy? It's better to do something than to be idle. The Sicilian fleet is willing to accept this task." Secrean laughed and deliberately looked at the commanders of the army that were about to disband and return home. He looked proud, making Epiternis and others want to beat him up.

Compared with Seclien, Midolades's answer was much more serious: "Your Majesty, the 3rd Fleet will definitely complete the mission."

Davers ignored the little farce of Seclien and turned his attention to the Sicily commander who had been quiet, saying, "Prosous, you have another mission. After returning to the east, the island of Osgiya is still in charge. It has no impact on the entire war, so I do not set a deadline to conquer it, but I ask you to minimize material consumption and soldiers' casualties. Can it be done?"

"I will do my best, your majesty." Leotizides responded calmly.

"Everyone, you all understand your respective tasks, so please go back immediately and execute them seriously. Alexis, please stay for a while."

The military meeting held this time was so short because Davers was not ready to give the generals time to bargain after giving the order.

Only Alexis was left in the hall, and Davers asked softly: "What do you think about landing in Afilica and attacking Carthage?"

Although Alexis was just appointed, after the Battle of Selinus, Sicily became the treasure of the kingdom. As long as the war was not over, it was basically expected to land in Afriga and attack Gatha. Senior generals such as Alexis and Leotizides were already thinking about how to attack next, which was one of the reasons why they could get such a high position in the army of Dionia today. So, Alexis said calmly: "Your Majesty, do you have a map of Afriga?"

Davers immediately asked Heniporis to bring the map and place it on the table.

Alexis walked forward, looked at the map intently, and then said solemnly: "The three legions, together with the cavalry and infantry of Numibia, the number of soldiers is estimated to have exceeded 50,000, which is very large. I have seen the battle report when you led your army to land in Latinum. It took you almost a day, and there was the First Legion and the Third Legion landed first to block the Roman attack, so that the entire army safely stepped onto the land of Latinum. This shows that landing operations are a time-consuming and labor-intensive and risky military operation.

Moreover, during this time of landing, half of the troops in the landing troops were Numibians. They had not undergone rigorous training and had never fought side by side with us. Once they were attacked by the Carthaginians, they were likely to panic and disobey commands... Not only could they not become the support of our army, but they would become a burden or even a hidden danger.

Therefore, I hope that our army and the Numibian army will not land together. We will proceed in two sessions. First, I will lead three legions to land and build a camp. On the second day, I will transport the Numibians over, which will not only improve the efficiency of the landing, but also ensure safety."

After hearing this, Davers secretly praised: It seems that Alexis was not lost because of my previous appointment and remained calm.

Thinking of this, he nodded and said, "I agree with your opinion. You can log in in two times. Where do you think the login location should be chosen?"

Alexis had thought about it and continued: "Although we destroyed the 100,000 troops of Carthage in Sicily, I think it still has some strength. If we land near Carthage, we will definitely be blocked by it, which may lead to our landing failure. If the landing location is too far from Carthage, it may give the Carthages plenty of time to defend.

Moreover, I heard that in Carthage, the coast, mountains, and hills all the way west, it would make it difficult for landing troops to march towards Carthage, so the landing place I chose was here—”

Where Davers looked at his finger, it was Hudrum Tum, the Phoenician city-state that had once stationed in the Eastern Phoenician fleet and was later raided and burned by the Sicilian fleet.

This was also the landing place that Davers envisioned, but he was not surprised. After all, Hadrum Tum is indeed a very ideal landing place: the city is located in a long flat beach that can accommodate large forces to land. The Phoenician city-states near it are weak and not enough to pose any threat to the landing army of Dionys. Moreover, it is more than 100 miles away from Carthage, neither far nor near, and advancing along the coast, the terrain is flat and easy to march. In addition, the Sicilian fleet once raided there and was relatively familiar with the sea conditions and geographical environment there... Alexis is one of the best generals in the Kingdom of Dionys. It is naturally normal to be able to select Hadrum Tum.

"I agree with you." Davers nodded and said in a pondering voice: "Alexis, as long as our army can gain a foothold in Afilica, fight steadily, it is a matter of time before we defeat Carthage. However, I have some ideas on how to deal with Carthage, and I would like to ask you to listen first."

Although Davers was kind enough, Alexis immediately sat back on his seat and said seriously: "Your Majesty, please tell me."

Davers said in more detail what he said to Henipolis before, and finally emphasized: "Of course, war is not something we can control, and sometimes the changes in the situation are far beyond our expectations. As the frontline commander, you can make the most appropriate measures based on the actual situation at that time. What I said is just to give you a clear idea."

Alexis pondered for a while before responding seriously: "I understand, Your Majesty. I will try my best to make the situation of war develop in this direction!"

This is one of the reasons why Davers chose Alexis as the expedition coach: Alexis has a political mind and can think and solve some political problems while commanding war, unlike Amintas who only considers war in his head.

In fact, after Davers' careful observation, he found that although Leotizides, whom he valued, was obsessed with studying war and was not good at communicating with others, he actually did not only know how to fight. For example, he led his army to pacify the Sikels a few years ago, and some of the political measures he took when he first invaded western Sicily were quite good. But this time, the reason why Davers did not select him as commander was because his qualifications were too shallow and his prestige was not enough to suppress those senior generals who were unwilling to accept it.

"Are there any requests that I can help solve before you set off?" Davers asked with concern.

"Uh... Your Majesty, can you send me one more?" Alexis said with the opportunity.

Davers smiled: "Printols?"

"Yes, your Majesty. With his assistance, I will not worry about the plan I made, and I will be more confident in winning!" Alexis said frankly, not at all worried that it would give Davers a wrong impression, believing that the victory he won might be based on Printols' planning.

"I promise you that Printols is indeed a waste of his talent when he stays with me in Levi." Davers agreed without hesitation, and then asked, "Are there any other requests?"

"there is none left."
Chapter completed!