Chapter 1

The next morning, reinforcements from Silit and Trina arrived, and Crotone also received information from Turii: Amendorala had about 4,000 reinforcements arrived in Turii, and the citizens of the Dionian from the Sobari plain entered the square to assemble. It was reported that there were about 8,000 people, and then they entered the military camp in the north of Turii. No further action was seen. Dionia seemed to be waiting for reinforcements from Niutum and Rauss.

This news prompted Miron to decide to take immediate action. With his active promotion, the Council passed the resolution to attack Turiyi, with the Chief General Miron as the commander of the army, and another General Philipdefos, who had the ability to command the army, led about 27,000 soldiers, including 20,000 heavy infantry and 6,500 light infantry. Among these 6,500 light infantry, 4,000 were light armored soldiers wearing leather armor and holding leather shield spears, and did not have the ability to project. There were also 800 cavalry. In addition to the regular troops, there were also a large number of slaves and free civilians transporting supplies, which made the actual number of the entire army reach 40,000.

To this end, Crotone organized a huge fleet at the port, and it took nearly three hours to get the soldiers on board just by loading supplies. It was not until noon that the fleet sailed north under the escort of the Crotone fleet. When passing by Crimesa, another 500 soldiers joined, causing the number of combat troops to reach 27,500.

Because the whole process was cumbersome and chaotic when boarding the ship at the Crotone port, Miron was worried that the situation would be worse when landing on the beach. He and Philip Defoss cared about what Tratus intelligence said before, "The coastline of Dionia is monitored by cavalry." To be on the safe side, they did not dare to land on the coast north of Castellon. Instead, after passing the swamp, they immediately docked and stopped the ship. The place where the ship was stopped was the beach where Masong mercenaries landed a few days ago.

Milon first asked the cavalry to disembark and expanded the alert range to a radius of two miles. After confirming that there was no enemy situation, he began to land on a large scale. Countless soldiers carried weapons and equipment, some even led war horses, jumped off the cargo ship, walked through the sea water, and reached the shore. Because there was no wharf, slaves and free people had to carry food, tents and other supplies to transfer them to the shore...

At first glance, the entire beach was full of black heads, messy, people shouted and neighed, and the team officials were anxiously defeated; and the piles of baggage and the random arrangement of the soldiers affected the soldiers' teams, Philip Defous beat and scolded the slaves... It took a long time to rectify the entire landing troops and straighten the affairs. After this trouble, it was too late.

After determining the camp nearby, Miron issued an order, strictly requiring: each team to build a solid camp and arrange a post, and no negligence shall be made!

Melanteus's defeat was a lesson for the past. This time, Crotone had an absolute advantage and had the initiative. He only needed to move forward steadily, and victory was just around the corner.

Tomorrow, he will first capture Castron and make it a base for Crotone's army and fleet to advance...Miron conceived the next military action plan in his mind and gradually fell asleep.

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In the tent of the Turiyi military camp, Davers, Military Officer Philicius, First Legion Commander Cappus, Second Legion Commander Drax, and Cavalry Captain Ledes are conducting an analysis of the enemy situation.

On the wooden table in the center is a two-meter square smooth wooden board, which is drawn on it. On it is a detailed map of Great Greece. Philicius held a wooden stick and pointed to the map on the board, saying, "Everyone, I just received the information from the front. Crotone sent about 30,000 soldiers, and has already landed here - the coast south of Castellon. I guess he will attack Castellon tomorrow!"

"Thirty thousand people?" Cavalry captain Rides took a breath of air conditioning: "In order to deal with us, Crotone may have sent all the citizens of the city-state out!"

"Thirty thousand people are nothing!" Drax shouted dissatisfied: "If the Third Army can arrive in time, plus the free people recruited, our troops will exceed 30,000! And even if there are no 30,000 people, Crotone is not our opponent!"

"But the soldiers in Crotone are all civilians!" Capps looked at Davers with a little concern: "Sir, we really rushed to Castron without waiting for the Third Legion to arrive?!"

Davers said calmly: "There is no time. Crotone made up his mind to destroy Dionia this time, so he was prepared and marched so quickly! If we wait, it means giving up Castellon, which not only damages the reputation that Dionia has established, but also allows the enemy to enter the plain of Sobari, which also violates the promise we made before! We are not sure of winning when fighting Crotone's militia on the plain, and relying on the city wall defense, it takes too long, which is not good for our new alliance!" Davers took the wooden stick from Phelisius, pointed to the curve of the Trionto River marked on the map, and said in a deep voice: "So we must make full use of this river!"

The people here are very clear about Davers' plan. Phelisius opened his mouth and finally asked a question: "Mr. Davers, will the Crotone rashly lead the army across the Trionto River?! I heard that their coach Miron is a general with rich combat experience."

Davers smiled and said seriously: "No plan can be guaranteed to be fully realized, but Miron was confused by the false news I released. Seeing that he was so eager to gather the army, he wanted to be at the city before we completed the assembly, and it was very likely to fall into the trap. Of course, if he was not deceived, we could also withdraw Turie and fight a long defensive battle with the Crotones!"

"He will be fooled!" Drax expressed the expectations of the generals present, and they also did not want the Crotones to set foot on the land of Dionia.

"How many cavalry are there?" Ledes asked an important question.

"About eight hundred people," Phelisius replied.

Rydes clenched his fists. His cavalry did not have the upper hand in terms of numbers or experience. It was just a matter of whether Lord Davers's wonderful tactics could work.

"Brothers!" Davers looked at the generals who were born and died together. At this moment, he knew that there was no need to mobilize at all, and their fighting spirit would inevitably rise. Therefore, he calmly said: "It's getting late. You will immediately return to your respective teams and act according to the previous plan! Hades will protect us and everything will go well tomorrow!"

"yes!"

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That night, Camp Crotone was safe and sound.

The next morning, the sky was clear and rainy. Miron woke up and felt that he was light and full of energy. Moreover, Turi's intelligence was sent to him in time: Laus and Niutum's reinforcements had not arrived yet. In the afternoon, Turiyi had 3,000 people rushed to Castro.

This secret letter should have been sent last night. At the same time, the Croton civil warships cruising on the coast of Turiyi in the morning did not find traces of large-scale troops on the Avenue of Castellon...Milon thought: The Dionians should have known the arrival of the Croton army, but they were still in the mobilization of war and only three thousand reinforcements were sent, but only these three thousand people wanted to defend Castellon?! According to him, even if Castellon's soldiers were added, there were no more than four thousand, and Castellon's small city, which was less than four meters high.

It was impossible to stop Crotone's army from crossing the Trionto River and capturing Castellon. Miron even hoped that Castellon would send all his troops to block his crossing the river so that he could give them the greatest damage in the wild and capture Castellon easily. The weather and enemy situation were beneficial to Crotone, which was Apollo's blessing! Crotone must seize the opportunity when the Dionia Alliance had not completed the war mobilization and the army had not yet assembled and arrived, quickly cross the Trionto River, seize Castellon as soon as possible, and then fight the Dionia's army!

Miron immediately discussed with Philip Defos and formulated a plan to cross the river.

Under Milon's repeated urging, the army quickly assembled, and 22,000 soldiers led by Milon and marched northwest; another 4,500 soldiers and 500 cavalry led by Philip Defoss, marched northward.

There are two places to walk on the Trionto River: one is located in the middle, with not only shallow water and flat river beaches, but also more than two miles long river sections. Davers was the first to attack Melanteus from here; the other is located in the lower reaches, west of Castellon City, with a short river section and deep water.

The Crotones' plan to cross the river was: the five thousand men led by Philipdefos restrained and attracted the enemy, but did not cross the river immediately, but Miron's army crossed the broad section of the middle with all their strength.

The Crotone army led by Miron formed an Eighth Route Column, and a long row was arranged, which was four or five miles long.

Miron, who was riding a horse in the middle of the team, was filled with noisy footsteps and armor collisions... But he felt it was extremely pleasant. The huge force gave him enough confidence. He even had the leisure to think about it: Castron and Crimesa were built on the north bank of the river, because they were all the sons of Sybaris, pro-Sybaris, and guarding against Crotone. After this war, they must force them to move the city to the south bank! As for Turiyi... if everything goes well, he doesn't mind destroying it for the fourth time!

"Report to the general that the scouts crossing the river were surrounded by enemy cavalry, four died, and two escaped."

"Have you found anything?"

"They saw thousands of enemies marching along the North Shore."

Thousands of people? Are we following us? Miron thought for a while and said, "Has Philip Fox arrived at his destination?"

Haha.....The brothers in the group are pestering each other, a special chapter!...Hahaha
Chapter completed!