"Sir Commander, please give us all the battles behind you! The brothers of our Third Legion have long been eager to participate in the battle and make contributions!" Bagule patted his chest and said loudly.

"Don't be anxious, don't be anxious, there are some battles that allow you to participate!" Davers joked: "You should report to your legion commander first. The legion commander, who is short of soldiers, thinks of you so much that you are calling your names in your dreams!"

Everyone laughed, and Hironimus, who was usually expressionless, also grinned at this moment.

"Mr. Avinogis, thank you for your full support to Dionia! I personally lead the army to join the battle!" Davers walked forward and saluted Avinogis to express his sincere gratitude.

"It is my responsibility of Laus as the Dionysian alliance!" Avinogis hurriedly replied: "In Turiy, I heard about the brilliant achievements of Lord Davers defeating Crotone's army again. This is another miracle of winning with less! Lord Davers's military talent amazes me, and I believe that the Lausian soldiers can follow Deonya to win more victory!"

"As long as our Dionian League is always united, there will be no lack of victory!" Davers replied passionately.

"You're right, Lord Davers!" Avinogis immediately nodded seriously and agreed.

At this time, Yassitus interrupted, "Mr. Commander, 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. They will be able to transport the baggage here tomorrow."

"That's great!" Davers said happily.

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Following Davers into the tent were: Cappus, the commander of the First Legion, Drax, the commander of the Third Legion, Hironimus, the commander of the Third Legion, Bagule, the commander of the Third Army, Yassister, and Avenogis, the consul of the Lars.

In the middle of the tent is an unusually smooth wooden table, with a large map of the southern Greece drawn on it.

"Caps, please introduce the latest battle situation to your new arrival comrades." Davers said.

"Okay, sir." Cappus came to the wooden table and found the Crimesa logo on the map, pointing to it, saying: "After the Crotone army failed in the battle, based on the information obtained by interrogating the captured soldiers, it was estimated that about 7,000 people fled from the battlefield, and they were likely to have all escaped here-" Cappus glanced at the people who were listening carefully to him, and then said: "Then our first and second legions had 14,000 people rushed to the outside of the city of Crimesa to build a camp, and surrounded Crimesa from the east, west and north. Today, when we built a bridge on the Wimbledon River, the troops on the south bank were attacked by nearly 7,000 light infantry, indicating that Crimesa received reinforcements from Crotone in this day, and the strength of the city may reach 14,000. Your arrival has brought the total number of our soldiers to 22,000."

Avinogis and the others gathered at the wooden table, listening to Capps while staring at the map.

"It will be more difficult for 22,000 people to capture a city with 14,000 soldiers defending!" Avinogis said based on his previous experience.

"We don't have to conquer Crimesa City." Cappus's words stunned the newcomer.

"How can we attack Crotone if we don't conquer Crimesa?" Bagule asked in surprise.

"Around it." Cappus pressed Crimesa on the map with his right hand, and then drew a circle: "If we attack Crimesa, there will be a defense of 14,000 Crotone soldiers, not only will it be a big casualty, but once Crimesa cannot defend, the Crotones may flee back to Crotone by boat and hide in the city, increasing difficulties for our next attack. Leave them behind, let Crimesa disperse Crotone's troops, and we can divide the troops-" Cappus' fingers slid to the south of Crimea City, which is the northern plain of Croton.

Avinogis, Bagule, Yassistes and Lizalu stared at the map with wide eyes and fell into deep thought.

"What if the Crotones find that our number is reduced and we go out of the city to attack the camp?" Avinogis asked with some concern.

The other people laughed at the same time.

"We are welcome to attack and try the greatness of our camp defense facilities in Dionia!" Drax said confidently.

"If we don't attack Crimesa, the Crotones may notice our intentions. What if they take the initiative to withdraw the Crotone defense?" Yassistus also raised his own question.

"Who said we don't attack, we will put pressure on Crimesa City with appropriate attacks. When they realize that the situation is wrong, the troops we sent out have already messed up Crotone's territory. When they withdraw from Crotone, we can easily take Crimesa! In short, according to the commander's words... we must actively mobilize the Crotone people to run back and forth, and we can never concentrate our troops to fight us..." Capps explained.

"It's so great! I think this must be the plan conceived by Lord Davers. This is the first time I have seen such a clever military plan! We can easily achieve our goals without fighting hard!" Avinogis half complimented and half sincerely.

His words were unanimously agreed by everyone.

Davers smiled and said seriously: "Now what I worry most is one thing-"

"Our food supply?!" The taciturn Hironimus interjected. As the commander of the bare legion in the past two days, he has been with the baggage battalion of the army, so he has some understanding of this.

"That's right." Davers looked at him with admiration and said with a serious expression: "The soldiers are about to eat up all the rations. Next, they will transport food from the rear to meet the needs of 22,000 people. The food required is definitely a huge amount! Turiyi is nearly a hundred miles away from Crimesa. We cannot protect such a long transportation line! If Crotone realizes this, their warships can land on any coast, attack our grain transport teams, or even destroy villages and kill our people, causing us great trouble! So we must complete our plan as soon as possible so that Crotone can be poor to deal with it."

"Hironimus!"

"exist!"

"You immediately lead the Third Legion to build a camp on the South Bank and siege Crimesa!"

"yes!"

"Drax!"

"I'm here!"

"Get out three brigades from the Second Legion to assist Lord Avinogis's troops in building camps on the South Bank. I ask you to build a preliminary camp before tonight and completely siege the city of Crimesa!"

"clear!!!"

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In the afternoon of the same day, more than 10,000 Dionian soldiers crossed the wooden bridge and began to take turns to build camps on the southern bank of the Wimbledon River.

Miron did not send troops to assault again.

By the evening, the South Bank camp was initially built. At this point, the Dionys Camp was in a huge semicircle, surrounding the city of Crimea. Except for the port facing the estuary and unable to be surrounded, the rest were surrounded by the Dionys Camp.

By the morning of the next day, the soldiers of the Dionys continued to improve their camp facilities, while the Crotone messenger Lycius arrived at the northern camp of Dionys, and he was covered in face and brought into Davers's tent.

"Mr. Lycius, I am very sorry! You and I are both sides of the war, and I have to take this method." Davers apologized, but there was no apology on his face. Instead, he looked like a hunting dog seeing fresh meat, showing an excited look: "I remember we had just met four days ago, but I didn't expect to meet again so soon. You won't bring any harsh conditions to threaten us Dionia, right?"

Of course, Lycius heard the rich sarcasm in Davers' mouth, but he seemed to have not heard it. He said directly: "Mr. Davers, I came here this time to discuss. Crotone was willing to sign an armistice agreement with Dionia and compensate Dionia for his losses in the war. He only hopes that the war between Crotone and Dionia can be calmed down and restore peace and tranquility in Greater Greece!"

Davers laughed: "You Crotones want to start a war, and if you want to get a war, you can get a war. Do you think this is a war game for children?"

Lucias asked calmly: "So what conditions are required for Dionia to accept the truce?"

"Condition?" Davers snorted coldly, dispelled the impulse on his face, paced back and forth for a few steps, and when he looked at Lucias, his bright eyes had already returned to his previous shrewdness: "Do you remember what I said last time you left? My conditions are the same as the conditions you had proposed in the Senate of Turiyi before, very simple!"

Hearing this, Lycius's heart skipped a beat.

"First, Crotone will compensate Dionia 5,000 Talent silver in one lump sum; second, disband the Crotone alliance, and Crotone will not be allowed to form alliances with any other city-state in the future; third, Crimesa will be incorporated into the Dionia alliance!..."

Every time after listening to one, Lucias's face turned ugly, and finally he shook his head straightforwardly: "The conditions you put forward are too harsh, and the Crotone Council will not accept it!"

"It's better not to accept it! The soldiers of the Dionians want to win more victories to get more rewards from the league!" Davers looked indifferent, but there were more threats in his words.

"I admit that Dionia's previous victory made us panic, but panic also prompted us Crotone to act and work together to fight against enemies that may invade Crotone's territory! From now on, the battles you Dionians will only become more and more difficult! Lord Davers, I want to remind you that grapes should be sold at a good price when they are fresh, otherwise they will be worthless when they are ripe and rotten." Lucias's words also became tough.

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