Protesilous shrugged and stopped talking.

"The drainage and landfill technology of swamps, depressions and mudflats is a mature technology that is often used by us Greeks. The Turiyi used to build dams on the upper banks of the Koseni River during the rainy season. We can all do technically the proposal of Lord Scomblas." Kunogorata asked seriously: "But to land such a large swamp area into farmland, a lot of manpower and materials are required. Have you considered these?"

"Didn't you just say that there will be a large number of free people coming to Dionia in the future! We can recruit them in large quantities to do this project. For these free people who have made great contributions to the Dionia Alliance, we should not only shorten their citizen inspection period as an incentive, but also consider allocating them to their swamp areas to encourage them to work harder! Also... we should consider that mosquitoes are growing there, and we also hope that Helps can send doctors to participate to rescue the sick people at any time and prevent the occurrence of the epidemic..." Scomblas said endlessly. Although he had not served as the city-state consul before, he had devoted himself to the role of Chief Executive Crimesa and used his long life experience to think about the problem carefully, so he thought it more thoughtfully.

"Of course there is no problem with this." Helps said immediately: "We can help at any time!"

"Melsis, don't worry about the money!" Scomblas turned to the finance officer again and said loudly: "As long as the swamp area is transformed successfully, how much farmland can be provided! How much land tax can you collect! And these are available every year! Think about it carefully with your mind!"

Melsis raised his hand helplessly: "Don't think about it, I agree."

"Is anyone else objecting?" asked the rotating Speaker Corneros.

Everyone, including Davers, shook their heads, and Scomblas got the matter alone.

Next, the one who stood up was Vesba: "My dear masters, I received news from Niutum, "Potendia's army is approaching Grummentum. Cincinnag may be worried that the original Grummentum tribes that he forcibly annexed by him, so he did not leave the city to fight. He defended Grummentum City and sent people to Niutum at the same time, hoping to form an alliance with us and fight Potendia together."

"Cincinnager has a good idea." Davers smiled faintly: "What do you think about this?"

Vesba hesitated for a moment and said, "I don't think it's necessary to form an alliance with Picosis. What's before has proved that Cincinnag is completely unreliable. Moreover, a battle between Potendia and Picosis, no matter who wins, the strength of both sides will be weakened, which is very beneficial to us Dionia!"

Davers was very happy to see Vesba able to think like this, which means that he has become accustomed to the life of the alliance and will consider the interests of the alliance. So he said, "Mr. Vesba is right! Of course, we will not refuse him tactfully, just say that we, Dionia, had just passed the war and needed rest and could not start another war."

Weisba said he understood.

At this time, Hemon said: "Not only Cincinnag showed goodwill to us, but the tribes of the former Grummentum also sent people to contact us in hopes of getting our help and driving away the Pixis and Potantia."

"What are they going to give?" Davers asked.

“They said, ‘Willing to make Grummentum an affiliate of our Dionia.’” Hermon answered.

"This condition seems to be considered." Protesilous was a little moved, and he continued.

Davers looked at him, and then looked at other veterans who expressed their agreement, and then said with a sneer: "These tribes once betrayed their great leader Lusaou, and later clashed with Pixis. The Grummen wanted to use this sentence to make us Dionya fight with the two major forces of Lukalia - Potendia and Pixis. Is this possible? Now Crimesa, Asprestum needs a large number of citizens and preparatory citizens to settle down. Dionya's army will involve a series of issues such as re-formation and division for a while, and they cannot draw enough soldiers to go to Lukalia. Besides, Bagule, how much role do you think our heavy infantry can play in the Lukalia mountainous areas?"

Bagule thought for a while and said frankly: "We were able to seize Niutum because of a sneak attack. We did not fight against the Lucanian soldiers head-on. However, it is probably difficult for the heavy infantry to fight against the Lucanian soldiers in the mountains to gain the upper hand. Just walking on the mountain road can consume a lot of the soldiers' energy, not to mention that we are not familiar with the terrain. On the narrow mountain road, the enemy does not need to fight with us head-on. Just pushing a few stones can cause us to suffer heavy losses, not to mention that transporting food is also a big difficulty..."

"Bagul is right! When we were going to Armenia through the mountains in Persia, we often encountered similar difficulties. No matter how brave the heavy infantry was, they could not play a role at all." Alexis said immediately, and then the former mercenary veterans agreed with Baguul's words.

The veterans with the most combat experience were not optimistic about fighting in the mountains, which made Protesilous feel a little ashamed. He was very able to recognize his mistakes and said embarrassedly: "It seems that the successive victories some time ago made me a little proud."

The elders who agreed to accept the conditions of the Grummentum tribe also lowered their heads in shame. In the past, war was a painful thing in Turiyi and Amendorala. However, since the existence of Davers, victory seemed to be easy, which gave everyone an illusion: the soldiers of the Dionians are invincible! This made everyone feel a little arrogant.

But Davers did not lose caution. He clearly remembered that in history, when Rome began to conquer Italy, the biggest obstacle encountered was not the Greek city-state on the coast, nor the strong Gaul tribes in the north, but the Samonets in the mountains in the central region. When the Roman heavy infantry dominated the plains attacked the Samonets in the mountains, they were almost unable to move forward. The battle lasted for decades. During this period, the Romans suffered several defeats and were forced to humiliate and seek peace. Of course, Davers did not want to repeat the mistakes of Rome.

"Don't we attack Lucania? Lord Consul, don't forget that you promised us to occupy the Lucania region!" At this time, a man stood up and questioned Davers.

It was Polyxis! Kunogolata, Burcos and others frowned, Cappus and Amintas were even more unhesitant, but Davers looked calm: "If we don't force the Lucania area, it doesn't mean we will give up it. Potentiya and Pixis went to war, and the most affected were undoubtedly the small tribes scattered in the land near Grummentum and the ordinary people in the city. Hemon told me that the Lucanians who fled to Niutum said that Pixis and Potentiya were plundering their cattle, sheep and property, and forced them to be adopted as pioneers..."

"Yes, Lord Consul. These people arrived in Niutum and saw that the Lucanians who became citizens of Dionys were very rich and envious! They now all longed for Grummentum to restore peace so that they could continue to live a quiet life under the protection of powerful forces." Hemon said solemnly: "And only we Dionya can help them realize this wonderful wish!"

"So you also need to send someone to move around Grummentum, and it is best to sneak into the city so that these Lucans, who have been deeply hurt by the war, can understand this!" Davers instructed.

Hemon nodded and said yes.

"After you go back, tell Sesta to gather all the young Lucanians in Niutum and you will conduct assault training according to the original Lucanian combat method. However, the organization of the troops should be based on the existing form, because this will be more disciplined. In addition, it is necessary to keep confidential and not let the enemy in the north know."

Davers's words made Bagull excitedly said: "When will the attack?"

"Waiting for the opportunity." Davers said, then looked around and said firmly: "I would rather let Potendia and Galaguso become vassals of Dionia than let Grummentum break away from our control! The location of Grummentum is very important, and the land pathways leading to northern, eastern and western Italy must be controlled by Dionia himself!"

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Crotone's troops had just arrived in Cilitin and continued to move south after joining the small number of reinforcements sent by Trina and Cilitin. The Crotone's fleet sailed southward, had already passed Cilitin and was almost at the sea near Coulenia.

At this time, the Clippers, who were responsible for reconnaissance at the front, sent back the message: There were about 40 ships in the sea ahead!

Ascamas, the commander of the Navy of Crotone, immediately ordered: the fleet slowed down the ship, lowered the sails, arranged the array, and prepared to fight!

Soon, the warships that received the order gathered together to form a three-layer oar warship in the center, and the other large and small warships were arranged in the two sides, and sailed as close as possible to the coast. Because it was the east wind at this time, even though the sails were lowered, the sailors could still save some effort by taking advantage of the wind speed, so the fleet tried its best to seize the upper hand.

Before the formation was completed, Locke's fleet had already appeared on the sea less than a nautical mile away from them.

Askamas decisively ordered: speed up the ships and prepare for attack!

From west to east, the fleet of Crotone was divided into five columns, each column with ten ships, ready to rush into the enemy ship's defense line at extremely fast speed, and then use the advantage of more ships to achieve one-to-one or two-to-one battles (this was once the customary naval tactic created by the Athenians with more fights).
Chapter completed!