Chapter 88: Meeting with Potentia
Phoebidas stopped talking, Dionysius's arrogance made him, a warrior from the Greek overlord Sparta, feel uncomfortable.
"Pheebidas, for this upcoming largest battle in Greek history, I need the help of you, the best Spartan warrior, to make it easier for us to win this battle!"
Phoebidas could not refuse Dionysius' invitation. The phrase "the largest battle in Greek history" alone was enough to attract his greatest enthusiasm.
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On this day, Davers asked Lizaru, the first battalion of the Third Legion, to lead three heavy infantry brigades, a total of 3,000 people, to merge 1,000 people from Elia to station in Poseidonia, and to guard nearly 10,000 prisoners. For this reason, Davers also sent a fast horse to Picossis, informing Anta Oris to arrange personnel and escort the prisoners to the rear of Lucania.
Then, he led another part of the soldiers of the First, Second Legion and Third Legion, a total of about 24,000 men, and advanced east along the Sele Valley.
The march was not smooth. Not only was the road difficult to walk, but the Samones were also encountered from time to time.
At first, when he received the reward from the spies, Davers thought that the Samones wanted to use the complex terrain of the mountains to harass the army, so he sent out all the light infantry and light armored soldiers of the three legions to guard the two wings of the marching formation.
Unexpectedly, when the soldiers rushed forward, they found that the enemy's resistance was weak and they were even easily captured.
The first thing the captured Samones did was to eat and call soldiers who could understand Samone's language. After asking, they found out why they appeared here and reported to Davers immediately.
Only then did Davers realize that the Samone army outside the city of Potendia was defeated by a night attack. This was a huge surprise!
Originally, Davers just asked Izam to send a lot of mountain scouts to pretend to be Samonet's defeated soldiers, intending to sneak into Samonet's camp at night, spread rumors and shake the morale of the army. Of course, if it is possible to burn the Samonet's baggage, then the next battle with the Samonet can be considered a safe victory. For this reason, he wrote a secret letter to Potendia, hoping to get some help... Of course, this is just a step of leisure, and he did not have high hopes and would definitely succeed.
But I didn't expect that the Samonets were defeated like this! This made Davers, who had a clear understanding of the history of "The Samonets were the early Roman rivals" in his previous life, could not believe it.
But soon the army met the reconnaissance team members who rushed back from Potendia City to report the news. Davers confirmed that the Samonets had been defeated, and also learned that Printols, the captain of the Zhongshanling Reconnaissance Brigade, played an important role in the operation last night. He planned this night attack and took the initiative to risk contact Polett in Potendia City...
After hearing the night attack, Davers couldn't help but admire him and praised the captain of the investigation team: "Lizam, you have a very outstanding subordinate!"
Lizam said seriously: "He is better than me!"
"When the country is in crisis, it is when many heroes emerge!" Davers was filled with emotion, and at the same time he kept the name Priintols in his heart.
Look at the Samonites who were so hungry that they were shaking when walking. Thinking about the chaos and frightening that they had been after a night of chaos and fright, the camp was burned down and washed away by heavy rain. They ran all the way, tired, hungry, and shocked, and there was no point in their combat effectiveness. The battle of Potendia was basically over! Davers made a judgment and felt much more relaxed in his heart. He immediately ordered: the army's light armored soldiers and light infantry soldiers should attack decisively and expand the results of the battle when they met the Samonites!
At the same time, people were sent to Bottentiya City quickly to let Puamot prepare a camp for the army in advance. Originally, marching in the war area, the Dionian Legion would usually stop advancing in the afternoon and start building the camp, but today Davers would march boldly and strive to reach Bottentiya City within one day.
In the evening, the vanguard arrived outside the city of Potendia. They were surprised to see: under the dim sky, two "fire dragons" extended parallel from the city of Potendia to the west, which was two miles long. It was the people of Potendia who raised their torches to welcome the army of Deonia and illuminated the journey for the team...
After Davers learned of the situation, he rushed forward immediately and happened to meet Puamot with a leader of the tribe: "Dear Lord Davers, all the people of Pottentier warmly welcome you to lead the army!" At Polet's prompt, Puamot respectfully saluted Davers, and the leaders behind him also saluted immediately.
Davers did not sit firmly and accepted the respect of the allies safely. Instead, he jumped off the horse, quickly returned the gift, and said excitedly with a little apology: "It's really my fault to lead the army to disturb your quietness so late! I didn't expect that you would greet us in such a warm way regardless of your own safety, regardless of your own safety. Thank you! On behalf of all the soldiers, I would like to express my sincere thanks to the people of Potendia and the leaders!!"
"No, Lord Davers! It should be our Potendias that express our gratitude to you Dionys." Puamot said that Davers could understand his painstaking efforts and felt that this hard work was not done in vain, but he did not reveal it, but said emotionally: "Compared with the great kindness of Dionys to save Potendia, what is the small thing we did!"
"We are allies." Davers smiled gently, "The allies should help each other like brothers!"
"It's right! It's right!" Puamot nodded repeatedly, and wanted to say it again. Pollett, who was next to him, interrupted: "Mr. Davers, will our words here affect the soldiers' advance?"
Davers was reminded and looked back and saw that the army had stopped moving forward. He hurriedly said, "I'm sorry, all the leaders! Please follow me here."
"Oh, it's our negligence." Puamot hurriedly led everyone away from the way the army was marching.
"Tormid!" Davers turned around and shouted.
"grown ups!"
"Tell the drummer and trumpeter to play the Marine of Victory and celebrate this moment of victory with our allies!" Davers said loudly.
"I understand!" Thormid immediately turned around and left.
The Dionian Legion paid great attention to the smooth operation of military orders and strictly stipulated that the use of military horns and snare drums should be used to convey instructions. Therefore, the troopers and snare drums had dozens of military drummers. Here there were two and a half legions, a huge army of 24,000 people, and hundreds of drummers were drawn. After receiving Thormid's order, they retreated to the side of the road one after another.
As personnel in the legion who do not participate in the battle, they not only convey military orders during the battle, but also play music to help the marching in order to cheer up the soldiers and forget their fatigue during the marching.
To this end, in the military training of the Alliance, in addition to practicing with the soldiers during the phalanx training, they also gathered together to practice music alone at other times. Of course, they are indispensable in various large-scale celebrations of the Alliance, so although they do not participate in the battle directly, they are also respected.
At this time, some soldiers of the corps changed into bamboo flutes around their waists, while some soldiers' drummers replaced them with small copper draws, and everyone performed their own duties and began to play music.
"March of Victory" is a marche melody that Davers hums more familiar to his previous life, and asks the musicians of the league to compose and adapt. Although there is no changeable melody and momentum created by various instruments in the previous life, it is a rare music in this era.
On a quiet night, when the lively and cheerful but vigorous melody is played, it quickly resounds over Potendia...
When the Potantia heard it, they felt relieved. During this period, they felt sad about losing their loved ones and their worries about their destroyed homes seemed to be temporarily put down, and they could enjoy the joy and joy of repelling powerful enemies and winning.
The tired soldiers of the Dionians cheered up, straightened their chests, and welcomed the review of the people of the allies with the best mental outlook.
"League advance!"
At the forefront of the marching line are the 300 personal guards of Davers, headed by the acting captain Rodolm (Maltius recovered from his wounds in Turiyi). He held high the military flag representing the supreme commander of Davers with both hands. At the top of the flag is a crown and sitting firmly on the throne, holding a double strand fork in one hand and holding a ball in the other. The golden statue of Hades with a peaceful expression. Compared with the gloomy and ferocious Hades statue on the top of the legion flag, this one shows the dignity of the king. The black flag under the statue is directly embroidered with golden silk thread on the black flag.
The guards followed the flagmaster of the First Legion, but he did not follow the heavy infantry, but light infantry and light armored soldiers. This is because on the mountain road, once they encounter enemies, the light armored brigade can react quickly. In fact, most of the Samones captured on the road were their credit.
The first legion was followed by the baggage team, then the second legion, and hundreds of Samones captured on the way, then the third legion, and finally some light infantry, light armored soldiers and cavalry brigades. The reason why the cavalry was arranged at the end was that some sections of the mountain road could not ride horses at all, and they had to lead horses to walk. Moreover, the mountain road was narrow, and if thousands of horses picked up shit and urine, it would seriously affect the marching speed of the troops behind, and the light infantry was mixed with the Samonets to prevent the Samones from attacking the rear.
The army of Dionia has a clear banner and a strict military appearance. With a relatively neat pace and high spirit, it is arranged into a long dragon that seems boundless, passing through the "fire road" built by the people of Bottentiya with enthusiasm and cheers. Although they are wearing black helmets and black armor, they are quite stressful, but the smiles on their faces make the Bottentiya feel relieved.
Thanks to the great book fans of the wind and rain, for the rewards of the books that have been mixed throughout my life! Your support is my greatest motivation for writing!! I have been busy asking my lover to paint the mountains, rivers, flows and cities in Greece these two days. I believe that by the weekend, you will see a more vivid map of the Southern Italian War situation.
Chapter completed!