"One...Opol." Elems gestured and said in stiff Greek.

The young man took out a Drakma from the purse he was carrying, threw it to Elhams, then squatted down and held up a wooden tube. It was a simple wooden cup made by hollowing out the center of the tree trunk as thick as a fist. The cup was full of milky white slurry water, held in his hand, heavy. The young man didn't dislike it. He took a small sip and tasted it, and his face was surprised: "The taste is very good. You mixed goat milk and grape juice into the slurry water, and you should have added honey, but this goat milk has no smell of mutton. How did you do it?"

The young man who spoke was Adoris, the adopted son of Davers, the king of Dionia. He was 18 years old and participated in this war against Doney as a legion soldier for the first time. Although he was not interested in cooking, he tasted delicious food at home all year round and had some experience in this regard.

Elhams pretended not to understand and looked for change.

Adoris didn't ask any more questions, took out another Drakma and threw it to him: "Stop looking for it, give me ten cups of pulp water." He looked around and said, "Brothers, I have worked hard to train. I treat you to you, and drink some pulp water to quench your thirst."

His teammates immediately cheered: "Thank you Adoris! Generous Adoris!..."

Elams and his wife hurriedly poured water into each wooden cup and handed it to the thirsty soldiers.

"I said to Prince, don't just invite your teammates to drink water, and we are also here! We are also very thirsty!" A soldier shouted loudly not far from the entrance of the market.

Prince?! Ehrams looked at the young man in front of him curiously. In his memory, the one who had the title of "Prince" was Vadalka, the son of the former king of Pucheti. Because Tremoni was killed in the Battle of Brindisi, his direct tribe warriors were almost completely lost. As a result, due to the great loss of the royal family's strength, Pucheti's country was in chaos. Vadalka had the name of "Prince", but could not become the new king because he could not get the support of any large tribe. After the invasion of the Dionians, Vadalka took his family to Epirus on the other side of the Adriatic Sea by boat.

The young man in front of him was tall and burly, with big eyes and thick eyebrows. Unfortunately, the childishness on his face covered his might. Elhams didn't know whether the title "Prince" was true or false.

Adonis turned around and cursed, "Ampias, if you shout, do you believe it or not, I will make you unable to drink water today!"

The soldier was not afraid. He responded with a smile: "As long as you treat me, I won't shout."

Adoris glared at him, but he had no choice but to do it. After the Southern Italian War, Dionia almost completely occupied Greece. Crotone was forced by the situation. At the same time, they had to rely entirely on Dionia to rebuild the new city and restore the prosperity of the past. Therefore, the people finally chose to merge into the Kingdom of Dionia, Lucias, Miron and other Crotone's respected parliamentarians were elected and became the veterans of Dionia. Anfias was the son of Lucias, and

He came to Turiy with his father and became a classmate of Adoris at Turiy School. When Adoris became an adult, in order not to receive too much care, he specially asked Davers to serve as a legion soldier with the Fourth Legion centered on Crotone, thinking that no one would know him. Who knew that when the Fourth Legion met Anfias, it turned out that this guy did not set his household registration in Turiy after he became an adult, but chose the birthplace of Crotone, and Adoris's identity was leaked.

Adoris understood Anfias's slutty personality. He looked around the market, turned around and pointed to the clay pot next to the stall, and asked, "How much does this can of pulp water cost?"

Elhams' heartbeats and quickly replied: "Two Drakmas."

"You have 15 cans here, I have bought them all. If you have comrades who come here, just give him a cup of water and water. Can you do it?!" Adoris said very simply, and counted 30 Drakmas from his wallet.

"Okay! OK!..." Elhams nodded repeatedly.

A louder cheer suddenly sounded in the market, "Prince Adoris won thousands of victories!" The cheer was mixed with a sudden shout.

Damn Amphias! Adoris was so angry that his teeth were itchy, and immediately shouted: "Brothers, Amphias just told me that I would invite you to drink water today. When I return to Turiyi after the victory, he would invite everyone to drink beer!"

"How could I do-" Anfias was about to argue, and the soldiers were already shouting excitedly: "Anfias, I didn't expect you to be more generous than Adoris!"

"Ampias, we can't wait to go to the battlefield, and then win and go home to drink your beer!"

...

There is constant laughter in the market.

While busy handing the young soldiers water, Elhams sighed that the young soldiers were fearless and did not know the cruelty of the war reminded him of the scene when he was young.

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In the central tent of the army in the army camp of the Dionia, Alexis, the commander of the army who attacked Doney, was wondering about a letter written by King Davers. The reason was that at the end of the letter, Davers wrote: "... On the north bank of the Ovanto River, this place where a brilliant battle occurred in history, I look forward to you also achieving a brilliant victory that is not inferior to your predecessors!..."

Alexis thought about it carefully, but could not remember any major battles that had happened nearby, so he asked the adjutant who graduated from Turiyi School with excellent results: "Eumatsius, do you know what fierce battles have happened near the Ovanto River before?"

Eumatsius, the eldest son of Bagule, thought for a moment and immediately replied simply: "I don't know."

Could it be that the battle that happened here a long time ago has not been recorded, and His Majesty, as the favored man of God, can know through Hades' enlightenment... Alexis can only think about it this way, and the encouragement in Davers' letter made a sense of ambition in his heart.

Of course he would not know that the "glorious battle" mentioned in Davers' letter did not happen in the past, but in the history of his previous life: there was a place called Canny about ten miles east of the Daonian military camp. The Carthage army was stationed there. The great commander Hannibal led 50,000 troops across the river and fought with 80,000 Roman troops. Through his clever formation, he finally defeated the more with less and wiped out the Roman army, creating the most brilliant example in the history of ancient Western wars. This also made Davers have an impulse to come and command the war himself. He competed with Hannibal for a short and long time, but in the end he gave up. After all, Dawnie was too different from Rome in his previous life, and it was not worth his personal action.

Davers, who had not had much knowledge of history, did not know that another battle that took place in the south of the city of ausculum in the next few decades in the history of the previous life was also quite famous. In the Battle of Asculum, the King of Epirus led his army to fight the Romans for the second battle. Although he finally won, he suffered heavy losses, which made Pirus not want to fight the Romans anymore. In the end, he led his army to leave Italy and go to Sicily.

"The commander of the Armintas Legion!...The commander of the Olivers Legion!...The commander of the Giorgris Legion!...The commander of the Rides Legion!..." The guards outside the tent kept shouting loudly.

After several legion commanders entered the tent, they finished their military salutes with Alexis and sat down.

"Dear Legion Commanders." Alexis sat on the main seat and said solemnly to them: "We have been here for seven days. The corps, auxiliary troops, as well as military rations and supplies have arrived. The Donis are gathering on the other side, so I decided to cross the river tomorrow and launch an attack on the enemy."

"It's time to attack! Staying here for so long, our soldiers were almost suffocated!" Amintas immediately raised his hands to agree.

"Mr. Amintas, I think it's you who are being suffocated." Olivers next to him smiled.

"Oh, Oliver, dare to make fun of me, have a football game in the afternoon, First Legion vs Fourth Legion, you and I are quarterbacks, who loses, who jumps around the training ground, dare you?!" Amintas shouted for the battle.

"It's not that I dare not." Olivers politely declined: "The war will go tomorrow, and the army will be assigned tasks in the afternoon to prepare the soldiers. How can I have time to compete?"

"Find a reason!" Amintas spat in a low voice. He also knew that Olivers was right and did not bother him anymore.

"Sir Commander, will the Dao Ni come out to intercept us when we cross the river tomorrow?" Giorgris asked cautiously.

"It's very possible!" Alexis simply replied: "According to the information sent back from the north, although King Doni was unwilling to go out of the city to fight, the chiefs of Askurum, Sipontum, Herdoniae... and other towns insisted on blocking us outside the territory of Doni, so they encouraged their king to finally gather their troops on the other side of the Ovanto River. Their troops were less than us, and relying on river combat could increase their advantage. They should not let this advantage go easily, so they would probably line up on the other side to stop us from crossing the river."

"Since that's the case, we will be out of the camp early tomorrow morning to cross the river as fast as possible. I believe that the Donis army is not as fast as our Dionia Legion. By the time they arrive on the other side, we will have already crossed the river." Olivers made his own suggestion.
Chapter completed!