Chapter 17 The battle with Kautini (3)
"We don't have to hurry to Atlas in such a hurry. If the Kautini people want to capture Atlas, then let them occupy it." A voice rang in the big tent.
The generals of the Campania Alliance were all angry when they heard this. They looked in the voice and saw a general wearing black armor sitting beside Lizaru, with a purple hat-tag helmet placed next to him. It can be seen that this person's identity in the Dionia army is not inferior to Lizaru, which makes them swallow the words they wanted to curse.
"This man seems to be called Prinzol... Thor..." Earos vaguely remembered that Lizaru had introduced him to them before, but this man had been sitting quietly, not very noticeable, and he could not remember his name for a moment.
Lizaru's plan was opposed, but he was not angry, but asked the man seriously: "Printors, what is your opinion?"
Printols was born into a mountain reconnaissance brigade led by Lizam. More than ten years ago, he made great contributions when the Third Legion captured Asprestum City. He also used clever tricks in the war when Davers led his army to counterattack the Samonet army invaded Pottentia, which triggered the Samonet roar and led to his defeat. After that, Davers asked him to assist the Third Legion to attack Samonet's territory northward. The Third Legion successively occupied many territories of Copsa, Enona and many other Hirpini. Lizaru, the first captain of the Third Legion at that time, met Printols in this process.
After the Great Greek War, at the suggestion of Davers, the Military Affairs Department established a staff office in the Ministry of Commerce. Davers appointed the general Priintols to be transferred to the Office of the Staff. Soon he became the third person in the Office of the Staff. There is a joke in the Ministry of Military Affairs to describe the three giants of the Staff: "Pelisius was sitting on the buttocks, Thormeed was running away, and Priintols was exhausted." It can be seen that his role in the Ministry of Military Affairs.
At this moment, Printols looked at everyone and said slowly: "The biggest trouble for our Greek army by the Kauteni invasion is that they act quickly and are difficult to be captured. Now their attack on Atlas is equivalent to voluntarily giving up this advantage, giving us the possibility of encircling and annihilation of them. Moreover, such a huge army as the enemy must be led by their great leader. If we annihilate and capture this army, it is equivalent to completely solving the problem of the Kauteni frequent invasion of Campania."
Printols' words made everyone in the tent very moved. A general from Pozzoli said hesitantly: "But if the Kautenis occupy Atlas, they will defend the city... they have some experience. Once we can't conquer for a long time, other Kauteni tribes, even the Shilpini, and the Pentenis come to rescue them, which will be even worse!"
20 years ago, the Kautini people dared to seize this small town that penetrated the territory of the Campania Alliance because they had the confidence to defend it. The subsequent many attacks of the Campania Alliance did fail. Now the general is worried that he would encounter the failure of the previous siege again.
Without Printols giving further explanation, Earos said: "There is nothing to worry about. Our ally, Dionia, is so powerful that she can easily capture Atlas guarded by the Kautini people!"
Yes, the Campanian League now has Dionia as a strong supporter! Thinking of the years that they have heard about the towns that Dionia forcibly conquered the vast areas of Apulia, everyone's confidence has increased greatly.
Lizaru asked in a low voice with a little concern: "Your Majesty just asked us to repel the invasion of Kauteni. Will our actions trigger a greater war?! Then your Majesty-"
Printols hesitated for a moment, and then said with certainty: "Don't worry, when we annihilate the main force of Kautini, even if they want to continue to start the war, they will lose this strength. They will only listen to us more at that time!"
When Lizalu heard this, he immediately had no worries. He was a militant. At this time, he was excited and said to everyone: "We must hurry up and make a plan to eliminate this enemy as soon as possible!"
As he said that, he lay on the table, pointing to the map marked in detail by the staff, and said, "Now, the first, second, third battalions of the Third Army of Dionia, as well as most of the light armored soldiers, light infantry, and part of your army is blocking the Kautini people from Capua and Sassera in the northeast of Naples; the fifth, sixth, fourth battalions of the Third Army and another part of your army are in the southeast of Naples, mainly blocking the Kautini people from Lola. We must immediately send a scout cavalry to inform them, 'After completing the blocking mission, do not waste time, immediately turn to the east, north and south of the city of Atlas, and cut off the retreat of this enemy!" And we must also call up all the remaining soldiers in the camp and approach the south of Atlas. Finally, we must encircle the enemy!"
"There is another thing that needs to be our attention!" Printols reminded: "After knowing that our Third Legion of Dionia is involved in this battle, the enemy will likely give up Atlas and flee back to the mountains."
Lizalu thought for a while and immediately said, "Then let me inform the Second Cavalry Legion, and the cavalry of your Campania Alliance, to the east of the city of Atlas as fast as possible. Once you find that the enemy is fleeing, you must do your best to delay their retreat, wait for other troops to arrive and destroy them!"
The generals also put forward their suggestions to improve this plan. At this time, no one cared too much about the lives of the thousands of people in the city of Atra. After all, the generals of the Campania Alliance hoped to completely solve their major problems through this battle.
Soon, many scout cavalry rushed out of the camp and rushed to all directions.
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After half an hour of battle, Segovani's troops attacked the city and then rushed into the city to clear the entire city.
Just as Segovani was proud of his plan, the spy who rushed back reported to him that several robbery of Kautini tribes near the city of Atlas were defeated by the Greeks, and among the soldiers pursuing them were many heavy infantrymen with black helmets and black armor, and they suspected that they were Dionia's army.
The spy also brought a tribal leader who fled back, and he cried to Segovani: "The Greeks' attack was too fierce, and my 150 soldiers were quickly defeated! The enemy still had many cavalry, and the soldiers could not escape, either killed or captured... The big leader, you must send troops to rescue them!"
Segovani was frightened at the moment and asked loudly: "Are you sure the Dionians attacked you?!"
"It must be them. The Campanians don't have the kind of soldiers dressed in weird clothes, and it is even more impossible to completely defeat us!" The leader wanted to make a reason for his failure, but saw Segovani gritting his teeth and cursing: "Damn the Dionians, they dare to break the covenant! Are they planning to fight the Samones?!!"
Segovani was in a state of confusion. Although he repeatedly ignored Dionia's warnings, he knew very well that with Kautini's strength, he could not compete with the powerful Dionia Kingdom. Once Dionia really sent an army, it would mean that his situation was not good!
Escape! Segovani immediately had this idea in his mind, but he immediately hesitated: he had just captured the city of Atla, and suffered some casualties. He gave up the fat piece of Atla and left with empty hands. Not only did he feel reluctant, but the soldiers of the tribes below would not agree. While the enemy's troops were still scattered everywhere, they could not concentrate on dealing with him in a short time, and seized the time to search for some supplies to take them back. When he returned to Kautem, he would discuss with Shirpini, Penteney, and Kautecheni, the leaders of the tribes, how to deal with the Deonia's backbone.
After Segovani made up his mind, he immediately ordered the soldiers to seize the time, plunder the supplies, and be ready to leave at any time. At the same time, he sent a lot of spies to order them to carefully investigate the movements around the city of Atlas, and immediately repay them whenever there is any abnormal movement.
But not long after, he kept receiving the reward of "discovering the enemy's traces on the south, north, and west of the city of Atlas". At this moment, he still didn't understand: the enemy had discovered himself and tried to surround him!
Segovani dared not hesitate and immediately led the soldiers to retreat eastward.
Not long after escaping from Atla City, they heard the sound of horse hooves coming from the north.
"It's the Greek cavalry!" The Kautini soldiers reminded each other, stopped, pulled out the javelin, and faced the hundreds of cavalrymen who were rushing towards them quickly.
The cavalry belonging to the Second Cavalry Legion of Dionia. This time, in order to cooperate with the Third Legion in the Campania area, the Military Affairs Department asked the Second Cavalry Legion to withdraw 1,000 cavalrymen to Lizalu's command. Although the camp headquarters of the Second Cavalry Legion was stationed in Niutum, most of the soldiers of the Legion came from the Kosenza Plateau and were better at driving horses on gentler slopes.
As they were about to enter the range of the Kauteni javelin, the Dionian cavalry turned around and rushed towards the head of the Kauteni army and walked towards the Kauteni. Wherever they passed, the Kauteni warriors subconsciously slowed down.
At this time, the soldiers on the right side of the team also shouted: "Cavals! There are cavalry!..."
Dozens of Dionian cavalry rushed from the south, adopting the same tactics, forcing the retreat of the entire Kauteni team to significantly slow down.
Chapter completed!