But he also knew that Alenia was not easy to attack. According to the information he learned from the intelligence department, the city had more than 3,000 civilians and a 6-7-meter-high city wall. Once a battle occurred, it would be a big price to defend the city for the third fleet, which had only 6,000 fleet infantry, to capture it.

Moreover, Midolades is good at naval combat and has no experience in land combat.

Midolades knew his abilities, so he did not act blindly, but summoned his subordinates to discuss.

The fleet infantry commander, Maiontied, made his own suggestion: that is, to lure Aleniya's civilians out of the city and eliminate them, thereby weakening their power to defend the city, and it is easy to attack the city. (There are four fleet infantry commanders in the Dionia army sequence, respectively, belonging to the four major fleets, and are the second figures of the fleet. They need to obey the command of the fleet, have peace-based management, train all fleet infantry of the fleet, and command the troops to land on the coast during war to conduct assault operations and invade the enemy's territory. The number of infantry in the fleet under his jurisdiction is not fixed, depending on the number of crow warships in his fleet.), and the method of seduction is to dress up as Etruscan pirates and attack the silver mines of Aleniya.

Over the past century, the two most famous pirate groups on the Italian Peninsula - the East Coast are the Illyria in the Adriatic Sea and the West Coast are the Etruscans. Unlike the Illyria, they are mainly for survival. Etruscan pirates were originally formed privately by the Etruscan city-state. In order to crack down on the continuous colonization of the Italian Peninsula, they began to threaten the Greeks who were hegemony in central and northern Italy. With the weakening of the Greek colonization wave to the West Mediterranean and the determination of the final sphere of influence between the two sides, Etruscan pirates have significantly decreased.

However, 30 years ago, the increase in Etruscan pirates once again increased, not because of official organizations, but because of the Celtics in northern Italy, the land of the Etruscans. Especially more than ten years ago, the Celtic army swept across the entire Etruscan territory and even captured Rome. Many Etruscans fled to the sea and became pirates. Even though the Gauls later retreated, some Etruscans still tasted the sweetness of gaining nothing and wanted to continue to rob Italy's west coast.

However, during this period, due to the establishment of the Third Fleet of Dionia, the cruise on the Kingdom of Dionia and its allies was strengthened. The frequent attacks of Etruscan pirates decreased significantly again, and they could only hide in the northern part of the west coast of Italy and did not dare to go south. Although Carthage had formed an alliance with Etruscans, they still maintained a tacit understanding of neighboring and non-aggression, Alenia was often attacked by Etruscan pirates in the past.

After Meyontied's suggestion was adopted, Midolades began to prepare carefully. He even ran to the newly occupied Etruscan city of Kesrera to learn more about the situation of the Etruscan pirates, and borrowed several Etruscan cargo ships and their soldiers' armor and weapons.

Two days later, dozens of warships from the 3rd Fleet were loaded with fleet soldiers, and when night fell, they quietly approached the beach between Aleniya and the northern Etruscan town of Mariana. 4,000 fleet infantry landed ashore and sneaked into the mountains.

"Tormid, you are wrong. The morale of the brothers is still high. They are eager to attack into the city and avenge their dead comrades! And we have casualties, and the Romans have suffered a lot. The number of them is much smaller than ours. If they attack for a few more days, they will not be able to withstand it!" Amintas retorted loudly.

Thormid didn't argue, but just looked at Davers.

Davers' face was calm and his fingers tapped on the table.

A moment later, he said: "The Romans are different from other enemies. They are disciplined and tenacious in fighting spirit, and they are no less than our legion soldiers. Moreover, their commander Camillus is very capable. These days, their sudden attacks in defense have caused us a lot of trouble.

For an army with tenacious fighting spirit, the more fierce our attacks, the more violent our resistance will be. And Thormid said it right, since our soldiers landed in Latinum, how many big battles, sieges, raids, and pursuits have been carried out in a few months... It is time to slow down Rome and conquer such a large area of ​​territory in just a few months! The soldiers are all flesh-deep, not iron-beaten, and even iron will be bent after continuous impacts... So, I decided to stop sieges from tomorrow and continue to siege Satneycomb.

I see... the last time I played rugby in Rome, it was very popular with soldiers. We can continue rugby and football matches in the camp, expand the scope of the game, and first play between the teams of each legion. The winning team will participate in the confrontation between each legion. Whether it is the team that won the final victory within the legion or the team that won the championship between the legion, they will receive generous rewards, so that the soldiers can relax and be happy."

When talking about the favorite sport of the Legion soldiers, several Legion commanders smiled and even claimed that they were.

According to the Romans' military concept, war is the most important event that concerns the life and death of the city-state. The citizens gathered to fight and returned to the battle, and they always went all out. They had never had any competitions and fun in the camp. However, since they participated in the last competition, Sextus has been fascinated by this new game, and he was also full of joy at this moment. He also asked: "Your Majesty, are you still taking us to compete this time?!" (According to Sextus' military post, he could not appear at Davers' military conference, but now the Roman reserve team has become a force that cannot be ignored in the army of Dionia. Whether for military or political considerations, every time Davers holds a military conference, Thormid must notify him)

"This is absolutely not possible!" Martonis voiced his objection, with an extremely firm attitude: "Your Majesty, you cannot participate in the competition, otherwise other legions will not be able to compete seriously!"
Chapter completed!