In the past, even for such an important military conference, the atmosphere in the venue was still active to ensure that everyone could express their opinions without restraint. However, the atmosphere at the conference today was quite solemn, and even the cough was suppressed as much as possible. Only Brelu's voice was clearly echoed in the hall.

The commander of the 50s was standing in the middle of the hall, lowering his head in depressed spirits, and his face was muffled and telling the battle two days ago:

Brelu led 4,000 soldiers to rescue Paragonia. Although he defeated the intercepted enemy at the beginning, he was surrounded by the Iberian army who came from Agilion. He urgently ordered the army to form a circular formation and defend tenaciously.

The battle lasted for more than forty minutes, and when it was no longer supported, Leotizides led 10,000 soldiers to arrive, but soon fell into the siege of the Carthaginians.

After continuing to fight for a while, the Carthaginians' attack on them suddenly weakened. Later, they found out that it was because the allied Leotini received the order from Leothisides and sent 4,000 reinforcements. While the troops responsible for the defense of Carthagin were attracted to the north and fought against the Dionysian reinforcements, they quickly attacked the Carthaginian siege troops from the east. The Carthaginians who received the news hurriedly divided the troops to intercept, thus giving the Dionysian army a chance to breathe, allowing them to fight until evening.

Seeing that the army leaving the city had not returned for a long time, Cipoulos decisively ordered the defending generals to lead 6,000 second wave reinforcements formed by most of the remaining troops of the new military camp in Katanai City and rushed to the battlefield and attacked the Iberian army, causing some chaos.

Leotizides took the opportunity to issue an order to break through. Because the darkness greatly reduced the power of the Carthaginian cavalry, the Dionian army was finally able to retreat to the city of Katanai...

After listening to Brem's story, Davers still looked serious and turned his head to ask Leotizides beside him: "Is what he said true?"

As the commander of the war zone, he was higher than the commander of the legion, so Leotizides, a senior general with less qualifications in Dionia, sat on the top head with Sicily Governor Siprous and Sicily Fleet Commander Secrean. Facing the more or less strange eyes of other generals, his expression remained unchanged and he replied calmly: "It's true."

Davers then asked, "How big are there?"

Leotizides thought for a while and said, "As of about 6,000 soldiers have not been able to return until yesterday..."

Everyone was shocked.

Davers sighed softly: "6,000 people! Perhaps more than half of them were just wounded, but because of your defeat, they became prisoners of the Carthaginians!"

Speaking of this, his eyes turned sharp when he looked at Brelu: "Tell me, why did you disobey orders and lead the army to attack without authorization?"

Brelu wriggled his lips, but he finally didn't answer.

Davers looked at him for a while without blinking, and his right hand began to hit the back of the chair, and said coldly: "As the commander of the legion, you may think that you must rescue the legion soldiers who were alone in the city of Paragonia... Perhaps the previous few attacks were relatively smooth, so this time you were confident that you could succeed... So you ignored the orders of your superiors, ignored the abnormal changes in the battlefield, and rashly led the army to attack, not only put the Seventh Legion in a dangerous situation, but also forced Prosous to lead the army to rescue you, because as a new commander, if he remained unmoved and allowed you and the soldiers of the Seventh Legion to die on the battlefield, even if there was a reason, it would definitely become a stain on his military career. It would not only make his colleagues dissatisfied, but also endured the abuse of citizens. I am afraid that he would not be able to gain a foothold in the army in the future!——"

Leotizides was a little moved when he heard this: King Davers not only fully understood his situation at that time, but also explained to the generals present why he had to risk his risk of leaving the city to rescue, because these were things he could not say directly.

"Fortunately, Prosous responded properly and the army was able to retreat back to the city, but the disappearance of 6,000 people and the burning of the new military camp... This is still a considerable loss!" Davers's pounding on the back of the chair became increasingly powerful. He led the army to Sicily with confidence, but he did not expect that as soon as he landed, he received this bad news, as if he had been poured into a can of cold water on his head. He was angry whenever he thought of it.

"Tormid, disobeying military orders and causing significant losses. What punishment should be done according to military law?" Davers asked suddenly loudly.

Thormid's heart tightened. He looked at Brelu, who was lowering his head, and hesitated and said: "According to... According to the Dionia Military Law, disobeying the military order and causing the battle to fail... The minor ones were removed from office, and the serious ones were sentenced to death..."

Generals such as Amintas, Matonis and others were all worried about Brelu. Although he was a Bruti, he had been leading troops in the army for more than ten years and had his honest and hospitality, both in the army and in the Senate, and they got along well with these mercenary veterans.

"Then we will remove the position of commander of the Seventh Army of Brelu. More detailed punishment measures will be made after the war is over, and the Ministry of Military Affairs will make a ruling based on the losses caused by the war."

Despite Davers's tone, Thormead breathed a sigh of relief.

Davers chose the lightest punishment. Although he also asked the Military Affairs Department to make detailed judgments and punishments after the war, how could the Military Affairs Department make a more severe ruling against a Senate, the representative of the Brutes. So Davers raised the stick high and gently hit Brelu.

But for the Legion commanders such as Amintas, Matonis, being deprived of military posts was undoubtedly the greatest punishment, so they all felt a little sad for Brelu, but no one dared to defend Davers when he was angry.

"Brelu, do you accept this punishment?" Davers asked coldly.

"I... accept." Brelu raised his head and gritted his teeth, "but I beg your Majesty to allow me to continue to participate in the war against the Carthaginians as a soldier!"

Davers' expression slightly eased when he heard his answer: "It's okay to be a soldier. The Seventh Legion needs a new Legion Commander. You can temporarily serve as the second adjutant of the Seventh Legion to assist the new Legion commander to better command the Seventh Legion. Are you willing?"

Although Brelu was a little disappointed to be demoted from the Legion Commander to the second adjutant who had no real power, it was a great luxury for him to continue fighting with the soldiers of the Seventh Legion now, so he immediately replied: "I do!"

"You are temporarily acting as the Seventh Legion Commander before the new Legion Commander takes office, so you can now return to your seat and continue to attend today's meeting."

"Yes, your majesty." On the way back to his seat, everyone looked comforting. He nodded his head, but he never felt regretful. In addition to the two reasons mentioned by King Davers, the reason why he disobeyed orders and went to war without authorization was also because of an important reason: In the beginning, the Battle of Ramato River failed. In order to cover the retreat of the soldiers, the commander of the Fourth Legion Dracos led the 1st troop of soldiers to intercept the pursuers, and was finally surrounded by the enemy. He either died in battle or was captured. Dracos finally became the first group of soldiers.

He died humiliatedly at the city, and Brelu was finally lucky to be rescued. But over the past 10 years, he had countless despair scenes of being surrounded by the enemy in his dreams, and he thought countless times, 'If there were reinforcements at that time, Lord Dracos and the soldiers of the First Battalion would not...' This became a knot in his heart, so when the first battalion of the Seventh Legion under his command was trapped in the city of Paragonia and faced a desperate situation, no matter how dangerous it was in front of him, he would never let himself stand by.

Davers would not care what Brelu would think at this moment. He looked around everyone with a sharp look, his voice was cold: "Everyone, in the next war we fought with Carthage, the winner will become the overlord of the Western Mediterranean and will gain vast land and more wealth. The losers will not only decline in strength, but will even face destruction. Therefore, both Carthage and Dionya have to do their best. This will be a long-lasting and consuming war. Whether we or Carthage will invest more than 100,000 people!

100,000 people! This is not just a huge number, it means that the scale of war has increased dramatically! It means that the consumption of war has increased dramatically! It means that the difficulty of controlling the army has increased! It means that the difficulty of commanding the army has increased!… Therefore, in order to ensure that the kingdom can finally win, avoid the continuous extension of the war, and increase the burden on the kingdom and the people, I ask everyone here-"

Davers' sharp eyes swept across the faces of the distinctive generals such as Amintas and Martonis, and suddenly raised the volume: "A discussion can be held when holding a military meeting, but once a resolution is formed, even if there is any opinion, it must be carried out meticulously! Only in this way can the entire army's command be smooth. If anyone disobeys the order or fails to do his best to execute the order, I can guarantee that the punishment he will be heavier than Brelu!"

Davers' last murderous words made everyone feel nervous when they heard this. Even though he was as rebellious as Amintas, he subconsciously did not dare to contact Davers's gaze at this time.

Suddenly, the hall was silent.

Davers touched his jaw and said softly, "Tormid, you send a letter to the Military Affairs Department and immediately call Zantiparis to come to Katanai and take office as the commander of the Seventh Corps. He worked hard to build the Lucanian Reserve Corps. He defeated the Samones in Campania and made brilliant military achievements. It is time for him to give him a formal appointment! At the same time, the Military Affairs Department also asked the Military Affairs Department to notify the Lokri military camp and organize the reserve soldiers to come to Katanai as soon as possible to make up for the number of the Seventh Corps."
Chapter completed!