Chapter 33: Choice

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Amid the cheers of the soldiers, Phellisius came to the tent of the barracks and met Davers, who saw that Davers was engrossed in drawing something on the ground with a stick, sometimes raising his head in contemplation, sometimes pacing back and forth anxiously, oblivious to the movement of the outside world.

Phellisius screamed a few times, but when he saw no response, he simply stood aside and watched. He poked his head to see what Davers was drawing: the patterns on the ground were rough and messy, barely making out the topographical map of the surroundings of Turiyi, the Klatty River, and its branch, the Coseny River, and the square at the confluence of the two rivers was supposed to represent the city of Turiyi...... What does this thin line refer to? Connected to the Koseni River, is it the Tino River? And what do these dots and circles next to the Tino River represent? ……

Just as he was pondering, he heard Davers shout in a strange and peculiar language, and he hurriedly looked up and saw that Davers was very excited, and his face turned red.

Could it be that he was talking to Hades just now? Pherisius remembered some rumors and his heart moved.

"Phellisius, you came just in time, immediately go and inform all the company commanders and detachment leaders to come to me for a meeting!" Davers spoke suddenly, and the unmistakably tough tone shocked Felicius.

After Phellisius left, Davers took a deep look at the pattern on the ground, and once again said the words in a firm tone: "Success or failure, just fight here!" I bet!! ”

He stretched out his feet, forcefully erased the pattern on the ground, and resolutely sat down on the wooden chair in the center of the big tent, waiting for his nervous and excited mood to calm down, and also waiting for the arrival of his officers.

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When building this camp, Davers took into account the needs of the war and enlarged the large tent, but despite this, dozens of officers stood in the tent, and the space was still very tight. But no one cares about that. If the battle fails, where do the mercenaries go? They didn't have time to think about it because they had to fight, and now every officer was worried about it, so their eyes were on Davers, hoping that the leader who had brought them out of their predicament time and time again and again and continued to perform miracles would show them the way.

"Brothers." Davers spoke: "We are defeated. The Lucarians have retreated, but they will come back tomorrow. The Lucalians have long wanted to occupy this fertile plain of Cybari, so they launched two battles against Turiyi, and defeated Turii at great cost, and finally let Turii suffer heavy losses and retreat in the city, they will never give up the fat of the Sybari Plain! So, what do we do? ”

Davers looked around at the crowd with a solemn expression, but he didn't want them to argue about anything at this time, because time was pressing, and he continued: "Although I have not said it publicly, I am afraid that you already know it, because you have been working on it. That's right, Amendora is my target! It is the habitat I chose for our mercenaries in Great Greece! It is our future hometown!! ”

Most of the officers were calm, and only a few looked surprised.

"However, if the Lucanians are allowed to occupy the plains of Xubari, even if we capture Amendolara, we will be the target of their main attack! Because we are too few in number, and we are the weakest, and we have enmity with them! Even if we repel them one more time, as we do today, as long as they are here, they will always be a huge threat to us! What are we going to do? Davers asked a second time.

"Needless to say, of course go and defeat them!" In the silence someone shouted, it was Mattonis's voice.

"That's right! The Lucanians are nowhere near as tough as the Turriyi say, and if we can disperse them, we can defeat them! Amintas also said loudly.

These two brave officers were able to charge fearlessly even in the face of ten times the enemy.

But Cappus, Alexis, Pherisius and others apparently did not agree with their ideas and wanted to refute them.

Davers laughed and said, "Well said, we must attack the Lucanian Tribesmen's coalition, but not to attack the scattered them, but to annihilate them in one fell swoop!" Only in this way can we settle down in Amendolara with peace of mind, can we deter the obstruction of Turiyi and other forces, and can we freely sow wheat and graze cattle and sheep on the land of Amendolara! ”

Annihilation of the Lucanian coalition ?!! Everyone was stunned.

"Chief, we only have 2,000 people, even if we surround it, we can't do it, how can we annihilate the Lucanian coalition army with tens of thousands of people?" Filicios' words raised the doubts of all the officers present.

"It's not just us, but also Tarantum's reinforcements and Dracos' mercenaries."

"Even if you add them, it's only six thousand. The Lucanian coalition has fifteen or six thousand men, more than twice as many as ours! Capps shook his head.

"Are the Tarantum reinforcements and the mercenaries willing to attack the Lucanians?" Antonios asks a crucial question.

"They don't know yet, but I'm confident I'll be able to convince them to agree soon!" Davers looked confidently at the crowd, and seeing that they were still full of doubt, he said in a loud voice: "Brothers, remember that I once said, 'The victory or defeat of a war is not determined by numbers, but by the quality of the soldiers, the level of morale, and the quality of the weapons...... The most important thing is to make a feasible and careful plan, let us lead the enemy by the nose, suppress the enemy's strengths, and play to our strengths, so that we can achieve the final victory! ”

The crowd was thoughtful.

Amintas urged impatiently, "Leader Davers, tell me your plan!" ”

"Assistes, go and get the map of Turiyi." Davers shouted.

Assistes was immediately excited to bring the map that had been carefully drawn on parchment after repeated surveys the previous days.

Davers laid the map on the wooden table, and the crowd immediately gathered around.

"Everyone, please look at it...... This is the camp of the Lucanians, and this is the ...... of the Tino River," Davers pointed to the dots and lines on the map, and explained in slow and detail his plans for the attack.

The crowd listened carefully and pondered.

When Davers finished speaking, there was silence in the tent.

Then, they began to whisper.

Davers waited quietly for a while, and then said, "Brothers, is this plan feasible?" ”

"Chief." Alexis praised from the bottom of his heart: "I have never seen such a brilliant idea, it is simply a genius plan!" ”

"Alexis is right, according to this plan, not only will the enemy's advantage in numbers not be brought into play, but it will also allow us to use our attack power more easily!"

"The leader is worthy of our leader, the great commander, the god of Hades!"

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For a time, there was a flood of words.

Davos said solemnly: "Now is not the time to say good things, it is a critical moment for our survival!" Tell me what you think, we need to gather everyone's wisdom in order to overcome difficulties and win! ”

The crowd looked at each other. Alexis coughed dryly a few times, his expression became serious, and he was the first to say: "Chief, according to your plan, the first thing we have to solve is how to lure the enemy......

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After intense discussions, the battle plan was finally roughly established, and the atmosphere inside the tent became enthusiastic.

Davers exclaimed, "Brothers, the Great War is about to begin!" Go back and tell the soldiers, tell them the truth that we have been hiding! This battle is not for Turiyi, nor for us officers, but for themselves, for the land that we all dream of!! Hades will bless us!! ”

"Ho !!" Davers's incendiary words ignited everyone's passion, and even a man of a temperate personality like Phellisius had a flame of hope burning in his eyes at the moment......