v5 Chapter 16： Invading the northern plains of Croton

"The free people have no food?!" Kunogora Tower asked. Look at ΔΔ书阁WwんW. 『kan→shu→ge. La

"The war broke out too suddenly. Many free people did not reserve food in advance. When they wanted to buy grain, the market had already sold out." Felicius looked at the two, and the initiator was not the alliance himself.

"Then use food as a salary and continue to let the free people fight for the alliance. Instead of using the short-term citizenship inspection period as a reward, the alliance's citizenship becomes less valuable! Felicius, the free people can be in the governor's adult Under the leadership, they can make great contributions and defeat the regular army of Crotone. So even without the leadership of the archon, and the intrusion against the ordinary sailors of the Crotone fleet, should it be no problem?" Kunogolata tone A blunt question to Felicius.

Felicius did not care, seriously said: "Of course there is no problem! My plan is to let the free people have a team of 100 people, patrolling all the days on the coast where they can land. At the same time, send a brigade to Turui - on the side of Castellon Avenue, a company is stationed every five miles, between the patrol and the heavy infantry company, with a detective ride as a contact. In the case of a small enemy, the patrol should be able to strike it. Retreat; encounter a large number of enemies, the patrol team first blocks the enemy's raid, the detective rides the nearest heavy infantry company, and then rushes to the enemy..."

Kunogolata looked a little darker: "This idea is not bad."

"That is, our grain supply may be tense again. We must use the money of the state treasury again to buy food in Heraklia. Melsis has to blame us again." Cornelus said helplessly.

"Whether there is no money to fight, as long as the Archon can get the final victory, the money will be there." Since the victory of the Trito River battle, the Kuno Gorata, who feared the war, had a More confidence.

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Milon had thought that the Daonian army would take the opportunity to launch the siege with the help of the high platform, but the army of Dionia and the Crotone soldiers on the head of the city confronted each other for a morning, except for the light infantry on the high platform. There is no movement outside the projected arrow flying stone. At the end of the day, even the light infantry stopped the attack because of the soft gluten.

Such a strange calm made Milon very confused. Of course, he would not know that 30,000 people in the third legion of Dionia and 3,000 Raos soldiers have entered the northern plains of Croton, began to smash farmland, destroy the village, and do the same thing as Crotone’s landing of sailors. Only Daves had a military order in advance: they were not allowed to kill the Crotone people. So the soldiers just threatened and drove.

As early as the defeat of the battle, the Crotone House Council advised the people in the villages on the northern plains to temporarily escape to the city to escape the fighting. Because the spring broadcast plus two or three days did not see the enemy, Crotone inside people thought that Milon blocked the Dionyns in Crimea, so most people did not evacuate. Now, the horrendous Deonian soldiers suddenly appeared in front of them, and the Crotone inside fled south in panic.

In southern Italy, the Croton Plains are comparable to the Syrian Plains in that they benefit from two rivers: the Neto River, which originates from the mountains of the southern Apennines and flows from west to east into the Gulf of Taranto. Due to the influx of many tributaries, the width, depth and flow of the river are finally greater than the Krati River on the plains of Sobari; the other is the Tacina di River, which also originates from the mountains of southern Apennines. It flows from north to south into the sea. The two rivers in the east and the south irrigated the Croton Plain, and also cut the Croton Plain into a square-like area. On the sea side of this core area is the famous strong state of Greece. Crotone. Because Crotone is on the Gulf of Taranto, it has a few deep-water ports in the Greek city-state of the Apennine peninsula. Crotone has a fertile plain and an excellent port. The root cause of the war between Sobaris and Crotone was 100 years ago because of the desire to destroy potential opponents, and Crotone I want to win the dominance of trade in southern Italy, so a small part of the people of Sobalis fled to Crotone because of the dispute, but only the fuse of war.

The strange thing is that the two rivers are very close to each other after the mountains flow out. There is a city between them, between the mountains and the plains, named Asprostum, whose founder is the Bruti. To the west of the northern plains of Croton, the continuous Apennines are difficult to pass, but following the natural valley formed by the Alto River, a tributary of the Nato River, trekking northwest, but reaching the only plateau in southern Italy, the Cosenza Plateau The Brutus who lived there was originally from the upper reaches of the Alvor River and descended down the river valley to reach Asprostum.

However, when Crotone is strong, it will not allow an alien city in the northwest where it is only 20 miles away from it. It controls the upper reaches of the two rivers and controls the plains from the northern part of Crawton. The Neto River, which can walk into the southern passage, threatens the safety of the Crotones. Therefore, a hundred years ago, Crotone launched a large army and attacked the city of Asprostum. After several battles, he finally occupied the city and drove the Brutiti people back to the Cosenza Plateau. Up to now, Asprostum has completely become a Greek city. As a colonial city of Crotone, it is completely under the control of Crotone and is a corner of Crotone. Protect the security of Crotone inner city.

The scandals of the Dionyrians invading the Croton Plains reached the city of Crotone, and the people were panicked. In particular, the 3000 soldiers of Laos, all the way mad, and seeing the approach to the north bank of the Neto River.

The guards on the south bank of the Neto River panicked their hands. In order to prevent the enemy from crossing the pontoon and directly killing the city under Crotone, they ignited several pontoons on the river, which made many people fleeing in the south to stay in Nato. shore.

Just as they were ferried by boats in Crotone, the army of the Ras had arrived at the river of Nato, and the Crotones cried, panicking and forced to flee northwest along the banks of the Neto River.

When the Greeks first came to this plain, due to the Nato River and its numerous tributaries and abundant rainfall, there were swamps everywhere, but the Greeks had mature drainage techniques. After several hundred years of governance, there was basically no The swamp exists. However, the Crotone people are still full of risks on their way to escape, because the Romas sent several soldiers and pursued them.

Crotone's people were shocked and tired. Fortunately, unconsciously, there were more young people in the team. They enthusiastically helped women with heavy loads, picked up children, and helped the elderly, so that the escape team did not lay down an old woman. In the end, the Ruos soldiers stopped chasing, and the city of Asprostum had already appeared in front of the fleeing people.

General Asturus Tum, who was a citizen of Crotone, almost did not hesitate to open the gate, and nearly 900 fleeing, panicked escaped people were placed in the city.

At this moment, the spies rushed: 5,000 Dionysians attacked Aspstut City!

When Fagris heard it, he panicked. Two wars with Dionya, the Asprostums were transferred to more than 6,000 people to join the battle, almost meat buns and dogs, never to return. There are only 700 citizens who can fight in the city. How can they stop the 5,000 Dionysians who defeated Crotone's army in the battle? !

Fagris, who lacks practical experience, has no confidence. When his eyes fell on the panicked fleeing people in the city, he instantly changed his mind to immediately escorted them out of the city and dragged them down to win the Crotone's parliament.

"People in Crotone! The people of Crotone!!" He shouted loudly on the stone ladder of the city wall, and he tried to mess it down. Only a few people would pay attention. As a result, the soldiers began to shout, and finally the fleeing people quieted down, looking up at the generals of Asprostum.

"The people of Crotone, there are 5,000 people in Diaonia who have killed this city!" Fagris just said, and the following will stir up: "What! The Daonians are chasing!"

"Not yet open the South Gate, let us leave here!!"

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The people are loudly loudFagris and the soldiers are finally getting them back to peace.

"Of course you can go. But you have to know that because Crotone has launched a war against Turui twice, most of the citizens of Asprostum have followed the Crotone army and failed to do so. Come back, so that there are not many civic soldiers in the city, I am afraid that I will not be able to stop the many people in the world! Aspru Stum is the northern barrier of Crotone, once the Diaonians occupied Then they can go south and easily cross the Tacina di River that can be walked into the central plain of Crotone. It will be a disaster!... I beg you to pick up the shield spear. Men join us and defend Asprostum! It is to defend Crotone!"

Fagris’s words were true and true, because his home was originally outside the city of Crotone, Asprostum said it was a city, in fact more like a special De Mo (from Athens) Administrative divisions, several villages together, equivalent to the town), although there are their own councils, but there is only one general responsible for the management of the city state, elected by the "ten generals" elected by Crotone, and therefore in an emergency Next, Fagris, who is also General Crotone, has the right to order the people of Crotone.

The fleeing people are in a state of silence, and everyone is thinking about and weighing the interests of this.