Originally, Timalas saw that there was too much baggage and suggested that some of the spoils should be loaded on a ship and shipped back to Crotone in advance.
It was rejected by Melantheus. His reason was: Castellon and Crimissa joined our Crotone League for the first time, and we needed to show them the results of capturing Turii and fighting with Croto. Serious consequences for doing it right!
In fact, there was another reason in his heart that he didn't declare: he was afraid that the materials shipped back by the ship would be privately divided up by the gang of people in the city hall, so the wealth he shared would be much less.
As for why the pontoon was not burned? Davos's worries were completely superfluous. Melantheus didn't take Amendolara in his eyes at all. He believed that in the case of the destruction of the city of Turii, there would be nothing in the northern part of Great Greece. Threatening the power of Crotone, the pontoon was preserved for the convenience of the Crotones to move to Subari soon.
Crotone's march was more than ten miles long, and most of them were fully loaded pack wagons, so the march was extremely slow. By dusk, the front team had just arrived in Castellon City.
The Castronians really felt fear. Chief General Amicris led the city-state’s top officials with smiles on their faces, opened the city to welcome Melantheus who had returned from victory, and held a grand victory banquet for him, and at the same time entertained Crow. Tony's generals. At the same time, they euphemistically said to Melantheus: Castellon city is too small to accommodate such a huge army, and so much baggage is stored in the city, if it is lost, it will be bad to have a conflict.
They also stated that the city of Castellon had prepared a lot of wine and food for the soldiers of Crotone to wish them a happy victory and to make up for Castellon's apology for not being able to let them into the city.
Melantheus was not a person who could think about the soldiers. Seeing that the Castrons thought so thoughtfully, he readily agreed and led Timalas and other more than a dozen senior officers into the city with Amicris.
On the way into the city, Melantheus heard the report of the spies: the people of Amendolara rushed to the plains of Sybari to rescue the Turians. Immediately laughed: "Amendolara did it in vain, we will be back soon, the plains of Subari can only belong to Crotone!"
When the soldiers in Crotone heard that there was wine to drink and meat to eat, they immediately accelerated their marching speed. It was getting late, so they started camping. They just set up the tent, and then they couldn't wait to start drinking and eating meat, celebrating the victory, and making noise until late at night. The tired body couldn't resist the invasion of the sleeping god, so they fell into a deep sleep...
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Ancitanos did not write in his book: On this day, the citizens of Amendolara, contrary to their usual training habits, tentatively set up tents, simply constructed the camp, and then all began to sleep. In fact, the people who rescued the Turians outside in the afternoon were mainly women, teenagers, and old people from Amendolara…
For this battle, Amendolara almost dispatched the whole city.
That night, Davos did not let the people of Turui enter the newly built camp for accommodation, and the exhausted people of Turui fell asleep in the sky. At this time, the Amendolara civic soldiers in the camp were being woken up by their officers one by one. They began to silently eat the freshly baked bread and the hot sheep soup in their sleepy eyes. , and a dash of lamb and cheese. Although they had eaten dinner a few hours ago, these foods would have stored them more protein and calories for the long march and fight that followed. Then they began to put on the breastplates and greaves that had been taken from the cart, and inspected the lances, the knives, and the round shields.
At this time, a few torches were erected in an open space in the center of the camp. Davos and the captains, company captains and sub-captains were carefully observing the information obtained from Izam and the others with the weak firelight. A Crotone camp terrain model simply kneaded from dirt.
"Melantheus was a little cautious. He let his troops cross the Trionto River and camped south of Castellon City, thinking they would be safe with Castellon City in the way, but This just makes his soldiers more unprepared." Davos tapped the model of the Trionto River that separated Castellon from the Crotone camp with a stick: "But Izam He took people to try repeatedly on different sections of the river. He said that there is one section of the river that can be walked on foot, because it is located in the middle of the river and is far from the Crotone camp, so it will not be found. And he also sent People reported, 'The Crotones have been drinking and revelling in the camp all night', and I believe they will sleep like dead pigs when we attack tomorrow." Davos's words made everyone laugh knowingly.
"They didn't dig trenches, set up fences and deer villages. I'm afraid they won't even have sentries by tomorrow morning. Do they think this is a walk in their own courtyard? It's so easy!" The team officers listened to Davos' introduction, not only It didn't feel funny, but was provoked, and they were secretly ruthless, and these arrogant Crotones must not be spared.
"The only trouble is that their tents are very scattered and spaced apart. The southern part protrudes out a lot, because the materials they grabbed are concentrated here." Davers used a wooden stick to A large circle was drawn on the top of the camp model, and he said cautiously: "Our civic soldiers plus the Lucanian brigade led by Bagule only have about 5,000 people (Artenes sent people to the Eastern Mediterranean to recruit some colorists one after another). There are about 500 freemen from Reis, Rhodes and Crete, which makes the 7th battalion more complete), in order to fully surround the camp in Crotone, our attack formation can only have a single column of soldiers. "
"Legion Commander, don't worry, one column is enough! It's more troublesome to deal with people, isn't it easy to deal with a group of sleeping pigs!" Amyntas' words made everyone cover their mouths and laugh.
Davos smiled slightly and said to Capps next to him: "The south of the camp will be handed over to your first brigade, and you will attack first. Since the area to the south is large, and there are many trucks and supplies blocking the advance, how to solve these problems? The problem, you and your subordinates discuss a solution. I only have one request, whether the first brigade can become the first in the entire army depends on whether you can keep up with the attack speed of the other brigade, or even faster than them!"
The usually prudent Capps was also excited at the moment: "Relax Commander, the First Brigade will never live up to your expectations!"
Davos nodded and turned to Drax again: "The second brigade goes to the east of the camp. After the first brigade launches an attack, you can start attacking. The east of the camp is close to Castellon City, and it panics when it is attacked. The enemy's first thought is to escape into the city, so you have to use the most violent attack to make them dispel this idea!"
Drax glanced at Capps and said, "Legion Commander, our second brigade will use our actions to prove that we are no worse than the first brigade!"
"Okay, you must have this confidence!" Davos praised, and then turned to Hieronymus: "The third team is attacking from the west, although most of you are recruits, I believe that the third team will perform well. ."
Hieronymus clenched his fists and said, "Don't worry!"
"Epithenes."
"exist."
"You and Tspet attacked from the north with the Light Shields of the Seventh Battalion."
"Legion Commander, isn't there a smaller number of our attackers?" Epithenes immediately asked.
"Don't worry. Is Bagule here?" Davers asked.
"Here I am!" Bagul said from behind the crowd.
"Come to the front." Davos beckoned him to approach, and then said in a deep voice, "The Lucania battalion you led joins the attack on the north, and Epithenes is the commander."
Bagule glanced hesitantly at Epithenis, who gave him a friendly smile. He lowered his head and said, "Okay."
"The Light Shields are good at melee combat, and your Lucaria fighters are also very powerful, and the enemy might not consider escaping north at first, because the Trionto River is in the way. I'm not worried about your Attacking, I am only worried that your lack of cooperation and the rapid advance will lead to gaps, so after you come down, you should have a good communication and solve the problem of how to improve cooperation and control the rhythm of the attack."
"There is a more important point!" Davos said with a serious tone: "Bagule, I have told you before, and I would like to emphasize it again, before the battle, whether it is marching or lurking You must keep quiet and not disturb the enemy! You must warn your clansmen well and keep their mouths shut. If anyone does not obey the order and affects this action, the serious ones will be executed according to the "Amendolara Military Law"! "
"I see." Bagul was secretly shocked, and decided to go back and immediately discuss with Asistes: how to prevent the people from making mistakes.
"Legion Commander, aren't our archers and slingers participating in this operation?" Seeing that there was no place for him in the deployment of the attacking battalion, Alpins couldn't help asking anxiously.
"Of course you are indispensable." Davos laughed: "Alpens, you lead the archers and slingers to ambush by the road leading to Castellon City in the east of the camp. Once someone comes out of the city to rescue, give them the maximum killing!"
"Yes!"
"According to Izam's information, Castellon's soldiers who followed Crotone did not return to the city because they wanted to celebrate their victory in the camp. There should not be many soldiers in the city who could fight, and their combat effectiveness should not be strong. Oh... and those generals of Crotone who are having fun in the city, it is estimated that their legs will be weak by tomorrow morning, where can they use weapons..." Davos finished, and everyone laughed ambiguous.
"After you go down, place your subordinate companies on the attack line, but please remember - there must be no gaps in the attack lines between teams, between companies, and between brigade and brigade!"
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