Vol 6 Chapter 137: Continuous operations (2)

"Who said that I don't want to send troops?!" Trephias hurriedly changed his mouth and got up and pulled him: "The messenger is not saying it, waiting for the news of the victory of the sea battle. Look..."
Trifias patiently analyzed Mathonis: "Once the sea battle is won, it is impossible to send a letter from the land. During the day, the cavalry of Tarantum is swimming in the south, and your messenger cannot come over... that is Say, we can only send troops if we see the fleet of Dionia coming from the sea." By the time the big picture has been decided, Trephias is not happy.
Who knows, Matonis shook his head and said: "You can't do this advice, it's too slow! Tarantum's fleet blocked the port of Heraclea, they will definitely get the news first. When our fleet comes to action, The Tarantum people outside the city ran early! So—"
Matonis glared at Trephias, said in a deep voice: "We have to closely monitor the enemy camp outside the city. Once the Tarantum wants to retreat, we will attack immediately!"
"what?!"
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Convince Tiffyas, Martinus, who returned to the square, immediately ordered the adjutant to recruit the captains of the Seventh Army to the big account (the camp of the Seventh Army was built in the square of Heraclea).
After a while, the seven captains arrived.
Matones did not wait for them to sit down and said directly: "The time is very tight, I will make a long story short, and Daveus will lead the first and second legions back to Turui -"
"Ah, Daevers is back!"
"Great, Amendo Lara is saved!"
"There is a rescue of Amendola, and the Tarantum will be finished! Davers will lead us to defeat them!"
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Several captains shouted and excited to dance.
"Give me shut up!" Matones screamed and scared them into a trembling: "Some of you are veterans. You should know the provisions of the "Diaonia Military Law". What will be the lower back mouth when the superior training? Punish?!"
Matonis glared at them, and several captains subconsciously touched their ass: "I will remember the things that I have to bear, and then I will look at your performance. Daves’s command is passed, today he The troops will be coming from the sea and will land on the coast between Heraklia and Metapontoum, asking us to do our best to drag the enemy outside the city so that the main forces can arrive in time to work together to encircle Tarantu. Mom! Do you understand?!"
"Understand!" Several captains no longer dared to scream, but the excitement was overwhelming.
Matones took a few steps back and forth in front of them, and then slammed his foot: "I know these two days because I strictly prevented the soldiers from coming to the city to drive away the enemies in Amendola, many soldiers in the army are swearing at me privately. And say, 'I am a timid rabbit, a weak lamb, not worthy of being the head of the army!', and even some people have picked up my parents!..."
Matones’s roar made the captains scream:
I know that some of the soldiers in the Legion are from Amendola, but this should not be the reason for their insults. The soldiers are obeying orders.
This is the military law. Basically, I have written down these private soldiers. I went back and told them that in this attack, if they did not show me bravely, and they did not have me as fast, then what qualifications do they have for me? !"
Matones rounded his eyes and gasped, like an angry bull: "So after the war, I will let them stop at the square and let the whole army go up to their family! Do you understand?" ?!"
"Ming... understand."
"Go back and get ready!"
"Yes!"
After the captains left, the adjutant said cautiously: "If you are an adult, you will do it -"
"What will it be?!" Matones squinted and snorted: "There is a new army that is equipped with equipment that is not well disciplined and disciplined. If not, how can they have them? good performance!"
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In the afternoon, a Clipper approached the Agri River.
"What are you talking about?! The Syracuse Navy was defeated. How is this possible?!" The two Tarantum consuls exclaimed incredulously.
"Is there a fleet of other city-states joining the battle to help the Daonians?!" 攸Marcus asked busy.
"No, from time to time, the Denia fleet is fighting in independence. They have placed a wooden bridge on the ship, they can hook the ship of the Syracuse bomber, and then send a large number of soldiers to the deck... The Clippers recalled the scenes they had seen before. It is still like a dream. The operation of the Denia Fleet completely overturned the traditional naval battle he had received from childhood.
Dai Omiras was in a hurry and thought of a key question: "Is the Devonian fleet losing a lot?"
The captain shook his head and said: "It seems that their fleet has not lost much."
"Is Hadis really blessing these brutal and rude Deonians?!" Diomes looked amazed, but looked depressed. He looked at Marcus a little embarrassed.
攸Marcas is also watching him.
Both of them are full of fear, because both of them know that once the naval superiority of Syracuse is broken, the fleet of the Veonias controls the Gulf of Taranto, and the strength of the Tarantum fleet cannot be alone. In the face of this, Tarantum's coastline will be threatened by the Danian fleet, so their army far from Tarantum can be dangerous.
The two almost shouted in unison: "We must retreat immediately!"
In order not to attract the attention of the Herakles, they quietly recruited the team officers and gave them orders to retreat.
The Tarantum soldiers began to pack up and pack the bags.
The biggest headache for the two consuls was the mountain of grain in the camp. In order to ensure the convenience of food supply, the Tarantum used the cargo ship to transport the food and pile it in the camp for the use of a huge army of 20,000 people for ten days. Now it is suddenly necessary to retreat, which becomes a problem.
Tarantum does not have a department responsible for logistics transportation. Since this time it is offshore combat, Tarantum did not consider hiring labor to transport from land. The materials were transported by sea. At this moment, the Clippers must be sent back. It was too time-consuming to inform the port of Tarantum and to call the cargo ship to transport it. But with so much food and materials, they dare not burn or discard easily, because the waste of city-state materials will inevitably be impeached by the Senate.
So, Diomelas had an idea: let some soldiers carry the goods from the land to Metapentum, and at the same time recruit the Tarantum fleet that was cruising near the sea in Heraclia to load the grain. In the cabin on board, transport back to Tarantum.
"What if the enemy in the city comes out to attack us?" 攸Marcas is worried.
"These timid Hercules and the Dionian soldiers have been huddled in the city these days. I don't think they suddenly have the courage to take the initiative to attack the city. When they know the news of the victory of the Devonian fleet, we I have already returned to Metapentum. "In fact, Diomeras, based on the experience of the Greek traditional warfare, did not even think that the Dionyrian army would immediately launch after a fierce naval battle. Rescue of Heraclea.
However, the performance of the Dionyrian Army in the battle with the Maple Army in the past was too deep for Diomeras. He must be careful. After all, this Tarantum army almost assembled all the Taranthus. A young and middle-aged citizen can not afford to lose a little. So although Diomelas did not think that the retreat of the Tarantum army was dangerous, it still arranged for 4,000 soldiers to serve as guards.
In order to be unobtrusive, the Tarantum army did not even dismantle the tent.
Even so, the retreat of the Tarantum army is still slow and slow. The rarely trained Tarantum cannot make a special training program for the "arms retreat" like Dionia. Training once every seven or eight days, so it can be fast, rapid, clear division of labor, and orderly.
The Tarantum people thought they could hold Heraclia, but they did not expect that the seventh legion of the Dionia had expected that they would retreat. They had been closely monitored in the city, and some signs were quickly discovered by them. : The cavalry patrolling in front of the camp no longer appeared, there was a lot of noise in the camp, the warships frequently entered the Agri River... and so on.
"The head of the Matonis Army!" Trephias asked excitedly at the moment: "It seems that the enemy is really retreating, is it... Is your fleet really defeating the Syracuse?!"
"I have said that Duffus has always said that it is done!" Matones glanced at him ~EbookFREE.me~ cold and replied.
"You are right!" Trephias didn't care about Mattonis's attitude and continued to ask excitedly: "Are we going to attack now?!"
Matones held the city with his hands and said calmly: "Don't worry, wait a second."
"Wait?"
"Yes, wait until the Tarantum soldiers are all ready to leave, when they have already started crossing the river..." Matones's eyes flashed cold, like a wolf ready to eat.
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Diomes watched the soldiers passing the pontoon, and a voice in his heart kept urging: faster! Faster! ......
When seeing a team of soldiers reaching the other side through these pontoons, and other soldiers were quickly following up, Diomelas relaxed slightly.
At this moment, there was a sudden shout of shouting outside the camp. His heart suddenly fell: Oops, it must be the enemy in the city of Heraclia!