In the military camp tent, Lizalu met Printols, and he immediately greeted the sub-supervisor who had helped him win in Campania.

"Okay, let's talk about it later. Let's quickly discuss how to complete the tasks assigned by His Majesty." Amintas urged.

"How is the current situation in Latinum?" Lizalu asked first. This is the basic quality that a senior commander of Dionia should have. If you don't understand the surrounding situation and the enemy situation, you will not be able to win a battle.

Therefore, Amintas did not think that he was a pestle, pointed to the map and explained seriously: "Since the Romans launched a large-scale attack on the Hilniki last month, they have conquered multiple towns in succession. Now they have completely besieged the central town of the Hilniki, Ferentirum, and are stepping up the attack. Their troops have increased from the original 40,000 to 70,000. According to the Wolseys, Ferentirum's situation is very critical and cannot be held for a few days. Once this town falls, not only will the Hilniki be finished, but the Wolseys will also suffer serious losses, because the Wolseys sent a large number of soldiers to rescue Hilniki, and are now trapped in the city of Ferentirum, so the Wolsey's territory is already very empty, and it is all up to our First Legion to support them."

Lizaru stared at the map for a while before pointing to the north of Wolsey's territory and asked, "Since the Roman army is concentrating on attacking the Helniki, the defense here must be very empty."

"The citizens of these Latin allies in the west of Rome were all drawn to attack Helniki. They did not have many troops, but here! Here! There are 10,000 Roman troops stationed here!" Amintas pointed three times on the map with his finger.

Lizaru took a closer look and saw that the names of the three city icons were: Villitre, Satnikum and Antium, who happened to intercept the access to the Latinum region northwest.

Lizalu estimated it and was surprised: "Will the Romans form such a huge army?!"

"According to the Volsie people, Rome not only mobilized all its young and middle-aged citizens this time, but also allowed all Latin allies and the Etruscan allies to provide a lot of reinforcements. Therefore, it is doing its best to carry out this war. I think this is also why His Majesty personally led the army to solve the Romans first!" Printols emphasized on the side.

"But with these three cities blocking the way, it will not be possible to succeed in a day or two if you want to capture one of them. I am afraid that your Majesty's offensive plan will be delayed." Lizalu pointed to the map and said worriedly.

"Are you stupid?" Amintas criticized without hesitation: "We don't need to attack them at all. We just need to bypass them and enter the coastal areas of Latinum, and protect His Majesty's army to successfully land on the coast."

Lizaru, who had just gotten into the horns, slapped his head and smiled awkwardly. He pondered for a while and said, "If you do this, you can only let the soldiers carry rations and leave the auxiliary troops in the military camp to ensure the rapid march. If the enemy goes out of the city to intercept, you can also quickly respond. But in this way... our military camp and even the entire Wolsey territory will be completely open to the Romans!"

Printols smiled and said, "Don't worry too much about this. Once our army successfully lands, the entire Latinum area will be nervously guarding our attack, and there is no intention to invade Wolsey! We will also arrange other personnel in the barracks to go to Selshe, take a fleet, and turn on the newly occupied land of the army."

Lizalu no longer had any worries and asked anxiously: "When will we act?!"

"Just wait until the army led by His Majesty arrives in the Latinum area by boat, but before that, we will discuss with the senior officials of Wolsey, and they need some help for this army's attack."

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The news that "The Battle of Selinus was finally disrupted by the storm, and the warships on both sides were almost wiped out" spread throughout western Sicily early the next morning. Pomirka, the acting commander of the Carthaginian army, was shocked and rushed to send messengers to quickly pass the news back to Carthage in a fast ship. At the same time, the coastal city-states were notified to search and rescue carefully on the coast of the territory, and sent all the survivors to Lilibi.

The camp outside the city of Selinnus was crowded with people. Not only were the tents filled with survivors of the shipwreck, but the passages and open spaces outside the tents were also filled with crew members struggling and groaning; outside the camp was dense, with white bodies or unconscious people, doctors and nurses, who had been treated for more than ten hours in a row, and were still busy; and more than 20,000 Dionian Legion and its Allied soldiers were also fully assisting the medical camp to save their compatriots and naval comrades.

In the big tent, Leotizides, who had been busy until now, sat on a wooden chair and listened to the report of his adjutant Mukru. Although he was very tired, he still straightened his back.

"Mr. Commander, from last night to now, our soldiers have discovered about 150,000 human bodies on the coast, about 100,000 people have been rescued, of which more than 61,500 are Dionys, and 29,379 crew members of Dionys have confirmed death..." Mukru held the record board, and every time he read a set of numbers, his heart was beating wildly. The back of these huge numbers means the disappearance of countless once-living lives, and the crying of families...

Leoticides didn't seem to have much reaction to this. After listening to the adjutant's report, he still looked blank and asked quickly: "How many people are there in our Sicilian fleet?"

Mukru thought for a while and said uncertainly: "Based on the last time the Minoa Sicily fleet came to collect rations, they may have about 110,000 to 120,000 people..."

Leotizides estimated it in his mind and said, "So we have at most 30,000 crew members who have not been found."

"They may have floated to the coast controlled by the Carthaginians, or to the coast of the allies. This requires us to contact Minoa, Agrigento and other south coastal city-states in the next few days to understand the details." Mukru said.

Leotizides nodded, and then sighed: "The Navy is indeed a young and middle-aged citizen who consumes the kingdom too much. This storm has cost us tens of thousands of people, enough for us to build five or six legions!"

Mukru explained: "Sir, but we also easily captured nearly 40,000 Carthage or Phoenicians. If it were a normal battle, how many battles would it take to have so many prisoners."

When Leoticids heard this, his brow frowned slightly, and his sharp eyes looked at Mukru without blinking. He asked slowly until the other party lowered his head, "Have Seclian and Flarios found it?"

"...No news has been received yet..." Mukru's expression was gloomy.

"Continue to send people to search, don't give up. And we will entrust Selofenis to send spies to the city-state of Carthage in the west to find out the news." Until this time, there was a slight fluctuation on Leoticids' face: "I heard that Secrean was very good in water. When he was young, he would not have drowned in the sea so easily."

"Yes, Lord Commander."

"Is there anything else?"

"Well... the medical camp reminds that there are too many corpses inside and outside the camp now. If the corpses are parked for too long, the corpses will rot, which will easily lead to the epidemic."

"As long as they are sure of death, they will be cremated, and let the living sailors bring their ashes back to the fleet base of Catania or Tarantum. As for the ashes of the Carthaginians, they will be buried on the ground." Leothis said, remembering something again, and said in a stressful tone: "This matter must be done immediately, so that these living sailors can return to their base as soon as possible to avoid consuming our food in vain, but the fleet infantry must stay and fight with us."

Leotitzides had long been envious of these infantry in the Sicilian fleet. He had seen their military training in Catania and believed that their military qualities were not inferior to those of the regular soldiers of the Eighth Legion. He took advantage of the destruction of the Sicilian fleet and the loss of news from Seclian and Flarios, and incorporated them into his own ranks to enhance their strength.

Before Mukru had responded, Leotizides emphasized again: "And... ten thousand young and strong sailors were drawn out from the navy, and they were given spears and temporarily served as our light infantry."

Mukru was surprised and reminded tactfully: "Mr. Commander, without the permission of the Ministry of Military Affairs, it is already illegal for you to draw the navy's fleet infantry without the law. You have to reorganize sailors. I'm afraid the navy will be dissatisfied with this."

Leothis defied it, and he said in a deep voice: "We are now deeply in Carthage's sphere of influence. Not only is the supply line extended, but the enemy will also counterattack at any time. However, the warships of the Sicilian fleet are gone and cannot provide us with protection of the coastline. We fight alone. If we do not strengthen our strength, we may fall into trouble at any time. The Sicilian Navy cannot play a role without ships. It is better to let the idle sailors and fleet infantry temporarily be under my command. This is a special period. I believe that Your Majesty and the Ministry of Military Affairs will understand my approach!"

As an adjutant, Mukru could only remind that since Leotizides insisted on doing it, he could only execute it. Then he immediately turned the topic to other aspects: "Sir, how should we deal with those 40,000 Carthage prisoners?"
Chapter completed!