Chapter 33 Choice
The Lukari retreated.
Amid the cheers of the soldiers, Philicius came to the military camp tent and met Davers, but saw Davers drawing something on the ground with wooden sticks. Sometimes he raised his head to ponder, sometimes he paced back and forth anxiously, unaware of the movements outside.
Phelisius called out a few times, and when he saw that there was no reaction, he simply stood aside and watched. He leaned his head to see what Davers was drawing: the patterns on the ground were very rough and messy, and he could barely tell the topographic map around Turie, the Krati River, and its branch Coseni River. The square at the intersection of the two rivers should represent the city of Turie... What does this thin line refer to? Connected with the Coseni River, is it the Tino River? What do these points and circles next to the Tino River represent?...
Just as he was thinking hard, he heard Davers shouting in a strange and strange language. He quickly looked up and saw Davers' expression very excited and his face turned red.
Was he talking to Pluto just now? Phelisius thought of some rumors and felt aroused.
"Pelisius, you are here just in time. Go and notify all the company captains immediately. The team captains come to me for a meeting!" Davers suddenly spoke, and his unquestionable tough tone shocked Phelisius.
After Phelisius left, Davers looked at the pattern on the ground deeply again, and once again said the words in a firm tone: "Success and failure are here to fight! I've bet!!"
He stretched out his feet, wiped away the patterns on the ground with force, and sat resolutely on the wooden chair in the middle of the tent. While waiting for his nervous and excited mood to calm down, he was also waiting for the arrival of his team officials.
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When building this camp, Davers expanded the tent in consideration of the needs of combat. Despite this, dozens of team officials stood in the tent, and the space was still very compact. But no one cared about this. Where did the mercenaries go if the battle failed? Before, because they had to fight and had no time to think about it, every team official was uneasy, so their eyes were all staring at Davers, hoping that the leader who brought them out of trouble again and again and constantly created miracles could point them in the direction.
"Brothers." Davers said: "We are defeated. Although the Lukari retreated, they will come again tomorrow. The Lukari had long wanted to occupy this fertile Xubari Plain, and for this they launched two battles against Turi, and they spent a huge price to defeat Turi. After finally causing Turi to suffer heavy damage and huddled in the city, they would never give up the fat piece of the Xubari Plain! So, what should we do?"
Davers looked around the crowd with a serious expression, but did not want them to argue at this time. Because time was tight, he continued: "Although I have not said it publicly, I am afraid you already know it, because you have been working hard for it. Yes, Amendorara is my goal! It is the habitat I chose for our mercenaries in Great Greece! It is our future homeland!!"
Most team officials looked calm, and only a few showed surprise.
"But if the Lucans occupy the plains of Sobari, even if we seize Amendorara, it will become their focus of attack! Because we are too few and the weakest, and we have become enemies with them! Even if we fight them back again like today, as long as they are here, it will always be a huge threat to us! What should we do?" Davers asked the second time.
"It's all right, of course I will defeat them!" someone shouted in silence. It was Martonis's voice.
"That's right! The Lucanians are actually far from as strong as Turiyiren said. As long as we can disperse them, we can defeat them!" Amintas also said loudly.
These two brave team officials can charge fearlessly even when facing ten times the enemy.
But Capps, Alexis, Philicius and others obviously did not agree with their ideas and were about to refute them.
Davers laughed and said, "Well, we must attack the Lucanian tribal coalition, but we do not attack the scattered them, but annihilate them in one fell swoop! Only in this way can we settle down in Amendorala with peace of mind, shock the obstruction of Turiyi and other forces, and freely sow wheat and grazing cattle and sheep on the land of Amendorala!"
Annihilation of the Lucanian coalition?! Everyone was shocked.
"Chief, we only have two thousand people, even if we surround it, we cannot do it. How can we annihilate the Lucanian coalition with tens of thousands of people?" Phelisius said the questions of all the team officials present.
"It's not just us, but also Tarantum's reinforcements and Dracos's mercenaries."
"Even if they are added, they have only reached 6,000 people. The Lucanian coalition has 15,000 and 6,000 people, more than twice ours!" Capps said with a shake of his head.
"Are Tarantum reinforcements and those mercenaries willing to attack the Lucanians?" Antonios asked a key question.
"They don't know yet, but I'm confident that I will soon convince them to agree!" Davers looked at the crowd confidently, and saw that they were still full of doubts, so he whispered: "Brothers, remember that I once said, 'The victory or defeat of a war is not determined by the number, it depends on the quality of the soldiers, the morale, the quality of the weapons... The most important thing is to make a feasible and careful plan that allows us to lead the enemy's nose, suppress the enemy's strengths, and play to our strengths, so as to achieve the final victory!"
Everyone was thinking.
Amintas urged impatiently: "Captain Davers, tell me your plan!"
"Assisters, go and get the map of Turiy," Davers shouted.
Ascesters immediately excitedly brought the map carefully drawn on parchment paper after repeated surveys a few days ago.
Davers spread the map on the wooden table and everyone immediately gathered around.
"Please look... This is the Lucanian camp, this is the Tino River..." Davers pointed to the points and lines on the map, and explained his own offensive plan one by one in a slow and detailed manner.
Everyone also listened carefully while thinking.
When Davers finished speaking, there was silence in the tent.
Then, they began to whisper in groups of three or three.
Davers waited quietly for a while and said, "Brothers, is this plan feasible?"
"Chief." Alexis sincerely praised: "I have never seen such a wonderful idea, it is simply a genius plan!"
"Alexis is right. According to this plan, it will not only prevent the advantage of the large number of enemies from being able to exert its attack power, but also allow us to exert our attack power more easily!"
"The leader is worthy of being our leader, the great commander, and the favored man of Hades!"
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For a moment, flattery was like a tide.
Davers said solemnly: "Now is not the time to say good things, it is a critical moment that concerns our life and death! Tell us about your views, we need to gather everyone's wisdom to overcome difficulties and win!"
Everyone looked at each other. Alexis coughed a few times, and his expression became serious. The first one said: "Chief, according to your plan, the first thing we need to solve is how to lure the enemy..."
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After fierce discussion, the combat plan was finally roughly established, and the atmosphere in the tent became warmer.
Davers shouted: "Brothers, the war is about to begin! Go back and tell the soldiers, tell them the facts we have been hiding! This battle is not for Turiy, nor for us, the officers, but for themselves and for the land we all dream of! Hades will protect us!!!"
Chapter completed!