Rome Must Fall

While listening to Ambrasinos's words, Fesalus looked at the densely packed tents on the other side of the river and said in a deep voice: "Elder Ambrassinos, please don't worry. In this battle, we Nyx warriors will definitely win." I will go all out to defeat the Otariat people and help you regain the salt mine!"

"Thank you so much to Elder Physalus!" Ambrasinos said with gratitude.

Finally, Ambrasinos brought the first legion to a deserted grassland near the bank of the Korana River, and then said enthusiastically: "Elder Phaesalus, Elder Pygris, this is Aristakas The elders have chosen the campsite for you. The terrain is flat, there are fewer mosquitoes, and it is close to the battlefield. I hope you will be satisfied."

Pheasalus looked around carefully before nodding and saying: "It's a good place. We will camp here."

Ambrasinos added: "Elder Alistakas has also prepared food for you and will deliver it to you after you set up camp."

"Thank you!"

Ambrasinos said solemnly: "Elder Alistakas is the eldest son of our chief, and also the future chief of Ardie!

The big leader is now seriously ill, and perhaps Alistakas will succeed next year. He cherishes the alliance with your Nyx tribe very much, and hopes to better develop friendly relations with you in the future, so that the alliance between the two tribes can Forever! "

"This is what our leader sincerely hopes for!" Pigris said with a smile.

After Ambrasinos left, Pigris asked Pheasalus in a mysterious voice: "Do you know why I didn't follow you immediately?"

"Why?"

"After you led the team to leave, Alistakas reprimanded Budokaribas in public. In short, he said, 'Why did he bring us and the Ardei tribe army from the north to come so late, causing them to Two days more food was consumed here...', and the leaders of the Aldiyi tribe who were with him also supported him.

Budokaribas and the Ardei leaders who came with him were not convinced, and the two sides quarreled...

Chalcedonpas and Cleobrotus were busy breaking up the fight. The scene was quite lively, but it's a pity that you didn't see it. "

There was a bit of schadenfreude in Pigris's words.

Fesalus was a little surprised and defended: "I remember Budokaribas came to our tribe to inform us about sending troops. We didn't delay. We gathered the team and set off the next day.

Besides, our tribe and Budokaribas’ tribe are farther away from the battlefield and arrived at the battlefield later than them. This is normal and should not be blamed. "

Pigris smiled: "Pheasalus, you must know that when there are deep conflicts within a family, a small issue can lead to a big quarrel."

Pheasalus immediately reacted and asked urgently: "You mean there is a lot of conflict between the tribes headed by Budokaribas and the tribes on Alistakas' side. ?”

"It's not just these." Pigris whispered with a serious face: "Based on the intelligence I had previously and my observations in the past few days, the entire Aldiyi tribe is actually divided into four parts.

The tribes of Budokaribas and others belong to the northern part. They originally lived along the Kupa River and the surrounding areas. Because the land is fertile, the tribes are relatively wealthy, have a large population, and are not weak in strength. In the entire large tribe of Aldi They have a lot of say in the war, but unfortunately they suffered heavy casualties in the war with the Segestika people. They were also deprived of their land and were forced to move to the mountains to the west. Life became extremely difficult...

There is also the Ardei tribe to the east. Their population is not large and their strength is weak. They are also adjacent to the Brochi tribe of the Pannoni. A few years ago, the Brochi attacked them and defeated them in battle. They also forced them to move to the mountains to the west...

These two groups of Ardi people have asked the chief of Akupagos for help many times. It is said that the chief also wants to try his best to help them. However, now the richest of the Ardi tribes occupies the Mrezhnica River. The southern tribes on both sides of the Korana River are not too enthusiastic about this. Instead, they complain that the compatriots in the north are occupying their territory and often stealing their food... Therefore, the leaders of both sides often quarrel at tribal elders meetings... "

"So that's it..." Pheasalus suddenly realized.

"That's not all." Pygris continued: "Don't forget there are tribes in the west like the Kalsipempas. Their situation is even more complicated! It is said that these tribes existed on the Adriatic coast a hundred years ago. His own ports and towns accumulated considerable wealth through maritime plunder, but this angered the Romans.

Rome sent troops, defeated the Illyrian kingdom, and took away the land along the Adriatic Sea. These tribes had to retreat to the mountains to live. We have climbed those high mountains and know how bad the environment there is. It is said that they do not want to move to the flat land on the mountain side, but they are unanimously opposed by other tribes in Ardie.

Especially the tribes in the south resented that the tribes in the west only made themselves rich, rarely sharing the wealth plundered from the sea with them, and also attracted powerful enemies, so they refused to give up the land for them to live in.

These tribes can only live in the mountains. Over time, their population has dropped sharply and their strength has become weak. They even do not have the right to speak at the tribal elders meeting in Ardie.

It wasn't until Kalsepampas led these mountain tribesmen to become pirates again that the mountain tribes were able to get out of trouble. In the past few years, he had also rescued other tribes many times, especially the tribes in the west, so among many tribes Although he has high prestige, he was excluded from the tribal elders meeting in Ardie, which made the mountain tribes in the west very dissatisfied..."

"There are so many contradictions in the Ardi tribe. Can their armies work together to fight against the enemy in tomorrow's battle?" Pheasalus frowned and began to feel worried.

In this regard, Pygris could not help. He spoke to Phesalus, and then limped towards the camp of the Chalsipempas tribe.

Pheasalus could only gather his energy first and summon the six captains and engineering team members to arrange the construction of the camp.

The engineering team selected the camp site and drew a sketch. The team officer and the soldiers began to pull grass, prepare the land, and even dig trenches, because this was already the front line of the battlefield, and this was necessary according to Knicks military law.

The First Legion's troublesome construction of the camp attracted curious looks from the Ardei warriors, and even alerted Alistakas and other Ardei leaders.

Alistakas and others saw the soldiers of the First Legion enthusiastically building such a complex camp, and felt even more that the Nyx army was different.

When the soldiers took out the tents from the pack cars and prepared to set up, the transport team drove the vacated pack cars to the north. They wanted to rush to the upper reaches of the Mreznica River and get out of the fleet of boats parked on the shore. Unload the food and then carry it back to camp.

At dusk, the Ardei coalition held a military meeting, and Pheasalus attended the meeting. He originally thought that there would be many people attending the military meeting. After all, most of the Ardei tribal leaders gathered here.

But in fact there were only seven people, the commander of the coalition forces Aristarchus, the right-hand assistant of the great leader Cleobrotus, the representative of the southern tribal leaders Ambrasinos, and the representative of the western tribal chiefs Chalsipempas , Budokaribas, the representative of the northern tribe leader, Ciceliteses, the representative of the eastern tribe, and Pheasalus, the general of the Nyx army.

Through Alistakas' brief introduction, Pheasalus learned that this time the Aldiyi tribe dispatched a total of more than 9,100 warriors, including about 5,200 from the southern tribe, about 1,800 from the northern tribe, and about 1,400 from the western tribe. The northern tribe has the smallest number, with only about 700 people. The southern tribe is stronger than the other three parts combined.

It is said to be a military meeting, but in fact there is no exquisite tactical planning or discussion. It is just a simple arrangement: after the sun rises in the sky tomorrow and the soldiers have eaten breakfast, the entire army will cross the Korana River and form an array. The Nix army led by Pheasalus was on the right, the tribes of the southern Ardi army were in the center, and the rest of the Ardi tribe troops were on the left. After hearing the sound of the horn, the armies from the left, center, and right marched together. The enemy attacks.

Originally, the Nyx army had the largest number and the strongest strength. According to common sense, it should serve as the central army and connect the two wings. However, the Nyx army was a guest army after all, and Alistakas, who was born in the tribe south of Aldiyi, was the main force. The commander-in-chief of the coalition forces, so it is reasonable to make such an arrangement.

Pheasalus had no objection to this.

After the military arrangements were completed, Aristarchus suddenly made a suggestion. He felt that the left wing had the fewest soldiers and the worst weapons and equipment, and was worried that it would not be able to withstand the enemy's attack. And Nyx’s army has the largest number and the best equipment... So I asked Pheasalus if he could allocate some troops to strengthen the left wing?

Pheasalus felt embarrassed because before leaving, leader Maximus specifically reminded him: Do not disperse your troops, and you must put all the soldiers under your command.

As for himself, he doesn't want the life and death of his soldiers to be controlled by others.

Phaesalus hesitated for a moment, and was about to refuse, but Chalcypampas was the first to smooth things over for him, claiming that although the number of warriors under his command was smaller, they had been hunting in the mountains for many years and were more powerful, and among them there were A few of them also followed him to plunder at sea. Their weapons and equipment were not bad, and they were more experienced in fighting. Therefore, even if the enemies were large in number, they could not be defeated easily and did not need reinforcements from Pheasalus.