Chapter 274 - 172 Nix’s Challenge Strategy_2
Quintus’s eyes lit up, but he didn’t respond immediately. He thought for a while before saying with some excitement: "Now our camp has nearly 12,000 troops, defending a well-fortified camp, even if the enemy comes with forty or fifty thousand men, we can fully cope.
If we send out 1,000 men to stay outside the camp, specifically to raid the enemy’s rear, cut off their supply lines, and demoralize them, making them afraid to attack the camp with full force... I think that is completely feasible!"
The suggestion was affirmed, and Maximus smiled and said slowly, "I have another suggestion, and I’d like your advice on it."
Another suggestion?!... Quintus looked eager and urged repeatedly, "Tell me! Tell me!"
"The Segestica Army was unable to attack the camp and eventually chose to retreat. If we pursue them without cavalry, we may not gain much...
The Segestica Great Leader has suffered setbacks at our hands, and his future actions will become more cautious. When we move to the banks of the Kupa River, we’ll still have to worry about when he might lead his army to attack. It would be better to take advantage of this opportunity when he brings a large force to suffer a great defeat again. This way, even if he wants to continue opposing us, he won’t have the capacity to do so in the short term...
My idea is... can we dig a tunnel from the camp while the enemy hasn’t arrived, with the exit near where the enemy might build their camp? When they fail to attack and prepare to retreat, our army suddenly emerges from the tunnel, catching the enemy off guard..."
This idea of Maximus came from an ancient military example he had read in a previous life, yet it once again amazed Quintus at the imaginative thinking of this young leader. It also sent him into prolonged contemplation, repeatedly evaluating the feasibility of this suggestion in his mind, before finally responding cautiously, "Leader, your idea is excellent! Digging tunnels to attack cities—I did that when I was a soldier in Rome, but I never thought we could dig a tunnel from a camp to counterattack an attacking enemy!
It’s best to call Flanitnus, Capito, and the engineering captain Gaius, to discuss together and survey the terrain and soil quality around the camp, and then decide whether it can be implemented."
"Let’s do it then, Capito will be here soon." Maximus decided promptly, "Casius, go call Flanitnus. Manas, go call Gaius."