Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

A part of the mercenary hand of the east gate city held a shield spear, rushed down the wooden wall, attacked the Potentia warriors in the city, supported the Grummentum who had been unable to support it, and the rest of the mercenaries ran to the gate. Turning the locked winch, the east gate was opened, and subsequent soldiers swarmed in.

The Pautian soldiers defending the east gate were hit back and forth and braced hard.

Lusau was shocked when he received Pollet’s order. He did not expect that these tribes in Grummentum actually had another rebellion. His first reaction was not to worry about the situation at the East Gate, but I was afraid that the soldiers under him would also have problems, because most of the more than 1,000 soldiers were tribal fighters who turned to him after entering the city, and the enemies of the South Gate attacked violently. He did not dare to disperse his troops, so he refused to send Reinforcements.

However, as soon as they received orders, the Potentia warriors stationed on the mountainside immediately went down the mountain to rescue them. When they arrived, their companions in Dongmen City were in a difficult situation. The leader of the team did not consider anything and took the lead in reaching the enemy line.

Potentia’s reinforcements complicated the eastern battle: mercenaries and Grumentum tribe warriors flanked the East Gate Garrison, and the Grumentum warriors were again fought back and forth by the Potentia, four forces In the city and the narrow area in front of the entrance of the mountain road, fight each other into a mass...

The first reaction came from Zantiparis, thanks to the "Dionysian Military Law". During this training period, Zantiparis was repeatedly asked: "Unless special circumstances, the army commander must not fight on the front line." .

So this time when he was attacking the city, he followed in the back team and encountered this chaotic situation. With rich experience on the battlefield, he quickly made a decision and ordered the mercenary to slowly retreat to the city wall, and at the same time inform Maxima to lead his The soldiers bypassed the houses from both sides and surrounded the enemy.

The retreat of the mercenaries saw the hope of the Potentia warriors in the bitter battle. They believed that the enemy could not bear it, so the morale increased greatly, and the Grumentum felt despair. Their fighting spirit was almost Collapsed, but as the Potentia warriors moved forward, they gradually surrounded them in full. They could not escape but had to work hard to survive.

However, Polot on the top of the mountain was frightened. The scene he saw was: the enemy was retreating in an orderly and basically undivided formation, and the enemies behind the gates from the sides of the house Going around, gradually forming a large encirclement, surrounding the East City’s Potentia garrison and reinforcements, including the Grumentum, and some enemies stood on the city’s head and raised their hands. It is the javelin, which is at a high level, and at such a short distance, it can almost be said to be a hit...

Bollet closed his eyes in pain, and now he can be sure: the enemy is from that terrible Dionysian Union, and the soldiers of Lucania are full of fighting passion, but the formation has always been loose, but there is no such strong organization and tightness Formation.

Pollet scolded Lusau, who did not obey the order, and hesitated whether to send his last troop to the eastern battlefield where he had no hope...

The deadly javelin rain and the fierce attack of the mercenaries finally led to the defeat of the East Gate Garrison. The shrinking of the encircling circle was like tightening the noose of the neck of Potentia's reinforcement army. Hopelessly, they finally chose to surrender.

Porrett did not send his only 500 soldiers, but stuck to the top of the mountain.

Next, Zantiparis and Xima led their troops to attack south. The already difficult-to-support Lusau lost to the enemy. On the way to the west, they were killed by Grumentum warriors who lost control.

When it was dark, the Dionysian army defeated the defenders on the east, west, and south, and the whole army entered the city of Grummentum. Only 500 soldiers led by Pollet on the top of the mountain were frightened when the army approached.

At this time, Hermon held up the torch and went up the mountain alone, preparing to persuade Pollet.

In order to save the life of the clan, Bollet finally agreed to surrender, and the soldiers had to put down their weapons, open the mountain gate, and go down with Hermon empty-handed.

Pollet said resentfully to Hermon: "Are you helping the Greeks to kill their own people and seize the land of the same people, are you not afraid of the anger of Asinu?"

Hermon turned back and said meaningfully: "You are wrong. I am not helping the Greeks, but the Lucanias. God Asinu will only be happy about this!"

Dionia captured Grummentum with 600 casualties, and Lusau and his followers were massacred.

A few days later, Potentia signed a truce agreement with Dionia, and more than a thousand Potentia warriors captured were safely returned to Potentia City.

Unlike the fall of Nyutum, the news of the change of Grummentum quickly spread throughout the Lukaria region and caused huge waves among many tribes and even many forces.

Instead of taking further military action, Dioria followed the plan prepared in advance and gradually implemented it: Bagul served as the city chief of Grummentum, Hermon served as the intermediate judge of the city, Ya Sisters was transferred to Grummentum as an intermediate prosecutor, and Xima served as the patrol leader and a series of appointments.

The first thing that Baqule took office was to take over the pass camp between Niutum and Grummentum.Secondly, only 2000 soldiers were left in Grummentum, and the remaining 3,000 soldiers and mercenaries commanded by Commander Zantiparis each returned to their home towns of Niutum, Turiri, Asprostum, etc. In order to reduce the pressure on the supply of military food, several tribes in the city of Grummentum also traveled south with them.

And the next thing to do is to fulfill the promises made by Wesba and Hermon to the small tribes around Grummentum, accept them to join the Dionysian Union, divide the settlements and pastures for them, and abolish the previous Gru Mentum and Potentia exploited them multiple times...

After learning that the Dionysian Union had occupied Grummentum, Cincinnati scolded him for his insidious deceit.To be clear, Pecosis, who was hit hard, had to send a messenger to Turui to express the goodwill of peace.

Even Galaguço, who seldom participated in the disputes of the Lucanian tribe, also sent a messenger to wonder about the attempt of this powerful new neighbor.

Potentia was forced to sign an armistice agreement with Dionia because of the captive problem, but as the only Lucanian tribal alliance in northern Lucania, Dionia’s raid hurt its dignity and angered After the tribal leaders of Potentia, they were only crushed by the prudent chief, Puamott, and he chose to endure.

The strong Greek atmosphere of the Dionysian Union is so unique in the Lucania region, which immediately attracted the attention of another Greek city-state in the region. It is Elea.

Elia is also one of the many Greek colonial cities established on the Italian peninsula during the Greek colonial era. It is a few decades later than the earliest built city of Kumai. There are three Elia, Picos and Poseidonia Adjacent coastal cities have been established one after another.Compared with the other two cities, Elia, who is sandwiched in the middle, seems a little unknown, and in the process of the mighty southward movement of the Lucanians 100 years ago, Poseidonia and Picos fell one after another. , And the weaker Elia survived stubbornly, but Alia, who was surrounded by the Lukarias, was in danger of being destroyed at any time, if not after the union of several tribes in Lukalia The contradictions, such as Potentia and Picos, Potentia and Grummentum... make Elia a buffer zone, and the full attack of the Lucanias on it no longer appears.

But for decades, Elia’s life has not been easy, part of the land outside the city has been occupied by aliens, and from time to time will be harassed. It is a very dangerous thing for people to leave the city, and it is easy to be attacked by Lucania People are captured as slaves.Therefore, the Elias rely on the production and processing of handicrafts, as well as the development of maritime trade, cargo transshipment, port services, etc. to barely maintain the operation of the city-state and the lives of the people.

The emergence of Dionysia now allows the Elia people to see the dawn.

So, after deliberation, all citizens decided to send a messenger to Dionia, an emerging Greek city-state alliance, to express their willingness to form an alliance.

Kanos, a member of the council, readily accepted this glorious mission.

But it is obviously impossible to go to Dionysia by land. Potentia and Picos will not allow him to pass through their land, so they can only go by sea. Passenger ships do not need to bypass the Strait of Messina, because Ellie The Asians knew that Laos was an ally of Dionia.

The passenger ship carrying Kanos flew south like an arrow by the strong south wind.

Kanios stood on the bow of the ship, thinking about the mission. His Etruscan slave, Eno, pointed east of his finger and suddenly shouted: "Picosis!"

Kanos looked up, and in his vision: the far east land was nothing more than a thin green cloth with a white dot on it, which was Picoxis - once Elia 'S sister city is now a nest of aliens, Elia's nightmare.

While mourning for the former Picoxians, Kanios also made a determination: never let Elia repeat the same mistakes!

Because it was downwind, the ship reached Laos after two hours of sailing.

Kanos had been to Laos before and had a better understanding of the port situation. Although Laos was occupied by the Lucarias at that time, trade with the Greeks was not prohibited, only the habits of the Lucanias— -Like looting, and discrimination between races, its credibility is not very good, so there is not much direct trade between the Greeks and Laos.

But what Kanos sees today at the port of Laos is that there are endless streams of merchant ships in and out, the densely packed labors of each terminal are constantly loading and unloading cargo, and the sea surface of the harbor is floating in the foamy sea water In addition to ships, there are still a lot of food and garbage residues, so it attracts countless seabirds to hover and peck above.