Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

"Boy, are you still the heroic Samone?! Show your courage! Don't look at the Greeks wearing thick iron shells, we can easily defeat three or four Greek soldiers as a Samonei soldier! "Contruk shouted loudly.

"Old man!" Badani was also scolded by Contruc, mocking: "You have been in the mountain for a long time, and you don't know the situation outside. The Dionysian soldiers are not comparable to the Greek soldiers. , They can become the most terrible force in Italy in just ten years, but not because of the large number of people!"

Contruc was so angry that he blew his beard and snarled loudly, "You coward! Coward! Not worthy of being the chief of Pentney!"

"I don't deserve the great leader of Pentene. Some of Pentene's people decided that they don't need an outsider who knows nothing to talk nonsense here!"

"All of you, please be quiet! Are we here today to quarrel!" Lisguk pressed Contruc, who was about to get up, and said to him sincerely: "Respected Chief, Bada Nepal is right in saying something. I saw the power of the Dionysian army more than ten years ago. After so many years of development, their strength is even stronger. But we can’t stand back anymore, we must rise up and resist!"

Contruk was satisfied with Lesguk's words, he snorted and no longer made noise.

"However, how to fight the powerful Dionysia, we need to seriously consider. "Lesguk continued: "First of all, it is best to deceive the Dionysians to release the thousands of captive Kau The Tini people not only strengthened our strength, but also made us worry-free in battle, so we have to pretend to politely agree to some conditions of the Dionysians and deceive them to relax their vigilance."

When Ucibic heard this, he nodded again and again.

Contruk grunted and said nothing.

"Second, we better not fight the Dionysians on the plains. They are in large numbers, and they wear heavy armor and cavalry. We want to defeat them. But if we can lure them into the mountains, Then we can use our soldiers’ specialties and cause great trouble to the Dionysians."

"Yes, we should fight the Dionysians in the mountains we are familiar with!" Badani agreed loudly.

"But how can the Dionysians be lured into the mountains? The Greeks are not fools. They always hate fighting in the mountains." Contruc asked his own question.

"We can discuss this issue slowly, and we can always come up with a good way." Despite the words of Lego Guk, but apparently his confident look was clearly taken into consideration, at this time he said cautiously: "We still There is an important problem to be solved! We have to gather tens of thousands of soldiers to fight against Dionia, a short period of time is OK, but the time is long, we are afraid that we don’t have so much food, and use Dionysia’s vast territory , Obviously it will not be defeated in a short time."

This was the point of the idea, which caused several other people to think: the land in the Samone region is barren, but there is not enough food for long-term combat!

Badani looked at Contruk and the high priest, and then looked at Leskok again, interjecting: "We organized more than 40,000 soldiers to attack Potentia, but we got Syracuse. The food aid of the arrogant Dionysius."

"So we need allies. He can provide us with the food we badly need, and at the same time help us share the offensive pressure of the Dionysians." Leishuk took the opportunity to take the lead and said aloud.

"Ally? Who wants to be an ally of our Samone?" Contruc said subconsciously.For decades, the Samonais have been strong in central and southern Italy. They have always been bullying others. What kind of allies are needed, and there is no habit of forming alliances. Except for a fierce defeat of more than ten years, they are forced to become Dai The Alliance of Onia has kept Contruk sullen about this matter.

Lesguk smiled slightly: "Yesterday, the angel of Carthage came to Beneventum..."

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Circeii, a town in Walcy, bordering the Tyrrhenian Sea to the south, sits on a headland, backed by a mountain to the west, but a plain to the east, has been developed by the Walsi A large area of ​​farmland is formed, and the coastal area to the north is a series of swamps due to the confluence of several rivers. Such peculiar terrain has made Selsche easy to defend and made it an important town for the Walseys.

The development of mountain races in the later years often has common characteristics.As the population increased, they had to expand to the lowlands in order to obtain more land to nurture the population.Therefore, the Walsi people now own all the land in the lowland area is larger than the mountain area, and they also used Sercel and another seaside town, not far from Tarracina (Tarracina), as the Walsi Union’s center.

On this day in early October, a large fleet came to the south of Selsche. The front of this fleet was 30 three-tier paddle warships, followed by more than 200 passenger ships, and then there were There are 30 three-tier paddle warships, and there are dozens of small and medium-sized warships on the outside of the entire fleet. The momentum is quite huge.

The ambassador of Walsey, Metabola, pointed to the blurry outline of the town on the far coast and said aloud to Amintas: "General, look, that's Selsche!"

After two days of turbulence at the sea, Amintas looked stupefied, but when he heard this, he suddenly recovered and said, "Quickly sound the bugle to remind the brothers of the First Army and the third fleet. General Midolades, we are ready to enter Hong Kong!"

After giving the order, he said to Metabola: "Unfortunately, you Walseys do not have a military port, otherwise our fleet can be directly stationed in the port of Selce, with the cooperation of warships, we will attack the Romans even more. convenient."

Metabola said immediately: "General Amintas, we can immediately start building a military port under your guidance."

Although the Walseys have owned seaside towns for decades, they are after all mountain races, not very good at sailing, and not very interested in it. Their shipbuilding technology is lacking, and they have few warships.The same is true in Rome. There is no naval power among these forces in central Italy.

"When your military port is repaired, the Romans have already been repelled by us!" Amintas smiled confidently.

Metabola had to laugh.

"Legion, the warship has started to turn around." Hippogritta pointed to the front and reminded him.

"The Third Fleet has guarded us for two days, and it is really hard for them. I believe that I will have the opportunity to join forces with Midolades, and I will not thank him this time." Amintas looked at each other. The warship issued an order: "Prepare to enter the port."

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Of course, the Port of Selche cannot be compared with the port of Naples. Not only is it narrow, labor is low, and the work efficiency is also low, so the Dionysian fleet entered the port and the soldiers disembarked and landed very slowly.

However, there are quite a few high-level people from the Walsey Alliance who came to meet the First Army, and almost all Walsey towns have sent important people to come.

Not only that, but also the representatives of the Aurunci and Sidixini, the two minor races living between the Wallisian League and the Campania League are also in Wallsey Persuaded by people, he joined the war.

Amintas’s translator is temporarily useless because of the introduction of Walsey messenger Meteora.

In fact, because the relationship between the Walsi and the Campanias is not bad, and there are trades from time to time, most of these high-ranking people in Walsey can speak Greek, but their quirky pronunciation makes Amintas sound difficult. .

"Master Amintas, this is the governor of Selsher-Toulouse!"

"This is the governor of Fundi (Blerius)!"

"This is the governor of Prevernum-Katermontaros!"

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Most towns in Walsey adopt the regime of the sole consul. The consul is elected once a year, which is also a remnant of the mountain ethnic tradition.In fact, the Walsey League is much looser than the Campania League. Every Walsey town is theoretically equal in the Union, and there is no rule on who should be headed, but the Romans’ offensive forced them They had to unite more closely to fight against the Romans, centered on Selsche and Plefferhamm.So the gratitude they showed when welcoming Amintas was sincere.

And Amintas also unexpectedly saw two Dionysians.

The first is Pringles, the staff officer of the military department.After receiving an order from the Ministry of Military Affairs, he went directly from Naples to Selche, waiting for a meeting with the First Army.

"Head of the Armintas, I am instructed to listen to your command in the First Army!" Pringles, dressed in a uniform, stepped forward and solemnly performed a military salute.

After Amintas returned to the Israeli military salute, he laughed and said, "What command! I only know that Your Majesty sent you to help me win the battle. If you want to help Alexis and Lizaru, please give me more. Good suggestion!"

Printols replied immediately: "No problem, as long as the head of the army is willing to listen!"

"Okay, let's talk for a while!" Amintas smiled, patted hard on his shoulder, and then looked at the other Dionysian.

"Admiral Amintas, I am Tapirus from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. I am instructed to provide you with some Roman information." Tapirus received an order from Daphes after arriving at the port of Ostia , Let him come to Selce alone.

"Your Majesty is really thoughtful for our First Army!" Amintas immediately welcomed Tapirus.