Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

This caused the soldiers to speed up again and again, and Zanteiparis, who was almost 60 years old, felt a bit overwhelmed even when riding a horse.

After entering the mountain road, even if it was urgent, Zantiparis had to slow down the troops to prevent the enemy from ambushing.

And at this moment, the soldiers saw the fire in the distance.

The scouts sent out hurried back to the report: The Caoutinis had retreated and burned the entire town of Bapania.

By the time Zantiparis led the army, the bustling town established in the valley was already shrouded in flames, and three headless bodies were placed on the open space south of the town, with one next to it. Wooden sign with a line of Greek written on it with human blood: I have 134 Dionysians in hand, and I will take the captive Samone warrior in exchange, otherwise these corpses will be their end!

Seeing this tragic phenomenon, the soldiers were all angry and asked to pursue the enemy and rescue the captured people.

The aged Zanteiparis would certainly not be as impulsive as the soldiers. He just let the soldiers converge these three bodies and form an array on the spot, waiting for the return of the scout ride.

Soon, the news returned confirmed his guess: the mountains on both sides of the mountain road in front seemed to have ambushes, and at the exit of the road, the soldiers of Kautini lined up to wait.

Zantiparis led the army back without hesitation. He knew that the long-term peace between Naconia and Dionia had been broken, and the war had struck the northwest border of the kingdom. He not only had to gather the reserve army as soon as possible To defend Enona, and to notify the Ministry of Military Affairs as soon as possible to send more troops or give them greater leadership power, otherwise it is difficult to rely on these more than 4,000 recruits to deal with the next war Heavily.

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Pompeii is a small Greek city with a small population. Now more than half of its residents have become captives. The Pompeii people, even the elderly and the women, took up arms to the city and could hardly withstand Segowani's premeditated assault.

By the afternoon of the war, the city was broken.

The cheers of the soldiers made Segowanite feel comfortable, but he was still not satisfied and needed more victories to wash away the shame he had suffered before.

So, he left some soldiers stationed, and continued to lead the army along the coast northward, and at dusk, arrived at Herculaneum, only 15 miles from Pompeii.

Herculaneum is located at the foot of Mount Vesuvius, also a small Greek seaside town, but it is richer than Pompeii because it is close to the Gulf of Naples, thus becoming a subsidiary trading port of Naples' prosperous maritime trade.

But the Herculaneum people have their own pride. They think that the history of their town is longer than that of Naples, because this is a town established by Hercules (as can be seen from his name).

Because the Pompeii who had fled in advance informed the enemy of the attack, the Herculaneums were ready for defense.

Seeing this, Segowani no longer ordered the siege, but camped on the spot.

Herculaneum's messenger has arrived in Naples for help, but at this time Naples is facing the threat of the Samone coalition from the northeast, and was originally prepared to send Campania coalition to repel the enemy. Now listen When a large number of enemies came from the south, the Naples who were likely to be hit by two sides suddenly stopped fighting, and they also sent messengers to take a boat to Dionysia for help.

(Note: After the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD, not only Pompeii but also Herculaneum were buried under volcanic ash. Unlike Pompeii that has been excavated, it still has 75% of the towns still buried. , Most of them intact.)

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After Dionia won the Asculum and Vinosa in succession, the Samonais were forced to return to the mountains, and even the mountain reconnaissance team reported that they could not see the hilly area on the border of the Dawn area. To any trace of the Samonais.

The apparently heavily damaged Samonei coalition canceled plans to continue to harass the Dawn area.Alexis, the commander of the Downey region of the Kingdom of Dionysia, did not take advantage of the situation to lead the army to attack the Samone region.

On the one hand, it was because of Davos’ previous solemn reminder, “Without absolute certainty, do not enter the mountains of Samone to fight against the Samone.” More than ten years ago, Alexis led the Third Army in Lucca In the mountainous area of ​​Niah, he fought against the Samoines. Although he had a small victory, he also made him feel the power of the Samonet warriors in the mountain combat, not to mention Potentia, if it was in Samonet. Mountainous areas, unfamiliar terrain, difficult transportation, and enemy situations will undoubtedly encounter more trouble.

The second aspect is the problem of food supply.Alexis gathered three corps and a cavalry corps for a total of nearly 30,000 people. The soldiers had already ran out of rations, and the food provided by the kingdom every day was not a small amount.But now King Daveus led the army expedition to the Latium area, and the few rations would naturally lean more towards the expeditionary forces.

The Ministry of Military Affairs has made recommendations to Alexis: In view of the severe damage to the Samone, he has stopped the invasion of the Dawn area, hoping that he can disband part of the army to reduce the supply of military food.

In addition, the Chief Executive of Auchentum sent a messenger a few days ago, rushed to Dawn, and told Alexis a message: According to pirates who came to the port to trade stolen goods, they fled to the opposite side of the Adriatic Sea that year. Former Puchti king Vardalka is recruiting Puchti, Mesapi and Dawns who fled to the mainland of Greece in the Epirus region.

Therefore, Alexis finally decided to allow the 9th, 10th and 2nd Cavalry Corps to return to their respective regions for dissolution, but each barracks still kept a large group stationed as usual, and they had to send another large group of soldiers to bring their own. For four days of rations, the Cavalry Corps sent 200 rides to take turns to Ascurom City in the Downey region, where Alexis will lead them on duty.

In the barracks in the Downey area, every two brigades of the 11th Corps brought their own rations and took turns every four days. They were commanded by Capps.

The Downey Barracks are in the north, and Askurum is in the south. At the same time, a total of 4,000 soldiers and 200 cavalry guarded the border between the entire Downey area and Samone, and supplemented by the neighboring towns. Citizens are enough to cope with the small and medium-sized invasion of the Samone.

Once the remaining enemies who escaped from Apulia landed in other places in the Apulia area, the defenders of other military camps could first resist, and then the citizens who were waiting for them to gather quickly from the towns under the quick notice of the herders Go to the barracks, form a complete legion, and then wipe out the enemy completely. This consumes very little army food and basically guarantees the security of this area.

The reason why Alexis dared to do this is that the Apulia region is plain and the terrain is basically flat. In addition to the avenue connection, there are also smoother roads between the towns. From the northern city of Luconia A quick march to Auchentum at the southern end, which can be reached in just over a day.Only in this way, the legionnaires are relatively busy and are always on the move, but for the militant Mesapi and Puchti people, it is the battle that can be fought, the merits can be obtained, and the land can be divided. Something exciting.

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In many exchanges with King Daveus, the Military Department has established the strategy of the kingdom at this stage in this war: offensive to the north and defense to the south.

The army led by Davos was attacking in the Latham area. The forces led by Alexis had already collapsed in the Downey area, while the Sicily area further south, the forces led by Leotichides did not retreat. On the contrary, at the western end of Sicily, with Serinus as the base, they attacked everywhere, looting all villages and towns outside the city-states such as Mazara, Lilifon, Segsta, etc., and collecting supplies to ensure the army’s adequate food supply To achieve the purpose of disturbing the order of Carthage in the Sicilian ruling area and creating favorable conditions for future operations.

Leotichides adopted an offensive and defensive approach.

And just as Davis led his army to land on the coast of Latium, the body of Dr. Franos, the commander of Dionysian Third Fleet, had been found in the rocks on the coast between Minoa and Agrigento. As the body was corrupted, Leotichides led the army soldiers and fleet sailors to hold a solemn cremation funeral for him in the city of Serinus.

There was a cry in the audience.

However, the trace of Seclian, the commander of the Sicilian Fleet, has not yet been found. Leotichides once judged that Secrian might have fallen into the coast controlled by the Carthage and was captured, and was in contact with the Carthage. When exchanging captives, he had proposed to exchange more captives in exchange for Seclian.

The Carthaginians did not reply to this.

Since the order signed by Davers to "agree to transfer to the Fourth Fleet to Sicily" has not yet reached the military department, the original sub-floor commander Stefakas temporarily assumed the responsibility of commanding the entire Sicilian fleet (in fact, today the Sicilian fleet is only left Just dozens of warships).

The Dionysian army raged on the land of western Sicily, causing the allies and colonial cities of Carthage to be miserable, and they all sought help from Lilly.

The morale of the army in Lilibi was low, and the military system was chaotic. Pomilka only wanted to protect himself. Where would he dare to go out to fight against the Dionyan army?

The Iberian army led by Hasdrubal stationed in Palermo was originally capable of expelling the Dionysians who were looted, but Hasdruba chose to be reminded by Kisgo Looking on the sidelines, it was because of this difficult situation that the confederate and colonial cities had to send messengers to the basic city of Carthage for help, so that the veterans who were still arguing knew that Sicily was in a military situation and made a decision quickly.