Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

Naples Chief General Ornosius, holding a letter in his left hand, said excitedly: "You, I just received a letter from Chief Executive Adrian Aix, who mentioned in his letter, "Dio yesterday The commander of the Nyah Army, Alexis, led his army into the mountain area of ​​Samone from the east, joined forces of Potentia and Abenirum, and surrounded and annihilated one of the people who stayed in the mountain area. The main force of nearly 7,000 people also forced Aquilonia to surrender'... Today, this Dionysian coalition of 20,000 people has arrived in Abenirum and is ready to bet Bennet tomorrow Ventum attacks!"

"Great, our disaster is finally over! Berevin they are the central town of Hipini, and the Samonei outside the city will also withdraw and defend the attack of our allies with all their strength!"

"I'm right, the Dionysians have always kept their promises and will come to rescue us in Campania. At that time, you didn't believe it, now?"

"Haha, General Ai Luosi, please forgive our ignorance, because we do not fight side by side with the Dionysian army, you have a deeper understanding of them, how could you want to get the help of Dionysian before us The delay in responding is to suddenly stab a fierce abdomen in the soft stomach of the Samone!"

"General Ornosius, after the Samone retreat, I hope Naples can immediately send an army to help us recapture Pompeii!"

"No! Should help her Herculaneum first, we are the closest to Naples!"

"And our liternum!"

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After receiving this good news, the haze in the Naples Council was swept away these days, and while everyone was happy that the disaster had passed, they began to dispute over their eagerness to reorganize their homes.

In the days after the Samone's raid on the Campania League, they not only besieged Naples, but also separated their troops to attack other Campania city-states, except for Sorrento and Anari. Aenaria, capeae and other cities with relatively special geographical locations, many small coastal cities have successively fallen, and most refugees have fled to Naples.

"Everyone, don't worry." Ornosius comforted them. "Adrianx mentioned in the letter that General Zionparis, commander of the Dionysian Army stationed in Enona tomorrow, will lead the army by boat. Naples, join our army and recapture the lost town!"

Everyone cheered again, and praised: Dionysia is indeed a good ally that keeps its promises, and it is too thoughtful!The presence of the Dionysian army makes them more confident in regaining their city-state!

Then Onoxius said: "The letter also mentioned that when Samone's army retreated, I hope we can send troops to attack and obstruct it..."

Hearing this, the hall suddenly returned to silence.

After a while, Naples’ lawmakers shook their heads and said, “Let’s go out of town to attack the Samonei?! No! No! This is too dangerous! Since the Samonei are about to retreat, let them retreat, we don’t have It is necessary to take the lives of citizens to take risks!"

If it was said that the Dionysian Third Army helped the Campania League to defeat the Kautinis a few months ago, it helped the Campanias find a little fighting spirit, then this large-scale assault on the Samone not only will The fighting spirit shattered and deepened their fear of this terrible mountain race.

Of course, Ornosius knew this situation, because he was also one of them, but Elalos argued with them loudly.

Ornosius had to cough a few times and refocused everyone's attention on himself: "I want to bring everyone's attention to the retreat of the Samonais. In order to vent their anger, it is very likely that they will burn the towns they occupied and burn us. Farmland, shall we stop it?!"

In fact, this reminder came from Adrians, who had been the chief executive of Enona for more than two years, and after dealing with the Campania many times, he knew the virtue of the Campania. They are far from comparable to the brave and tenacious Walsi and Helniki, so in the letter he did not say at all that the attack on Samoney’s retreating army was to allow Alexis to attack Beneventum to win Time, but only emphasized this point.

Everyone froze.The fugitives of other city-states certainly did not allow their homes to be burned, while the Naples were more worried about the destruction of farmland. They had been providing military food for the Dionysian Third Army some time ago, and they had to take care of the refugees during this time. The citizens of the Confederacy, the food in Naples is tight, and they can’t hope that Dionya, who has just experienced a drought, looks at this year’s autumn harvest.

Although the Kautini invasion in the past rarely destroyed the farmland, it was because they confidently believed that "the food produced by these farmlands will eventually become their next looted property", but under the current war situation, it is difficult to guarantee They will not jump off the wall in a hurry, causing greater trouble for the Campania League.

Therefore, after urgent discussions, Naples lawmakers finally agreed with Adrian’s proposal.

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Beneventum, the first largest town in the Samone Tribal Union.Although the Samonais are a mountain race, like Aquilonia, there are still a few towns built on top of the mountain. More than half of the tribes and tribe unions live in valleys and depressions.Beneventum is located on a large, relatively flat hill surrounded by mountains, and it is a confluence of two rivers, so it has plenty of water and fertile land in the towns of Samone Both grazing and planting are the most developed.

Therefore, Beneventum has always been at the forefront of the Samonei tribal alliance both in terms of population and strength. Most of the time, the chiefs of the large tribes in their territory are the chiefs of the Hillpini tribe, and only a few Only when the other Hippini tribes hated the riches of Beneventum and were dissatisfied with the arrogance of the Beneventum, would they work together to select the chiefs of other regions as chief tribal leaders to fight against Beneventum, and A Benirum is the first choice.

This town of Hilpini is located more than 40 miles south of Beneventum. It is also a hilly area, but the area is much smaller. There is also a river running through it, but this is not a big Sa The Beto River eventually flows into the Beneventum territory and merges into the Voltuno River.

Therefore, the Abenerum people are always consciously shorter than the Beneventum people, even during the reign of the former Abinirom leader Veroni, who was the great chief of the Hillipini, The Abenerum people still feel a little lack of confidence, and they have endured the bullying and insult of the Beneventum for more than ten years.

Until the early hours of this morning, the Dionysian coalition left Abenerum and began to march to Beneventum territory. The Abenerum talents rejoiced in bidding farewell to them, thinking that their time of revenge and shame had finally arrived.

3,500 Abenerum fighters walked with their heads upright, with 6,000 Legionnaires in Dionysia in the middle, and 12,000 soldiers in Potentia, not counting the Dionysian engineering battalion. , The medical battalion, the mountain investigation team, and the delayed heavy pack... their combat troops reached 21,500 people, and they were lined up in a tens of miles to march north along the Sabato River.

After exiting the Abenirum territory, enemy figures began to appear in the mountains above the river banks. Although they were small in number, they were condescending, throwing javelins and arrows at the Dionysian coalition marching in the river valley. , And even pushed the rocks on the mountain into the river, in order to obstruct the march of the entire team.

Seeing this situation, after discussing with Alexis and Gellny and Pollet, they sent 1,000 soldiers each to leave the river bank and march into the mountain forests on both sides of the bank. At the same time, they drove the invading enemies to protect the middle. Big force.While the main force was marching in the river valley, from time to time it cleared the rocks and broken wood that blocked the road.

When the sun had reached the middle of the sky, the meandering channel suddenly straightened, and the mountains that stood on the river not only became shorter, but also consciously retreated one mile away, and the soldiers’ sights were no longer leafy. Blocked by the towering trees, the flat land on both sides of the river bank, the green grass, the whirling little trees came into view... The Allianz Dionysian forces had entered the territory of Beneventum.

The terrain here is a little special. Two columns of north-south rolling hills resemble two parallel lines, guarding the Sabato River and extending forward. Between the hills, there is a flat grassland about two miles wide. However, the Sabatto River, which is only 20 meters deep and has a knee depth.

The forefront troops of the coalition forces stopped marching here, and the Abenirum fighters who had been traversing for a long time began to eat to replenish their strength, while waiting for the troops behind to come to meet.

"Five or six miles further is the city of Beneventum." Guerney pointed to the front, and said to Alexis and Pollet who had come: "In the past, the land was The settlements of the tribes in Neventum are now withdrawn..."

Guerny introduced the situation of Beneventum territory, but he couldn't help feeling his life: in fact, most of his impressions of Beneventum still remained more than ten years ago. Since the Southern Italian War, he The relationship with Leskouk was stiff and eventually became a dead enemy. The only time he had been to Beneventum was when the tribal alliance held a large sacrifice here. If it was not for the support of the Dionysian messenger, he was almost killed. The priestly group of Samona punished the gods. They came in fear, walked in fear, and there was still a mood to pay attention to the changes in the territory of Beneventum. What he is introducing now comes from the information collected by his men over the years, and Now he came with his soldiers to thoroughly wash away the humiliation of the past and remove the shadow buried in his heart.