Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

After listening to it, Pollet turned and asked Alexis: "It seems that the Beneventum is ready, do we need to start camping here?"

"This is too far away from Beneventum, not enough to oppress them." Alexis stared at the terrain ahead.

Then he pointed at the long row of hills on the west side, which seemed to be about a hundred meters in height, and asked, "How far is the mountain road connecting Kautim and Beneventum?"

"It's not easy to say, there are several mountains in the middle." Guerney thought about it and shook his head, unable to give a specific figure.

Alexis pointed to the more low-lying hills to the east, and asked, "Come over them, should the terrain on the east be flatter?"

"Yes, General Alexis, you remember very well. From this hill all the way to the east of the Voltuno River, although there are some small hills, the terrain is relatively flat." Galney replied.

Alexis asked the adjutant to get a simple map of Samone based on the information provided by Gellney, and consult Gellney while comparing the actual landforms with the map.

After thinking for a while, he made up his mind and said, "We will march three miles further and start to build the camp. Lord Garni, you will lead your soldiers to camp in this valley to protect our grain. aisle."

Guerny listened, gave a breath, and immediately said: "You can rest assured that we will guard this place firmly, even if it is an enemy, don't want to slip past here!"

For the Abenirum fighters, the Sabbato River is not only a grain transport channel, but also the only way for Beneventum to reach their homes, and now the Abenirum territory is empty, Gellny The troops mentioned will of course spend 200% of their energy on guarding here.

This is precisely the purpose of Alexis, and then he pointed to the map and said: "Pollett, your army's camp site extends from the south bank of the Voltuno River to this side, and we Daioni The Asian military camp is in the middle of your two military camps."

The arrangement of Alexis is based on the consideration that Abenerum and Potentia had had hatred for more than a decade ago, and it was the first time they had fought together, and they still lacked cooperation with each other. He was specially reminded that there were few Abenerum soldiers and Potentia warriors lacked combat experience. The Dionysian camp was located in the middle and could be balanced. At the same time, after the camp was completed, it occupied two rivers, not only drinking water Convenience will also cause a lot of oppression to Beneventum.

"I have no opinion, but I hope that the general can send someone to guide us in the construction of the camp." Pollet had participated in Dionysia's military training. He knew that the Dionyan army had a deep research on the construction of the camp to ensure that the soldiers The camping was safe, and he asked directly, cheeky.

Before waiting for Alexis to respond, Garni, who was reminded, also said immediately: "We also hope that the general can send people to help build the camp."

Although Galni had not participated in Dioria’s military training, he visited Turiri’s military camp many times and watched the training of Dionyan citizens.And he considered that Abenerum had the fewest fighters, not only to build camps, but also to guard against enemy raids, but he actually needed the help of his allies.

"Of course there is no problem, I will definitely help as much as I can!" Alexis was very happy that the two had such a request, because it would facilitate him to unify the planning of the entire camp and deploy manpower reasonably.

After the three reached an agreement, Gellny led the army straight north, while Alexis and Pollet led their troops across the east hill and headed northeast.

Yesterday evening, after receiving the news that the Dionysian Army had entered the Abenirum territory, the Samone Coalition Camp was worried that Beneventum’s safety could not wait for the withdrawal of other tribal troops. At that night, he led more than 3,000 Hirpini fighters to retreat to Abella regardless of fatigue, and set off in the early morning of the next day, marching quickly, and entered the city of Beneventum at noon.

The original 1,000 soldiers were stationed in the city of Beneventum, originally to prevent the Abenirum people in the south. After the return of Leske Guk, the total number of soldiers in the city reached more than 4,000. I heard that other tribes The fighters will then come, and the people suddenly increase their confidence.

And Lesguk was not satisfied with just waiting for defense. After he learned the enemy’s movement through the sent out spies, he immediately led the 1,000 soldiers originally stationed in the city (other soldiers need to take a rest because of the continuous march. In order to restore physical strength) quietly rounded into the mountains to the east, and raided the Abenerum people three miles south of Beneventum.

As the commander of the Dionysian coalition army, Alexis led the army in an unfamiliar mountain area, of course, he will not lose his vigilance, but instead he will be more cautious. He repeatedly asked: whether it is Abenerum or Potenti The sub-armies must draw half of their troops to defend the camp being built.

Therefore, Leskok’s raid was unsuccessful. Instead, it quickly evolved into a battle between Bereventum and Abenerum fighters. The two sides first throwed javelins at each other, and then held a spear to fight. The number of warriors led is small, but they are full of energy and occupy some advantages.

But with 1,000 Dionysian light infantry coming from the east for reinforcements, Lesguk could only retreat.

But he did not stop there. He sent 2,000 soldiers who were repairing in the city to attack the Potentians from the east, attracting the attention of the Dionysian army, and once again personally led the 2,000 soldiers directly to the Sabate Valley to attack Abenerum.

However, the Dionysian coalition used more than twice the number of current soldiers in Beneventum, and after Alexis discovered that the side of Abenerum seemed to be the target of the enemy’s attack, Simply let a light infantry brigade stand in front of the battalion with Abenerum.

Beneventum's attack failed to cause great trouble to Abenerum's army, but instead added some casualties. For Beneventum, who lacks strength, the life of every soldier is very precious. , Liesguk can only lead the team to retreat.

Unexpectedly, just after returning to the city, he received an urgent report from his men: Thousands of enemies were approaching Beneventum from the east.

This made Lesguk nervous, and he immediately assembled the soldiers in the city and led them to the city to defend.

Alexis led a heavy infantry brigade and 3,000 Potentia soldiers to approach Beneventum.

Looking at the stone wall more than seven meters high 100 meters away, Alexis recalled some of the intelligence provided by Gellny about the city: "Ten years ago, Beneventum was just a wooden city. , And the simple wooden fence on its periphery is often damaged. It is only used to prevent beasts, not to prevent enemies. Because there are few civil wars among the Samone tribes, and foreign enemies have never threatened the mountains, So they never worried about the safety of their homes.

However, after the rise of the powerful Dionysian kingdom in the south, the situation changed, and the coalition of the Samone tribe was defeated, and it was humiliated to submit to it. Even the Dionysians interfered in the internal affairs of the Samone , Resulting in the confrontation between Beneventum and Abenerum, the deeply disturbed chief, Leske Guk, repeatedly called at the rally to rebuild a strong Beneventum city in order to resist possible Foreign invasion.The tribe leaders of Beneventum, who were equally disturbed, finally agreed to his proposal.

The Hippinis had no experience in building a stone city, so Lesgukter borrowed a lot of Campania slaves who would build a city from Kautim. Not only did they complete the planning of the new city, but they were also close to the address of the new city. Good stone for city building was found on the north bank of the Voltuno River.After a long period of six years, with the joint efforts of the tribes of Beneventum, the new city of Beneventum was finally completed.In the name of celebrating the new city, Lesguk soon invited the priest group of the Samone Tribal Alliance to hold a ceremonial ceremony in Beneventon, which triggered a series of events..."

Of course, in Gellney’s narrative, there is nothing good about Lesguk and other tribes in Beneventum, and he also accuses Lesguk, who proposed to build a new city, of premeditating to fight against Dionysia. .At the same time, he also mentioned a detail: "The city drawings designed by the slaves of Campania have the concept of the Acropolis, which is of great interest to the Beneventum people, who will simply run parallel to the Sabate River. The end of the row of hills is included in the city, and this hill occupies half the area of ​​Beneventum, and the inner city is built on the top of the hill."

Since then, the city of Beneventum has the Voltuno River in the north, the Sabato River in the west, and the hills in the south as the barrier. Only the east is flat... That’s why Alexi The reason why the Spaniards attacked from here.

Alexis looked over the seven-meter-high stone wall to the hill that swelled from south to north in the city and blocked his sight. It was at least thirty meters high and there were no lush trees on it, only The dense houses and another stone wall on the top of the mountain... This is one of the reasons why he did not pretend to give orders to the 20,000 coalition soldiers who arrived here after a difficult trek.

"Master Commander, the ballista has been arranged."

"Let's launch." Alexis gave the order, and a few moments later, ten roaring bullets hit the city wall, and the loud sound made the Hippini soldiers exclaim.

The deterrence of the army led by Alexis against Beneventum made Leishuk lead the main force to confront it in the city, and reduced the harassment of the troops of the Dionysian coalition building camp.