Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 100: War Prologue Continued

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Pi Anlun nodded, he could only remind them that although he was elected as the new leader of the alliance, in fact he has no right to interfere in the management of these tribal towns. He turned and asked Sedorum: "Picosis and Potentia have agreed to form an alliance with us. Do you think they will attack the Dionians?"

"It's hard to say..." Sedorum murmured, "Because the Dionians are attacking us now, not attacking them. Judging from Cincinnag's cunning character, he will never Will take the lead, unless we defeat the Dionians!"

Pi Anlun’s eyes were slightly disappointed, but he quickly returned to normal. He loudly inspired everyone: "Everyone, as long as we resist the attack of the Diorians, insist on letting Dioria for half a month or a month. If they cannot enter the Bruti Mountains, their fighting spirit will be frustrated, their food transportation will also suffer difficulties, and the Lucanians who are oppressed by the Dionians will also take the opportunity to resist. The Dionians will inevitably We will be in trouble! Then is the time for us to fight back, completely defeat the blockade of Dioria, and seize the fertile plains of the Greeks for our children and grandchildren!"

Pianlun’s words of encouragement made everyone excited, and Nikulu even shouted: "Defeat the Dionians!"

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Building roads in winding and rugged mountains is a huge and complicated project. It not only consumes a lot of manpower and material resources, but also tests the engineering and technical level of a country. The Turri-Laos Avenue was built early last year. Laos, Turri, and Niutum have invested a lot of manpower, but the construction has not yet been completed. Therefore, the 20,000 army led by Daves and the huge squadron went around in the mountains for five days before reaching the Rahe Fortress.

Silos led the Fourth Army to the outside of Trina. Trina’s generals and members of the council went out to greet them. Cypros introduced Hiros one by one, and the atmosphere was very friendly.

Silos declined the Trina’s offer of inviting him to a banquet in the city, insisting on staying with the soldiers, and winning the compliments of the dignitaries.

He led his army to camp on the coast ten miles northwest of Trina. This is the exit of the seaside pass, which is only eleven or two miles from the city of Knapetia.

After Silos arranged the construction of the camp, he immediately took the guards and Cipros to the outside of Knapetia.

The cliff on the left and the mountains on the right. The seaside road leading to the Cosenza Plateau is not wide, but the city of Knapetia is even narrower. It seems that the length of the city does not exceed 200 meters. , But completely blocked the access road; the city is not too big, but it is cut from bluestone; the city wall is no more than four meters high, but the whole city is high. , Narrower and narrower...

Soldiers have to spend a lot of energy just to march down the city, let alone avoid the enemy's arrows and javelins. Fortunately, the geographical environment of Asprostum is somewhat similar, and the soldiers also have experience in this area in their usual training.

Silos was observing the conditions of the road, and wondering whether the two siege equipment that had just been equipped in the Third Army could be pushed down the city.

Seeing that Silos was staring at Knapetia city and staying silent for a long time, Cipros thought he was frightened by the difficulty of siege, so he reminded him: "There are still a few trails in the mountains nearby. Go around Knapetia and head north to Cosenza."

"Really?!" Shiros turned his head abruptly.

"Yes, otherwise, how could the Xilu people and the tribes who resisted Cosenza escape from Bruti."

"Then the people inside know?" Silos pointed to the city of Knapetia in front of him.

Siplos understood what he meant, and he said for sure: "Of course they do."

Silos had no luck, but he decided to send someone to scout after he went back.

"I heard that Knapetia has a port." Silos asked again.

"There is indeed a port, but the port is not big." Cypros said, turning over and dismounting, and walked to the edge of the cliff.

Silos did not try to be strong either. He dismounted his horse. He didn't think he had good horse steering skills. In case the horse was frightened by the crotch on the edge of the cliff, the Fourth Army would have to break the commander first before the battle began. name.

"There!" Cipros pointed his finger forward, and his voice seemed a little misty under the strong sea breeze.

Silos looked intently. On this cliff protruding from the land, with a height difference of nearly 100 meters from the sea, his line of sight can reach the coast a few miles north of Knapetia City, where he I saw a piece of flat land, a small beach with a simple dock, and a few dozen boats moored...

Sipoulos introduced: "According to the information of the Siruis and the observations that our ships often pass through the city of Knapetia, Knapetia Port was built at the mouth of the Savuto River—"

"Savuto River?"

"The Savuto River is a large river in the territory of Knapetia. Regardless of whether the city in front of us is surrounded by mountains or sea, it seems very barren. In fact, it is not far to the north and surrounds the city. There is a small plain on the Wuto River, and you can reach Cosenza smoothly along the valley of the Savuto River to the north.” At this point, Cipros smiled contemptuously: “It is said that the first Bruti people would call Kerner. The city of Petia was built here because we were worried that we would destroy and looting their farmland and pastures on the Savuto Plain, but we Trina people can't even cultivate the fertile land on the Oufemia Plain. That would be coveted. It’s a small plain, but their city is ten miles away from the Savuto River. It is very inconvenient to work, so they have to build another small town on the Savuto River—"

"How is the defense of this town?" Hiros interrupted Cipros suddenly.

"I heard that this town has no walls."

Silos breathed a sigh of relief. He didn't want to spend a lot of effort to capture Knapetia, and to spend more effort to seize the town, in order to completely occupy this territory of Bruti.

"In the past, Knapetia had insufficient production, poor shipbuilding technology, and little contact with other Italian city-states, so there was almost no maritime trade with ports, but..." Cipros said worriedly : "Now the Bruti Tribal Alliance is established. This is the only port for the Bruti. I believe it will develop soon..."

Silos nodded, but they didn't know that the Bruti had passed through this simple dock, broke through the blockade of Dionia, and formed an alliance with Picosis and Potentia.

"Legion leader, look!" At this moment, the guard reminded loudly.

I saw the gates of Knapetia opened wide, and a team of people rushed out.

"Let's go!" Silos gave an order, and the team returned to the camp without a hassle.

"Did you see that, the Dionians are cowards!" Nikuru held a spear and laughed presumptuously.

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Daves arrives at the Rahe Fortress, and Sesta and Hironimos who have received the news are already waiting there.

"Consultant, the people of Niutum have been mobilized, following the arrangements of the city hall, will carry food and grass for our troops, build camps, and transport the wounded..." Sesta took the initiative to report.

"Are there any opinions from those Lucania tribes?"

"On the contrary, they are very happy to see the Brutus being conquered. The stronger the Dionians, the safer they will be, and it will not only be the non-Greek race of Lucania that will belong to the Dionians in the future. They are also willing to provide a place for the legion, but in that case, our soldiers have to be careful that Lucanian women break into their tents at night, knowing that the Greek citizens of Dionian are very popular now!" Star said jokingly.

Davers listened funny and laughed. He looked at Sesta and said with some emotion: "Master Sesta, I think you, as a mercenary, should have never held a public office in a city state or even managed a city."

Sesta shook his head: "At the beginning, I worked hard to have a mouthful of bread. How can I imagine that there will be today? This is all adults, you have brought us unimaginable changes!"

"Provided opportunities, but also to be able to seize opportunities. And as a mercenary with no city-state management experience, you resolutely chose to leave the familiar army and come to this strange land, facing the hostility at the time. The Lucanians are not afraid of difficulties, work hard, and solve problems boldly. Until today, I can say that Niniutum is completely Dionian territory! Sesta, your work is excellent ! Not only I think so, but others in the Senate also think so! You are now the senator with the most administrative experience among our mercenaries! When the term ends next year, I think the Senate must have more important tasks for you !" Daves did not hesitate to express his appreciation of Sesta in words.

After listening to these words, Sesta was proud and excited, and he remained a little sober: "My lord, you are the one with the most administrative experience in our mercenaries!"

"Me?" Daves looked around and said, "That's not counted, don't you all say that I am the favored one, that is all the credit of Hades!"

Everyone laughed.

"My lord." Hironimos could not help but said, "What is the mission of our Third Army in this war?" The war mobilization did not give specific instructions to the Third Army, and Hieronymus would inevitably be a little anxious.

Daves looked at the commander of the Legion, who simply moved his family to Niutum in order to facilitate training and command of the Third Army, and even did not attend the usual meetings of the Senate, feeling the same: If Sesta has political ambitions, and this taciturn man is home to a barracks, so although he is a Greek, the majority of the Third Army under his command are Lucanians, those who have This is the reason why the Lucanian fighters who hated the Greeks were very convinced by him.