Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 202: Advance to the Samona Mountains

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"Of course I understand what they want." Daves smiled confidently: "They want to be heroes of Rome again, then I will give them this opportunity to see if their fantasy can finally be realized!"

Henipolis heard this, and immediately lost his worries, and wished to write down this situation immediately as an important material for his biography.

Pubulius is in a complicated mood. On the one hand, he is happy for his promises, but he is happy with his thoughts. On the other hand, he is also heartbroken for Daves’ vision and arrogance. Struggle without any hope.

Actually, what they didn’t know was that Daves made this decision mainly because Daves considered the following factors: First, Capitolin Mountain is located in the city, and there are five or six on the mountain. There are thousands of people. If he really starves to death because of the lack of food, he is afraid that it will cause a plague, which will cause huge troubles to the Dionian army during the war, and it will not help Rome to quickly resume prosperity;

Secondly, the deaths of thousands of people in the city are too tragic. Not only does Daves feel unbearable, but I am afraid that it will also cause the Romans who have already returned to Dionia to have the desolation of rabbit death and fox sadness, which will affect Dioni The perception of the sub-kingdom is not conducive to their integration;

Third, he knew from Publius before that most of the families of the noble soldiers in the army under Camilos’ army are on Capitoline Hill. When he has them, Dioni It would be better for Ya to deal with the Roman army that had retreated in the city of Satnikum.

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After getting the consent of Daves, Publius went up the mountain again, and the two sides quickly reached an agreement.

The next day, the people on the mountain were deported down the mountain, and in accordance with the agreement, the Roman elders allowed soldiers from a unit of Dionia to enter the mountain and supervised the whole process (mainly to see if the Roman elders abide by the agreement and only stay 500 people were dropped).

The Roman people who came to the foot of the mountain were escorted by Dionian soldiers (more often by support) to a designated place for imprisonment. There was sadness on their faces, but more of a kind of ease, after all, they were starving. The days are finally over.

The Roman civilians also came to the square to watch the excitement. When they saw the family members of the nobles whom they envied in the past, now all their faces were withered and tranced, and while they were happy, they couldn't help sighing.

Portitus, Marugírezsis and other Roman citizens, as well as the remaining hundreds of Roman citizen soldiers, stood on the top of the cliff and watched their relatives step into the enemy-occupied city until The entire Capitoline Mountain was again empty and quiet, and they still stood like a stone statue for a long time...

For a long time, the coughing of several old veterans broke the deathly silence.

Scipia shouted to the soldiers: "Citizens, we must guard here with all our strength! Guard our Roman temple! Waiting...waiting for the final arrival of victory!"

"Roar!!!..." The soldiers roared in unison, and the roar was more tragic.

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Aquilonia, one of the three major towns of Shirpini (the other two are Beneventum and Abenirum), it is located in the Victoria area of ​​the Puchetti region of the Kingdom of Dionian. The distance to the northwest of Nossa City is more than 50 miles (this is only a straight line distance, in fact, the walking distance is doubled), and the distance to the southwest of Askurum in Dawney is less than 50 miles. It has been used many times in the past. As the forward base for the Shillpini invasion of the Apulian lowland area (including this time), it also benefited from it. It became the strongest tribal settlement in the southeastern part of Shillpini territory, and it also became the Hill A powerful barrier to the southwest of the Pini tribe.

Its city is built on hills as high as 500 meters, surrounded by rolling mountains with an average height of about 300 meters. Let alone the offensive, it takes a lot of effort for the army to get there.

Since Alexis was determined to capture Aquilonia, he naturally made some meticulous preparations. He transferred the light infantry and light armoured brigade of the 11th Army, and then added the two of the 10th Army. A heavy infantry brigade, light armored and light infantry brigade, plus engineering battalions, medical battalions, heavy battalions, mountain reconnaissance squads, a total of more than 6,000 people, and there is a large number of pack brigade, the carrying can supply this The army’s food for more than ten days, and ten Abeni Roma sent by Gherny as guides.

At dawn, he led his army from Vinosa to the south bank of the Ofanto River, and then marched upward along the Ofanto River Valley. The march went smoothly without being affected by the Samonais. Of harassment.

If you think about it, you can understand that the Samoneites were seriously injured in the first two battles, and now they are focusing their main attack on the Campania League. How many young and middle-aged people can fight in the entire territory . Therefore, the smooth march of this road allowed Alexis to strengthen his confidence in winning Aquilonia

In the afternoon, the Dionian army arrived at a bend in the upper reaches of the Ofanto River. This is where Ofanto meets with a larger tributary, so the terrain is relatively flat and the area is relatively open. It is exactly ten miles away from the city of Aquilonia. This is also a good camping site selected by Alexis after getting to know the surrounding terrain from the guide of Abeni Rum in detail before setting off, because of this river bend. The north side of the land also faces the narrow lowland between the mountains (this lowland is also tens of meters in height), through which it can be approached under the mountain where the city of Aquilonia is located.

So, he ordered the army to seize the time to build a camp on the southern bank of this river bay.

The soldiers of the whole army immediately began to act according to the prior division of labor: engineers surveyed the surrounding terrain and determined the main camp area; the soldiers used sickles and axes to cut down the weeds in the area, cut down the trees, and then leveled it. On the ground, build a wooden palisade... The most important thing is to burn the thatch in the marsh area on the shore as much as possible to smoke away the mosquitoes hidden in it. Fortunately, the Ofanto River is not a big river, and it rarely overflows. Therefore, the swamp area in the bay area is small, but the fire and smoke will definitely attract the attention of the surrounding Samona tribes, but in order to ensure adequate rest and He is healthy, has enough physical strength and energy to cope with the hard fight that follows, Alexis thinks it is worth it.

In order to initially build the camp and lay a good foundation for the next attack, at dusk, Alexis also had a fire around the camp to illuminate the soldiers' hard work.

The soldiers also know that this is nowhere else. The terrain is unfamiliar and complicated. Not only are there often beasts, snakes and insects, but also fierce enemies. Only if the camp is built, they can sleep well in this perilous mountain.

After the evening, the camp began to take shape: a wooden fence was built on the periphery, and a deer village was simply **** outside the wooden fence. A patchwork outpost was erected in the wooden fence and the four corners of the camp, and the camp was neatly arranged. There are rectangular tents lined up. These tarpaulins sewn with animal skins are strong and cover a large area. They can completely cover the space in the tent, not only to prevent snakes and insects from biting, but also to shelter from wind, frost, rain and snow. Each tent can accommodate a squad of soldiers to rest, which is the same as the army camp in the territory, so that extremely familiar comrades can relax and sleep quickly in an unfamiliar battlefield environment, and it is also convenient for the team leader to manage.

One brigade occupies an area of ​​the camp, and there is a large gap between the tent area of ​​the other brigade. The six brigades are arranged in a circle, enclosing the medical care camp, engineering camp, and heavy camp in the middle (usually Because the pack animals in the heavy camp have a heavy smell and are noisy, they are often arranged on the side of the camp. It’s difficult to transport, and pack animals are very important). At the very center of the camp is the commander’s big tent. Outside the big tent is a big brazier. The continuous burning flame makes the team officers and soldiers in the camp even in the dark. The location of the commander can also be found in.

While the soldiers were building the camp, Alexist Field arranged for a company to take a full rest. When all the soldiers in the army began to sleep, the company began to guard, guard, and patrol the camp in the dark.

Rakelesis, a Mesapi, was the hero of the triumphant Triumph of Turri two years ago, and is now a company captain. As the company’s chief officer on duty tonight, he assigned his four squads to be responsible for guards in the four directions of the camp. If everything is abnormal, report the situation immediately! If anyone is careless or even sleeps lazily, I will be punished by military law and will not show mercy!"

After arranging the task, he personally followed the first squadron to patrol the north of the camp, because he knew that the possibility of an enemy in this direction was very high.

In the middle of the night, the soldiers had already fallen asleep, but it was not quiet outside the camp, the howling of wolves in the forest, the croaking of frogs by the river, the chirping of birds in the swamp, and the grass. All kinds of insects and the sound of gurgling water...This is the most beautiful melody of nature.

But this harmony will soon be broken. The waterfowl slapped the water in panic, the frog stopped calling alertly, and noisy footsteps sounded across the river...

"Company captain, there are enemies!" the soldier reminded from the outpost.

"Don't worry, first see how many enemies there are!" Rachelesis said calmly. He can't interrupt the commander's rest just because there are only a few enemies to harass, it will only give Alexis Si leaves the impression of incompetence.