Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 210: Advance to Beneventum

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Onosius, the chief general of Naples, held a letter in his left hand, and said excitedly: "Everyone, I just received a letter from the chief executive of Enona, Adrianx. He mentioned in the letter,' Yesterday, Alexis, the commander of the Dionian army, led his army into the Samona Mountains from the east, and merged with the forces of Potentia and Abeni Rum, and together they encircled and wiped out the Samonaites and stayed in the mountains. A main force of nearly 7,000 people in the country also forced Aquilonia to surrender.'...Today, this 20,000 Dionian coalition has reached Abeni Rum and is preparing for tomorrow Attack on Beneventum!"

"Great, our disaster is finally over! Berevan and the others are the central town of Shilpini, and the allied forces of Samona outside the city will definitely withdraw to defend against our allies' attacks! "

"I'm right. The Dionians have always kept their promises and will definitely come to rescue us in Campania. You didn't believe it at the time, what about now?"

"Haha, General Ealos, please forgive us for our ignorance, because we are not like you fought side by side with the Dionian army. We have a deeper understanding of them, how can we expect Dionian to treat us? The reason for the delay in responding to the previous request for help was to suddenly stab the soft abdomen of the Samonaite!"

"General Onosius, after the Samoneites retreat, I hope Naples can immediately send troops to help us recapture Pompeii!"

"No! Should help us Herculaneum (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 these days has been swept away. After the disaster has passed, everyone has started to dispute because of the eagerness to rebuild their homes.

In the days after the Samoneites raided the Campania League, they were not only besieging Naples, but also separated their troops to attack other Campania City-states, except for Sorrento, Outside the city-states with relatively special geographic locations such as aenaria and capeae, many small coastal cities have fallen one after another, and most of the refugees have fled to Naples.

"Don't worry, everyone." Onosius comforted them, "Adrienx mentioned in the letter that the commander of the Dionian army, who will be stationed in Enona tomorrow, will lead the army. Come to Naples by boat, join our army, and recover the lost town together!"

Everyone cheered again and praised: Dionia is indeed a good ally who keeps its promises, so thoughtful! The presence of the Dionian army makes them more confident in regaining their city-state!

Next, Onosius said: "The letter also mentioned that when Samona's army retreats, we hope that we can send troops to harass and hinder them..."

Hearing this, the hall suddenly became quiet.

After a while, the councillors of Naples shook their heads and said, "Let’s go out of the city and attack the Samonais?! No! No! This is too dangerous! Since the Samonais are going to retreat, let them retreat. , We don’t need to risk the lives of citizens!"

If the Dionian Third Army helped the Campania League defeat the Kautini a few months ago to help the Campanians regain a bit of fighting spirit, then this time the Samoneites made a large-scale assault. Not only shattered this fighting spirit, but also deepened their fear of this terrifying mountain race.

Of course Onosius knew this situation too, because he was one of them, but Aaloth argued loudly with them.

Onosius had to cough a few times and re-attracted everyone’s attention to himself: "I want to bring your attention, the Samonais retreat, in order to vent their anger, it is very likely that they will burn the town they occupy. , Burning our farmland, should we stop it?!"

In fact, this reminder comes from Adrianx. After serving as the chief executive of Enrona for more than two years, he has had many dealings with the Campanians. He is very clear about the campanians’ Virtue, they are far from being compared with the brave and tenacious Volsi and Helniki, so in the letter he did not say at all that he harassed Samona’s retreating army to allow Alexis to attack Beneven. Thum wins time, but only emphasizes this point.

Everyone was stunned. The refugees from other city-states certainly did not allow their homes to be burned down, while the Neapolitans were more worried about the destruction of their farmland. Some time ago, they had been supplying the rations of the Dionian Third Army. They had to take care of those who fled. Allied people, Naples has food shortages, and cannot pin their hopes on Dionia, who has just experienced the drought. They are all looking at this year's autumn harvest.

Although the Kautini invaded and rarely destroyed farmland in the past, it was because they confidently believed that "the grain produced from these farmland will eventually become their next plundered property", but in the current situation of the war It is impossible to guarantee that they will not jump the wall in a hurry and cause greater trouble for the Campania League.

So, after an urgent discussion, the Naples congressmen finally agreed to Adrianx's proposal.

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Beneventum, the largest town in the tribal alliance of Samona. Although the Sammonites are a mountain race, it is still a minority to build towns on top of the mountains like Aquilonia. More than half of the tribes and tribal unions live in valleys and mountains. Beneventum is located in a relatively large and relatively flat hill surrounded by mountains, and it is a place where two rivers converge, so there is plenty of water and the land is fertile. It is located in the towns of Samona. Both grazing and planting are the most developed.

Therefore, Beneventum has always been at the forefront of the Samona tribe alliance in terms of population and strength. For most of the time, the leaders of the large tribes in its territory are the leaders of the Shillpini tribe. Only a few times when other Shillpini tribes hate the abundance of Beneventum and dissatisfied with the arrogance of Beneventum, will they work together to elect leaders from other regions as tribal chiefs to contend with Beneventum. , And Abeni Rum is the first choice.

This Shilpini town is located about 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 counted. The large Sabeto River eventually flows into the territory of Beneventum and merges into the Voltuno River.

Therefore, the Abenirum people always consciously be a bit shorter than the Beneventum people, even in the former leader of Shilpini, the outstanding Abenirom leader Veronni’s During the reign, the Abenirum people still felt a little lack of confidence, and for more than ten years they have been enduring the bullying and humiliation of the Beneventum people.

Until early this morning, the Allied forces of Dionia left Abeni Rum and began to march towards Beneventum. The Abeni Rum were excited to see them off, thinking that their day of revenge and shame had finally come.

3,500 Abeni Rum fighters walked in front with their heads upright. In the middle were 6,000 Legionnaires from Dionian, and 12,000 soldiers from Potentia were behind, not counting Dionian. The engineering battalion, medical battalion, mountain reconnaissance team, and the heavy baggage squad behind... its combat troops reached 21,500 people. They lined up in a team of dozens of miles long and marched north along the Sabato River.

After leaving the Abenirum Territory, enemy figures began to appear in the forests on both sides of the riverbank. Although they were not many in number, they were condescending and throwing javelins at the Dionian coalition troops marching in the valley. , Arrows, and even pushed the rocks on the mountain into the river to obstruct the march of the entire team.

Seeing this situation, Alexis, after discussing with Gellney and Polett, each of them sent 1,000 soldiers to leave the river bank and march in the mountains and forests on both sides of the river. At the same time, they drove out the attacking enemy. Protect the large forces in the middle. During the march of the main force in the river valley, the rocks and broken wood that blocked the road were cleaned from time to time.

When the sun had reached the middle of the sky, the winding river course suddenly became straight, and the mountains that stood between the river became shorter, but also consciously retreated one mile away, and the soldiers' sight was no longer covered by branches. Blocked by the leafy towering trees, what caught your eye was the flat land on both sides of the river bank, the green grass, the whirling little trees... The Dionian coalition forces had entered the territory of Beneventum.

The terrain here is a bit special. Two rows of rolling hills running north-south are like two parallel lines, guarding the Sabato River extending forward. Between the hills is a flat grass about two miles wide, in the middle of the grass. The Sabato River flows with a width of only 20 meters and a depth of less than knees.

The vanguard of the coalition army stopped marching here, and the Abeni Rum soldiers who had been trekking for a long time began to eat to replenish their energy, while waiting for the troops behind to come and meet.

"Five or six miles ahead is the city of Beneventum." Gherny pointed to the front and said to Alexis and Pollet who had arrived in succession: "On this piece of land in the past, These are the settlements of the various tribes of Beneventum, and they have all been withdrawn..."

Gerney introduced the situation in Beneventum’s territory, but he couldn’t help but sigh with emotion: In fact, most of his impressions of Beneventum are still more than ten years ago, since the South-Italian War Later, his relationship with Leskuk froze, and he finally became a mortal enemy. The only time he had been to Beneventum was the tribal alliance held a great sacrifice here. If it weren’t for the support of the Envoy of Dionia, he Almost being punished by the priests of Samona, he came and walked with trepidation. Where could he still be in the mood to pay attention to the changes in the territory of Beneventum. What he now introduces is collected from his men over the years. Intelligence, and now he led his troops to wash away the humiliation of the past and remove the shadows buried in my heart.