Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 211: Siege of Beneventum

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After listening to Polett, he turned to ask Alexis: "It seems that the Beneventum people are already prepared. Do we need to start camping here?"

"It's too far away from Beneventum, it's not enough to oppress them." Alexis watched the terrain in front of him intently.

Then, he pointed at the long line of hills on the west side that seemed to be about 100 meters high, and asked: "How far is the road connecting Kautim and Beneventum from here? ?"

"It's hard to say, there are several mountains in between." Gellney thought for a while, shook his head, unable to tell the specific number.

Alexis pointed to the more low hills on the east side, and asked: "Over them, the terrain on the east side should be flatter, right?"

"Yes, General Alexis, you remember very clearly, from this hill all the way east to the Voltuno River, although there are some small hills, but the terrain is relatively flat." Gherny Reply.

Alexis asked the adjutant to bring a simple map of Samona based on the information provided by Gailny, and while consulting Gailny, he compared the actual landscape with the map.

He thought for a while before he made up his mind, and said, "We marched three more miles and started to build the camp. Chief Gherney, you lead your soldiers to camp in this valley to protect ours. A grain transport channel."

Gerney listened, gave a sigh, and immediately stated: "Don't worry, we will guard this place firmly, even if it is an enemy, don't want to slip past here!"

For the Abenirum fighters, the Sabato River is not only a food passage, but also the only way for Beneventum to reach their homeland. Now the Abenirum territory is empty. Of course, the troops that Gherny said will devote 200% of their energy to guard here.

This is exactly what Alexis intended, and then he pointed to the map and said: "Lord Pollet, your army’s camping site extends from the southern bank of the Voltuno River to this side, and we Dionia’s barracks are in the middle of your barracks."

Alexis’s arrangement is based on the fact that Abeni Rum and Potentia had an enmity more than ten years ago, and it was the first time they fought together. They still lacked cooperation. Tiparis specially reminded him that Abenirum had few soldiers and Potentia fighters lacked combat experience. The Dionian camp was located in the middle and could take care of both sides. At the same time, after the camp was built, it would occupy two rivers. Not only is it convenient to drink water, but it will also cause great oppression on Beneventum.

"I have no opinion, but I hope the general can send someone to guide us to build the camp." Pollet participated in the military training of Dionian. He knew very well that the Dionian army had a deep research on the construction of camps. In order to ensure the security of the soldiers' camp, he cheeked and directly requested.

Before Alexis could respond, Gellney, who was reminded, immediately said: "We also hope that the general can send someone to help build the camp."

Although Gherny has not participated in the military training of Dioria, he has visited the military barracks of Turri many times and seen the training of Dioria citizens, and he also knows about this. Moreover, he considered that the number of fighters in Abeni Rum was the smallest, and he needed the help of allies to build camps and guard against enemy raids.

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

After the three reached an agreement, Gellney led the army straight north, and Alexis and Pollet led their troops, crossing the eastern hills and advancing northeast.

Yesterday evening, after receiving the news that "The Dionian army has entered the territory of Abeni Rum" in the camp of Samona, Lesguk could not wait for the other tribes because of concerns about the safety of Beneventum. The army withdrew from the camp and led more than 3,000 Shillpini soldiers back to Abella despite fatigue, and set off early the next morning, marching quickly, and entered the city of Beneventum at noon.

There were 1,000 warriors stationed in Beneventum. It was originally to guard against the Abenirum from the south. After Leskuk returned with his team, the total number of warriors in the city reached more than 4,000. Said that fighters from other tribes would come soon, and the people of the tribes immediately became more confident.

And Lescuk was not satisfied with just waiting for defense. After the spies sent out to understand the enemy's movements, he immediately led the 1,000 soldiers who had been stationed in the city (other fighters due to continuous rapid marching, (Need a good rest to regain strength) Quietly walked into the mountains to the east and raided the Abenirum people three miles south of Beneventum.

As the commander-in-chief of the Allied Forces of Dionia, Alexis led his army in an unfamiliar mountainous area. Of course, he would not lose his vigilance, but he was more cautious. He repeatedly asked: whether Abenirum or Potentia’s army must dedicate half of its troops to defend the camp that is being built.

As a result, Leskuk’s raid was unsuccessful, and instead quickly evolved into a battle between Bereventum and Abenirum fighters. The two sides first threw javelins at each other, and then killed each other with spears. The number of fighters led by Guk is small, but they have plenty of physical strength and have some advantages.

But with 1,000 Dionian light infantry from the east for reinforcements, Lescuk could only retreat.

But he did not stop there. He sent 2,000 soldiers who were repairing in the city from the east to harass the Potentians, attracting the attention of the Dionian army, and once again personally led the 2,000 soldiers to go directly to Sabato. River Valley, attacked the Abeni Rum.

However, the number of forces used by the Dionian coalition for defense is more than twice the number of existing fighters in Beneventum. Alexis found that the side of Abenirum seemed to be the enemy’s focus. After the subject, simply let a light infantry brigade garrison in front of Camp Abenirum.

Beneventum’s attack failed to cause a lot of trouble for the Abeni Rum army, but increased some casualties. For Beneventum, who is lacking in troops, every soldier’s life is Very precious, Lescuk can only lead his team back in anguish.

Who knows that as soon as he returned to the city, he got an emergency report from his men: Thousands of enemies were approaching Beneventum from the east.

This made Lescuk nervous. He immediately gathered the soldiers in the city and led them to the defense.

Alexis led a heavy infantry brigade and 3000 Potentia fighters approaching Beneventum.

Looking at the stone wall more than seven meters high a hundred meters away, Alexis recalled some information about the city provided by Gellney: "Ten years ago, the city of Beneventum It's just a wooden city, and the simple wooden fence on its periphery is still damaged. It is only used to prevent beasts, not to prevent enemies. Because there are few civil wars between the tribes of Samona, and foreign enemies have never threatened In the mountains, they have never worried about the safety of their homes.

But after the powerful Kingdom of Dionians emerged in the south, the situation changed. The Samona tribes were defeated and surrendered to it in disgrace. Even the Dionians interfered with the Samonais. The internal affairs of Beneventum caused the confrontation between Beneventum and Abenirum. Therefore, the deeply disturbed leader Leskuk repeatedly called for the reconstruction of a fortified city of Beneventum at rallies. Resist the possible invasion of foreign enemies. The leaders of the tribes of Beneventum, who were equally disturbed, finally agreed to his proposal.

The Silpines have no experience in building stone cities, so Les Gukter borrowed a lot of Campania slaves who would build cities from Kautim. Not only did they complete the planning of the new city, they were also close to the new city’s address. Very close to the north bank of the Voltuno River, very good stone materials have been found for building the city. After a long period of 6 years, with the joint efforts of all tribes and peoples of Beneventum, the new city of Beneventum was finally built. In the name of celebrating the new city, Leskuk soon invited the priests of the Samona tribe alliance to hold a ritual ceremony in Beneventom, which triggered a series of events..."

Of course, in Gellney’s narrative, there is nothing good about Leskuk and the other tribes of Beneventum, and he also accused Leskuk, who proposed the construction of the new city, for premeditating with Dio. Niya was against it. At the same time, he also mentioned a detail: "The city drawings designed by the slaves of Campania contain the concept of the acropolis, which makes the Beneventum people very interested. The end of this column of hills encompasses the city, and this hill covers half of the area of ​​Beneventum, and an inner city was built on the top of the hill."

Since then, Beneventum has been blocked by the Voltuno River in the north, the Sabato River in the west, and hills as a barrier in the south, and only the east is relatively flat...that's why The reason why Alexis led his team to attack from here.

Alexis looked over the seven-meter-high stone wall, looking at the hill that bulged from south to north in the city and blocked his sight. It was at least thirty meters high and there was no lushness on it. Trees, only densely packed houses, and another stone wall on the top of the mountain...This is one of the reasons why he did not rashly issue an order to make the 20,000 coalition soldiers who arrived here after a difficult trek to attack the city immediately.

"Your Excellency Commander, the ballista has been arranged."

"Let's launch." Alexis gave the order, and after a while, ten howling bullets hit the wall, and the loud sound made the Silpini warriors exclaim.

The deterrence of the army led by Alexis on the city of Beneventum made Leskuk led the main force to confront it in the city, and reduced the harassment of the troops of the Dionian coalition forces in the construction of the camp.