Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 52: Occupy the attention of Grumentum and Elia

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A part of the mercenaries at the east gate, holding shields and spears, rushed down the wooden wall, attacked the Potentian soldiers in the city, and supported the Grumentums who were almost unable to support them. The rest of the mercenaries ran to Upstairs, the locked winch was turned, the east gate was opened, and subsequent soldiers swarmed in.

The Pau Tia soldiers defending the East Gate were struggling to support them after being flanked back and forth.

Lusaou was really shocked when he received Pollet’s order. He did not expect that these tribes in Grumentum would have rebelled again. His first reaction was not to worry about the situation in the East Gate. , But he was afraid that these soldiers would also have problems, because most of the more than one thousand fighters were tribal fighters who returned to him after entering the city. Coupled with the fierce attack of the enemy at the South Gate, he did not dare to disperse his forces at all. So he refused to send reinforcements.

However, as soon as the Potentia soldiers stationed on the mountainside received the order, they immediately went down to rescue them. When they arrived, their companions in Dongmen City were in a difficult situation. The leader of the team did not consider anything and killed them first. Into the enemy line.

Potentia’s reinforcements complicated the battle in the east: mercenaries and Grumentum tribal fighters flanked the east gate garrison, and Grumentia fighters were flanked back and forth by the Potentians. , The four forces are fighting each other in the narrow area in front of the entrance of the mountain road...

The first thing that reacted was Zanteparis. Thanks to the "Dionia Military Law", during this period of training, Zanteparis was asked many times: except for special circumstances, the army commander should not be allowed Fight on the front line.

So this time the siege, he followed in the rear team. In this chaotic situation, he quickly made a decision with rich experience in the battlefield, ordering the mercenaries to slowly retreat to the city wall, and at the same time notifying Kesim Lead his soldiers around the houses from both sides and surround the enemy.

The retreat of the mercenaries gave hope to the Potentia fighters in the hard fight. They thought that the enemy was about to be overwhelmed, so their morale increased greatly, while the Grumentum people felt desperate. They were originally mobs. Their fighting spirit was almost disintegrated, but as the Potentia warriors moved forward, they gradually surrounded them, and unable to escape, they had to fight hard for survival.

However, Polot at the top of the mountain was horrified. What he saw was that the enemy was retreating in an orderly and basically undivided formation, while the enemies who rushed into the city gate came from both sides. Passing around between the houses, a large encirclement gradually formed, which clamped around the Potentia garrison and reinforcements in the east city, including the Grumentum, while some enemies stood on the head of the city. The javelin raised in the hand is condescending, and at such a close distance, it can almost be said that every throw must be hit...

Pollett closed his eyes in pain. Now he can be sure: the enemy comes from the terrible Dionian League. The soldiers of Lucania are full of fighting passion, but the formation has always been loose, but they are not so strong. Organization and tight formation.

Pollett scolded Lusau for disobeying orders, while hesitating whether to send the last bit of force in his hand to the eastern battlefield where there is no hope...

The deadly javelin rain and the fierce attack of the mercenaries finally led to the defeat of the East Gate Garrison. The reduction of the encirclement was like a lasso that tightened the necks of Potentia's reinforcements. Hopeless, they finally chose to surrender.

Polart, who was suffering from gains and losses, eventually did not send his remaining 500 soldiers, but stuck to the top of the mountain.

Next, Zanteparis and Xima led their troops to attack south. Lusau, who was already unsupportable, was lost. On the way to the west, he was killed by the Grumentum soldiers who lost control. die.

When it was dark, the Dionian army defeated the defenders on the east, west, and south, and the whole army entered the city of Grumentum. Only the 500 soldiers led by Pollet on the top of the mountain were approaching when the army was approaching. Panic.

At this moment, Hermon raised the torch and went up the mountain alone, preparing to persuade Polet to descend.

In order to save the life of the tribe, Pollet finally agreed to surrender, and the soldiers had to lay down their weapons, open the gate, and follow Hemeng down the mountain empty-handed.

Pollet said to Hermon bitterly: "You helped the Greeks to kill your own people and seize the land of your people, are you not afraid of the anger of the **** Asinu?!"

Hermon turned his head and said meaningfully: "You are wrong. I am not helping the Greeks, but the Lucanians. God Asinu will only be happy about this!"

Dionia captured Grumentum with 600 casualties, and Lusau and his party members were slaughtered.

A few days later, Potentia signed an armistice agreement with Dionia, and more than 1,000 Potentia fighters who were captured were safely sent back to Potentia City.

Different from the fall of Niutum, news of Grumentum’s change of ownership quickly spread throughout the Lucaria area, causing huge waves among many small tribes and even multi-party forces.

Dioria did not take further military actions. Instead, it was implemented gradually according to the pre-drawn plan: Bagul served as the city administrator of Grummentum, and Hermon served as the city’s mid-level. The judge, Asistes was transferred to Grumentum, as a mid-level prosecutor, and Kesimah was appointed as the captain of the patrol.

The first thing Bagul took over was to take over the pass camp between Niutum and Grumentum. Secondly, only 2,000 fighters were left in Grumentum. The remaining 3,000 fighters and the mercenaries of Commander Zanteparis returned to their home cities of Niutum, Turriy, Asprostum, etc. , In order to reduce the pressure on the supply of military rations, and several tribes in the city of Grumentum were walking south with them.

The next thing to do is to fulfill the promises made by Weisba and Hermon to the small tribes around Grumentum, admit them to the Dionian Alliance, divide settlements and pastures for them, and abolish Grumentum and Potentia had exploited them many times before...

After learning that the Alliance of Dionia had taken Grumentum, Sinsingnag cursed him for being insidious and cunning. But apparently, Picosis, who was hit hard, had to send an envoy to Turri to express his peace and goodwill.

Even Galaguso, who rarely participated in the conflicts of the Lucania tribe, sent an emissary to learn about the plans of this powerful new neighbor.

Potentia was forced to sign an armistice agreement with Dionia due to the issue of captives, but as the dominant Lucania tribal alliance in northern Lucania, Dionia’s raid hurt its Dignity angered the tribe leaders of Potentia, but was suppressed by the steady leader Puamote, and he chose forbearance.

The strong Greek atmosphere in the Dionian League is so unique in the Lucania region that it immediately attracted the attention of another Greek city-state in the region, which is Elea.

Elia is also one of the many Greek colonial cities established on the Italian peninsula during the great Greek colonial era. It was several decades later than the earliest built city of Kumai, Elia, Picosis, Poseidonia Three adjacent coastal cities have been established one after another. Compared with the other two cities, Elia in the middle seems to be somewhat unknown, and during the process of the great Lucanian migration south a hundred years ago, Poseidonia and Picosis fell one after another. , And the weaker Elia survived tenaciously, but Elia, who was surrounded by the Lukarias, was in danger of being destroyed at any time, if it weren’t for the later union of several Lukaria tribes. The contradictions, such as Potentia and Picosis, Potentia and Grumentum... make Elia a buffer zone, and the full-scale attack by the Lucanians no longer appears.

But for decades, Elia’s life has not been easy. Some of the land outside the city has been occupied by foreigners and will be harassed from time to time. It has become extremely dangerous for people to leave the city. The Kanyas captured and became slaves. Therefore, the Eliyas relied on the production and processing of handicrafts, as well as the development of maritime trade, cargo transshipment, port services, etc. to barely maintain the operation of the city-state and the lives of the people.

Now that the appearance of Dionia, the Eliyas have seen the light.

So, after discussion, all citizens decided to send an envoy to Dionia, the new alliance of Greek city-states, to express their willingness to form an alliance.

Member of the council, Kanios, gladly took over this glorious mission.

But it is obviously impossible to go to Dionia by land. Potentia and Picosis will not allow him to pass through their land, so they can only go by sea. Passenger ships do not need to bypass the Strait of Messina. Because the Elians knew that Raos was an ally of Dionia.

The passenger ship carrying Kanios, with the strong south wind, sprinted southward like an arrow.

Canos stood on the bow of the ship, thinking about the mission, his Etruscan slave Inno pointed to the east, and suddenly shouted: "Picosis!"

Kanios looked up, in his vision: The far east land was nothing but a small green cloth strip with a small white dot on it, that was Picocis—it used to be Elia’s sister city has now become a den of foreign races and Elia’s nightmare.

While Kanios was sad for the former Picosis, he also made a secret decision: Never let Elia repeat the same mistakes!

Because it was downwind, the ship sailed for two hours before reaching Laos.

Kaños has been to Laos before and has a better understanding of the port situation. Although Laos was occupied by the Lucarians, he did not prohibit trade with the Greeks, only the Lucanians. The habit of looting, and discrimination between races, makes its credibility not very good, so there is not much direct trade between the Greeks and Laos.

But what Kanios saw in the port of Laos today is: there are endless streams of merchant ships coming in and out, densely packed laborers at each terminal are constantly loading and unloading goods, and the sea in the harbor is full of frothy seawater. In addition to boats, there are still a lot of food and garbage remnants, which attracts countless seabirds hovering and pecking in the sky.