ancient greece mediterranean ruler

Chapter 538 Arrival in Campania
Valer imitated Pollet's tone of persuading them before, and said helplessly: "Elia, a fragile hare that was often bullied by us in the past, now relies on the Dionians and has actually become an ally with us..."

Seeing him, Puamot seemed to be a little uneasy, and wanted to persuade him a few words, but saw his confidant servant hurried into the hall.

Valer saw that after he whispered a few words to Pu'amote, Pu'amote's expression had changed and he hurriedly asked: "What happened?"

Puamote turned to look at him and said in a deep voice: "Dionia defeated Syracuse's army."

"The Dionians really won?!" Valer's eyes widened in surprise, and he couldn't help but murmured: "Lord Davos is really powerful! So does Great Greece belong to Dionia?! …”

"It's not just Magna Graecia..." Puamote said lightly. After hearing the news, the remaining worries and some luck left in his heart disappeared. He let out a breath and said : "You go back to the territory, take 20 sheep with you, and offer a congratulatory gift to Lord Alexis for me..."

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Davos asked Alexis to lead his army to attack Kopsa cautiously based on his impression of the Samnite people from historical records in his previous life.

In fact, Daves lured and annihilated the main force of the Pentney and Cautini tribes in Poseidonia, and then the Samnite camp encountered another camp in Potentia, which made Xi The soldiers of the Erpini tribe suffered heavy losses. In the bleak wind and cold rain in winter, the Samnite warriors were starving and fled into the mountains, lost their way, encountered wild animals, caught a cold, and ran into the raids of the Lucanians. The team... Samonai's defeat is like a dog that has lost its home, and it is in constant fear.

Even though tribal leaders such as Lesguk gathered some Samnite warriors and fled back to Kopsa, in the face of the combined forces of the Third Legion and Potentia that followed with fierce force, no leader thought that relying on this small city And these extremely low morale, extremely exhausted warriors were able to hold off the highly motivated enemy, so the Samnites fled north in haste.

The leaders of Cautini anxiously led the defeated troops back to Cautini, because the defeat of the Samnites would surely shock central Italy, and they were worried that there would be changes in the Campanians close to the territory of Cautini.

Lesguk was anxious to return to Beneventum. Although the four Samnite tribes had been harmonious in the past, the Shirpini tribe had suffered such a disastrous defeat. Once other tribes had bad ideas, they would be close to the Penteni and Cain tribes. Beneventum in Utini is in some danger, and he must rush back as soon as possible to take charge.

Abenirum, another important town of the Hirpini tribe, was killed in battle by the great leader Willoni and captured by his son Galni.

The chaos in Abenitum is not comparable to that of Pentney. Its entire tribe, from the big leader Torek to the leaders below, are almost either killed or captured. It will probably take a long time for the entire tribe and territory to stabilize again. period of time.

After the Dionia-Potentia coalition easily occupied Kopsa, they discussed "whether to continue attacking northward."

Pollet strongly demanded to continue the offensive. He believed that the Samonites had suffered heavy losses and their morale was low, and the abandonment of Kopsa was a typical example. We should take this opportunity to completely eradicate the threat of the Samonites in the north.

Printors objected: First of all, the mountainous terrain to the north of Copsa is getting higher and higher, and the terrain is more complex, and the Lucanian and Potentian soldiers in the army are completely unfamiliar with this area. If you go deep into the area rashly, you will easily be ambushed, and it will also be quite difficult to transport supplies.Besides, Dionia's military focus at this time is on Syracuse, and it is not appropriate to expand the war, lest the alliance be unable to maintain two-sided operations.

Alexis supported Printors' view, but he also had his own unique idea: to try to attack Irna.

Enona is the only seaport town of the Samnite people in the west. In fact, it was not built by the Samnite people, but a city-state established by the Campanian Greeks, but it suffered the same fate as Poseidonia. Destiny, it was occupied by the Samnites hundreds of years ago.Previously, Syracuse's food to support Samone's army was transported from the port of this town.

Enona is in the north of Poseidonia, more than 40 miles apart, the terrain between the two cities is flat, there are no mountains, only lush forests, and the entire coast has no cliffs or reefs, but soft sandy beaches.If this was the land of the Greeks, they would have cut down trees to make ships, leveled the land for farming, and filled in the tidal flats to build towns and ports. However, the Samnites did not have the rare and rare things that their tribes obtained in this area. Build towns on flat land.According to the investigation of the mountain forest reconnaissance team, the larger Samoni tribe settlement closest to the coast is more than 20 miles away and is on the edge of the mountainous area.

Enona has almost no fleet, so the luggage needed by the Daibo coalition army can be transported by sea, which is the greatest benefit for the army preparing to go north. How could Alexis give up this great opportunity, so he asked Bole With Special's consent, the decision was quickly made: to attack Enona.

Originally, Alexis decided to leave Potentia's troops to garrison Kopsa, but Pollet insisted on participating in the attack on the Samnites.

Alexis had no choice but to lead a brigade and some Potentian warriors to guard Kopsa. Alexis himself led about 5000 Daibo coalition troops to march north along the coast.And the fleet full of luggage set out from Poseidonia to accompany it.

The area the army passed through was originally the territory of the Shirpini tribe, but at this time, the Samnite people of the Shirpini tribe were leaderless. In addition, in order to invade Potentia, the great leader Viranni almost drained the youth of each tribe. In their prime, the Samnite warriors who have now been lucky enough to escape death and capture are either on the run, or have just fled home in shock. Who dares to stop them when they hear that the Dionian army is attacking!They took their families and fled to the mountains one after another.Therefore, the coalition forces successfully arrived at the city of Enona without any disturbance.

Enona was originally a medium-sized city-state, but after it was occupied by the Samonites, most of the Samonite tribes did not want to live by the sea, so not many tribes moved here, and instead it became a small city.It happened that the soldiers in the city were recruited to fight south, and only about one-third of the people fled back. When they heard that the Dionian army was attacking, the whole city was horrified.

In the early days when the Samnites occupied Enona, the armies of the Campania League attacked many times in an attempt to recapture Enona. The Samnites in the city defended the city while attacking the Hill in the mountains. The chief of Pini asked for help, and assembled an army to repel the Campanians. As a result, the Campanians failed many times.As time goes by, the power of the Samnites has grown day by day, threatening the core area of ​​the Campania League. The Campania League, led by Naples, has no time to take care of itself and has no intention of recapturing the long-lost Hainault. Na, so the territory of Enona has not seen war for decades, and they often cross the mountains to the north to harass the Campanians.

Now, Dionia's army is coming, and the Enona people are disturbed to find that the city of Enona has not been repaired for many years, and the city defense is almost slack, but the Samonei army suffered a disastrous defeat, and the mountains were in chaos. They sent people to the mountains for help. Who can I go to? !

The Enona people panicked, and how could they abandon their century-old homeland like this? Just as they were hesitating, Alexis led the army and arrived.

He did not attack the city immediately, but calmly let the troops build camps and unload the baggage brought by the fleet anchored on the nearby beach.

Two days later, he planted all the captured flags of the Samnite tribe under the city of Enona one by one. Then he gathered ten ballistae and fired stone bullets together, knocking down a wooden sentry tower behind the city wall, causing a burst of chaos in the city. After exclaiming, he sent people to shout outside the city, ordering the other party to surrender.

The terrified Samonites had an emergency discussion, and one of the elders said something thought-provoking: "People, the situation here has changed dramatically. For a long time, it will not be possible to protect Enona outside the mountains, and Enona, which is far away from the mountains, is extremely vulnerable to enemy attacks. Even if the Dionians do not come to attack, the Campanians in the north , The Potentians in the south will take advantage of the decline of the tribe to come to revenge, Enona will never have peace! Why not take advantage of this war, which has caused a large number of tribes in the mountains to decrease, and we can move at this time. There are some good settlements for us to choose from..."

After a fierce debate, his suggestion was finally recognized by most people, so the Enona people quickly sent envoys out of the city to meet with Alexis, saying: The Enona people are willing to dedicate the city as long as Dio The Nigerians were able to let the whole city leave safely.

Despite Pollet's objections, Alexis accepted the proposal without hesitation. It was nothing to be able to obtain this highly strategic town without any bloodshed and allow thousands of Samnites to leave with their belongings.

The Enona people passed by the heavily guarded coalition camp uneasily. The Third Army strictly abided by the previous agreement and did not make any infringement on them, allowing Dionia's reputation of "keeping its promises" to be confirmed and spread again.

After the Third Army successfully entered Enona, Alexis stopped military operations and only asked the mountain reconnaissance team to monitor the movements of the Samonites in the mountains. At the same time, he ordered the soldiers to seize the time to strengthen the city defense.

The battle report that the army led by Davos defeated the Syracuse army in the battle reached Alexis even earlier than Puamote received the news. After all, there was the convenience of sea routes.

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