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Chapter 253 Raid on Grumentum

Thinking of Davos's possible strategic plan in the future, Zantiparis took a breath: "Tormid, it seems that I will not be able to leave the battlefield for the rest of my life!"

"At least you don't have to worry about not having the chance to become a legion commander or even a senator!" Tormid said excitedly.

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Grumentum is a mountain city. Unlike the hill occupied by Amendolara, which is less than 200 meters high, the hill occupied by Grumentum is about 300 meters high.

At first, the wooden city wall of Grumentum City was built at the foot of the mountain. Later, when Akpiru was the great leader, it expanded massively, annexed and incorporated the surrounding small tribes, and moved into Grumentum City. No less, the city had to be expanded outwards, thus doubling the area of ​​Grumentum City and dividing the entire city into three parts: most of the outer city was composed of newly moved people, The tribes that were incorporated were inhabited; the inner city was inhabited by tribes that originally belonged to Grumentum; and the core area was the top of the mountain, which also had wooden walls and was inhabited by the tribe of the big leader.In the heyday of Grumentum, there were nearly 3 residents in Guangcheng.

However, after Davos's mercenaries defeated the Lucalian tribal coalition forces and Akpiru was seriously injured and unconscious, Lusau lacked prestige and it was difficult to unify the tribes of Glumentum. War broke out and some tribes within Grumentum territory began to flee.After Cincinnag captured Grumentum, in order to control the whole city, he used tricks to kill the leaders of the tribes in the city and those who disobeyed him, which made everyone feel insecure and alienated. This city, so that the population in the city has been greatly reduced, and the number of people is no longer enough to defend this big city.Therefore, after Potentia declared war, Sinsinaga moved all the residents into the inner city and burned the outer city walls and houses.

After the Potentians became the new masters of Grumentum, they did not rebuild the outer city.At this time, the inner city had three gates in the east, west and south, with a cliff to the north.

Borat's initial deployment was: 500 Potentian warriors were stationed in each of the three city gate areas, followed by the scattered tribes of the original Grumentum, and above that were the tribes of Lusau. The reserve force in the event of a war also monitors the movements of these tribes. Once there are signs of rebellion, the war can be easily settled by attacking from above and below. In the core area of ​​​​the mountain top, Pollet leads 500 elite Potentia warriors. high command.

It's just that this deployment was sabotaged not long after it was implemented, and the saboteur was Lusau.After his strength increased, he no longer wanted to obey Pollet's orders, especially since he had been defeated miserably by Xinsinag and was almost trapped in the city and captured alive, so he strongly demanded to guard a city gate area.

Pollet was finally forced to let Lusau garrison the south gate.And because of Lusau's oppression of the people in the city, the tribes in the city were unwilling to live in the Nancheng District, and instead concentrated in the Dongchengmen District.

Pollet is actually very aware of the current situation in the city and is deeply uneasy, but his prestige and strength are not enough to deter the increasingly domineering Lusau. At the same time, because of Lusau's chaos, Potentia They imitated the dissatisfaction of others, making him gradually unable to control his group of warriors from various tribes in Potentia.The anger of the residents of Grumentum grew day by day. Pollet felt as if he was sitting in the crater of a volcano. This sense of crisis made him finally decide to send people back to Potentia to accuse his eldest brother Puamote of his current situation. Difficulty, and requested that Lusau be transferred and more Potentian warriors be sent to stabilize the situation in Grumentum.

After finally making this decision, Pollet seemed to relax a lot. In the past two days, he actively patrolled the city and reprimanded the leader of the East City Gate for the lax security.

That day, it was almost dusk when Pollet returned to his residence on the top of the mountain. He felt hungry, so he asked the guard to roast a leg of lamb and bring a jug of wine to eat and drink.

At this moment, he vaguely heard the shouting of killing coming from the bottom of the mountain.You know, this mountain city is several hundred meters high. You can hear the sounds below the mountain from the top of the mountain, which shows that there is a lot of movement.

Pollet's expression suddenly changed. He immediately ran out of his residence and met the sentry who hurriedly came to report: "Chief, there are enemies attacking the city! The Grumentum people in the city attacked our soldiers!"

"What?!" The sentry's words were like a bolt from the blue, shocking Pollet.

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At dusk, it was the meal time for the soldiers. While eating cheese, beef and mutton, the Potentians vented their dissatisfaction with their leader Polet, who had tormented them badly in the past two days.

When they had eaten, drank, and felt comfortable, the horn suddenly sounded. When the leaders and team officers drove the soldiers out of the camp anxiously, many people still didn't believe that the war happened so suddenly without warning. Coming.

They hurriedly picked up their weapons and organized their ranks.

The enemy's attack was very rapid. As soon as they broke out of the dense forest and were exposed to the sight of the sentries in the city, they quickly approached the east, west and south sides of Grumentum City at the fastest speed...

The sentries on the wooden wall of the east gate watched helplessly as the enemies in the mountains and fields ahead were forced to converge on several narrow mountain roads leading to each city gate, restricted by the rugged hills, dense wooden fences and deer villages. .

At this time, if a large number of arrows and javelins are thrown, those densely packed enemies will be seriously killed.However, the few dozen arrows that landed in the enemy's formation couldn't make a big wave at all.

"Hurry! Hurry! Hurry!! The enemy is coming!!" The soldier on the city head turned around anxiously to urge his teammates who were still lingering under the city. Suddenly his voice stopped: above the Potentia camp, A team of hundreds of people held spears, lined up, and charged down.

They are reinforcements sent by the Grumentum people!The soldier at the top of the city felt a little relieved, but what happened next left him stunned.

This team ran straight into the Potentian rear team who was hurriedly preparing to go up to the city. They shouted: "Go to hell! Damn Potentian pigs!..." and stabbed the spear in their hands. The Potentia warrior was at a loss...

Screams and shouts of death were heard, and the city was in chaos...

Taking advantage of the chaos in the city, the enemies outside the city had already arrived at the city. They threw the sacks filled with soil on their backs into the ditch, and soon filled in a road. Then they swarmed under the wooden wall and built a road. A long ladder...

The Potentia warriors resisted tenaciously, but most of them were fighting fiercely with Grumentum's tribal warriors in the city. There were not many warriors on the wall, but the enemy continued to attack upwards regardless of life and death. It didn't take long for the enemies to attack the city. …

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From the observatory on the top of the mountain, Polet saw the enemy constantly pouring in on the east wall of the mountain, and the line of defense was in jeopardy. He was extremely anxious: "Hold my mace, go and tell Lusau immediately that the east gate is in crisis, and ask him to send some Soldiers go and help defend the east gate, otherwise the enemy will rush into the city and no one will be able to escape!"

"Yes, leader!" The guard took the command talisman nervously.

Watching the guards rush down the mountain, Pollett was still worried, so he sent someone to order the 500 Potentia soldiers stationed on the mountainside to rush to the east gate.

After giving the order, Pollett temporarily took a breath, and had time to calm down and think: Where did the enemy come from?

A Picosis?Can they still send such a large number of warriors after just experiencing a huge defeat?
Are they Dionians?When he thought of this powerful alliance of Greek city-states in the south, Pollet felt his breath tightening.Even though Potentia is not adjacent to Dionia, it has still felt pressure from the south from time to time this year, not only because of its strength, but more importantly, the Lucanians do not reject this Greek-based This is the scariest thing about an alliance dominated by people!This terrible situation makes it impossible for the Lucarians to work together to resist this outsider!This is also the reason why the steady Puamote finally made up his mind to capture Grumentum. Only by strengthening himself can he compete with this force that is expanding at an alarming rate.Therefore, when Puamote left, he repeatedly told Pollet to focus on the trends of the Dionia Alliance.Of course, Pollet took it very seriously. He sent two hundred warriors from his tribe to guard the pass. He also sent spies south to monitor Niutum's movements. This was just because Niutum was heavily fortified and had checkpoints set up in many places. After blocking the passage to the north, the spies returned without success.

Now, there is no abnormal news from the camp guarding the pass, and the enemies attacking the city are all dressed in Lucanian costumes, which makes Polot's suspicion only stay on Dionia for a while, and then moves to The last suspicious object - Garaguso, as a group of tribes with the most ancient traditions in the Lucania region, they prefer to live in the mountains rather than on the flatlands, far away from the center of the Lucania region, in the high mountains in the northeast , built the city of Garaguso, rarely participated in the disputes between other tribal alliances for decades, and refused to alliance with other tribes, except for the alliance with several Lucanian tribes.When Akpiru unified southern Lucania, he had no intention of attacking it. Could it be that the conservative Garaguso people changed their tradition this time?

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At this time, the eastern city wall had been occupied by Dionian soldiers, and they continued to advance into the city without taking a break.

At the forefront were 500 mercenaries led by Zantiparis, and another 500 mercenaries led by Tormid to guard Niutum.

Following closely behind the mercenaries were 1500 Lucanian soldiers led by Litolu, one of the captains of the Third Legion. Those who attacked the west gate were 2000 soldiers led by Xima, and those who fought fiercely in front of the south gate were 2500 soldiers led by Bagul himself.Bagule distributed his troops almost evenly, and he had no choice but to do so. The city of Grumentum was built on the mountain, with crowded houses and narrow mountain roads. Too many troops were concentrated in one place. Not only could they not exert their power, but they It is easy to cause congestion and affect the offense.

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