ancient greece mediterranean ruler

Chapter 302 Prelude to War Continued

Pian Lun nodded. He could only remind them that although he was elected as the new leader of the alliance, in fact he had no right to interfere with the management of these tribal towns.He turned around and asked Sedorum: "Picosis and Potentia have agreed to form an alliance with us. Do you think they will attack the Dionians?"

"It's hard to say..." Cedorum mused: "Because the Dionians are attacking us now, not them. Judging from Xinsinaga's cunning character, he will never take the lead in attacking Unless we let the Dionians be defeated!"

There was a little disappointment in Pian Lun's eyes, but he soon returned to normal. He encouraged everyone loudly: "Everyone, as long as we resist the attack of the Dionia people, and persist for half a month or a month to prevent Diolilia from entering Buenos Aires!" In the Luti Mountains, their fighting spirit will be frustrated, their food transportation will also encounter difficulties, and the Lucanians who are oppressed by the Dionians will also take the opportunity to rebel, and the Dionians will inevitably be in trouble !Then it is time for us to fight back, completely defeat the blockade of Dioria, and seize the fertile plain land of the Greeks for our children and grandchildren!"

Pianlun's encouraging words made everyone excited, and Nikuru even shouted: "Defeat the Dionians!"

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Building roads in winding and rugged mountains is a huge and complex project. It not only consumes a lot of manpower and material resources, but also tests a country's engineering technology level.The construction of Turiyi-Laos Avenue started early last year. Laos, Turiyi, and Niutum have invested a lot of manpower, but it has not yet been completed.Therefore, the [-] troops led by Davos and the huge baggage team wandered in the mountains for five days before reaching the Lahe Fortress.

Xilos led the Fourth Army to arrive outside the city of Trina. The generals and council members of Trina came out of the city to greet him. Sipulos introduced Xilos one by one, and the atmosphere was very friendly.

Hilos declined the Trina people's kindness to invite him to the city for a banquet, insisting on staying with the soldiers, winning the praise of many dignitaries.

He led his army to camp on the coast ten miles northwest of the city of Trina. This is the exit of the sea pass and is only eleven or twelve miles away from the city of Knapetia.

After Xiros arranged the camp building, he immediately took his guards and Sipulos to the outside of Knapetia.

There are cliffs on the left and mountains on the right. The seaside road leading to the Cosenza Plateau is not wide, and the city of Knapetia is even narrower. It seems that the length of the city is no more than 200 meters, but it is It completely blocked the access road; the city was not big, but it was cut out of bluestone; the city wall was only four meters high, but the whole city was on a high ground. From where Xilos was, straight ahead, the road ran diagonally upward, shrinking more and more. The narrower...

The soldiers had to spend a lot of energy just marching to the city, not to mention dodging the enemy's arrows and javelins.Fortunately, the geographical environment of Asprostum City is somewhat similar to it, and the soldiers also have experience in this area during their daily training.

Hilos observed the condition of the road and wondered whether the two siege equipment just equipped to the Third Army could be pushed to the bottom of the city.

Seeing Xiros staring at the city of Knapetia without saying a word for a long time, Sipros thought that he was frightened by the difficulty of attacking the city, so he reminded him: "There are several trails in the mountains nearby that can bypass Knapetia. Napetia, north to Cosenza.”

"Really?!" Hilos turned his head suddenly.

"Yes, otherwise how could the Xilu people and the tribesmen who resisted Cosenza escape from Bruti."

"So do the people here know?" Hilos pointed to the city of Knapetia ahead.

Sipulos understood what he meant and said with certainty: "Of course they know."

Xiros had no luck, but he still decided to send someone to conduct reconnaissance after returning.

"I heard that Knapetia has a port." Hieros asked again.

"There is indeed a port, but it's not big." Sipulos said, dismounted and walked towards the cliff.

Silos did not try to be brave and dismounted. He did not think that he had good horse control skills. If the horse was frightened when he was riding on the edge of the cliff, the fourth legion might have to lose one of its commanders before the battle started.

"Over there!" Sipulos pointed forward, his voice seemed a bit ethereal under the strong sea breeze.

Hilos looked intently. On this cliff protruding from the land, with the height difference of nearly [-] meters from the sea, his sight could touch the coast a few miles north of the city of Knapetia, where he saw a piece of land. On the flat land, there is a small beach with a simple pier and a few dozen boats moored...

Sipulos introduced: "According to the intelligence of the Xilu people and the observation that our ships often pass through the city of Knapetia, the port of Knapetia was built at the mouth of the Savuto River——"

"The Savuto River?"

"The Savuto River is a big river in the territory of Knapetia. Although the city in front of us is surrounded by mountains or the sea, it seems very barren. In fact, it is not far to the north, surrounded by the Savuto River. There is a small plain, and you can reach Cosenza smoothly by going north along the Savuto Valley." Speaking of this, Sipulos showed a contemptuous smile: "It is said that the Brutians originally conquered Knapetia. The city was built here because they were worried that we would destroy and plunder their farmland and pastures on the Savuto Plain. But we Trina people can’t even cultivate the fertile land on the Euphemia Plain, so we will covet this small town. It’s a small plain, but their city is ten miles away from the Savuto River. It’s very inconvenient for work, so they had to build another small town on the bank of the Savuto River——”

"How is the defense of this town?" Xilos suddenly interrupted Sipulos.

"I heard that this town has no walls."

Hilos breathed a sigh of relief. He didn't want to spend a lot of effort to capture Knapetia, and he didn't want to spend more effort to capture the town before he could completely occupy this Bruti territory.

"In the past, Knapetia did not have abundant production, poor shipbuilding technology, and had little contact with other Italian city-states. Therefore, there was almost no maritime trade despite the port, but..." Sipulos said worriedly: "Now The Bruti tribe alliance was established. This is the only port for the Bruti people. I believe it will develop soon..."

Hilos nodded, but they did not know that the Brutians had passed through this simple dock, broke through the blockade of Dionia, and formed an alliance with Picosis and Potentia.

"Legion Commander, look!" At this time, the guard reminded loudly.

I saw the city gate of Knapetia opened wide, and a group of people rushed out.

"Let's go!" Hilos ordered, and the whole team returned to the camp calmly.

"See, the Dionians are all cowards!" Nikuru held a spear and laughed wildly.

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Davos arrived at the Dala River Fortress, where Sesta and Hieronymus, who had received the news, were already waiting there.

"Lord Consul, the people of Niutum have been mobilized and will follow the arrangements of the city hall. They will carry food and baggage for our troops, build camps, and transport the wounded..." Sesta reported proactively.

"Don't those Lucanian tribes have any objections?"

"On the contrary, they are very happy to see the Bruti people conquered. The stronger Dionia is, the safer they are, and the non-Greek race of Lucania will not be the only one who belongs to Dionia in the future. They We are also willing to provide a garrison for the legion, but in that case, our soldiers will have to be careful of Lucanian women breaking into their tents at night. You must know that Greek citizens of Dionia are very popular now!" Sesta joked said.

Davos heard it interesting and laughed.He looked at Cesta and said with some emotion: "Lord Cesta, I think when you were a mercenary, you had never held public office in a city-state or even had experience in managing a city."

Cesta shook his head: "Back then, I worked so hard just to have a bite of bread to eat. How could I have imagined that we would be here today? This is all because of the unimaginable changes you have brought to us!"

"Opportunities are provided, and you must be able to seize them. As a mercenary with no experience in city-state management, you resolutely chose to leave the familiar army and come to this unfamiliar land to face Luca, who was still full of hostility at the time. Ninian people are not afraid of difficulties, work hard, and solve problems boldly. To this day, I can say that Ninian Utum is completely the territory of Dionia! Sesta, your work is very good! Not only me I think so, and others in the Senate think so too! You are now the most administratively experienced Senate senator among our mercenaries! When your term ends next year, I think the Senate will have more important tasks for you!" Dai! Firth did not hesitate to express his appreciation for Cesta in words.

After hearing this, Sesta was both proud and excited. He still remained somewhat sober: "Sir, you are the one who most needs administrative experience among our mercenaries!"

"Me?" Davos looked around and said, "That doesn't count. Don't you all say that I am the one favored by God? That is all the credit of Hades!"

The crowd burst into laughter.

"Sir." Hieronymus couldn't help but said: "What is the mission of our Third Army in this war?" The last time the reinforcements to Tarantum were not included in the Third Army, this time the war mobilization has again Without giving specific instructions to the Third Army, Hieronymus was inevitably a little anxious.

Davos looked at the legion commander who simply moved his family to Niutum in order to facilitate the training and command of the Third Legion, and did not even attend the usual meetings of the Senate. He felt the same way in his heart: If it were said that Star had political ambitions, and this taciturn man made his home in the military camp, so even though he was a Greek, most of the Third Army he commanded were Lucanians, who once hated the Greeks. The Lucanian warriors are very convinced of him, and this is the reason.

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