ancient greece mediterranean ruler

Chapter 419 Fragile defeat
"Quick! Go call Gairni and take people to put out the fire immediately!" Vailanni hurriedly called the guards to inform his son.

As soon as the guards left, he realized that he was confused and he quickly asked the guard captain beside him to lead the guards to put out the fire immediately.

"Big leader, what about your safety?" The guard captain was a little embarrassed: The camp was so restless tonight, and they left, who would protect the big leader?

"The food is gone and the whole army is in danger, so what's the point of asking for my safety!!" Villani stamped her feet anxiously.

The Guards had no choice but to rush to the place where the fire started.

However, there are more than 25000 troops in the army, and the camp stretches for seven or eight miles. The camp is full of people and the roads are congested.

Not only did the Guards move forward slowly, but their eagerness to move forward provoked fights among the already panicked soldiers, and this conflict was gradually expanding...

It was early winter at this time, and the weather was dry. In addition, the Dionian scouts who sneaked into the camp deliberately set fire. The fire spread quickly through the wind, burning the entire baggage camp, and continued to expand to the surrounding areas, igniting Surrounding wooden fences and tents...

Villani looked at the rear where the flames were blazing, and his heart completely dropped to the bottom of his heart.

It's over!It's over! ! ... He looked dull and sat slumped on the cold ground.

However, this night was destined to be his nightmare.

"Woo!!!..." A powerful horn sound suddenly sounded around the camp, followed by countless people shouting for death suddenly...

The Potentians were unable to quietly enter the enemy camp with hundreds of warriors like the Dionian Legion, but Polet's courage and persuasion made Puamote finally make up his mind and sent 5000 soldiers.They divided into five groups, quietly descended the mountain, and hid in various places outside the forward camp of Samonai.

As soon as he saw the fire, Pollet couldn't wait to have the horns blown, and then the horns sounded in other places. With the fury of revenge, the Potentian warriors bypassed the deer village, climbed over the ditch, climbed over the earth wall, Muzha, at this time, the Samonite camp was already in panic, and the fire attracted attention. The lack of defense around the camp actually allowed the Potentians to enter the camp relatively easily, so they all became addicts. The bloody wolf slashed at the sight of a human figure and stabbed at the sound of a sound. The sounds of fighting and screams came and went, echoing throughout the camp...

The frightened Samonite people were even more frightened. In the dark night, for their own safety, they all held tightly to their weapons. As long as someone came close, they would chop and stab indiscriminately, and there was a chaos in the camp.

However, in such a chaotic situation, the Dionian scouts who had already sneaked into the camp shouted everywhere in the Samonic language they learned: "The Dionian army is coming! They want to destroy us, Run quickly!!..."

The fear was infinitely amplified in the dark night, and finally crushed the fighting spirit of the Samnite warriors. Just like the flood of Judith, they fled desperately out of the camp.For this reason, when they lose their minds, they can push down their companions, chop down their comrades who are blocking their progress, and trample the groaning tribesmen on the ground. The night becomes their accomplice in killing each other...

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Puamote, who had been worried about the war all night, stood on the city wall and watched. He heard the commotion in the Samnite camp, saw the fire lighting up half the sky in the distance, and heard the shocking fighting and screams... ...This scene lasted until late at night, and then gradually disappeared...

The spies who went to the foot of the mountain to inquire about the news came back and shouted excitedly: "The enemy has been repelled! The enemy has been repelled!..." Suddenly the whole city turned into a sea of ​​joy.

Puamot was relieved. The only thing he was worried about was the fire that was getting stronger and stronger. However, because the situation was unknown in the dark night, he did not dare to send people to put out the fire rashly.

Unexpectedly, even the gods were blessing Potentia that night, and in the second half of the night, it actually started to rain.

Puamot was completely relieved, and finally fell asleep until dawn under the constant sleepiness.

He hurried to the city, and along the way he saw smiles on the originally lifeless faces of the tribesmen. They gathered together in twos and threes, excitedly talking about last night's battle, thanking Asinu for his blessing, and from time to time there were people Ask Puamote: "When can I move back to my original settlement?"

Puamote stood on the top of the city and looked down: the Samnite camp, which once stretched for ten miles and contained countless military tents, had basically turned into a black field, with clusters of green smoke surrounding the area. It's hard for Puamote to see...

"Have Polet and the others come back?" Puamot asked the tribal leader Valer who was on duty today with concern.

"He didn't come back, but he sent someone back and said, 'They have to clean up the battlefield and will not return until later.'"

Just be fine, Paulette!Puamote thought happily.

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What Pollert calls clearing the battlefield is not that simple.Take a closer look at the Samone camp. Under the ashes of the fire and in the mud caused by heavy rain, bodies of both the enemy and ours are lying everywhere. Some are dead or even burnt to black, and some are carrying heavy injuries. Seriously injured, unconscious, some still struggling and moaning...

Last night, the Potentia soldiers led by Bruti suffered heavy losses in the chaotic battle due to their lack of night attack experience, with nearly 2000 casualties.After the fierce battle, regardless of fatigue, they recruited more people from the city to carry the wounded and corpses back to the city, and at the same time began to clean up the battlefield on the ruins within a radius of ten miles.

Inflict a few more blows on the struggling Samnites to confirm their death, and at the same time find their own people mixed in the enemy's corpses... Potentia warriors are in danger during this search. Some Samnite warriors who were not seriously injured disguised themselves as "corpses" and waited for them to get close to them and rise up to attack.After many such raids, the Potentian warriors became more cautious. They carried spears and stabbed a few corpses first if they saw a corpse that was not one of their own.

Such a vast area cannot be cleared in a short time.Behind these warriors, the members of the Dionia reconnaissance brigade were carefully counting the number of casualties among the Samonites according to the divided areas.

In the afternoon, the cleaning work came to an end.There were 5493 Samnite deaths and no injuries, because even if they survived last night's chaos, the angry Potentian warriors would kill them mercilessly when cleaning the battlefield.The rest of the Samnites fled and were scattered over the country around Potentia.It happened that during the previous invasion of the Samnites, they wiped out the area around the city of Potentia. Now the hungry Samnites will swallow the bitter fruit brewed by themselves. How to escape the pursuit of the Potentians and endure their hunger? Injuries and returning to their hometown safely have become a big problem for them.

The Potentians made great sacrifices, and with the full help of the Dionians, they finally defeated the powerful Samnites.While they were rejoicing in the aftermath of the disaster, they unexpectedly had a big surprise buried in the huge Samnite corpse pit. The chief of Shirpini and the Samnite coalition invaded Bo. The commander-in-chief of Tentia, Virany, sent out all the personal guards around him last night to maintain order and put out the fire. As a result, Pollet led his army to attack the camp, and the Samnites were in turmoil because of panic, leaving them alone. The lonely and somewhat old Villani died in the rebellion...

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In the early morning of this day, in the Temple of Hades in Thurii, Chaldeas, a Silitian, got up early as usual and walked into the main hall of the temple.

He entered the hell side, and after staying here for a long time, those horrific scenes of hell's punishments and the ferocious statue of Hades had little impact on him.He respectfully held an oil lamp and came to the seat of Hades, the king of Hades. The lamp on the oil basin in front of the statue was dancing with a green-red fire all year round. Hades's stern and solemn face was reflected in the flickering light. It adds a bit of spookiness.

Kaldeas looked calm, weighed his feet and lit the oil lamp in his hand, then knelt down facing the statue of Hades, closed his eyes slightly, spread his hands, palms up, flat on the ground, and made a sincere prayer to Pluto, hoping that he would bless him. The people of Xiliting are safe.

When he heard that the Syracusans had landed at Locle, he was eager to return to Silitium, but was persuaded by Plessinus to stop him.

Plessinas told him: Even if he returned to Xiliting, it would be just an addition of ordinary citizen soldiers to the city-state.But here, he can pray to this powerful and powerful king of hell day and night, so as to obtain the help of this god.

Chaldeas thought that the priest was right, so he stayed in Thurii.At this moment, he placed the oil lamp representing his wish on the altar table. Since it was still early and the temple had not yet opened, there was only this lonely lamp on the altar table.But at night, the table and floor were covered with oil lamps, and they would clean them up very late every time.

"Cardias, you are so sincere! I believe Hades will definitely respond to you!" A voice came from behind.

Chaldeas turned around and saluted: "Good morning, Plessinus."

The Temple of Hades is now basically spread across all cities in the territory of Dionia. It has priests, priests, saints, believers... There are many people responsible for managing the temple, and they also have high and low status among them. However, when it comes to addressing each other, the "Hades Divine Code" stipulates that only their real names can be called to demonstrate the concept of "all members are treated equally" in the Temple of Hades.

"According to the latest battle report obtained by the Senate, the Fourth and Fifth Dionysian Legions repelled an attack by the Syracuse army in Coronia and captured hundreds of people. These prisoners are now being sent On the way to Thurii, so you don't have to worry too much, Dionia is being watched and protected by Hades!" Plessinas comforted him with a gentle expression.

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