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Chapter 438 Danger, Heraclea!

Davos and the Dionysian Senate never expected that Dionysius had already made the idea of ​​Tarantum, and the people of Tarantum faced the rise of Dionia in the past two years. He is getting more and more lost, and his rejection of Dionia is getting stronger and stronger. Therefore, Diomelas, a citizen of Tarantum who made a big mistake, was able to be re-elected as a consul. accidental.

After Diomiras and the Tarentum Senate received Dionysius's assurance, they secretly contacted the pro-Tarentum people in their former allies, and on the other hand, they observed the battle situation in Magna Graecia and put on a show. The posture of standing aside and watching.After all, they have seen the strength of the Dionian army with their own eyes, and they dare not take risks without great confidence.It was not until the end of the Great Battle of Silitium that the news of "Syracuse's great victory and the rapid occupation of the cities of Silitium and Trina" reached Tarantum, and the Tarantum Senate finally made a decision. determination.

The process of capturing Metapontum was actually very simple: early in the morning, the Tarantum army raided Metapontum, and the pro-Talentum sent out the city guards, secretly opened the city gate, and led them to raid the city beyond. The pro-Dionian faction headed by Tudpress (since Metapontum joined the unit alliance, with the support of Dionia, Tudpress has always been in control of the right to mobilize the army).

"General, congratulations on taking Metapontum!" Isalocas and others came to congratulate Diomelas.

"No, Tarantum did not capture the city, but the people of Metapontum themselves got rid of the control of Dionia and returned to the embrace of the motherland!" Dai, who has been sinking in Tarantum for several years, Omelas is obviously calmer than before.

"You are right, General! Metapontum is a sub-state of Tarantum. They believe in Poseidon and Frantus, not Hades. They should be united together!" Salokas immediately took over the conversation and expressed his feelings.

"Lord Isalocas, the Tarantum Senate hopes that you will serve as the sole consul of Metapontum and lead the people and Tarantum to jointly deal with the current complex situation in Magna Graecia!" In fact, Tarantum The Senate of Tum had already made an agreement with Issalocas before, and Diomelas announced it in public at this moment to publicly show his support for Issalocas.

"Thank you to the Tarantum Senate and General Diomelas for your trust! I will definitely make Metapontum the most trustworthy ally of Tarantum, and at the same time restore peace to it!" Isa Locas made the promise with an excited look on his face.

Diomelas nodded and said in a commanding tone: "Please prepare the sacrifices immediately. I am going to the Acropolis to worship Poseidon, thank him for his help and forgive us for our offenses!"

"Get it done right away." Isalocas gave a few instructions to the person next to him, and the person flew away.

Isalocas turned back and said: "There is one more thing that I hope you will pay attention to, General. Tudeples did not catch it!"

"This traitor ran away?!" Diomelas frowned.

"He is very smart and has been prepared for a long time. When you first entered the city, he immediately led some people to run away from the west gate. We were small and couldn't stop them at all, and many soldiers were injured or killed." Isalo Cass said sadly.

Others also expressed their best efforts and showed Diomelas the injuries they had received.

"Okay!" Diomiras interrupted them loudly. The nagging of these people would only make him irritated: "Tudeples runs west, but he can't escape."

Diomelas sneered, catching Tudeples was just a trivial matter, he was more concerned about the progress of the troops led by Eumarchus.

So, he said to Isalocas: "I will leave a large group of soldiers to help you stabilize the situation in Metapontum. When I come out of the Acropolis, I will lead the army to Heraclea. Transport baggage and supplies The task of providing food will be left to you.”

"Don't worry, I'll make arrangements."

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While Tarantulu attacked Metapontum, he also launched an attack on Heraclea.

Since Heraclea was separated from Tarantum by land by Metapontum, in order to achieve the effect of a surprise attack, Tarantum's offensive troops could only come from the sea.When Heraclea's inner circle sees Tarentum's sea fleet landing, they can be ready, cooperate inside and outside, and open the city gates for the attacking troops.

However, ever since Davos sent someone to remind him, Triphias, the consul of Heraclea, has been cautious about the east, and has repeatedly warned the city and port guards to always be vigilant.Therefore, when Tarentum's fleet took advantage of the early morning fog to quietly approach the coast of Heraclea, the sentry at the Heraclea Port Lighthouse discovered them in time.

So the alarm bells in Heraclea rang, and the citizens immediately armed themselves and strengthened the city's defense.

Heraclea is different from Metapontum in that it was only founded a few decades ago and is further away from Tarantum. The influence of Tarantum is not as deep as that of Metapontum.On the contrary, in recent years, it has had close contact with its neighboring country, Dionia, and has been increasingly influenced by its culture and trade. On the contrary, more and more citizens prefer Dionia.Therefore, Tarantum's internal forces in the city were very small, and how could they dare to confront the citizen soldiers? Seeing that the city was heavily defended, they dared not act rashly, so they immediately stopped and hid.

Even more fortunately, the city of Heraclea was built a bit strangely. It was located at the narrowest point between the Agri River and the lower Basinto River, so the Tarantum army could not land on the river bank near the city because The narrow area will make the landing slow and the troops cannot be fully deployed. Once the Heracleians attack decisively, the Tarentum people who are still landing will be in big trouble.Landing on the coast on the south side of the Agri River will most likely be attacked from the front and rear by Heraclea and Dionia, so Umarcas had to choose the landing point on the coast on the north side of the Basento River.

Tarentum soldiers began to come ashore quickly...

Since Tarantum's fleet entered the Basento River to patrol, the Heracleians did not dare to rush to send troops across the river to attack the landing enemies.

Triphias made a prompt decision and sent people to burn down the wooden bridge on the Basento River not far north of the city of Heraclea. At the same time, he also sent messengers riding fast horses to Thurii to ask for help from Dionia.But other than that, the Heracleians were at their wits' end and watched as Tarentum's troops gathered on the coast.

By the time Tarantum's army arrived at the Basento River, the wooden bridge on the river had been burned to charcoal.

Yumacas had no choice but to order the troops to cooperate with the fleet to build a pontoon bridge.

During this period, Triphias decisively led his troops out of the city, attacked the ships with rockets, and interrupted Tarantum's bridge-building operation...

Because of Heraclea's harassment, several of Tarantum's passenger ships were burned. Umarchus was at a loss for what to do and had to urge Diomeras' troops to come as soon as possible...

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During this period an incident occurred.

Tudeples took the remaining troops and fled westward under the pursuit of the enemy. As a result, he saw the landing Tarentum people from a distance.

There were obstacles in front and pursuers behind. People traveling with him asked Tudepres in panic: What should I do?
Tudpris didn't have time to think about it, and said resolutely: "Let's run north!"

"There are terrible Garacusos in the north!" someone exclaimed,
"Are the Garacuso people more terrifying than the Tarantum people who want our lives at the moment? What's more, they are also allies of Dionia like us!" After saying that, Tudepreis took the lead to go north. Run in the mountains ahead.

At this critical moment, others had no other choice but to follow him over the mountains.

They arduously entered Garaguso's sphere of influence, and were finally surrounded by the Lucanians.

After Tudeples expressed his intention to come, the Lucanians of Garacuso not only fought off the pursuers, but also took them to see the big leader.

The leader of Galaguso is different from the leader of other Lucanian tribal alliances, not because of the strength of his tribe and his own political ability, but according to the ancient Lucanian tradition, through the tribal leader After a competition between them, he finally won and took this position. Therefore, its leader Cullom was a young and strong man.

After learning the whole story from Tudeples, he and the priests of Garacuso discussed and decided to temporarily allow these Metapontum refugees to settle in the valley, and strictly ordered the tribes not to harm them. .

You must know that in the past, the Galagusos used to be very hostile to the Metapontums. In recent years, because of Dionia's relationship, the relationship between the two parties has gradually eased.But the reason why there is such a big change in attitude this time is not only because Galaguso and Metapontum are Dionia's allies, but more importantly, Galaguso has just obtained the power from Potentia. News: The Dionian army, led by Consul Davos, defeated the invading Samnites.

To the Greeks, the Samnites were just another savage mountain race.However, the Lucanian tribes living in Garaguso know this powerful neighbor in the north very well, because their ancestors lived in the Beneventum area a hundred years ago, and it was the Samnites who drove them away. Got here.

The Galagusos have been passed down from generation to generation, and they are deeply afraid of the Samonites in their bones.When they heard that nearly 5 Samnite invaded Potentia, the first thought that came to the Garacuso people was: We may have to move again.

Therefore, they always pay attention to the movements of the Samonites. As a result, after Daves led the small Dionian army to completely defeat the Samnites, the Galagusos were greatly shocked.

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