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Chapter 601: Reminiscing about Maple’s past ([-])

The two races with the same ancestor had irresolvable hatred because of this river. When the Pucheti people, led by King Tremoni, put aside their past prejudices and formed an alliance with the Messapian people, , the strength of the Pucheti people was growing rapidly. They quickly recaptured the previously lost city of Canusion, and also crossed the Ofanto River several times and invaded the land on the north bank.

While the Daoni people were worried about the increasingly powerful rivals in the south, shocking news came from the south six years ago: Pucheti, a century-old enemy, was defeated by a kingdom called Dionia, and King Tremoni died in battle!After a few years, the territory of the Puchetti people in Nuoda completely changed its owners.

Although the Daoni people had previously known that Dionia was a powerful kingdom and that the entire southern Italy was its territory, they had always been calm. Some Daoni people even thought that the Dionia were their friends because Dionia has fought many battles with the Puchetti people in the past, and even defeated the Map coalition in one fell swoop seven years ago.But when the Dionians conquered Pucetti and expanded their territory to the south bank of the Ofanto River, the Dauni people finally panicked.

When the Dauni envoy tremblingly stepped into the magnificent grand meeting hall of Turui, King Dionia received him warmly, and readily agreed to sign a two-year friendly peace agreement with Dauni.

The Daoni people put aside their worries and spent two years easily. When they proposed to renew the contract again, this time the Dionia Senate made a request-let Daoni transfer the land on the north bank of the Ofanto River to The land along the coast was assigned to Dionia.Their reason is that the Puchetti people have always insisted that these lands were originally owned by them, but were later seized by the Daoni people. Now the Puchetti people have become one of the people of the Kingdom of Dionia, and the Dionians Nia has a reason to seek justice for its citizens.

Of course, it was impossible for the Downey people to agree to this request, so the contract renewal failed, the negotiations broke down, and the war began.

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As a Puchetti man, the turmoil and changes that Ellems has experienced and witnessed over the years are far beyond what he could compare to in the quiet first half of his life:
More than ten years ago, King Tremoni launched the largest attack on the Dauni people. The result was a disastrous defeat and the loss of Canusian, an important town on the south bank of the Ofanto River. During that time, Erums experienced During the most difficult period, not only was there a lack of food, there was not enough to eat, but there was also a fear of further invasion by the Daoni people.Fortunately, Tremoni recognized the reality, took the initiative to surrender, signed an armistice agreement with the Dauni people, and soon formed an alliance with Messape. Not only did he gain half of the city of Brindisi, but also the Tarantum army. Frustration after failure.

When Ellems and his comrades thought that their good days were coming, Dionia's army appeared.In the battle in the Anlern Hills, Ellems and his comrades were defeated by the Dionians while occupying a favorable location. Although the loss was not large, it gave them who claimed to be brave and brave against Dionia. Fear forced the Mep Allied Forces to sign an armistice agreement with Tarantum, which caused the Dionysians to leave the Apulian region. Both the Puchetti and the Messapians breathed a sigh of relief. .

In the following years, Pucetti gradually regained its strength with the help of Meshapi and the nourishment of Brindisi sea trade. King Tremoni couldn't wait to launch another war against the Dauni people. Si also took up arms and went to the battlefield... This time they won the victory, recaptured the city of Canusian, and drove the Dauni people back to the north bank of the Ofanto River.

Just as Tremoni was preparing to lead his army to continue to attack the north coast of Ofantuo, the Messapians sent an envoy to invite their king to send troops to attack Tarentum.It turned out that Tarantum stupidly broke the alliance with Dionia and sent troops to attack Dionia. As a result, he suffered a disastrous defeat and almost none of the soldiers who went on the expedition could escape.Moreover, the Dionians were attacked by another force that was more powerful than it. It was hard to say whether they could win or not.Even ordinary people like them thought this was a great opportunity. Of course, King Tremoni readily agreed to the Messapian people's suggestion.When the news came out, Ellems and other compatriots cheered. After all, the Tarentum people were much easier to fight than the Dauni people, and they were also richer than the Dauni people.

Erums once again accompanied the army on the campaign.As expected, the Maple Allied Forces easily occupied a large area of ​​Tarantum's land and advanced to the gates of Tarantum City.Although attacking the city is a headache, they have an army of 4, and there are not many Tarentum soldiers in the city. Ellems saw with his own eyes that there were even old men and young people serving as soldiers on the city to defend them against the attack. city.After seeing this situation, Ellems and his comrades were confident that they would eventually capture Tarantum City. However, after more than ten days of continuous attacks, Tarantum City still stood firm.Especially later on, a strange phenomenon occurred. Every time they attacked at dusk, they felt that the Tarantum people were almost unable to resist. They were rushed to the top of the city by Mapu coalition soldiers many times, but by the second The defenders at the top of Tiancheng seemed to have changed again, full of fighting spirit and strength.

At this time, a message was also spread in the camp that "the Dionysians have completely defeated their enemies", and someone saw the Dionysian envoy entering the central tent of the Maple Alliance Army.Ellems later learned that the envoy had come to issue an ultimatum, asking them to withdraw immediately, because Tarantum had become the "free city" of Dionia.

Ellems still doesn't understand what a "free city" is, but he knows that King Tremoni and the governors of Messapius must be very unwilling, so they launched the largest scale of attacks the next day. siege battle, but the garrison at the head of Tarentum almost doubled, and the final result, of course, ended in failure.The actions of the Map coalition obviously angered the Dionians, and bad news soon came the next day: "Their combined fleet was attacked by the Dionian navy in the Gulf of Taranto, and only five warships escaped. battlefield."

King Tremony and the Meshapi finally decided to retreat before the Dionysian army returned to Turui.When the news came, Elems and his comrades breathed a sigh of relief. They were tired of the frustration of constantly climbing the city wall but not being able to fight the enemy face to face. The Dionians fight.

In the following years, Ellems lived a very peaceful life, except for occasionally crossing the river with the tribal leader to attack the Daoli people.But he knew that King Tremoni and the big shots were not living well. Although Dionya had always maintained that he had not committed any crime against Puchetti, he had also repeatedly rejected the "proposal" proposed by the envoys of Puchetti and Mesapi. The requirement to form an alliance or sign a friendly agreement with Dionia".Ellems clearly felt the uneasiness of the tribal leaders. Not only did they call the tribesmen for military training more frequently, they even forced tribesmen like him who were over 35 years old and whose physical strength had begun to decline to participate.

The judgment of the king and the leaders was correct. Four years after the siege of Tarentum, Dionysia declared war on Pucetti and Messapi. The reason for the declaration of war was "to tear up the truce for these two races." Agreement and joint attack on Tarantum to seek justice."

Ellems felt funny every time he thought about it.Didn't Tarantum also tear up the covenant and attack Dionia?Dionia actually wants to seek justice for Tarantum? !But considering that Tarantum has become a city of the Dionian Kingdom, of course the Dionians can only set their sights of revenge on the independent Pucetti and Messape.

Ellems, who is almost 40 years old, like his former comrades, was inspired by the slogan "Defend Homeland" to pick up the shield and spear again and rush to the front line.

After a period of preparation, rendezvous, marching, reconnaissance, and small-scale battles... After a period of preparation, the Maple Allied Forces finally decided to fight the Dionians in the territory of Brindisi.

Ellems will never forget that day.The Map Alliance Army has indeed made careful preparations in recent years. Its number of soldiers is as high as more than 6. This is a huge army that Ellems has never seen in his life. The soldiers are lined up from north to south, as far as the eye can see... ...And the Dionian soldiers on the opposite side are more numerous, and they are all uniformed with armor and weapons. They stand there quietly, like a hard black reef on the seaside, which is daunting...

Pucheti and Messapian warriors have never been good at defense, so as soon as the horn sounded, everyone roared and charged forward...

Then waves of bows and arrows covering the sky and the sun were shot from the opposite side, seemingly endlessly...

Then came another more powerful rain of javelins...

Ellems watched helplessly as his comrades beside him were continuously hit by arrows and fell to the ground. The originally thick military formation was shot out one after another, just like the bark of a tree that was bitten by insects and ants and had holes everywhere.

Then he heard the enemies roaring in unison and began to charge. They were like dark clouds before a storm, pressing down on them. He was so nervous that his breathing almost stopped, and his palms were all sweaty.

The two armies collided and engaged in a bloody fight.The young and vigorous warriors at the front of the Pucheti military formation continued to attack the steel military formation built by the Dionian soldiers with their bloody courage. However, just like the violent sea tide raging against the rocks, it was in vain in the end.

More than half an hour later, the Dionian army formation was motionless, and they were slowly retreating.Ellems, who was at the rear, could hear from the noisy killing sounds that most of the screams came from the mouths of the Pucheti warriors, so he was frightened.

When he heard a soldier yelling in panic, "The enemy is coming from the flank!", he turned around and fled without hesitation.The comrades around him were all making the same choice as him.

(End of this chapter)