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Chapter 729 Rescue Asculum ([-])
At this moment, Hegesitus heard the rapid sound of horns coming from the city, and he couldn't help but feel nervous: Are the Samnites going to step up their attack? !

But just when he reminded the soldiers at the top of the city to prepare for the enemy's next attack, he saw the Samnites below the city begin to slowly retreat amidst shouts of dissatisfaction...

After all, the Samnites were defeated by Dionia and fought against Dionia again. The leaders of each tribe were wary.When Badani was attacking the city, he still sent spies to the southeast and northeast. At this time, he just received an urgent report from the spies: "In the southeast, there are a lot of Dionian cavalry heading towards the city of Asculom." March, its forward is not far from here!"

"The reinforcements from Dionia are coming so fast!" It has only been more than three days since Sammonai declared war and raided. Based on Badani's previous combat experience against the Greeks, the central town map of Dionia at this time I am afraid that Li has just received the news. He may be debating the war in the Senate, or he may be rushing to mobilize his citizens to participate in the war. This may take several days, so he feels that there should be plenty of time to capture Asculum. , but he did not expect that the situation suddenly took a turn for the worse, which made him a little overwhelmed, because at this time, except for the more than 100 guards around him, other soldiers were engaged in the siege battle, trying to capture the city in one fell swoop.

"Fortunately, only the cavalry came. Chief, please quickly withdraw some of the siege soldiers and organize a defense!" the tribal leader next to him reminded.

"Withdraw? How to withdraw?!" Badani looked at the warriors crowded in front of the city and fighting bravely. In anxiety, he remembered his father's warning to him before he died. He hesitated for a moment, and finally said: "I'm afraid The Dionians are not just cavalry... We must retreat! Retreat immediately!!"

Seeing Badani's resolute attitude, the leaders, no matter how unwilling they were, knew that even if victory was in sight, they could no longer attack the city. Otherwise, if the Dionian reinforcements really came to kill, their army would be attacked from both sides and would suffer a disastrous defeat. .

The retreat horn sounded, and the siege army began to retreat...

Seeing several Samnite warriors jumping directly from the top of the city, the leaders sighed sadly.

"Woo! Woo!..." A high-pitched bugle sound came from the south, and Badani immediately trembled in fright.

Soon, the ground began to tremble, like a giant drum being beaten by countless wooden hammers, making a "rumbling" sound, accompanied by dust and mist all over the sky.

"The Dionian cavalry is coming!" a Pentney leader beside Badani exclaimed.

I saw countless cavalry wearing black helmets and black armor galloping out of the dust and fog. One of the flags was raised high. The flag was fluttering in the wind. It had a Pegasus pattern on it and a large Greek embroidered below. The number "four".

"Sir, reinforcements are coming! Our reinforcements are coming!!..." On top of the city, the citizens cheered.

Hegesitus finally breathed a sigh of relief...

The Fourth Cavalry Corps did not directly attack the middle of the retreating Samnite army. Instead, it went around to the south wall, quickly spread out its formation, and began to attack the rear of the retreating Samnite army.They took advantage of the favorable opportunity when the Samnites were busy retreating and lacked effective organization, and were frightened by the surprise attack of the Dionian cavalry and were unable to counterattack collectively for a while. They ignored the danger of being attacked by the opponent's javelin and boldly approached on horseback. Within a distance of ten meters, if you invest in a short javelin, you will almost always hit it, causing a lot of damage and causing chaos.

Taking advantage of the enemy's confusion, the cavalry drove their horses to attack again, which finally led to the defeat of the Samnites.

Then, they were very experienced in driving these broken troops to attack the Samnites further ahead.

When panic spread rapidly in the team, no matter how brave the Samonite fighters could not help fleeing with their comrades around.

The retreating team was like snow rolling from the top of the mountain, getting bigger and bigger, and even the team sent by Badani to stop the Dionysian cavalry was engulfed in the fleeing crowd.

Badani finally gave up his efforts and led the guards to flee first, guiding the retreating troops behind in the direction to escape.

The Fourth Cavalry Corps did not last long in pursuit of Samnite's rout. At the foot of the mountain, it was less than six or seven miles away from the vast mountains. Moreover, the terrain along the way was uneven, so the defeated Samonei army quickly fled into the mountains.No matter how brave the Dionian cavalry were, they could not ride their horses and chase the enemy in the mountains, and could only return in despair.

This short rescue battle ended.The Samnites suffered more than 2000 casualties in the previous siege and subsequent raid by the Fourth Cavalry Corps of Dionia, while the Fourth Cavalry Corps suffered only more than a hundred casualties. The eastern theater of Dionia gained First win for Rescue Downey Region.

It wasn't until the evening that Alexis led the Tenth Army to the city of Asculom. After all, leading infantry to march was different from riding on horseback. The army set out from Pucetti's military camp, crossed the Ofanto River, and rushed to the city. Arriving at the Karapelle River, we hurried along the flat road along its banks and walked for almost a day before arriving at the city of Asculom.If the Cavalry Corps had not marched quickly and arrived in time to rescue, the city would have changed hands by the time the Tenth Corps arrived.

Hegesitus opened the city gates to welcome the reinforcements and thanked Alexis.But that was all. The Samnite siege caused a lot of casualties to the people of Asculom. Hegesitus would be busy dealing with post-war matters that night, and it was impossible for him to have any thoughts. A banquet was held in honor of their savior.

Of course Alexis didn't care about this. Instead, he ordered the soldiers of the Tenth Legion to help clean the battlefield, burn the corpses, and even sent out a medical battalion to rescue the injured people.

On the next day, Alexis was about to lead his army to continue marching north. Fearing that the Samnites who had fled into the mountains would come back after leaving, he left behind a large group of the Tenth Legion to defend the depleted Aspen. The city of Kurom.

What Hegesitus needs to do now is to send cavalry to the east and quickly recall the large number of Asculom people who failed to escape into the city before to strengthen the town's defense force.

Alexis led the army to arrive at the previously besieged city of Vibbenrum in the afternoon. The Samnite army that originally besieged the city apparently knew the news of the arrival of Dionian reinforcements, and withdrew the siege early and retreated to the mountains. middle.

Two days later, the reinforcements arrived at Lucenia City, the central city of the Dauni region. Antonios, the wartime governor of the Dauni region and the administrator of Lucenia, Capos, acting commander of the No. 11 Corps, and Lucenia The middle and high-level officials of Senja City and a large number of people came out of the city to welcome him with great fanfare.

"Thanks to Commander Alexis for leading the army to come to the rescue in time, we Dawny can be regarded as saved!" Antonios said with a smile on his face. Despite the gloom, even though the Samonian army was pressing down on the territory, he had been in a fairly cheerful mood these past few days.

"During the war, if you brought so many people out of the city, if you are attacked by the Samonites, it doesn't matter if you are captured or captured, the order in the Downey area will fall into chaos." Alexis Said half-jokingly and half-seriously.

Antonios laughed and said: "With such a prestigious commander like you, the Samnites will just hide far away, but you have brought us a victory before we even get here!"

Alexis said humbly: "In this land, the only one who is famous is Your Majesty! You and I are just working hard to complete our duties."

"You're right!" Antonios nodded immediately, then stepped forward and gave Alexis a strong hug: "My brother, thank you very much for your timely rescue!"

Alexis was stunned for a moment and immediately responded to the warm hug.The small grudges between the two in the past few years completely disappeared in this hug.

At this time, Capps next to him gave a military salute and said in a rare joke: "Commander Alexis, Commander Capps of the No. 11 Corps is reporting to you!"

"I said Lord Capps, don't scare me! The commander of the legion is just your part-time job. You are the chief of the military affairs department. We all have to obey your command, otherwise we will starve!" Alexis said Then, he lightly punched Capps on the chest with his fist. The awkwardness between commanding and being commanded was eliminated in the laughter.

Pregulus watched from the sidelines as the three powerful adults in the Kingdom of Dionia talked, laughed, and were intimate, and couldn't help but be happy and envious.

Melisander met and explained: "Antonios, Alexis, and Capos fought side by side in the mercenaries when they were young, and also assisted His Majesty in the smooth withdrawal from Persia. They have been there for decades. Friendship!"

Plagulus glanced at him and asked in blunt Greek: "I heard that your father is also their comrade?"

"It's the adoptive father!" Melisenda corrected solemnly, he didn't want others to think that he got his current status because of his father's relationship.

At this time, Alexis pointed his hand at the two of them: "This is Pregulus, commander of the Fourth Cavalry Legion."

"I don't need you to introduce me, Pregulus, I am very familiar with him. I drafted his appointment as commander of the Cavalry Corps!" Antonios said with a smile, after all, he once served as Minister of Military Affairs.Then, he praised loudly: "However, Ledes has always praised you Pregulus and always said, 'There is a powerful person among the cavalry.' I still don't believe it. But now it seems that he has not Lie, you led the [-]th Cavalry Legion to win the Battle of Asculom on your own, repelling tens of thousands of Samnite troops, amazing! Amazing!"

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　　Brothers and sisters, I will go back to my hometown to visit relatives for the Chinese New Year tomorrow and take two weeks off. I will report back on the 16th. The update may be unstable, especially tomorrow because I am on the train, so I hope everyone can understand!I also wish you all can go home and have a good New Year! !
　　
　
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