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Chapter 831 The Destruction of the Town of Bapania

Kontruk, the leader of Karacheni, said coldly: "I hope this plan can be implemented smoothly, otherwise -"

Although the old man didn't finish what he said, Lesguk knew that he was reminding himself.

The plan of the Samnite coalition to attack the Dauni area was mainly drawn up by Lesguk. In addition to the success of the initial raid, the next few attacks failed miserably. Shirpini, Penteni, Kara The three major Cheney tribes all suffered heavy losses. While Lesguk was criticized by the other two leaders, he also realized that after the initial success, he was a little dizzy and even forgot to carry out his original plan. My idea: Instead of fighting the Dionians on flat ground, we should use the mountain fighting that the Samnites are good at to deal with the enemy.

However, the commanders of Dionia in the Dauni region remained calm even though they won successively, and did not be tempted by the Samnites and rashly marched into the mountains.

Lesguk and the others finally felt that they could not take any advantage in the Daoni area, but they were unwilling to stop harassing Dionia, so that Dionia could free up their hands to focus on destroying other enemies, so they The target had to be turned to the west. The weak Dionian alliance-the Campania alliance and the Lucania region with empty troops seemed to be better targets for harassment.

Moreover, Cavutini had suffered a disastrous defeat before and captured a large number of warriors. Therefore, when the Samnite coalition attacked Dauni, Cavutini did not send too many warriors, so it suffered small losses.Coincidentally, the previously captured Kautini warriors had been released by the Dionians and returned to the tribe, making Kautini now the strongest of the four major tribes.

Segovani, who had also just returned to Kautim, readily agreed after hearing the plan of the three chiefs. The reason was of course not just to repay the favor (the three major tribes used the hostages of Gruum in Dauni area Forcing Dionia to release Cavutini's captives), it was also because he needed the support of other great leaders and high priests so that he could regain his position as great leader.Of course, he also hated Dionia, who had humiliated him greatly, and hoped to cause it a lot of trouble.

The two sides hit it off.

This is why the four of them, Lesguk, Kongtruk, Badani, and Rongni, appeared here.

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Enona, a city on the northwest border of the Kingdom of Dionia. Although the Samonians are at war with Dionia, and Enona borders the Naconia region of the Kautini tribe, However, this city has always maintained tranquility. Every day, people or businessmen go to the small town of Papania in the northeast.

But on this day, the sentry at the head of the city of Enona saw a long group of people coming from the northeast. They supported the old and the young, carried packages on their backs, and drove the pack cars. They looked toward Enona with panic on their faces. Rush to the city.

Walking at the forefront were several Hades priests in white robes. They rushed to the city guards and shouted breathlessly: "Segovani, the great leader of Kautini... led his army to capture the city. In the city of Nakonia, we got a desperate message from the believers in Nakonia... and escaped first... The town of Papania is in danger! I have informed the town's Chief Demo, but there are still Many people have not left. Send troops to rescue quickly! Quick! Quick!..."

The administrator of Enona City is Adriancus. He has been in office for three years and his term is about to end. However, since several wars have broken out in Dionia recently and are unlikely to end in a short time, in such a situation Under the current situation, in order to ensure the stability of the kingdom, his term of office may be extended, so he has been relatively at ease and continued to perform his duties seriously.

At the city hall, he was shocked after receiving the emergency report from the captain of the city guard, and immediately ordered: "Quickly sound the alarm bell and put the whole city into emergency preparedness! And... quickly send people to the military camp outside the city to notify General Zantiparis, let him lead the army to defend Papania!"

"Yes, my lord!"

Looking at the back of the city guard captain hurriedly leaving, Adriancus looked solemn. He knew that the tranquility of Enona had been broken and war had come!
While worrying about the life and death of the people of Papania, he remembered another important thing, so he immediately called the secretary: "Immediately send someone to Pompeii and tell them that there is something strange about the Cavutini people. Let Can The Parnia Alliance has stepped up its vigilance and be careful of another invasion by the Kautini!”

Zantiparis originally came to the Lucania region under the order of the Ministry of Military Affairs to form a reserve army to replace the third army and assume the defense task of the entire northwest region of the Kingdom of Dionia.

Initially, he set his base in the military camp near Grumentum, but after the Samnites invaded the Dauni region, Zantiparis changed his base to near Enona, which was, after all, the closest to the Samnites. city ​​(though so did Copsa, who considered Abenirum to be a much more reliable barrier than Naconia).Unexpectedly, he had just completed the preparation of the reserve legion after hard work, and the Ministry of Military Affairs asked Epithenes to take away four brigades from him, but did not allow him to expand any more, which made him quite helpless.

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Just as the Dionian army and the Roman army were fighting in the city of Ostia, Segovani led the Samnite army, held the surrendered Naconian leader hostage, and successfully entered the Naconian region. , seized the settlements of tribes that did not surrender to him (including Quinduque's tribe), and threatened the lives of their tribal families to follow his troops to attack the small town of Papania in Enona.

This town, which was built under the personal supervision of Asistes, the administrator of Enona, seven years ago, has become quite prosperous thanks to the frequent exchanges between Dionia and Naconia. The Onian people's sincerity towards the Naconians eliminated their alertness and did not deploy too many defensive forces in this town. In addition, the enemy came suddenly, so it was easily captured.

Segovani captured the Dionian people who were still in the town, and then ordered the Naconian warriors to burn Papania, forcing it to completely break with Dionia, and then led the army back to Naconia At the same time, troops were sent to block the mountain road leading to Enona.

The reason why Segovani did not attack Enona directly was the decision made by several big leaders after experiencing the painful lessons in the Dauni region. They aimed their attack at the weaker and more bully Campania League. .

When Segovani led his army into Naconia, nearly 1 Samnite troops who had been waiting for a long time in the mountain pass town of Abella quickly marched westward, passing through Sessala, and attacked the once surrendered army. The city of Atla where the Kautini suffered great losses.

Due to the large gathering of Cavutini leaders held in Lola, the Campania League, led by Naples, shifted its defense focus to the southeast and was not prepared for the Samnite's surprise attack in the northeast. La - this small city on the border of the Campania League territory quickly fell under the fierce attack of Samnite warriors.

At the same time, after Segovani, who had burned the town of Papania, returned to Naconia, he led 7000 Cavoutini soldiers non-stop (including more than 3000 Naconians), Advance rapidly to the southwest and attack Pompeii, which is only 20 miles away from Naconia.

Pompeii has been living in peace with Naconia for more than ten years because of Dionia. He never expected that an enemy would attack from the southeast, and the attack would be so fast.In such a hurry, most of the people outside the city had no time to retreat into the city and became prisoners of the Kautini people.

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After receiving the order from Adriancus, Zantiparis was not excited about participating in the battle because there was only one brigade of soldiers in the barracks.

This is actually normal, because under normal circumstances, soldiers of a regiment bring their own rations and standard weapons and equipment to the military camp from their homes within three or four days, and conduct a military training under the leadership of a military training officer, unless they are from the Ministry of Military Affairs The Military Training Department notifies the entire legion to conduct joint training, which is usually carried out by each brigade in turn (the usual training of the military camps of each legion is handled by military training officers dispatched by the Military Training Department of the Kingdom's Ministry of Military Affairs. The legion commander has no right to intervene, but he can stand aside Observe the training situation, understand the status of his soldiers, and make his own training suggestions. Only with authorization from the king and the Ministry of Military Affairs can he have the right to command his own regiment.).

Originally, under the current severe situation, Zantiparis should have concentrated all the legionnaires in the military camp, but in this way, when the soldiers' own rations were used up, food had to be provided by the military camp, usually from nearby The area's granaries were allocated, and now that food was in short supply, Zantiparis could only let each brigade take turns to garrison in the military camp.

Although there were only 1000 soldiers in the military camp, Zantiparis gathered them together without hesitation and quickly marched towards Papania.

At the same time, Zantiparis also ordered the messengers to immediately rush to the four seaside towns of Enona, Poseidonia, Elia, and Pixis, and notify the soldiers of several other brigades to gather at the barracks immediately.When Epithenes came to mobilize troops, he had an extra mind and specially asked Epithenes to take away the citizens mainly composed of citizens from the inland towns of Lucania such as Grumentum and Niutum. Brigade, and what is left behind is a brigade composed of citizens from coastal towns. This is to notify the soldiers to assemble in the future and to make it faster for the soldiers to arrive at the military camp.

After the troops bypassed Enona, they encountered fleeing people all the way. They shouted in panic: "The Cavutini are coming! They captured Papania!..."

(End of this chapter)