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Chapter 880 The ending of the Samnite coalition ([-])

When the word "surrender" came out of the mouth of the Beneventom envoy, Alexis was not too surprised, because except for Beneventom, the other Hilpini tribes had surrendered to Dio. After that, he learned that Karacheni's army had left the city of Beneventum, so Beneventum was already a turtle in the urn.

Therefore, Alexis said with confidence: "It is a good thing that Beneventom can surrender! However, Beneventom, as one of the initiators of this war, according to other tribes, is still the leader of this war. The main commander has caused great disaster to Dionia and its allies and must be severely punished!"

When the envoy from Beneventum heard this, he was frightened and said quickly: "Honorable General Alexis, Savoni has already punished Beneventum for his mistakes. The great leader Lesguk committed suicide last night. Apologize!"

"Lesguk is dead?!" Gailni in the tent asked in surprise.

"Yes, Chief Gairni." The messenger looked at Gairni with a sad expression and said with a choked voice: "Before the chief died, he very regretted what he had done to Abenirum. He hoped that All the faults will be borne by him alone, and I hope you can spare the tribes of Beneventum!”

"Lesguk would not say such a thing." Gairni shook his head and sat down again, but he seemed to be in a good mood.

Alexis said solemnly: "Lesguk's suicide does not absolve the Beneventum people of their responsibility! Our King Davos once wrote a letter pointing out, 'There are more than ten Beneventum people. He has been malicious towards Dionia for many years, and has been maliciously suppressing and bullying Abenirum, who has friendly relations with Dionia, and is also the main culprit in provoking this war!...'

Because you wantonly tore up the alliance, in order to avoid being provoked by your Beneventum to start another war in the future, King Daves instructed, 'Beneventum must be completely integrated into the Kingdom of Dionia, Beneventum's Tribes and peoples can join the Kingdom of Dionia or move to other places in the Samonai Mountains. 'After this war is over, the mountainous areas will be vast and sparsely populated, and there will be plenty of places that can become your settlements. "

When the messenger heard this, he became angry, blushed and shouted: "Is Dionia trying to use war as an excuse to take the opportunity to forcibly annex our Beneventum?! If so, we Beneventum The Tum warriors will never give in and will fight to the end! Savoni will protect us. Even if all the Dionians here are killed, they will never be able to attack the city of Beneventum!"

After the messenger roared angrily, he turned to look at Gairni and scolded: "You see, this is the ambition of the Dionians! Today it is Beneventum, and tomorrow it may be Abenirum, The Dionians probably want to wipe out the entire Samnite people, do you still want to be their accomplice?!"

Garni turned a blind eye to the envoy's words to alienate him. Alexis had already told him Davos's instructions. Of course, he was very happy with Davos's wish for him to become the leader of the Shirpini tribe. Although the most powerful Beneventum will be separated and completely become part of the Kingdom of Dionia, which is somewhat regrettable, it also means that Beneventum has suppressed Abenelu for decades. Mu's situation will no longer exist. In the future, he will have far fewer constraints on governing the entire tribe, so he can accept this.

He responded calmly: "Abenirum has joined the Kingdom of Dionia."

The messenger was stunned.

Alexis said in a strong tone: "Our soldiers have long been prepared to storm the city of Beneventum! Whether to accept this condition or to fight to the end, Beneventum must give me an answer today. , otherwise we will start attacking the city tomorrow!"

The messenger hurried back to the city, but he didn't expect that there was a commotion in the city.

It turned out that Lesguk's tribal warriors were instigated by his relatives and believed that the leader's suicide was related to other tribal leaders' fear of death and collective forced abortion. They not only imprisoned the two tribal elders involved in the matter, but also asked other tribal leaders to One must take responsibility for this and, according to tradition, be judged and punished.

Of course the other tribal leaders couldn't accept it, and the angry Lesguk tribe warriors insisted on making them pay, leading to an escalation of the conflict.

Lesguk's tribe is the largest tribe in Beneventum's territory, and other tribes can only unite to fight against it. Both sides are at war with each other and will not give in an inch.

The messenger told both parties about Dionia's harsh conditions. Although everyone finally calmed down their anger and sat together to discuss the matter, due to the lack of a leader, they argued for a long time and could not come up with a unified opinion. It was war. Or peace?
Lesguk's tribe elected his eldest son to participate in the meeting. Not only did he have a firm attitude during the meeting, he wanted to fight to the death with the Dionysian coalition, but he also continued to verbally attack other leaders who proposed further negotiations. When the meeting ended, The hatred in his eyes staring at the other leaders made the leaders frightened.

Since Beneventum did not respond that day, Alexis kept his promise and sent a large army early the next morning to prepare for the attack.

The morale of the Dionia coalition is very high and their desire to fight is strong.After learning that the army dominated by the Lucanian reserve legion had defeated the main force of Kautini, the soldiers of the 11th and [-]th legion certainly could not allow themselves to be outcompeted by the legion reserve soldiers. They had asked for battle many times. for the Abenirum warriors, capturing the city of Beneventum could finally take revenge and let them vent the oppression and humiliation they had suffered for more than ten years, so they were all extremely excited; for Potentia For the soldiers, capturing the city of Beneventum means that they no longer have to listen to the older generation talking about how terrible the Samnites are. They can proudly tell future generations that they have captured the largest town of the Samnites.

Alexis issued a siege deployment: the Potentian army attacked the east wall, the Dionysian army attacked the west, and the Abenirum army attacked the south.

Alexis also placed the surrendered Shirpini warriors under the command of Garni. He could not allow the whole army to attack the city while there were some Shirpini warriors in the camp who were not sure whether they were loyal or not. Watching.

Facing the objections of these tribes, Gearni threatened viciously: "You once made the oath in front of Lesguk, but now because Lesguk has committed suicide, naturally this oath no longer needs to be kept, don't look for it again. Any excuse to avoid this battle, let me tell you, the tribes participating in this battle are the allies of Dionysia, and those who do not participate are the enemies, you choose yourself!"

Many people secretly cursed the Galni fox for pretending to be a tiger, but no tribe dared to lead their troops and leave without authorization.

Garni was not polite and directly placed them at the forefront of the siege.

The Dionian coalition forces were about to attack the city, but the leaders in Beneventum city did not formulate a defense plan at all because of the inconclusive dispute yesterday. Unexpectedly, the Dionian coalition forces launched an attack at dawn. Suddenly everyone panicked, and they rushed to the city with their soldiers to defend themselves. The arrangement was hasty and chaotic.

Moreover, Beneventom is a big city, and 2000 warriors cannot cover the entire city. Seeing the tide of enemies under the city, as well as the tall siege equipment that they have never seen before, some leaders are excited and excited. I had other thoughts.

The siege had just begun, and several tribes responsible for defending the southern city took the initiative to open the city gates and surrendered to the Dionian coalition.

Abenirum's army took the opportunity to rush into the city, and Beneventum's defense lines collapsed. The tribe of Lesguk, which resisted to the end, had to surrender after most of its casualties and the temporary leader died in the battle.

The Dionian coalition captured Beneventum.

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The fall of Beneventum meant that the coalition forces led by Alexis could pass through the mountain passes to the east and reach Cavutim.

The Cavutini spies who had been paying close attention to the battle in Beneventum immediately spread the bad news back to Cavutim.

The people of Kautim were extremely panicked because most of their young and middle-aged people were led by Segovani to resist another Dionian coalition in Abela.

A few days ago, Segovani was angry at the betrayal of the Naconians, so he ordered the Naconian leaders imprisoned in Cautim to be escorted to Abela, where they were all beheaded and their heads hung in the city. head, in order to vent his inner anger and take revenge on the Naconians.

The Naconian warriors headed by Vashonk were indeed angered, and they all asked Zantiparis to attack the city of Abela.

Xantiparis saw that the Naconians were full of fighting spirit, and through exploration, he found that Abela was not only a small city, but also had poor defense facilities (Abela was located in the hinterland of Cavoutini and had never been threatened by foreign enemies. In addition, Surrounded by mountains that are difficult to climb, the land is barren, and their survival is threatened. The Abella people are busy plundering and have no time to repair the city), so he agreed to the request of the Naconians and transferred the initial attack on Lola to After the siege equipment used in the city was loaded, the order to attack the city was issued.

The attack was carried out with Naconian soldiers as the main force, Dionian soldiers as auxiliaries, and Campania Alliance soldiers as backup, waving flags and shouting to build momentum.

It turned out that the generals of the Campania League army saw that Cavutini's remnants had been driven out of the Campania plain and no longer posed a threat to them, so they took action to "return to their motherland and rebuild their homes quickly." "Thinking about it, they all asked Xantiparis to resign and left. In the end, even the Naples general Aialos couldn't sit still, but at least he left 1000 Naples soldiers.

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