Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece - Chapter 302

[Chapter 100 War Prologue Continued]

Pian Lun nodded, he could only remind them that although he was elected as the new leader of the alliance, in fact he had no right to interfere in the management of these tribal towns.

He turned around and asked Sedorum again: “Picosis and Potentia have agreed to form an alliance with us, do you think they will attack the Dionysians?”

“It’s hard to say…” Sedorum pondered “Because now the Dionians are attacking us, not them. With Cincinnag’s cunning character, he will never attack first, unless we let the Dionysians be attacked,” he said. Frustrated!”

Pian Lun was a little disappointed in his eyes, but soon returned to normal, he loudly encouraged everyone: “Everyone, as long as we resist the attack of the Dionysians, let Dioria persist for half a month or a month. If they cannot enter the Bruti Mountains, their fighting spirit will be thwarted, their food transportation will also suffer, and the Lucanians who are oppressed by the Dionysians will also take the opportunity to resist, and the Dionysians will inevitably We will be in trouble! Then it is time for us to fight back, completely defeat the blockade of Dioria, and seize the fertile plains of the Greeks for our children and grandchildren!”

Pianlon’s words of encouragement made everyone’s blood boil. Kuru even shouted: “Defeat the Dionysians!”

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roads in the winding and rugged mountains is a huge and complicated project, which not only consumes a lot of manpower and material resources At the same time, it is also testing the engineering technology level of a country.

Turii-Laos Boulevard started construction early last year. Laos, Turii, and Niutum all invested a lot of manpower, but it has not yet been completed.

Therefore, the 20,000-strong army led by Davos and the huge baggage team spent five days in the mountains before reaching the fortress of La River.

And Hiros led the Fourth Army to the outside of Trina City. Trina’s generals and members of the council went out of the city to greet them. Cypros introduced Hiros one by one, and the atmosphere was very friendly.

Hiros declined the Trina’s offer to invite him into the city for a banquet, insisting on staying with the soldiers, earning the praise of a group of dignitaries.

He led his army to camp ten miles northwest of Trina on the coast, which was the exit of the sea pass, but eleven or twelve miles from Knapetia.

After Hiros arranged the camp, he immediately brought his guards and Cypros to the outside of the city of Knapetia.

The cliff on the left and the mountains on the right. This seaside road to the Cosenza Plateau is not wide, and the city of Knapetia is even narrower. It seems that the length of the city is no more than 200 meters, but it is not. It completely blocked the passage of entry and exit; the city was not large, but it was cut from bluestone; the city wall was only four meters high, but the whole city was high. The narrower… the

soldiers had

to spend a lot of energy just to march under the city, not to mention to avoid the enemy’s arrow rain and javelin.

Fortunately, the geographical environment of Aspurustum City is somewhat similar, and the soldiers have experience in this aspect in their usual training.

Hiros observed the road situation, and imagined in his mind whether the two siege machines that had just been equipped in the Third Army could be pushed under the city.

Seeing Hiros staring at the city of Knapetia without saying a word for a long time, Cypros thought he was frightened by the difficulty of sieging the city, so he reminded him and said: “There are still a few trails in the nearby mountains that can go around Knapetia. Napetia, north to Cosenza.”

“Really?!” Hiros turned his head suddenly.

“Yes, otherwise, how could the Xilu people and the tribal people who resisted Cosenza escape from Bruti.”

“So do the people here know?” Hiros pointed to Knapeti in front of him. Asia City.

Cypros understood what he meant, and he said with certainty: “Of course they know.”

Hiros had no luck, but he still decided to send someone to scout after he went back.

“I heard that Knapetia has a port,” Hiros asked again.

“There is indeed a port, but the port is not big.” Cypros said, dismounting, and walking towards the edge of the cliff.

Silos didn’t try to be brave, and followed him off the horse. He didn’t think he had good horse riding skills. If the horses were frightened by the crotch on the edge of the cliff, before the Fourth Legion went to war, I am afraid that one of the legion commanders would have to be damaged first.

“There!” Cypros pointed ahead, his voice a little ethereal under the strong sea breeze.

Hiros looked intently. On this cliff protruding from the land, with a height difference of nearly 100 meters from the sea, his line of sight could reach the coast a few miles north of Knapetia City, where he saw a piece of land. On the flat land, there is a small beach with a simple pier, and a few dozen boats are moored…

Cypros introduced: “According to the intelligence of the Xilu people and our ships often pass through Knape. From what the city of Tia observed, the port of Knapetia was built at the mouth of the Savuto River—” “The Savuto

River?”

“The Savuto River is a large river in the territory of Knapetia. The city in front of us is surrounded by mountains and sea. It seems to be very barren. In fact, not far to the north, there is a small plain around the Savuto River, and along the Savuto River Valley, it will be smooth. Arrive at Cosenza.” Having said this, Cypros showed a contemptuous smile: “It is said that the Brutians originally built the city of Knapetia here because they were worried that we would destroy and loot them on the Savuto Plain. of farmland and pastures, but we Trina people can’t even cultivate the fertile land on the Euphemia plain, so we will covet this small plain, but their city is ten miles away from the Savuto River. It was very inconvenient and had to build another town

on the Savuto River—” “How’s the town’s defense?” Hiros interrupted Cypros abruptly.

“I heard that there is no city wall in this town.”

Hiros breathed a sigh of relief. He didn’t want to spend a lot of effort to capture Knapetia, and he had to spend more effort to capture the town before he could completely occupy this piece of Bruti. territory.

“In the past, Knapetia was not rich in production, its shipbuilding skills were poor, and it had no contacts with other Italian city-states, so there was almost no maritime trade if only there was a port, but…” Cypros said worriedly: “Now The Bruti Tribal Alliance was established, this is the only port for the Bruti people, I believe it will develop soon…”

Hiros nodded, but they did not know that the Bruti people had passed this simple dock and broke through. After the blockade of Dionia, he formed an alliance with Picocis and Potentia.

“Lord Legionnaire, look!” At this moment, the guard reminded loudly.

I saw the gate of Knapetia wide open, and a group of men rushed out.

“Let’s go!” Hiros gave an order, and the whole team returned to the camp calmly.

“See, the Dionysians are cowards!” Nikuru held a spear and laughed wantonly.

……………………

Davos Dara River Fortress, Sesta and Hieronymus who got the news are already waiting there.

“Sir Consul, the people of Niutum have been mobilized. Following the arrangement of the city hall, they will carry food and grass for our troops, build camps, and transport the wounded…” Sesta took the initiative to report.

“Are the Lucanian tribes okay with that?”

“On the contrary, they were more than happy to see the Brutians conquered. The stronger the Dionia, the safer they were, and the future belonged to Dionia. Not only the non-Greek race of Lucania. They are also willing to provide garrison for the legion, but then our soldiers have to be careful about Lucanian women breaking into their tents at night, knowing that the Greeks of Dionia are now Citizens are very welcome!” Sesta joked.

Davos sounded funny and laughed.

He looked at Sesta and said with some emotion: “Lord Sesta, I think you, as a mercenary, should have never held a city-state public office or even managed a city.”

Sesta shook his head: “In the beginning, I worked so hard to have a mouthful of bread, how could I have imagined that there would be today, this is the unimaginable change that you have brought us!

” As a mercenary with no experience in city-state management, you resolutely chose to leave the familiar army and come to this unfamiliar land. Facing the hostile Lucanians at that time, you were not afraid of difficulties and worked hard. Bold problem solving. To this day, I can say that Niniotum is completely Dionian territory! Sesta, you did a great job! Not only me, but the rest of the Senate! You are now the senator with the most administrative experience in our mercenary army! When your term ends next year, I think the senator must have more important tasks for you!” Davers said nothing. Begrudgingly express your admiration for Sesta.

After Sesta heard this, he was proud and excited, and he remained somewhat sober: “Sir, you are the person with the most administrative experience in our mercenary army!”

“Me?” Davers looked around and said. : “That doesn’t count, don’t you all say that I am a favored one, that’s all due to Hades!”

Everyone burst into laughter.

“My lord.” Hieronymus couldn’t help but say: “What is the mission of our Third Legion in this war?” Without specific instructions to the Third Army, Hieronymus was inevitably anxious.

Davos looked at the legion commander who had simply moved his home to Neutum for the convenience of training and commanding the Third Legion, and he did not even attend the usual meetings of the Senate. Star had political ambitions, and the taciturn man made his home in the barracks, so although he was a Greek, most of the Third Legion he commanded were Lucanians, those who once hated the Greeks. The Lucanian warriors of the world were very convinced of him, and that was the reason.