Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece - Chapter 71

[Chapter 17 Survey (continued)]

Originally, he only planned to seize the opportunity between Amendolara and Turiyi, and loot a lot.

But the spies reported that the residents of Amendolara were carrying a lot of baggage and were preparing to leave the city.

How could Vespa and his clan let go of such a good opportunity, and immediately chased after them, killed them, and took the opportunity to occupy the city of Amendolara.

For Vespa, this is a blessing from Mount Asinus!

The tribe easily won the victory, not only seized a large amount of materials, but also occupied a city, and it was also a mountain city that the Lucanians liked to live in, and also had a large number of “slaves”.

But he soon realized that it would be very difficult to occupy a city with his tribe of only a thousand warriors: first he had to assign a few hundred warriors to guard the thousands of captives, and then he had to guard against the Turians To retake the city of Amendolara, the most troublesome thing is Grummentum.

After all, the Vespa tribe was reluctant to accept the annexation of Grummentum, and now, while the Lucanian tribal alliance fought and won the bloody battle with Turii in the front, it took no effort to obtain what should have belonged to Grummentum’s victory, how could Akpiru, the great leader of Grummentum’s revenge, spare them!

Can let Vespa give up Amendolara and flee back to the mountains again, how could he and his clan be willing to get this comfort after suffering enough of the ups and downs.

Just as he was hesitating, a few days passed, and good news came: the Lucanian coalition army, which was preparing to besiege the city of Turii, broke out with a plague and was forced to withdraw.

Vespa was overjoyed and even claimed to praise the god Asinu.

In the months that followed, Turiyi did not send troops to recapture the city of Amendolara because of his greatly reduced strength.

Weisba rarely led his clan to live a stable life for a period of time.

In the spring of this year, the messenger of Grummentum crossed the mountains and came to the city of Amendorara, bringing with him the order of Akpiru: he was strongly asked to join the Lucania coalition and prepare for the second attack. riy.

Vespa promised, but sneered in his heart, because the messenger did not mention the issue of the ownership of the city of Amendolara after the war at all.

He now understands that if he wants to keep the city of Amendolara, he can only hope that both the Lucania coalition and Turii will be injured, so that his tribe can get a chance of survival in the cracks and have time to use it slowly. And integrate the power of Amendolara to restore the vitality of the tribe.

Therefore, when he knew that mercenaries were constantly coming to the Turii territory, he was not worried, but happy.

He restrained the tribe, tried to leave the city as little as possible, did not stimulate Turii, and let the Greeks prepare for war with peace of mind.

The spies reported today that a Greek army of about a hundred men had invaded the territory of Amendolara.

He was a little surprised: this is the first time since the war last year that a Greek army has appeared in Amendolara. Is it here to attack the city?

Why only a hundred people?

Is it a pioneer?

Ignoring the threat of the Lukania coalition army pressing down on the territory, Turii wants to solve their worries first?

From his careful observation in the past few months, this doesn’t seem like the way of the Tuli people?

!

With many questions, Vespa stepped on the city wall and looked down the mountain: more than a hundred Greek soldiers stood alone by the Sisno River, and did not move for a long time, and there was no movement behind them.

I’m here to investigate the situation!

Vespa was a little sure.

So he decided to show his power to dispel the Greeks’ illusions.

He let his son Bagul lead a thousand warriors out of the city, leaving only a hundred warriors to guard the prisoners in the city.

Bagul led the Lucanian warriors aggressively out of the city gate.

Asisters couldn’t help shouting: “Boss, look at their weapons!”

Armor, round shield, lance, all dressed in Greek heavy infantry, no wonder Asistes was surprised, thinking that Amendolara was taken back by which Greek army!

Davos looked at it carefully and said with a smile: “It should be the Lucanians who stole the arms of the citizens of Amendolara,

equipped yourself.

It’s a pity, it’s just like, it’s still far from the real heavy infantry.

”

Indeed, the formation of the Greek heavy infantry was close together. Before engaging in battle, they moved slowly and could basically maintain a straight line.

Looking at the Lucalia warriors on the opposite side, the formation is not only loose, but also uneven.

The guide was extremely nervous when he saw the Lucanian warriors leaving the city. Seeing that Davos was still in the mood to joke, he almost scolded.

At this time, Davos said: “Retreat, go back!”

As if the guide received amnesty, he plucked the horse and ran away.

The soldiers turned back in unison, and then began to jog.

Davers kept his horse still, until the soldiers left him behind, he and Asisters and Ryders walked slowly, which made the guide a little embarrassed.

The Greeks retreated, the Lucanians relented, keeping a certain distance.

It was not until Davos and the others crossed the Saraceno River that Lucania stopped on the north bank.

“A thousand… A thousand people…” Davos asked thoughtfully: “Assi, do you think the Lucanians in Amendolara want to fight us or not?”

“Of course I don’t want to, just look at their chasing posture.” Asisters said without hesitation.

“I heard from Bulcos that there are not many Lucanians in Amendolara, how many are there?” Davos asked the guide.

“There is such a saying in the city of Turii, but it seems that no one knows how many Lucanians are in Amendolara.” The guide was a little puzzled.

Davos smiled mysteriously and changed the subject: “What is north of Amendolara?”

Back on the land of Turii, the guide became much calmer: “More than 20 miles to the north is the Sini River, further north is the Agri River, and on the other side is the city of Heraklia, where is Seris The plain is also a fertile land. Decades ago, there was a war between Turii and Tarantum over that land.”

“Who won?” Asisters asked curiously.

“We Turiyi won twice, but Tarantum is a powerful city-state in Greater Greece. They kept sending troops over, and the war lasted for a long time. Finally, the two sides signed an agreement to jointly establish the city of Heraclea.” said proudly.

“Oh, I didn’t expect Turii to be quite good before.” Asistes said casually.

“That’s because there was General Criandridas in Turii at that time, he is a Spartan!” The guide said reverently, and then he thought of something, and pouted his lips unwillingly: “Even if Turiyi lost last time. It was given to the Lucanians because they had ambushed Turiyi with tricks. If they fought head-on, they would not be Turiyi’s opponents at all.

Asisters still wanted to argue, but was stopped by Davos: “” While it’s still early, let’s go to the south of Turii and have a look.

”

The guide didn’t understand why the young mercenary leader was running around all day long and tirelessly.

To the west, to the north, it is understandable that there are Lucanians, but there are no enemies to the south.

However, this also reassured him that these mercenaries were too bold, which made him tremble, and he was afraid of accidents.

Davos and his party crossed the pontoon bridge not far west of Turiyi City to reach the delta between the two rivers.

Here, they saw one pack truck after another walking back and forth on a road leading to the west…

The guide told them: This is to transport copper ore and stones to the city of Turii. Recently, due to the war, the city is in urgent need of stones and copper utensils.

“There are copper and quarry mines in Turii in the west?” Davos blinked at the uneven dirt road that passed through the hills.

“Yeah. With the Kosenyi River blocking the way, the Lucanians can’t get through.” The guide who was quite talkative didn’t want to say more at this moment, and hurriedly ended the conversation and took them to the pontoon of the Krati River. .

The Krati River is at least fifty meters long, and because it is spring, the current is fast, and the pontoon swings back and forth.

Davos and the others were worried that the horse would fall into the water and had to lead the horse on foot.

After crossing the Krati River, the land on which he stepped on is still part of the plains of Sybari.

This is a green and flat corridor between the mountains and the coast, and this corridor is obviously much wider than the seaside corridor in Amendolara.

Here, more Turians can be seen working on the farmland, which is obviously the only safe area for Turians right now.

About ten miles further south, the corridor suddenly narrowed, because a large tidal flat appeared on the sea side.

The guide stopped the horse here and said, “The front is Castellon’s territory, do you still want to see it?”

Note: Castellon

Heraclea Heraclea, the original site of the city was built by Greek colonists before Heraclea (Siris, similar to the name the Roman Empire called the Han Dynasty), probably around 550 BC by Sybari United Meta Pontum to destroy.