Chapter 100 Prelude to the War

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 to 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. Judging from Cincinnager's cunning character, he will never attack first. Yes, unless we let the Dionysians be defeated!"

Pian Lun was slightly disappointed, but soon returned to normal. He encouraged everyone loudly: "Everyone, as long as we resist the attack of the Dionysians, we insist that Dioria cannot enter the cloth for half a month or a month. In the Ruti Mountains, their fighting spirit will be thwarted, their food transportation will suffer difficulties, and the Lucanians who are oppressed by the Dionysians will also take the opportunity to resist, and the Dionysians will inevitably fall into trouble. Then it is time for us to fight back, defeat the blockade of Dioria, and seize the fertile plains of the Greeks for our children and grandchildren!"

Pian Lun's inspiring words made everyone's blood boil, and Nikuru even shouted: "Defeat the Dionysians!"

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Building a road in the winding and rugged mountains is a huge and complex project. It not only consumes a lot of manpower and material resources, but also tests 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 the fortress of Dara 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. narrower...

The soldiers just marched down to the city,

You have to spend a lot of energy, not to mention avoiding 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 peoples who resisted Cosenza escape from Bruti."

"So do the people here know?" Hiros pointed to the city of Knapetia ahead.

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 a port, but it's not a big one," Cypros said, dismounting from his horse 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 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 Sirius and the observations that our ships often pass through the city of Knapetia, the port of Knapetia was built at the mouth of the Savuto River—"

"Savuto River?"

"The Savuto River is a large river in the territory of Knapetia. Even if the city in front of us is surrounded by mountains and seas, it seems to be very barren. In fact, it is not far to the north, surrounding the Savuto River. There is a small plain, and you can reach Cosenza smoothly along the Savuto Valley." Speaking of this, Cypros showed a contemptuous smile: "It is said that the Brutians originally took Knapetia The city was built here because we were worried that we would destroy and loot their farmland and pastures on the Savuto Plain, but we Trina people can't even cultivate the fertile land on the Euphemia Plain, so we will covet this little one. It’s a small plain, but their city is ten miles away from the Savuto River, and it’s very inconvenient to work, so they had to build another town on the Savuto River—”

"How's the defense of this town?" Hiros interrupted Cypros suddenly.

"I heard that this town has no walls."

Shiros breathed a sigh of relief, he didn't want to spend a lot of effort to capture Knapetia, and he would spend more effort to capture the town in order to completely occupy this piece of Bruti's 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, which is the only port for the Bruti people, and I believe it will develop soon..."

Hiros nodded, but they didn't know that the Brutians had passed through this simple pier, broke through the blockade of Dionia, and 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 Dionians are all cowards!" Nikuru held a spear and laughed wantonly.

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Davos was at the Dara River fortress, and Sesta and Hieronymus who had received the news were 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 those Lucanian tribes okay?"

"On the contrary, they were more than happy to see the Brutians conquered. The stronger Dionysus became, the safer they would be, and the Lucania would not be the only non-Greek race belonging to Dionia in the future. They Willing to provide a garrison for the Legion, but then our soldiers will have to be careful about Lucanian women breaking into their tents at night, knowing that Greek citizens in Dionia are very welcome now!" Sesta joked said.

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 today will be today, this is the unimaginable change that you have brought us!"

"The opportunity is provided, and you must be able to seize the opportunity. As a mercenary with no experience in city-state management, you resolutely chose to leave the familiar army and come to this unfamiliar land to face Luca, who was still hostile at the time. Nia people, don't be afraid of difficulties, work hard, and solve problems boldly. To this day, I can say that Ninyutum is completely Dionysian territory! Sesta, you have done a great job! It's not just me If you think so, so do the rest of the Senate! You are now the most experienced senior in our mercenary army! When your term ends next year, I think the Senate will have more important tasks for you!" Dai Firth did not hesitate to express his appreciation for Sesta.

After hearing this, Sesta was both proud and excited, and he remained a little sober: "Sir, you are the one with the most administrative experience in our mercenary army!"

"Me?" Davos 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!"

The crowd 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 simply moved his home to Neutum for the convenience of training and commanding the Third Legion, and did not even attend the usual meetings of the Senate. He felt the same in his heart: 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.