Chapter 77 Rescue Poseidonia

"Hey... Tina, Syracuse's army is approaching Trina. I think it is very difficult for the South Italian Alliance army to stop them on the north bank of the Ramato River." Asistes said truthfully.

"Then...isn't Knapetia where we are in danger?!" Tina was shocked.

Asisters didn't answer, he sat on the edge of the bed and put his arms around his wife: "Is the child asleep?"

"Muza has brought him to sleep." Tina pointed to the bedroom next to her.

Asisters hesitated for a moment, and said in a deep voice, "You will take the child to Cosenza tomorrow."

After listening to Tina, she immediately widened her eyes and said loudly, "I'm not going! I am the daughter of Vespa, the senator of the Senate, my brother is the administrator of Grummentum, and I am Knapetia. The Chief Executive's wife! What will the people of this place think if I leave with my children when the entire people of Knapetia are defending their homes from the Siracusa invasion! They will listen to you with all their might! Commander!"

Asisters stayed for a while, he hugged his wife tightly, gritted his teeth, and said: "You are right! I am thinking about the safety of you and the children, and I forgot this! Our whole family... all stay here, all here ."

Tina in turn comforted her husband: "With the blessing of Hades, Knapetia will be able to defend! And when Lord Davos returns, the Syracuses will definitely be driven away!"

Asisters looked at his Lucania wife. He didn't expect her to have more confidence in this war than himself. He just didn't know what happened to Lord Davos in Lucania now?

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The messengers dispatched by the Samonei army stationed in Poseidonia, after an afternoon and evening journey, finally arrived at the Samonei camp located not far from the city of Potentia in the early hours of the morning.

"What did you say?! The Dionysians surrounded Poseidonia!" Pentney's chief leader Torek couldn't sit still when he heard the news. 3,000 Pentney warriors.

"Have you checked it out? Which troop of Dionia is it?" Vironi, the chief of Shilpini, asked the messenger carefully.

"It's Dionia's Third Legion, we can be sure! And when they were building the camp, those soldiers were almost all shouting in Lucanian." The messenger replied confidently.

Veronica knew that Dionia's Third Legion was mainly composed of Lucanians, and after hearing the messenger's words, he felt relieved: think about it too,

It has been less than ten days since he led his army into the territory of Potentia. According to his years of experience in fighting against the Greeks in Campania, the Dionysians needed to mobilize citizens and assemble troops in Turii to prepare Supplies, and then lead the army to cross the rugged Lucania Mountains and reach here, it will take more than half a month at the earliest, just like they themselves have been mobilizing preparations after reaching an agreement with the Syracuses two months ago, That's why it's so big today.

"How many are they?" Torek asked anxiously.

"With Elijah's army, the total number exceeds ten thousand."

"Virone!" Torek looked at Chief Shirpini.

Veroni faced Torrek's bright eyes, and of course knew what the Pentney chief wanted to say.

At this time, Gellney interjected loudly: "The Dionysian 3rd Corps is running quite fast! Father, it's hard to wait until Uncle Torrek leads the army back. With Syracuse's ballista, tomorrow We attack with all our strength, and we might be able to take Grummentum!  …”

The more Gellney said, the more anxious his mood became: "The cunning Dionysians dare not fight us head on, and want to disrupt our plans by attacking the city of Poseidonia, we can't—"

Veroni interrupted him loudly: "Poseidonia stores a large amount of food for our army. It is very important to us. We must not let the Dionysians take it. We must rescue Poseidonia!"

Torrek's expression changed slightly from Veroni's words: "Veroni, I will lead my warriors to rescue Pitney and the others now." After he finished speaking, he stood up and prepared to go out.

"Don't worry, Torek." Veroni turned to look at Cautini's commander-in-chief: "Dionia's Third Legion is a slippery fish, I'm afraid they will run away again this time, continue Add trouble to us. Chief Queduinck, can you lead the warriors of Kautini and the warriors of Pentene to net this fish and destroy it, along with Elia's reinforcements!" His right fist waved vigorously in the air: "You can even continue to march towards Elia and try to take down this Greek city. In this way, the safety of Poseidonia will be more guaranteed. "

"The warriors of Kautini will agree to your request." Quindock immediately agreed and was able to loot the Greeks. Of course he was very excited, and immediately got up and went out with Torek.

When only the chiefs of the Shirpini tribe were left in the tent, Garni complained loudly: "Father, we have finally gathered our army and prepared to attack Potentia with all our strength. It's good now, you Not only did I agree to leave Torrek, but I also asked Quinn Duke to help, so many soldiers were gone at once, when will we be able to take Potentia City?!"

His words were echoed by some of the chiefs.

"Gearney, if the big chief doesn't let Torrek leave, he won't leave?! Don't forget that there are still 3,000 Pentney warriors in Poseidonia, and Torek is the chief of Pentney. The leader, not the leader of Shipiri, how could the big leader stop him! If we forcibly block it, it will only make our two clans quarrel, which is not good for the whole war! So the big leader has to do it." Beneventu The leader of Mu, Leskuk, defends Veroni.

Galney snorted, still a little unwilling.

Veroni smiled and nodded to Lesguk to express his gratitude. The leader of Beneventum was favored by many tribal leaders and considered the best candidate for the next big leader. Veronica explained: "Torek wouldn't have been so alarmed if the Dionysian III Corps had not come too fast for the Penteney warriors in Poseidonia to repair the city's defenses. That's why I let Quinn Duke took the Kautini warriors with him, making the entire rescue force 25,000 people, enough to crush the third legion of Dionysian, so that these Dionysians would continue to search for us. trouble.

Veroni said, looked around at the leaders in the account, and said: "They are fighting in Poseidonia, and we can't be idle. The Syracuses did not say that the city of Potentia is high and the mountain road is sloping. That...isn't it difficult to place and aim ballistas? Let's take advantage of this time, according to what the Syracuse people said, to build a platform for placing ballistas, and at the same time continue to expand the camp, and step up the attack on Potentia. besieged..."

"Got it." Gellney replied weakly.

Veroni glanced at him and smiled: "It's actually good for us not to attack Portentia now!"

This sentence successfully caused everyone's doubts, including his son.

"The other day, when the Syracuses came with provisions, they told us, 'The army of Dionysius will attack Greater Greece in a few days.' If this is the case, we will slow down the offensive, Let the city of Portentia be temporarily safe. You say, will the Dionys choose to meet the army of Syracuse on the flat seashore? Or risk the danger of empty territory, send reinforcements, and travel to Portentia. , to deal with us who will not threaten Dionia for the time being?"

"Of course, turn the main force to meet the Syracuses, because they are a greater threat!" Leskuk exclaimed.

At this time, Gellney also understood and said excitedly: "So, we can eat Potentia and even Lucania steadily without worrying about Dionia's reinforcements!"

Seeing the warm atmosphere in the tent, Veronica took advantage of the situation and said, "So we have to fasten our pockets and never let anyone in Potentia slip away, because they are all our wealth!"

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Since the tribes of the Potentia tribes retreated into the city, the Samonites did not attack the city of Potentia during this time, but this did not make the people in the city feel relieved. Anyone who sees the Samonay camp that is constantly being built under the hillside, stands on the top of the mountain overlooking the boundless military tent that extends far to the west, and the bonfires lit at night are like countless stars in the sky, and their hearts are full of surprises. Inevitably shivering. Not to mention the ever-deepening trench that surrounds the entire hill, and the deer's village erected in front of the trench... The Samonites want to catch them all!

The enemy was so powerful, but there was no news of the reinforcements during this period of time. The city of Potentia was like an island isolated from the world. Panic and anxiety gradually swallowed up the courage of the people to share the enemy.

Puamot tried to calm down on weekdays to boost the confidence of the people, but he woke up in nightmares every night. In less than a month, he actually lost ten pounds.

And last night he couldn't sleep, because the Samone people had a new siege device that could shoot helmet-sized stones like arrows from a hundred meters away, cross the city wall, and destroy several wooden houses.

Puamote still remembered that the panic in the eyes of every soldier around was so clear that even he himself had doubts about whether he could hold on to the city.

At this time, he had no appetite at all to drink the broth brought by the servants. He just randomly took a few bites of the rough wheat cakes.

Just when he put on the armor, the clansmen who guarded the door hurried into the hall and shouted excitedly: "Big Chief, Lord Polert is back!"