Chapter 105 Dangerous, Heraclea!

Davos and the Dionysian Senate never thought that Dionysius had already made up the idea of ​​Tarantum, and the people of Tarantum faced the rise of Dionia in the past two years. More and more lost, and the rejection of the Dionysian became more and more intense, so Diomilas, a citizen of Tarantum who had made a big mistake, could be re-elected to the consulship, it was by no means a accidental.

After Dionysius and the Tarantum Senate received assurances from Dionysius, on the one hand, they secretly contacted the pro-Tarantum people in the former allies, and on the other hand, they observed the war situation in Great Greece and put on a Sitting on the sidelines. After all, they had seen the strength of Dionia's army with their own eyes. It was not until the end of the Great Battle of Siridium that the news of "Syracuse was victorious and quickly occupied the cities of Siridium and Trina" reached Tarantum, and the Senate of Tarantum finally made a decision. determination.

The process of capturing Metapontum was actually very simple: early in the morning, Tarantum's army raided Metapontum, and the pro-Tarantum sent the city guards, secretly opened the city gate, and led them to raid the city. The pro-Dionysian faction headed by Tudeples (since Metapontum joined the Cell Alliance, with Dionia's support, Tudeples and the others have been in control of the right to mobilize the army).

"General, congratulations on taking down Metapontum!" Issalokas came to congratulate Diomilas.

"No, Tarantum did not capture the city, but the people of Metapontum got rid of Dionia's control and returned to the embrace of their mother state!" Dai, who had been sunk in Tarantum for several years Omelas was noticeably calmer than before.

"You're right, General! Metapontum is a sub-state of Tarantum, and they believe in Poseidon and Frantus, not Hades, and they should be united!" Sarokas immediately took over the conversation and expressed his intentions.

"Lord Issalokas, the Tarantum Senate hopes that you will serve as the sole consul of Metapontum and lead the people and Tarantum to jointly deal with the current complex situation in Greater Greece!" In fact, Taran The Senate of Tum had already made an agreement with Italokas before, and Diomilas announced it in public at this moment in order to publicly show his support for Italokas.

"Thank you to the Senate of Tarantum and General Diomilas for your trust! I will definitely make Metapontum the most trusted ally of Tarantum and restore peace to it!" Issa Lokas made a promise with an uplifting look on his face.

Diomilas nodded and said in an imperative tone: "Please prepare the sacrifice immediately, I will go to the Acropolis to worship Poseidon, thank him for his help and forgive our offense!"

"I'll do it right away." Isalokas instructed the man beside him, and the man ran away.

Issalokas turned around and said: "There is one more thing, I hope you will pay attention to the general, Tudeples did not catch it!"

"This traitor ran away?!" Diomilas frowned.

"He is very clever and has been prepared for a long time. When you first entered the city, he immediately led some people to run away from the west gate. We had few people, so we couldn't stop them at all, and many soldiers were killed or injured." Isalo Cass said sadly.

Others also said they did their best and showed Diomilas their injuries.

"Okay!" Diomilas interrupted them loudly, the chatter of these people only making him irritable: "Tudeples is running west, he can't run away."

Diomilas sneered, catching Tudpres only a trivial matter, and he was more concerned about the progress of the troops led by Eumacus.

So he said to Italokas: "I will leave a large group of soldiers to help you stabilize the situation in Metapontum. When I come out of the Acropolis, I will lead my army to Heraklia. The task of food is left to you."

"Don't worry, I'll make arrangements."

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While Taranturu attacked Metapontum, he also launched an attack on Heraklia.

Since Heraclea was separated from Tarantum by land, Metapontum was separated, so in order to achieve the effect of a surprise attack, Tarantum's attacking troops could only come from the sea. When Heraklia's inner should see the landing of Tarantum's sea fleet, they can prepare, and open the gates for the attacking force.

However, since Davos sent someone to remind him, Triphias, the consul of Heraclea, has always maintained a cautious approach to the east, and has repeatedly admonished the city and port guards to always be vigilant. Therefore, when Tarantum's fleet was quietly approaching the coast of Heraclea in the early morning fog, the sentinels of the lighthouse in Heraclea's port found them in time.

As a result, the alarm bells of Heraclea City rang, and the citizens immediately armed themselves and strengthened the defense in the city.

Unlike Metapontum, Heraclea was only built a few decades ago, and it is further away from Tarantum, and is not as affected by Tarantum as much as Metapontum. On the contrary, in recent years, it has been closely associated with its neighbor Dionia, and has been increasingly influenced by its culture and trade. Instead, more and more citizens are inclined to Dionia. Therefore, the number of Tarantum in the city is very small, and how dare they compete with the citizen soldiers. When they see the strong defense in the city, where they dare to act rashly, they immediately die and hide.

Luckily, the city of Heraklia was a bit oddly built, it was located at the narrowest point between the Agri River and the lower Basento River, so Tarantum's army could not land on the river bank on the side of the city, because The narrow area will cause the landing to become slow, and the troops cannot be fully deployed. Once the Heraklians strike decisively, the Tarantum who are still landing will be in big trouble. Landing on the south bank of the Agri River would be likely to be attacked by Heraclea and Dionia, so Eumacas had to choose the landing point on the north bank of the Basento River.

Tarantum soldiers began to quickly come ashore...

As Tarantum's fleet entered the Basento River for cruise, the Heraklians did not dare to rashly send troops across the river to attack the landing enemy.

Triphias acted decisively and sent someone to burn down the wooden bridge over the Basento River not far from the north of Heraclea. At the same time, he also sent a messenger riding a fast horse to Turii to ask Dionysus for help. But other than that, the Heraklians had nothing to do and watched as Tarantum's troops assembled on the coast.

By the time Tarantum's army reached the Basento River, the wooden bridge over the river had been burned to charcoal.

Eumacas had to order the troops to cooperate with the fleet to build a pontoon bridge.

During this period, Triphias decisively led his army out of the city, attacked the ships with rockets, and interrupted the construction of the bridge in Tarantum...

Due to the harassment of Heraclea, several of Tarantum's passenger ships were set on fire, and Eumacas had no choice but to urge Diomilas' troops to come as soon as possible...

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During this time a small incident occurred.

Tudpres fled westward with the remnants under the pursuit of the enemy, only to see the landing Tarantum from a distance.

There were obstacles in the front and chasing troops behind, and the fellows asked Tudples in panic: What should I do?

Tudpulis didn't have time to think about it, and said resolutely: "Let's run north!"

"There are terrifying Garracusos in the north!" Someone exclaimed,

"Are the Garracusos more terrifying than the Tarantums who want our lives at the moment! Besides, they are Dionia's allies just like us!" Running in the mountains above.

At this juncture of crisis, the others had no other choice but to follow him over the mountains.

They struggled all the way into the sphere of influence of Garraguso, and were finally surrounded by the Lucanians.

After Tudpres expressed his intention, the Lucanians of Carraguso not only drove away the pursuers, but also took them to the chief.

Unlike other Lucanian tribal alliance chiefs, the Garraguso chief is not elected because of the strength of his tribe and his own political ability. It is based on the ancient Lucanian tradition, through tribal chiefs. The competition between them finally won and took this position, so its big leader Kurom is a young strong man.

After hearing the story of what happened from Tudpres, he and the priests of Galaguso negotiated and decided to temporarily settle these refugees from Metapontum in the valley, and strictly order the tribes not to harm them. .

You must know that in the past, the Carraguso people used to hate the Metapontum people very much. In the past few years, the relationship between the two sides has gradually eased because of the relationship between Dionysus. But the reason for such a big change in attitude this time is not only because Garraguso and Metapontum are allies of Dionia, but more importantly because Garraguso just got it from Potentia News: The Dionysian army, led by Archon Davos, smashed the invading Samonites.

To the Greeks, the Samonites were just another savage mountain race. But the Lucanian tribes who live in Carraguso know a lot about this strong northern neighbor, because their ancestors lived in the Beneventoum region hundreds of years ago, and it was the Samone who drove them out got here.

The Carracusos have been passed down from generation to generation, and they are deeply afraid of the Samonais in their bones. When they heard that nearly 50,000 people from the Samone had invaded Potentia, the first thought that came to the Carragusos was: We're afraid we're going to move again.

Therefore, they kept an eye on the movements of the Samonais. As a result, after Davos led the small Dionysian army to completely defeat the Samonais, it gave the Garragusos a considerable shock.