Chapter 205 Arrival in Campania

Waller imitated Paulette's tone of persuading them before, and said helplessly: "Elia, a fragile hare who was often bullied by us in the past, now relies on the Dionysians and has become an ally with us..."

Seeing him, Puamote seemed a little uneasy, and wanted to persuade him, but saw his confidant servant hurried into the hall.

After Waller saw that he had whispered a few words to Puamote, Puamote's expression changed, and he quickly asked, "What happened?"

Puamote turned his head to look at him and said in a deep voice, "Dionia defeated the army of Syracuse."

"The Dionias really won?!" Waller's eyes widened in surprise, and he couldn't help muttering: "Master Davos is really amazing! So you say that Great Greece belongs to Dionia?! …”

"It's not just Great Greece..." Puamot said lightly, and when he heard the news, the only worry and luck left in his heart were all gone. He sighed lightly and said. : "You go back to the territory, bring 20 sheep by the way, and present a gift to Sir Alexis for me..."

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Davos, out of his impression of the Samonites in the historical data of his previous life, asked Alexis to lead an army to attack Copsa cautiously.

In fact, Davos lured and annihilated the main force of the Pentene and Kautini tribes in Poseidonia, and then the Samonei camp in Potentia encountered the camp roar again, and let him The Orpini warriors were battered, and in the bleak winter wind and rain, the Samone warriors starved, fled into the mountains, lost their way, encountered wild beasts, caught colds, and ran into the Lucanian manhunt Team... Samona's defeat is like a lost dog, panicking all day long.

Even though tribal leaders such as Leskuk gathered some Samonite warriors and fled back to Kopsa, but faced with the combined forces of the Third Legion and Potentia, which came violently afterwards, none of the leaders thought that with the help of this small town With these extremely demoralized and extremely exhausted warriors able to hold off the morale of the enemy, the Samonais fled north in a panic.

Cautini's leaders rushed back to Cautini with a rout of troops, because the defeat of the Samones would surely shock central Italy, and they feared that the Campanias near Cautini's territory would change their minds.

Lesguk hurriedly returned to Beneventum. Although the four Samonai tribes used to get along fairly well, the Shilpini tribe suffered such a fiasco. Once other tribes had bad ideas, they approached Pentney and Kazakh. Utini's Beneventum is a little dangerous, and he must get back to his seat as soon as possible.

Another important town of the Shilpini tribe, Abenerum, was due to the death of the great leader Veroni and the capture of his son Garni, and other leaders who escaped were eager to return.

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The chaos of Abenitum is not comparable to that of Pentney. Its entire clan, from the great leader Tolek to the leaders below, are almost either killed or captured. It may take a long time for the entire clan and territory to stabilize again. period of time.

The Dionysian-Potentian coalition, after easily occupying Kopsa, discussed "whether to continue the offensive to the north".

Polert strongly demanded to continue the attack. He believed that the Samonais suffered heavy losses, their morale was low, and the abandonment of Kopsa was a typical proof. We should take this opportunity to completely eradicate the threat of the Samonais in the north.

Plintors objected: first of all, the terrain in the mountains north of Kopsa is getting higher and higher, and the terrain is more complicated, and the Lucanian soldiers and Potentian soldiers in the army are completely unfamiliar with this area. It is easy to ambush in a rush to go deep, and the transportation of supplies is also quite difficult. Besides, Dionia's military focus at this time is in Syracuse, and it is not appropriate to expand the war, lest the alliance be unable to maintain a two-sided war.

Alexis supports Printoles' view, but he also has his own unique idea: try to attack Irna.

Enona is the only seaport town of the Samones in the west. In fact, it was not built by the Samones, but a city-state founded by the Greeks in Campania, but suffered the same situation as Poseidonia. Destiny, was occupied by the Samonites a hundred years ago. Before, Syracuse's food to support Samone's army was brought in from the town's port.

Enona is in the north of Poseidonia, more than 40 miles apart. The terrain between the two cities is flat, there are no mountains, only lush forests, and the entire coast has no cliffs or reefs, but soft sandy beaches. If this was the land of the Greeks, they would have chopped down trees to make boats, leveled the land for farming, filled the mudflats to build towns and ports, but the Samonaids didn't have the rare and rare things that their tribes got here. build towns on flat land. According to the investigation of the mountain forest reconnaissance team, the nearest and larger settlement of the Samonai tribe is more than 20 miles away from the coast, and it is on the edge of the mountain.

Enona has almost no fleet, so the baggage needed by the Daibo coalition can be transported by sea, which is the greatest benefit for the army preparing to go north. How could Alexis give up this great opportunity, so he was in the acquisition of Pohle. After the agreement of Te, a decision was made quickly: attack Enona.

Originally, Alexis decided to keep Potentia's troops stationed in Kopsa, but Polet insisted on participating in the attack on the Samone.

Alexis had no choice but to leave Xima to lead a brigade and some Potentian warriors to guard Kopsa, and he led the Daibo coalition of about 5,000 people along the coast and marched north. And a fleet full of baggage departed from Poseidonia and accompanied it.

The area that the army passed through was originally the territory of Shirpini, but at this time, the Samonei crowd of the Shirpini tribe had no leader. In addition, in order to invade Potentia before, the big leader Veroni almost took time out of the youth of the tribes. In prime years, the Samonai warriors who are now lucky to escape death and capture are either on the way to escape, or they have just fled back to their homes in shock. When I heard that the Dionysian army was attacking, who would dare to stop it! They all fled to the mountains with their families and their mouths. Therefore, the coalition forces were not disturbed by any attack and successfully arrived at the city of Enona.

Enona was originally a medium-sized city-state, but after it was occupied by the Samonites, most of the Samonite tribes did not want to live by the sea, and not many tribes moved here, but instead became a small town. However, the soldiers in the city were recruited to fight in the south, and only about one-third of the ethnic group fled back. When they heard that the Dionysian army was attacking, the whole city was terrified.

In the early days when the Samonais occupied Enona, the troops of the Campania Alliance attacked many times in an attempt to retake Enona. The leader of Pini asked for help and assembled a large army to repel the Campanias. The Campanias returned many times. With the passage of time, the power of the Samonites has grown stronger and stronger, and has threatened the core area of ​​the Campania Alliance. The Campania Alliance headed by Napoli is too busy to take care of itself, and there is no intention to retake the long lost Hainaut. So the Enona territory had not been at war for decades, and they often crossed the mountains northward to harass the Campanias.

Now, the army of Dionia is attacking, and the Enona people are disturbed to find that the city of Enona has not been repaired for many years, and the city defense is almost slack, while the army of Samona has suffered a crushing defeat, and the mountains are in chaos, so they sent people to the mountains to ask for help. Who else can I go to? !

The Ainona people were in a panic, and how could they be willing to abandon their homeland where they lived for a hundred years? Just when they were hesitating, Alexis led the army to arrive.

Instead of attacking the city immediately, he calmly asked the troops to build a camp and unload the baggage brought by the fleet moored on the nearby beach.

Two days later, he planted the captured flags of all the Samone tribes under the city of Enona, and then gathered ten ballistas and fired stone bullets together, knocking down a wooden sentry tower behind the city wall, causing a burst of fire in the city. After exclaiming, they sent people to shout under the city and ordered the other party to surrender.

After an urgent discussion among the terrified Samonais, an elder said something thought-provoking: "People, the situation here has changed dramatically. For a long time it would be impossible to protect Enona outside the mountains, and Enona, far from the mountains, was vulnerable to enemy attack, even if the Dionysians did not come to attack, the Campanias to the north , The Potentians in the south will come to take revenge when the tribe is declining, and Enona will never have peace! It is better to take advantage of this war, which has led to a large decrease in the tribes in the mountains. Some good settlements for us to choose from..."

After a heated debate, his suggestion was finally approved by the majority of people, so the Enona people soon sent messengers out of the city to meet Alexis, saying: The Enona people are willing to sacrifice the city, as long as Dio The Nias were able to let the whole city leave safely.

Despite Polert's objections, Alexis accepted the proposal without hesitation, and it was nothing to be able to acquire this highly strategic town without a fight, and to allow thousands of Samonites to leave with their belongings.

The Enona people passed by the heavily fortified coalition barracks uneasy. The Third Army strictly abided by the previous agreement and did not make any violations against them, so that Dionia's reputation for "keeping his promises" was once again confirmed and spread.

After the 3rd Corps successfully stationed in Enona, Alexis stopped military operations so far, and just let the mountain reconnaissance team monitor the movements of the Samona people in the mountains, and at the same time ordered the soldiers to seize the time to strengthen the city defense.

The battle report that Davos led the army to defeat the Syracuse army in the battle reached Alexis even earlier than Puamote got the news. After all, there is a convenient sea route.