Chapter 30 Arrival at Wolsey

"Boy, are you still a heroic Samonaite?! Show up your courage! Don't look at those Greeks wearing thick iron shells, one of us Samonaite warriors can easily defeat three or four Greek soldiers! ' exclaimed Contruk.

"Old man!" Badani was also scolded by Contruk, sarcastically, "You have been in the mountains for a long time, and you don't know the situation outside at all. The Dionysian soldiers are not comparable to the Greek soldiers. They can become the most terrifying force in Italy in just over a dozen years, not because of the number of people!"

Contruck blew his beard and stared, shouting loudly, "You coward! Coward! You don't deserve to be Pentney's chief!"

"Whether I am worthy of Pentney's big leader, and Pentney's ethnic group decides, there is no need for an outsider who doesn't know anything to talk nonsense here!"

"Everyone, please be quiet! Are we here today just to quarrel?" Lesguk held down Kontruk, who was about to get up and scolded him, and said sincerely to him, "Respected chief, Badani There is a saying that is right. I saw the power of the Dionysian army with my own eyes more than ten years ago. After so many years of development, their strength is even stronger. But we really can't shrink back, we must rise up and resist!"

Contruk was satisfied by what Leskuk said, and he snorted and stopped making noise.

"However, we need to seriously consider how to fight against the mighty Dionia." Leskuk continued, "First of all, it is best to deceive the Dionias to release the thousands of captive Kauti. Nepalese people, this not only strengthens our strength, but also allows us to have no worries in the battle, so we have to pretend to be respectful and agree to some conditions of the Dionysians to deceive them to relax their vigilance.”

When Usibik heard this, he nodded again and again.

Contruk snorted and said nothing.

"Secondly, we'd better not fight the Dionians on the plains, they are numerous and heavily armored and have cavalry, and it is more difficult for us to defeat them. But if we can lure them into the mountains, Then we can use the strengths of our warriors and cause great trouble to the Dionysians."

"Yes, we should fight the Dionysians in the mountains we are familiar with!" Badani loudly agreed.

"But how can the Dionians be lured into the mountains? The Greeks are not fools. They have always hated fighting in the mountains." Contruk asked his own question.

"We can discuss this issue slowly, and we can always come up with a good solution." Although Lesguk said so, but judging from his confident expression, he obviously had already considered it, and at this time he said cautiously, "We still have An important problem to solve! We must gather tens of thousands of warriors to fight against Dionia,

It’s okay in a short time, but after a long time, I’m afraid we don’t have that much food, and with Dionia’s vast territory, it is obvious that it will not be defeated in a short time. "

These words hit the spot, causing several others to think that the land in the Samonay region is barren, but there is not enough food to fight for a long time!

Badani looked at Contruk and the High Priest, then looked at Lesguk again, and interjected, "We organized more than 40,000 soldiers to attack Potentia, but we got the tyrant of Syracuse. Food aid from Dionysius."

"So we need an ally who can provide us with the food we desperately need, and at the same time help us share the offensive pressure of the Dionians." Leskuk took the opportunity to pick up the conversation and said loudly.

"Allies? Who wants to be an ally of our Samonais?!" Kontruk said subconsciously. For decades, the Samone people have been very strong in central and southern Italy. They have always bullied others. They don't need any allies, and they have no habit of forming alliances. Except for a fiasco for more than ten years, they were forced to become Dai. Onia's alliance, this matter has still made Contruck haunted.

Leskuk smiled slightly, "Yesterday, the messenger of Carthage came to Beneventum..."

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Circeii, a Volsian town, bordering the Tyrrhenian Sea to the south, on a headland, backed by a mountain to the west and a plain to the east, has been developed by the Volsians A large area of ​​farmland is formed, and the coastal area to the north is a series of swamps formed by the convergence of several rivers. Such a peculiar terrain makes Selshe easy to defend and difficult to attack, and also makes it an important town for the Volsci people.

Mountain races developed to later, often have common characteristics. As the population increased, they had to expand into the lowlands in order to obtain more land to support the population. So the lowlands of all the lands now owned by the Wolsey are larger than the mountains, and they have also named Selsche and another seaside town, tarraca, not too far away, as the confederates of the Wolsey. center.

On this day in early October, a huge fleet sailed from the sea to the south of Selsche. At the forefront of this fleet were 30 three-deck oars, followed by more than 200 passenger ships, and then another. There are 30 three-layer oar warships, and there are dozens of small and medium-sized warships on the outside of the entire fleet, and the momentum is quite large.

Wolsey messenger Matepola pointed to the vague outline of the town on the distant coast, and said loudly to Amintas, "General, look, that is Selsche!"

Amintas, who had been bumping at sea for nearly two days, looked tired, but when he heard this, he suddenly became refreshed, turned around and said, "Blow the bugle, remind the brothers of the First Army, and the Mi of the Third Fleet. General Dorads, we're getting ready to enter the port!"

After giving the order, he said to Metabola, "It's a pity that you Volsci people don't have a military port, otherwise our fleet can be stationed directly in the port of Selche. With the cooperation of warships, it will be more convenient for us to attack the Romans. ."

Metabola immediately said, "General Amintas, we can start building the military port immediately under your guidance."

Although the Volsci have owned seaside towns for decades, they are mountain races after all. They are not good at sailing, nor are they interested in sailing. Their ship-making skills are lackluster, and they own few warships. The same is true for Rome, and there are no naval powers among these forces in central Italy.

"When your naval port is repaired, the Romans will have been repelled by us!" Amyntas smiled confidently.

Metabola had no choice but to laugh along.

"Commander, the warship is turning around." Adjutant Hippogritta pointed to the front and reminded him.

"The Third Fleet escorted us for two days. It's really hard for them. I believe that Midorads and I will have the opportunity to join forces. I won't thank him this time." The warship, issued the order "Get ready to enter the port."

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Of course, the port of Selsche cannot be compared with the port of Naples. It is not only small and labor-intensive, but also inefficient. Therefore, the Dionysian fleet entered the port and docked, and the soldiers disembarked very slowly.

However, there were a lot of high-level people from the Wolsey Alliance who came to welcome the First Army, and almost all Wolsey towns sent important people to come.

Not only that, but also representatives of the aurunci and the sidixi, two small races living between the Volsi Union and the Campania Confederation, also in Volsi Under the persuasion of people, they joined the war.

The interpreter of Amyntas was temporarily useless, because he was introduced by the emissary of Wolsey, Metabora.

In fact, since the Volsci have a good relationship with the Campania and trade from time to time, most of these high-level figures in the Vols can speak Greek, but their strange pronunciation makes Amyntas sound a bit difficult. .

"Lord Amintas, this is the consul of Selsche - Toulouse!"

"This is the consul of Fundi - Brereius!"

"This is the consul of privernu - Catemantaros!"

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Most of Wolsey's towns are governed by the sole consul, who is elected every year, a remnant of the mountain race tradition. In fact, the Volsci League was much looser than the Campania League. Each Volsci town was theoretically equal in the league, and there was no rule about who should be the leader, but the Romans' rapid attack forced them to Had to unite more closely, with Celscher and Bolefnam as the center, to fight against the Romans together. So the gratitude they showed in welcoming Amintas was sincere.

And Amintas also accidentally saw two Dionysians

The first was Printols, a staff officer at the Ministry of Military Affairs. After receiving the order of the Ministry of Military Affairs, he came directly from Naples to Sershe, waiting to join the First Army.

"Commander Armintas, I have been ordered to go to the First Corps to listen to your command!" Printols, who was dressed in military uniform, stepped forward and gave a solemn military salute.

After Amintas returned to Israel with a military salute, he laughed and said, "What command! I only know that Your Majesty sent you here to help me win the war. If you want to help Alexis and Lizaru, give me more advice. Suggestions!"

Printols replied immediately, "No problem, as long as the legion commander is willing to listen!"

"Okay, let's have a good chat for a while!" Armintas smiled, patted him hard on the shoulder, and then looked at the other Dionian.

"Lord Amyntas, I am Tapirus from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. I have been ordered to provide you with some information about Rome." Tapirus received an order from Davos after arriving at the port of Ostia. , let him come alone to Selsche.

"His Majesty is so thoughtful about our First Army!" Amyntas immediately welcomed Tapirus.

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