Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

After listening, Polert turned his head and asked Alexis: It seems that the Beneventoum people are ready. Do we need to start camping here?

It's too far from Beneventum City to oppress them. Alexis stared at the terrain ahead.

Then, he pointed to the long line of continuous hills on the west side that seemed to be about 100 meters high, and asked, How far is the mountain road connecting Kautim and Beneventum?

It's hard to say, there are several mountains in between. Gellney thought for a while and shook his head, unable to give the exact number.

Alexis pointed to the row of lower hills on the east side, and asked, Come over them, the terrain on the east side should be flatter, right?

Yes, General Alexis, you remember very clearly that from this hill to the east of the Voltuno River, although there are some small hills, the terrain is relatively flat. Gellney replied.

Alexis asked the adjutant to bring a simple map of Samonay based on the information provided by Gellney and the others. While consulting Gellney, he compared the real landscape with the map.

After thinking for a while, he made up his mind and said, After we march three miles further, we will start to build the camp. Leader Garni, you lead your soldiers to camp in this valley to protect our grain. aisle.

Gellney listened, breathed a sigh of relief, and immediately stated: Don't worry, we will guard this place firmly, even if it is an enemy, don't even think about slipping through here!

For the Abenerum warriors, the Sabato River is not only a passage for food, but also the only way for Beneventum to their homeland. Of course, the said troops will devote 200% of their energy to defending this place.

This is exactly what Alexis intended, and then he pointed to the map and said: Captain Poulet, your army's camp extends from the south bank of the Volturno to this side, and our Dionysus The second's barracks is in the middle of your two barracks.

Alexis arranged this in consideration of the fact that Abenerum and Potentia had a grudge more than ten years ago, and it was the first time they fought together, and they still lacked cooperation with each other. He was specially reminded that Abenerum had few soldiers and the Potentian warriors lacked combat experience. The Dionysian camp was located in the middle and could be taken into account. At the same time, after the camp was built, it would occupy two rivers and not only drink water. It is convenient, and it will also cause great pressure on Beneventum City.

I have no opinion, but I hope the general can send someone to guide us to build the camp. Polert has participated in Dionysian military training, and he is very clear that the Dionysian army has a deep research on building camps.

In order to ensure the safety of the soldiers' camp, he had the cheek to ask directly.

Before Alexis could respond, Gellney, who was reminded, immediately said, We also hope that the general can send someone to help build the camp.

Although Gellney had not participated in the military training of Dioria, he had visited the military camp of Turii many times and had seen the training of the citizens of Dionia, and he also knew about it. And he took into account that Abenirum had the least number of fighters, not only to build camps, but also to guard against enemy raids, in fact, he needed the help of allies.

Of course there is no problem, I will definitely help! Alexis was very happy that the two of them had such a request, because it would be convenient for him to unify the planning of the entire camp and allocate manpower reasonably.

After the three reached an agreement, Gellney led the army straight north, while Alexis and Poulet led their troops, over the hills to the east, and headed northeast.

Yesterday evening, after the Samone coalition camp received the news that The Dionysian army has entered the territory of Abenirum, because of fear for the safety of Beneventum, Leskuk couldn't wait for the other tribes to withdraw from the camp. , and led more than 3,000 Shilpini warriors to retreat to Abella that night, and set off in the early morning of the next day, marching quickly, and entered the city of Beneventoum at noon.

There were originally 1,000 soldiers stationed in the city of Beneventum. It was originally to guard against the Abenerum people in the south. After Lesguk led his team back, the total number of soldiers in the city reached more than 4,000. I heard that other tribes The fighters will come later, and the confidence of the ethnic group is greatly increased.

And Leskuk was not satisfied with just waiting for defense. After the spies sent out to understand the movement of the enemy, he immediately led the 1,000 soldiers who were originally stationed in the city (the other soldiers needed a good rest due to the continuous rapid march. To restore physical strength) quietly circled the mountains to the east, and raided the Abenerum people three miles south of the city of Beneventum.

As the commander-in-chief of the Dionysian coalition, Alexis led his army in an unfamiliar mountain area. Of course, he would not lose his vigilance. Instead, he was more cautious. He repeatedly asked: no matter whether Abenerum or Potenti The runners-up had to draw half their strength to defend the camp being built.

As a result, Leskuk's raid was unsuccessful, and instead quickly turned into a battle between Bereventum and Abenerum warriors, who first threw javelins at each other and then fought with spears, although Leskuk's The number of fighters led by them was small, but they had plenty of stamina and had some advantages.

But with 1,000 Dionysian light infantry coming from the east for reinforcements, Leskuk had to retreat.

But he did not stop there. He sent 2,000 soldiers who were being groomed in the city to harass the Potentians from the east. While attracting the attention of the Dionysian army, he once again led 2,000 soldiers directly through the Sabato Valley to attack the Potentians. Abenerum.

However, the number of Dionian coalition forces used for defense was more than twice the number of existing soldiers in Beneventum City. After Alexis realized that Abenirum's side seemed to be the target of the enemy's key attack, Simply let a light infantry brigade stationed in front of the Abenirum battalion.

Beneventum's attack failed to cause much trouble for Abenerum's army, but increased some casualties. For Beneventum, who was short of troops, every soldier's life was precious. , Leskuk could only lead his team back in grief.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he returned to the city, he received an urgent report from his men: thousands of enemies were approaching the city of Beneventum from the east.

This made Leskuk feel nervous, and he immediately gathered the warriors in the city and led them up to the city for defense.

Alexis approached Beneventum with a battalion of heavy infantry and 3,000 Potentian warriors.

Looking at the seven-meter-high stone wall 100 meters away, Alexis recalled some information about the city provided by Gellney: A dozen years ago, Beneventum was just a wooden city. , and the simple wooden fences on its periphery are often damaged, it is only used to prevent wild animals, not to prevent enemies. Because there are few civil wars between the tribes of Samona, and foreign enemies have never threatened the mountains, So they never worry about the safety of their homes.

However, after the powerful Dionysian kingdom rose in the south, the situation changed. The Samonite tribe was defeated and surrendered to it in disgrace. Even the Dionysians interfered in the internal affairs of the Samonais. , caused the confrontation between Beneventum and Abenirum, so the deeply disturbed Grand Chief Lesguk repeatedly called for the rebuilding of a fortified city of Beneventum to resist possible foreign invasion. The chiefs of the Beneventoum tribes, who were equally disturbed, eventually agreed with him.

The Shirpinians had no experience in building a stone city, so Lesguct borrowed a lot of Campania slaves who could build a city from Kautim, and not only completed the planning of the new city, but also in the city very close to the address of the new city. Good building stones were found on the north bank of the Volturno. After a long period of 6 years, with the joint efforts of all the tribes of Beneventoum, the new city of Beneventoum was finally completed. In the name of celebrating the new city, Leskuk soon invited the priests of the Samone Tribe Alliance to hold a sacrificial ceremony in Beneventom, thus triggering a series of events that followed...

Of course, in Gellney's account, there is nothing good to say about Leskuk and the other tribes of Beneventum, and accuses Leskuk, who proposed the new city, of premeditating against Dionysus . At the same time, he also mentioned a detail: The city drawings designed by Campania slaves have the concept of the Acropolis, which is very interesting to the Beneventoum people, they simply put the east side parallel to the Sabato River. The end of this line of hills includes the city, and this hill covers half of the city of Beneventum, and on the top of the hill an inner city is built.

Since then, the city of Beneventum has been blocked by the Volturno River in the north, the Sabato River in the west, and the hills in the south as a barrier. Only the east is relatively flat... This is why Alexis The reason why Sri Lanka led his team to attack from here.

Alexis looked over the seven-meter-high stone wall and looked at the hill that swelled from south to north in the city and cut off his sight. It was at least thirty meters high, and there were no lush trees on it, only Densely packed houses, and another stone wall on the top of the mountain... This is one of the reasons why he did not rashly issue an order to let the 20,000 coalition soldiers who arrived here after a difficult journey immediately attack the city.

Lord Commander, the ballista has been arranged.

Shoot it. Alexis gave the order, and a moment later, ten whistling bullets bombarded the city wall, and the huge sound made the Shirpini warriors exclaim.

The deterrence of the army led by Alexis to the city of Beneventum made Leskouk lead the main force to confront it in the city, while reducing the harassment of the troops of the Dionian coalition who were building the camp.