Chapter 205: Arrival in Campania

Valle learned from Poreert's previous persuasion, and said helplessly: "Elia, a fragile hare who was often bullied by us, has become an ally with us now, relying on the Dionians......"

Seeing that he seemed to be a little uneasy, Puamot tried to persuade him, but saw his henchman and servant hurrying into the hall.

After Valle saw that he had whispered a few words to Puamot, Puamot's face had changed, and he hurriedly asked, "What happened?" ”

Puamot turned to look at him and said in a deep voice, "Dionya has defeated the army of Syracuse. ”

"Did the Ionians really win?!" Valer's eyes widened in surprise, and he couldn't help but mutter, "Lord Davers is really powerful!" So Great Greece is Dionysian?! ……”

"It's not just the ...... of Great Greece," Puamot said lightly, and when he heard the news, the only remaining worries and the remaining luck in his heart were all gone, and he exhaled lightly and said, "You go back to the territory, and by the way, bring 20 sheep and go to present a congratulatory gift to Lord Alexis for me......"

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Based on his impression of the Samonai people in the historical materials of his previous life, Davos asked Alexis to lead an army to attack Kopsa.

In fact, Davers lured and annihilated the main forces of the Pentney and Kautini tribes in Poseidonia, and then the Samonai tribesmen were attacked in the camp of Potentia, which inflicted heavy losses on the Hirpini warriors, and in the cold and cold winter rain, the Samonai warriors starved, scattered into the mountains, lost their way, encountered wild beasts, caught a cold, and ran into the Lucanian search party...... The defeat of Samonai is like a lost dog, and it is impossible to live in fear.

Even though tribal leaders such as Lesguk gathered some of the Samonai warriors and fled back to Kopsa, in the face of the ensuing menacing Third Legion and the combined army of Pothenia, none of the leaders thought that the small city and these demoralized, physically and mentally exhausted warriors would be able to hold back the morale-boosting enemy, so the Samonai fled north.

The leaders of Cautini were in a hurry to return to Cautini with a rout, as the defeat of the Samonai would shock central Italy, and they feared that the Campanians, who were close to Cautini's territory, would move.

Lesguk was in a hurry to return to Beneventum, although the four tribes of Samonai had been quite harmonious in the past, but the Hirpini tribe had suffered such a crushing defeat, once the other tribes had bad ideas, Beneventum, who was close to Penteney and Kautini, was in some danger, and he had to rush back to the town as soon as possible.

Another important town of the Hirpini tribe, Abenirum was killed by the great leader Willeni and the capture of his son Gherni, and the other leaders who survived the death were eager to rush back and re-elect a new leader.

The chaos of Abenitum is not as good as that of Pentney, and it will take a long time for the entire tribe and its entire tribe to be almost killed or captured from the great leader Torek to the leaders below.

After the Ionian Pothentia coalition easily occupied Kopsa, they discussed "whether to continue the offensive to the north".

Poret strongly demanded that the offensive continue, and he believed that the Samonai had suffered heavy losses and demoralization, and the abandonment of Kopsa was a typical example of this, and that this should be taken as an opportunity to completely eradicate the threat posed by the Samonai in the north.

Printors objected: firstly, the mountainous terrain to the north of Kopsa was getting higher and more complicated, and the Lucanian and Pothenian soldiers in the army were completely unfamiliar with this area, and it was easy to ambush and transport supplies. Besides, Dionia's military focus at this time was in Syracuse, and it was not appropriate to expand the war again, lest the alliance would not be able to maintain a two-sided war.

Alexis supported Printols' views, but he also had his own unique idea: to try to attack Irna.

Eriona is the only seaport town in the west of the Samonais, in fact it was not built by the Samonai, but a city-state founded by the Campanian Greeks, but suffered the same fate as Poseidonia and was occupied by the Samonai a hundred years ago. Previously, Syracuse had brought in food from the town's port to support Samonai's army.

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 is free of cliffs and reefs, all soft sand. If this was the land of the Greeks, they would have cut down trees to make ships, leveled the land for arable land, and filled the tidal flats to build towns and ports, but the Samones did not establish a town on the rare flat land that their tribe had acquired. According to the exploration of the mountain forest reconnaissance team, the nearest to the coast, the larger Samonai tribe settlement is also more than 20 li, on the edge of the mountain.

Monona had almost no fleet, so the baggage required by the Debord coalition could be transported by sea, which was the greatest advantage for the army preparing to go north, and Alexis could not give up this great opportunity, so after obtaining Paulette's consent, he quickly made a decision: to attack Énona.

Originally, Alexis decided to keep Pothenia's troops in Kopsa, but Poret insisted on participating in the attack on the Samonai.

Alexis had no choice but to leave Xsima with a brigade and some Pothentian warriors to defend Kopsa, and he himself led a coalition of about 5,000 people along the coast and marched north. And the flotilla laden with baggage departed from Poseidonia and accompanied it.

The territory through which the army passed was originally the territory of Hirpine, but at this time, the Samonai crowd of the Hilpinei tribe was leaderless, and in order to invade Pothenia before, the great leader Villani almost evacuated the young men of the tribes, and now the Samonai warriors who were lucky enough to escape death and capture were either on the way to flee, or had just fled back to their homeland in a panic, and who dared to stop them when they heard that the Dionian army was attacking! They fled to the mountains with their families and mouths. As a result, the coalition forces were undisturbed and successfully reached the city of Enona.

Enona was originally a medium-sized city-state, but after the occupation by the Samonais, most of the Samonai tribes did not want to live by the sea, and not many tribes moved here, but became a small city. However, the warriors in the city had been drafted to fight in the south, and only about a third of the people had fled back, and the whole city was terrified when they heard of the attack of the Dionian army.

In the early days of the Samonai occupation of Enona, the armies of the Campanian League attacked many times in an attempt to retake Enona, and the Samonai people in the city held the city while asking for help from the chief of Hilpinei in the mountains, and gathered a large army to repel the Campanians, so the Campanians returned many times. With the passage of time, the power of the Samona has grown, and has threatened the core area of the Campanian League, led by Naples, the Campanian League is too busy to take care of itself, where is there still the heart to regain the long-lost Enerna, so the territory of Enerna has not been in war for decades, and they often cross the mountains to the north to harass the Campanians.

Now, the army of Dionya is attacking, and the people of Enona are disturbed to find that the city of Enona has not been repaired for many years, and the city defense is almost in ruins, and the army of Samonai has suffered a crushing defeat, and the mountains are in chaos.

The Énona people panicked, and how could they abandon their homeland where they had lived for a hundred years, and just as they were hesitating, Alexis and his army had arrived.

Instead of attacking the city immediately, he unhurriedly ordered his troops to build camp and unload the baggage of the flotilla anchored on the nearby beach.

Two days later, he planted all the captured banners of the Samonai tribe under the city of Enona, and then concentrated ten ballistae and fired stone projectiles together, knocking down a wooden watchtower behind the city wall, causing a burst of exclamation in the city, before sending people to shout under the city and order the other party to surrender.

The terrified Samonais deliberated urgently, and one of the elders said thought-provokingly: "Tribesmen, the situation here has changed dramatically, and the badly battered Abenirum and Beneventum will not be able to protect Enona beyond the mountains for a long time, and the Enona far away from the mountains is very vulnerable to enemy attacks, and even if the Dionyas do not attack, the Campanias in the north and the Pothenians in the south will take advantage of the decline of the tribe to take revenge, and Enona will never be at peace!" It is better to take advantage of this war, which has led to a large reduction in the tribes in the mountains, and we can move at this time, and there are still some good settlements for us to choose from......"

After much debate, his suggestion was finally accepted by the majority, and the Enona soon sent an envoy out of the city to Alexis and said that the Enona were willing to sacrifice the city, as long as the Dioonians could let the whole city leave safely.

Despite Paulette's objections, Alexis accepted the offer without hesitation, and was able to gain access to this strategically important town without bloodshed, allowing thousands of Samonai to leave with their belongings.

The Enona people passed through the heavily guarded coalition camp with trepidation, and the Third Army strictly adhered to the previous agreement and did not infringe on them, so that Dionia's reputation for "keeping its promises" was once again confirmed and spread.

After the 3rd Army successfully entered Enona, Alexis ceased military operations and only asked the mountain scouts to monitor the movements of the Monets in the mountains, and at the same time ordered the soldiers to seize the time to strengthen the city defenses.

The news of the defeat of Syracuse's army by Davers in the battle reached Alexis even before Puamot received the news.