Davers and the Dionian Senate never expected that Dionysius had already started the idea of Tarantum, and the people of Tarantum have become more and more lost in the face of the rise of Dionya in the past two years, and the rejection of the Dionian people has become more and more intense, so it is no accident that Theomiras, a citizen of Tarantum who had made a big mistake, was re-elected as consul.

After receiving the assurances of Dionysius, Diomilas and the Tarantum Senate secretly contacted the pro-Tarantum figures in their former allies, and on the other hand, they observed the war situation in Greater Greece and put on a posture of standing idly by. After all, they had seen the strength of the Dionian army with their own eyes, and they did not dare to take risks without great certainty. It was not until the end of the Battle of Siritim that the Tarantum Senate finally made up its mind after the news of the great victory of Siracuse and the rapid occupation of the cities of Siriting and Trina reached Tarantum.

The process of capturing Metapontum was actually very simple: early in the morning, the Tarantum army raided Metapontum, and the pro-Tarantum faction betrayed the city guards, secretly opened the city gates, and led them to raid the pro-Theonian faction led by Tud Preles (since Metapontum joined the unit alliance, with the support of Theonia, it has always been Tud Pres who controls the right to mobilize the army).

"General, congratulations on taking Metapontum!" Isalokas and his men rushed to congratulate Diomillas.

"No, Tarantum did not capture the city, but the people of Metapontum themselves broke free from the control of Dionya and returned to the bosom of the mother state!" Diomiras, who had been in Tarantum for several years, was noticeably calmer than before.

"You're right, General! Metapontum is a sub-state of Tarantum, and they share the belief of Poseidon and Frantus, not Hades, and should be united! Isalokas immediately picked up the conversation and showed his thoughts.

"Lord Isalokas, the Senate of Tarantum wants you to be the sole consul of Metapontum and lead the people and Tarantum to deal with the current complex situation in Greater Greece!" In fact, the Tarantum Senate had already made an agreement with Isalokas, and Diomyras announced it in public at this moment in order to publicly show his support for Isalocas.

"Thank you to the Senate of Tarantum and General Diamillas for your trust! I will definitely make Metapontum the most trusted ally of Tarantum and restore peace to it at the same time! Isalokas made a promise with a smile on his face.

Theomillas nodded, and said in a commanding tone: "Please prepare the sacrifice at once, I will go to the Acropolis to pay homage to Poseidon, thank him for his help and forgive us for our offense!" ”

"I'll do it right away." Izalocas said a few words to the man beside him, and the man sped away.

Isalokas turned around and said, "One more thing, I hope you will get your attention, General, Tud Pres didn't catch it!" ”

"This traitor ran away?!" Diomilas frowned.

"He was very clever and prepared, and as soon as you entered the city, he immediately led some men out of the west gate. We had too few men to stop them, and we suffered many casualties. Izalocas said with a frustration.

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

"Alright!" Diamilas interrupted them loudly, and the verbosity of these men only annoyed him: "Tud Pres runs west, and he can't run away. ”

Deomyras sneered, capturing Tud Pres was a trivial matter, and he was more concerned about the progress of the troops led by Eumacus.

So, he said to Isalokas: "I will leave a brigade of soldiers to help you stabilize the situation in Metapontum. When I came out of the Acropolis, I led my army to Heraclia. The task of transporting the baggage and food is left to you. ”

"Don't worry, I'll arrange it."

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At the same time as Taranturu attacked Metapontum, he also launched an attack on Heraklia.

Since Heraclia was separated from Tarantum by land by Metapontum, Tarantum's attacking forces had to come from the sea in order to achieve the effect of a surprise attack. When Heraclia saw the landing of Tarantum's naval fleet, he could prepare for the arrival of the inner and outer sides and open the gates for the attacking forces.

However, ever since Davos sent a reminder, Triphas, the consul of Heraclea, had been cautious to the east, and had repeatedly admonished the city and harbor guards to always be vigilant. Therefore, when Tarantum's fleet quietly approached the shores of Heraclia in the early morning fog, the sentries at the lighthouse in Heraclia discovered them in time.

As a result, the alarm bell rang in Heraclia, and the citizens immediately took up arms and strengthened the garrison of the city.

Unlike Metapontum, Heraclia was founded a few decades ago, and it is far away from Tarantum, so it is not as deeply influenced by Tarantum as Metapontum. On the contrary, in recent years, it has had close contacts with its neighbor Dionia, and has been increasingly influenced by its culture and trade, but more and more citizens have favored Dionia. Therefore, Tarantum had very few people in the city, and how could they dare to confront the citizen soldiers head-on, and when they saw that the city was heavily defended, they dared to act recklessly, so they immediately stopped fighting and hiding.

Fortunately, the city of Heraclia was built in a strange way, it was located at the narrowest point between the lower reaches of the Agri River and the Basento River, so the Tarantum army could not land on the bank of the river, because the narrow territory would cause the landing to become slow and the force could not be fully deployed, and once the Heraclian attacked decisively, the Tarantum who were still landing would be in big trouble. If he landed on the south coast of the Agri River, he would likely be flanked by Heraclia and Dionia, so Eumacus had no choice but to choose the landing site on the coast north of the Basento River.

The Tarantum soldiers began to quickly go ashore......

Because Tarantum's fleet entered the Basento River and cruised, the Heracles did not dare to send their troops across the river to attack the enemy who was landing.

Trifias took the opportunity to send men to burn the wooden bridge over the Basento River, not far north of the city of Heraclia, and sent messengers to Turrij on horseback to ask for help from Dionia. But beyond that, the Heraclians had nothing to do, and watched as Tarantum's forces assembled on the coast.

By the time Tarantum's army reached the banks of the Basento River, the wooden bridge over the river had been charred.

Eumacus had no choice but to order his troops to cooperate with the fleet and build a pontoon bridge.

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

Because of Heracles' attack, several of Tarantum's passenger ships were burned, and Eumacus had no choice but to urge Diomiras's troops to come as soon as possible......

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During this time, a small episode occurred.

Tud Pres fled west with the remnants of the enemy, only to see the landing Tarantum in the distance.

There was an obstacle in front and a chasing soldier behind, and the people who traveled with him asked Tud Pres in panic: What should I do?

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

"There's the terrible Galaguso to the north!" Someone exclaimed,

"Are the Galaguso people more terrible than the Tarantum people who want our lives at this moment! Moreover, they are allies of Dionya just like us! With that, Tud Pres took the lead and ran into the mountains to the north.

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

They made their way into Galaguso's sphere of influence, and were eventually surrounded by the Lucanians.

After Tud Pres had made his intentions known, the Lucanians of Galaguso not only drove away their pursuers, but also led them to the Grand Chief.

The Grand Leader of Galaguso is different from the Grand Chiefs of the Tribal Confederation of the other Lucanians, not because of the strength of his tribe and his own political ability, but because of the ancient Lucanian tradition, through a contest between tribal leaders, and finally won the position, so his Grand Leader Cullom is a young strong man.

When he learned from Tud Pres what had happened, he and the priests of Galaguso decided to settle the refugees of Metapontum in the valley for the time being, and to order the tribes not to harm them.

You must know that in the past, the Galaguso people used to be very hostile to the Metapontum people, and in recent years, because of the relationship between the two sides, the relationship between the two sides has gradually eased. But this time there was such a big change of attitude, not only because Galaguso and Metapontum were both allies of Dionia, but more importantly, Galaguso had just received news from Pothenia that the Dioonic army, led by the consul Davers, had defeated the invading Samonai.

To the Greeks, the Samonai were nothing more than another barbaric mountain race. However, the Lucanian tribes who lived in Galaguso knew this powerful northern neighbour very well, because their ancestors had lived in the Beneventum region a hundred years earlier, and it was the Samonei who drove them here.

The Galaguso people have been passed down from generation to generation, and they are deeply feared by the Samonai people. When they heard that nearly 50,000 Samonai had invaded Portentia, the first thought that came to the Galaguso was that we were probably migrating again.

As a result, they kept an eye on the movements of the Samonai, and as a result, Davers led a small Dionian army to completely defeat the Samonai, which gave the Galaguso a considerable shock.