"Boy, are you still a valiant Samone?! Show your courage! Don't look at the Greeks in their thick iron shells, one of our Samonei warriors can easily defeat three or four Greek soldiers! Kontruk shouted.

"Old man!" Badani was also scolded by Contruk, and mocked, "You have been in the mountains for a long time, you don't know the situation outside, the Dionian soldiers are not comparable to the Greek soldiers, they can become the most terrible force in Italy in just a dozen years, not by virtue of the large number of people!" ”

Contruk was so angry that he blew his beard and glared, and shouted loudly, "You coward! Coward! Unworthy to be the Grand Boss of Pentney! ”

"I am not worthy of the great leader of Pentney, with the decision of the people of Pentney, 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 pressed Kontruk, who was about to get up and scold, and then said to him sincerely, "Honorable Great Chief, Badani is right, I saw with my own eyes the power of the Dionian army more than ten years ago, and after so many years of development, their strength has become even stronger. But we really can't back down anymore and we must rise up and resist! ”

Lesguk's words satisfied Contruk, and he snorted and stopped making noise.

"However, how to fight the mighty Dionya requires serious consideration." "First of all, it would be better to deceive the Dionians into freeing the thousands of captive Kautini, as this would strengthen us and give us no worries in battle, so we must pretend to respectfully agree to some conditions of the Dionians, and trick them into letting their guard down. ”

Hearing this, Usibik nodded repeatedly.

Contruk snorted and did not speak.

"Secondly, it is better for us not to fight the Ionians on the plains, because they are numerous, heavily armoured, and cavalry, and it will be difficult for us to defeat them. But if we can lure them into the mountains, we can use the strengths of our warriors and cause great trouble for the Dionians. ”

"That's right, we should fight the Dioonians in the mountains we know well!" Badani loudly agreed.

"But how can the Dioonians be lured into the mountains? The Greeks were not fools, they had always hated fighting in the mountains. Kontruk raised his own questions.

"We can discuss this issue slowly, and we can always come up with a good solution." Lesgouk said this, but looking at his confident expression, it was obvious that he had already thought about it, and at this time he said with a cautious expression, "We still have an important problem to solve!" We have to gather tens of thousands of warriors to fight against Dionia, and it will be okay for a short time, but after a long time, we may not have so much food, and with the vast territory of Dionia, it is obvious that it will not be defeated in a short time. ”

This was to the point, and several other people were left in thought: The land in the Samonai region is barren, but there is not enough food for a long battle!

Badani looked at Contruk and the High Priest, then at Lesguk, and interjected, "We organized more than 40,000 warriors to attack Pothenia that year, but we received food aid from Dionysius, the tyrant of Syracuse. ”

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

"Allies? Who wants to be an ally of our Samonais?! Contruk said subconsciously. For decades, the Samonays were very strong in south-central Italy, and they have always been a bully to others, who need any allies, and they have no habit of forming alliances, except for a fiasco for more than a decade, which forced them to become an ally of Dionia, and this matter has always made Contruk haunted.

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

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Circeii, a town of Wolsey, which is bordered by the Tyrrhenian Sea to the south, is located on a headland, with a mountain on the west and a plain to the east, has been developed into a large area of farmland by the Walsey, and the coastal area to the north is a series of swamps formed by the convergence of several rivers, so the peculiar terrain makes the Selser difficult to defend and makes it an important town for the Walsey.

Mountain races often share common characteristics when they develop later. Due to the increase in population, they had to expand into the lowlands in order to obtain more land to feed the population. As a result, the lowlands of all the land now owned by the Wolsey were larger than those in the mountains, and they also made Selsche and Tarraca, another seaside town not far away, the center of the Wolsey League.

On this day in early October, a large fleet sailed on the sea south of Serscher, and at the head of this fleet were 30 three-layer oars, followed by more than 200 passenger ships, and then 30 three-shelf ships, and dozens of small and medium-sized warships on the outside of the entire fleet.

Pointing to the vague outline of the town on the distant shore, the Wolsey Emissary Mattpora said in a loud voice to Amintas, "Look, General, that's Selcher!" ”

Amintas, who had been tossing and turning on the sea for nearly two days, looked stunned, but when he heard this, he suddenly perked up, turned around and said, "Quickly blow the trumpet, remind the brothers of the First Legion, and Admiral Midorades of the Third Fleet, that we are ready to enter the port!" ”

After giving the order, he said to Matt Bora, "It's a pity that you Wolsi don't have a military port, otherwise our fleet can be stationed directly in the port of Sersche, and with the cooperation of warships, it will be more convenient for us to attack the Romans." ”

Mattpola immediately said, "General Amyntas, we can start building a military port at once under your guidance. ”

Although the Wolsey had owned the seaside towns for decades, they were a mountainous race, not very good at seafaring, not very interested in seafaring, lackluster in shipbuilding, and possessed very few warships. The same was true of Rome, where there were no naval powers.

"By the time your military port is repaired, the Romans will have been repulsed by us a long time ago!" Amyntas smiled confidently.

Matt Bora had no choice but to laugh.

"Captain, the ship is starting to turn around." Adjutant Hippogreta pointed ahead and reminded him.

"The Third Fleet escorted us for two days, and it really worked hard for them. I'm sure I'll have a chance to join forces with Midorades, so I won't thank him this time. Amintas looked at the staggered ships and ordered, "Prepare to enter the harbor." ”

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The port of Serche, of course, could not be compared with the port of Naples, not only was it small, less labored, and less efficient, so the Dionian fleet came to the port and docked, and the soldiers disembarked and disembarked slowly.

However, there were quite a few high-ranking figures from the Wolsey League who came to greet the First Legion, and almost all of the Wolsey towns sent important figures.

Not only that, but also representatives of the Aurunci and Sidixi, two small races living between the Wolsey League and the Campanian League, were persuaded by the Wolsi to join the war.

Amintas's interpreter was of no use for the time being, as he was introduced by the Wolsey emissary, Matt Pola.

In fact, since the Wolsy had a good relationship with the Campanians, and there was trade from time to time, most of these high-ranking Volsey figures spoke Greek, but their strange pronunciation made Amintas sound a little difficult.

"Master Amintas, this is Turlouse, the Archon of Selshe!"

"This is the Archon of Fundi—Brelius!"

"This is the Archon of Privernu, Catemontalus!"

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Most of the towns of Wolsey had a single consul system, elected once a year, which was a remnant of the hill ethnic tradition. In fact, the Wolsey League was much looser than the Campanian League, and each Wolsey town was theoretically equal in the League, with no rules on who should be the leader, but the rapid onslaught of the Romans forced them to unite more closely, with Selsche and Polyfnonam as the center in the fight against the Romans. Therefore, the gratitude they showed when they welcomed Amintas was genuine.

And Amintas was surprised to see two Dionians

The first was Printors, a staff officer of the Ministry of Military Affairs. Having received an order from the Ministry of War, he went directly from Naples to Serche, where he waited to join the First Legion.

"Commander Amintas, I was ordered to the First Legion to listen to your command!" Printols, dressed in military uniform, stepped forward and solemnly gave a military salute.

After Amintas returned the military salute, he laughed and said, "What a command!" I only know that Your Majesty has sent you to help me win the war, and if you want to help Alexis and Lizaru, give me more good advice! ”

Printors immediately replied, "No problem, as long as the Legion Commander is willing to listen!" ”

"Okay, let's have a good chat later!" Amintas smiled, patted him the shoulder, and looked at the other Dionian.

"Master Amintas, I'm Tapyrus from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and I've been ordered to come and give you some information about Rome." It was upon arrival in the port of Ostia that Tapyrus received orders from Davers to come to Sersche alone.

"Your Majesty has really thought too well for our First Legion!" Amintas immediately welcomed Tapilus.

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