The Neapolitan generals did not know much about the Dionian military system, and at first they heard the Dionian emissary Carrias say, 'The kingdom will send the Third Legion to fight.' They thought there were only a few thousand men, but they didn't expect that the other side could easily send 10,000 men, which was already half of the total strength of the Campania League's army.

Calias thought that the Neapolitans thought that Dionya had sent too many soldiers, so he hurriedly explained: "Because of the repeated teachings of the Cautini, His Majesty Davers is very angry, and he sent the entire Third Legion, which is to decide to completely crush the invasion of Cautini, and teach them a heavy lesson, so that they will never dare to invade the territory of the Campanian League again!" ”

"That's great, we've been looking forward to that day!" Onosius couldn't help but say to the others.

"Where are we stationed?" At this time, Lizaru asked impatiently.

"The camp is just outside the East Side, but it's ...... Some tents are not enough. Aearos said with a slight embarrassment, they really didn't expect Dionya to send such a large number of soldiers.

"We've got all the tents with us, you just need to make sure you have enough food." Lizaru seemed to have a calm expression, but in fact, food was his main concern.

"There is no problem with food, you can rest assured!" Onosius exclaimed, "The autumn harvest has just ended, and the citizens have enough stock in their homes, and they have heard that the warriors of Dionya have come to help defend against the Samonains, and even our town hall does not need to buy it, but all of them have volunteered to provide for your Dionian army. We also prepared dozens of cans of wine and a lot of cattle and sheep for the Third Army to celebrate your arrival. ”

Lizaru waved his hand and said, "There is no need for these, the Third Legion does not have that time." I will now take my soldiers to camp and ask you to summon the leading generals of the Campania League to join me in discussing how to deal with the invading Samonai. ”

Although Lizaru was too direct and easily hurtful, his resolute demeanor reflected that the Dionian Kingdom was taking this battle seriously, so the top brass of Naples were not only not dissatisfied, but happy.

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The Samonai are a mountainous people who prefer to live in the mountains, and if they live in the plains, they will not only feel uncomfortable with the climate, but also feel insecure.

However, there are no absolutes, and the Cautini, one of the four major races of the Samonai, has many villages and towns located on the eastern plains of Campania, mainly because of the increase in population, which forced the Cautini race to move to the western lowlands to obtain more land to feed the population. After decades of hard work, the eastern part of the Campania plain was completely occupied by Cautini, who conquered foreign city-states such as Capua and Cessara and built new towns, such as Lora.

As a result, some of the Cautini tribes have become accustomed to cultivating farmland instead of grazing cattle and sheep, so that the overall strength of Cautini has gradually begun to catch up with the Hippini tribe, which has always occupied the top of the four major races.

But the war a dozen years earlier had taken a blow to the ambitious Kautini, with a large number of tribal warriors killed or captured, and the approach of the Dionian army forced the Cautini to bow their arrogant heads, sign a humiliating treaty of alliance, and halt their westward advance.

But when its strength was restored, its new chief, Segovani, was no longer bound by the covenant, not because of the predatory nature of the Kautini, but because, on the one hand, the spread of the Dionian religion and economic culture undermined the traditions of the Samonai and shook the cohesion of the tribes; On the other hand, Cautini had tasted the benefits of the cultivated land of the plains after occupying the eastern plains of Campania, and they had already deliberately wanted to take the whole of Campania into their arms.

Of course, there were also personal reasons, and Segovani needed to use war to increase his prestige and fight against Quinduk, the leader of Nasara, who had always disobeyed him and relied on Dionia's support.

Therefore, the frequent invasion of warriors by the Kautini tribe to the west is not just a matter of looting supplies and population. It can constantly demoralize the enemy, increase the fear of the Campanians, and keep them afraid to settle down to planting and grazing. While increasing their own strength by plundering people and materials, they also continued to weaken the strength of the other side, and finally achieved the goal of occupying the whole of Campania through war, and the two great cities of Capua and Sacella were obtained in this way, so how could the Cautini people be willing to be bound by the Dionian Covenant.

In the early morning of that day, the leaders of the Kautini tribes, who had gathered in the towns of Capua, Lola, and Sasera, each led his young and middle-aged people, armed with weapons, and began to break westward into the territory of the Campanian League.

The distance between these three cities and the west coast is basically about 40 miles, especially Lola is directly east of Naples, so these tribal warriors can enter the city of Naples in more than two hours as long as they spread their feet and run wildly. This was one of the main reasons why the Campanian city-states were afraid of Samonai, who were too close to Caudini's forces and in the plains, with little danger to defend.

"Hurry up! Faster! ......" Taluk, the leader of Kautini, urged his warriors loudly.

His tribe came from Abella, a small town less than 15 miles east of Lola, which was located in a col and guarded a pass into the mountains, so the land was too small for farming, and the peaks on both sides were too high for grazing, so they lived mainly by raiding.

Although the Grand Leader of Cautini, Segovani, proposed during the war mobilization that this invasion should be used to deal a severe blow to the arrogant face of the Dionian Kingdom and the Campanian Alliance.

But Taruk was more interested in the grains that the Greeks piled up at home. Now that the autumn harvest had just ended, the Greeks who had had a good harvest would not have been able to take with them so much grain even if they had heard the news and fled. Taluk had to loot enough grain to survive the winter before the other tribes did.

The chieftain, Taruk, ran on the flat land with his 200 warriors and soon entered the territory of Naples. He could already see the fields that had been divided not far ahead, and the smell of burnt straws burning in the air lifted his spirits.

Taruk was already familiar with the situation in this area, as he often led people to raid, and he knew that there was a Greek village a mile ahead: "Faster! While he urged again, he also quickened his pace.

"Chief, there are enemy cavalry ahead!" A fighter reminded loudly.

Of course, Taruch saw it, and he also saw the Greek cavalry turn around and run back as soon as they found their ranks.

"Leave them alone, hurry up!" Taruch shouted, he was not at all worried: from previous experience, he knew that the cavalry must have run back to Naples to gather the soldiers, and by the time the iron-clad (Greek hoplites) arrived, they would have returned to Abella with a full harvest. If the Greeks dared to pursue, the warriors of Cautini would come from far and give them a taste of the javelin rain. The timid Greeks were always gathered in tight phalanxes, slow to move, and easy targets for sniping with javelins in their hands.

Taruk led the warriors into the village, and as he expected, the village was empty.

He immediately sent a small group of warriors to the south of the village to serve as a sentry to observe the movements of the Greeks, and he himself led most of the warriors to break open the locked doors of houses, storm the houses, and begin to rob.

At this moment, a warrior hurried to him and reported: "Not far from the front of the village, some Greeks are fleeing in pack carts. ”

Taruk was overjoyed: this must be the inhabitants of this village, they must be full of goods!

Taruk was worried that he had too few pack beasts to carry too much.

He immediately gathered a group of warriors, rushed out of the village, and pursued south.

When the Greeks saw them coming, they hurried south, but the ranks were bloated and clumsy, and they saw that they were getting closer and closer.

Taruk was shocked to find that dozens of Greek hoplites had appeared in front of the fleeing Greeks, and unlike the Greek hoplites he had seen before, they were wearing all black armor and rushing towards them.

Want to retreat? There was only a flash of thought in Taruk's mind, and then he immediately extinguished it: just kidding, how could he retreat! He was very experienced against the Greek heavy infantry! What's more, there were more than a hundred warriors following him, twice the number of the opponent!

"Quick, spread out of formation!" He commanded his warriors to form a looser array, spreading out to the wings in the shape of geese, and pressing towards each other at the same time.

The hoplites on the opposite side continued to move past the fleeing Greeks, and gradually formed a tight phalanx as they advanced.

Seeing this, Taruk secretly laughed to himself: How many times have the stubborn-minded Greeks suffered losses, but they still don't change their ways, so let you continue to taste the power of javelins!

The enemy's phalanx had entered a distance of 30 meters, and Taruk raised the javelin in his hand, only to see the Greeks slow down and raise their long shields...... In the blink of an eye, the small phalanx was heavily protected by shields in front, back, left, right, and even above, and it continued to approach Taruk's team.

Thaluk was shocked, but still threw the javelin in his hand, and the warriors lined up in a semicircle of geese also threw their javelins at the enemy in the center.