However, Kontruk did not intend to lead the group away, and he was determined to follow the ancient tradition of the Samonai tribal alliance and defend Benevenum with the Hirpini tribe.

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In the mountains of early summer, the soil is still wet, the trees are already very lush, the weeds are growing wildly, and the summer cicadas have begun to chirp uncontrollably. The scorching sun shines through the dense foliage, casting dappled clouds of light on the grass of the mountains.

Three of Abenirum's spies were lying on the ground, slapping at the biting mosquitoes and looking closely down the winding trail below.

"Big brother, look!" One of the spies pointed ahead and shouted in surprise.

I saw a lot of birds flying between the mountains in the east, chirping and hovering in the air.

"Let's go and see!" The spy named Big Brother also had a happy look on his face, he stood up, moved his thighs that were a little numb, and then led the two of them and ran along the ridge to the east.

Not long after, they lay on the mountain again and looked down: the mountain road more than 100 meters apart was crowded with dense Samonai warriors, and they formed a long line, zigzag to the east......

Although the attire of the warriors of the four major tribes is roughly the same, and they are too far apart to see the banner clearly, the experienced Abenirum spies can still judge that this is Kautini's army, because under the sunlight, this long dragon has a lot of reflections, indicating that the armor rate in the team is not low, and among the four major tribes, only Kautini can do it, because they are the richest tribe in the eastern plains of Campania, not to mention that the direction in which this army is advancing is Kautim.

"The head of Gairney is right, the Kautini have indeed evacuated from Beneventum, we have not waited for this day in vain!" The leading spy couldn't hide the joy on his face.

"But we haven't found out where the Nakonians are?"

"Of course, I can't see clearly from this mountain, but I can roughly guess where they are." The lead spy said confidently: "Since their army entered Beneventom City, we have not seen the Naconians go out of the city to fight, and they have not even been sent to patrol the city, which shows that the Kautini are guarding against them, I think they must be in the middle of the group...... That's 3,000 people, and it's easy to find them.

Immediately you rush back and tell the chief of Gherni, and say that I, Seydouni, have begun to implement the plan...... And you, hurry to Lola's Dioonian camp and tell their commander that we have contacted the army of the Nakonians......"

"Big brother, you have to be careful!"

"Don't worry, it's easy for me to get in alone."

Sedoni was not a comforter, because Samoni's army did not always walk on the mountain roads like the Dionian army, and when the mountains on both sides eased, Samoni's army would divide some of its soldiers to march on the mountainsides on both sides, which not only shortened the length of the marching column, but also reduced the possibility of ambush, but it was easy for Sedoni to blend in with the army.

After sending off the two spies, he dusted off his body, carried a few javelins, and then took cover from the trees, dived down the hill, and then hid in the weeds.

After a short time of careful listening to the conversation of the soldiers marching in close proximity, he stood up decisively, and approached the group walking on the hillside, as he was wearing the same yellow short-sleeved single coat, and because the marching column of Cautini was not as rigorous as the Dionians, but rather scattered, he easily blended into the group.

Then, by talking to several Naconian warriors around him, he decided to go to the leader of the army of Avangum, the second largest tribe in Naconia (the reason why he did not go to Quynduk's tribe was because the tribe had been completely broken up by Segovani and its people had been forcibly incorporated into the tribes of Lola and Cessara).

"You say you're from Abenirom?" Vasunk grimaced, looking warily at the man who tried to sneak closer to him, but was stopped by the guards, but there was a hint of excitement in his tone.

Seydouni also noticed his youth, he looked like he was just over 20 years old, and according to Samonai tradition, it was impossible to lead a tribal army into battle, but Segovani imprisoned the leaders of the Naconian tribes and let their young children lead the warriors of the tribe in order to better control.

"To avoid being seen by some people, we'd better talk as we go." Saidum suggested in a whisper.

Vassunk subconsciously looked around, then nodded.

Disguised as Vassonk's bodyguard, Sedouni followed Vaschunk with the other warriors.

Vaschunk couldn't wait to whisper, "What the hell is going on with Nakonia?!" We heard rumors in Benevenum that the Dionians hated us for killing the Hades priests and Dionian merchants in the territory, and that after invading the Naconian territory, they killed not only the wolves of Segovani, but also ...... Also...... Killed all our ...... Our people...... But the Kautini warriors we knew quietly told us that your people often shouted outside Benevenum that the Dioonians had allied themselves with those of us who remained in the realm...... There are a few other rumors, but which one is true?! ”

Instead of speaking immediately, Sedouni took something out of his bosom and quietly handed it to Vassunk.

Vassunk's eyes widened for a moment, and he recognized it as a small wood carving that he had loved as a child.

Saidoni looked at his expression and knew in his heart: "This is the token that your tribal elder asked me to bring you, and I also have tokens for several other tribal leaders here." The truth is that the Dionian army drove out the Kautimites stationed in the city of Naconia, and formed an alliance with the elders of the Naconian tribes against the Samonai coalition army......"

After Saiduni finished speaking, Vassonk had not responded, and the guards next to him were already excited, the Kautim people booby-trapped Quinduk, imprisoned the leaders of the tribes, slaughtered the people of the territory, forced them to go out to fight, and always let them rush to the front regardless of their lives or death...... A fire has long burned in the hearts of these Naconian warriors, but due to the strength of the Samonai coalition and the safety of the territorial people, they have to endure the humiliation, and now the opportunity has come!

Someone whispered, "Great! With the flame of vengeance in their eyes, their eyes fixed on Vassunk.

Vaschunk clenched the small wooden carving in his hand and whispered, "When Kautim arrives, I will quietly send someone to tell the other Nakonian generals......"

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On the very day that Segovani led his army to retreat from Beneventum, Zantiparis, who was in the military camp outside Lola, had already decided to attack Lola.

Four days had passed since the siege, so why was he so anxious to attack it? On the one hand, it was because of the fear of the return of the Samonai coalition army, which led to the abandonment of previous efforts; On the other hand, his siege was almost complete.

When he first arrived at Lola, Zantiparis carefully observed the plain town of Kautini: although it was nearly seven meters tall and a stone town, the walls were dilapidated, the gaps in the stone walls were large, and in some places there was even grass, and the ditch outside the city was not very wide, and although there were simple deer bars outside the ditch, there were no traps......

Zantiparis estimated that the Cautini town had never been attacked, so it had not been well maintained and repaired, which gave him the confidence to break the city in the short term (in fact, the Cautini invasion of Campania last year was defeated by Dionian reinforcements, and the entry of the Third Army into Tessala, which had already put the towns of Lola and Theshara closer to Tessala, in danger, and they put "strengthening the defense of the city" on the agenda, It wasn't long before a full-scale war broke out between the Samonai and Dionia, and Lola's young and middle-aged people were redeployed and repairs to the walls were delayed.)

Considering that there were few defenders in the city of Lola, and that the rest of the city was under the control of Dioonia and its allies, except for possible enemy reinforcements from the north, he decided to build a dirt hill to approach the city wall after consulting with the head of the Campanian army, Aealos and others.

The Siege of Tushan was a project of the Dionian Legion's usual military training, and Zantiparis and his soldiers were no strangers to it, and it was decided to build the Tushan to the south of Lola, and after the engineers surveyed it, the starting point of the construction was set 40 meters away from the southern city.

So Zantiparis ordered: most of the soldiers went to the mountains to cut down trees.

At the same time, Adrianx, the governor of Enona, received a request for help from Zantiparis, and not only organized a few thousand people of Enona, but also sent some administrative officials, who carried three days' rations through the original trade route, through the territory of Naconia, to the outside of Lola. And when the Naconians learned of this, they also sent thousands of their people. The Campanian League then sent tens of thousands of people, and in less than two days, more than 30,000 people (including 12,000 coalition soldiers) had gathered in the Ionian coalition camp.

Zantiparis made this plan for the construction of the earth mountain: he first left 2,000 Campanian heavy infantry to garrison the camp to prevent the enemy from sneaking out of the city, and the rest of the soldiers went to the mountains and forests to cut wood, and cut down some of the wood to make a wooden fence five or six meters high, and then two hundred soldiers erected this row of wooden fences 30 meters away from the southern wall of Lola, and discharged a length of 70 meters, which was used to resist the javelins and arrows fired by the enemy at the head of the city, and at the same time, 300 Ionian heavy infantry on each side and rear of the wooden fence were on call at any time. to prevent the enemy from potentially going out of the city to destroy.