If Galaguso was only afraid of the power of Dionya before, now he has a little more respect, in their hearts: there is nothing to fear in Syracuse, and the Dioonians who can defeat the strong enemy Samonai with less will surely win the final victory.

Therefore, Galaguso took the initiative to attack Meta Pontum without the request of the Dionians.

The people of Metapontum found that the northern region, which had been peaceful and peaceful after joining the Dionian League, had been reunited by Tarantum, but the northern region was once again ravaged by the Galagusos, and they began to regret their choice, and their complaints about the town hall formed by Isalocas and Tarantum grew, of course, for later.

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At this time, while strengthening the city's defenses, the Heraclians urgently sent people to Turiyi for help.

After receiving a request for help from Heraclia, the Dionian Senate quickly made a decision despite its shock, ordering the only remaining newly built Seventh Legion in the city of Turriy to rush to Heraclia to help.

But at this moment, the Turiyi army has been used to the extreme, and the Seventh Army has been withdrawn, and there is no decent defense force on the Xubari Plain, except for the naval fleet and the free people in the port.

In view of the emptiness of the defense of Turriy and the lack of young men, it was not advisable to draw manpower to form a new army, which would paralyze the whole day-to-day affairs of the city-state of Turii, so the Senate made a decision: to immediately form an eighth legion in the area of Bruti and rush to Turii to take charge of the center of the defense alliance.

The resolution was adopted very quickly.

Petaru, Kadurk, and Bergam, who usually don't talk much in the Senate, all offered to go to the Bruti area and recruit troops.

The rotating chairman of the city government, Kunogorata, politely declined on the grounds that "Hieronymus has been in charge of military training in various regions and is very familiar with the situation of reserve soldiers in the Buruti area, so he is the best candidate."

In order not to disagree with these Bruti senators, he specially explained: "My lords, I think you should also know that compared with the armies of other city-states, the legions of Dionya have a very different way of mobilizing citizens and forming legions, and only the people of the military department can understand and implement them, and there are clear provisions in the "Dionian Law" that only the military department is responsible for the formation of the legions......"

Several of the Bruti elders muttered dissatisfiedly and sat down stupidly.

Hieronymus became the only person to go to the Bruti region to form a legion, and his responsibility for logistics was temporarily left to Mersis.

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The rivers and swamps that crisscrossed Heraclia slowed down the march of Deomilas' troops, and he managed to reach the north bank of the Basento River and join up with the forces of Umakus, bringing the total strength of Tarantum to more than 15,000 men.

After a brief deliberation, Tarantum again divided his forces.

Diamilas led 8,000 men to rush upstream along the banks of the Basento River, attempting to cross the river through the shallow waters.

Standing at the head of the city, Trifias saw the enemy's division and immediately understood the enemy's intentions.

Even though the forces were far outnumbered, Trifias made a decisive decision to send more than 3,000 mixed forces of light and heavy infantry to follow the Tarantum on the opposite bank in an attempt to prevent the Tarantum from crossing the river.

This forced Theomyras to cautiously continue his march towards shallower and narrower waters, while also choosing a longer section of the river to avoid being easily intercepted by the Heracles.

After all, the Heraclia region is a small plain formed by the alluvial waters of many rivers, and the terrain is very flat, plus it is the dry season. In fact, it didn't take long for Diomillas to find the right location.

Deomillas had his troops line up the river in an array about a mile long, wading across the river together to the sound of the attacking trumpets.

In the face of such an offensive formation, the Heraclians did not have the intention of fighting head-on, their purpose was only to delay the Tarantum approaching the city, so they only threw javelins and arrows at the Tarantums, and the mud at the bottom of the river caused some confusion and casualties to the Tarantums.

By the time the Tarantum came ashore one after another, the Heraclians had long since fled.

With his troops in order to march eastward, Theomilas must rush to the city of Heraclia as soon as possible, first burn the bridge over the Agri River, not far south of the city, cut off the fastest way for Theonia to reinforce Heraclia, and then build pontoon bridges on both sides of the Basento River, take the troops of Eumacus across the river, and lay siege to the city of Heraclia.

But at that moment, several Tarantum cavalrymen galloped across the Basento River, across the Basento River, and told Theomillas that Dionian reinforcements had arrived on the south side of the pontoon bridge on the Agri River.

Theomyras was taken aback: how could the Dionian reinforcements be so fast?!

Of course, he did not know that the road connecting Heraclia and Turiyi had allowed Heraclia's messenger to reach the city of Turiyi in just over an hour, and it had taken just over an hour from the swift decision of the Dionian Senate, to the assembly of the Seventh Legion at the naval base, and to the departure.

This also included Sekerian's obstruction that delayed some time, and even the naval commander went to the Senate to protest. Originally, it was enough to make him angry when he sent a new regiment to Crimesa, but he didn't expect that only one day later, the only regiment involved in the training was also transferred, which made the results of Seklian's ten days of training in vain, and he also thought of leading the fleet to defeat the Syracuse Navy with new tactics, giving the Dionian people a huge surprise and justifying his own name. Now that even the infantry on the ship is gone, his good idea has come to naught.

Secrean's anger can be imagined, but the authority of the Senate could not be changed by a young general who was not a senator.

In their opinion, it is not the main problem whether the navy can go to war or not, anyway, they are unlikely to be the opponent of the mighty Syracuse fleet, and at most the sea will be blocked. But once Tarantum captures Heracles, their army will set foot on the territory of Amendolara, which will be a disaster for Dionia, who is now fighting the war in the south!

Thus Kunogorata first tactfully criticized him for his short-sightedness and disregard for the overall situation, and then comforted him: "Lord Davers will soon return with his army, and your naval fleet will not be without infantry support......"

Secrean could only return in a huff, and it was only then that he realized that in the Senate he had spoken of his words had no weight, before he had fully emerged from the joy of being promoted to Admiral of the Navy a few months earlier......

Immediately after the assembly of the 7th Corps, the corps commander ordered the troops to march forward in a hurry.

The commander of the regiment was none other than Matonis, the magistrate of Turiyi.

Before Davos led his army to Portentia, Phellisius asked him about two new legions to be formed and a commander of the legion.

After much consideration, Davers decided to make Martonis and Oliver the captains. First, they have served as group captains for many years, and they not only have rich experience in the battlefield, but also have rich experience in commanding large troops; Second, both of them have important positions, one is the magistrate of Turiyi, the other is the quartermaster adjutant of the Ministry of War, and the new legion is to defend Turiyi, so they can work part-time, although after the war, the two new legions may be canceled, but with the resume of the corps commander, it is much easier to promote them to the official corps commander.

It's fair to say that Davers was thoughtful for both of them, but neither was willing to accept them, especially Mattonis, who didn't want his team-mates to fight hard in front and sit back on his own.

However, Davers did not try to persuade his former close comrades, and forced them to accept the order directly, and now they finally got the battle: Oliver led the Sixth Army to Crimesa, and Matonis led the Seventh Army to the rescue of Heraclesa.

Martonis had long been holding back his resentment and had nowhere to vent his grievances, so as soon as he received the order, he not only urged his troops to speed up, but also ran at the front of the line without riding a war horse. With him leading by example, the 7th Regiment naturally marched quickly, ran on a flat avenue, and arrived at the pontoon bridge over the Agri River in just about three hours.

In fact, this newly built legion is not complete, because it has not been established for a long time, they have no cavalry, reconnaissance squads, engineering battalions, and most of the soldiers are reserve citizens and registered freedmen, and there is not enough money to buy a full set of new legionnaire equipment, so the weapons and equipment are incomplete, and some heavy infantry brigades look no different from light armored brigades, and even because of the hasty departure, they have not brought doctors and baggage.

Because of the defense of the Heraclian soldiers and the escort of the ships, the Tarantum warship in the river failed to destroy the pontoon bridge of the Agri River many times, but two boats were burned by rockets, and had to anchor at the mouth of the Agri River, but just in time to observe the arrival of Dionian reinforcements, they immediately sent clippers to the north bank of the Basento River and reported to Eumarcus, which led to the urgent notification of Theomillas by the cavalry.

The Tarantums were not decisive enough to move, they did not march fast enough, and because of the poor land communication between Metapontum and Heraclia (compared to the Dionician highway), and the Heracleans tried their best to block them, the Dioonians had the upper hand in this marching race.

Diomilus had seen how well the Dionian army had fought, so he was more cautious, and since the Dioonians had come, he could not venture any further. So he ordered his army to stop on the south bank of the Basento River, told Eumacus to build a pontoon bridge on the north bank, and then led his army across the river to reunite his forces, and then to make further moves after knowing the details of the city of Heraclia.

Despite his bravery in battle, Matonis was not a reckless man, and when the Seventh Legion arrived in Heraclia, the soldiers were exhausted, and he had to take them into the city to rest first.

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Oliver led the Sixth Army to Crimesa.

The current administrator of Crimea is Prote Silaus. Scombras recommended him to the Senate at the end of his term, and was supported by Davers, who had in fact been in office for less than a year. At this moment, he had already led the officials of the city of Crimesa to meet him outside the city.