"Alas...... Tina, the great army of Syracuse is approaching Trina, and I see it difficult for the forces of the South Italian Alliance to hold them back on the north bank of the Ramato. Asistes said truthfully.

"That'...... Isn't Knappetia, where we are, in danger?! Tina was shocked.

Assistes did not answer, he sat on the edge of the bed and put his hand around his wife: "Is the child sleeping?" ”

"Mza has already taken him to sleep." Tina gestured to the bedroom next to her.

Yasistes hesitated for a moment, then said in a deep voice, "You will take the child to Cosenza tomorrow." ”

After hearing this, Tina immediately widened her eyes and said loudly, "I'm not going!" I am the daughter of Vespa, the Senator, my brother is the administrator of Grummentum, and I am the wife of the administrator of Knappetia! At a time when all the people of Knappetia were beginning to defend themselves against the invasion of the Syracuses, what would the people here think if I left with my children! Will they still obey your commands? ”

Assistes was stunned for a long time, then he hugged his wife, gritted his teeth, and said, "You're right! I patronized with the safety of you and your children and forgot about that! Our whole family...... It's all here, it's all here. ”

Tina comforted her husband in turn: "With the blessing of Hades, Knappetia will definitely be able to hold on!" And when Master Davers returns, the people of Syracuse will definitely be driven away! ”

Asistes looked at his wife in Lucania, but he didn't expect that she had more confidence in this war than himself, but he didn't know how Lord Davers was doing in Lucania now?

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After an afternoon and evening journey, messengers from Samona's army stationed in Poseidonia finally arrived at Samona's camp, not far from the city of Pothenia, in the early hours of the morning.

"What do you say?! The Dionians surrounded Poseidonia! Torek, the chief of Pentney, could not sit still when he heard the news, after all, there were 3,000 Pentney warriors in the city of Poseidonia who he had left behind to garrison.

"Have you found out? Which Dionian unit is it? "Helpine's Grand Chieftain, Villani, is carefully inquiring about the messenger.

"It's the Third Legion of Dionia, we can be sure! And when they were building the camp, the soldiers were almost always shouting in Lucanian. The messenger replied confidently.

Knowing that Dionia's Third Legion was mainly composed of Lucanians, after listening to the messenger's words, he was relieved: think about it, it has been less than ten days since he led his army to invade the territory of Pothenia, and according to his many years of experience in fighting the Greeks in the Campania region, the Dionians need to mobilize citizens, gather troops, prepare supplies, and then lead a large army through the rugged Lucanian mountains, and reach here in more than half a month at the earliest, just like they themselves after reaching an agreement with the Syracuse two months ago, has been mobilizing and preparing, so that there is today's huge momentum.

"How many of them are there?" Torek asked urgently.

"Together with Elia's army, the total number is more than 10,000 people."

"Villani!" Torek looked at the Grand Leader of Hippine.

Villani met Torek's fierce gaze, and of course knew what the Grand Pentney chief was trying to say.

At this time, Gherney interjected loudly: "This Dionian Third Legion is running quite fast!" Father, I finally waited for Uncle Torek to come back with his army, and with the ballistas of Syracuse, tomorrow we will attack with all our might, and maybe we will be able to take Grumentum! ……”

The more Gherney spoke, the more anxious he became: "The cunning Dionians do not dare to fight us head-on, and want to disrupt our plans by attacking the city of Poseidonia, but we can't-"

Villani interrupted him loudly: "Poseidonia has a large stockpile of food for our army, it is of vital importance to us, the Dioonians must not be allowed to take it, we must rescue Posedonia!" ”

Villani's words made Torek's expression slightly darker: "Villani, I will lead my warriors to rescue Pitney and them now." With that, he stood up and prepared to go out.

"Don't worry, Torek." Villani turned to look at the leader of the Commandery of Cautini: "The third legion of Dionya is a slippery fish, I am afraid that they will run away again this time and continue to cause us trouble." Leader Queduink, can you lead the warriors of Kautini and the warriors of Putney to catch this fish and wipe it out along with Elia's reinforcements! Villani's right fist swung vigorously in the air, "You can even continue your march towards Elia and try to take the Greek city." In this way, the security of Poseidonia is more assured. ”

"The Kautini warriors will agree to your request." Quindoc immediately agreed that he could go and plunder the Greeks, and he was of course excited, and immediately got up and went out with Torek.

When only the chiefs of the Hippinei tribe were left in the tent, Gherney complained loudly: "Father, we have gathered a large army and prepared to storm the city of Pothenia with all our might. Now, it's good that not only did you agree to Torek to leave, but you also asked Quinduk to help, and so many warriors were gone at once, when will we be able to take the city of Poitentia?! ”

His words were echoed by some of the chiefs.

"Gairney, if the Great Chief doesn't let Torek leave, won't he leave?! Don't forget that there are still 3,000 Pentney warriors in Poseidonia, and Torek is the chief of Pentenny, not the leader of Hilpiri, how could the big boss stop him! If we forcibly block it, it will only cause our two clans to quarrel, which will be detrimental to the whole war! So the big boss had to do it. "The leader of Beneventum, Lesguk, defended Villani.

Gherney snorted, a little unwilling.

Villani smiled and nodded his head to Lesguk, the leader of Beneventum, who was favored by many tribal leaders and considered the best candidate for the next great chief. "If it weren't for the rapid arrival of the Dionian Third Legion, the Pentney warriors in Poseidonia would not have had time to repair the city defenses," Tourek would not have been so alarmed. That's why I asked Quinduk to go with the Kautini warriors, so that the entire rescue force would have a total of 25,000 men, enough to crush the Dionians' Third Legion, and save them from continuing to make trouble for us.

As he spoke, Villani looked around at the chiefs of the account, and said, "They are fighting in Poseidonia, and we cannot be idle, and the people of Syracuse are not saying that the city of Pothenia is high and the mountain roads are sloping, that ...... Is the ballista difficult to place and aim? We took advantage of this time, as the people of Syracuse said, to erect platforms for the placement of ballistas, and at the same time to continue to expand our camp and intensify the siege of Pothenia......"

"Got it." Gherney replied weakly.

Villani glanced at him and said with a smile: "If you don't attack Pothenia now, it's actually good for us!" ”

This sentence successfully aroused the doubts of everyone, including his son.

"The other day, when the Syracuse brought in food, they told us, 'The army of Dionysius will attack Greater Greece in a few days.'" If that's the case, we'll slow down our offensive and let the city of Pothenia be safe for the time being. Do you say that the Dioonians would choose to meet the army of Syracuse on the flat sea? Or do you risk the emptiness of your territory and send reinforcements to Pothenia to deal with us who will not threaten Dionya for the time being? ”

"Of course, to turn the main forces against the Syracuses, because they are a greater threat!" Lesgouk said loudly.

At this time, Gherney also understood, and said excitedly: "In this way, we can eat Portentia and even Lucania without worrying about Dionia's reinforcements!" ”

Seeing that the atmosphere in the tent was warm, Villani took advantage of the situation and said: "So we must tighten our pockets and never let anyone in the city of Potentia slip away, because they are all our treasures!" ”

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Since the retreat of the tribes of Pothenia into the city, the Samonai have not attacked the city of Pothenia, but this has not relieved the people of the city. Anyone who sees the newly built camp of Samonay at the foot of the hillside, the hilltop overlooking the boundless military tents stretching far to the west, and the bonfires lit at night are like countless stars in the sky, and their hearts cannot help but shudder. Not to mention the trenches that enveloped the hills, deepened and lengthened, and the deer barrasses that stood in front of them...... The Samonai people are trying to catch them all!

The enemy is so strong, but there is no news of reinforcements during this time, and the city of Pothenia is like an isolated island isolated from the world, and panic and insecurity are gradually swallowing the courage of the people to share the enemy.

Poammut usually forced his composure to boost the confidence of the people, but he woke up in nightmares every night. In less than a month, he lost more than a dozen pounds.

And last night he couldn't sleep, because the Samonai had a new siege machine, which could shoot helmet-sized stones like arrows from a hundred meters away, and went over the city walls, destroying several wooden houses.

Puamot remembered the horror in the eyes of every warrior around him so clearly that even he had doubts about whether he could hold the city.

At this time, he had no appetite to drink the broth brought by the servant, but after a few bites of the rough wheat cakes, he bred up his spirits and prepared to continue the work that he had to do every day—to patrol the city.

Just as he put on his armor, the gatekeeper hurried into the hall and excitedly shouted, "Great Chief, Lord Pollette is back!" ”