At this moment, Hegesitus heard the rapid sound of a horn from under the city, and his heart couldn't help but tighten: Are the Samonai going to step up their attack?!

But just as he was reminding the soldiers at the head of the city to prepare for the next attack of the enemy, he saw the Samonai people under the city begin to slowly retreat amid the shouts of discontent......

After all, the Samonai had suffered a crushing defeat at the hands of the Dionians, and once again they fought against the Dionians, and the great chiefs of the various tribes were wary. During the siege of the city, Badani still sent spies to the southeast and northeast, and at this time he had just received an urgent report from the spies: "In the southeast, there are quite a few Dionian cavalry marching quickly towards the city of Ascurome, and their advance is not far from here!" ”

"Dionia's reinforcements are coming so quickly!" It has only been more than three days since Samonai declared war and raid, and with Badani's experience in fighting against the Greeks in the past, at this time, the central town of Dionia, Turri, may have just received the news, perhaps in the Senate arguing about the war, or in a hurry to mobilize the citizens of his country to participate in the war, this may take several more days, so he felt that there should be plenty of time to capture Ascurum, but he didn't expect the situation to suddenly take a sharp turn, which made him a little overwhelmed, because at this time he was surrounded by more than a hundred guards, The rest of the warriors threw themselves into the siege in a vain attempt to take the city in one fell swoop.

"Luckily, it was only the cavalry. Great Chief, quickly withdraw some of the siege warriors and organize a defense! The tribal leader next to him reminded.

"Withdrawn? How to withdraw?! Badani looked at the warriors who were fighting bravely in front of him, and remembered his father's admonition to him before he died, and he hesitated for a moment, and finally said, "I am afraid that the Dioonians are not only coming with cavalry...... We must retreat! Retreat now!! ”

Seeing Badani's resolute attitude, even if the leaders were unwilling in their hearts, they knew that even if victory was in sight at this time, they could no longer attack the city, otherwise the Dionian reinforcements would really kill, and their army would suffer a crushing defeat.

The horn of retreat sounded, and the besieging army began to retreat......

Seeing several Samonai warriors jumping directly from the city, the leaders sighed bitterly.

"Woo! Woo! ......" came the high-pitched sound of a military horn from the south, and Badani was immediately startled.

Soon, the ground began to tremble, like a giant drum beaten by countless wooden hammers, making a "rumbling" sound, accompanied by a cloud of dust and mist.

"The Dionian cavalry is coming!" Beside Badani, a Pentney chieftain exclaimed.

I saw countless cavalrymen in black helmets and black armor galloping out of the dust and mist, and one of the large flags was held high, and the flag was waving in the wind, with the pattern of a flying horse on it and a large Greek number "four" embroidered underneath.

"My lord, reinforcements are coming! Our reinforcements are coming!! ......" the citizens cheered at the head of the city.

Hegesitus finally breathed a sigh of relief......

The 4th Cavalry Regiment did not directly attack the middle of Samonay's retreating army, but went around the southern wall, quickly dispersed its formation, and began to attack the tail of Samonai's retreating army. Taking advantage of the fact that the Samonai were busy retreating and lacked effective organization, and were frightened by the surprise attack of the Dionian cavalry, they were unable to achieve a collective counterattack for a while, ignoring the danger of being attacked by the opponent's javelins, boldly rode horses to a distance of ten meters, and then invested in short javelins, almost every shot, causing a large number of casualties and causing chaos.

Taking advantage of the enemy's confusion, the cavalry drove their horses and rammed, which finally led to the rout of the Samonai.

Then, they were very experienced in driving these routs to the front of the Samonai.

When panic spread rapidly in the ranks, even the most brave Samonai warriors involuntarily fled with their comrades.

The retreating ranks were like snow rolling down from the top of a mountain, and even the team sent by Badani to intercept the Dionian cavalry was swept into the fleeing crowd.

Badani finally gave up his efforts and led the guards to flee first, guiding the rout behind them in the direction of escape.

The 4th Cavalry Corps did not last long in the pursuit of Samonay's rout, not because the cavalry did not want to achieve greater results, but because the city of Ascurom was located on the south bank of the upper reaches of the Kalapele River, at the foot of the mountain, less than six or seven miles from the vast mountains, and the terrain along the way was uneven, and the Samonai rout quickly fled into the mountains. No matter how brave the Dionian cavalry was, they could not ride their horses and gallop through the mountains to chase the enemy, so they could only return in disgrace.

This was the end of this short rescue battle. The Samonai suffered more than 2,000 casualties in the previous siege and the subsequent raid by the 4th Cavalry Regiment of Dionia, while the 4th Cavalry Corps suffered more than 100 casualties, and the Eastern Theater of Dionya won its first victory in the rescue of the Dauni region.

It was not until evening that Alexis arrived at the city of Ascurom with the 10th Army, after all, the march with infantry was not the same as the march on horseback, the army set out from the camp of Pucetti, crossed the Ovanto River, reached the Carapelle River, and followed the flat road on its banks, and hurried on the road for almost a day before reaching the city of Ascurom. If it weren't for the fast march of the cavalry corps and the timely arrival of the rescue, otherwise by the time the tenth legion arrived, I am afraid that the city would have changed hands.

Hegesitus opened the gates to welcome reinforcements and thanked Alexis. But that's all there is to it, the siege of the Samonai took a heavy toll on the people of Ascurome, and Hegesitus was so busy with the aftermath of the battle that he could not have the heart to hold a banquet to entertain their saviors.

Alexis didn't care about any of this, and instead ordered the Tenth Legion to help clean up the battlefield, burn the corpses, and even send out a medical camp to treat the wounded.

On the second day, Alexis was to continue his army north, fearing that the Samonai, who had fled into the mountains, would return, he left behind a brigade of the 10th Legion to defend the empty city of Ascurom.

All Hegesitus needed to do now was to send his cavalry to the east and quickly recall the large number of Ascuromians who had not been able to flee into the city before, so as to strengthen the town's garrison.

Alexis led his army to the besieged city of Wibingrum in the afternoon, and the Samonai army that had been besieging the city had apparently learned of the arrival of the Dionian reinforcements, and withdrew early into the mountains.

Two days later, the reinforcements arrived in the central city of the Dounie region, the city of Luthenia, where Antonios, the wartime governor of the Douni region and the governor of Luthenia, the acting commander of the 11th Legion, Cappus, and the middle and high-ranking officials of the city of Lusenia, as well as a large number of people, went out of the city to greet them.

"Thanks to Commander Alexis for leading the army to come to the rescue in time, our Downey can be regarded as saved!" Antonios said with a smile on his face, the appointment of the wartime governor and the trust of Davers swept away the gloom in his heart, and even if the Samonai army was overwhelmed, his mood was quite cheerful these days.

"During the war, you ran outside the city with so many people, and in case of a surprise attack by the Samonai, it doesn't matter if you are captured or captured, the order in the Dauni area will fall into chaos." Alexis said half-jokingly, half-seriously.

Antonios laughed and said, "With you as a commanding commander, the Samonai will only hide far away, but you have brought us a victory before you have even arrived!" ”

Alexis said modestly: "In this land, it will only be Your Majesty who will be famous!" You and I are just trying to do our part. ”

"You're right!" Antonios immediately nodded, and then stepped forward and gave Alexis a powerful hug: "My brother, thank you very much for your timely rescue!" ”

Alexis was stunned for a moment, and immediately responded to this warm hug. In recent years, some small grievances between the two have completely disappeared in this embrace.

At this time, the Kapus next to him gave a military salute and said with a rare joke: "Lord Commander Alexis, the commander of the 11th Legion, Kapus reports to you!" ”

"I said, Master Cappus, don't scare me! The Legion Commander is only your part-time job, you are the Quartermaster of the Military Affairs Department, and we all have to obey your command, otherwise we will go hungry!" Alexis said, smacking his fist on the chest of Capuz, and the embarrassment of being commanded and being commanded was dispelled in laughter.

As he watched from the sidelines, the three powerful adults in the Dionian Kingdom chatting and laughing and being intimate, couldn't help but be both happy and envious.

Melisanda saw it and explained, "Antonios, Alexis, and Kapuz, who fought side by side in the mercenaries when they were young, and assisted His Majesty in the smooth withdrawal from Persia, and they have been friends for decades! ”

Plegulus glanced at him and asked in stiff Greek, "I heard that your father is also their comrade-in-arms?" ”

"It's an adoptive father!" Melisanda solemnly corrected that he didn't want others to think that he had reached his current status because of his father's connections.

At this time, Alexis's hand was pointing at them: "This is the commander of the Fourth Cavalry Regiment, Plegulus. ”

"I don't need you to introduce you, Plegulus, I'm familiar with him, and I drafted his appointment as commander of the cavalry corps!" Antonios said with a smile, after all, he had been the Minister of War. Then he exclaimed loudly: "However, Ryders has always praised you, Plegulus, and always said, 'There is a great man in the cavalry,' and I still don't believe it. But now it seems that he is not lying, you led the 4th Cavalry Regiment, won the battle of Asculom alone, repelled the army of tens of thousands of Samonae, remarkable! Terrific! ”()

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