After listening to this, Paulette turned his head and asked Alexis, "It seems that the Benevintum people are ready, do we need to start camping here?" ”

"It's too far from Beneventure City to oppress them." Alexis watched the terrain in front of him.

Then, pointing to the long column of hills on the west side, which seemed to be about 100 meters high, he asked, "How far is the mountain road connecting Kautim and Beneventum from here?" ”

"It's hard to say, there are several mountains in between." Gherney thought for a moment and shook his head, unable to name a specific number.

Alexis pointed to the lower hills on the east side and asked, "Turning over them, the terrain to the east should be flatter, right?" ”

"Yes, General Alexis, you remember very well that from this hill to the east to the Voltuno River, although there are some small hills, the terrain is relatively flat." Gherney replied.

Alexis asked the lieutenant to bring a simple map of Samonai based on the information provided by Geerni, and while consulting with Geerni, he compared the actual landscape with the map.

He pondered for a while before he made up his mind and said, "After we march three miles further, we will begin to build a camp. Leader of Gherni, you lead your warriors to camp in this valley and protect our grain routes. ”

Hearing this, Gherney sighed, and immediately said: "Don't worry, we will guard this place firmly, even if it is an enemy, don't try to slip through here!" ”

For the Abenirum warriors, the banks of the Sabato River were not only a food route, but also the only way to their homeland for Beneventum, and now that the Abenirum territory was empty, the troops Gairni spoke of would of course devote 200% of their energy to defend it.

This was what Alexis intended, and he pointed to the map and said, "Great Chief Polet, your army is camped from the south bank of the Voltuno River, and our Dionian camp is in the middle of your two camps. ”

Alexis arranged this way in consideration of the fact that Abenirum and Pothenia had a grudge more than ten years ago, and it was the first time they fought together, and there was still a lack of cooperation between them. At the same time, after the camp was built, the occupation of two rivers would not only make it convenient for drinking water, but also cause great oppression to the city of Beneventum.

"I have no opinion, but I hope the general will send someone to guide us in building the camp." Pollett had participated in the military training of Dionia, and he was well aware that the Dionian army had a deep study of the construction of camps, and in order to ensure the safety of the soldiers' camps, he had the cheekiness to ask directly.

Before Alexis could respond, Gherney, who had been reminded, immediately said, "We also hope that the general can send someone to help build the camp." ”

Although Geirny did not participate in the military training of Dioria, he also knew something about it by visiting the military camp in Turriy several times and watching the training of Dionian citizens. And he considered that Abenirum had the least number of warriors, and that he needed the help of his allies to build camps and guard against enemy raids.

"Of course, there is no problem, I will definitely do my best to help!" Alexis was glad that the two of them had such a request, because it would make it easier for him to unify the planning of the entire camp and allocate the manpower reasonably.

When the three agreed, Gherney led his army straight north, while Alexis and Poreert led their troops over the hills to the east and northeast.

Yesterday evening, after receiving the news that "the Dionian army has entered the territory of Abenirum in the camp of the Sammonai coalition army", due to the fear of the safety of Beneventum, Lesguk and others did not withdraw from the camp of other tribal troops, and that night led more than 3,000 Hilpinei warriors to withdraw to Abella despite fatigue, and set off in the early morning of the next day, marched quickly, and entered the city of Benevenum at noon.

There were originally 1,000 warriors stationed in the city of Beneventum, originally to guard against the Abenirum people in the south, but after the return of the army led by Lesguk, the total number of warriors in the city reached more than 4,000 people, and the soldiers of other tribes were immediately more confident.

After understanding the enemy's movements through the spies sent out, he immediately led the 1,000 soldiers who were originally stationed in the city (the other soldiers needed to rest well to recover their strength due to the continuous rapid march) and quietly circled the eastern mountain range, and raided the Abenirum three miles south of the city of Beneventum.

As the commander of the Dionian coalition, Alexis led his army in a strange mountainous area, and of course he did not lose his vigilance, but was more cautious, and he repeatedly demanded that both the Abenirum and the Pothenian army must devote half of their forces to defend the camp being built.

As a result, the raid was unsuccessful, and soon turned into a battle between the Bereventum and Abenirum warriors, who threw javelins at each other and then fought with spears.

But with 1,000 Dionian light infantry arriving from the east to reinforce them, Lesguk had no choice but to retreat.

But he did not stop there, and sent 2,000 warriors who were repairing in the city to attack the Pothenians from the east, attracting the attention of the Dionian army, and once again personally led 2,000 warriors directly through the Sabato valley to attack the Abenirum people.

However, with the Dionian coalition defending more than twice as many soldiers as there were in Beneventum, Alexis found that the Abenirum side seemed to be the target of the enemy's attack, so he simply sent a light infantry battalion in front of the Abenirum battalion.

Benevenum's attack failed to cause great trouble for Abenirum's army, but instead increased some casualties, and for Benevenum, who was short of troops, the lives of every soldier were precious, and Lesguk could only lead his team home.

As soon as he returned to the city, he received urgent reports from his men: several thousand enemies were approaching the city of Benevenum from the east.

This made Lesguk nervous, and he immediately gathered the warriors in the city and led them up to defend the city.

Alexis led a heavy infantry brigade and 3,000 Pothenian warriors to the city of Beneventum.

Looking at the stone wall more than seven meters high at a distance of 100 meters, Alexis recalled some information provided by Geirny about the city: "More than ten years ago, the city of Beneventum was only a wooden city, and its simple wooden fence on the perimeter was still damaged, and it was only used to protect against wild beasts, not enemies. Because there were few civil wars between the Samonai tribes, and foreign enemies never threatened the mountains, they never worried about the safety of their homeland.

However, after the rise of the powerful Dionian kingdom in the south, the situation changed, and the alliance of the Samonai tribes was defeated and submitted to it in shame, and even the Dioonians interfered in the internal affairs of the Samonians, causing the confrontation between Beneventum and Abenirum, so the great leader Lesguk, who was deeply disturbed, repeatedly called for the rebuilding of a fortified city of Beneventum to defend against possible foreign invasions. The tribal leaders of Beneventum, who were also upset, finally agreed to his suggestion.

The Hirpini had no experience in building stone cities, so Lesgouc borrowed a lot of Campanian slaves from Kautim who could build cities, and not only completed the planning of the new city, but also found good stone on the north bank of the Voltunno River, which was very close to the address of the new city. After a long period of six years, with the joint efforts of all tribesmen of Beneventum, the new city of Beneventum was finally completed. Lesgouk soon invited the Priesthood of the Samonai Tribal Alliance to hold a ceremony in Beneventom in the name of celebrating the new city, which led to a series of events that followed......"

Of course, in Gharni's account, there is nothing good to say about Lesguk and the other tribes of Beneventum, and accuses Lesguk, who proposed the construction of the new city, of premeditating against Dionia. At the same time, he mentions a detail: "The concept of an acropolis was intrigued by the drawings of the city designed by the slaves of Campania, and they simply included the end of the hill to the east, which runs parallel to the Sabato River, which occupies half the area of the city, and built an inner city on the top of the hill." ”

Since then, the city of Beneventum has been separated by the Voltuno River to the north, the Sabato River to the west, the hills to the south, and the flatter to the east...... That's why Alexis led his team to attack from here.

Alexis looked beyond the seven-meter-high stone wall to the hill that jutted up from south to north and cut off his view, at least thirty meters high, with no lush trees on it, only dense houses, and another stone wall on top of the hill...... This is one of the reasons why he did not take the liberty of giving the order for the 20,000 coalition soldiers who had arrived here after a difficult trek to immediately attack the city.

"Commander, the ballistas have been arranged."

"Let's launch." Alexis gave the order, and a moment later, ten whistling bullets slammed down on the walls, a loud sound that caused the Hilpinee warriors to exclaim.

Alexis's army deterred the city of Beneventum and led the main force of Lesguk to confront it in the city, and reduced the attack on the Dionian coalition forces in the camp.