Chapter 305
"As long as we can defeat Cosenza, we are willing to do anything!" Hepcitus said resolutely, his face glowing.
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The news of Diónia's declaration of war against the Bruti quickly spread throughout Greece. Castellón immediately sent someone to the Senate of Diónia to express their willingness to send a thousand light and heavy infantry and fifty cavalry to participate in the war.
Laos also sent someone to express his willingness to send three thousand light and heavy infantry to participate in the war.
Even Heraclea, who had just joined the Diónia Alliance, was not to be outdone. They were willing to send five hundred infantry and one hundred cavalry to participate in the war.
The Devers gladly accepted. Although the number and combat power of these troops were far from comparable to the four legions of Diónia, the participation of the alliance showed the unity of the Diónia Alliance. Only by fighting side by side could they deepen the friendship with the alliance city-states and gradually influence and assimilate their military system.
Although the Senate of Tarantum knew in advance that there was a conflict between Diónia and the Bruti (due to Tormid's leak), when the news of the outbreak of war came, everyone had mixed feelings. If Diónia won, the gap between Tarantum and Diónia would only widen; but if Diónia suffered heavy losses, the Messappi and Puchetti who had just signed the peace treaty might have new ideas. The manpower and material resources of Tarantum were now invested in the rehabilitation of the war-scarred territory of Tarantum. They were really unable to help Diónia. But not long ago, Diónia had just fulfilled the covenant and saved Tarantum from danger. Tarantum could not help but express their gratitude.
Therefore, the Senate of Tarantum sent an envoy, Polydorus, to Turií and politely asked the Devers, "What do you need help from Tarantum?"
The Devers, of course, saw Polydorus' embarrassment. He immediately thanked the Senate of Tarantum for its concern and said politely, "Diónia does not need help from Tarantum for the time being."
However, the Devers' politeness showed their confidence. Polidorus heaved a sigh of relief and felt a little guilty at the same time.
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The people of Crotone had mixed feelings as well. Most of them even hoped that Diónia would suffer a crushing defeat in this war. However, Siletan, Triene, and Corunna had all sent out envoys. Of course, the people of Crotone had to do something as well. After all, they were all part of the Southern Alliance.
The Senate of Diónia politely declined their request to participate in the war on the grounds that these city-states had just experienced war and needed to guard against Rockley. At the same time, he made a request: he hoped that they could provide some rations and allow the Diónia army to pass through their territory and attack Bruti from the Triene side.
Crotone and the other envoys immediately expressed their agreement.
The Siletan envoys even boasted that the city-states were willing to provide free rations to the Dionysian Army from the Triene side until the end of the war.
The Triene envoys, who did not speak much when they met, actually knew very well that the Senate of Diónia had a secret agreement with Cypross to attack Kenapetia together! This time, they were just a cover-up with the other envoys.
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"Father, it seems that the Ziggs were right. Diónia has really declared war on Bruti! We — "Gnanet said excitedly.
Sinsinag sneered and interrupted his son's words, "We what? … Declare war on Diónia too?! We have a grudge against the people of Diónia, but don't forget that old bastard Sedorum had slaughtered our people! If it wasn't for Elia, the Ziggs envoy would never have been able to leave Picossis! "Sinsinag said hatefully.
Since the loss of the Grumentum, the power of Diónia had entered the central area of Lucania. The independent small tribes of Lucania were like flies that had seen shit, and one by one, they sought refuge with the people of Diónia. Although the people of Diónia had not taken any further action in the Grumentum, it had already put pressure on the people of Picossis. Although the envoy of Picossis had gone to Turií and brought back the promise of peace from the Consul of Diónia, the cunning Sinsinag would not easily believe that thin piece of paper!
Especially when the people of Elia announced that they had joined the Diónia Alliance, it caused a huge sensation in Picossis. This meant that not only did the people of Picossis not dare to treat Elia as a fat piece of meat and plunder its territory every year, but since then, the city of Picossis had been surrounded by Diónia and its allies. It was believed that Potentia also felt the danger. Therefore, when the envoy of Bruti arrived, under his mediation, the two tribes of Lucania that had just formed a feud decided to join forces to fight against Diónia for the sake of survival.
"We can't be anxious now, we have to wait patiently!" Sinsinag said to his son.
"Wait until when?"
"Wait until both the people of Diónia and the people of Bruti are exhausted from the battle! Wait until Potentia makes the first move! "Sinsinag's narrow eyes flashed with a cold light.
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In the conference hall that was filled with students, the leaders of the Bruti Tribal Alliance were urgently discussing the news sent back by the spies.
"Yesterday, the Devers have led the First and Second Legions out of the city of Turií and headed west. It seems that they are preparing to pass through the mountains and reach Laos … In Aspuztum … Hmm, Legio IV has also begun to head south … Everyone, the attack of the people of Diónia is coming!" Pienlen said solemnly.
"Just in time! We have made careful preparations to let these arrogant people of Diónia have a taste of the power of us Bruti! "Nicourou waved his fist excitedly.
"It seems that the focus of Diónia's attack is on Vigo! Because their Consul Devers will personally lead the First and Second Legions, together with Neutum's Legio III and Laos's troops, the number of soldiers they will lead may be as high as 20,000! Although Vigo City has strengthened its defense and built several defensive camps on the mountain road … However, the number of soldiers is at most 4,000. I'm afraid it will be difficult to resist the attack of so many soldiers of Diónia! "Sedorum looked at the others and said with a gloomy expression.
"Sedorum, you coward! The war has not even started and you are already afraid! "Nicourou mocked.
"The people of Diónia are attacking Vigo with all their strength. It is normal for Vigo City to be unable to resist the attack alone. Just like Diónia's Legio IV going south, they will definitely attack from Triene City to the north. In addition to the troops of Triene, their number of soldiers is probably more than 10,000, while the number of soldiers in Knapetia City is less than 2,000. We must have your reinforcements in order to defend Knapetia! "Pangeru defended Sedorum and himself.
Sedorum nodded at him gratefully.
"Now, the Bruti Tribe is a unified alliance of tribes. However, as soon as it was unified, we encountered a strong enemy. This is a test from Goddess Amara and God Brutus! Under the protection of the gods, we must unite and defeat the enemy in order to forge the glory of the Bruti people in the future! "High Priest Firotaru said solemnly. The Bruti people claimed to be the descendants of Brutus, who was the son of Hercules and the Bruti Queen Valentia. In the legends, the ancient hero of the Bruti, demigod, and the protector of the Bruti tribe.
"High Priest is right!" Pienlen looked around and said, "Petaru and I will lead 10,000 Cosenza soldiers to reinforce Vigo!"
10,000 soldiers were almost all the soldiers of Cosenza, so Sedorum hurriedly bowed and said gratefully, "Thank you for your help, Great Leader!"
"This is what I should do. We are all comrades in the same alliance now. If Vigo City cannot be defended, can Cosenza be protected?! If Cosenza is occupied, what can Abyssinia and Anbalia do?! " Pienlen said this as if he was comforting Sedorum, but in fact, he was reminding Burgam and Nicourou.
"Anbalia only has a narrow valley in the southeast that leads to Aspuztum. The Diónia people will not dare to attack from there, because if we are discovered, our soldiers do not need to fight. They just need to stand on the top of the valley and throw stones down, and it will be enough to cause heavy casualties. Therefore, I am willing to lead 3,000 soldiers to reinforce Kenapitia!" Burgam said immediately.
Nicourou did not want to be left behind and said loudly, "The situation of Abyssinia is similar to Anbalia. There are mountains as a barrier, and there is a river as a barrier. The Diónia people cannot enter my territory at all. I am willing to lead 2,000 soldiers to help Pangeru defeat the Diónia people! "
Pangeru also expressed his gratitude to the two Great Leaders.
"Brutus above, this is what we should do, this is what we should do! As long as we, the Bruti people, work together, the Greeks will not be able to defeat us no matter how many of them there are! "Firotaru chanted the name of the God in a low voice and praised repeatedly.
"Although Anbalia and Abyssinia have the geographical advantage, we must always be vigilant to prevent the Diónia people from ambushing us! You must know that the Consul of Diónia is a very cunning person. Crotone was defeated by him twice using tricks. Neutum and Grumentum were also lost because of his army's ambush! "Pienlen warned the two Great Leaders solemnly, hoping that they would pay more attention and strengthen their vigilance.
"Don't worry, we have sentries on every peak in the valley. As soon as the Diónia people move, we will know," Burgam said seriously.
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