Chapter 337
"After the last battle, many of my people must have escaped into Cosenza City. They might even be standing on top of the city walls now …" Sedorum said carefully, "Logically speaking … I should go to the bottom of the city now and ask them to surrender, or even persuade Pienlen and the others to give up resistance. However … a wolf king without a pack of wolves will not only not frighten people, but will also become the target of hunters. The people of Cosenza will say that I … surrendered to Diónia because I am afraid of death. My people will most likely be determined to fight back in order to wash away their shame. Therefore …" Sedorum paused and looked at the Devers earnestly, "I hope to go back to Vig City first and persuade the leaders and people of Vig City to come and join the siege of Cosenza. I believe that it will be more helpful for Diónia to take down Cosenza!"
The Devers stared at him for a moment and smiled, "How long will it take to get to Vig City from here?"
"It will take more than half a day to walk, and less than three hours to ride a horse."
"Then you will ride a horse and set off immediately. I hope to meet the leaders of Vig City in the camp tomorrow!" The Devers said firmly and decisively.
Sedorum was shocked and quickly bowed, "As you wish, my Lord."
"Martius."
"Here!"
"Take some guards and send Leader Sedorum safely to the outskirts of Vig City. I believe that after seeing you, Avinogis will not stop Leader Sedorum from entering the city. At the same time, tell the governor of Laos to bring his army and Vig's army here tomorrow. "
"Understood." Martius was a little hesitant, "My Lord, but here you-"
"Don't worry, there are other guards and Abyssinia warriors led by Rhodom. I will not have any problems."
"Yes."
After Sedorum left, Tormid quickly asked, "Commander, aren't you worried that he's lying?"
The Devers looked at Sedorum's back as he left with a complicated expression. "Sedorum is a smart man. There's one thing he didn't mention on purpose."
After being reminded by the Devers, Tormid suddenly realized, "Those Wigg prisoners in the camp!"
"This is the hostage he left behind. If a great leader abandons his own people and escapes alone, and the Weigers find out … Sedorum has really put a lot of thought into this. " The Devers smiled, her eyes shining. "Actually, I don't care if he's lying or not, because he can't change the outcome of this war alone. Instead, he'll give me a reason to completely destroy the Weegers!"
That night, it was peaceful inside and outside the city.
The next day, Pienlen, who had not slept the entire night, rushed to the city walls and waited for the Diónia soldiers to attack.
The attack did not come, and the Diónia soldiers were still building the camp.
But what Pienlen did not know was that the Devers had already sent the First Legion to attack Ambalia. Accompanying them were more than a dozen commanders of the Legio IV, the ballista troops, and Hegesitus.
At noon, the soldiers guarding the city of Cosenza were horrified to see an army of about a thousand people coming from the north. They held the flag of Weigol high and circled around the north, west, and east of Cosenza before finally entering the camp of Diónia. Then, the two thousand Laos soldiers did the same.
This gave the soldiers of Bruti a great shock: Weigol City surrendered!
This was especially true for the Weigol soldiers in the city. When they saw the leader of Weigol, Sedorum, and the leader at the front of the army, they clamored to go out of the city to meet up with them. They even clashed with the soldiers of Cosenza who came to stop them, and the two sides confronted each other in the city.
Pienlen was in a dilemma: there were about eight hundred Weigol soldiers, and the total number of Cosenza soldiers in the city was at most five thousand. Outside the city, there was an army of Diónia eyeing them covetously. He could not transfer all of them to deal with the Weigol; and the other leaders, led by Targli, refused to participate in the encirclement of the Weigol with the reason that "Bruti cannot kill each other".
At this time, a new situation appeared outside the city. The tribes that had rioted in Cosenza gathered outside the city and shouted to Targli and the others to persuade them to surrender.
Just as Targli and the other leaders were hesitating, the leader of Ambalia, Burgam, led a dozen cavalrymen and rushed to the city.
Even Ambalia had surrendered, and this fact was a heavy blow to the Bruti soldiers in the city. In fact, it was reasonable for Ambalia, who had very few people in the city, to surrender. When the seven thousand people of the First Legion appeared outside Ambalia, and when the ballistae fired a few stone shells to break the wooden fence, and when Hegesitus surrendered … the series of actions made Burgam, who had less than a thousand soldiers, quickly make the right choice.
Ambalia's surrender made all the Bruti in Cosenza panic even more. In this way, Cosenza was completely surrounded and isolated!
Targli and the other leaders finally made up their minds and opened the city to surrender.
The Diónia soldiers cheered and rushed into Cosenza. Pienlen, Petaru, and Khadurk had to retreat to the inner city with their own tribal warriors. The city was in chaos.
…
Petaru stumbled into the meeting hall.
"Leader!" he shouted anxiously. "Leader, damn that Khadurk! Khadurk opened the city gate and surrendered to the Diónia! Should we … should we … "
Pienlen, who was sitting on the wooden chair, did not panic at all. He looked at his son-in-law calmly and said with difficulty, "Surrender to the Diónia …"
Petaru finally got the answer he wanted. Without hesitation, he said "yes" and hurried out.
"Petaru." Pienlen stopped him and said earnestly, "As a leader of the Bruti, you are still too impatient. Next time, think before you do anything, and …" Pienlen's voice became a little low. He took a breath and said, "Take care of Una!"
Petaru heard this and felt a little uneasy. "Father …"
Pi Anlun waved his hand. "Hurry up and go. Too many of our people have died …"
Pienlen reluctantly watched Petaru's figure disappear outside the hall. He turned around tiredly. The flag of the Bruti Tribal Alliance was hanging on the wall behind him. A snow-capped mountain stood on the green grassland, representing the land where thousands of Bruti were raised and the God Amala who protected them.
Pienlen stepped forward and touched the flag that he had put so much effort into. His mind was full of thoughts. A unified Bruti Tribal Alliance was about to rise on this land, but …
"Diónia … Diónia …" He resentfully repeated the name, his heart full of regret. Of course, he did not know that in the history of his previous life, Bruti became a powerful kingdom a few decades later. Not only did the Greek cities in Greece tremble under its army, but the Lucanians were also afraid of it. Crotone, Turij and other Greek cities were weakened by Syracuse's repeated invasions. They had no choice but to invite King Alexander of Epirus to lead an army of tens of thousands to cross the sea to Southern Italy in an attempt to destroy Bruti in one fell swoop. In the end, near the Platte River, where Diónia and the Bruti Allied Army fought, the Bruti Army almost completely wiped out the Greek Allied Army led by Alexander. Since then, the Greek cities in Southern Italy could only hide behind the tall walls and live without leaving any records in history until the arrival of the Rome …
At this time, Pienlen took down the flag of the Bruti Alliance and slowly wrapped it around his body. Then, he pulled out the short sword at his waist …
The day before Pienlen committed suicide and the Devers occupied all of Bruti, the Legio III led by Hieronymus arrived at the city of Picossis. The people of Picossis, who had no soldiers to defend, opened the city gates and surrendered.
When the leader of Potentia, Priamot, heard this news, he finally made up his mind and sent an envoy to Turij, requesting to join the Diónia Alliance.
A month later, Metapontum and Galaguso joined the Diónia Alliance one after another.
At this time, the Alliance of Diónia City-States occupied more than half of the land in Southern Italy and Lucania, truly becoming the overlord of Southern Italy.
Note: According to historical data (not confirmed), the Bruti were vassals of the Lucanians for a few decades. In the end, they united and established a unified kingdom, becoming independent. At this time, the Greek cities in Southern Italy were greatly weakened by the invasion of Dionysius of Syracuse, which facilitated the expansion of the Bruti forces in Southern Italy. If the readers look at the map of this period, they will see that the territory of the Bruti occupied almost the entire Calabria region, except for the Greek cities along the coast.
In this book, the existence of Diónia interrupted the rise of the Bruti. Of course, it also interrupted the rise of the Lucanians before. I believe that it will do the same in the later chapters.
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