Chapter 542
Vale imitated Boret's persuasive tone and said helplessly, "Elia used to be a fragile hare that was often bullied by us. Now, relying on the Diónia, he actually became our ally …"
Puamot saw that he still seemed to be a little uneasy and wanted to persuade him, but he saw his trusted servant rushing into the hall.
Vale saw that Puamot's expression had changed after he whispered a few words to Puamot, so he quickly asked, "What happened?"
Puamot turned to look at him and said in a deep voice, "Diónia defeated the army of Syracuse."
"The Diónia really won?!" Vale's eyes widened in shock, and he could not help but murmur, "Sir Devers is indeed powerful! So Greece is Diónia's?! … "
"Not only Greece …" Puamot said lightly. After learning this news, the remaining worry and the remaining hope in his heart disappeared. He exhaled lightly and said, "Go back to the territory and bring 20 sheep with you. Give Lady Alexis a congratulatory gift on my behalf …"
… …
Based on the impression of the Samonai in the historical records of his previous life, the Devers asked Alexis to lead the army to attack Kopsa cautiously.
In fact, the Devers lured and annihilated the main forces of the Pentene tribe and the Cayutini tribe in Poseidonia. Then, the Samonai camp in Potentia was met with a camp howl, which caused the warriors of the Hilpini tribe to suffer heavy losses. In the cold winter wind and rain, the Samonai warriors were starving and fled into the mountains. They lost their way, encountered wild beasts, caught a cold, and ran into the Lucanian search team … The defeated Samonai soldiers were like stray dogs, living in a state of panic.
Even though tribal leaders like Lescok gathered some of the Samonai warriors and fled back to Kopsa, in the face of the fierce joint army of Legio III and Potentia, none of the leaders thought that this small town and these extremely low morale and exhausted warriors could stop the high-morale enemy. So, the Samonai fled north in panic.
The leaders of Cayutini were anxious to lead the defeated soldiers back to Cayutini because the defeat of the Samonai would shock central Italy. They were worried that the Campanians near Cayutini's territory would make a move.
Lescok was anxious to return to Beneventum. Although the four major tribes of Samonai used to get along harmoniously, the Hilpini tribe had suffered such a crushing defeat. Once the other tribes had bad intentions, Beneventum, which was close to Pentney and Cautini, would be in danger. He had to return as soon as possible.
In another important town of the Hilpini tribe, Abenilum, due to the death of the great leader Williani and the capture of his son Gherni, the other leaders who had escaped from death were eager to return and elect a new leader.
The chaos in Abenilum was not as great as that in Pentene. Its entire tribe, from the great leader Torek to the leaders below, was either killed or captured. It would take a long time for the entire tribe and territory to stabilize.
After the Alliance of Diónia and Potentia easily occupied Kopsa, they discussed whether to continue the attack north.
Pollett strongly requested to continue the attack. He believed that the Samonai had suffered heavy losses, low morale, and abandoned Kopsa. This was a typical example. They should take this opportunity to completely eradicate the threat of the Samonai in the north.
Printos objected. First of all, the mountainous terrain to the north of Kopsa was getting higher and more complex. The Lucanian soldiers and Potentia warriors in the army were completely unfamiliar with this area. If they rashly went deeper, they could easily be ambushed, and the transportation of supplies was quite difficult. Besides, the military focus of Diónia at this time was Syracuse. It was not appropriate to expand the war, lest the alliance was unable to maintain a two-pronged war.
Alexis supported Printos' view, but he also had his own unique idea: to try to attack Irna.
Irna was the only port town of the Samonai in the west. In fact, it was not built by the Samonai, but a city-state built by the Greeks of Campania. However, it suffered the same fate as Poseidonia, and was occupied by the Samonai a hundred years ago. Previously, the food that Syracuse used to support the Samonai army was transported in from this port.
Irna was more than 40 miles north of Poseidonia. The terrain between the two cities was flat. There were no mountains, only lush forests. There were no cliffs or reefs along the coast, only soft sandy beaches. If this had been the land of the Greeks, they would have cut down the trees to make boats, flattened the land for cultivation, and filled in the tidal flats to build towns and harbors. But the Samnites had not built towns on this rare piece of flat land that their tribe had acquired. According to the reconnaissance team in the forest, the nearest and larger Samonai settlement was more than 20 miles away from the coast, at the edge of the mountains.
Enona didn't have any fleets, so the supplies that the Daibo Alliance needed could be transported by sea. This was a great advantage for the army that was preparing to head north. How could Alexis let go of such a great opportunity? So, after obtaining Boret's approval, she quickly made a decision: attack Enona.
Originally, Alexis had decided to leave the Potentia troops to guard Kopsa, but Borat insisted on participating in the attack on the Samonai.
Alexis had no choice but to leave Csima to lead a large group and some Potentia warriors to guard Kopsa. She herself led the Diónia alliance, about 5,000 troops, and marched north along the coast. A fleet of ships, loaded with supplies, set off from Poseidonia and accompanied them.
The area the army passed through was originally the territory of the Hilpini tribe, but at this time, the Samonai tribe of the Hilpini tribe was like a dragon without a leader. In addition, in order to invade Potentia, the great leader Vilani had gathered almost all the young men of each tribe. Now, the Samonai warriors who had luckily escaped death or capture were either fleeing for their lives, or had just returned home in shock. When they heard that the Dionysian Army was attacking, no one dared to stop them! They all fled to the mountains with their families. Therefore, the allied army was not disturbed at all and successfully arrived at the city of Irna.
Irna was originally a medium-sized city, but after it was occupied by the Samonai, most of the Samonai tribes did not want to live by the coast. Not many tribes moved there, and it became a small city. Previously, the warriors in the city were conscripted to fight in the south, and only about one-third of the tribesmen managed to escape. When they heard that the Diónia army was attacking, the whole city was terrified.
In the early days of the Samonai occupying Irna, the army of the Campanian Alliance attacked many times, trying to recapture Irna. The Samonai people in the city defended the city while asking for help from the great leader Hilpini in the mountains. They gathered their army to repel the Campanians, and the Campanians returned in defeat many times. As time passed, the power of the Samonai people grew day by day, and they had already threatened the core area of the Campanian Alliance. The Campanian Alliance, led by Napoli, could not even take care of themselves, let alone recapture Irna. Therefore, the territory of Irna had not been touched by war for decades, and they often crossed the mountains to the north to harass the Campanians.
Now that the Diónia army was attacking, the people of Irna were uneasy to find that the city had not been repaired for many years, and the city's defense was almost broken. The Samonai army had suffered a crushing defeat, and the mountains were in chaos. They sent people to the mountains to ask for help, but who could they go to?
The people of Irna were panicking. How could they be willing to abandon their homeland that they had lived in for a hundred years? Just as they were hesitating, Alexis arrived with her army.
She did not attack the city immediately, but calmly ordered her army to build a camp and unload the supplies from the fleet that was anchored on the beach nearby.
Two days later, he planted all the flags of the Samonai tribe under the city walls of Enona one by one. Then, he gathered ten ballistae and shot stone bullets together, knocking down a wooden sentry tower behind the city walls. After a series of exclamations in the city, he sent someone to shout at the foot of the city, demanding the other side to surrender.
After an urgent discussion among the panicking Samonai people, one of the elders said something thought-provoking. He said, "My people, the situation here has changed greatly. The heavily damaged Abenilum and Beneventum will not be able to protect Irna for a long time, and Irna will be vulnerable to enemy attacks. Even if the people of Diónia do not attack, the Campanians in the north and the Potentians in the south will take advantage of the decline of the tribe to come for revenge. Irna will never have a day of peace! Why don't we take advantage of this war, which has reduced the number of tribes in the mountains? If we move now, there will be some good places for us to live in … "
After a heated debate, his suggestion was approved by the majority, so the people of Irna quickly sent an emissary out of the city to meet Alexis. The emissary expressed that the people of Irna were willing to give up the city, as long as the people of Diónia allowed the people of the city to leave safely.
Despite Bolegt's objections, Alexis accepted the proposal without hesitation. It was not a big deal to allow a few thousand Samonai people to leave with their belongings without shedding a single drop of blood on their swords.
The people of Irna passed through the heavily guarded camp of the allied army uneasily. Legio III strictly followed the previous agreement and did not invade them in any way, which confirmed the reputation of Diónia for keeping its promises.
After Legio III successfully entered Irna, Alexis stopped all military operations. She only ordered the mountain scouts to monitor the movements of the Samonai people in the mountains, and at the same time, ordered the soldiers to strengthen the city's defenses.
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