The great leader of the Caraceni clan, Controok, said coldly, "I hope the plan can be carried out smoothly this time, otherwise —"
Although the old man did not finish his words, Lescok knew that he was reminding him.
The Samonese coalition's plan to attack the Downey region was mainly drawn up by Lescok. Apart from the initial success of the surprise attack, the following attacks all failed miserably. The three major tribes, Hilpini, Pentney, and Caraceni, all suffered heavy losses. While being criticized by the other two great leaders, Lescok also realized that after obtaining the initial success, he was a little dizzy and forgot to carry out his original idea: not to fight the Diónia on flat ground, but to use the mountain battle that the Samonese were good at to deal with the enemy.
However, the Diónia commander in the Downey region remained calm even after the successive victories. He was not tempted by the Samonese and rashly marched into the mountains.
Lescok and the others finally felt that they could not gain any advantage in the Downey region, but they were unwilling to stop harassing Diónia so that Diónia could focus on destroying other enemies, so they had no choice but to turn their target to the west. The weak alliance of Diónia, the Campanian alliance, and the defenseless Lucania Municipality seemed to be better targets to harass.
Moreover, because Cayutini had suffered a crushing defeat before, and a large number of warriors were captured, Cayutini did not send out too many warriors when the Samonai coalition attacked Downey. Thus, the losses they suffered were small. Coincidentally, the Kautini warriors who were previously captured had been released by the Diónia and returned to the tribe, making Kautini now the strongest of the four major tribes.
Segovani, who had also just returned to Kautini, readily agreed after hearing the plan of the three great leaders. The reason was, of course, not only because of gratitude (the three major tribes used the hostages of Gruum in the Downey region to force Diónia to release the Kautini captives), but also because he needed the support of the other great leaders and high priests so that he could regain his position as great leader. Of course, he also hated Diónia, who had humiliated him greatly, and hoped to create great trouble for it.
Both sides hit it off immediately.
This was the reason why Leskirk, Controok, Bardani and Jonny were here.
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Enona was a city on the northwest border of the Kingdom of Diónia. Although the Samonai were at war with Diónia, and Enona bordered the Naconia region of the Cautini tribe, the city had always been peaceful. Every day, people or merchants would go to the small town of Papania in the northeast.
However, on this day, the sentinels on the city walls saw a long line of people approaching from the northeast. They were carrying the elderly and the young, carrying bags on their backs as they rushed towards Enona in panic.
At the front were a few priests of Hades in white robes. They rushed to the front of the city guards and shouted anxiously while panting, "Leader Segovani led the army to capture the city of Naconia. We were informed by the Naconian believers who risked their lives to escape … Papania is in danger! I've already informed the town's Officer Dermot, but there are still many people who haven't left. Hurry up and send reinforcements! Quick! Quick! … "
The governor of Enona was Adrianx. He had been in office for three years, and his term was coming to an end. However, due to the recent wars in Diónia that would not end in a short time, in order to ensure the stability of the kingdom, his term might be extended. Therefore, he continued to perform his duties with peace of mind.
In the city hall, he received an urgent report from the captain of the city guards. He was shocked and immediately ordered, "Hurry up and sound the alarm. Let the whole city enter emergency combat readiness! Also, send someone to the barracks outside the city and inform General Zantiparis to lead the army to defend Papania! "
"Yes, sir!"
Looking at the back of the captain of the city guards leaving in a hurry, Adrianx's expression was solemn. He knew that the peace of Enona had been broken, and the war had come!
While worrying about the life and death of the people of Papania, he remembered another important matter, so he immediately called for the clerk. "Send someone to Pompeii immediately and tell them that the Cautini have made a move. Let the Campanian Alliance strengthen their guard, in case the Cautini invade again!"
Zantiparis originally came to Lucania City under the order of the Ministry of Military Affairs to form a reserve legion to replace the Legio III and take on the task of defending the entire northwestern region of the Kingdom of Diónia.
At first, he set the garrison at the barracks near Grumentum, but after the Samonai invaded the Downey area, Zantiparis changed the garrison to near Enona. After all, it was the city closest to the Samonai (although it was the same for Kopsa, he thought that Abenilum, as a barrier, was much more reliable than Narconia). Who knew that just as he completed the establishment of the reserve legion, the Ministry of Military Affairs would let Epitenis take away four brigades from him, but would not allow him to expand, which made him feel quite helpless.
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Just as the Dionysian Army and the Roman Army were engaged in a fierce battle in Ostia, Segovani led the Samonai Army, holding the surrendered Narconian leader hostage, successfully entered the Narconia area, and forcibly occupied the settlements of the tribes that did not submit to him (including the Quinduc tribe), threatening the lives of the tribes and their families to follow his troops to attack the small town of Papania in Enona.
Seven years ago, the town was personally supervised by Asistes, the governor of Enona. Benefiting from the frequent exchanges between Diónia and Narconia, it had become quite prosperous. Moreover, in order to show the sincerity of the Diónia to the Narconians and to dispel their vigilance, they did not set up too many defenses in the town. Coupled with the sudden arrival of the enemy, it was easily captured.
Segovani captured the people of Diónia who were still in the town, then ordered the Narconian warriors to burn down Papania, forcing it to completely break with Diónia. Then, while leading the army back to Narconia, he sent troops to block the mountain road connecting to Enona.
The reason why Segovani did not directly attack Enona was the decision made by several great leaders after the painful lesson in the Downey area. They targeted the weaker and more easily bullied Campanian Alliance.
When Segovani led his army into Narconia, nearly 10,000 Samonai allied troops, who had been waiting in the small mountain pass town of Abella for a long time, quickly moved west, passing through Cesarra, and headed straight for the city of Atlas, which had once caused the Kautini to suffer a great loss.
Due to the Kautini leaders' meeting held in Lola, the Campanian Alliance, led by Naples, shifted the focus of their defense to the southeast. They did not guard against the surprise attack of the Samonai from the northeast. Atlas, a small city on the border of the Campanian Alliance's territory, quickly fell under the fierce attack of the Samonai warriors.
At the same time, after Segovani, who had burned down the town of Papania, returned to Narconia, he led 7,000 Kautini warriors (including more than 3,000 Narconians) to the southwest to attack Pompeii, which was only 20 miles away from Narconia.
Pompeii had been living in peace with Narconia for more than a decade because of Diónia. They never expected that the enemy would attack from the southeast, and the attack was so fast. In a hurry, most of the people outside the city did not have time to retreat into the city and became prisoners of the Kautini.
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After receiving the order from Adrianx, Zantiparis was not excited about participating in the battle. The reason was that there was only one battalion of soldiers in the barracks.
This was actually very normal. Under normal circumstances, soldiers of a legion would bring their own rations and standard weapons from their homes to the barracks within three or four days and undergo a military training under the guidance of a military training officer. Unless the Military Training Office of the Ministry of Military Affairs ordered the entire legion to train together, it was usually done by each battalion in turn. (The military training of the barracks of each legion was the responsibility of the military training officers sent by the Military Training Office of the Kingdom's Ministry of Military Affairs. The legion commander had no right to intervene, but he could observe the training, understand the conditions of his soldiers, and give his own training suggestions. Only with the authorization of the king and the Ministry of Military Affairs could he command his own legion.)
Under such a serious situation, Zantiparis should have gathered all the legion soldiers in the barracks, but this way, when the soldiers ran out of rations, they would have to rely on the barracks to provide food. Usually, food would be allocated from the nearby granaries, but now that food was scarce, Zantiparis could only let the battalions take turns to be stationed in the barracks.
Although there were only 1,000 soldiers in the barracks, Zantiparis still gathered them without hesitation and quickly marched to Papania.
At the same time, Zantiparis also ordered the messengers to immediately rush to the four coastal towns of Enona, Poseidonia, Elia, and Picossis, and inform the soldiers of the other battalions to gather in the barracks immediately. When Epthenis came to mobilize the troops, Zantiparis specially asked Epthenis to take away the battalions mainly made up of the citizens of Grumentum, Neutum, and other inland towns of Lucania, leaving behind the battalions made up of the citizens of the coastal towns. This was for the sake of informing the soldiers to gather in the future and for the soldiers to reach the barracks more quickly.
After the troops bypassed Enona, they encountered many refugees along the way. They were shouting in panic, "The Cautini are here! They have captured Papania! … "
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