The center of the Avangum tribe exploded, and the soldiers of the Allied Army attacked from the rear. Caught off guard, the Kautini warriors fled in panic. Some of the warriors even warned the other tribes, "The Naconians have betrayed us! The Naconians have rebelled! … "
Mixed with the neat and loud shouts of the Avangum people, "Revenge of the Naconians!" Even though the sounds of fighting and screams were endless in this area, these sounds could still be heard by the other tribal warriors. While the Kautini warriors were vigilant, the other Naconians were also informed of the situation, forcing them to take action immediately.
Therefore, one after another, the Naconians rebelled and attacked the Kautini warriors around them.
Segovani had originally scattered the Naconian tribes around the army to prevent them from rebelling. At the same time, he forced them to fight for their own survival in the army. He did not expect to shoot himself in the foot. The sudden rebellion of the Naconian warriors had thrown the entire army of Kautini into chaos.
Zantiparis noticed the abnormality of the enemy's formation and took the opportunity to inform the light armored soldiers on both sides to attack from the inside. Coupled with the attack of the allied soldiers who had caught up, the Kautini army's original planned retreat quickly turned into a complete rout.
Some of the Kautini warriors, who were frightened by the constant news of the rebellion, began to be suspicious and stabbed at their teammates who had no intention of approaching them. Under the dim sky, the Kautini warriors lost their fighting spirit. They trampled and killed each other on the way, causing countless casualties.
When it was dark and the Diónia allied army stopped chasing, only about 2,000 Kautini warriors managed to escape, including the great leader Segovani. They finally escaped into the city of Cesarra. The allied army lost less than 500 people, and they gained the support of more than 2,000 Naconians, increasing their strength again.
Early the next morning, after a night of rest, the Diónia allied army divided into two groups and marched north. Their target was Cesarra and Abela.
When it was almost noon, the army of the Campagna Alliance arrived at the foot of Cesarra, only to find that the city was empty.
It turned out that after the remnants of Cautini's army fled back to Cesarra, Segovani, who had calmed down a little, cursed the Naconians who had betrayed him, and realized that he could not stay in the city any longer. When the enemy attacked, he only needed to divide part of his forces to surround Cesarra, which only had two thousand soldiers left defending it. Then, he could lead the main force to attack Abela, which was in the mountain pass and undefended, and then directly attack Cautim, which was also undefended. If that happened, Cautini would be finished.
That night, Segovani mobilized the entire city to relocate.
Even though the Cesarallans were extremely reluctant, they did not want to repeat Lola's mistakes. Thus, everyone took their belongings and retreated to Abela and Kaoutim that very night.
Therefore, when the Dionian Allied Army, which was mainly composed of Dionian and Naconian soldiers, arrived at the mountain pass, Segovani led a mere 2,000 soldiers to defend the small city of Abela, sealing off the Allied Army's eastward path.
… …
On the same day, Capus led about ten thousand soldiers of the 10th and 11th Legions. After a day of hard fighting, they captured the small town of Equuvium. They coordinated with the Allied Army led by Alexis, who was directly west of the Sammonae Mountains. It seemed like they would completely surround Hilpini's territory.
After the departure of Cautini and the Pentenes, the strength of the army in Beneventum was significantly weakened. In order to reduce unnecessary casualties, Lescoc had already stopped the attacks outside the city. Instead, the Diónia Allied Army approached the city. However, they were not here to attack the city. Instead, Gherni, the leader of the Abela Alliance, led his people to shout from below the city.
Gherni enumerated the defeats suffered by Lescoc since he started the war against Diónia, as well as the specific number of casualties and captives of the Hilpini soldiers.
He also shouted towards the city, "My compatriots of Hilpini, now that Aquilonia and Equuvium have been successively captured by the Diónia Allied Army, Hilpini's territory is already surrounded by the Allied Army. Therefore, do not blindly follow Lescoc and continue to fight against the Diónia Allied Army. Otherwise, the Allied Army will send troops to capture your towns, destroy your settlements, capture your families, and completely destroy your tribes! … "
At the same time, he also made a promise, "As long as the tribal leaders and warriors surrender to Diónia, it would be even better if Lescoc can be captured. Not only will your previous aggression against Diónia be forgiven, your territories and families will be protected, and the captured warriors will also be released home. The injured warriors will also be carefully treated by Diónia doctors …"
Gherni's repeated shouts from below the city had a great impact on the Hilpini tribal leaders and warriors in the city.
Lescoc began to see that the tribal leaders of Hilpini were quietly gathering their warriors and discussing something in secret, which made him secretly shocked.
Not long after, the news of "Kauutini's army suffering a crushing defeat in the Campania Plains" spread to the city of Beneventum, causing even more panic.
At this time, under the repeated urging of Alexis, the Aquilonian leader rushed to the Allied Army's camp. He also followed Gherni's shouts from below the city. Finally, the Aquilonian warriors who were originally sent to Beneventum to follow Lescoc were the first to stand up and ask Lescoc to respond to their leader's call to leave Beneventum and join Diónia.
Aquilonia was the joint city of the third largest tribe of the Hillpini tribe. After several battles, there were still more than 700 warriors left, which was a large proportion of the army of the Hillpini tribe, which only had more than 4,000 warriors. Following closely behind Aquilonia were the warriors of Ecquillium. They had also decided to pledge allegiance to Diónia in order to save their captive families.
The tribes within the Hilpini tribe were equal in terms of political status. They elected their leader and followed his orders. This was not a mandatory rule by law, but based on the tribe's long tradition. However, the tradition also stipulated that they could refuse to carry out the leader's orders at any time according to their own circumstances. Therefore, whether it was the Hilpini tribe or the other Samonai tribes, they were actually still a loose political alliance.
Perhaps it was because of the characteristics of the mountain people that the communication between tribes was inconvenient and it was difficult to unify the jurisdiction. Therefore, they were more independent and had more freedom in terms of political status. However, this made it impossible for Lescoc to force them to stay, be it politically or militarily (there were more than 800 warriors from Aquilonia and Ecquillium, which also made Lescoc hesitate to take action).
With no other choice, Lescoc had them swear in the name of God Savone that after surrendering to Diónia, they would not be enemies with all the Samonai tribes.
The warriors of Aquilonia and Ecquillium did as they were told.
Therefore, Lescoc could only order them to open the city gates and let the warriors of these two tribes leave.
Alexis led the leaders of the allied forces to welcome them who had come to surrender.
The other tribal leaders who had witnessed the whole process from the top of the city walls finally stopped hesitating and made their requests to Lescoc: leave Benventum and go back to protect their homes.
Lescoc knew that these people were lying. If he really let them out of the city, they would probably go to Diónia in the blink of an eye. He had expected this when he let the warriors of Aquilonia and Ecquillium leave. These Hilpini warriors who had united to force Lescoc to abdicate numbered more than 1,000. If he did not let them go, once they were allowed to cause trouble in the city, it would instead cause a greater disaster.
Lescoc thought about it again and again and finally nodded in agreement.
The departure of the Hilpini tribes caused panic in the city of Benventum. It even affected the army of Karacheni. The tribal leaders and warriors all asked Kontruc to leave Benventum and return to their homes.
Although Kontruc was stubborn and conservative, he also knew that the defeat of the allied forces of Samonai was inevitable. They were outnumbered and outnumbered. It was only a matter of time before Benventum fell. If the army of Karacheni continued to stay in the city, they would face the danger of being completely wiped out.
Therefore, he used the excuse of being "forced by the tribal leaders of Karacheni" and was embarrassed to not see Lescoc in person, so he sent one of his subordinates to inform Lescoc. He then led his troops out of the city through the north gate, crossed the river, and left Benventum.
The departure of the reinforcements caused the people in the city to fall into complete panic. The tribal leaders of Benventum came together to see Lescoc and made a request. The situation was critical now, and Benventum could not do anything alone. For the safety of the people in the city, they hoped that Lescoc could lead the people in the city to surrender to Diónia.
The desolate Lescoc looked at the tribal leaders and the elders of his own tribe among the petitioners, and his expression became even more gloomy. He was silent for a long time, and under the repeated urging of the tribal leaders, he said coldly, "Let me think about it …" With that, he had the guards chase them away.
Looking at the empty living room, Lescoc's heart was also empty. He remembered what Segovani had scolded him before. "You don't deserve to be a tribal leader. You're not decisive enough, and you're not ruthless enough …"
Lescoc smiled sadly and whispered to himself, "Segovani, you're right … However, I really want to know how you, who are ruthless, will save Kaoutim next. Unfortunately … I won't be able to see it …"
That night, Lescoc committed suicide in his mansion. The people in the city were terrified. The tribal leaders held an emergency meeting and sent messengers to the Diónia camp the next day.
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