Chapter 99 Prelude to the War

"As long as we can defeat Cosenza, we are willing to do anything!" Hegesitus said decisively with a look on his face.

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The news of Dionia's declaration of war on the Brutians quickly spread throughout Great Greece, and Castellon immediately sent someone there to express to the Dionysian Senate: I would like to send a thousand light and heavy infantry and fifty cavalry to join the war. .

Laos also sent people to actively express: to send 3,000 light and heavy infantry to participate in the war.

Even Heraclea, who had just joined the Dionian League, was not to be outdone: willing to send 500 infantry and 100 cavalry to the battle.

Davos readily accepted that although the number and combat effectiveness of these troops were far from comparable to those of Dionia's four legions, the participation of the allies in the war showed the unity of the Dionysian Alliance, and they were in the same position. Only in battle can they deepen their friendship with allied city-states, and gradually influence and assimilate their military systems.

Although the Senate of Tarantum knew in advance that there was a conflict between Dionia and the Brutus (from the leak of Tormid), when the news of the outbreak of war came, everyone was in a mood. Complicated: If Dionia wins, the gap between Tarantum and Dioria will only be greater; but if Dionia suffers heavy losses, the Mesapis and Puchetti who have just signed the peace may not There will be new ideas. And Tarantum's manpower and material resources are now devoted to the recovery of the war-torn Tarantum Territory, and they are really unable to assist Dionia. For Tarantum, who is in danger, Tarantum has to say something.

So, the Tarantum Senate sent messenger Polidorus to Turii and asked Davos politely: "What do you need Tarantum to help with?"

Davos, of course, saw the embarrassment of Polydorus. He immediately thanked Tarantum for his concern, and said politely: "Dionia doesn't need Tarantum's help for the time being."

But Davos's politeness showed confidence, which made Polydorus feel a little guilty while heaving a sigh of relief.

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The mood of the Crotone people is equally complicated, and even most people hope that the war launched by Dionia this time will suffer a fiasco, but Cilitin, Trina, and Corenia have all sent messengers, and of course Crotone will also Some performance, after all, both belong to the South-Italian alliance.

On the grounds that these city-states had just experienced war and needed to guard against Loclery, the Dionysian Senate politely declined their expectation of participating in the war. At the same time, he made his own request: he hoped that they would provide some rations and allow Dionia's army to pass through their territory and wait for an opportunity to attack Bruti from the side of Trina.

The city-state envoys such as Crotone immediately agreed.

The emissary of Sirius even boasted that the city-state was willing to supply free food for the Dionian army attacking from Trina's side until the end of the war.

The Trina messenger, who spoke very little when they met, actually knew very well in his heart: The Dionysian Senate had already made a secret agreement with Cypros to jointly attack Knapetia! This time with the other messengers, it was just a cover-up.

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"Father, it seems that the Vigos are right, Dionysus really declared war like the Brutus! We—" Gnanet said excitedly.

Cincinnagar sneered and interrupted his son's words: "What are we? ... Declare war on Dionysian too?! We have a grudge against the Dionysians, but don't forget the old bastard Sedorum? Haven't you slaughtered our people! If it wasn't for Elijah, that Vig messenger would never have been able to get out of Picocis!" Cincinnagar said bitterly.

Since the loss of Grummentum, the Dionysian forces have entered the central area of ​​Lucania. Those independent Lucania tribes are like flies seeing shit, and they have joined Dionysus one after another. Asian. Although the Dionysians have not taken further action in Grummentum, the pressure has been felt by the Picosses, although the envoys of Picosses went to Turii and brought back the Dionysians The Archon's promise of peace, but how could the always cunning Cincinnagar easily believe that thin piece of paper!

Especially when the news of the Elias announcing that they had joined the Dionysian League came, it was as if the Hong bell and the giant drum caused a huge sensation in the Picosses, which meant that the Picosses not only dared not to be the same as before. Elijah is regarded as fat and looted every year on its territory, and the city of Picocis has been surrounded by Dionia and its allies since then. I believe Potentia also feels the danger, so When the messenger of Bruti arrived, under his matchmaking, the two tribal towns of Lucania, who had just forged a feud for a while, finally decided to unite and fight against Dionia in order to survive.

"We can't be in a hurry now, we have to wait patiently!" Cincinnagar said to his son.

"Wait until when?"

"Wait until both Dionia and the Brutus are exhausted from fighting! Wait until Portentia takes the lead!" Cincinnagar's narrow eyes flashed coldly.

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In the conference hall where Kesheng was bombed, the leaders of the Bruti Tribal Alliance were urgently discussing the news from the probe.

"Yesterday, Davos had already led what they said was the First Army and Second Army, out of the city of Turii, and marching westward, it seems that he was preparing to pass through the mountains and arrive at Laos... in Aspuru. Sturm's... um, the Fourth Legion has also begun to move south... Everyone, the Dionian attack is coming!" Pianlon said with a solemn expression.

"It's just right! We have made careful preparations to let these arrogant Dionians taste the power of our Brutes!" Nikuru waved his fists excitedly.

"It seems that Dionia's attack focuses on Vig! Because their consul Davos personally led the first and second legions, plus Neutum's third legion, and Laos' troops , the number of soldiers it leads may be as high as 20,000! Although Wig City has fortified its defenses and built several defense camps on the mountain road... However, the number of soldiers is only 4,000 at most, I am afraid it is difficult to resist The attack of so many Dionian soldiers!" Sedorum said with a gloomy expression as he looked at the others.

"Sedorum, you coward! Before the war begins, you start to be afraid!" Nikuru mocked.

"The Dionysians are attacking Vig with all their strength. It is normal that Vig City alone cannot stop the attack. Just like the Dionysian Fourth Army going south, it must be attacking north from Trina. , plus Trina's troops, the number of soldiers is probably more than 10,000, and the soldiers of Knapetia are only 2,000. Only with your reinforcements can Klapetia be defended!" Rum, even defending himself.

Sedorum nodded gratefully to him.

"Now Bruti is a unified tribal alliance. But as soon as they were unified, they encountered a strong enemy. This is the test of Goddess Amara and God Brutus! Under the blessing of the gods, we must be close Only by uniting and defeating the enemy can we forge the future glory of our Brutians!" High Priest Philotaru said solemnly. The Brutians claim to be the descendants of Brutus, and Brutus is the son of Hercules and Valentia, the queen of Brutus, the legendary ancient hero of Brutus. , demigod, protector of the Brut tribe.

"The high priest is right!" Pian Lun looked around and said, "I will lead 10,000 Cosenza warriors with Petaru to reinforce Vig!"

The 10,000 soldiers are almost all of Cosenza's troops, so Sedorum hurriedly saluted and said gratefully: "Thank you for your full help!"

"This is what I should do. We are all comrades in the same alliance now. Vig City can't be defended, can Cosenza be preserved?! Cosenza is occupied, Bisinia, Ambalia How else can there be a way out?!" Pian Lun said this as if to comfort Sedorum, but in fact he was reminding Bogam and Nikuru.

"Ambalia has only a narrow river valley in the southeast leading to Asprostum, and the Dionysians would not dare to attack from here, because once discovered, our warriors do not need to fight, they only need to stand Throwing rocks from the top of the valley is enough to cause them heavy casualties, so I am willing to lead 3,000 soldiers to reinforce Knapetia!" Bergam immediately stated.

Nikuru was not far behind and said loudly: "The situation in Bisinia is similar to that of Ambalia. There are mountains as barriers and large rivers, and the Dionians cannot enter my territory at all. I am willing to bring two thousand A warrior to help Pangellu fight off those Dionians!"

Pangailu also expressed his gratitude to the two great leaders.

"Brutus is above, we should be like this, we should be like this! As long as we Brutians unite and cooperate, no amount of Greeks can defeat us!" Philotaru chanted the name of God in a low voice, while The old man praised with great consolation.

"Although Ambalia and Bisinia have a geographical advantage, they must always be vigilant to prevent the Dionysians from attacking! You must know that Dionia's consul is a very cunning person. Rotone was defeated twice by his tricks, and Niutum and Grummentum were also lost by his sneak attack with the army!" Pian Lun solemnly warned the two chiefs, hoping that they would pay attention and strengthen alert.

"Don't worry, we have sentries on every mountaintop in the river valley. As long as the Dionians are dispatched, we will know about them." Bergam said seriously.

"Turii's river bank path to Bisinia has long been blocked by the strong defensive camps built by our Bisinians. If the Dionysians just come to attack, they will only be wiped out by us!" Niku Lu looked confident.