Vol 8 Chapter 178: Disaster in Campania

This made the soldiers speed up again and again. Zantitipis, who is almost 60 years old, feels a little overwhelmed even if he is riding a horse.
After entering the mountain road, even if it was urgent, Zantitipis had to let the troops slow down the speed to prevent the enemy from ambushing.
At this moment, the soldiers saw the fire in the distance.
The detective sent out quickly rushed back to the report: Kautini had retreated and burned the entire town of Bapagna.
When Zandiparis arrived, the bustling town built between the valleys was shrouded in blazing flames, and three headless bodies were placed on the open space south of the town. The wooden sign, written in human blood with a line of Greek: I have 134 Dionyns in my hand, and take the captured Samonet warriors to change, otherwise these bodies are their end!
When the soldiers saw this horror, they all felt angry and demanded to chase the enemy and rescue the captured people.
The old Zandiparis certainly wouldn't be as impulsive as the soldiers. He just let the soldiers converge on the three bodies and wait in line for the return of the detective.
Soon, the news was confirmed by his speculation: the mountains on either side of the mountain road seemed to have ambushes, and the Kautini warriors were waiting at the exit of the road.
Zandiparis did not hesitate to return to the army. He knew that the long-lasting peace between Nakonya and Dionia had been broken. The war had already hit the northwestern border of the kingdom. He not only had to gather the reserve army as soon as possible. Hold on to Enona, and also notify the Military Department as soon as possible to send more troops or give them greater leadership power. Otherwise, relying on these more than 4,000 recruits, it is difficult to deal with the next war. Heavy.
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Pompeii is a small Greek town with a small population. Now most of the residents have become prisoners. Even the old people and women of Pompei have taken up arms and taken the city, and it is difficult to resist the early premeditated attack by Segowani.
The battle broke into the afternoon.
The cheers of the soldiers made Segovaniton feel comfortable, but he still felt unsatisfied and needed more victories to wash away the shame he had suffered before.
So he left some of the soldiers stationed and continued to march north along the coast. At dusk, he arrived in Herculaneum (only 15 miles) from Pompeii.
Herculaneum is situated at the foot of the Vesuvius volcano and is also a Greek seaside town, but it is more affluent than Pompeii because it is close to the Gulf of Naples and thus an affiliated trading port for the prosperous maritime trade of Naples.
But the Herculaneum people have their own pride. They think that the history of their town is farther than Naples, because this is the town built by Hercules (as seen from his name).
The Herculaneum had prepared for the defense because of the news that the Pompeii who had escaped in advance had informed the enemy of the attack.
Segovani saw the situation and did not order the siege, but camped on the spot.
Herculaneum’s messenger had already arrived in Naples for help, but at this time, Naples was facing the threat of the Samonah coalition from the northeast. It was also ready to send the Campania coalition to repel the enemy. Now listen. When a large number of enemies came from the south, it was very likely that the Neapolitans who had been attacked by both sides suddenly went out to fight, and sent a messenger to go to Diaonia for help.
(Note: After the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD, it was not only Pompey but also Herculaneum that was buried under volcanic ash. Unlike Pompeii, 75% of the towns are still buried. Most of them are intact.)
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After Dionynia won the victory of Ascurom and Venosa in succession, the Samonets were forced to return to the mountains, and even the mountain reconnaissance team returned: they could not see the hills on the border of the Dawny area. To the trail of any Samonet.
It is clear that the heavy-hit Samonai coalition has dispelled plans to continue harassing the Dani area. The commander of the Dawnne region of the Kingdom of Dionia, Alexis, did not take the lead in attacking the Samona area.
On the one hand, because of Daweis’s solemn reminder,
There is no absolute certainty, don’t enter the Samonai mountain area and fight with the Samonai.
Alexis once led the Third Army in Lucca more than a decade ago. In the mountains of Nia, they played against the Samonets. Although they won the game once, they also made him feel the power of the Samona soldiers in the mountain battles, not to mention that they were in Potentia, if they were in Samona. Mountainous areas, unfamiliar terrain, difficult transportation, and being in enemy territory will undoubtedly encounter more trouble.
The second aspect is the issue of food supply. Alexis gathered three legions and a cavalry regiment for nearly 30,000 people. The rations that the soldiers themselves had already eaten were finished. The kingdom provided no food for each day. Nowadays, King Davers has led the army to the Latin region, and there are not many military foods that are naturally more inclined to the expeditionary forces.
The Ministry of Military Affairs has already advised Alexis: In view of the heavy losses of the Samonai, the invasion of the Domini area has been stopped, and he hopes that he can disband some of the legions to reduce the supply of military food.
In addition, a few days ago, the chief executive of Ottotum sent a messenger to Danny and told Alexis a message: According to the pirates who came to the port to trade stolen goods, they fled across the Adriatic Sea. The former Pucciti king Wadarka is recruiting the Petchi, Mesapi and Dani who fled to the Greek mainland in the Epirus region.
Therefore, Alexis finally decided to let the ninth, tenth and second cavalry regiments return to their respective regions to disband, but the military camps still retain a brigade as usual, and they must also send another brigade soldier to bring their own For four days of rations, the Cavalry Corps sent 200 rides and took turns to the city of Ascurom in the Domini area. Alexis will lead them on duty.
In the military camps of the Domini area, every two squadrons of the 11th Corps brought their own rations and took turns in four days, commanded by Capps.
The Dani military camp is in the north, and Ascurum is in the south. At the same time, a total of 4,000 soldiers and 200 cavalry guarded the border between the entire Dani area and Samonet in the territory of Dawny, supplemented by the neighboring towns. Citizens are enough to cope with the small and medium-sized invasion of the Samonet.
Once the remaining enemies who escaped from Apulia landed in other locations in the Apulia region, the defenders of other military camps could defend themselves first, and then the citizens who were waiting for the priests quickly gathered from the towns under the fast notice of the ambassadors. Going to the military camp, forming a complete army, and completely destroying the enemy, so that the consumption of the kingdom has very little military food, and basically guarantees the security of the region.
The reason why Alexis dare to do this is that the Apulian region is a plain, and the terrain is basically flat. In addition to the avenues connecting, the towns also have relatively flat roads, from the northern city of Lucerne. To the southern end of Ojentum, a quick march can be reached in just over a day. Only in this way, the Legionnaires are relatively busy and always in the middle of the rush, but for the militant Mesapi and Pucciti, there are crickets, merits, and land. Exciting things.
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In the many exchanges with the King Daves, the Ministry of Military Affairs has established that the strategy of the Kingdom at this stage in this war is: the north attack, the south defense.
The army led by Daves is attacking in the Latin area. The troops led by Alexis have already died in the Dawny area. In the Sicily area, which is more south, the troops led by Leotices did not retreat. Instead, at the western end of Sicily, based on Serenus, they attacked and looted all the villages and towns outside Mazara, Lili, and Segesta, and collected supplies to ensure adequate food supply to the military. To achieve the purpose of disturbing the order of Carthage in the Sicilian ruling area and creating favorable conditions for future operations.
Leo Tiddides took the form of offensive defense.
And while Davers led the army to the coast of Latin, the body of the death of the third division of the Republic of Dionia, Franís, was found in the reefs on the coast between Minoa and Agrigento. As the body was corrupted, Leo Tiddides led the entire army of soldiers and the fleet sailors to hold him a solemn cremation funeral in the city of Serinus.
The whole scene cried.
But the trace of the Sicily Fleet Commander Sekleian has not yet been discovered~EbookFREE.me~ Leo Tikides has judged that Seclín is afraid to fall into the coast controlled by the Carthaginians and be captured. At the time of exchanging prisoners with the Carthaginians, he proposed to use more prisoners to exchange Sekkian.
The Carthaginians did not reply to this.
As the command of Daves signed "Agree to transfer to the Fourth Fleet to Sicily" has not yet arrived at the Ministry of Military Affairs, the original sub-fleet commander Stefacas temporarily took on the responsibility of commanding the entire Sicilian fleet (in fact, today's Sicilian fleet is only left There are dozens of warships.)
The Dionysian army raged on the land of western Sicily, causing the allies and colonial cities of Carthage to complain, and they all sought help from Lili.
The morale of the army in Lili俾 City is low, the military system is chaotic, Pomirka only seeks self-protection, and dares to go out to fight with the Dionysian army.
The Iberian army led by Hasbrod, who was stationed in Palermos, had the ability to dispel the looting of the Dionyns, but Hasdruba chose at the reminder of Kisgo. As a result, the ally and the colonial city, which had difficulty in dealing with it, had to send messengers to the basic city of Katai for help, so that the veterans who were still arguing could learn that the Sicily military situation was urgent and made a decision quickly.