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Chapter 13 Betrayal of the Alliance

The result is obvious. The Samnites could never have imagined that when the Romans attacked, the Greeks actually launched an attack from inside the city. They had agreed to be Greek allies, so why did they start killing their own people in an instant?

The Romans and the Greeks easily captured Pyxus. Zhao Yuanlang and the Greek commander looked at the Samnite commander who was lying on the ground and beheaded, and shook hands happily. In fact, Zhao Yuanlang was not very happy in his heart, because he did not capture many heads. He only beheaded a centurion and a few soldiers.

A breeze blew by, bringing with it a slight chill of autumn. Pyxus was very lively at night. The Greeks and Romans held a grand victory banquet. Except for some patrolling soldiers, most of the soldiers were drunk together.

In the middle of the banquet, Zhao Yuanlang used the excuse of going to the toilet, and immediately his internal energy started to work, sobering him up. Then, with an extremely sober attitude, he gave an order to the guards behind him.

When Zhao Yuanlang returned to the hall, although the banquet was still going on, the atmosphere was different. The Greeks glanced at Zhao Yuanlang from time to time, as if he had some intention.

"Come, come! The Roman hero is back, let's drink this cup." The Greek commander looked at Zhao Yuanlang with a smile.

Just as Zhao Yuanlang was about to take it, the glass was dropped on the ground by the Greek commander for some reason.

Zhao Yuanlang immediately stepped back, cautiously watching the Greek commander draw his weapon. Groups of Greeks surrounded the entire hall.

"Is breaking the cup a signal? Haha, how come it's exactly the same as what I arranged!" Zhao Yuanlang looked at the Greek commander with a smile.

The Greek commander's face changed immediately because there was a commotion outside and the Greek soldiers who were originally gathered in the hall were surrounded by a group of Roman soldiers.

"Huh! The Romans really can't be trusted!" said the Greek commander with contempt.

"Hello Greeks, Zeus is above, were you the first to take action this time? The insult from more than ten years ago is still there! Rome will never forget its hatred for you! Long live Rome!"

Zhao Yuanlang did not give the Greek commander any chance. He shouted loudly and launched a war cry in an instant. All the Greeks who had surrounded Zhao Yuanlang stood still. Zhao Yuanlang leaped up, kicked away the two guards who were guarding the Greek commander, and instantly punched the Greek archon in the forehead.

People only saw the Greek archon fly to the stone table behind him in an instant, knocking over the things on the table, with a large dent on his forehead and his body twitching.

Nemian, the lion who was eating meat outside, let out a series of lion roars after hearing Zhao Yuanlang's shout, and rushed into the panicked Greek army at the steps of the hall with a gust of wind.

After hearing the roar of the lion Nemian, the other Romans smashed the bowls in their hands at the nearest Greeks, drew their weapons and attacked the Greeks.

The Greek commander had a good idea. He wanted to kill the Roman commander first. The leaderless Romans would be at the mercy of the larger Greeks.

But he overlooked one problem. He seriously underestimated Zhao Yuanlang's ability, and he did not arrange his men to effectively monitor the Romans. The Romans had already received news about Zhao Yuanlang, and they all brought their own weapons to the banquet.

Although the Greeks were numerous, it was quite easy for the humanoid beast Zhao Yuanlang to defeat them. Most of the commanders were killed by Zhao Yuanlang in the hall.

The Greeks who were originally surrounding the door and attacking continuously became even more frightened. On the one hand, they had to defend against the Romans who wanted to rush into the hall, and on the other hand, they had to guard against the invincible Zhao Yuanlang.

When many Greeks saw Zhao Yuanlang lifting a huge stone table and throwing it towards them, the entire front line was flawed, and many people hid everywhere to avoid the stone table. This gave Zhao Yuanlang an opportunity, and when the stone table hit the Greeks, Zhao Yuanlang found his weapon.

After swinging his mace and smashing a group of Greeks away, he was like a tiger among a flock of sheep, and all the Greeks were massacred by one man.

Looking at the hall filled with blood, Zhao Yuanlang rode on Nemian, waved the mace in his hand, signaled the army to assemble, and began to clear out all the Greek troops according to the plan.

Although the Greeks had an advantage in numbers, they were too weak. They had few infantry and most of them were long-range troops. After Zhao Yuanlang led his cavalry to launch several charges, all the Greek long-range troops were defeated.

Zhao Yuanlang then led his troops to control all the city gates and high ground, then rushed out on a lion to kill the Greeks who were in chaos and had no command on the streets.

The Greek troops were divided, and only a part of them escaped back to the harbor, using the terrain and warships to attack the Romans.

But all this was in vain. When the Romans' full naval force arrived, the remaining Greek troops had to surrender.

The chance to score points had come. Zhao Yuanlang looked at the Greeks who had surrendered and were tied up in a ball, and rushed out with a grim smile, waving the mace in his hand.

Many Romans couldn't bear to watch, but seeing how ferocious Zhao Yuanlang was, no one dared to step forward to stop him. Even the naval commander didn't dare to step forward to stop him, for fear of being smashed into a meat paste by the ferocious Zhao Yuanlang.

The port was covered in blood and flesh, with rows of Greek corpses lying all over the place. Zhao Yuanlang, covered in blood, stood among the corpses and walked towards the last group of Greek captives.

The Greeks, who were originally very frightened, saw this evil god coming, and some of them were so scared that they fell to the ground and died instantly.

But the so-called mace they thought of did not swing over, and without answering Zhao Yuanlang's questions, the furious Zhao Yuanlang swung the mace and smashed several people's heads into their necks.

The rest of the Greeks knelt on the ground and rushed to tell Zhao Yuanlang the answer he wanted to know.

Very good! Croton is indeed empty, with only a small garrison stationed there.

Great! This time, I really made a fortune. One legion commander, seventeen centurions! I'm rich! More chances to win the lottery.

Thinking that he had other tasks to do, Zhao Yuanlang nodded to the naval commander. Then according to the plan, Zhao Yuanlang organized the troops to board the ships. Half of the Roman naval fleet left Picus and headed towards Croton.

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At dawn, in Croton, the Greeks watched the fleet flying the Greek flag returning and let them in after a brief inquiry.

The Greeks didn't expect that they had let a group of demons in. When the warship docked, the Greeks who had come to greet them were instantly panicked when they found that the first person to jump off was a Roman.

It was simple and easy. How could the Greeks, with only 500 defenders, be a match for Zhao Yuanlang's troops? After Zhao Yuanlang captured the Croton gate, his cavalry rushed in instantly.

With the surrender of the consul of Croton, Zhao Yuanlang successfully occupied Croton. Then Zhao Yuanlang staged the scene of queuing up to mow the grass. It would be a waste not to kill them. One consul and four centurions, it was not a loss at all.

Although the Greeks in Croton were furious because their relatives, brothers and sisters were inside, they wisely squatted on the ground and cried silently after seeing Zhao Yuanlang, who was covered in blood and looked like a demon.

The war was not over. Following the order of the Senate, Zhao Yuanlang sent envoys to contact the Greek alliance in Sicily. Since they had disputes with the Greeks in Magna Graecia, the two sides had been fighting and they smoothly concluded an alliance.

From then on, the Romans successfully controlled all the coastal areas south of Rome, and the Greeks only had the only city of Tarentum left. The entire Rome no longer had any worries, which laid a solid foundation for Rome to occupy the entire central and southern Apennine peninsula in the future.

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