Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

Thinking of Davos' possible strategic plans in the future, Zantiparis took a deep breath: Thormid, it seems that I won't be able to leave the battlefield for the rest of my life!

At least you don't have to worry about not having the chance to become a legion commander, or even an elder of the Senate! Tormide said excitedly.

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Grummentum is a mountain city. Unlike the hill occupied by Amendolara which is less than 200 meters high, the hill occupied by Grummentum is about 300 meters high.

The wooden city wall of Grummentum City was first built at the foot of the mountain. Later, when Akpiru served as the chief leader, it expanded greatly, annexed and incorporated the surrounding small tribes, and moved into Grummentum City. However, the urban area had to be expanded outwards, which doubled the area of ​​Grummentum City and made the entire urban area divided into three parts: most of the outer city was relocated from the newly moved, The incorporated tribes lived; the inner city was inhabited by the tribes that originally belonged to Grummentum; and the core area was the top of the mountain, which also had wooden walls and was inhabited by the tribes of the great chiefs. In the heyday of Grummentum, there were nearly 30,000 residents in Guangcheng.

However, after Davos's mercenaries defeated the Lucalia tribal coalition and Akpiru was seriously injured, Lusau lacked prestige, and it was difficult to unify the tribes of Grumentum. War broke out, and some tribes in Grummentum's territory began to flee. After Cincinnagar captured Grummentum, in order to control the whole city, he killed the leaders of the tribes in the city and those who disobeyed him. This city has greatly reduced the population of the city, and the number of people is no longer enough to defend this big city. So after Potentia declared war, Cincinnag moved all its inhabitants into the inner city and burned the outer walls and houses.

The Portentians did not rebuild the outer city after they became the new masters of Grummentum. At this time, the inner city has three gates in the east, west and south, and the north is a cliff.

Borat's initial deployment was as follows: 500 Potentia warriors were stationed in each of the three city gate areas, followed by the tribes of the original Grummentum, and then the tribes of Lusau. The reserve force in the event of a war also monitors the movements of these tribes. Once there are signs of riots, they can easily pacify the war. The core area on the top of the mountain is led by 500 Potentia elite soldiers led by Paulette. High command.

It's just that this deployment was destroyed not long after the implementation, and the destroyer was Lusau. After his strength increased, he no longer wanted to obey Polert's orders, especially since he was once defeated in Cincinnagar and was almost caught in the city, so he strongly demanded to guard a city gate area.

Polert was finally forced to helpless, so Lusau was stationed at the South Gate. And because of Lusau's oppression of the people in the city, all the tribes in the city were reluctant to live in the southern part of the city, but were more concentrated in the Dongchengmen area.

Regarding the current situation in the city, Polet is actually very clear and deeply disturbed, but his prestige and strength are not enough to deter the increasingly coquettish Lusau. At the same time, because of the chaos in Lusau, Potentia People's dissatisfaction, and they imitated, so that he gradually could not control the group of warriors from various tribes of Potentia. The anger of the inhabitants of Grummentum was increasing day by day, and Polet felt as if he was sitting in a volcanic crater. This sense of crisis made him finally decide to send someone back to Potentia to complain to his elder brother Puamot about his current situation. Dilemma, and requested to transfer Lusau, while adding more Potentian warriors to stabilize the situation in Grummentum.

After finally making this decision, Polet seems to have relaxed a lot. In the past two days, he has been actively patrolling the city, and he has also reprimanded its leader because of the rude guards at the east city gate.

On this day, it was almost dusk when Polet returned to the residence on the top of the mountain. He felt hungry, so he asked the guards to roast a leg of lamb and bring a jug of wine, ready to eat and drink.

At this moment, he vaguely heard the screams of killing from the foot of the mountain. You know, this mountain city is several hundred meters high.

You can hear the sound of the mountain at the top of the mountain, and it can be seen that the movement is not small.

Polert's expression changed suddenly, he immediately ran out of his residence, and was greeted by the sentry who hurried to report: Chief, an enemy is attacking the city! The Grummentum in the city attacked our soldiers!

What?! The sentinel's words were like a bolt from the blue, which made Polert pale in shock.

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At dusk, it was time for the warriors to eat. The Potentians were eating cheese and beef and mutton while venting their dissatisfaction with the leader, Paulette, who had tormented them for the past two days.

When they were full of food and drink and were in a good mood, the horn sounded suddenly, and when the leaders of the various ministries and team officers drove the soldiers out of the camp with anxious expressions, many people still did not believe that the war was so sudden and unexpected. coming.

They hurriedly took up their weapons and straightened the queue.

The enemy's attack was very fast. As soon as they rushed out of the dense forest and were exposed to the sight of the sentinels in the city, they quickly approached the east, west and south sides of Grummentum City at the fastest speed...

The sentinels on the wooden wall of the East Gate watched helplessly as the enemies in the mountains and fields in front of them were forced to converge on several narrow mountain roads leading to various city gates under the restriction of undulating hills, dense wooden fences and deer villages. .

At this time, if a large number of arrows and javelins are thrown, those densely packed enemies will be severely injured. However, the dozen or so arrows that landed in the enemy's formation couldn't make a big splash at all.

Quick! Quick! Quick!! The enemy is coming!! The soldier on the top of the city turned around anxiously and urged his teammates who were still dawdling under the city. Suddenly his voice stopped: Above the Potentia camp, A team of several hundred people, armed with spears, lined up in column and rushed down.

It was the reinforcements sent by the Grummentums! The soldiers at the head of the city felt a little relieved, but what happened next made him stunned.

This team ran straight into the back team of Portentia, who was hurriedly preparing to go to the city, and shouted: Go to hell! Damn Portentia pig!... The overwhelmed Potentian warrior...

The screams and shouts of killing sounded together, and the city was in chaos...

Taking advantage of the chaos in the city, the enemies outside the city had already reached the city. They threw the sacks filled with dirt into the trenches, quickly filled a road, and then rushed under the wooden wall to catch a road. long ladder...

The Potentia warriors resisted stubbornly, but most of the warriors were fighting fiercely with the tribesmen of Grummentum in the city. There were not many warriors on the city wall, but the enemy continued to attack the city regardless of life and death. It didn’t take long for the enemy to kill the city. ...

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From the observatory on the top of the mountain, Polert saw the constant influx of enemies on the eastern city wall below the mountain, and the defense line was in jeopardy. Soldiers go to help defend the east gate, or let the enemy rush into the city, and everyone will not be able to escape!

Yes, chief! The guard took the talisman nervously.

Watching the guards rush down the mountain, Polet was not at ease, and sent someone to order the 500 Potentia soldiers stationed on the mountainside to rush to the east gate.

After giving the order, Polert took a momentary sigh of relief and had time to calm down and think: Where did the enemy come from?

Is it the Picosses? Can they still send such a large number of warriors after experiencing a major defeat?

A Dionian? As soon as he thought of this powerful alliance of Greek city-states to the south, Polet felt his breath tighten. Even though Potentia is not adjacent to Dionia, the pressure from the south has been felt from time to time this year, not only because of its strength, but more importantly, the Lucanians do not reject this Greek-based Human-dominated alliance, this is the most terrifying! This terrible situation makes it impossible for the Lucarians to unite against this outsider! This is also the reason why the prudent Puamot finally made up his mind to win Grummentum. Only by strengthening himself can he compete against this force that is expanding at an astonishing speed. Therefore, when Puamot left, he repeatedly told Polert to focus on the movements of the Dionysian Alliance. Of course, Polert attached great importance to it. He sent two hundred warriors of his tribe to guard the pass. At the same time, he also sent spies to the south to monitor the movements of Niutum. It was just because Niutum was heavily fortified and set up checkpoints in many places. After blocking the northward passage, the spies returned without success.

Now, there is no abnormal news from the camp guarding the pass, and the enemies who attack the city are all dressed as Lucanians, making Polot's suspicions only stay on Dionia for a while, and then move to The last suspicious object, the Garraguso, as the most ancient tribe in the Lucania region, they prefer to live in the mountains rather than the flat land, far from the center of the Lucania region, among the high mountains in the northeast of the region , built the city of Carraguso, and rarely participated in the disputes between other tribal alliances for decades, and also refused to ally with other tribes, and flirted with a few Lucania tribes. When Acpiru ruled southern Lucania, he didn't want to fight it either. Could it be that the conservative Garracusos have changed their traditions this time?

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At this time, the eastern city wall had been occupied by Dionian soldiers, and they continued to charge into the city without rest.

It was the 500 mercenaries led by Zantiparis who rushed in front, and another 500 mercenaries led by Thormed to guard Niutum.

The mercenaries were followed by 1,500 Lucanian soldiers led by Litolu, one of the commanders of the Third Legion, and 2,000 soldiers led by Kesima attacked the west gate. 2,500 soldiers led by Bagul himself. Bagule distributed the troops almost equally, and the reason for this was a last resort. The city of Grummentum was built on the mountain, with crowded houses and narrow mountain roads. Too many troops were concentrated in one place. It is easy to cause congestion and affect the attack.