At dusk, the Dionian coalition forces dug trenches, cleared the weeds and trees in the camp area, and initially built a soil base... The entire coalition camp showed an arc ellipse, with the Potantiya army and Abenirum army camp at both ends further north, while the Dionian army camp was southwest, because the hills in the east were not completely continuous, and it had some low hills. Alexis considered that he would support the weaker Abenirum people, so he extended the camp to the fracture of the hill on the east side (located behind the Abenirum camp) to avoid the fact that the hills blocked the connection between the Abenirum camp and the main force, making it possible to become the focus of enemy assaults.

At this time, the main force of the Samone coalition was bloated (carried a lot of plundered slaves and property), coupled with the harassment of the Campanian army, so he barely arrived in Kautem.

At night, Lesguk carefully planned a night attack on the Dionian coalition camp, with the main target of the Potantia people.

Although the cautious Alexis had a reminder in advance that Pollet was prepared for some reason, the Beneventum night attack caused some chaos to the inexperienced Potendia warriors.

Afterwards, Alexis, who received the news, immediately sent reinforcements.

Because of his lack of military strength, Lesguk was unable to further expand some of the advantages he gained. Before the enemy reinforcements arrived, he asked the soldiers to burn some tents and retreat quickly.

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Also on this day, Zantiparis led half of the reserve army, set out from the port of Enona, took a fleet, bypassed the Sorrento Peninsula, landed on the coast near Pompeii without any obstruction, and then successfully recovered the looted city of Pompeii.

Then, he sent troops to easily recover the city of oplontis, which was not far from Pompeii and was also empty.

After lunch, Zantiparis left 200 soldiers to station in the two cities, and then led 3,600 soldiers to march eastward into the territory of Naconia. Some of the residents and priests of the small town of Baparia (the town burned by Segovani, whose residents have had close contacts with the Naconia people for many years, and many people would speak Samonets) began to shout in Samonet, "Avenge Quinduk, drive the Kautem out, and return me to my freedom...", and other slogans, which resonated with the former Naconia tribes. Especially when they saw that they were familiar with Hades priests and Baparia residents in the team, they immediately had a good impression of this team. Therefore, Zantiparis' army was supported and welcomed by many Naconia people, and people continued to join the team along the way.

Segovani lured Quinduk and occupied Naconia territory. After occupying the territory of Naconia, he was busy cooperating with other tribes to attack the Campania League. He only massacred some Naconia people who were fanatical and believed in Hades, forcing the tribes to surrender and sent almost all the young and middle-aged people to attack the Campania League. At the same time, he left 500 soldiers from Kautem stationed in the city of Naconia.

As for the next forced migration of several large tribes in Naconia to other areas, then migrating several tribes from Kautem to Naconia, occupying the vacant land... and so on many measures to completely control this area of ​​Naconia are still in a hurry, but the tribes in Naconia have already felt the crisis of survival, especially the arrogant behavior of the Kautem warriors in the city, which every day is giving rise to the anger in the hearts of the Naconia people.

When the warriors Kautem stood at the top of the city and were shocked by the huge enemy team under the city (half of them were people from the tribes of Naconia, Zantiparis lined them up behind the queue, so the soldiers on the city could not see clearly), the people in the city were excited by the arrival of reinforcements and also began to take action. While the warriors Kautem were all going to defend the city, they burned the temporary camp of the warriors Kautem in the city.

Seeing the fires lit up in the camp, the soldiers of Kautem were even more panicked. How could they not know that the city of Naconia became very dangerous like outside the city. Their home was in Kautem. They had no determination to swear to defend this town that had nothing to do with them. So when they saw that the situation was not good, they immediately went down to the city and wanted to escape from the east gate outside the city. Who knew that javelins were shot from time to time from the houses on both sides of the street to kill and kill the escaped soldiers. And on the street ahead, the people in the city blocked the road with wood, mud bricks, stones..., which caused chaos to the escaped team.

After the warrior Kautem left the city, the people in the city quickly opened the unguarded Ximen. Zantiparis led the soldiers in and chased the enemy under the guidance of the people in the city.

The warrior Kautem was defeated. Except for a few who escaped from the city, most of the soldiers either died in battle or were captured.

Since the leaders of all the tribes of Naconia were under the control of Segovani, the Naconia people who had escaped Segovani's control quickly selected several respected elderly people from various tribes to discuss with the army of Dionia.

Zantiparis also took the initiative to evacuate the army from Naconia City to show sincerity.

Soon, the two sides reached a simple agreement: the army of Dionys will make every effort to ensure the security of the territory of Naconia, but will not send troops to the city of Naconia; the tribes of Naconia allow the teams that transport supplies through the territory and go to Abenirum, and try their best to help; Dionys will send the priest Hades to Naconia as soon as possible to preside over the sacred affairs and repair the temple of Hades as soon as possible; Dionys will do their best to help the Naconia soldiers who were coerced by Segovani back to their homeland, and Naconia will also send people to follow the army of Dionys to persuade the Naconia soldiers to escape...

Zantiparis breathed a sigh of relief, because there were two of the agreements that were very important to the Dionian coalition forces fighting at the moment: one was the issue of food transportation, because if the food was transported by sea, to Poseidonia, then to Copsa through rugged mountain roads, then to Abenirum through mountain roads, and finally to the Dionian coalition camp in Beneventum, it was time-consuming and labor-intensive; if it was transported by sea to Pompeii,

Later, we passed through the Naconia territory and arrived at Abenirum through the mountain road (there are continuous kilometer mountains between Naconia and Abenirum, and there were only a few narrow mountain roads connected between the two places, but the distance was not too far, which also eliminated the possibility of the Samonet coalition crossing the mountains and intercepting the food route). This saved almost half of the entire journey. Therefore, when Copsa broke up, Alexis and Zantiparis had already discussed the plan, and regaining Naconia was the top priority.

Another is to enter into a friendly agreement with the Naconians. With their help, it became natural to prompt the Naconian soldiers in the Samonet coalition to flee their troops and weaken their strength.

But what Zantiparis did not expect was that the Naconians would actively propose to welcome the priest Hades. Perhaps because Segovani persecuted Hades believers in the Naconian territory, it inspired the rebellious mentality of the Naconian people. Moreover, in this chaos, the arrival of the Hades priest can help the Naconian people in difficulty in healing diseases, relieving, comforting, etc., which is something that Savoni and other local gods and priests cannot do.

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That night, the defeated soldiers fled back to Kautem, and Segovani was shocked when he learned about it. The army retreated, and Naconia would likely attract enemy attacks, which was as expected. But he lost this southernmost land of the Kauteni tribe so quickly. The role played by the Naconia in it and the hostility they showed made him frightened.

On the one hand, he blocked the news to avoid letting the Naconian soldiers know; on the other hand, he sent 500 soldiers (including those defeated soldiers) to Lora and Cesala in the west, hoping that these two cities could become barriers to Kautem's south.

To be honest, he was not worried about the Campanian army, but he was indeed a little scared of the Dionians, although their number of soldiers was likely not large.

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The next day, the Dionian coalition continued to build the camp. With the lessons learned last night, the coalition soldiers worked harder and harder, cutting down trees, building wooden fences, building sentry towers, and laying deer forts...

Lesguk gradually adapted to the enemy's bombardment of the city and the crossbows, and sent soldiers out of the city to harass each time. The Dionian coalition, who had also gradually gained experience, took corresponding defensive measures and forced him back after paying a few casualties.

In the afternoon, more than 10,000 Samone coalition soldiers finally entered Beneventum City.

On this day, Zantiparis led 3,600 soldiers from the Naconia territory and marched northward. After two hours of march, they approached the city of Lora. Here, they joined with 8,000 Campanian Allied soldiers from the west, with a total force of 11,600.

There were only 1,500 Kauteni warriors in Lora City. Of course, they were very nervous, so the four gates were closed and the whole city was mobilized. All the soldiers went up to the top of the city and prepared for defense.
Chapter completed!