The two races, originally from the same ancestry, had an irresolvable enmity over the river, and when the Puchetti, under the leadership of King Teremoni, put aside their previous prejudices and allied with the Mesapi, the Puchetti grew in strength rapidly, and they quickly recaptured the lost city of Canusion, and crossed the Ovanto River several times to invade the lands on the north bank.

While the Dawni were worried about their increasingly powerful opponents to the south, six years ago the shocking news came from the south: Puchetti, a century-old enemy, had been defeated by a kingdom called Dionia, and King Tremoni had been killed in battle! After a few more years, the territory of the Puchetti people in Nota completely changed owners.

Although the Daoni had known that Dionya was a powerful kingdom and that all of southern Italy was its territory, they had always been at peace, and some of the Didoni even considered the Dionyas to be their friends, as Dioonia had fought against the Puchetti on several occasions in the past, and had even defeated the Meppu coalition seven years earlier. But when the Dioonians conquered Puchetti and extended their territory to the south bank of the Ovanti River, the Daunis finally panicked.

When the Daoni envoy entered the grand council hall of Turiy with trepidation, the king of Dioonia received him warmly, and readily agreed to sign a friendly peace agreement with Daoni for two years.

The Dawnians let go of their worries and spent two years without a hitch, and when they asked to renew their contract again, this time the Dionian Senate made a request for Dawny to give Didny the land along the north bank of the Ovanto River to Dionia. Their reasoning was that the Puchetti had always insisted that the lands belonged to them in the first place, only to be seized by the Daoni, and that the Puchetti had now become a member of the people of the Kingdom of Dionia, and that Dionya had a reason to seek justice for his citizens.

Of course, the Downies could not agree to this request, so the renewal of the contract failed, negotiations broke down, and war began.

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As a Puchetti, Ellems has experienced and witnessed a great deal of turmoil and change over the years that is far beyond the reach of his peaceful first half of his life:

More than a decade ago, King Tremoni launched his largest attack on the Daoni, only to suffer a crushing defeat and the loss of Canusian, an important town on the south bank of the Ofanto River, during which Elemus experienced the most difficult period, not only did he lack food and food, but he also feared further invasion by the Daoni. Fortunately, Tremoni recognized the reality, took the initiative to relent, signed an armistice with the Daoni, and soon formed an alliance with Mesapie, not only gaining half of Brindisi, but also defeating the Tarantum army one after another.

Just when Elemus and his comrades thought their good days were coming, Dionia's army appeared. In the Battle of the Ann Len Hills, Elems and his comrades were brutally defeated by the Dioonians in a favorable position, although the losses were not large, but they made the self-proclaimed brave Dionya fearful, forcing the Meppu coalition to sign an armistice with Tarantum, so that the Dioonians left the Apria region, and both their Puchetti and Mesapi breathed a sigh of relief.

In the years that followed, with the help of Meshapi and the nourishment of the Brindisi Sea, Puchetti gradually regained his strength, and King Tremoni could not wait to wage war against the Daoni again, and Elemus also took up arms and went into battle...... This time they were victorious, retaking the city of Canusian and driving the Dawni back to the north bank of the Ovanto River.

Just as Tremoni was preparing to continue his army on the north bank of Ofanoto, the Mesapiites sent messengers inviting their king to join them in attacking Tarantum. It turned out that Tarantum had foolishly torn up the alliance with Dionia, and also sent troops to attack Dionia, but suffered a crushing defeat, and almost none of the soldiers who went out could escape. Moreover, the Dioonians are being attacked by another force that is even more powerful than it, and it is difficult to say whether they will win or not. Even the ordinary people of the people thought this was a great opportunity, and King Tremoni readily agreed to the Mesapi suggestion. When the news broke, Elemus and the rest of his compatriots cheered, after all, the Tarantum were much easier to fight than the Daoni, and they were richer than the Daoni.

Eloms was once again on the march. The coalition forces easily occupied a large area of Tarantum and advanced under the city of Tarantum. Although the siege was a big headache, they had an army of 40,000 and there were not many Tarantum soldiers in the city, and Ellerms saw with his own eyes that there were even old men and young men serving as soldiers to defend against them. After seeing this situation, Ellems and his comrades were confident that Tarantum City would eventually be captured, but after more than ten days of attack, Tarantum City still stood still. Especially later, there was a strange phenomenon, every time they attacked until dusk, they felt that the Tarantum people were almost unable to resist, and they were rushed to the city by the soldiers of the Mappu coalition army many times, but the next day the defenders at the head of the city seemed to change again, full of fighting spirit and strength.

At this time, news circulated in the camp that the Dionians had completely defeated their enemies, and that the Dionian emissaries were seen entering the tent of the Mep's coalition. Ellerus later learned that the emissary had come to issue an ultimatum to them to withdraw their troops immediately, as Tarantum had become the "free city" of Dionia.

Elemus still didn't understand what "Free City" was, but he knew that King Tremoni and the Esapi consuls must have been very unwilling, so they launched the largest siege the next day, but the defenders at the head of Tarantum almost doubled, and the final result was, of course, a failure. The actions of the Mapu coalition apparently angered the Dionians, and the next day came the bad news that "their combined fleet was attacked by the Dionian navy in the Gulf of Taranto, and only five ships fled the battlefield." ”

King Tremoni and the Meshapis finally decided to retreat before the Dionian army did not return to Turiyi. When the news arrived, Elemus and his comrades breathed a sigh of relief, they were tired of climbing the walls without being able to fight the enemy face to face, and deep down, they did not want to fight the terrible Dionians.

For the next few years, Elemus lived a very quiet life, except for the occasional crossing of the river with the tribal leader to invade the Daoli. However, he knew that King Tremoni and the big men were not having a good time, and although Dioonia had always remained innocent of Puchetti, he repeatedly refused the requests of Puchetti and Mesapi's emissaries to "form an alliance or a friendship agreement with Dionia". Elemus was visibly uneasy by the tribal leaders, who not only summoned their tribesmen for more military training, but also forced even those like him, who were over 35 years old and were beginning to lose their strength.

The king and the chieftains were right, four years after the siege of Tarantum, Dioonia declared war on Puchetti and Mesapi on the grounds that "they wanted to get justice for the two races to break the armistice and join forces to attack Tarantum".

Ellems amused every time he thought about it. Didn't Tarantum also tear up the alliance and attack Dionia? Dionia actually wants justice for Tarantum?! However, considering that Tarantum has become the city of the Dionian kingdom, the Dionians can of course only turn their vengeful eyes on the still independent Puchetti and Mesapi.

Nearly 40 years old, like his former comrades-in-arms, Ellerms, inspired by the slogan "Defend the homeland", picked up the shield and spear again and went to the front.

After a period of preparation, convergence, marching, reconnaissance, skirmishes...... After that, the Mapu coalition finally decided to fight the Dioonians in Brindisi's territory.

Ellems will never forget that day. The Mep coalition has indeed made careful preparations in recent years, and its number of soldiers is as high as more than 60,000, which is a huge army that Elems has never seen in his life, and the soldiers are lined up from north to south, as far as the eye can see...... The Dionian soldiers on the opposite side were more numerous, and all of them were uniformly armoured and armoured, standing there silently, like a hard black reef by the sea, which was daunting......

The Puchetti and Mesapi warriors had never been known for their defense, so as soon as the horn sounded, everyone roared and charged forward......

Then the bow and arrow that covered the sky and the sun were shot in waves from the opposite side, seemingly endlessly......

Then came the more powerful javelin rain......

Elemus watched as his comrades around him fell to the ground with arrows, and the originally thick military formation was shot out of the gaps one by one, like the bark of a tree that had been bitten by insects and ants.

Then he heard the enemy roar in unison, and began to charge, like the dark clouds before a storm pressing down on them, making him so nervous that his breathing almost stopped, and his palms were full of sweat.

The two armies collided together and engaged in a bloody battle. The young and vigorous warriors at the forefront of the Pcetti army continued to attack the steel formation built by the Dionian soldiers with their blood and bravery, but in vain, like the furious tide of the sea and the fury of the reef.

After more than half an hour, the Dionian army was not moving, while they slowly retreated. Chilling from behind, Elems could tell from the cacophony of killing that most of the screams were coming from the Puchetti warriors.

When I heard a soldier shouting in panic, "The enemy is coming from the flank!" Without hesitation, he turned around and fled. The comrades-in-arms around him are all the same as him, making the same choice.