Zantiparris's earnest words greatly touched the generals of the Campania League, like Aealos, who immediately thought of the plight of Naples: there were too many fleeing people in the city, food was scarce, order was uncontrollable, and the most fearful thing was the outbreak of epidemics.

Generals like Herculaneum and Ritrum were eager to lead their people home, but their towns were so dilapidated that they would be unable to defend themselves if the Samonai attacked again...... Do you have to continue to hide in the city of Naples in the future? Not only is it unbearable for the people, but also for their citizen soldiers.

Seeing that the generals of the Campania League were worried, Zantiparis said: "Our soldiers are indeed a little tired after a hard battle, but they have time to rest, but aren't the Samonai people who have come from afar tired?!" From Beneventom here, it took them a day to arrive, I'm afraid they didn't have much rest on the road, they only worked more than our soldiers, can they still run like the wind when they fought as before?!

Besides, our soldiers have just taken the city of Lola, and their confidence has been boosted, and the Samonai are worried and anxious about Lola, so they are not as good as our soldiers in terms of fighting spirit; What's more, even if there are 10,000 reinforcements from the Samonai people, the number of our soldiers is still more than them, and let's not forget that their team also includes more than 2,000 Naconian warriors, and the spies of Abenirum have already said that they have sent someone to quietly contact the leader of the Naconian army, so these more than 2,000 Naconian warriors are not an alliance of Samonai's reinforcements, but a help to us at a critical time! ”

When Zantiparis said this, his mood also became high: "Ladies and gentlemen, we have so many advantages, it is precisely time to seize this favorable opportunity to take the initiative to meet the invading enemy, defeat them, and completely drive them out of the Campania plain, so that the people of your Campania League can have peace and tranquility!" ”

Zantiparris's words made most of the generals feel agitated and suspicious.

But there was also an objection: "Can the words of the Abenirum be believed?!" "The Samonai and the Campanian have been fighting for decades, and both sides regard them as mortal enemies, how can they be easily believed.

Before Zantiparis could answer, Aealos preemptively said: "The Abenirum assisted General Alexis in defeating Samonai's army in the mountains, and now they are still besieging Beneventum, why can't they be trusted!" Abenirum is an ally of Dionya and of course our friend! And the Naconians too, and don't forget, we were able to take Lola City, and they also have a lot to offer! ”

In fact, the people of Naconia did not clash with the Campanias in Lora, but the officials of Enona tried to separate their work and reduce contact, for example: the work of trimming tree trunks and digging was given to the people of Naconia, not allowing them to participate in the construction of the earthen hills, and allowing them to rest in Naconia at night further south, of course, another reason for this was to prevent the defenders of Lola from seeing that the Naconians were in close contact with Dionia, so as not to bring disadvantages to the Aenona warriors who were still in the Samonai coalition army.

The general stopped talking.

Aearos looked at Zantiparis and asked solemnly, "If, as you say, lead the army to meet the reinforcements of Samonai, can we win?" ”

Zantiparis replied with the same solemnity: "As long as we fight with all our might, we can win!" ”

Aearos had the concern that once the coalition was defeated, it would be difficult for the sluggish Campanian hoplites to escape the pursuit of the Samoneans, and the situation of the Campanian alliance would be even worse than before.

However, the Dionian army fought on the plains of Campania twice, and he personally participated in assisting him, and was impressed by the strong military capabilities of Dionia, so this affirmation of Zantiparis gave him confidence, so he faced the generals of the Camparian League and said loudly: "Ladies and gentlemen, with the full help of the Dionian allies, we will be able to defeat the Samonai!" Don't hesitate any longer, go and gather your soldiers at once, go out of the city to meet the enemy, and drive them out of the Campania plain once and for all! ”

This time there was no objection.

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When the Dionian coalition lined up outside Lola early in the morning, the defenders of Lola felt bad, and they had a small group sneak out of the city, and after paying many casualties, they escaped the encirclement from the hills to the southeast and rushed to Beneventom for help. At noon, at the entrance to the mountain road leading from Kautim to Beneventum, he encountered the army of Segovani.

Knowing that the city of Lola was in danger, Segovani did not hesitate to give the order to "accelerate the advance of the whole army", and at the same time sent spies to inform Sesara in a hurry.

In this way, Kautini's army went out of the mountains and into the territory of Kautim, and they did not enter the city to rest, but continued their march through the wider passes between the mountains to Abella. Here, the rendezvous with the 1,300 warriors sent by Cessara brought the total strength to more than 9,000, the largest force that the Kautini tribe could send today.

The army came out of the pass, into the plains of Campania, bypassed the mountains, turned south, and headed straight for the city of Lola.

Despite the smooth road from Kautim to Lola, the day's march was exhausting for the runners and energetic Samonai mountain people, and several tribal leaders begged Segovani to rest the warriors for a while.

However, Segovani refused, and in the descriptions of successive Lola messengers, he realized that the Dionian-Campanian coalition was determined to capture Lola, and he had to send reinforcements as soon as possible to prevent this town, which was very important for the Cautini tribe, from being taken over by the Dionians, as that would mean that the southern part of the Cautini territory would be cut off, which he could not allow.

About ten miles from the city of Lola, Segovani received a report from the spies sent to investigate Lola: "The enemy army is coming from the city of Lola and coming to us, and there are many soldiers!" ”

"Are you sure the enemy is coming out of Lola City??!" Segovani looked incredulous.

"Great Chief, when we are near Lola City...... The battle was over, and only a few Campanians were seen carrying corpses outside the city...... The enemy did come out of the city through Lola's north gate, and they were dressed as if they had just ended...... "Detective Kautini said with a sad expression.

Shocked by the fact that he had led a large army to rush to help, he did not think that the Dionian coalition would be able to capture the city of Lola, which was defended by thousands of Kautini warriors, in just a few days, but now the situation had developed beyond his expectations.

But he only pondered for a moment, and then said fiercely to the somewhat bewildered leaders: "We don't keep complaining, 'If the Campanias hadn't hid in the city like turtles and didn't dare to fight us, we would have occupied the entire Campania plain long ago!'" 'Now the opportunity has come, those cowardly Campanias dare to take the initiative to attack us, do they really think that with the help of the Dionians, they can turn them from a pack of rabbits into wolves?!' They are about the same number as us, and they have just finished the siege, so they have come just in time, we can kill them completely, not only can we take Lola, but there will be no more forces to stop us in the entire Campanian plain, and the situation of the whole battlefield will be changed by us Kautini! ”

The leaders were aroused by Segovani and shouted for a decisive battle with the enemy.

Thus, the order "the whole army to stop advancing, rest on the spot, and begin to line up" was carried out by the chiefs.

Before, Vassunk had been anxious, he originally thought that this Kautini army would rest in Kautim City after walking the mountain road, but he did not expect to go all the way to Lola, so he could only quietly send his men to inform the other Nakonian leaders about the news that "the Nakonians have broken away from Segovani's control and formed an alliance with Dionia".

Now that he received the news that "there is going to be a battle with the Campanians, and the whole army is going to start arraying", Vassonk is even more anxious, because Segovani has also issued a strong order: The armies of the various tribes of Naconia must immediately disperse to the designated positions in the army formation in accordance with the prescribed instructions, without refusal or delay!

The designated position that Segovani refers to is to place the armies of the dozen or so tribes of Naconia in the front or rear of the left, center, and right flanks of the entire army, so that they cannot communicate with each other in battle, let alone cooperate with each other.

In fact, the Naconian army is now a hot potato for Segovani, and with what he had done in his territory and now that Dionya has occupied Naconia (which he believes is occupied by Dionia), rebellion is certain if the Naconian army learns the truth.

With Segovani's idea, it would be better to completely break them up and forcibly integrate them into the armies of other tribes, which, of course, would provoke a revolt from the Naconian army. Segovani did not fail to try, and when the Samonai coalition forces met at Beneventum, he made this suggestion to several other tribal chiefs, hoping to use the superiority of the coalition forces to suppress the resistance of the Naconian warriors and take the opportunity to break them up.

But this proposal was opposed by Badani and Contruk, especially Contruk, who rebuked this practice sharply, arguing that it was Quinnduk's fault for colluding with foreign enemies, that he and his tribe had been punished, and that the other Naconian warriors had shown such bravery in battle (the Naconian army, driven by Segovani, was always in the front), was enough to make up for their past mistakes, and that it was Samonai's military tradition that the tribal leaders led their own tribesmen into battle, Breaking this tradition only frightens other tribes.

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