"After the defeat in the last battle, many of my people must have fled to the city of Cosenza, maybe they are standing on the head of the city now......" Sedorum considered his tone and said cautiously, "It stands to reason...... I should go down to the city now, let them go out of the city and surrender, and even persuade Pianren to give up their resistance, but...... The wolf king without a pack of wolves will not only not make people feel afraid, but will become the target of hunters, and the people of Cosenza will say me...... Personally, I surrendered to Dionia because I was afraid of death, and my people are likely to be determined to resist in order to wash away the shame, so -" Sedorum paused and looked at Davers earnestly: "I hope to return to Vig City first, persuade the leaders and people in Vig City, and then lead them to participate in the siege of Cosenza, I believe it will be of greater help to Dionia to capture Cosenza!" After saying that, he waited for Davers's answer with some apprehension.

Davers stared at him for a moment, revealing a hint of a smile: "How long does it take to get from here to Vig?" ”

"It takes more than half a day to walk, and it takes less than three hours to ride a horse."

"Then you can ride your horse now, and I hope to meet the leaders of Vig City in the camp tomorrow!" Davers said in a decisive but firm tone.

Sedorum was shocked in his heart, and hurriedly bowed down and said, "As you wish, my lord." ”

"Maltius."

"In!"

"Bring some guards to get the Grand Leader of Sedorum safely outside of Vig. Seeing you, Avinokis will not stop the Grand Leader of Sedorum from entering the city. At the same time, tell the consul of Laos that tomorrow let him come here with his army and the Vig army. ”

"Understood." Martius hesitated: "My lord, but you're here—"

"Don't worry, with the other guards and the Bessinian warriors led by Rodom, I won't have any problems."

"Yes."

Waiting for Sedorum to leave, Tolmid, who was on the side, hurriedly asked, "Lord Commander, aren't you worried that he is lying?" ”

Davers looked at the back of Sedorum leaving, and his expression was slightly complicated: "Sedorum is a smart person, and there is one thing he deliberately didn't mention just now. ”

Awakened by Davers, Tolmid suddenly realized: "Those Vig captives in the camp! ”

"This is the hostage he left behind. If a great leader leaves his people behind and escapes alone, the Vigs will know about it...... Sedorum can be described as well-intentioned. Davers smiled lightly, his eyes flashing: "Actually, I don't care if he's lying, because he alone can't change the outcome of this war, but will give me a reason to completely eliminate the Vigs!" ”

On this night, there was nothing to do inside and outside the city.

By the next day, Pianren, who had not slept all night, hurried to the head of the city and waited for the Dionians to attack.

The attack did not come, and the Dioonians were still building camps.

But what Pianren didn't know was that Davers had sent the First Legion to attack Ambalia, accompanied by a dozen officers of the Fourth Legion, a ballista unit, and Hegesitus.

At noon, the soldiers defending the city of Cosenza were horrified to see an army of about 1,000 men coming from the north, holding high the flag of the city of Wig, circling most of the northern, western, and eastern cities of Cosenza, and finally entering the Dionian barracks. This was followed by the army of Laos, which was 2,000 men.

This gave the Bruti warriors a great shock: Vig City has surrendered!

Especially the Vig warriors in the city, when they saw that the big leader of Vig, Sedorum and the leader, were at the forefront of the group, they clamored to go out of the city to join them, and clashed with the Cosenza warriors who came to stop them, and the two sides confronted each other in the city.

Pianren was in a dilemma: there were about 800 Vig warriors, the maximum number of Cosenza warriors in the city was 5,000, and there was a large army of Dionya outside the city, and he could not be fully mobilized to deal with the Vigs; The other chieftains, led by Tagley, also refused to participate in the encirclement and suppression of the Vigs on the grounds that "the Brutis cannot kill each other".

At this time, a new situation appeared outside the city. The tribes who had rebelled in Kosenza gathered under the city and shouted to the Tagli to persuade them to surrender.

Just when Tagley and the other leaders hesitated, the Ambarian leader Bergam led a dozen cavalry to hurry to the city.

Even Amblalia surrendered, a fact that dealt a heavy blow to the Bruti warriors in the city. In fact, the surrender of Ambalia, which was small and small, was reasonable, when 7,000 men of the First Legion appeared outside the city of Ambanya, and a few stone bullets fired from ballistae broke the wooden fence, and the city of Hegesitus was persuaded to surrender...... The repeated actions made the great leader Bergarm, who had less than a thousand warriors, quickly make the right choice.

Ambalia's surrender made all the Brutis in the city of Cosenza even more panicked: in this way, Cosenza became a complete "island", completely surrounded!

Targley and other leaders finally made up their minds and surrendered Kaesong.

The Dionian soldiers poured into Cosenza cheering, and Pianren, Petaru, and Kadurk had to retreat to the inner city with their tribal warriors, and the city was in chaos.

…………………………

Petaru stumbled into the chamber.

"Great Chief!" He shouted anxiously: "Great Chief, damn Kadurk! …… Kadurk opened the gates and surrendered the Dionians! We...... Shall we ......?"

Pianlun, who was sitting on the wooden chair, did not have a trace of panic, he looked at his son-in-law with a calm expression, and spat out a sentence with difficulty: "Surrender to the Dionians......"

Petaru finally waited for the answer he wanted, and almost without hesitation, he even said "yes" and hurried out.

"Petaru." Pianlun stopped him, and said in a serious tone: "As a leader of Bruti, your temperament is still a little anxious, you have to think more before doing things in the future, and there are ......" Pianlun's voice became a little low, and he took a breath: "Take care of Una!" ”

When Petaru heard this, a little uneasiness swelled up in his heart: "Father ......"

Pianlun waved his hand: "Go quickly, our people have died too much......"

Somewhat reluctant to watch Petaru's figure disappear outside the hall, Pianren turned wearily and hung the banner of the Bruti Tribal Alliance on the wall behind him—a snow-capped mountain in the green steppe, representing the land that nurtured thousands of Brutis and the god Amara who blessed them.

Pianlun stepped forward, emotionally ** this banner that he had poured countless efforts into, and his thoughts were full of thoughts, seeing that a unified Bruti tribal alliance would rise on this land, but ......

"Dionia...... Dionya ......" he repeated the name resentfully, his heart full of regret. Of course, he didn't know: in the history of the previous life, a few decades later, Bruti became a powerful kingdom, not only the Greek city-states of Great Greece trembled under its soldiers, but also the Lucanians were also afraid of three points, and the great Greek city-states such as Crotone and Turiy, who were weakened by the repeated invasions of Syracuse, had to invite Alexander, the king of Ipilus, to lead an army of tens of thousands to cross the sea to southern Italy, trying to destroy Bruti in one fell swoop, and the result was near the Pratt River - the place where Dioonia and Bruti joined forces to fight, The Brutis almost wiped out the allied Greek forces led by Alexander. From then on, the Greek city-states of southern Italy could only survive behind the tall city walls, and no record was left in history until the arrival of the Romans......

At this time, Pianlun took off the flag of the Bruti Alliance, slowly wrapped it around his body, and then drew the short sword at his waist......

The day before Pianlun committed suicide and Davos occupied all of Bruti, the Third Army led by Hieronymus arrived under the city of Picosi, and the Picosians, who had no troops to defend, surrendered.

Upon receiving the news, the Grand Chieftain of Pothenia, Puammut, finally made up his mind and sent an emissary to Turii, demanding to join the Dionian League.

A month later, Metapontum and Galaguso joined the Ionian League.

At this time, the Dionian city-state alliance occupied more than half of the land in southern Italy and Lucania, and truly became the overlord of southern Italy.

Note: According to historical inferences (not definitive results), the Brutis were vassals of the Lucanians for several decades, and eventually they united and established a unified kingdom that became independent. At this time, the Greek city-states of southern Italy were greatly weakened by the repeated invasions of Dionysius of Syracuse, which provided convenience for the growth of the power of the Brutis in southern Italy.

In this book, the presence of Dioonia interrupts the rise of the Bürti, and of course it has interrupted the rise of the Lucanians before, and I believe it will behave as it will in later chapters.

The next volume deals with more Mediterranean powers, more complex situations, more historical figures, grander war scenes, and more intrigue and diplomacy...... In order to better sort out my thoughts, I need to take a day off for a while, and then I will enter the sixth volume with you the day after tomorrow: The Two Heroes, so stay tuned!