At dusk, the Dionian coalition dug trenches, cleared the camp area of weeds and trees, and built preliminary earthen ramparts...... The whole coalition camp took on an arc-shaped oval, with the Pothenian army and the Abenirum army camp farther north at both ends, and the Dionian army camp to the southwest, because the eastern column of hills was not completely continuous, it had some low hills, and Alexis considered to have more support for the weaker Abenirum people, so he extended the camp to the fracture of the eastern hill (located behind the Abenirum camp), so as to avoid the hill cutting off the Abenirum camp from the main force, making it possible to become the focus of enemy assaults.

At this time, the main force of the Samonai coalition was able to reach Kautim due to the bloated ranks (carrying a lot of captured slaves and goods) and the harassment of the Campanian army.

During the night, Lesguk orchestrated a night raid on the camp of the Ionian coalition, with the main targets being the Pothenians.

Although the cautious Alexis had warned Pollette beforehand, the night attack of the Benevenum caused some confusion for the inexperienced Pothenian warriors.

Subsequently, Alexis, who got the news, immediately sent reinforcements.

Unable to extend some of his advantages due to his own lack of troops, he had his soldiers burn some tents before enemy reinforcements arrived, and then quickly retreated.

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On the same day, Zantiparis led half of his reserve army from the port of Edona, took a convoy, bypassed the Sorrento Peninsula, landed on the coast near Pompeii without any hindrance, and then successfully recovered Pompeii, which had been sacked.

Then, he sent troops to easily regain the city of Oplontis, which was not far from Pompey and was also empty.

After lunch, Zantiparis left 200 soldiers in each of the two cities, and then led 3,600 soldiers eastward into Naconian territory, and some of the inhabitants and priests of the town of Baparia (the burned town of Segovani, whose inhabitants have been closely associated with the Naconians for many years, and many of whom speak Samonai) began to chant slogans in the Samonian language, such as "Avenge Quinduk, drive out the Kautim, and give me back the Naconian ...... free". It resonated with the original Naconian tribesmen. In particular, when they saw that there were the priests of Hades and the inhabitants of Barparia that they were familiar with, they immediately became fond of this team, so that Zantiparis's army was embraced and welcomed by many Naconian people, and people continued to join the ranks along the way.

After Segovani booby-trapped Quinduk and occupied the territory of Naconia, he was busy cooperating with other tribes and attacking the Campania League, so he only slaughtered some of the Naconian people who were fanatical believers in Hades, forced the tribes to submit, and made them send almost all the young and middle-aged people to attack the Campanian League, while leaving 500 warriors from Kautim to garrison the city of Naconia.

As for the subsequent forcible relocation of several large tribes of Nakonia to other regions, and then the transfer of several tribes from Kautim to Nakonia, to occupy the vacant land...... Many other measures to completely control this part of Naconia have not yet been implemented due to the rush of time, but the tribes of Naconia have already felt the danger of survival, especially the brutal behavior of the Kautim warriors in the city, which is fueling the anger in the hearts of the people of Naconia every day.

While the Kautim warriors stood at the head of the city, shocked by the sheer ranks of the enemy below (half of whom were people from the Naconian tribes, and Zantiparis had lined them up at the back of the line, so that the warriors could not see clearly), the people of the city rejoiced at the arrival of reinforcements and began to act. They took advantage of the fact that the Kautim warriors were all going up to defend the city, and burned the temporary camp of the Kautim warriors in the city.

Seeing the fire burning in the camp, the Kautim warriors were even more alarmed, how could they not know that the city of Naconia had become as dangerous as the outside of the city, and their homeland was in Kautium, and they were not determined 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, trying to escape from the east gate, where there were no enemies outside the city. Javelins were fired from the houses on both sides of the street, killing and wounding fleeing soldiers, and in the streets ahead, the people of the city used wood, mud bricks, and stones...... The road was blocked, which caused confusion for the fleeing team.

After the Kautim warriors left the city, the people of the city quickly opened the unguarded west gate, and Zantiparis led the soldiers to rush in, and under the guidance of the people in the city, launched a pursuit of the enemy.

The Kautim warriors were defeated, and with the exception of a few who escaped from the city, most of them were either killed or captured.

Since the leaders of the Naconian tribes were under Segovani's control, the Naconian people, who had escaped Segovani's control, quickly elected several respected elders of the tribes to consult with the Dionian army.

And Zantiparis also took the initiative to withdraw his army from the city of Naconia as a sign of sincerity.

Soon, a simple agreement was reached: the Dionian army would do its best to secure the Naconian territory, but would not send troops to the city of Naconia; The tribes of Naconia allowed the Dionian caravan to carry the baggage through the territory to Abenirum and did their best to help; Dionya will send the priest of Hades to Naconia as soon as possible to preside over the sacred affairs and repair the temple of Hades as soon as possible; Dionya will do everything in its power to help the Naconian warriors who have been coerced by Segovoni return home, and Naconia will also send people to follow the Dionian army to persuade the Naconian warriors to flee......

When the agreement was reached, Zantiparis breathed a sigh of relief, for there were two items in the agreement that were very important to the Ionian coalition that was fighting at the moment: one was the problem of transporting grain, because it would be time-consuming and labor-intensive to transport grain by sea, to Poseidonia, then to Kopsa by rough mountain road, then to Abenirum by mountain road, and finally to the current camp of the Ionian coalition at Beneventum; And if you go to Pompeii by sea, then through the territory of Naconia, and reach Abenirum by mountain road (there are thousands of kilometers of mountains between Nakonia and Abenirum that are connected by only a few narrow mountain roads, but the distance is not too far, which also eliminates the possibility of the Samonai coalition army crossing the mountains and intercepting the grain route), so that the entire journey is almost halved, so when Kopsa broke up, Alexis and Zantiparis had already discussed the plan, and the recovery of Nakonia was the top priority.

The other was to make a friendly agreement with the Nakonians, and with their help, it was only natural that the Nakonian warriors in the Samonai coalition would flee from their army and weaken them.

But what Zantiparis didn't expect was that the Naconians would take the initiative to welcome back the Hades Priests, perhaps because Segovani had persecuted the Hades in Naconian territory, which had inspired the Naconian people to rebel, and in this chaotic time, the arrival of the Hades Priests could heal, relieve, and comfort the sick...... and many other ways to help the people of Naconia in need, which was not possible for the priests of the native gods such as Savoni.

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That night, the rout fled back to Kautim, and Segovani was shocked to learn of it. He expected that the army would retreat and that Naconia would likely be attacked by the enemy. But the southernmost part of the Kautini tribe had been lost so quickly, and he was horrified by the role and hostility of the Naconians.

On the one hand, he blocked the news to avoid letting the Naconian warriors know; On the other hand, he sent an additional 500 warriors (including those who had been routed) to Lola and Sesara to the west, hoping that these two cities would serve as a barrier to the south of Kautim.

To be honest, he wasn't worried about the Campanian army, but he did have a bit of a frustration with the Dionians, even though they probably didn't have many soldiers.

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The next day, the Ionian coalition continued to build camp. With the lessons of last night, the coalition soldiers worked harder, cutting down trees, erecting wooden fences, building guard towers, and arranging deer barbs......

Lesguk gradually adapted to the enemy's troops to suppress the city and the bombardment of ballistas, and repeatedly sent soldiers out of the city to attack and harass, and the Dionian coalition, which also gradually gained experience in this regard, took corresponding defensive measures, and after paying a few casualties, forced it back.

In the afternoon, more than 10,000 soldiers of the Samonai coalition finally entered the city of Beneventum.

On the same day, Zantiparis left the territory of Naconia with 3,600 soldiers and marched north, approaching the city of Lola after a two-hour march. Here they joined up with 8,000 Campanian League soldiers from the west, bringing the total strength to 11,600.

There were only 1,500 Kautini warriors in Lola, and of course they were very nervous, so the four gates were closed, the whole city was mobilized, and all the warriors went up to the city to prepare for defense.

Two days ago, the combined forces of the Samonai tribes swept through the territory of the Campania League, and only one Neapolitan city on the Campanian plain was surrounded by the Samoneans, and the shouts of the Samonai warriors could make countless fleeing people tremble in the city of Naples. And now the situation is reversed, the Campanian army, united with the Dionians, has surrounded the famous town of Lola in Cautini, and the soldiers are both excited and a little nervous.