At this time, Zantiparis's forces were reduced to 7,000 men, but this was also three and a half times the number of Segovani's troops.

For two days, the Kautini warriors repelled the enemy's attack, but also paid a lot of casualties, and the city of Abella was even more dilapidated, and Segovani had already had the idea of retreating, and then received the bad news of the "fall of Beneventum", and abandoned the people of Abella and Sesara in the city that night, and led the army to quietly withdraw to Kautim.

The next day, the people of the city found out that they had been abandoned by Segovani, and the few remaining Abella and Césaras warriors decided to surrender to the coalition forces outside the city, but the Naconian warriors, who were full of hatred and suffered considerable losses, were of course firmly opposed, and Zantiparis refused with the refusal. Because of the instructions of Davers, the location of Abella, as a small city connecting Kautim and Beneventum in the eastern plain of Campania, was too important and had to be completely in the hands of the Dionian Kingdom.

The Dionian coalition attacked, and in an instant they entered the city and occupied Arbela.

The Naconian warriors took the captive Kautini warriors to the corpses of the former Naconian chieftains, and sacrificed them with blood.

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To the east, Alexis rested for only a day in Beneventom, and briefly took care of some of the city's affairs, i.e., he had Poret garrison the city with half of his forces, and the rest of the army under his own leadership marched westward through the mountain road to Kautium.

After Zantiparis captured Abela, he also led his army to the east non-stop, and successfully joined forces with Alexis's troops at Kautim, with a strength of nearly 30,000 men.

The fact that the Kautim garrison was less than 2,000 men panicked the tribes in the city, and some of the leaders banded together to suggest to Segovani whether it was possible to surrender to the Dionian coalition in order to protect the people in the city.

Segovani didn't think about it, so he refused.

The unwilling leaders eagerly argued with him, but this angered Segovani, who had become more and more perverse due to his successive defeats, and he captured the leader of the leader, expelled the others, and threatened to fight the Dionian coalition to the end.

This crazy move caused some tribes to drift away, and there were not a few people who went out of the city that night to secretly communicate with the Dionian coalition.

How could Alexis let go of such a good opportunity and immediately launch a siege the next day.

Soon after the fall of Kautim and the death of Segovani at the head of the city, the two most powerful tribes of the Samonai tribal alliance were completely conquered, and most of the Kautini were also conquered, and the remaining towns of Kautini in the north, such as Capua and Calatia, were difficult to support and it was a matter of time before they were conquered.

While the Ionian coalition was meeting at Kautim, Kontruk and Badani gathered the largest force the two tribes could muster, 5,000 warriors, to launch a surprise attack on the Dionian army in the east.

However, after the occupation of Ecuum, the cautious Karps did not continue to penetrate deep into the mountains, but while stabilizing the local order, he constantly sent reconnaissance teams to explore the surrounding terrain in detail.

As a result, the movements of Samonai's army were detected, and he immediately prepared for defense.

The raid of the two Samonai tribes eventually turned into a frontal assault, and after paying some casualties, they had to retreat.

Then, when the news of the fall of Beneventum and Kautim came, Kontruk and Badani were so shocked that they had to retreat to their clan territory in order to prepare for the imminent attack of the Ionian coalition.

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"Your Majesty, good news! Zantiparis led his army not only to capture Lola, but also to defeat the main force of Kautini, who came to the rescue! ......" said Tolmid as he hurried into the tent and exclaimed excitedly.

"Oh!" Davers hurriedly took the battle report, and after reading it carefully, he immediately smiled and said, "This is indeed good news!" The crushing defeat of Kautini, the submission of the Naconians, and the victory of Samonay is decided! Zantiparis has done a great job! This is the first time he's leading troops on his own, right? ”

"Yes, Your Majesty. Zantiparis was about to retire from the army before, and it was the Ministry of War that temporarily recruited him to Lucania to form a reserve army, because the Samonai War broke out, and led the team to participate in the war in Campania...... "Tolmide said it in such detail is selfish, he has a good relationship with Zantiparris, and they both came to Great Greece together, so he hopes that Zantiparis, who is over 60 years old, can have a good development in the kingdom.

Of course, Davers knew that Tolmid and Zantiparis were better, but he didn't care about his hidden thoughts, but instead patted the battle report, half sighing, half regretful and said: "Whether it is to capture Lola or defeat the main force of Kautini, Zantiparis has shown excellent military command ability!" He shouldn't have been allowed to be a prosecutor of the Ministry of Military Affairs in the first place, he wasted all these years in vain! I still don't know enough about them! ……”

Tolmid didn't speak, but he was happy for his friend.

Davos sighed for a while, and praised loudly: "This time this time the strategic plan for Samonai designated by your Ministry of Military Affairs is also very good!" Alexis in the east, Zantiparis and Campania allies in the west, Abenirum and Poittia in the center, the three armies closely coordinated and attacked in turn, so that the Samonai people could not take care of the west, and the west could not take care of the center, and the defeat was doomed! ”

"Yes, Your Majesty." Clerk Henipolis also smiled and said: "As you once said, although the Samonai people are hungry wolves, we Dionya are male lions, even if the evil wolf bites the male lion a few times, it will not cause great harm, but as long as the male lion gives the hungry wolf a claw, its half life will be gone." ”

"We have to be more greedy, this wolf's whole life is going to be." Davers joked, and then said, "Heney, go and get the map of the Samonai region and put it on the table." ”

Henypolis answered. Then he went to the shelves full of various documents and materials, and Croto Katas came to help him.

"Tolmid." Davers continued: "With regard to the letter from the Ministry of War that 'the increase in the number of troops involved in the war at Samonai has led to a shortage of military supplies,' I have considered it for a moment, and we will supply the army under the command of Alexis and Zantiparis in the future. ”

"Your Majesty, do you mean...... Transporting military rations from Rome to Campania? Tolmides asked this only out of politeness, but he was not actually surprised, for the food hoarded in Rome was indeed very abundant, not only from the army from Rome, but also from almost all the Roman noble residences, and from the conquered Latin and Etruscan city-states, in an astonishing quantity sufficient to supply the Dionian army in Latin and the people of Rome for half a year.

"You led the young men of the staff to draw up a more detailed food supply plan based on the situation of the army in Campania, as well as the food and transportation situation in Rome, and then sent it to me for review, and then sent it to Arcistes for him to take charge of the arrangements." Davers instructed.

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Davers touched his chin, muttered for a while, and then said, "It seems that we should also send someone to ask for military rations from the Etruscan and Latin allies......"

"Father, isn't Rome's food reserves still abundant! And in two months it will be time to harvest again, and most of the farmland outside the city of Rome, Viai, Gabi and so on has not been destroyed, and is now being well cared for by the Roman people, and it is believed that by then there will be enough food to supply not only the Latim and Campanian armies, but even to the Sicilian army, and there is no need to ask for food from the new allies, thus deepening their dissatisfaction with us. Crotokataks said with some concern.

Davers looked at him with a smile: "I'm glad that you are not idle in Rome and have a more detailed understanding of the area we occupy, as it should be!" But the reason why I have sent people to ask for food from these allies is not because we are short of food, but because we are trying to solve their confusion. ”

"Solve their confusion?!" Klotocatax himself was confused.

Davers smiled and patiently explained to him: "In the past, Rome used to be at war every year, and they often asked these allies for food and soldiers, and they were used to it. And now that these city-states have taken refuge in Dionia, and we have been fighting alone, and have never asked for any help from them, I am afraid that they will be confused, and even worried that we will turn against them again after we have destroyed Rome. ”

Crotokatas suddenly realized: "So to ask them for food is to show them that Dionysia does regard them as allies. ”

Davers continued: "It's just a purpose. In addition, I would ask the messengers to ask them for food without prescribing the quantity. In this way, the amount of food provided by each of the allies is just enough to give us a rough judgment of how sincere they are to Dionia! ”

Klotocatax was thoughtful.

Davos glanced at the map already on the table and said, "Klotto, you have just heard the news that 'Zantiparis led the army to defeat the main force of Kautini at Lola', and Alexis has also arrived at the city of Beneventum, and Kapus has attacked the mountains of Hilpini from the east...... The fall of the Samonai was only a matter of time. If you were asked to deal with the conquered mountains of Samoneh, what would you do? ”